The 2006–07 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 98th in existence and 91st consecutive season in the top flight of

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. The team competed in

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, in the

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, in the

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and in the

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Season overview

The relegation of

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due to

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, and

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and

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's penalisations, made Inter a clear favourite for the title: the side was empowered with the arrivals of

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and Maicon. In early September, the club suffered a tragedy: Inter's president

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died at the age of 64, due to a cancer. The 2006–07 season was signed by records: Inter won 17 games in row for an achievement still unbeaten. Inter also got 11 wins in away matches and obtained the title with 5 games left to play. The side ended with 97 points, 22 over

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which came second: in 38 matches Inter collected 30 wins, 7 draws and just one defeat (the first in Serie A since April 2006).

Players

Squad information

From youth squad

Transfers

Loan in

Mario Balotelli Mario Balotelli Barwuah (; ''né'' Barwuah; born 12 August 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club Sion. Balotelli started his professional football career in 2005 at Lumezzane, before ...

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, season-long loan * Giuseppe Figliomeni –

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Out

Guilherme Siqueira Guilherme Madalena Siqueira (; born 28 April 1986) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a left back. Siqueira started his senior career at Udinese in Italy before moving to Granada in Spain, where he was finally able to establish him ...

–

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, €750,000, 11 August *

Kily González Cristian Alberto 'Kily' González Peret (born 4 August 1974) is an Argentine football manager and former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger, and is currently a head coach. He started his career with Rosario Central whi ...

– released (later joined

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)

Loan out

* César –

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–

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* César –

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, 25 January

Pre-season and friendlies

Riscone di Brunico training camp

Amsterdam Tournament

Birra Moretti Trophy

Trofeo Pirelli

TIM Trophy

Other friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Supercoppa Italiana

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

Statistics

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

:''As of 31 June 2006''

Goalscorers

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Santiago Solari Santiago Hernán Solari Poggio (born 7 October 1976) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a left midfielder. He spent the better part of his 16-year professional career in Spain, amassing La Liga total ...

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Marco Andreolli Marco Giancarlo Andreolli (born 10 June 1986) is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Padova and Internazionale Andreolli began playing with Padova's youth system before being signed by Inter in 20 ...

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Mariano González Mariano Nicolás González (born 5 May 1981) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or as a winger. Club career Born in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, González started his career at Racing Club d ...

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References

Sources

Official website
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