Editing Inter Milan (section)

==History==
{{main|History of Inter Milan}}

===Foundation and early years (1908–1960)===
[[File:Internazionale1910Scudetto.jpg|thumb|Inter squad in 1910]]

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{{blockquote|1="''Questa notte splendida darà i colori al nostro stemma: il nero e l'azzurro sullo sfondo d'oro delle stelle. Si chiamerà Internazionale, perché noi siamo fratelli del mondo.''" |2=9 March 1908, Milan<ref>{{Cite web |title=Qualcosa di speciale? La patch 105 |url=http://www.inter.it/it/news/61746 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094227/http://www.inter.it/it/news/61746 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=18 September 2014 |website=inter.it |language=it}}</ref>}}
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{{blockquote|1="''This wonderful night will give us the [[Tincture (heraldry)|colours]] of our crest: black and blue against a backdrop of stars. It shall be called International, because we are brothers of the world.''" |2=9 March 1908, Milan<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2017 |title=#WisdomWednesday: 9 March 1908 |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/2017-03-8-wisdomwednesday-9-march-1908 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414162351/https://www.inter.it/en/news/2017-03-8-wisdomwednesday-9-march-1908 |archive-date=14 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Inter.it |publisher=F.C. Internazionale Milano |language=English |quote=It will be born here at l’Orologio restaurant, a gathering place for artists. And it will forever be a very talented team. This wonderful night will give us the colours for our crest: black and blue against a backdrop of gold stars. It will be called Internazionale, because we are brothers of the world. |location=Milan}}</ref>}}
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The club was founded on 9 March 1908 as ''Football Club Internazionale'', when a group of players left the Milan Cricket and Football Club (now [[AC Milan]]) to form a new club because they wanted to accept more foreign players.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gifford |first=Clive |date=27 February 2024 |title=Inter Milan |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Inter-Milan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214092225/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Inter-Milan |archive-date=14 February 2024 |access-date=29 February 2024 |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |quote=Inter was formed in 1908 by a breakaway group of players from the Milan Cricket and Football Club (now known as AC Milan) who wanted their club to accept more foreign players}}</ref> The name of the club derives from the wish of its founding members to accept foreign players as well as Italians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Chris |date=6 June 2023 |title='Internazionale'? 'Inter Milan'? Just plain 'Inter'? What should we call Manchester City's Champions League final opponents? |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37800828/internazionale-inter-milan-inter-call-manchester-citys-champions-league-final-opponents |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924112607/https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37800828/internazionale-inter-milan-inter-call-manchester-citys-champions-league-final-opponents |archive-date=24 September 2023 |access-date=29 February 2024 |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN |quote=[T]he founding members decided to adopt a name that reflected their open-door policy.}}</ref> The club won its first championship in 1910 and its second in 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Feargal |date=30 April 2023 |title=What is the Scudetto in Italy? Meaning, history, and past winners as Napoli near Serie A championship |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/scudetto-meaning-history-serie-a-past-winners-champions/wkxne6vcgnwuemtzuvxpzryd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302035735/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/scudetto-meaning-history-serie-a-past-winners-champions/wkxne6vcgnwuemtzuvxpzryd |archive-date=2 March 2024 |access-date=1 March 2024 |website=sportingnews.com |publisher=The Sporting News}}</ref> The captain and coach of the first championship winning team was [[Virgilio Fossati]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bianchi |first=Mattia |date=4 November 2023 |title=Virgilio Fossati: Dal campo di calcio al campo di battaglia |trans-title=Virgilio Fossati: From the football field to the battlefield |url=https://mam-e.it/dal-campo-da-calcio-di-battaglia-storia-virgilio-fossati/ |access-date=1 March 2024 |magazine=MAMe |publisher=MAM-E srls |location=Milan |language=Italian}}</ref> who was later killed in battle while serving in the Italian army during World War I.<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Not stated--> |date=9 September 2019 |title=Milan's legendary Azzurri leaders |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/milan-s-legendary-azzurri-leaders |access-date=1 March 2024 |website=fifa.com |publisher=Fifa}}</ref>

In [[1921–22 Prima Divisione|1922]], Inter was at risk of relegation to the [[Seconda Divisione|Second Division]] of [[Lega Nord (football)|Northern League]], but they remained in the top league after winning two play-offs.

Six years later, during the Fascist era, the club merged with the ''[[Unione Sportiva Milanese]]'' and, for political reasons, was renamed ''Società Sportiva Ambrosiana''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Storia |url=http://www.inter.it/en/societa/storia.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130141713/http://www.inter.it/en/societa/storia.html |archive-date=30 January 2010 |access-date=6 September 2007 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref> During the 1928–29 season, the team wore white [[Jersey (clothing)|jerseys]] with a red cross emblazoned on it; the jersey's design was inspired by the flag and coat of arms of the city of Milan.{{sfn|Galasso|2015|pp=17-18}} In 1929, the new club chairman Oreste Simonotti changed the club's name to ''Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana'' and restored the previous black-and-blue jerseys; however, supporters continued to call the team ''Inter'', and in 1931 new chairman Pozzani succumbed to shareholder pressure and changed the name to ''Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana-Inter''.

[[File:Giuseppe Meazza 1935.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Giuseppe Meazza]] still holds the record for the most goals scored in a debut season in Serie A, with 31 goals in his first season (1929–30).]]

Inter won its third championship titles in 1930 with 34 years old coach [[Arpad Weisz]] in the first ever edition of [[Serie A]], and the fourth in 1938 with former player [[Armando Castellazzi]] as a 33 years old coach, that set the record for the youngest coach ever to win the [[Serie A]] that lasts to this day. Inter also got their first [[Coppa Italia]] (Italian Cup) in 1939, led by [[Giuseppe Meazza]] one of the greatest Italian player of all time with two [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] won with the National team  and the greatest scorer in Inter history with 284 goals, and after whom the [[San Siro]] stadium is officially named after his death in 1980. A fifth championship followed in 1940, that ended a decade dominated by three teams: Inter, [[Bologna Football Club 1909|Bologna]] and the historic rival [[Juventus Football Club|Juventus]].

In the 30's Inter also played for seven times in one of the first major European football cups, the [[Mitropa Cup|Central European Cup]], with Meazza that was a record three times topscorer of the competition; coached by Hungarian [[Árpád Weisz]] Inter reached the final of the competition in [[1933 Mitropa Cup|1933]], when after had won the first leg in Milan 2–1, lost 3–1 in 9 men against [[Austria Vienna]]. 
4 out of 11 players of that team: Meazza, [[Luigi Allemandi]], [[Attilio Demaría]] and [[Armando Castellazzi]] would go on to win the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934 World Cup]] with [[Italy national football team|Italian national team]], while other four Inter players will contribute to the win of [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938 World Cup]] with Italy: Meazza, [[Ugo Locatelli]], [[Giovanni Ferrari]] and [[Pietro Ferraris]].

After the end of World War II, the club's name changed back to its original one, Internazionale,<ref name="Inter2021" /> and it come close to win Serie A title in two occasions, one in the last season of [[Grande Torino]] in 1949 and in 1951 with the contribution of great players acquired by president Carlo Masseroni in these years, like the first Dutch player in club history [[Faas Wilkes]]; Inter will win its sixth championship in 1953 and its seventh in 1954, for the first time in two consecutive years, coached by [[Alfredo Foni]] and led by two of the most prolific strikers in club history: [[István Nyers]] and [[Benito Lorenzi]] with [[Lennart Skoglund]] that completed the offensive trio.

In May 1955 [[Angelo Moratti]] became the new owner of Inter, and in the first years of his presidency got disappointing results despite strong players like forwards [[Eddie Firmani]] and the Argentinian [[Antonio Angelillo|Angelillo]] that scored an all-time record in a season in Serie A with 18 teams: 33 goals in 33 matches in [[1958–59 Serie A|1958-1959 season]].

Moratti in the following years put foundations to one of the greatest team in football history starting from the debut of a 16 years old [[Mario Corso]] and the acquisition of [[Aristide Guarneri]] in 1958, and under Argentinian coach [[Helenio Herrera]] starting in 1960 with the signing of [[Giacinto Facchetti]] and [[Armando Picchi]].

===''Grande Inter'' (1960–1967)===
[[File:1964–65 European Cup - Inter Milan's Suárez, Facchetti, Peiró and Bedin with the trophy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|[[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]], [[Giacinto Facchetti]], [[Joaquín Peiró]] and [[Gianfranco Bedin]] with 1965 European Cup trophy]]

In 1960, manager [[Helenio Herrera]] joined Inter from [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] and in his first season as a coach in Milan, after having lead the table for most of the season, lost the title in the last games of the season, with the infamous episode during Juventus–Inter held in Turin in April 1961 when the match was stopped after 30 minutes when Juventus supporters invaded, the pitch, with Inter being awarded the game 2–0. Then, after two months, in June before the last decisive match of Serie A with the two teams tied in first place, the [[Italian Football Federation]], presided by Juventus president [[Umberto Agnelli]], decided that the match between the two teams had to be replayed after the last game scheduled for the season; with Inter loss and a draw for Juventus, the following match became useless and in open contestation. Angelo Moratti ordered Herrera to put Inter youth team against the Turinese squad: the match ended 9–1 for Juventus with the only goal scored for Inter by an 18 year old [[Sandro Mazzola]] who later would become one of the greatest legends in the history of the club.

[[File:1973–74 Inter Milan - Sandro Mazzola and Helenio Herrera.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|[[Helenio Herrera]], the most successful coach in club's history, guided Inter for a record 9 seasons]] After his first season in Milan, Herrera brought with him for a record fee of 25 million pesetas<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2025 |title=Luis Suárez: Spain's first EURO superstar|url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d80144ac44a-042b512864ec-1000--luis-suarez-spain-s-first-euro-superstar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710214303/https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d80144ac44a-042b512864ec-1000--luis-suarez-spain-s-first-euro-superstar |archive-date=10 July 2023 |access-date=11 April 2025 }}</ref> Spanish midfielder [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]] who won the [[European Footballer of the Year]] in 1960 for his role in Barcelona's [[La Liga]]/[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|Fairs Cup]] double.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2019 |title=Who Single-Handedly Changed the Beautiful Game |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/08/07/helenio-herrera-innovator-who-single-handedly-changed-beautiful-game |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305022746/https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/08/07/helenio-herrera-innovator-who-single-handedly-changed-beautiful-game |archive-date=5 March 2024 |access-date=21 March 2024 |publisher=Sport Illustrated}}</ref> Herrera would transform Inter into one of the leading teams in Europe that would win three Serie A titles in four years, two [[European Cup]]s and two [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]s in a row.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2019 |title=Grande Inter – A tribute to the eternal side from Milan |url=https://www.elartedf.com/grande-inter-tribute-internal-milan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321195239/https://www.elartedf.com/grande-inter-tribute-internal-milan/ |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=21 March 2024 |publisher=El Arte Del Futbol}}</ref> He modified a 5–3–2 tactic known as the "''Verrou''" ("door bolt"), which created greater flexibility for counterattacks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 April 2013 |title=Great Team Tactics: Breaking Down Helenio Herrera's 'La Grande Inter' |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1606149-great-team-tactics-breaking-down-helenio-herreras-la-grande-inter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022170657/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1606149-great-team-tactics-breaking-down-helenio-herreras-la-grande-inter |archive-date=22 October 2023 |access-date=21 March 2024 |publisher=Bleacher Report}}</ref> The ''[[catenaccio]]'' system was invented by an Austrian coach, [[Karl Rappan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sahu |first=Amogha |date=2 August 2011 |title=World Football: The 5 Greatest Tactical Innovations in Football History |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/787166-world-football-the-five-greatest-tactical-innovations-in-football-history |access-date=25 May 2020 |publisher=Bleacher Report}}</ref> Rappan's original system was implemented with four fixed defenders, playing a strict man-to-man marking system, plus a [[playmaker]] in the middle of the field, who plays the ball together with two midfield [[Winger (association football)|wings]]. Herrera would modify it by adding a fifth defender, the [[Sweeper (association football)|sweeper or libero]], behind the two [[centre back]]s. The sweeper or ''libero'', who acted as the free man, would deal with any attackers who went through the two [[centre back]]s.<ref name="Helenio Herrera: More than just catenaccio" /> Inter finished third in the Serie A in his first season, second the next year and first in his third season. Then followed a back-to-back [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] victory in 1964 and 1965, earning him the title "''il Mago''" ("the Wizard").<ref name="Helenio Herrera: More than just catenaccio">{{Cite web |title=Helenio Herrera: More than just catenaccio |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=61622/profile.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116143638/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=61622/profile.html |archive-date=16 January 2017 |access-date=10 September 2014 |website=www.fifa.com |publisher=FIFA}}</ref> The core of Herrera's team were the goalkeeper [[Giuliano Sarti]], the attacking [[Full-back (association football)|full-back]]s [[Tarcisio Burgnich]] and [[Giacinto Facchetti]], [[Armando Picchi]] the sweeper, Suárez the playmaker, [[Jair da Costa|Jair]] the winger, [[Mario Corso]] the left midfielder and [[Sandro Mazzola]], who played on the inside-right.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mazzola: Inter is my second family |url=https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/707/431/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009215949/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/707/431/index.html |archive-date=9 October 2014 |access-date=11 September 2014 |publisher=FIFA}}</ref><ref name="leggenda">{{Cite web |title=La leggenda della Grande Inter |trans-title=The legend of the Grande Inter |url=http://www.inter.it/it/societa/storia2005-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019213304/http://www.inter.it/it/societa/storia2005-2.html |archive-date=19 October 2012 |access-date=10 September 2014 |publisher=Inter.it |language=it}}</ref><ref name="sempreinter">{{Cite web |date=15 October 2012 |title=La Grande Inter: Helenio Herrera (1910–1997) – "Il Mago" |url=http://www.sempreinter.com/2012/10/15/la-grande-inter-helenio-herrera-1910-1997-il-mago/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911110359/http://www.sempreinter.com/2012/10/15/la-grande-inter-helenio-herrera-1910-1997-il-mago/ |archive-date=11 September 2014 |access-date=10 September 2014 |publisher=Sempre Inter |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Great Team Tactics: Breaking Down Helenio Herrera's 'La Grande Inter' |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1606149-great-team-tactics-breaking-down-helenio-herreras-la-grande-inter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220192454/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1606149-great-team-tactics-breaking-down-helenio-herreras-la-grande-inter |archive-date=20 December 2014 |access-date=10 September 2014 |website=Bleacher Report}}</ref><ref name="Obituary">{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Norman |date=11 November 1997 |title=Obituary: Helenio Herrera – Obituaries, News |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obitaury-helenio-herrera-1293412.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303163359/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obitaury-helenio-herrera-1293412.html |archive-date=3 March 2010 |access-date=22 April 2011 |work=The Independent |location=UK}}</ref>

[[File:Formazione dell'Inter 1964-1965.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|La "Grande Inter" in 1964–1965 season standing from left to right: [[Giuliano Sarti|Sarti]], [[Aristide Guarneri|Guarneri]], [[Giacinto Facchetti|Facchetti]], [[Carlo Tagnin|Tagnin]], [[Tarcisio Burgnich|Burgnich]], [[Armando Picchi|Picchi]] (c). Front row from left to right: [[Jair da Costa|Jair]], [[Sandro Mazzola|Mazzola]], [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Suárez]], [[Mario Corso|Corso]], [[Aurelio Milani|Milani]].]]

After the Serie A title won in previous season, in 1964 Inter reached the [[1964 European Cup Final|European Cup Final]] by beating [[Borussia Dortmund]] in the semi-final and [[FK Partizan|Partizan]] in the quarter-final.{{sfn|Sarugia|2007|pp=59-71}} In the final in [[Praterstadion]], [[Vienna]] they met [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], a team that had reached seven out of the nine finals to date.{{sfn|Sarugia|2007|pp=59-71}} Mazzola scored two goals and one from [[Aurelio Milani|Milani]] in a 3–1 victory, becoming also the first ever team to win the tournament without losing a single game. 
The team also won the [[1964 Intercontinental Cup|Intercontinental Cup]] after have lost the first match in Argentine against [[Independiente de Avellaneda|Independiente]] 1–0, Inter won second leg 2–0 in San Siro with goals from Mazzola and Corso, in the third decisive match played in [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabeu]] Inter won in extra-time with a goal from Mario Corso, the first Italian club to win the trophy.

In 1964 Inter added other important players [[Angelo Domenghini]], [[Gianfranco Bedin]] and another Spanish [[Joaquín Peiró]] that played with constance and was decisive in European Cup where three foreign players could play in the same time while in Serie A only two were allowed to play.

A year later, after have defeated [[Liverpool F.C.]] in the semi-final second leg 3–0 recovering from a 3–1 defeat at [[Anfield]] with Facchetti scoring the decisive goal, Inter repeated the feat by beating two-time winner [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] in the [[1965 European Cup Final|final]] held at home, from a Jair goal, and then again beat Independiente in the [[1965 Intercontinental Cup|Intercontinental Cup]] with a 3–0 win in San Siro, with two goals from Mazzola and one from Peirò, and a draw in Argentine, becoming the first European team to win two times in a row the competition. Inter came close to winning the [[Treble (association football)|Treble]] for the first time in European football history that year, after having also won the [[1964–65 Serie A|Serie A title]], but lost the [[1965 Coppa Italia final|Coppa Italia final]] against Juventus in a game played in the last days of August 1965.

[[File:Inter Milan 1971-1972 Sandro Mazzola.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sandro Mazzola]] played for the highly successful Inter team remembered by the name of "La Grande Inter", during the 1960s.]]

Inter again reached semifinals of the [[1965–66 European Cup|European cup]] in 1966, but this time lost against a Real Madrid team that would go on to win the tournament, while in national championship Herrera's squad won the tenth scudetto in club history, the first [[Star (sport badge)|Star]].

At the end of the season Moratti signed two of the greatest players of all time: [[Franz Beckenbauer]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 November 2014 |title=Beckenbauer: "Nel 1966 avevo firmato per l'Inter, ma poi tutto saltò" |url=http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/serie-a/inter/2014/11/05/news/beckenbauer_fu_vicino_a_inter-99813075/}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> and [[Eusebio]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mario Gherarducci |date=5 January 2002 |title=Il rimpianto di Eusebio: "Ero dell'Inter, maledetta Corea" |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2002/gennaio/05/rimpianto_Eusebio_Ero_dell_Inter_co_0_0201053152.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208042816/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2002/gennaio/05/rimpianto_Eusebio_Ero_dell_Inter_co_0_0201053152.shtml |archive-date=8 February 2014 |page=39 |periodical=Corriere della Sera}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> but after [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966 World Cup]] when Italian National Team was eliminated by North Korea, Italian Federation decided to block new signings of foreign players who will last until 1980, avoided the contract with the two players.

In 1967, after Inter eliminated Real Madrid in quarterfinals, with Suárez injured, Inter lost the European Cup Final in [[Lisbon]] 2–1 to [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]; a week later, despite the first position, with a lost against [[Mantova 1911|Mantova]] in the last match of the championship Inter lost also the Serie A title and a week later the Coppa Italia semifinal against [[Calcio Padova|Padova]], putting an end de facto to the Grande Inter cicle with the first season without trophy since 1961–1962.<ref>{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=The official website for European football |url=https://www.uefa.com/errors/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=[[UEFA]] |language=en}}</ref> During that year, the club changed its name to ''Football Club Internazionale Milano'', and in 1968 after 13 years [[Angelo Moratti]] sold the team to [[Ivanoe Fraizzoli]], and also Helenio Herrera left the team.

===Subsequent achievements (1967–1991)===
[[File:1970-1971 Inter Milan.jpg|thumb|left|A line-up of F.C. Internazionale Milano during the Scudetto winning 1970–71 season]]

Following the golden era of the 1960s, Inter managed to win their eleventh league title in 1971 with [[Roberto Boninsegna]], one of the greatest striker in club history, that leaded the league two times in a row, and their twelfth in 1980.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Toscani |first=Oliviero |title=Inter! 100 anni di emozioni 1908-2008 |publisher=Skira |year=2008 |isbn=978-88-6130-622-6 |publication-place=Milan |language=Italian}}</ref> Inter were defeated for the second time in five years in the final of the European Cup, losing 0–2 to [[Johan Cruyff]]'s [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] in [[1972 European Cup final|1972]]. During the 1970s and the 1980s, Inter also added two to its Coppa Italia tally, in 1977–78 and 1981–82 under coach [[Eugenio Bersellini]].

Italian federation reopened the possibility to sign foreign players in 1980, Inter signed among others [[Hansi Müller]] (1975–1982 VfB Stuttgart, 1982–1984 Inter), [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]] (1974–1984 Bayern Munich, 1984–1987 Inter) and Argentinian [[Daniel Passarella]] (1986–1988 Inter); other important players in that time were Italians [[Graziano Bini]], [[Walter Zenga]] (voted as [[IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper|World's Best Goalkeeper]] by [[IFFHS]] for three years in a row in 1989, 1990 and 1991), [[Giuseppe Bergomi]], [[Alessandro Altobelli]], [[Gabriele Oriali]], [[Riccardo Ferri]], [[Gianpiero Marini]] and [[Giuseppe Baresi]]: Bergomi, Oriali, Marini, Altobelli and [[Ivano Bordon]] were part of Italy squad that won [[1982 FIFA World Cup]].

In 1981 Inter reached for the sixth time in six participations [[European Cup]] Semifinals this time against Real Madrid, a classic match that will repeat in 3 different European competitions in the 80's: in [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] quarter-finals in 1983 and in [[Uefa Cup]] semi-finals in 1985 and 1986.

Led by the German duo of [[Andreas Brehme]] and [[Lothar Matthäus]], with [[Aldo Serena]] top scorer in Serie A with 22 goals, Argentine [[Ramón Díaz]] and [[Nicola Berti]], Inter coached by [[Giovanni Trapattoni]] captured the 1989 Serie A championship ended with an all-time record for most points in Serie A history with 18 teams, with 58 points out of 68. Inter were unable to defend their title in the following season in a very competitive Serie A, despite adding fellow German [[Jürgen Klinsmann]] to the squad and winning their first [[1989 Supercoppa Italiana|Supercoppa Italiana]] at the start of the season.

===Mixed fortunes (1991–2004)===
The 1990s was a lackluster period. While their great rivals Milan and [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] were achieving success both domestically and in Europe, Inter enjoyed little success in the domestic league standings, their worst coming in [[1993–94 Serie A|1993–94]] when they finished just one point out of the relegation zone. Nevertheless, they achieved some European success, with three [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] victories, in 1991, 1994 and 1998.

After the win of the [[1990 World Cup]] of [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] led by three Inter players, Matthews was awarded of [[1990 Ballon d'Or|Ballon d'Or]] and ended 1990–1991, his most prolific season in career, with 23 goals including 6 in [[1990–91 UEFA Cup|1991 UEFA Cup]] won against [[AS Roma|Roma]] in May 1991, the first European trophy since the Grande Inter period.

[[File:Dennis Bergkamp - FC Inter - Coppa UEFA 1993-94.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|[[Dennis Bergkamp]] with 1994 Uefa Cup trophy in San Siro]]

In 1992, after a disappointing season, in sostitution of the three German players that left in the summer and with the new coach [[Osvaldo Bagnoli]], Inter signed important players like the future Ballon d'Or [[Matthias Sammer]], [[Rubén Sosa]], the first Russian player in club history [[Igor Shalimov]] and others that will delude like [[Darko Pancev]] and [[Salvatore Schillaci]]; Inter ended the season second behind AC Milan coached by Fabio Capello.

In the following season Inter acquired from Ajax [[Wim Jonk]] and [[Dennis Bergkamp]] that, with 8 goals in the competition, led Inter to their second victory in [[1993–94 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] despite the worst result in club history in Serie A.

With [[Massimo Moratti]]'s takeover from [[Ernesto Pellegrini]] in 1995, Inter twice broke the [[World football transfer record|world record transfer fee]] in this period ([[Pound sterling|£]]19.5&nbsp;million for [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] from Barcelona in 1997 and £31&nbsp;million for [[Christian Vieri]] from [[SS Lazio|Lazio]] two years later).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smyth |first=Rob |date=17 September 2016 |title=Ronaldo at 40: Il Fenomeno's legacy as greatest ever No 9, despite dodgy knees |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/sep/17/ronaldo-40-birthday-brazil-greatest-ever-striker |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907161434/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/sep/17/ronaldo-40-birthday-brazil-greatest-ever-striker |archive-date=7 September 2018 |access-date=7 September 2018 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
Among Moratti first acquisitions in 1995 there were [[Javier Zanetti]] from [[Club Atlético Banfield|Banfield]], that will stay at Inter until 2014 with a record of 858 game played and with a record 13 season as a captain, [[Paul Ince]] from [[Manchester United]] and [[Roberto Carlos]] from [[SE Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] that will be sold the next season to [[Real Madrid]] with many regrets and recriminations from fans.

However, the 1990s remained the only decade in Inter's history, alongside the 1940s, in which they did not win a single Serie A championship. This persistent lack of success led to poor relations between the fanbase and the chairman, the managers, and even some individual players.

Moratti later became a target of the fans, especially when he sacked the much-loved coach [[Luigi Simoni]] after a few games into the 1998–99 season, five days after Inter have defeated Real Madrid 3–1 at San Siro in Champions League group stage with two goals from [[Roberto Baggio]], and having just received the Italian manager of the year award for 1998 the day before being dismissed.
That season despite 4 coaches changes Inter reached Champions League quarter Finals when it will be eliminated from Manchester United that would go on to win the trophy that year; Inter failed to qualify for any European competition for the first time in seven years, finishing in eighth place.

[[File:Jerseys of Ronaldo, Zanetti, Zamorano & Figo.jpg|thumb|Jerseys of [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] (number 10), [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (one plus eight) and [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (seven) in the San Siro museum]]

In the previous seasons in 1996–1997 Inter reached for third time [[1997 UEFA Cup final|Uefa Cup final]] losing this time at penalty in Giuseppe Meazza against [[Schalke 04]] with [[Roy Hodgson]] that resigned shortly afterwards, instead in 1997–1998 under Simoni Inter had won his third [[UEFA Cup]] defending in [[1998 UEFA Cup final|Paris final]] Lazio 3–0 with goals from [[Ivan Zamorano]], Zanetti and Ronaldo, and nearly won Serie A title, with many controversial referee decisions culminated in the decisive match against Juventus in Turin with Inter behind only 1 point with 4 games left, when referee didn't concede a penalty on [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] and after few seconds conceded a penalty for Juventus, that generated a turmoil on the pitch and a big scandal, with president Moratti that left the building shortly afterwards.

[[File:San Siro Museum, Milan( Ank Kumar, Infosys) 02.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]'s first season with Inter ended with 34 goals scored in 47 matches.]]

The following season, 1999–2000, Moratti appointed former Juventus manager [[Marcello Lippi]], and signed players such as [[Angelo Peruzzi]], [[Laurent Blanc]], [[Clarence Seedorf]] from Real Madrid and also Vieri and [[Vladimir Jugović|Jugović]] and sold other important players like [[Diego Simeone]], [[Youri Djorkaeff]] and [[Gianluca Pagliuca]]. The team came close to their first domestic success since 1989 when they reached the [[Coppa Italia]] final, only to be defeated by Lazio, in a match remembered for the second severe injury to the right knee of Ronaldo, who was returning after five months of inactivity, and which would keep him out for more than a year and a half.

Inter's misfortunes continued the following season, losing the [[2000 Supercoppa Italiana]] match against Lazio 4–3, after initially taking the lead through new signing [[Robbie Keane]]. They were also eliminated in the preliminary round of the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] by Swedish club [[Helsingborgs IF|Helsingborg]], with [[Álvaro Recoba]] missing a crucial late penalty. Lippi was sacked after only a single game of the new season following Inter's first ever Serie A defeat to [[Reggina Calcio|Reggina]]. [[Marco Tardelli]], chosen to replace Lippi, failed to improve results, and is remembered by Inter fans as the manager who lost 6–0 in the city derby against Milan.

In 2002 with new coach [[Hector Cuper]], the acquisition of the second most expensive goalkeeper in the world at that time [[Francesco Toldo]] and the return after injury of Ronaldo in pair with Vieri, not only did Inter manage to make it to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, but were also only 45 minutes away from capturing the ''Scudetto'' when they needed to maintain their one-goal advantage away to Lazio. Inter were 2–1 up after only 24 minutes. Lazio equalised during first half injury time, and then scored two more goals by Simeone and [[Simone Inzaghi]] in the second half to secure victory that saw Juventus win the championship, Roma ended second and Inter third. After brilliant performances and have won 2002 World Cup with Brazil, Ronaldo demanded and ottened to be sold to [[Real Madrid]] for €45 million, and was replaced by [[Hernan Crespo]] from Lazio for €40 million, Seedorf was sold to AC Milan and [[Fabio Cannavaro]] was acquired from Parma.
[[File:Walter Samuel - Inter Mailand (1).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Walter Samuel]] "The Wall" has played for Inter from 2005 to 2014]]
The next season Inter finished as league runners-up with Vieri that was top scorer of [[2002–03 Serie A|Serie A]] with 24 goals in 23 matches, while Crespo set a new record for [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage|UCL Group stage]] with 8 goals in 6 matches but missed almost the rest of the season for a severe injury in January. In October 2002 in a home game against [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] Inter was defeated for the first time in its history at home in [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup/UEFA Champions League]] after 33 matches in 39 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2002 |title=L' Inter scende dal treno |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2002/ottobre/03/Inter_scende_dal_treno_ga_0_0210032445.shtml |access-date=9 September 2024 |website=archiviostorico.gazzetta.it|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407090013/http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2002/ottobre/03/Inter_scende_dal_treno_ga_0_0210032445.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 February 2025 |title=UNBEATEN HOME RUN - THE RANKING History Statistics |url=http://www.iffhs.com/posts/4192 |access-date=14 May 2025 |website=iffhs.com}}</ref> Inter reached [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League#Semi-finals|2002–03 Champions League]] semi-finals against AC Milan, that were played also without Vieri out for injury, losing on the [[away goals rule]] with two draw in the same stadium in San Siro.

After only one season Crespo was sold to [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] for 26 million € and was replaced by [[Julio Cruz (Argentine footballer)|Julio Cruz]] from [[Bologna FC 1909|Bologna]] for 9,5 million €.

2003–2004 season started well with an historic win for Inter and for Italian football in Champions League in [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]] against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] of [[The Invincibles (English football)|Invincibles]] with a 3–0 and a win against [[Dinamo Kyiv]], but after a draw against Brescia in Serie A in October coach Cuper was sacked and was replaced by [[Alberto Zaccheroni]] that will end up eliminated from Champions League in group stage, and despite acquisition in January of strong players like [[Dejan Stankovic]] and [[Adriano (footballer, born February 1982)|Adriano]], Inter will finish only 4th. Other members of the Inter "family" during this period who suffered were the likes of Vieri and Cannavaro, both of whom had their restaurants in Milan vandalised after the second defeats of the season to the ''Rossoneri'' 3–2 in February 2004 in Serie A, but most important was the resignation from presidency by Massimo Moratti in favour of [[Giacinto Facchetti]] in January 2004, that lasted until the premature death of Inter legend in September 2006.

===Comeback and unprecedented treble (2004–2011)===
[[File:Consegna Coppa Italia. Inter-Roma 11 05 2006.jpg|thumb|left|Inter won the [[2004–05 Coppa Italia]], beating [[AS Roma|Roma]].]]

On 8 July 2004, Inter appointed former Lazio manager [[Roberto Mancini]] as its new head coach, with players who will make the history of Inter like [[Esteban Cambiasso]], [[Júlio César (football goalkeeper, born 1979)|Julio Cesar]], and in 2005 [[Walter Samuel]] and [[Luis Figo]] from [[Real Madrid]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 July 2004 |title=Mancini ends Inter wait |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0eaab2bbdbcf-eea614751a77-1000--mancini-ends-inter-wait/ |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=UEFA}}</ref> In his first season, the team collected 72 points from 18 wins, 18 draws and only two losses, as well as winning the Coppa Italia against Roma with two goal from [[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]] and later the Supercoppa Italiana in Turin against Juventus with a goal from [[Juan Sebastián Verón]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2005 |title=L'Inter vince la Coppa Italia |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadra/Inter/primo%20piano/2005/06-giugno/15inter-roma.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003090201/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadra/Inter/primo%20piano/2005/06-giugno/15inter-roma.shtml |archive-date=3 October 2022 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2005 |title=Colpo grosso in casa Juve Adriano-Veron, è Supercoppa |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2005/h/sezioni/sport/calcio/juin10/juin10/juin10.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929155027/https://www.repubblica.it/2005/h/sezioni/sport/calcio/juin10/juin10/juin10.html |archive-date=29 September 2022 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Repubblica |language=it}}</ref> On 11 May 2006, Inter won the Coppa Italia title for the second season in a row after defeating [[AS Roma|Roma]] with a 4–1 aggregate victory (a 1–1 scoreline in Rome and a 3–1 win at the San Siro).<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2006 |title=Inter wins Coppa Italia |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/coppa-italia/2005-2006/inter-win-coppa-italia_sto883248/story.shtml |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=Eurosport}}</ref>

Inter were awarded the [[2005–06 Serie A]] championship retrospectively, after title-winning Juventus was relegated for match fixing in the previous two seasons and points were stripped also from other clubs including AC Milan due to the ''[[Calciopoli]]'' scandal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 July 2006 |title=Inter Milan awarded Serie A title |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/07/26/italy.inter/#:~:text=MILAN%2C%20Italy%20%2D%2D%20Inter%20Milan,title%20win%20from%20last%20season. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818231537/https://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/07/26/italy.inter/#:~:text=MILAN%2C%20Italy%20%2D%2D%20Inter%20Milan,title%20win%20from%20last%20season. |archive-date=18 August 2020 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> During the following season, Inter with new players like [[Maicon (footballer, born 1981)|Maicon]], [[Maxwell (footballer, born 1981)|Maxwell]], [[Patrick Vieira]], [[Zlatan Ibrahimovic]] and the return of Crespo from [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], went on a record-breaking run of 17 consecutive victories in Serie A, starting on 25 September 2006, with a 4–1 home victory over [[AS Livorno Calcio|Livorno]], and ending on 28 February 2007, after a 1–1 draw at home to [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 2007 |title=Un'altra Inter dei record 18 anni dopo il Trap |url=http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Sport/2007/04_Aprile/22/stagione_inter_2007.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420212911/http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Sport/2007/04_Aprile/22/stagione_inter_2007.shtml |archive-date=20 April 2016 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Corriere dello Sport |language=it}}</ref> On 22 April 2007, Inter won their second consecutive ''Scudetto''—and first on the field since 1989—when they defeated [[S.S. Robur Siena|Siena]] 2–1 at [[Stadio Artemio Franchi (Siena)|Stadio Artemio Franchi]], ended the season with an all time Serie A record of 97 points and an all-time record margin of 22 points over second place Roma.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guido Guida |date=27 May 2007 |title=L'Inter chiude da cannibale |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Inter/Primo_Piano/2007/05_Maggio/27/intertorino.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418003920/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Inter/Primo_Piano/2007/05_Maggio/27/intertorino.shtml |archive-date=18 April 2023 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it}}</ref> [[Italy national football team|Italian]] [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]-winning defender [[Marco Materazzi]] scored both goals.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andersson |first=Astrid |date=23 April 2007 |title=Materazzi secures early title for Inter |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/2311629/Materazzi-secures-early-title-for-Inter.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915120327/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/2311629/Materazzi-secures-early-title-for-Inter.html |archive-date=15 September 2014 |access-date=23 April 2014 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

[[File:Il biscione e l'fc Internazionale al Bernabeu.jpg|thumb|"...and now together we crown the dream!!!"

Inter supporters during the [[2010 UEFA Champions League Final]] at Santiago Bernabéu. In winning the final, Inter became the first and only Italian team to win the [[Treble (association football)|treble]].]]

In this period Inter also reached two times UCL quarter-finals in [[2004–05 UEFA Champions League|2005]] and [[2005–06 UEFA Champions League|2006]], and UCL round of 16 in [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League|2007]]: in the last two occasions Inter was eliminated from away goals rules by [[Villarreal CF|Villareal]] and [[Valencia CF|Valencia]].

Inter started the [[2007–08 Inter Milan season|2007–08 season]] with the goal of winning both Serie A and Champions League in the year of centenary from the foundation of the club. The team started well in the league, topping the table from the first round of matches, and also managed to qualify for the Champions League knockout stage. However, a late collapse, leading to a 2–0 defeat with ten men away to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] on 19 February in the Champions League,<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 February 2008 |title=Liverpool 2–0 Inter Milan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7250324.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209005753/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7250324.stm |archive-date=9 December 2023 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> brought manager Roberto Mancini's future at Inter,<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 March 2008 |title=Mancini al termine di Inter-Liverpool |url=https://www.inter.it/it/news/2008/03/12/mancini-al-termine-di-inter-liverpool.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609164848/https://www.inter.it/it/news/2008/03/12/mancini-al-termine-di-inter-liverpool.html |archive-date=9 June 2020 |access-date=9 June 2020 |website=inter.it |publisher=F.C. Internazionale Milano |language=it}}</ref> into question while domestic form took a sharp turn of fortune, with the team failing to win in the three following Serie A games. After being eliminated by Liverpool in the Champions League, Mancini announced his intention to leave his job immediately only to change his mind the following day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 March 2008 |title=Moratti: "Sfogo sbagliato" Mancini: "Non lo rifarei" |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Primo_Piano/2008/03_Marzo/13/mancinitv.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819191355/http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Primo_Piano/2008/03_Marzo/13/mancinitv.shtml |archive-date=19 August 2017 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it}}</ref> On the final day of the [[2007–08 Serie A]] season, Inter played [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]] away, that had to win to not be relegated in Serie B after 18 years; Roma scored in Catania and was in the first place until [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]], 10 minutes after have been entered on the pitch in the second half, scored two goals sealed their third consecutive championship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2008 |title=L'Inter esulta sotto la pioggia Ibra mette la firma sullo scudetto |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2008/05/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_a/giornata-38a/parma-inter/parma-inter.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004141920/https://www.repubblica.it/2008/05/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_a/giornata-38a/parma-inter/parma-inter.html |archive-date=4 October 2022 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=La Repubblica |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bandini |first=Nicky |date=19 May 2008 |title=Inter's blushes spared as Ibrahimovic earns his redemption |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/19/internazionale.europeanfootball |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518174411/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/19/internazionale.europeanfootball |archive-date=18 May 2014 |access-date=18 May 2014 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Mancini, however, was sacked soon after, due to his previous announcement to leave the club.<ref name="mancini_inter">{{Cite news |date=29 May 2008 |title=FC Internazionale Milano statement |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=29393&L=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531225030/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=29393&L=en |archive-date=31 May 2008 |access-date=29 May 2008 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref>

On 2 June 2008, Inter appointed former [[FC Porto|Porto]] and [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] boss [[José Mourinho]] as new head coach.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 2008 |title=Nuovo allenatore: Josè Mourinho all'Inter |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=41433&L=it |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605001817/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=41433&L=it |archive-date=5 June 2008 |access-date=2 June 2008 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano |language=it}}</ref> In his first season, the ''Nerazzurri'' won a [[2008 Supercoppa Italiana|Suppercoppa Italiana]] and [[2008–09 Serie A|a fourth consecutive title]], though falling in the Champions League in the first knockout round for a third-straight year, losing to eventual finalist [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2009 |title=United topple Inter |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/champions-league/2008-2009/united-topple-inter_sto1869243/story.shtml |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=Eurosport}}</ref> In winning the league title, Inter became the first club in since 1949 to win the title for four consecutive seasons, and joined [[Torino FC|Torino]] and Juventus as the only clubs to accomplish this feat, as well as being the first club based outside [[Turin]].
{{football squad on pitch|align=left|clear=none
| GK = [[Júlio César (football goalkeeper, born 1979)|'''Julio Cesar''']]
| RB = [[Maicon (footballer, born 1981)|'''Maicon''']]
| LCB = [[Walter Samuel|'''Samuel''']]
| RCB = '''[[Lúcio]]'''
| LB = [[Cristian Chivu|'''Chivu''']]
| RCM = [[Javier Zanetti|'''Zanetti''' (C)]]
| AM = [[Wesley Sneijder|'''Sneijder''']]
| LCM = [[Esteban Cambiasso|'''Cambiasso''']]
| LW = [[Goran Pandev|'''Pandev''']]
| RW = [[Samuel Eto'o|'''Eto'o''']]
| CF = [[Diego Milito|'''Milito''']]
| caption = [[2010 UEFA Champions League final]] starting lineup}}
In the summer of 2009 Inter put foundation to maybe the greatest single season of its history: after have signed [[Diego Milito]] and [[Thiago Motta]] from [[Genoa Cricket and Football Club|Genoa]], [[Lúcio]] from Bayern Munich, the club agreed to sell Ibrahimovic to Barcelona in change for [[Samuel Eto'o]] plus 49 millions euros.
The transfer session ended with the sign of [[Wesley Sneijder]] from Real Madrid in the last days of August.
Inter won the [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League|2009–10 Champions League]], defeating in round of 16 one of the favourites team, [[Carlo Ancelotti|Ancelotti's]] Chelsea winning both legs, the latter with the first win in [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] with a goal from [[Samuel Eto'o]], then [[PFC CSKA Moscow|Cska Moscow]] and reigning champions Barcelona of [[Pep Guardiola]] in the semi-final, with the second leg in [[Camp Nou]] played with 10 men for most of the match, before beating [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] 2–0 in the final in Madrid, with two goals from [[Diego Milito]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 May 2010 |title=Bayern Munich 0–2 Inter Milan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8697017.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524102843/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8697017.stm |archive-date=24 May 2010 |access-date=24 May 2010 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> In this season Chelsea, Barcelona and Bayern all won their domestic championship. Inter also won the [[2009–10 Serie A]] title by two points over Roma, the fifth consecutive, and the [[2010 Coppa Italia Final|2010 Coppa Italia]] by defeating the same side 1–0 in the final.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 May 2010 |title=Jose Mourinho's Treble-chasing Inter Milan win Serie A |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8685518.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521000441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8685518.stm |archive-date=21 May 2010 |access-date=24 May 2010 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> This made Inter the first and only Italian team to win the [[Treble (association football)|treble]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Amy |date=22 May 2010 |title=Trebles all round to celebrate rarity becoming routine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/may/22/bayern-munich-inter-treble-bid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106151531/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/may/22/bayern-munich-inter-treble-bid |archive-date=6 November 2020 |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media}}</ref> At the end of the season, Mourinho left the club to manage Real Madrid;<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 May 2010 |title=Mourinho unveiled as boss of Real |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8708315.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112103819/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8708315.stm |archive-date=12 January 2016 |access-date=30 May 2010 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> he was replaced by [[Rafael Benítez]].

[[File:San Siro Museum, Milan (Ank Kumar, Infosys Limited) 16.jpg|thumb|right|[[Diego Milito]] scored in [[2010 Coppa Italia final|Coppa Italia final]], in the last Serie A decisive match against Siena and two goals in [[2010 UEFA Champions League final|Champions League final]].]]

In the summer Inter sold 20 years old [[Mario Balotelli|Balotelli]] to [[Manchester City]] for 29,5 millions euros the second highest for the club at that time.

On 21 August 2010, Inter defeated Roma 3–1 and won the [[2010 Supercoppa Italiana]], their fourth trophy of the year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 August 2010 |title=Benitez begins Inter reign with Supercoppa triumph |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=816536&sec=europe&cc=5739 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824022833/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=816536&sec=europe&cc=5739 |archive-date=24 August 2010 |access-date=23 August 2010 |publisher=[[ESPN FC]]}}</ref> In December 2010, they claimed the [[2010 FIFA Club World Cup|FIFA Club World Cup]] for the first time after a 3–0 win against [[TP Mazembe|Mazembe]] in [[2010 FIFA Club World Cup final|the final]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2010 |title=TP Mazembe 0–3 Internazionale |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=309865&cc=5739 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222001421/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=309865&cc=5739 |archive-date=22 December 2010 |access-date=18 December 2010 |website=ESPN Soccernet}}</ref> However, after this win, on 23 December 2010, due to their declining performance in Serie A, the club fired Benítez.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 December 2010 |title=Inter and Benitez separate by mutual agreement |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35392&L=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226114327/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35392&L=en |archive-date=26 December 2010 |access-date=24 December 2010 |work=inter.it}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Leonardo Araújo|Leonardo]] the following day.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 December 2010 |title=Welcome Leonardo! Inter's new coach |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35398&L=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227010805/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35398&L=en |archive-date=27 December 2010 |access-date=24 December 2010 |work=inter.it}}</ref>

Leonardo started with 30 points from 12 games, with an average of 2.5 points per game, better than his predecessors Benítez and Mourinho.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 March 2011 |title=Leonardo sorpassa Capello, record per il brasiliano |url=http://www.fcinternews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=40777 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803173100/https://www.fcinternews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=40777 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=fcinternews.it |language=it}}</ref> On 6 March 2011, Leonardo set a new Italian Serie A record by collecting 33 points in 13 games; the previous record was 32 points in 13 games, made by Fabio Capello in the 2004–05 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 March 2011 |title=Calcio, Inter; Leonardo: io come Capello? È il mio maestro |url=http://sport.repubblica.it/news/sport/calcio-inter-leonardo-io-come-capello-e-il-mio-maestro/3928983 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325053520/https://sport.repubblica.it/news/sport/calcio-inter-leonardo-io-come-capello-e-il-mio-maestro/3928983 |archive-date=25 March 2024 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=[[La Repubblica]] |language=it}}</ref> Leonardo led the club to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, after have defeated again Bayern Munich in Round of 16, recovering from a 0-1 home defeat with a 2-3 win in Munich with decisive goals from [[Wesley Sneijder|Sneijder]] and [[Goran Pandev]], before losing to [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]];<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2011 |title=Champions: Schalke-Inter 2-1, nerazzurri eliminati |url=https://st.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-04-13/champions-schalkeinter-nerazzurri-eliminati-232246.shtml?uuid=AboTdFDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802035214/https://st.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-04-13/champions-schalkeinter-nerazzurri-eliminati-232246.shtml?uuid=AboTdFDF |archive-date=2 August 2021 |access-date=11 November 2019 |website=ilsole24ore.com |language=it}}</ref> Inter ended second in Serie A and won the [[2010–11 Coppa Italia|Coppa Italia]] title.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2011 |title=Inter vs Palermo Report |url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/59761/inter-vs-palermo/report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601010807/http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/59761/inter-vs-palermo/report |archive-date=1 June 2011 |access-date=31 May 2011 |publisher=Goal.com}}</ref> At the end of the season, however, he resigned,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2011 |title=Leonardo: in bocca al lupo dall'Inter |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=53056&L=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704003614/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=53056&L=it |archive-date=4 July 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011 |website=inter.it}}</ref> and was followed by new managers [[Gian Piero Gasperini]], [[Claudio Ranieri]] and [[Andrea Stramaccioni]], all hired during the following season.

===Changes in ownership (2011–2019)===
On 1 August 2012, the club announced that Moratti was to sell a minority stake of the club to a Chinese consortium led by [[Kenneth Huang]].<ref name="Huang">{{Cite web |date=1 August 2012 |title=Press release: Internazionale Holding S.r.l |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/40469 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610220936/http://www.inter.it/en/news/40469 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |access-date=5 June 2015 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref> On the same day, Inter announced an agreement was formed with [[China Railway Construction Corporation Limited]] for a new stadium project, however, the deal with the Chinese eventually collapsed.<ref name="Inter2013bilancio">FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430040135/http://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=30 April 2014 }}</ref> The 2012–13 season was the worst in recent club history, with Inter finishing ninth in Serie A and failing to qualify for any European competitions. [[Walter Mazzarri]] was appointed to replace Stramaccioni as the manager for [[2013–14 Serie A|2013–14 season]] on 24 May 2013, having ended his tenure at Napoli.<ref name="Mazzarri">{{Cite web |title=Comunicato ufficiale di F.C. Internazionale |url=https://www.inter.it/it/news/2013/05/24/comunicato-ufficiale-di-fc-internazionale.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060513/http://www.inter.it/it/news/62614 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=Inter Official Site}}</ref> He guided the club to fifth in Serie A and to [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League]] qualification.

[[File:Dnepr-Inter (1).jpg|thumb|left|Inter lining up before a Europa League match against [[Dnipro]] on 18 September 2014]]

On 15 October 2013, an Indonesian consortium (International Sports Capital HK Ltd.) led by [[Erick Thohir]], Handy Soetedjo and [[Rosan Roeslani]], signed an agreement to acquire 70% of Inter shares from Internazionale Holding S.r.l.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2013 |title=Inter Milan Sells 70% Stake To Indonesia's Erick Thohir At $480M Valuation |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2013/10/15/inter-milan-sells-70-stake-to-indonesias-erick-thohir-at-480m-valuation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819235949/https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2013/10/15/inter-milan-sells-70-stake-to-indonesias-erick-thohir-at-480m-valuation/ |archive-date=19 August 2017 |access-date=1 September 2017 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2013 |title=FC Internazionale Milano statement |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/44183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608182628/http://www.inter.it/en/news/44183 |archive-date=8 June 2015 |access-date=5 June 2015 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2013 |title=FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. signs an agreement to open capital to new investors |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/43937 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523033918/http://www.inter.it/en/news/43937 |archive-date=23 May 2015 |access-date=6 June 2015 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref> Immediately after the deal, Moratti's Internazionale Holding S.r.l. still retained 29.5% of the shares of FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A.<ref name="Inter2014bilancio">FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430040135/http://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=30 April 2014 }}</ref> After the deal, the shares of Inter was owned by a chain of holding companies, namely International Sports Capital S.p.A. of Italy (for 70% stake), International Sports Capital HK Limited and Asian Sports Ventures HK Limited of Hong Kong. Asian Sports Ventures HK Limited, itself another intermediate holding company, was owned by Nusantara Sports Ventures HK Limited (60% stake, a company owned by Thohir), Alke Sports Investment HK Limited (20% stake) and Aksis Sports Capital HK Limited (20% stake).

Thohir, who also co-owned [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) club [[D.C. United]] and [[Indonesia Super League]] (ISL) club [[Persib Bandung]], announced on 2 December 2013 that Inter and D.C. United had formed a [[strategic partnership]].<ref name="DC">{{Cite web |date=2 December 2013 |title=FC Internazionale Milano and D.C. United announce collaborative agreement |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/44348 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608182633/http://www.inter.it/en/news/44348 |archive-date=8 June 2015 |access-date=6 June 2015 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref> During the Thohir era the club began to modify its financial structure from one reliant on continual owner investment to a more self-sustainable business model, although the club still breached [[UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations]] in 2015. The club was fined and received a squad reduction in UEFA competitions, with additional penalties suspended during the probation period. During this time, Roberto Mancini returned as the club manager on 14 November 2014, with Inter finishing eighth. Inter finished [[2015–16 Serie A|2015–2016 season]] fourth, failing to return to Champions League.

On 6 June 2016, [[Suning Holdings Group]] (via a Luxembourg-based subsidiary Great Horizon S.á r.l.) a company owned by [[Zhang Jindong]], co-founder and chairman of [[Suning Commerce Group]], acquired a majority stake of Inter from Thohir's consortium International Sports Capital S.p.A. and from Moratti family's remaining shares in Internazionale Holding S.r.l.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2016 |title=Suning Holdings Group acquires majority stake of FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/53171 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609205104/http://www.inter.it/en/news/53171 |archive-date=9 June 2016 |access-date=6 June 2016 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano}}</ref> According to various filings, the total investment from Suning was €270&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 June 2016 |title=China's Suning buying majority stake in Inter Milan for $307&nbsp;million |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-inter-milan-suning-idUSKCN0YR03T |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819104742/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-inter-milan-suning-idUSKCN0YR03T |archive-date=19 August 2017 |access-date=24 July 2017 |website=Reuters}}</ref> The deal was approved by an [[extraordinary general meeting]] on 28 June 2016, from which Suning Holdings Group had acquired a 68.55% stake in the club.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Assemblea degli Azionisti di FC Internazionale Milano |date=28 June 2017 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano |url=http://www.inter.it/it/news/74087/assemblea-degli-azionisti-di-f-c-internazionale-milano |access-date=11 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808194955/http://www.inter.it/it/news/74087/assemblea-degli-azionisti-di-f-c-internazionale-milano |archive-date=8 August 2017 |trans-title=FC Internazionale Milano Shareholders' Meeting}}</ref>

The first season of new ownership, however, started with poor performance in pre-season friendlies. On 8 August 2016, Inter parted company with head coach Roberto Mancini by mutual consent over disagreements regarding the club's direction,<ref>{{Cite web |title=FC Internazionale Milano statement |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/54033/f-c-internazionale-statement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812153210/http://www.inter.it/en/news/54033/f-c-internazionale-statement |archive-date=12 August 2016 |access-date=8 August 2016}}</ref> especially with new signings [[João Mário (footballer, born January 1993)|Joao Mario]] for 44,75 million € (the second most expensive player in club history at that time) and [[Gabigol]] for 29,5 million €. He was replaced by [[Frank de Boer]], who was sacked on 1 November 2016 after leading Inter to a 4W–2D–5L record in 11 Serie A games as head coach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FC Internazionale Milano statement |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/55489/f-c-internazionale-statement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103222215/http://www.inter.it/en/news/55489/f-c-internazionale-statement |archive-date=3 November 2016 |access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref> The successor, [[Stefano Pioli]], could not prevent the team from getting the worst group result in [[UEFA competitions]] in the club's history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stefano Scacchi |date=9 December 2016 |title=Eder per l'inutile successo dell'Inter passa la sorpresa Hapoel Be'er Sheva |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2016/12/09/eder-per-linutile-successo-dellinter-passa-la-sheva44.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929183319/https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2016/12/09/eder-per-linutile-successo-dellinter-passa-la-sheva44.html |archive-date=29 September 2017 |access-date=1 November 2017 |work=la Repubblica |page=44 |language=it}}</ref> Despite an eight-game winning streak, he and the club parted away before season's end, when it became clear they would finish outside the league's top three for the sixth consecutive season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FC Internazionale Milano statement |url=http://www.inter.it/en/news/58237/f-c-internazionale-parts-ways-with-head-coach-stefano-pioli |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031144154/http://www.inter.it/en/news/58237/f-c-internazionale-parts-ways-with-head-coach-stefano-pioli |archive-date=31 October 2017 |access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref> On 9 June 2017, former Roma coach [[Luciano Spalletti]] was appointed as Inter manager, signing a two-year contract,<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 June 2017 |title=Inter Milan name Luciano Spalletti as their new boss on a two-year contract |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40225010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128231555/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40225010 |archive-date=28 January 2020 |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> and eleven months later Inter secured a [[UEFA Champions League]] group stage spot thanks to a 3–2 victory against [[SS Lazio|Lazio]] in the final game of [[2017–18 Serie A]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=PA Sport |title=Serie A round-up: Inter Milan beat Lazio to claim final Champions League spot |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11854/11380100/serie-a-round-up-inter-milan-beat-lazio-to-claim-final-champions-league-spot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828060314/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11854/11380100/serie-a-round-up-inter-milan-beat-lazio-to-claim-final-champions-league-spot |archive-date=28 August 2020 |access-date=28 January 2020 |work=Sky Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2018 |title=Lazio 2–3 Inter Milan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44192082 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427202425/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44192082 |archive-date=27 April 2019 |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> 
Among the best tactical moves from Spalletti there was the change of position for [[Marcelo Brozovic]] that become one of the best defensive midfielder in European football.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 Oct 2023 |title=The Brozović Template: How A Blocked Transfer Changed Football |url=https://medium.com/@KhairyWritesFootball/the-brozovi%C4%87-template-how-a-blocked-transfer-changed-football-2581bafc9249|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 Jan 2022 |title=Marcelo Brozović – Inter’s Midfield Cog |url=https://breakingthelines.com/player-analysis/marcelo-brozovic-inters-midfield-cog/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Due to this success, in August the club extended the contract with Spalletti to 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=LUCIANO SPALLETTI EXTENDS INTER CONTRACT TO 2021! |date=14 August 2018 |publisher=F.C. Internazionale Milano |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/63671/luciano-spalletti-extends-inter-contract-to-2021 |access-date=30 May 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530165452/https://www.inter.it/en/news/63671/luciano-spalletti-extends-inter-contract-to-2021 |archive-date=30 May 2019}}</ref>

On July 4, 2018, Inter officially signed from [[Racing Club de Avellaneda]] a 20 years old Argentinian striker [[Lautaro Martinez]] for 25 million € that will later become one of the best and most representative player of the club.

On 26 October 2018, [[Zhang Kangyang|Steven Zhang]] was appointed as new president of the club,<ref name="inter.it">{{Cite web |date=26 October 2018 |title=Steven Zhang named President of FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/64721/steven-zhang-named-president-of-fc-internazionale-milano-s-p-a |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182805/https://www.inter.it/en/news/64721/steven-zhang-named-president-of-fc-internazionale-milano-s-p-a |archive-date=26 October 2018 |access-date=26 October 2018 |publisher=inter.it}}</ref> and on 13 December 2018 
[[Giuseppe Marotta]] officially joined Inter Milan as CEO for sport. On 25 January 2019, the club officially announced that LionRock Capital from [[Hong Kong]] had reached an agreement with International Sports Capital HK Limited, in order to acquire its 31.05% shares in Inter and to become the club's new minority shareholder.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=LionRock Capital Acquires 31.05% of FC Internazionale Milano S.p.A. |publisher=F.C. Internazionale |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/65983/lionrock-capital-acquires-31-05-of-fc-internazionale-milano-s-p-a |access-date=26 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183341/https://www.inter.it/en/news/65983/lionrock-capital-acquires-31-05-of-fc-internazionale-milano-s-p-a |archive-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>
After the [[2018–19 Serie A]] season, despite Inter finishing fourth, Spalletti was sacked.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Club statement regarding the position of the First Team Head Coach |publisher=F.C. Internazionale Milano |url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/67899/fc-internazionale-milano-official-statement |access-date=14 May 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530084259/https://www.inter.it/en/news/67899/fc-internazionale-milano-official-statement |archive-date=30 May 2019}}</ref>

===Renewed successes (2019–present)===
[[File:FC Salzburg gegen Inter Mailand (Testspiel 2023-08-09) 46.jpg|thumb|right|Inter players line up before a pre-season friendly against [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Salzburg]] in August 2023.]]

On 31 May 2019, Inter appointed former Juventus and Italian manager [[Antonio Conte]] as their new coach, signing a three-year deal;<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 2019 |title=OFFICIAL: Inter appoint Conte |url=https://www.football-italia.net/138735/official-inter-appoint-conte |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609100221/https://www.football-italia.net/138735/official-inter-appoint-conte |archive-date=9 June 2019 |access-date=30 June 2019 |publisher=football-italia.net}}</ref> 
In the summer of 2019 Inter acquired  from [[Manchester United]] for 74 million € [[Romelu Lukaku]], the new most expensive player in the history of the club, [[Nicolò Barella]] for 44,5 million € from [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]] and sold [[Mauro Icardi]], one of the best striker in Italy in the past years, to PSG for 50 million €.

[[Alessandro Bastoni]] that was acquired from Atalanta in 2017 for 31,1 million €, made his debut for Inter in this season and with [[Milan Skriniar]] and [[Stefan De Vrij]] formed a strong defensive trio in a 3-5-2 formation that will be the best defense in Serie A in the following years.

In September 2019, [[Zhang Kangyang|Steven Zhang]] was elected to the board of the [[European Club Association]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2019 |title=OFFICIAL - Inter President Zhang Elected To ECA Board |url=https://sempreinter.com/2019/09/10/official-inter-president-zhang-elected-to-eca-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422173000/https://sempreinter.com/2019/09/10/official-inter-president-zhang-elected-to-eca-board/ |archive-date=22 April 2021 |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=SempreInter.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In the [[2019–20 Serie A]], Inter Milan finished as runner-up, as they won 2–0 against [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]] on the last matchday.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2020 |title=Atalanta 0–2 Inter: Evergreen Young inspires win to secure runner-up spot |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/atalanta-0-2-inter-evergreen-204624344.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801205206/https://sports.yahoo.com/atalanta-0-2-inter-evergreen-204624344.html |archive-date=1 August 2020 |access-date=12 August 2020 |website=Yahoo Sports}}</ref> After an early elimination in UCL group stage ending third behind Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund, they also reached the [[2020 UEFA Europa League final]], ultimately losing 3–2 to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2020 |title=Inter Milan 5–0 Shakhtar Donetsk |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53759741 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220203526/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53759741 |archive-date=20 February 2021 |access-date=17 August 2020 |website=BBC Sport}}</ref> 
Inter improved team with signings of new players, among others in January 2020 [[Christian Eriksen]] from [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham]] for 27 million € and  in July [[Achraf Hakimi]] from [[Borussia Dortmund]] for 43 million €.

Despite the worst result in Champions League group stage in the club's history ending fourth with only six points, following Atalanta's draw against [[US Sassuolo Calcio|Sassuolo]] on 2 May 2021, Internazionale were confirmed as champions for the first time in eleven years, ending [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'s run of nine consecutive titles.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 May 2021 |title=Inter Milan: Italian giants win first Serie A for 11 years |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56964913 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803205004/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56964913 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |access-date=2 May 2021 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> However, despite securing Serie A glory, Conte left the club by mutual consent on 26 May 2021. The departure was reportedly due to disagreements between Conte and the board over player transfers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2021 |title="Antonio Conte leaves Inter Milan after clinching Serie A title |publisher=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/internazionale/story/4395428/antonio-conte-leaves-inter-milan-after-clinching-serie-a-title |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531064243/https://www.espn.com/soccer/internazionale/story/4395428/antonio-conte-leaves-inter-milan-after-clinching-serie-a-title |archive-date=31 May 2021 |access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2021 |title=Antonio Conte leaves Inter over plan to sell €80m of players this summer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/26/antonio-conte-leaving-inter-over-plan-to-sell-80m-of-players |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707073437/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/26/antonio-conte-leaving-inter-over-plan-to-sell-80m-of-players |archive-date=7 July 2021 |access-date=9 June 2021 |website=[[TheGuardian.com]]}}</ref> In June 2021, [[Simone Inzaghi]] was appointed as Conte's replacement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horncastle |first=James |title="Simone Inzaghi appointed Inter Milan head coach - The Athletic" |url=https://theathletic.com/news/simone-inzaghi-inter-milan-next-manager/auXCq6fcZezP |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603172933/https://theathletic.com/news/simone-inzaghi-inter-milan-next-manager/auXCq6fcZezP |archive-date=3 June 2021 |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> On 6 July 2021 [[Achraf Hakimi]] was sold to [[Paris Saint Germain]] for €60&nbsp;million that was replaced by [[Denzel Dumfries]] from [[PSV Eindhoven]], and on 8 August 2021, [[Romelu Lukaku]] was sold to [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] for €115&nbsp;million, representing the [[List of most expensive association football transfers|most expensive association football transfer by an Italian football club ever]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 2021 |title=Inter, il Chelsea offre 115 milioni cash per Lukaku. Si chiude appena c'è il sostituto |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calciomercato/Inter/07-08-2021/calciomercato-inter-chelsea-sale-115-milioni-addio-romelu-lukaku-420258194239.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807142107/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calciomercato/Inter/07-08-2021/calciomercato-inter-chelsea-sale-115-milioni-addio-romelu-lukaku-420258194239.shtml |archive-date=7 August 2021 |access-date=7 August 2021 |publisher=gazzetta.it/ |agency=gazzetta.it/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 2021 |title=Addio di Lukaku: proprietà e dirigenti, sono tutti responsabili |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calciomercato/Inter/08-08-2021/lukaku-chelsea-proprieta-dirigenti-tutti-responsabili-420272009160.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807230116/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calciomercato/Inter/08-08-2021/lukaku-chelsea-proprieta-dirigenti-tutti-responsabili-420272009160.shtml |archive-date=7 August 2021 |access-date=7 August 2021 |publisher=gazzetta.it |agency=gazzetta.it}}</ref>

Inter qualified in the [[2021–22 UEFA Champions League|UCL Round of 16]] for the first time in ten years, but despite the club's first ever win at Anfield Road thanks to a goal from [[Lautaro Martinez]], they were eliminated by Liverpool.
On 12 January 2022, Inter won the [[2021 Supercoppa Italiana|Supercoppa Italiana]], defeating [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] 2–1 at [[San Siro]]. After conceding a goal to the opponent, Inter equalised with a penalty scored by Lautaro Martínez, and the match finished 1–1 in regulation time. In the last second of the extra-time, [[Alexis Sánchez]] scored the winning goal following a defensive error, giving Inter the first trophy of the season, also [[Simone Inzaghi]]'s first trophy as Inter manager.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 January 2022 |title=Inter-Juventus 2-1, gol e highlights: ai nerazzurri la Supercoppa, decide Sanchez al 121' |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/2022/01/12/inter-juventus-risultato-gol-supercoppa-italiana |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725143356/https://sport.sky.it/calcio/2022/01/12/inter-juventus-risultato-gol-supercoppa-italiana |archive-date=25 July 2022 |access-date=25 July 2022 |language=it}}</ref> On 11 May 2022, Inter won the [[Coppa Italia]], defeating Juventus 4–2 at [[Stadio Olimpico]]. After normal time had ended 2–2, with [[Nicolò Barella]] and [[Hakan Çalhanoğlu]] scoring Inter's goals, [[Ivan Perišić]]'s brace in the extra-time gave Inter the win and a second title of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2022 |title=L'Inter vince la Coppa Italia: 4-2 contro la Juve ai supplementari |url=https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2022/05/inter-vince-la-coppa-italia-4-2-contro-la-juve-2ff2cded-cd27-46bc-8de0-639d4f36c8b6.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725144145/https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2022/05/inter-vince-la-coppa-italia-4-2-contro-la-juve-2ff2cded-cd27-46bc-8de0-639d4f36c8b6.html |archive-date=25 July 2022 |access-date=25 July 2022 |language=it}}</ref> The [[2021–22 Serie A]] campaign saw Inter finish in second place, being the most prolific attacking side with 84 goals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CLASSIFICA SERIE A 2021/2022 |url=https://www.repubblica.it/sport/dirette/calcio/serie-a-2021/classifica/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725144710/https://www.repubblica.it/sport/dirette/calcio/serie-a-2021/classifica/ |archive-date=25 July 2022 |access-date=25 July 2022 |language=it}}</ref> On 18 January 2023, Inter won the [[2022 Supercoppa Italiana|Supercoppa Italiana]], defeating [[AC Milan|Milan]] 3−0 at [[King Fahd International Stadium]], thanks to goals from [[Federico Dimarco]], [[Edin Džeko]], and Lautaro Martinez.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2023 |title=La Supercoppa italiana è dell'Inter: 3 a 0 al Milan, gol di Dimarco, Dzeko e Lautaro |url=https://tg24.sky.it/sport/2023/01/18/milan-inter-supercoppa-italiana |language=Italian}}</ref>

Inter passed again UCL group stage after have eliminated [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], and then after have defeated [[FC Porto|Porto]] and [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], qualified for semifinals of the competition.
On 16 May 2023, Inter defeated archrivals Milan in the semi-finals of [[2022–23 UEFA Champions League]] with goals from Dzeko and [[Henrikh Mkhitaryan]] in the first leg and a goal from Martinez in the second leg, advanced to the [[2023 UEFA Champions League final|Champions League final]] for the first time since [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League|2010]]. However, they were defeated at the [[Atatürk Olympic Stadium]] 1−0 by [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] after a second half goal from midfielder [[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Rory |date=2023-06-10 |title=Champions League Final: Manchester City Wins First Champions League Title |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/10/sports/man-city-inter-milan-champions-league |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611001937/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/10/sports/man-city-inter-milan-champions-league |archive-date=11 June 2023 |access-date=2023-07-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In July 2023 Inter sold for 50 million € goalkeeper [[Andre Onana]] to Manchester United, acquired the prior season for free, like [[Hakan Calhanoglu]] in 2021 replacing Eriksen, [[Henrikh Mkhitaryan]] in 2022 and [[Marcus Thuram]] in 2023.
[[Samir Handanovic]] retired after 11 seasons and 455 appearances for the club and an [[Football records in Italy#Most penalties saved|all-time career record in Serie A history]] of 26 penalties saved,<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2023 |title=Handanovic, 400 presenze con l'Inter |url=https://www.inter.it/it/notizie/2021-10-19-handanovic-400-presenze-inter |language=Italian}}</ref> [[Marcelo Brozovic|Brozovic]] was sold to [[Al Nassr FC|Al Nassr]], [[Milan Skriniar|Skriniar]] moved to [[Paris Saint Germain|PSG]] on a free transfer, while other players were added to the squad: [[Davide Frattesi]] from [[US Sassuolo Calcio|Sassuolo]] (33 million €), [[Benjamin Pavard]] (30 million €) and [[Yann Sommer]] (6,9 million €) both from Bayern Munich.

In January 2024 Inter won its eight [[2023 Supercoppa Italiana|Supercoppa Italiana]] and its third consecutive, in a new format with 4 teams, tying the record set by AC Milan in 90's for consecutive win, after have defeated in Riad [[SS Lazio|Lazio]] 3–0 and then in the final match [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]] 1–0, with a late goal by Lautaro Martinez.

On 22 April 2024, [https://www.interlive.it/2024/04/28/entusiasmo-alle-stelle-fuori-san-siro-inzaghi-con-quasi-lo-stesso-undici-del-derby-video/ Inter secured their 20th Serie A title] and the second [[Star (sport badge)|Star]] by defeating Milan 2–1 at the San Siro in a record sixth consecutive [[Derby della Madonnina]] win<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-22 |title=Internazionale seal historic 20th Serie A title with derby victory over Milan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/22/internazionale-seal-historic-20th-serie-a-title-with-derby-victory-over-milan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423010002/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/22/internazionale-seal-historic-20th-serie-a-title-with-derby-victory-over-milan |archive-date=23 April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-22 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> in a dominant season ended with 94 points, 19 over Milan second, the best attack with 89 goals made and the best defense with only 22 goals conceded with +67 difference, the best in Serie A since 1950–1951 season.<ref>{{Cite news |title=I numeri di uno Scudetto straordinario |url=https://www.inter.it/it/notizie/numeri-scudetto-inter-record |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref>

On 22 May 2024, Oaktree Capital Management assumed ownership of Inter Milan following the default of Suning Holdings Group on a substantial loan given in May 2021 to the club in order to cover losses incurred during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Investment Firm Oaktree Capital Signs $336 Million Financing Deal With Serie A Champions FC Inter |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomogalardini/2021/05/20/us-investment-firm-oaktree-capital-signs-336-million-financing-deal-with-serie-a-champions-fc-inter/?sh=20f40a831c39 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819181805/https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomogalardini/2021/05/20/us-investment-firm-oaktree-capital-signs-336-million-financing-deal-with-serie-a-champions-fc-inter/?sh=20f40a831c39 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> The firm took control of the club after Suning Holdings Group failed to repay a debt of €395 million ($428 million). This development was confirmed by Oaktree in an emailed statement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morpurgo |first=Giulia |last2=Perez |first2=Irene Garcia |date=2024-05-22 |title=Inter Milan Seized by Oaktree After Chinese Owner Defaults on Debt |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-22/oaktree-says-it-has-taken-ownership-of-inter-milan-football-club |access-date=2024-05-22 |publisher=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]}}</ref> As a consequence, the new ownership chose to appoint CEO [[Giuseppe Marotta]] as the club's new chairman.