Editing Inter Milan (section)

===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]].