2014–15 Inter Milan season

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Internazionale
2014–15 season
Inter Milan players line up before facing Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the UEFA Europa League, 18 September 2014
PresidentErick Thohir
ManagerWalter Mazzarri
(until 9 November)
Roberto Mancini
(from 10 November)[1]
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A8th
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Icardi (22)
All: Icardi (27)
Highest home attendance74,022 vs Milan
(19 April 2015, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance27,314 vs Hellas Verona
(9 November 2014, Serie A)
Average home league attendance33,669[2]

The 2014–15 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 106th in existence and 99th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team took part at Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Europa League.

Season overview

During the summer of 2014, Inter was left by the main protagonists of the 2009–10 Treble: the captain Javier Zanetti, Walter Samuel, Esteban Cambiasso and Diego Milito.[3] Therefore, the only left of that season were Joel Obi and Rene Krhin, both returning from loan.[3] The renewal signed by Walter Mazzarri[4] added to the arrivals of new men (Gary Medel, Pablo Osvaldo, Yann M'Vila, Dodô and Nemanja Vidić) and several years without trophies helped the fans to predict a "year zero" for their club.[5] The new era started on 20 August when, in the first leg of the Europa League play-off, Inter beat Stjarnan 3–0.[6] The second leg match resulted in another large win of 6–0: Kovačić unlocked his record, scoring half of the goals.[7] The results of Serie A were - instead - disappointing, except the 7–0 win over Sassuolo.[8] Inter lost with Cagliari and Fiorentina, suffering a total of seven goals.[9] Mazzarri put his job at risk due to a quarrel with Massimo Moratti, stating that "he didn't have time to waste".[10] Despite a good European campaign, with eight points collected in four matches of the group stage, the coach was fired after a 2–2 draw with Hellas Verona.[11] Erick Thohir bet on Roberto Mancini, who coached the side from 2004 to 2008 winning the Italian title for three consecutive years.[12] Mancini made his debut in the Derby della Madonnina (1–1), then reached the European knockout phase on his fiftieth birthday.[13] However, the gap with other opponents was unattainable at mid-season.[14] Mancini tried to resolve the problem of a team not built by him with new purchases (Podolski, Shaqiri and Brozović) and a policy based on young players such as Pușcaș, Bonazzoli, Gnoukouri, Donkor and Dimarco: however Inter had poor results, being defeated in both cups (Coppa Italia and Europa League).[15][16][17][18] The attempt of getting a placement useful for European competitions failed in final matches, sticking Inter at eighth position.[19] Icardi's goals - that crowned him Serie A top scorer - were not enough to save the season.[20]

Kit

Supplier: Nike[21] / Sponsor: Pirelli[22]

Kit information

The new home kit is black with a thin blue pinstripe and also boasts a new enlarged and enhanced club crest. The club crest – in the version with the star on the top – will be present exclusively on the jersey. The shirt has a tailored black collar with a thin blue trim, which has a button at the top, and a placket with a hidden button. Inside the back of the neck is a pennant tab featuring the Saint George’s cross to represent the city of Milan’s coat of arms. On the back of the neck is "Inter" in a specially designed font, which has been used by the Nerrazzurri's most committed fans on flags and banners inside the San Siro since the 1970s. The new home shorts are black with a thin blue stripe along each side, and the new home socks are black with a wide tonal stripe of chevrons on the back. The new away kit has a ribbed crew neck collar and is white with a tonal light grey graphic on the front consisting of lines which create a Saint George's cross from the city of Milan's coat of arms. Inside the back of the neck is a pennant tab featuring the proud message "Milano E’ Solo Inter" (Milan is only Inter). It is written in a specially designed font. On the back of the neck is another Saint George's cross to once again proudly represent the city of Milan's coat of arms. The new away kit is completed by white shorts and socks.[23]

Players

Squad information

As of 2 February 2015[24]
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Samir Handanović File:Flag of Slovenia.svg GK (1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 30)
18 Juan Pablo Carrizo File:Flag of Argentina.svg GK (1984-05-06)6 May 1984 (aged 31)
46 Tommaso Berni File:Flag of Italy.svg GK (1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 32)
Defenders
2 Jonathan File:Flag of Brazil.svg RB/RM (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 (aged 29)
5 Juan Jesus File:Flag of Brazil.svg CB/LB (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 24)
6 Marco Andreolli File:Flag of Italy.svg CB (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 29)
14 Hugo Campagnaro File:Flag of Argentina.svg CB/RB (1980-06-27)27 June 1980 (aged 35)
15 Nemanja Vidić File:Flag of Serbia.svg CB (1981-10-21)21 October 1981 (aged 33)
21 Davide Santon File:Flag of Italy.svg RB/LB (1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 24)
22 Dodô File:Flag of Brazil.svg RB/LB (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 23)
23 Andrea Ranocchia (captain) File:Flag of Italy.svg CB (1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 27)
26 Felipe File:Flag of Brazil.svg CB (1984-07-31)31 July 1984 (aged 30)
33 Danilo D'Ambrosio File:Flag of Italy.svg RB/LB/CB (1988-09-09)9 September 1988 (aged 26)
54 Isaar Donkor File:Flag of Ghana.svg CB (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 19)
55 Yuto Nagatomo (vice-captain) File:Flag of Japan.svg RB/LB (1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 28)
93 Federico Dimarco File:Flag of Italy.svg LB/LM (1997-11-10)10 November 1997 (aged 17)
Midfielders
10 Mateo Kovačić File:Flag of Croatia.svg CM/AM/DM (1994-05-06)6 May 1994 (aged 21)
13 Fredy Guarín File:Flag of Colombia.svg CM/DM/AM (1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 29)
17 Zdravko Kuzmanović File:Flag of Serbia.svg CM (1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 27)
18 Gary Medel File:Flag of Chile.svg DM/CM/CB (1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 27)
20 Joel Obi File:Flag of Nigeria.svg CM (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 24)
27 Assane Gnoukouri File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg CM/DM (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 (aged 18)
29 Gaston Camara File:Flag of Guinea.svg CM (1996-03-31)31 March 1996 (aged 19)
77 Marcelo Brozović File:Flag of Croatia.svg AM/CM/DM (1992-11-16)16 November 1992 (aged 22)
88 Hernanes File:Flag of Brazil.svg AM/CM/DM (1985-05-29)29 May 1985 (aged 30)
Forwards
8 Rodrigo Palacio File:Flag of Argentina.svg SS (1982-02-05)5 February 1982 (aged 33)
9 Mauro Icardi File:Flag of Argentina.svg ST (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 22)
11 Lukas Podolski File:Flag of Germany.svg SS (1985-06-04)4 June 1985 (aged 30)
28 George Pușcaș File:Flag of Romania.svg ST (1996-04-08)8 April 1996 (aged 19)
91 Xherdan Shaqiri File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg LW/RW/AM (1991-10-10)10 October 1991 (aged 23)
97 Federico Bonazzoli File:Flag of Italy.svg ST (1997-05-21)21 May 1997 (aged 18)
Players transferred out during the season
7 Dani Osvaldo File:Flag of Italy.svg ST (1986-01-12)12 January 1986 (aged 29)
19 Rubén Botta File:Flag of Argentina.svg AM (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 (aged 25)
44 Rene Krhin File:Flag of Slovenia.svg CM (1990-05-21)21 May 1990 (aged 25)
90 Yann M'Vila File:Flag of France.svg DM (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 25)

Pre-season and friendlies

Pinzolo training camp

International Champions Cup

Other friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 31 August 2014 31 May 2015 Matchday 1 8th 38 14 13 11 59 48 +11 036.84
Coppa Italia 21 January 2015 4 February 2015 Round of 16 Quarter-finals 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 050.00
Europa League 20 August 2014 13 March 2015 Play-off Round of 16 12 6 4 2 21 10 +11 050.00
Total 52 21 17 14 82 59 +23 040.38

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Genoa[lower-alpha 1] 38 16 11 11 62 47 +15 59
7 Sampdoria 38 13 17 8 48 42 +6 56 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
8 Internazionale 38 14 13 11 59 48 +11 55
9 Torino 38 14 12 12 48 45 +3 54
10 Milan 38 13 13 12 56 50 +6 52
Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.[28]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).[29]
Notes:
  1. Genoa failed to obtain a UEFA license from Italian Football Federation. Therefore, they were barred to participate in European competitions.[25] Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.[26][27]
  2. Since the winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia (Juventus) qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 14 13 11 59 48  +11 55 7 7 5 33 23  +10 7 6 6 26 25  +1

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWDWLLDWWLDDLLWDDWDLLWWWLDDLDWDWWDWLLW
Position134445101088999121211111199101310108997998109987888
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 January 2015 19 Empoli 0–0 Internazionale Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mchedlidze File:Yellow card.svg 57' Report Vidić File:Yellow card.svg 86'
Medel File:Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 13,449
Referee: Daniele Doveri

Coppa Italia

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification INT DNI QAR SET
1 File:Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale 6 3 3 0 6 2 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–0 0–0
2 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7 0–1 0–1 1–0
3 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Qarabağ 6 1 3 2 3 5 −2 6 0–0 1–2 0–0
4 File:Flag of France.svg Saint-Étienne 6 0 5 1 2 3 −1 5 1–1 0–0 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16

Statistics

[31][32]

Total Home Away Neutral
Games played 52 26 26
Games won 21 12 9
Games drawn 17 7 10
Games lost 14 6 8
Biggest win 7–0 vs Sassuolo 7–0 vs Sassuolo 3–0 vs Stjarnan
Biggest loss 1–4 vs Cagliari
0–3 vs Fiorentina
1–4 vs Cagliari 0–3 vs Fiorentina
Biggest win (League) 7–0 vs Sassuolo 7–0 vs Sassuolo
Biggest win (Cup) - -
Biggest win (Europe) 6–0 vs Stjarnan 6–0 vs Stjarnan 3–0 vs Stjarnan
Biggest loss (League) - - -
Biggest loss (Cup) - - -
Biggest loss (Europe) - - -
Clean sheets 6 3 3
Goals scored 20 15 5
Goals conceded 1 0 1
Goal difference +19 +15 +4
Average GF per game 4 6.5 3
Average GA per game 0 0 0
Yellow cards 1 1 1
Red cards 0 0 0
Most appearances
Top scorer
Worst discipline
Penalties for
Penalties against
League points
Winning rate

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK File:Flag of Slovenia.svg SVN Samir Handanović 40 0 37 0 0 0 3 0
18 GK File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Juan Pablo Carrizo 12 0 1 0 2 0 9 0
46 GK File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Tommaso Berni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Jonathan 5 0 2 0 0 0 1+2 0
5 DF File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Juan Jesus 45 0 32 0 2 0 11 0
6 DF File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Marco Andreolli 13 0 5+1 0 1 0 5+1 0
14 DF File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Hugo Campagnaro 16 0 8+2 0 0 0 4+2 0
15 DF File:Flag of Serbia.svg SRB Nemanja Vidić 28 1 23 1 0 0 4+1 0
21 DF File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Davide Santon 14 0 7+2 0 1 0 4 0
22 DF File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Dodô 28 2 16+4 0 1+1 0 5+1 2
23 DF File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Andrea Ranocchia 42 2 32+1 2 1 0 8 0
26 DF File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Felipe 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Danilo D'Ambrosio 32 3 19+4 0 1 0 6+2 3
54 DF File:Flag of Ghana.svg GHA Isaac Donkor 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0
55 DF File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN Yuto Nagatomo 18 0 11+3 0 1 0 3 0
93 DF File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Federico Dimarco 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
10 MF File:Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Mateo Kovačić 44 8 26+9 5 1 0 5+3 3
13 MF File:Flag of Colombia.svg COL Fredy Guarín 37 7 25+3 6 0+1 0 8 1
17 MF File:Flag of Serbia.svg SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović 25 1 10+4 0 1 0 6+4 1
18 MF File:Flag of Chile.svg CHI Gary Medel 44 0 34+1 0 2 0 6+1 0
20 MF File:Flag of Nigeria.svg NGA Joel Obi 17 1 6+5 1 0+1 0 2+3 0
27 MF File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg CIV Assane Demoya Gnoukouri 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF File:Flag of Guinea.svg GUI Gaston Camara 3 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0
77 MF File:Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Marcelo Brozović 16 1 13+2 1 1 0 0 0
88 MF File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Hernanes 35 5 17+9 5 0 0 8+1 0
Forwards
8 FW File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Rodrigo Palacio 41 12 30+5 8 0 0 5+1 4
9 FW File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Mauro Icardi 48 27 33+3 22 2 1 9+1 4
11 FW File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Lukas Podolski 18 1 8+9 1 1 0 0 0
28 FW File:Flag of Romania.svg ROU George Pușcaș 7 0 1+3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
91 FW File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg SUI Xherdan Shaqiri 20 3 8+7 1 2 1 3 1
97 FW File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Federico Bonazzoli 7 0 0+4 0 0+1 0 2 0
Players transferred out during the season
7 FW File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Dani Osvaldo 19 7 5+7 5 0 0 3+4 2
19 MF File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Rubén Botta[33] 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
44 MF File:Flag of Slovenia.svg SVN Rene Krhin[34] 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 1+1 0
90 MF File:Flag of France.svg FRA Yann M'Vila 14 0 3+5 0 0 0 6 0

Last updated: 31 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Coppa Italia Europa League Total
9 FW File:Flag of Argentina.svg Mauro Icardi 22 1 4 27
8 FW File:Flag of Argentina.svg Rodrigo Palacio 8 0 4 12
10 MF File:Flag of Croatia.svg Mateo Kovačić 5 0 3 8
7 FW File:Flag of Italy.svg Dani Osvaldo 5 0 2 7
13 MF File:Flag of Colombia.svg Fredy Guarín 6 0 1 7
88 MF File:Flag of Brazil.svg Hernanes 5 0 0 5
33 DF File:Flag of Italy.svg Danilo D'Ambrosio 0 0 3 3
91 MF File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Xherdan Shaqiri 1 1 1 3
22 DF File:Flag of Brazil.svg Dodô 0 0 2 2
23 DF File:Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Ranocchia 2 0 0 2
11 FW File:Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Podolski 1 0 0 1
15 DF File:Flag of Serbia.svg Nemanja Vidić 1 0 0 1
17 MF File:Flag of Serbia.svg Zdravko Kuzmanović 0 0 1 1
20 MF File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Joel Obi 1 0 0 1
77 MF File:Flag of Croatia.svg Marcelo Brozović 1 0 0 1
# Own goals 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 59 2 21 82

Last updated: 31 May 2015
Source: Calcio.com

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