2012–13 Inter Milan season

Internazionale

2012–13 season
President	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Andrea Stramaccioni
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	9th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Rodrigo Palacio (12) All: Rodrigo Palacio (22)
Highest home attendance	79,341 vs Milan (24 February 2013) 79,341 vs Juventus (30 March 2013)
Lowest home attendance	6,150 vs Neftchi Baku (3 December 2012)
Average home league attendance	46,996
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012–13 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 81st consecutive season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Europa League. The 2012–13 season resulted in Inter's worst finish in Serie A since 1993–94, finishing ninth following a serious knee injury to star striker Diego Milito and an Achilles tendon injury to long-term captain Javier Zanetti. Contrary to the previous one-and-a-half seasons under the guidance of Andrea Stramaccioni, Inter's offense and defense malfunctioned, and in May Stramaccioni was sacked by the club, with successful former Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri taking over on the next day.

Season overview

Key dates

2012

• 7 May: Inter club president Massimo Moratti announced that Andrea Stramaccioni will remain in charge of the Nerazzurri after this season and becomes the club's permanent coach.
• 11 May: Walter Samuel extended his contract by one-year, with Inter having the option to extend the deal for another 12 months.
• 11 May: Inter have announced that Luca Castellazzi has signed a new two-year contract, which will keep him at San Siro until 2014.
• 16 May: Fredy Guarín will permanently move to Inter for a total fee of €12.5 million, after Inter and Porto reached agreement over the player's future.
• 22 May: Inter signed Rodrigo Palacio from Genoa for €10.5 million on a contract lasting until 2015.
• 29 May: Manager Andrea Stramaccioni signed a new contract lasting until 2015.
• 6 June: Goran Pandev signed a permanent contract with Napoli for a total fee of €8 million, lasting until 2015.
• 29 June: Inter announced that Lúcio would be leaving Inter after it was agreed to cancel the final two years of his contract by mutual consent.
• 5 July: Diego Forlán agreed to terminate the final year of his contract.
• 6 July: Inter signed Matías Silvestre on loan from Palermo with an option to make the move permanent for €6 million.
• 9 July: Inter signed Samir Handanović from Udinese for €11 million on a co-ownership deal, as well as co-ownership of Davide Faraoni.
• 20 July: Inter announced that they had signed Gaby Mudingayi from Bologna on loan with an option to purchase for €750,000.
• 28 July: Inter sold Luc Castaignos to Twente for €6 million.
• 21 August: Inter sold striker Giampaolo Pazzini to Milan for €7 million and signed striker Antonio Cassano as part of the deal.
• 23 August: Álvaro Pereira has signed for Inter from Porto for total fee of €10 million. Should the Uruguayan appear 25 times for Inter during the season, the Portuguese side will receive an additional €2 million and another €1 million should Inter qualify for the 2013–14 Champions League. The contract lasts until 2016.
• 31 August: Inter sold Júlio César to Queens Park Rangers and Maicon to Manchester City.
• 30 September: Inter recorded first home win over 2–1 Fiorentina in all competitions after five games without a win (two draws, three losses).
• 7 October: Inter won over Milan in the Derby della Madonnina.
• 3 November: Inter ended Juventus' 49-game unbeaten run with a 3-1 victory at Juventus Stadium.
• 11 November: Inter had their longest winning away record (10) end by losing to Atalanta.
• 4 January: Inter signed striker Tommaso Rocchi from Lazio for €500,000.
• 27 January: Inter again draw Torino at San Siro 2–2.
• 14 March: Inter eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League with a 4–4 aggregate result, losing the tie on the away goals rule.
• 17 April: Inter eliminated by Roma in the Coppa Italia, 3–5.

Kit

Home

Home Alt.

Away

Third

Third Alt.

Players

Squad information

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Samir Handanović		GK	(1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 27)
12	Luca Castellazzi		GK	(1975-07-19)19 July 1975 (aged 36)
27	Vid Belec		GK	(1990-06-06)06 June 1990 (aged 22)
77	Raffaele Di Gennaro		GK	(1993-10-03)03 October 1993 (aged 18)
Defenders
4	Javier Zanetti (C)		RB/CM/RM	(1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (aged 38)
6	Matías Silvestre		CB	(1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 27)
23	Andrea Ranocchia		CB	(1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 24)
25	Walter Samuel		CB	(1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 34)
26	Cristian Chivu		LB/CB/DM	(1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 31)
31	Álvaro Pereira		LB/LM	(1985-11-28)28 November 1985 (aged 26)
33	Ibrahima Mbaye		RB/RM/LB	(1994-11-19)19 November 1994 (aged 17)
40	Juan Jesus		CB/LB	(1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 21)
42	Jonathan		RB/RM	(1986-02-27)27 February 1986 (aged 26)
55	Yuto Nagatomo		LB/RB/LM	(1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 25)
Midfielders
5	Dejan Stanković		CM/AM/RM	(1978-09-11)11 September 1978 (aged 33)
7	Ezequiel Schelotto		RM/RB/RW	(1989-05-23)23 May 1989 (aged 23)
10	Mateo Kovačić		CM/AM/DM	(1994-05-06)06 May 1994 (aged 18)
11	Ricky Álvarez		AM/SS/CM	(1988-04-12)12 April 1988 (aged 24)
14	Fredy Guarín		CM/DM/AM	(1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 26)
16	Gaby Mudingayi		DM/CM	(1981-10-01)01 October 1981 (aged 30)
17	Zdravko Kuzmanović		CM	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 24)
19	Esteban Cambiasso		DM/CM/CB	(1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 31)
20	Joel Obi		CM/LM/RM	(1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 21)
21	Walter Gargano		DM/CM	(1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 27)
24	Marco Benassi		CM/DM	(1994-09-08)08 September 1994 (aged 17)
Forwards
8	Rodrigo Palacio		SS/CF/LW	(1982-02-05)05 February 1982 (aged 30)
18	Tommaso Rocchi		CF	(1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 34)
22	Diego Milito		CF	(1979-06-12)12 June 1979 (aged 33)
99	Antonio Cassano		SS/AM/CF	(1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 29)

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type of Transfer	Contract Ends	Transfer fee	Notes	Source
13	MF	Fredy Guarín	25	Porto	Permanent move	2016	€ 11M	N/A	fcporto.pt
15	FW	Rodrigo Palacio	30	Genoa	Transfer	2015	€10.5M	N/A	inter.it
99	MF	Philippe Coutinho	19	Espanyol	Loan Return	20??	Free	N/A
17	MF	MacDonald Mariga	25	Parma	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
6	DF	Matías Silvestre	27	Palermo	Loan	2013	€ 2M	Option to buy for € 6M	inter.it
1	GK	Samir Handanović	27	Udinese	Co-ownership	2016	€ 11M	+ co-ownership of Faraoni	inter.it
16	MF	Gaby Mudingayi	30	Bologna	Loan	2013	€0.75M	Option to buy for €0.75M	inter.it
3	MF	Walter Gargano	28	Napoli	Loan	2013	€1.25M	Option to buy for €5.25M	inter.it
7	FW	Antonio Cassano	30	Milan	Transfer	2014	Free	Part of Pazzini deal	inter.it
33	DF	Ibrahima Mbaye	17	Primavera	Promoted	20??	Free	N/A
44	DF	Matteo Bianchetti	19	Primavera	Promoted	20??	Free	N/A
24	MF	Marco Benassi	18	Primavera	Promoted	20??	Free	N/A
88	FW	Marko Livaja	18	Primavera	Promoted	20??	Free	N/A
41	MF	Alfred Duncan	19	Primavera	Promoted	20??	Free	N/A
17	DF	Álvaro Pereira	26	Porto	Transfer	2016	€ 10M	N/A

Winter

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type of Transfer	Contract Ends	Transfer fee	Notes	Source
18	FW	Tommaso Rocchi	35	Lazio	Transfer	2014	€0.5M	N/A
10	MF	Mateo Kovačić	18	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	2017	€13.0M	N/A
17	MF	Zdravko Kuzmanović	25	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	2017	€1.2M	N/A
7	MF	Ezequiel Schelotto	23	Atalanta	Transfer	2017	€5.3M	N/A
32	GK	Juan Pablo Carrizo	28	Lazio	Transfer	2017	€0.3M	N/A

Spend : €46.5M

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type of transfer	Notes	Transfer fee	Source
21	GK	Paolo Orlandoni	40	Retirement	End of contract	N/A	Free	inter.it
25	DF	Iván Córdoba	36	Retirement	End of contract	N/A	Free	inter.it
77	MF	Sulley Muntari	28	Milan	End of contract	N/A	Free
27	FW	Goran Pandev	29	Napoli	Loan made permanent	N/A	€7.5M
33	MF	Juraj Kucka	25	Genoa	Co-ownership	Friendly terms	€ 5M
	GK	Emiliano Viviano	26	Palermo	Co-ownership deal	Friendly terms	€3.5M
32	FW	Mauro Zárate	25	Lazio	Loan return	N/A	Free
17	MF	Angelo Palombo	31	Sampdoria	Loan return	N/A	Free
18	MF	Andrea Poli	23	Sampdoria	Loan return	N/A	Free
2	DF	Lúcio	34	Juventus	Contract termination	N/A	Free
37	DF	Davide Faraoni	21	Udinese	Co-ownership deal	Part of Samir Handanović deal	Free
9	FW	Diego Forlán	33	Internacional	Contract termination	N/A	Free	inter.it
30	FW	Luc Castaignos	20	Twente	Transfer	N/A	€ 6M	inter.it
7	FW	Giampaolo Pazzini	28	Milan	Transfer	+ Cassano	€7.5M	inter.it
1	GK	Júlio César	33	Queens Park Rangers	Contract termination	N/A	Free	inter.it
3	DF	Maicon	31	Manchester City	Transfer	N/A	€ 3M
81	FW	Samuele Longo	20	Espanyol	Loan	N/A	Free	inter.it

Winter

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type of transfer	Notes	Transfer fee	Source
10	MF	Wesley Sneijder	28	Galatasaray	Transfer	N/A	€7.5M	Goal.com
41	MF	Alfred Duncan	19	Livorno	Loan	2013	Free	N/A
44	DF	Matteo Bianchetti	19	Hellas Verona	Loan	2013	Free	N/A
52	MF	Andrea Romanò	19	Prato	Loan	2013	Free	N/A
7	MF	Philippe Coutinho	20	Liverpool	Transfer	N/A	€10.2M	N/A
17	MF	MacDonald Mariga	25	Parma	Loan	2013	Free	N/A
88	FW	Marko Livaja	19	Atalanta	Co-ownership	Part of Schelotto deal	Free	N/A
82	MF	Daniel Bessa	20	Vicenza	Loan	2013	Free	N/A

Transfer income: € 31.2M

Co-ownership income: € 8.5M

Total income : € 39.7M

Overall transfer activity

Club

Non-playing staff

Position	Staff
Coach	Andrea Stramaccioni
Vice-coach	Giuseppe Baresi
Team manager	Iván Córdoba
Head of scouts and youth academy	Pierluigi Casiraghi
Technical director	Marco Branca
Technical assistant	Massimiliano Catini
Chief of fitness coaches	Stefano Rapetti
Fitness coach	Federico Pannoncini
Goalkeeper coach	Alessandro Nista
Match analyst	Michele Salzarulo
Chief of medical staff	Franco Combi
Doctor	Giorgio Panico
Rehabilitation coach	Andrea Scannavino
Rehabilitation coach	Maurizio Fanchini
Masseur/physiotherapist	Marco Dellacasa
Masseur/physiotherapist	Massimo Dellacasa
Masseur/physiotherapist	Luigi Sessolo
Rehabilitation staff	Andrea Galli
Rehabilitation staff	Alberto Galbiati
Sporting director	Piero Ausilio

Statistics

Appearances

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.

Starting appearances + substitute appearances

As of end of season

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Serie A'	UEFA Europa League'	Coppa Italia'	Total'
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Samir Handanović	35	10	3	48
12	GK		Luca Castellazzi	2	2	1	5
27	GK		Vid Belec	0	2+1	0	2+1
30	GK		Juan Pablo Carrizo	1	0	0	1
77	GK		Raffaele Di Gennaro	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF		Javier Zanetti (C)	33	9+2	3+1	45+3
6	DF		Matías Silvestre	6+3	8+1	2	16+4
23	DF		Andrea Ranocchia	32	7+3	3	42+3
25	DF		Walter Samuel	15+1	4+1	1	20+2
26	DF		Cristian Chivu	7+3	3	2	12+3
31	MF		Álvaro Pereira	22+6	8+1	2+1	32+8
33	DF		Ibrahima Mbaye	0	1+1	0	1+1
40	DF		Juan Jesus	31	8+1	4	43+1
42	DF		Jonathan	8	10+2	3	21+2
55	DF		Yuto Nagatomo	22+3	5+3	1+1	28+7
Midfielders
5	MF		Dejan Stanković	1+2	0	1	2+2
7	MF		Ezequiel Schelotto	5+7	0	1	6+7
10	MF		Mateo Kovačić	11+2	4	1	16+2
11	MF		Ricky Álvarez	12+11	2+2	2+1	16+14
14	MF		Fredy Guarín	26+6	9+3	2+1	37+10
16	MF		Gaby Mudingayi	4+5	4	0+1	8+6
17	MF		Zdravko Kuzmanović	10+3	0	1	11+3
19	MF		Esteban Cambiasso	26+7	13	1+1	40+8
20	MF		Joel Obi	1+1	1	1	3+1
21	MF		Walter Gargano	24+4	5+2	0+1	29+7
24	MF		Marco Benassi	3+3	2+2	2+1	7+6
Forwards
8	FW		Rodrigo Palacio	20+6	5+5	2+1	27+12
18	FW		Tommaso Rocchi	8+5	0	2	10+5
22	FW		Diego Milito	19+1	4+2	0	23+3
99	FW		Antonio Cassano	23+5	7+2	2	32+7

Last Updated: 2 June 2013 Source: inter.it

Top scorers

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Serie A	UEFA Europa League	Coppa Italia	Total
8	FW		Rodrigo Palacio	12	8	2	22
99	FW		Antonio Cassano	8	1	1	10
14	MF		Fredy Guarín	4	4	2	10
22	FW		Diego Milito	9	0	0	9
11	MF		Ricky Álvarez	5	1	1	7
88	FW		Marko Livaja	0	4	0	4
19	MF		Esteban Cambiasso	3	1	0	4
23	DF		Andrea Ranocchia	2	0	1	3
18	FW		Tommaso Rocchi	3	0	0	3
55	DF		Yuto Nagatomo	0	2	0	2
31	MF		Álvaro Pereira	1	0	0	1
20	MF		Joel Obi	0	1	0	1
25	DF		Walter Samuel	1	0	0	1
26	DF		Christian Chivu	1	0	0	1
7	MF		Ezequiel Schelotto	1	0	0	1
24	MF		Marco Benassi	0	1	0	1
42	DF		Jonathan Moreira	0	0	1	1
40	DF		Juan Jesus	1	0	0	1
			TOTAL	53	23	8	81

Last updated: 8 May 2013

Source: inter.it

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.

				Serie A'			UEFA Europa League'			Coppa Italia'			Total'
No.	Position	Nation	Name
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Samir Handanović	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
12	GK		Luca Castellazzi	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Defenders
4	DF		Javier Zanetti (C)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF		Matías Silvestre	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
23	DF		Andrea Ranocchia	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
2	DF		Walter Samuel	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
17	MF		Álvaro Pereira	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	DF		Juan Jesus	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
42	DF		Jonathan	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
55	DF		Yuto Nagatomo	3	1	0	o	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
Midfielders
11	MF		Ricky Álvarez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	MF		Fredy Guarín	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
16	MF		Gaby Mudingayi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	MF		Esteban Cambiasso	2	0	1	o	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
20	MF		Joel Obi	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	MF		Walter Gargano	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Forwards
88	FW		Marko Livaja	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last Updated: 22 November 2012

Pre-season friendlies

2012 Indonesia tour

The Nerazzurri played two friendlies during their stay in Indonesia and both took place in Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, 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. Inter met the Indonesia senior national team in their second game on 26 May.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Other friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
6	Roma !Roma	38	18	8	12	71	56	+15	62
7	Lazio !Lazio	38	18	7	13	51	42	+9	61
8	Catania !Catania	38	15	11	12	50	46	+4	56
9	Internazionale !Internazionale	38	16	6	16	55	57	−2	54
10	Parma !Parma	38	13	10	15	45	46	−1	49
11	Cagliari !Cagliari	38	12	11	15	43	55	−12	47
12	Chievo !Chievo	38	12	9	17	37	52	−15	45

Updated to games played on 19 May 2013.
Source: lega-calcio.it
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	6	16	55	57	−2	54	8	4	7	30	31	−1	8	2	9	25	26	−1

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L
Position	1	9	5	7	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	6	5	6	7	5	7	8	8	9	9

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: AllTimeSoccer.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Notes

• Note 1: Postponed from 17 March 2013 due to heavy rains in Genoa

Coppa Italia

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.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

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

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rubin Kazan	6	4	2	0	10	3	+7	14
Internazionale	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	11
Neftchi Baku	6	0	3	3	4	8	−4	3
Partizan	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

References