The 2013–14 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 105th in existence and 98th consecutive season in the top flight of

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. The team competed in

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and the

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, finishing fifth in the league and qualifying for the

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Season overview

On 24 May 2013, five days after the conclusion of the

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, head coach

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was fired and replaced by

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. The June begun with Inter announcing the new one-year contract renewals of veterans

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and

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. Players such as

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and

Walter Gargano Walter Alejandro Gargano Guevara (; born 23 July 1984) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for River Plate. Club career Youth career Gargano started playing football aged three and joined the now defunct youth club ...

left the club after their respective contract expired.

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was sold at

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for an undisclosed fee, while

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and

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were sold in Germany respectively to

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and

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. On 2 July, Inter and

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sign a partnership agreement, with Deutsche Bank becoming the club's new top sponsor. The club was very active during the summer transfer window, notably acquiring the signings of

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, Ishak Belfodil,

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and

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, with the latter returning after six years.

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left the club after nine years by terminating his contract a year early by mutual consent, while youngsters

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and

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signed contract extensions with the club, keeping them at Inter until 30 June 2017; they also went on loan at

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for the upcoming season. Backup goalkeeper

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also signed a new two-year contract. Without European football as a distraction, Inter finished the season in fifth place qualifying for the

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: on September 22, Inter achieved its largest away win in

beating

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7–0. Inter managed to break some records, such as most goals scored in away games (35) and goals scored by defenders (16): in opposition, it had collected the most home draws (9) and fewest

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s. In November 2013, Indonesian businessman

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was elected as new Inter president, replacing

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, who remained as honorary president. This season was the last for

(who made his debut in 1995, becoming

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in 1999),

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(who had played for Inter since 2004),

(signed in 2005),

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(signed in 2007) and

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(who arrived in 2009, just prior to Inter's

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-winning 2009–10 season).

Players

Squad information

Pre-season and friendlies

Pinzolo training camp

International Champions Cup

Other friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Squad statistics

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Goalscorers

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Clean sheets

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References

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