The 2012–13 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 104th in existence and 97th consecutive season in the top flight of

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Season overview

Inter were confined in the market to only a few purchases, as they were not yet ready for a deeper revolution: the most notable arrival being

Rodrigo Palacio Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...

, from

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. For the first three months of 2012–13 season Inter achieved good results, especially in away games. However, during winter times, the side suffered from too many absences:

Diego Milito Diego Alberto Milito (born 12 June 1979) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was nicknamed ''El Principe'' ("The Prince" in Spanish) because of his physical resemblance with former Uruguayan footballer En ...

and

Javier Zanetti Javier Adelmar Zanetti (, ; born 10 August 1973) is an Argentine former professional footballer. Regarded as one of the greatest right-backs of all time, Zanetti is well known for having dedicated almost his entire career at Inter Milan, having ...

- for example - had long-term injuries. As a result, Inter had to use young players who did not have the required experience and skills. It was Inter's worst season since 1993–94, finishing ninth in the league and missing out on European football. On 24 May 2013, Stramaccioni was sacked by the club, with successful former

Napoli Naples ( ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its province-level municipality is the thir ...

coach

Walter Mazzarri Walter Mazzarri (; born 1 October 1961) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. After a 14-year playing career with Italian clubs including Reggiana and Empoli, Mazzarri coached several smaller Italian sides and in 2007 ...

taking over the next day.

Month-by-month account

June

On 6 June,

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, who was on loan with

on the previous season, signed a permanent contract with them for a fee of €8 million, lasting until 2015. One day later, Palacio's transfer become official when he signed a three-year contract worth €2.7 million per season. Later on 29 June, Inter announced that

Lúcio Lucimar Ferreira da Silva (born 8 May 1978), commonly known as Lúcio, is a Brazilian former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. A tall and physically strong defender who excelled in the air, he is regard ...

would be leaving Inter after it was agreed to cancel the final two years of his contract by mutual consent.

July

After a failed first season in

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

Diego Forlán Diego Forlán Corazo (born 19 May 1979) is a Uruguayan professional Manager (association football), football manager and former football player who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Regarded as one of the best forwards of his ...

agreed to terminate the final year of his contract on 5 July. One day later, the club signed Matías Silvestre on loan from

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with an option to make the move permanent for €6 million. On 9 May, Inter announced with signing of Slovenian goalkeeper

Samir Handanović Samir Handanović (born 14 July 1984) is a Slovenian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Since August 2024, he is the head coach of Inter Milan's Inter Milan Youth Se ...

reported €11 million cash on a co-ownership deal, as well as co-ownership of Davide Faraoni.F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2002, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.(in Italian) On 12 July, the team played its first friendly of the new season by easily achieving a 6–0 win against Trentino Team. Three days later, they won the second one, defeating

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2–0. On 20 July, Inter announced that they had signed

Gaby Mudingayi Gabriel "Gaby" Mudingayi (born 1 October 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Zaire, he represented the Belgium national team at international level. Career Early years Mudingayi moved to Belgium at a ...

from

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on loan with an option to purchase for €750,000. A day later, Inter won its first pre-season trophy, the TIM Trophy, by beating

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and

to claim their eighth success. On 24 July, Inter continued with their winning streak in friendlies by defeating

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3–2 at

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. On 28 July,

Luc Castaignos Luc Castaignos (born 27 September 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Early career The roots of Castaignos' family are located in the département of Landes, one hundred kilometers south of Bordeaux i ...

was sold to

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for €6 million. The same day, Inter draw 1–1 with

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, as their winning streak came to an end.

August

Inter played its first competitive match on 2 August by comfortably winning 0–3 at

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

for the first leg of

2012–13 UEFA Europa League The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 4th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played at the Amsterdam Are ...

third qualifying round Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system Places * 3rd Street (dis ...

. In the returning leg one week later, Hajduk Split caused an upset by winning 0–2 at

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but nevertheless Inter progressed 3–2 on agreegate. On 18 August, Inter played their first friendly ahead of the new season by defeating

CA Bizertin Club Athlétique Bizertin (), known as CA Bizertin or simply CAB for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Bizerte. The club was founded 1928 and its colours are yellow and black. Their home stadium, 15 October Stadium, has a ...

3–0 at

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. Three days later, Inter and Milan reached an agreement over an exchange deal involving

Giampaolo Pazzini Giampaolo Pazzini (; born 2 August 1984), nicknamed ''Il Pazzo'' ("The Madman") after his surname, is a former Italian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He spent most o ...

and

Antonio Cassano Antonio Cassano (; born 12 July 1982) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. A talented and technically gifted player, he was usually deployed as a supporting forward, but could also play as an attacking midfielde ...

, with a compensatory sum of €7.5 million in favor of the Nerazzurri. In play-off round, Inter faced

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. On 23 August in the first leg, Inter achieved a comfortable 0–2 away win thanks to the goals of Cambiasso and Palacio. This was also the last match of Maicon in an Inter shirt. The same day,

Álvaro Pereira Álvaro Daniel Pereira Barragán (; born 28 November 1985) is a Uruguayan former professional association football, footballer. Mainly a left-back, he could perform equally as a left midfielder. After starting out at Miramar Misiones he went on ...

accepted a transfer to Inter from Porto for total fee of €10 million by signing a contract until June 2016. Inter kicked off

2012–13 Serie A The 2012–13 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th season of top-tier Italian football, the 81st in a round-robin tournament, and the 3rd since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. ...

with a perfect 0–3 away win at newly promoted

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with Sneijder, Milito and Coutinho scoring the goals. On 30 August, Inter officially qualified in the UEFA Europa League group stage after a 2–2 home draw in the returning leg in

. On the last day of the month, the Treble heroes Júlio César and Maicon were respectively sold to

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

and

Manchester City Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...

September

Inter started September with a 1–3 home defeat to

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with Cassano scoring his first Inter goal. The team bounced back by winning the third matchday 0–2 away at

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. Cassano and Milito were the goalscorers. On 20 September, Inter played its first match in Europa League group stage, equating 2–2 to

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (; ) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the Russian Premier League. Founded in 1958, Rubin played its first-ever top flight season in 2003. It has remained there through the 2021–2 ...

with goals from Marko Livaja and

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. Back to Serie A three days later, Inter slumped into a 0–2 home defeat to

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. With goals from Pereira and Cassano, Inter achieved an important victory against

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in the matchday 5. In the last match of September, Inter defeated

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through Milito and Cassano goals at the first half, recording first home win in all competitions after five games without a win.

October

On 4 October, in the second game of Europa League group stage, Inter won 3–1 at Neftçi Baku with goals of Coutinho, Obi and Livaja. In the first

Derby della Madonnina The Derby della Madonnina (; named after the ''Madonnina'' statue on top of the Milan Cathedral), also known as the Derby di Milano (), is a derby football match between the two prominent Milanese clubs, Inter Milan and AC Milan. In the past, ...

of the season, on 7 October, Samuel's early goal were enough to clinch the points for Inter despite playing with 10-man for about 40 minutes. Inter continued their fine form by winning 2–0 home versus

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, with Palacio and Cassano scoring, and also beating

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

thanks to the winner of Palacio in Europa League group stage matchday 3. In the ninth round of league, on 28 October, Inter played

away. Ranocchia, Cambiasso and Milito were all in the scoresheet for the team, with the latter scoring his 100th Serie A goal, as Inter recorded their 5th consecutive league win. Inter continued their solid appearances in Serie A by extending their win record up to six matches after a 3–2 home win over

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria. Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the ...

November

Inter started November by ending

' 49-game unbeaten run with a 3–1 victory at

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. Diego Milito scored a brace before Palacio sealed the win with a late goal. Matchday 4 for Inter in the Europa League against FK Partizan ended in a 1–3 away win, which ensued Inter progression to

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. On 11 November, after seven consecutive league wins, Inter was defeated 3–2 away by

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which also ended Inter's longest winning away record (10). Palacio and Guarín scored the goals. One week later, Inter were stopped 2–2 by

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at home, despite taking an early lead with a Palacio goal. A young Inter side were defeated 3–0 away by Rubin Kazan in Europa League matchday 5. Back in Serie A, Inter was defeated again, this time by

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, slipping to 3rd position in the process.

December

In its first match of December, Inter won 1–0 at home against

thanks to a Santiago García owngoal. On 6 December, in the final matchday of Europa League group stage, Inter drew 2–2 Neftchi Baku at home thanks to the brace from Marko Livaja, which secured them the second position in Group H and progression to the

. Three days later, Inter won its second consecutive match by beating title contenders

2–1 at San Siro. Fredy Guarín and Diego Milito scored the goals. A goal from

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in the last minutes were enough to beat Inter in Serie A matchday 17 on 15 December. To begin its Coppa Italia campaign, Inter played in the round of 16

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of Serie B. The match finished in a 2–0 home win thanks to the strikes of Antonio Cassano and Guarín. This match was also notable for

efforts. He played as a goalkeeper for the final 15 minutes due to an injury of

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, keeping a clean sheet and also making two saves. Back in Serie A, Inter didn't go more than a 1–1 draw with

at home, with Cambiasso scoring the only goal. Livaja missed a clear chance, shooting the post of an open goal.

January

On 4 January 2013, the fourth day of the winter transfer window, Inter announced an agreement with

for the transfer of Italian striker

Tommaso Rocchi Tommaso Rocchi (; born 19 May 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as striker. He spent a large part of his career with Lazio and is the club's sixth highest goalscorer of all time, three behind Bruno Giordano. At inte ...

. The transfer fee was €250,000 and the player signed a contract until the end of the season. The new year for the team began with a 3–0 devastating defeat to

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; Inter finished the match with 10 players. Again in Serie A on 13 January, Inter returned to winning ways after three consecutive league defeats by clinching a 2–0 home win over

. Fredy Guarín and Rodrigo Palacio scored the goals and also the youngster Marco Benassi made his league debut. Back in Coppa Italia for the quarter-finals, Inter achieved a hard-fought 3–2 victory over

after an Andrea Ranocchia goal in the last minute of extra time. On 20 January 2013,

Wesley Sneijder Wesley Sneijder (; born 9 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer. Noted for his playmaking ability, he was considered one of the best midfielders in the world during his prime. A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Sneijder started ...

was sold on controversial fashion to

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for €7.5 million. On the same day, Inter didn't go more than a 1–1 away draw against

with Palacio canceling Totti's penalty. Against the same opponent three days later, now for the first leg of Coppa Italia semi-final, Inter was defeated 2–1 with Palacio again scoring against capital club. One day later, Alfred Duncan was loaned to

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. On 26 January, the young talent

Philippe Coutinho Philippe Coutinho Correia (born 12 June 1992) is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club CR Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama, on loan fr ...

was sold to

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club

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for €10 million. The transfer was made official on 30 January. On 27 January, Inter were held by

who earned a 2–2 draw at

. Chivu and Cambiasso scored Inter's goals. On 30 January, McDonald Mariga was sent on loan at fellow Serie A club

. Also, Marko Livaja was transferred to

as part of Ezequiel Schelotto's transfer at Inter. One day later, the final day of the January transfer window period,

Juan Pablo Carrizo Juan Pablo Carrizo (born 6 May 1984) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He started his professional career with River Plate, where he played until 2008, winning the 2008 Clausura. His performances earne ...

was signed from Lazio for €250,000. Hot prospect

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was signed for €11 million plus bonuses from

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. Also Zdravko Kuzmanović joined the team from

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for an undisclosed fee.

February

Inter begun the month with a 3–1 away defeat to

. Cassano scored his team's only goal. On 10 February, goals from Cassano, Ranocchia and Milito ensured Inter three points against

, their first after four three matches. Four days later, in first round of the round of 32 in Europa League, Inter achieved a comfortable 2–0 home win over

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

with a brace from Palacio. Striker Diego Milito was injured in the seventh minute with a collateral ligament injury, anterior cruciate ligament, and capsule in his left knee. Two days later, Milito announced that the surgery to repair the injury was a success, but the player will not return to the pitch for at least six months, ruling him out of contention for the remainder of the season. On 17 February, Inter fell away to

4–1 in the Serie A matchday 25, with Cassano scoring the Inter goal. In the second leg of the round of 32 in Europa League, Inter easily won 3–0 at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu with a brace from Guarín and a goal from Benassi, progressing to round of 16 with the aggregate 5–0. On 24 February, in the second

Stephan El Shaarawy Stephan Kareem El Shaarawy (; born 27 October 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for club Roma and the Italy national team. He is nicknamed Il Faraone (The Pharaoh), as his father is Egyptian. El Shaarawy ...

gave

the lead in the first half, only for Ezequiel Schelotto to later equalize, salvaged a 1–1 draw for Inter.

March

On 3 March, Inter achieved a hard-fought victory against

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. The team was two goals down at half-time, but a goal from Ricky Álvarez and a brace from substitute Palacio, including one in the last minute, ensured three points for the ''Nerazzurri''. Four days later, Inter suffered a 3–0 loss at the hands of

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in the first leg of Europa League round of 16. The team continued with their unstable from by falling to

1–0 at home. On 14 March, in the returning leg at

, Inter sent the match to extra-time by winning 3–0 at regular time with the goals of Cassano, Palacio and an owngoal from

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. At extra-time, Tottenham got one back with a goal from

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, only for Inter to strike back with a header from Álvarez, winning the match 4–1, which was not enough as the team was knocked-out due to away goal rule. The next Serie A match between

and Inter was postponed on 2 April due to bad weather.

April

Inter started the month by winning the postponed match against Sampdoria 0–2 with both goals scored by Palacio, the second in the last moments after an individual effort. Palacio strained his left hamstring, ultimately ending his season prematurely. Four days later, the brace of Álvarez and the goal of Rocchi were not enough as Inter suffered a shock 3–4 home loss to Atalanta. Striker Cassano suffered a hamstring injury that kept him sidelined for a month, thus ending his season. In the next matchday away against

, Inter suffered another defeat, this time 2–0 with both goals coming for the substitute Mauricio Pinilla.

came in the second half and played only eight minutes after suffering e knee injury which ended his season. Also the midfielder Walter Gargano ended the season due to a thigh injury. This loss descended the team to the 7th position. Manager Andrea Stramaccioni dubbed the season as "cursed". In the returning leg of Coppa Italia semi-final versus Roma, Inter initially took the lead through a Jonathan goal, but Roma fired back with a brace from

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and a goal from

Vasilis Torosidis Vasilis Torosidis (Greek language, Greek: Βασίλης Τοροσίδης, born 10 June 1985) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a right-back. Club career Skoda Xanthi Torosidis made his senior debut ...

, before Inter scoring another one with Álvarez. The match finished 2–3 for Roma and Inter was eliminated with the aggregate 5–3. On 21 April, back in Serie A, Inter won against

with a late goal from Rocchi. The month ended with a 1–0 away defeat to

. The legendary captain

suffered an achilles tendon injury that kept him sidelined for the next six months.

May

The last month of the season begun on with a 3–1 away defeat to

. Álvarez scored the temporary equalizer in the 23rd minute with a penalty kick before Cavani scored another two goals to conclude the match. In the next matchday, Inter suffered another 3–1 defeat, this time at home at the hands of

with Álvarez again scoring his team's only goal. On 12 May, Inter didn't go more than a goalless draw at

in the matchday 37. Youngster Lukas Spendlhofer made his senior debut by playing in the last 13 minutes. The final match of the season ended with a 2–5 humiliating defeat to

. Juan Jesus scored his first goal for Inter, while Rocchi scored another one in his final Inter match, assisted by the returning Palacio. Inter finished the season in the 9th position in league, remaining out of European football for the first time since 1999–2000. This was also Inter's worst finish in Serie A since 1993–94. On 24 May, five days after the end of the season, head coach Andrea Stramaccioni was fired and replaced by

Kit

Kit information

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kit, a relationship dating back to the 1998–99 season.

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was the current sponsor, dating back to the 1995–96 season. *Home: All-new Inter Milan's home shirt would remain the black-blue traditional stripes but the stripes are slightly wider than previous season. The sleeves of Inter Milan's home shirt was solid black instead of black-blue traditional stripes. The shorts and socks remained black colour. *Home alternate: Same as home but including white alternate shorts. *Away: The away kit was featured a controversially red which was the color of

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with black-blue stripes in the sleeve-cuffs. The shorts and socks were also red. *Third: Previous season's white shirt with black-blue sash across and also white shorts and white socks confirmed as third kit. *Third alternate: Same as third kit but featured black shorts.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Summer

Winter

Spend : €46.5M

Out

Summer

Winter

: Transfer income: € 31.2M : Co-ownership income: € 8.5M : Total income : € 39.7M

Overall transfer activity

Spending

: Summer: € 46.5M : Winter: € 19.2M : Total: € 65.2M

Income

: Summer: € 32.5M : Winter: € 17.7M : Total: € 50.2M

Expenditure

: Summer: € 14M : Winter: € 1.5M : Total: € 15.5M

Club

Non-playing staff

Pre-season and friendlies

2012 Indonesia tour

The ''Nerazzurri'' played two friendlies during their stay in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

and both took place in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (; literal translation, literally "Bung Karno Sports Arena Main Stadium"), formerly Senayan Main Stadium and Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located at the center of the Gelora Bung Karno Spor ...

, which hosted training sessions. The first match, held on 24 May, saw Inter took on a mixed starting eleven made up of players from the Indonesia under-23 side and the best players from the

Indonesian Premier League Indonesian Premier League (IPL; Indonesian: ''Liga Prima Indonesia'') was the highest level competition for football clubs in Indonesia from 2011 to 2013. This competition was managed by ''PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo'', under supervision ...

. Inter met the Indonesia senior national team in their second game on 26 May.

TIM Trophy

Other friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

;Notes *Note 1: Postponed from 17 March 2013 due to heavy rains in

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

The draw for UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round will take place on 20 July 2012. First leg is played on 2 August 2012 and second leg on 9 August 2012.

Play-off round

The draw for UEFA Europa League Play-off round will take place on 10 August 2012. First leg is played on 23 August 2012 and second leg on 30 August 2012.

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 32

=Round of 16

Statistics

Squad statistics

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Disciplinary record

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References

External links

Official website
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