Grande Inter Legacy

The only Italian club never relegated, with a legacy of treble glory and European triumphs.

Football Club Internazionale Milano, widely referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, and commonly known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is the only team to have an unbroken presence in the top division of Italian football, currently Serie A, since its debut in 1909, having never been relegated to Serie B. Since 1947, Inter has shared the San Siro stadium, the largest stadium in Italy, with AC Milan, with whom it contests the long-standing Derby della Madonnina.

Quick Facts

Manager: Helenio Herrera
European cups won: 2 (1964, 1965)

Lore & Background

The club was founded on 9 March 1908 after a split within the Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club (now AC Milan), and won its first championship in 1910. Since its formation, the club has won 39 domestic trophies, including 21 league titles, 10 Coppa Italia, and 8 Supercoppa Italiana. From 2006 to 2010, the club won five successive league titles, equaling the all-time record at that time. It has won the European Cup/Champions League three times. Its latest win in 2010 completed an unprecedented Italian seasonal treble, with Inter also winning the Serie A title and the Coppa Italia in the same year. The club has also won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups, and one FIFA Club World Cup.

Reader's Guide

Inter has the highest home game attendance in Italy and the fourth-highest attendance in Europe. Since May 2024, the club has been owned by American asset management company Oaktree Capital Management. The club's history includes the Grande Inter period (1960–1967) under manager Helenio Herrera, during which Inter won European Cups.

Did You Know?

Giuseppe Meazza, after whom the San Siro is officially named, scored 284 goals for Inter, a club record.
Inter's 6–0 victory over Juventus in 1954 is the club's biggest win in the Derby d'Italia.
The club's name Internazionale reflects its founders' wish to accept foreign players as well as Italians.