Football Club Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Football in Italy, Italian professional Association football, football ...

is an Italian association football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was formed on 9 March 1908 to allow the foreign players to play in Italy. Inter played its first competitive match on 10 January 1910 against their cross-town rivals Milan, in which they lost 3–2. The club won its first title in 1910 – the

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. In total, the club has won nineteen league titles along with eight Coppa Italia and six

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. They have also been crowned champions of Europe on three occasions by winning two

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s back-to-back in

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and

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and then another in

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. The club experienced the most successful period in their history from 2006 to 2010, in which it won five successive league titles, equaling the all-time record at that time, by adding three Italian Cups, three Italian Supercups, one UEFA Champions League and one

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. During the 2009–10 season, Inter under

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become the first and only Italian team to win the

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and the second team to win five trophies in a calendar year. Helenio Herrera and Roberto Mancini are the most successful managers in terms of number of trophies won. Helenio Herrera won three Serie A titles, two European Cups and two Intercontinental Cups. Herrera is also the club's longest-serving manager with nine seasons, eight of which were consecutive. Roberto Mancini won three Serie A titles, two Coppa Italia and two

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1973–74 Inter Milan - Helenio Herrera (cropped)

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