2005–06 Inter Milan season
2005–06 season | |||
President | Giacinto Facchetti | ||
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Head coach | Roberto Mancini | ||
Stadium | San Siro | ||
Serie A | 1st[1] | ||
Coppa Italia | Winners | ||
UEFA Champions League | Quarter-finals | ||
Supercoppa Italiana | Winners | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Julio Cruz (15) All: Julio Cruz (21) | ||
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Season
2005–06 season opened with the success in Supercoppa Italiana, beating Juventus 1–0 in extra time with a goal scored by Verón.[2] During the Champions League group stage, the side managed to have a line-up of 11 foreign players on the pitch: the only european was Luís Figo, playing the second time.[3] Despite a good first half (also including a 3–2 win in derby, that lacked since 2002)[4] Inter had a second part not so bright.[5] Being knocked out in Champions League by Villareal, the side was hardly attacked by his fans.[6]
On the pitch, season finished like the previous with a third league place and the win of Coppa Italia against Roma.[7] However, during the summer of World Cup, Juventus and Milan resulted caught in Calciopoli scandal: in late July, a few weeks after Italian triumph in Germany, Inter was awarded of 2005–06 title.[8] Further, the relegation of Juventus to Serie B made Inter the first and only club ever present in modern Serie A (from 1929–30).
Squad
Goalkeepers
- 1. Francesco Toldo
- 12. Júlio César
- 22. Paolo Orlandoni
Defenders
- 2. Iván Córdoba
- 3. Nicolás Burdisso
- 4. Javier Zanetti
- 11. Siniša Mihajlović
- 13. Zé Maria
- 16. Giuseppe Favalli
- 23. Marco Materazzi
- 25. Walter Samuel
- 33. Pierre Womé
- 49. Marco Andreolli
- 51. Leonardo Bonucci
Midfielders
- 5. Dejan Stanković
- 6. Cristiano Zanetti
- 7. Luís Figo
- 8. David Pizarro
- 14. Juan Sebastián Verón
- 18. Kily González
- 19. Esteban Cambiasso
- 21. Santiago Solari
- 31. César
- 55. Daniel Maa Boumsong
- 85. Ilario Aloe
Attackers
- 9. Julio Cruz
- 10. Adriano
- 20. Álvaro Recoba
- 30. Obafemi Martins
- 42. Domenico Germinale
- 44. Matteo Momentè
- 61. Goran Slavkovski
Serie A
Matches
5 | Inter | 1–0 | Fiorentina | |
Martins 7' |
24 | Fiorentina | 2–1 | Inter | |
Brocchi 10' Jiménez 58' |
Recoba 85' |
25 | Inter | 1–2 | Juventus | |
Samuel 74' | Ibrahimović 63' Del Piero 85' |
37 | Inter | 1–1 | Siena | |
Cruz 60' | Gastaldello 90+3' |
Top Scorers
- Julio Cruz – 15
- Adriano – 12
- Obafemi Martins – 8
- Luís Figo – 5
- Álvaro Recoba – 5
References
- ↑ Due to the trial of Italian football scandal; originally Inter was third.
- ↑ "Colpo grosso in casa Juve Adriano-Veron, è Supercoppa" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 20 August 2005.
- ↑ "La Padania accusa l'Inter "11 stranieri in campo, vergogna"" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 24 November 2005.
- ↑ "Adriano affonda il Milan nel recupero Rossoneri sorpassati dall'Inter" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 11 December 2005.
- ↑ "La Juve ringrazia Del Piero Inter, più nervi che gioco" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 12 February 2006.
- ↑ "Agguato notturno all'Inter" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 9 April 2006.
- ↑ "Inter si consola con la Coppa Italia la Roma con il buon rientro di Totti" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 11 May 2006.
- ↑ "Lo scudetto 2006 è dell'Inter" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 26 July 2006.