The 2008–09 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 100th in existence and 93rd consecutive season in the top flight of

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. This was the first season for new Inter manager

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Season overview

After

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's departure,

became the new coach of Inter. The Portuguese manager won a trophy at his debut,

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, defeating

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on penalties. He planned a 4–3–3 formation, with the new arrivals Amantino Mancini and Quaresma as wingers beside

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. As the 4–3–3 soon failed, Mourino reviewed his ideas switching in a 4–3–1–2 like the predecessor:

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acted as playmaker, behind Ibrahimović and his offensive partner (

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, rarely

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or Crespo, then Balotelli). The quality of playing is immediately awake, and Inter came on the prints of previous season winning again the ''

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'' (fourth in row), 10 points clear

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and

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Players

Squad information

From youth squad

Players transfer

2008–09 confirmed transfers

In

Total spending: €46.6 million

Out

Total income: €0

Start formations

Club

Non-playing staff

Pre-season and friendlies

Riscone di Brunico training camp

Tim Trophy

2008 Amsterdam tournament

Other friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Supercoppa Italiana

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

Statistics

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

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Luís Figo Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a one-ti ...

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Nicolás Burdisso Nicolás Andrés Burdisso (born 12 April 1981) is an Argentine football manager and former professional player who played as a centre back. Burdisso began his career with Boca Juniors. Here, he won Argentine Championships, three Copa Libertado ...

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Victor Obinna Victor Nsofor Obinna (born 25 March 1987) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Obinna in Igbo, literally means "father's heart". He played for Chievo in Italy's Serie B, having played regularly in Serie A with ...

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Marco Materazzi Marco Materazzi (; born 19 August 1973) is an Italian former professional footballer and manager. Early in his career, Materazzi played with various Italian teams in Serie B and Serie C, and with Everton in the Premier League. He spent two per ...

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Walter Samuel Walter Adrián Samuel (; born Walter Adrián Luján; 23 March 1978) is an Argentine former professional footballer. Samuel has been regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation, and as one of football's toughest defenders, with f ...

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Ricardo Quaresma Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo (; born 26 September 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger. He began his career at Sporting CP and went on to play for Barcelona, Inter Milan, Porto (twice), Chelsea, Beşiktaş ...

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Assists

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Davide Santon Davide Santon (; born 2 January 1991) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left wing-back. A former Inter Milan youth product, Santon began his professional club career with Inter in 2008, and remained with the club unt ...

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Clean sheets

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Francesco Toldo Francesco Toldo (; born 2 December 1971) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation. In a professional career which spanned two full decades, he m ...

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Disciplinary record

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Javier Zanetti Javier Adelmar Zanetti (; born 10 August 1973) is an Argentine former professional footballer. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation, and is especially well known for his role in Inter Milan's treble-winning 2009–10 seas ...

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Nelson Rivas Nelson Enrique Rivas López (born 25 March 1983) is a Colombian football defender. Rivas has not played for a professional team since 2015. Career Rivas began his career with Deportivo Pasto. After playing for several clubs in his native Col ...

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Cristian Chivu Cristian Eugen Chivu (; born 26 October 1980) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Inter Milan's under-19 side. A defender, he began his career with hometown club CSM Reșița before moving to ...

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Olivier Dacourt Olivier Yohan Dacourt (born 25 September 1974) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is also a former French international and is best known for his spells at English side Leeds United and Italian clubs Roma a ...

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Francesco Bolzoni Francesco Bolzoni (born 7 May 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club Rapperswil-Jona that competes in the third-tier Swiss Promotion League. He is a former Italy U21 international. Club career Internazionale ...

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References

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