The 2015–16 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 107th in existence and 100th consecutive season in the top flight of

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Season overview

Internazionale bought several players (

Felipe Melo Felipe Melo de Carvalho (born 26 June 1983), known as Felipe Melo, is a Brazilian former professional association football, footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back. He began his career with Brazilian teams Clube de Rega ...

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Adem Ljajić Adem Ljajić ( sr-Cyrl, Адем Љајић, ; born 29 September 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Novi Pazar. Ljajić began his career with FK Jošanica, and later Partizan, with whom he made h ...

, Miranda,

Geoffrey Kondogbia Geoffrey Edwin Kondogbia (born 15 February 1993) is a professional association football, footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille, Marseille, which he Captain (association football), captains. Primarily a defensive midfielder ...

Jeison Murillo Jeison Fabián Murillo Cerón (born 27 May 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Qatari club Al-Shamal. Club career Early years and Granada Born in Cali, Murillo signed with Udinese Calcio in Italy s ...

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and

Alex Telles Alex Nicolao Telles (; born 15 December 1992) is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Botafogo. Telles started his career at Br ...

), which were for the most part from abroad. The predictable lack of team spirit between the new arrivals (due to the fact that, only months before, they played in foreign leagues) and the absence of a basic plan (

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used 19 different lineups in equal games) often caused Inter's results to stem from individual elements. Despite a 4–1 defeat by

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and three consecutive draws, after the November pause Inter moved up to first place. It was retained until the end of year when the side beats a record: all goals, along the last 12 months, were scored by foreign footballers. Losing with

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in January, Inter fell in the standings between January and February. Inter reacted in the

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where, in the second leg of the semifinals, Inter defeated

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3–0, which equalized the score of the first leg, however the Turin side then won on penalties. After having wasted chances to reach third place, Inter achieved fourth. The side collected 67 points, for the best result of the last five years.

Kit Information

Supplier:

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/ Sponsor:

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Players

Squad information

HG Player formed at country

Youth team players added to the first squad

Transfers

In

To add: €16,000,000 for the full purchase of

Xherdan Shaqiri Xherdan Shaqiri (; born 10 October 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Basel. Shaqiri rose through the youth ranks at Basel. In his three years playing for the Basel first-team, he was an ...

from

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and €3,500,000 for the full purchase of

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 ...

from

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...

. Total Spending : €85,250,000

Out

To add: €3,500,000 from

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for Ibrahima Mbaye; €2,600,000 from

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 ...

for Alfred Duncan; €400,000 from

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian professional association football club, based in Graz, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austr ...

for

Lukas Spendlhofer Lukas Spendlhofer (born 2 June 1993) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ekstraklasa club Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza. Club career Spendlhofer made his debut in the Serie A with Inter Milan on 12 May 2013 again ...

; €200,000 from

Alessandria Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. It is also the largest municipality of the region. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, ...

for

Riccardo Bocalon Riccardo Bocalon (born 3 March 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Renate. Career Treviso Born in Venice, Veneto, Bocalon started his career with Treviso. In January 2008, he was signed by Internazio ...

. No fee was paid by Sampdoria for

Matías Silvestre Matías Agustín Silvestre (born 25 September 1984) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Boca Juniors Silvestre began his career with Argentine club Boca Juniors, where he would go on to make h ...

: his agreement with Inter was terminated and he joined on a free transfer.

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owes Inter €11,000,000 for Ricky Álvarez, but the case has to be discussed at

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, as both teams recurred on appeal. In winter, Inter also received €3,700,000 from Estudiantes La Plata for

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 ...

. Total income: €104,100,000 Total expenditure: €18,850,000

Technical staff

:''As of 20 June 2015''

Pre-season and friendlies

Riscone di Brunico training camp

Audi Football Summit

International Champions Cup

TIM Trophy

Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi

Trofeo San Nicola

Other friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Clean sheets

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Disciplinary record

References

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Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...