2015–16 Inter Milan season

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

Season overview

Internazionale bought several players (Felipe Melo, Stevan Jovetić, Adem Ljajić, Miranda, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Jeison Murillo, Ivan Perišić and Alex Telles), which were for the most part from abroad.^[2] 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 (Mancini used 19 different lineups in equal games) often caused Inter's results to stem from individual elements.^[3] Despite a 4–1 defeat by Fiorentina and three consecutive draws,^[4][5] after the November pause Inter moved up to first place.^[6] It was retained until the end of year^[7] when the side beats a record: all goals, along the last 12 months, were scored by foreign footballers.^[8][9][10]

Losing with Sassuolo in January, Inter fell in the standings between January and February.^[11][12] Inter reacted in the Coppa Italia where, in the second leg of the semifinals, Inter defeated Juventus 3–0, which equalized the score of the first leg, however the Turin side then won on penalties.^[13][14] After having wasted chances to reach third place,^[15] Inter achieved fourth.^[16][17] The side collected 67 points, for the best result of the last five years.^[18]

Kit Information

Supplier: Nike^[19] / Sponsor: Pirelli^[20]

Home	Home alt.	Away	Third
Goalkeeper 1	Goalkeeper 2	Goalkeeper 3

Players

Squad information

As of 29 January 2016 ^[21]

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Samir Handanović		GK	(1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 31)
18	Juan Pablo Carrizo		GK	(1984-05-06)6 May 1984 (aged 32)
46	Tommaso Berni HG		GK	(1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 33)
Defenders
5	Juan Jesus		LB/CB	(1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 25)
12	Alex Telles (on loan from Galatasaray)		LB	(1992-12-15)15 December 1992 (aged 23)
21	Davide Santon HG		RB/LB	(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 25)
24	Jeison Murillo		CB	(1992-05-27)27 May 1992 (aged 24)
25	Miranda		CB	(1984-09-07)7 September 1984 (aged 31)
33	Danilo D'Ambrosio HG		RB/LB	(1988-09-09)9 September 1988 (aged 27)
55	Yuto Nagatomo		RB/LB	(1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 29)
Midfielders
7	Geoffrey Kondogbia		DM/CM	(1993-02-15)15 February 1993 (aged 23)
17	Gary Medel		DM/CB	(1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 28)
22	Adem Ljajić HG (on loan from Roma)		LW/AM	(1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 24)
77	Marcelo Brozović (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)		CM/AM	(1992-11-16)16 November 1992 (aged 23)
83	Felipe Melo		DM/CM	(1983-06-26)26 June 1983 (aged 33)
Forwards
8	Rodrigo Palacio		FW	(1982-02-05)5 February 1982 (aged 34)
9	Mauro Icardi HG (Captain)		FW	(1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 23)
10	Stevan Jovetić HG (on loan from Manchester City)		FW	(1989-11-02)2 November 1989 (aged 26)
11	Jonathan Biabiany HG		LW/RW	(1988-04-28)28 April 1988 (aged 28)
23	Éder (on loan from Sampdoria)		FW	(1986-11-15)15 November 1986 (aged 29)
44	Ivan Perišić		LW/RW	(1989-02-02)2 February 1989 (aged 27)

HG Player formed at country

Youth team players added to the first squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  POR Pedro Delgado 27 MF  CIV Assane Gnoukouri 31 MF  ITA Enrico De Micheli 56 DF  ROU Răzvan Popa 92 FW  ITA Enrico Baldini 97 FW  ALB Rey Manaj 98 GK  ROU Ionuț Radu 99 FW  GNB Zé Turbo

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
16	MF		Geoffrey Kondogbia	22	EU	Monaco	Transfer	Summer	2020	€29,000,000	Inter.it
25	CB		Miranda	30	Non-EU	Atlético Madrid	Loan	Summer	2018	€3,000,000	Inter.it
24	CB		Jeison Murillo	23	EU	Granada	Transfer	Summer	2020	€8,000,000	Inter.it
	CB		Matteo Bianchetti	22	EU	Verona	Co-ownership settlement	Summer		undisclosed	Inter.it
14	RB		Martín Montoya	24	EU	Barcelona	Loan	Summer	2016	€1,000,000	Inter.it
11	FW		Jonathan Biabiany	27	EU	Unattached	Free	Summer	2019	Free	Inter.it
19	CM		Saphir Taïder	23	EU	Sassuolo	Loan Return	Summer	2017	N/A
12	FW		Samuele Longo	23	EU	Cagliari	Loan Return	Summer	2017	N/A
	GK		Francesco Bardi	23	EU	Chievo	Loan Return	Summer	2017	N/A
	CM		Rene Krhin	25	EU	Córdoba	Loan Return	Summer	2016	N/A
7	RW		Ezequiel Schelotto	26	EU	Chievo	Loan Return	Summer	2017	N/A
11	FW		Stevan Jovetić	25	Non-EU	Manchester City	Loan	Summer	2017	€3,000,000	Inter.it
22	LW		Adem Ljajić	23	Non-EU	Roma	Loan	Summer	2016	€1,750,000[22]	Inter.it
5	DM		Felipe Melo	31	EU	Galatasaray	Transfer	Summer	2019	€3,700,000 + Bonus[23]	Inter.it
12	LB		Alex Telles	22	EU	Galatasaray	Loan	Summer	2016	€1,300,000 + Bonus[24]	Inter.it
44	LW		Ivan Perišić	26	EU	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	2020	€16,000,000	[25]
23	ST		Éder	28	EU	Sampdoria	Loan	Winter	2020		[26]

To add: €16,000,000 for the full purchase of Xherdan Shaqiri from Bayern Munich and €3,500,000 for the full purchase of Davide Santon from Newcastle United.

Total Spending : €85,250,000

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	FW		Lukas Podolski	30	EU	Arsenal	End of loan	Summer	Free	ESPNFC.US
97	FW		Federico Bonazzoli	18	EU	Sampdoria	End of loan	Summer	Free
17	MF		Zdravko Kuzmanović	27	EU	Basel	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000	fcb.ch
14	CB		Hugo Campagnaro	35	EU	Pescara	End of contract	Summer	Free
26	CB		Felipe	31	EU	Udinese	End of contract	Summer	Free
2	RB		Jonathan	29	EU	Fluminense	End of contract	Summer	Free
N/A	MF		Marco Benassi	20	EU	Torino	Co-ownership settlement	Summer	€3,500,000	Inter.it
N/A	CB		Matteo Bianchetti	22	EU	Verona	Transfer	Summer	€1,000,000	Inter.it
20	MF		Joel Obi	24	EU	Torino	Transfer	Summer	€2,400,000	inter.it
N/A	AM		Rubén Botta	25	EU	Pachuca	Transfer	Summer	€2,700,000	Inter.it
54	CB		Isaac Donkor	20	Non-EU	Bari	Loan	Summer	loan	Inter.it
N/A	CM		Rene Krhin	25	EU	Granada CF	Transfer	Summer	€1,300,000	[1]
N/A	GK		Francesco Bardi	23	EU	Espanyol	Loan	Summer	loan
29	MF		Gaston Camara	19	Non-EU	Bari	Loan	Summer	loan	[2]
28	FW		George Pușcaș	19	EU	Bari	Loan	Summer	loan
12	FW		Samuele Longo	23	EU	Frosinone	Loan	Summer	N/A	[3]
N/A	MF		Lorenzo Crisetig	22	EU	Bologna	Loan	Summer	€1,800,000	bolognafc.it
91	FW		Xherdan Shaqiri	23	Non-EU	Stoke City	Transfer	Summer	€17,000,000	[4]
19	CM		Saphir Taïder	23	EU	Bologna	Transfer	Summer	€4,000,000	[5]
88	MF		Hernanes	30	Non-EU	Juventus	Transfer	Summer	€11,000,000[27]	[6]
6	CB		Marco Andreolli	29	EU	Sevilla	Loan	Summer	N/A	[7]
16	RW		Ezequiel Schelotto	26	EU	N/A	End of contract	Summer	Free	[8]
10	CM		Mateo Kovačić	21	EU	Real Madrid	Transfer	Summer	€35,000,000	[9]
15	CB		Nemanja Vidić	34	Non-EU	N/A	End of contract	Winter	Free	[10]
26	FW		Vincenzo Tommasone	20	EU	Paganese	Loan	Winter		[11]
13	MF		Fredy Guarín	29	Non-EU	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Transfer	Winter	€14,000,000	[12]
23	CB		Andrea Ranocchia	27	EU	Sampdoria	Loan	Winter		[13]
6	LB		Dodô	23	EU	Sampdoria	Loan	Winter
14	RB		Martín Montoya	24	EU	Real Betis	End of Loan	Winter
N/A	GK		Francesco Bardi	23	EU	Frosinone	Loan	Winter	loan

To add: €3,500,000 from Bologna for Ibrahima Mbaye; €2,600,000 from Sampdoria for Alfred Duncan; €400,000 from Sturm Graz for Lukas Spendlhofer; €200,000 from Alessandria for Riccardo Bocalon. No fee was paid by Sampdoria for Matías Silvestre: his agreement with Inter was terminated and he joined on a free transfer. Sunderland owes Inter €11,000,000 for Ricky Álvarez, but the case has to be discussed at FIFA, as both teams recurred on appeal. In winter, Inter also received €3,700,000 from Estudiantes La Plata for Álvaro Pereira.

Total income: €104,100,000

Total expenditure: €18,850,000

Technical staff

As of 20 June 2015^[28]

Position	Name
Head coach	Roberto Mancini
First Team Club Manager	Dejan Stanković
Assistant coach	Giulio Nuciari
Technical Assistant	Sylvinho
Technical Assistant	Fausto Salsano
Technical Assistant	José Duque
Goalkeeping coach	Adriano Bonaiuti
Match analyst	Michele Salzarulo
Chief of Medical Staff	Piero Volpi
Doctor	Daniele Casalini
Doctor	Simone Porcelli
Head Fitness Coach	Ivan Carminati
Fitness coach	Andrea Scanavino
Rehabilitation Coach Responsible	Giannicola Bisciotti
Rehabilitation Coach	Massimiliano Marchesi
Chief of physiotherapists	Marco Dellacasa
Physiotherapist	Massimo Dellacasa
Physiotherapist	Andrea Belli
Physiotherapist	Marco Frigerio
Physiotherapist	Matteo Perasso

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

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	23 August 2015	15 May 2016	Matchday 1	4th	38	20	7	11	50	38	+12	052.63
Coppa Italia	15 December 2015	2 March 2016	Round of 16	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	075.00
Total					42	23	7	12	58	41	+17	054.76

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Napoli	38	25	7	6	80	32	+48	82	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Roma	38	23	11	4	83	41	+42	80	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Internazionale	38	20	7	11	50	38	+12	67	Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage[a]
5	Fiorentina	38	18	10	10	60	42	+18	64
6	Sassuolo	38	16	13	9	49	40	+9	61	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]

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	20	7	11	50	38	+12	67	13	2	4	29	15	+14	7	5	7	21	23	−2

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SVN	Samir Handanović	38	0	36	0	2	0
30	GK	ARG	Juan Pablo Carrizo	4	0	2	0	2	0
46	GK	ITA	Tommaso Berni	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	GK	ROU	Ionuț Radu	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Defenders
5	DF	BRA	Juan Jesus	23	0	16+3	0	3+1	0
12	DF	BRA	Alex Telles	22	0	18+3	0	1	0
21	DF	ITA	Davide Santon	13	0	11+1	0	1	0
24	DF	COL	Jeison Murillo	35	2	32+2	2	1	0
25	DF	BRA	Miranda	34	1	31+1	1	2	0
28	DF	ITA	Fabio Della Giovanna	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	DF	ITA	Danilo D'Ambrosio	24	2	18+3	2	3	0
55	DF	JPN	Yuto Nagatomo	26	0	19+3	0	4	0
Midfielders
7	MF	FRA	Geoffrey Kondogbia	30	1	23+3	1	4	0
18	MF	CHI	Gary Medel	33	1	28+1	1	4	0
27	MF	CIV	Assane Gnoukouri	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
77	MF	CRO	Marcelo Brozović	35	7	25+7	4	2+1	3
83	MF	BRA	Felipe Melo	28	1	21+5	1	1+1	0
Forwards
8	FW	ARG	Rodrigo Palacio	30	3	15+12	2	1+2	1
9	FW	ARG	Mauro Icardi	34	16	32+1	16	0+1	0
10	FW	MNE	Stevan Jovetić	28	7	18+8	6	2	1
11	FW	FRA	Jonathan Biabiany	22	1	7+12	1	2+1	0
22	FW	SRB	Adem Ljajić	28	4	16+9	3	3	1
23	FW	ITA	Éder	14	1	8+5	1	1	0
44	FW	CRO	Ivan Perišić	37	9	26+8	7	2+1	2
97	FW	ALB	Rey Manaj	6	0	0+4	0	1+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
6	DF	BRA	Dodô	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
13	MF	COL	Fredy Guarín	16	1	11+5	1	0	0
14	DF	ESP	Martín Montoya	4	0	3	0	1	0
15	DF	SRB	Nemanja Vidić	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ITA	Andrea Ranocchia	10	0	1+9	0	0	0
88	MF	BRA	Hernanes	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
93	DF	ITA	Federico Dimarco	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	9	FW		Mauro Icardi	16	0	16
2	44	FW		Ivan Perišić	7	2	9
3	10	FW		Stevan Jovetić	6	1	7
	77	MF		Marcelo Brozović	4	3	7
5	22	FW		Adem Ljajić	3	1	4
6	8	FW		Rodrigo Palacio	2	1	3
7	24	DF		Jeison Murillo	2	0	2
	33	DF		Danilo D'Ambrosio	2	0	2
9	7	MF		Geoffrey Kondogbia	1	0	1
	11	FW		Jonathan Biabiany	1	0	1
	13	MF		Fredy Guarín	1	0	1
	18	MF		Gary Medel	1	0	1
	23	FW		Éder	1	0	1
	25	DF		Miranda	1	0	1
	83	MF		Felipe Melo	1	0	1
Own goal					1	0	1
Totals					50	8	58

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	1	GK		Samir Handanović	15	0	15
Totals					15	0	15

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Disciplinary record

^[30]

N	P	Nat.	Name	Serie A			Coppa Italia			Total			Notes
1	GK		Samir Handanović	5						5
5	DF		Juan Jesus	3			1			4
7	MF		Geoffrey Kondogbia	6		1	1			7		1
8	FW		Rodrigo Palacio	5						5
9	FW		Mauro Icardi	1						1
10	FW		Stevan Jovetić	4						4
11	FW		Jonathan Biabiany	3						3
12	DF		Alex Telles	6	1					6	1
13	MF		Fredy Guarín	7						7
18	MF		Gary Medel	10			1			11
21	DF		Davide Santon	1			1			2
22	FW		Adem Ljajić	2						2
23	FW		Éder	1			1			2
24	DF		Jeison Murillo	6	3		1	1		7	4
25	DF		Miranda	7	1	1	2			9	1	1
33	DF		Danilo D'Ambrosio	4	1		1			5	1
44	FW		Ivan Perišić	5			1			6
55	DF		Yuto Nagatomo	5	1	1				5	1	1
77	MF		Marcelo Brozović	7			1			8
83	MF		Felipe Melo	7	1	1				7	1	1
97	FW		Rey Manaj	1						1

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: inter.it, legaseriea.it
Only competitive matches

= Number of bookings;

= Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;

= Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References