1971–72 Inter Milan season

During the 1971–72 season Football Club Internazionale competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and 1971–72 European Cup.

Football Club Internazionale
1971–72 season
PresidentIvanoe Fraizzoli
ManagerGiovanni Invernizzi
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A5th
Coppa Italia2nd round
European CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Roberto Boninsegna (22)

All:
Boninsegna (34)

Summary

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An ageing squad collapsed in League to the 5th position clinching a UEFA spot for the next year.

In European Cup the club after 4 years returned to the highest continental tournament. In eightfinals the team played against German side Borussia Mönchengladbach, the first leg of the series was a bizarre event. In the seventh minute the Germans score the first thanks to Jupp Heynckes. Twelve minutes later Forward Roberto Boninsegna scored the draw, however few minutes later Ulrik le Fevre made the 2–1.[1]

At minute 29, Boninsegna on the field side was hit by a Coca-Cola can and felt down over the grass. The squad included head coach Invernizzi, asked the Dutch referee Jef Dorpmans the suspension of the match.[2][3]

Invernizzi replaced Boninsegna, according to the Inter medical staff.[4] The Dutch referee ordered the match to be played and in the next 60 minutes the Germans score 5 times thanks to the permisssivness by Inter;.[5]

Few days later, UEFA annulled the match, rescheduling on 1 December 1971 at Berlin, a neutral venue. Finally, Inter advanced to the quarterfinals after a 4-2 won at San Siro, and a 0–0 score on the replay. The Neroazzurro clinched the 1972 European Cup Final only to be defeated by Johan Cruijff's Ajax with a 0–2 score.

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ITA Ivano Bordon
GK   ITA Lido Vieri
DF   ITA Mauro Bellugi
DF   ITA Tarcisio Burgnich
DF   ITA Bernardino Fabbian
DF   ITA Giacinto Facchetti
DF   ITA Mario Giubertoni
DF   ITA Graziano Bini
MF   ITA Gianfranco Bedin
MF   ITA Mario Bertini
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ITA Mario Corso
MF   ITA Mario Frustalupi
MF   ITA Sandro Mazzola
MF   ITA Gabriele Oriali
MF   ITA Evert Skoglund
FW   ITA Roberto Boninsegna
FW   BRA Jair da Costa
FW   ITA Sergio Pellizzaro
FW   ITA Roberto Dioni
FW   ITA Giampiero Ghio

Transfers

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In
Pos. Name To Type
DF Graziano Bini
MF Evert Skoglund
FW Roberto Dioni
FW Giampiero Ghio

Competitions

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Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Torino 30 17 8 5 39 25 +14 42 Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Cagliari 30 15 9 6 39 23 +16 39
5 Internazionale 30 13 10 7 49 28 +21 36
6 Fiorentina 30 12 12 6 28 20 +8 36
7 Roma 30 13 9 8 37 31 +6 35
Source: Panini

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA
ResultWWWLWDLWDPDDWDWWLWLDLWDDLWDLDWW
Position1112125235573433444666667666765
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed;   = Leader, Classified to 1972–73 European Cup;   = 1972–73 UEFA Cup;   = Relegation to 1972–73 Serie B

Matches

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3 October 1971 1 Inter 2 – 0 Atalanta BC Milano
Mazzola   15'
Boninsegna   89' (pen)
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Gialluisi
17 October 1971 2 Catanzaro 0 – 2 Inter Catanzaro
  63' Bedin
  80' Facchetti
Stadium: Stadio Militare
Referee: Monti
24 October 1971 3 Inter 4 – 1 Hellas Verona Milano
S. Mazzola   44',   75'
Bedin   59'
Boninsegna   64'
  77' Reif Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Pieroni (Roma)
31 October 1971 4 AS Roma 3 – 1 Inter Roma
La Rosa   11'
Cappellini   36'
Salvori   86'
  48' Boninsegna Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Angonese (Mestre)
7 November 1971 5 Inter 2 – 0 Torino Milano
Bertini   74'
Boninsegna   76'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Giunti (Arezzo)
14 November 1971 6 SSC Napoli 0 – 0 Inter Napoli
Stadium: San Paolo
Referee: Lattanzi (Roma)
28 November 1971 7 Inter 2 – 3 Milan Milano
Ghio   18'
Boninsegna   42'
  2',   85' Bigon
  30' Rivera
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Lo Bello
5 December 1971 8 Bologna 0 – 3 Inter Bologna
  14' Facchetti
  21',   31' Boninsegna
Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Gonella
12 December 1971 9 Inter 0 – 0 Cagliari Milano
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Menegali
19 December 1971 10 Lanerossi Vicenza suspd. Inter Vicenza
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Referee: Toselli
Note: Match suspended at 17' due to heavy fog with a 0-0 score.
26 December 1971 11 Fiorentina 0 – 0 Inter Firenze
Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Monti
2 January 1972 12 Inter 0 – 0 Juventus Milano
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Lo Bello
6 January 1972 10 Lanerossi Vicenza 0 – 4 Inter Vicenza
  60',   87' Boninsegna
  63' Bertini
  69' Mazzola
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Referee: Toselli (Cormons)
Note: Match rescheduled from 19 December 1971
9 January 1972 13 Inter 4 – 4 Sampdoria Milano
Boninsegna   43' (pen),   56' (pen),   65'
Corso   53'
  34' Boni
  62' Santin
  74' Lippi
  86' (pen) Suarez
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Lattanzi
16 January 1972 14 Mantova 1 – 6 Inter Mantova
Dell'Angelo   70'   16',   67' Boninsegna
  55',   82' Bertini
  60' Pellizzaro
  87' Facchetti
Stadium: Danilo Martinelli
Referee: Michelotti
23 January 1972 15 Inter 2 – 0 Varese Milano
Boninsegna   60'
Mazzola   87'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Branzoni (Pavia)
30 January 1972 16 Atalanta BC 1 – 0 Inter Bergamo
Moro   33' Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Serafino
6 January 1972 17 Inter 1 – 0 Catanzaro Milano
Mazzola   47' Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Giunti
13 February 1972 18 Hellas Verona 2 – 0 Inter Verona
Orazi   23'
Mariani   78'
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Pieroni (Roma)
20 February 1972 19 Inter 2 – 2 AS Roma Milano
Jair   4'
Mazzola   56'
  44',   82' La Rosa Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Angonese
27 February 1972 20 Torino 2 – 1 Inter Torino
P. Pulici   37'
Mazzola   84' (o.g.)
  60' Boninsegna Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Toselli
12 March 1972 21 Inter 2 – 0 SSC Napoli Milano
Panzanato   38' (o.g.)
Giubertoni   89'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Lo Bello
19 March 1972 22 Milan 1 – 1 Inter Milano
Benetti   53'   84' Boninsegna Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Angonese (Mestre)
26 March 1972 23 Inter 1 – 1 Bologna Milano
Corso   78'   48' Landini Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Giunti (Arezzo)
1 April 1972 24[27] Cagliari 2 – 1 Inter Cagliari
Riva   31'
Brugnera   75'
  25' (pen) Boninsegna Stadium: Sant'Elia
Referee: Lo Bello (Siracusa)
9 April 1972 25 Inter 2 – 1 Lanerossi Vicenza Milano
Boninsegna   48' (pen)
Facchetti   51'
  63' (pen) Maraschi Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Trono
16 April 1972 26 Inter 1 – 1 Fiorentina Milano
Bedin   81'   30' De Sisti Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Francescon
23 April 1972 27 Juventus 3 – 0 Inter Torino
Causio   7',   27',   85' Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Pieroni
7 May 1972 28 Sampdoria 0 – 0 Inter Genova
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Michelotti (Parma)
21 May 1972 29 Inter 2 – 0 Mantova Milano
Boninsegna   74',   79' Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Lattanzi
27 May 1972 30[27] Varese 0 – 3 Inter Varese
  27' Boninsegna
  62' Pellizzaro
  76' Frustalupi
Stadium: Franco Ossola
Referee: Panzino (Catanzaro)

Coppa Italia

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First round

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Group 1
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Internazionale 4 2 2 0 9 2 +7 6
2 Varese 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6
3 Como 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
4 Brescia 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 3
5 Reggina 4 0 0 4 2 14 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Matches
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29 August 1971 1 Inter 6 – 0 Reggina Milano
Boninsegna   17',   56',   60',   84'
Bertini   21'
Jair   36'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Menegali
5 September 1971 2 Varese 1 – 1 Inter Varese
Borghi   59'   11' Ghio Stadium: Franco Ossola
Referee: Michelotti
8 September 1971 3 Como 0 – 1 Inter Como
  35' Boninsegna Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Referee: Branzoni
19 September 1971 5 Inter 1 – 1 Brescia Milano
Facchetti   59'   38' Tedoldi Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Serafino

Second round

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Group A
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ACM TOR INT JUV
1 Milan 6 4 2 0 7 3 +4 10 1–1 1–0 3–2
2 Torino 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 6 0–0 1–0 2–1
3 Internazionale 6 2 0 4 7 6 +1 4 0–1 3–0 3–1
4 Juventus 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3 4 0–1 2–1 2–1
4 June 1972 1 Inter 3 – 1 Juventus Milano
Boninsegna   16',   89'
Mazzola   72'
  2' Anastasi Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Giunti
8 June 1972 2 Milan 1 – 0 Inter Milano
Sabadini   43' Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Gonella
11 June 1972 3 Inter 3 – 0 Torino Milano
Mazzola   40'
Corso   44'
Boninsegna   82'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Lattanzi
25 June 1972 4 Juventus 2 – 1 Inter Torino
Novellini   47',   80'   88' Jair Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Barbaresco
28 June 1972 5 Inter 0 – 1 AC Milan Milano
  28' Bigon Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Bernardis
1 July 1972 6 Torino 1 – 0 Inter Torino
Toschi   52' (pen) Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Monti

European Cup

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Round of 32

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15 September 1971 1 Inter   4 – 1   AEK Athens Milano
21:00 (CEST) Mazzola   20'
Facchetti   35'
Jair   44'
Boninsegna   61' (pen)
  15' Pomonis Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72,333
Referee:   Loraux
29 September 1971 2 AEK Athens   3 – 2
(4 – 6 agg.)
  Inter Athens
21:00 (CEST) Ventouris   29'
Papaioannou   45'
Nikolaidis   89'
  17' (o.g.) Karafeskos
  75' Boninsegna
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 29,449
Referee:   Bəhramov

Eightfinals

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20 October 1971 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach   7 – 1   Inter Milan Mönchengladbach
Heynckes   7', 44'
Le Fevre   21', 34'
Netzer   42', 52'
Sieloff   83' (pen.)
[1] Boninsegna   20' Stadium: Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
Attendance: 27,500
Referee:   Jef Dorpmans
Note: This game was annulled as Inter Forward Roberto Boninsegna was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minute.[2][3] The first leg game was replayed after the game that was originally scheduled to be second leg was played, thus the order of legs was switched.
3 November 1971 1 Inter   4 – 2   Borussia Mönchengladbach Milano
21:15 CET Bellugi   10'
Boninsegna   13'
Jair   57'
Ghio   90'
  38' le Fevre
  89'’ Wittkamp
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60 000
Referee:   Scheurer
1 December 1971 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach   0 – 0   Inter Berlin
20:15 CET Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 86 000
Referee:   Taylor

Quarterfinals

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8 March 1972 1 Inter   1 – 0   Standard Liège Milano
21:15 CET Jair   80' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 54 000
Referee:   Gugulovic
22 March 1972 2 Standard Liège   2 – 1   Inter Liege
22:00 CET Cvetler   51'
Takač   84' (pen)
  80' Mazzola Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26 993
Referee:   Hauss

Semifinals

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5 April 1972 1 Inter   0 – 0   Celtic Glasgow Milano
21:00 CEST Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69 836
Referee:   Linemayr
19 April 1972 2 Celtic Glasgow   0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 p)
  Inter Glasgow
21:00 CEST Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 75 124
Referee:   Est Glöckner
Penalties
Deans   (blocked)
Craig  
Johnstone  
McCluskey  
Murdoch  
  Mazzola
  Facchetti
  Frustalupi
  Pellizzaro
  Jair
Note: During the shoot-out, teams had to take all five penalties even if they could no longer win (the shoot-out would otherwise have ended with a score of 5–3 as Inter went first).

Final

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31 May 1972 Ajax   2 – 0   Inter Rotterdam
20:30 CEST Cruijff   47',   78' Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion
Attendance: 61 354
Referee:   Héliès

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa European Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ITA Lido Vieri 16 -15 16 -15
DF   ITA Mauro Bellugi 20 0 20 0
DF   ITA Tarcisio Burgnich 27 0 27 0
DF   ITA Mario Giubertoni 27 1 27 1
DF   ITA Giacinto Facchetti 27 4 27 4
MF   ITA Gabriele Oriali 20 0 20 0
MF   ITA Gianfranco Bedin 26 3 26 3
MF   ITA Mario Bertini 24 4 23+1 4
MF   ITA Mario Corso 29 2 29 2
MF   ITA Sandro Mazzola 28 7 28 7
FW   ITA Roberto Boninsegna 28 22 28 22
GK   ITA Ivano Bordon 16 -13 14+2 -13
FW   BRA Jair da Costa 17 1 17 1
FW   ITA Sergio Pellizzaro 15 2 11+4 2
MF   ITA Mario Frustalupi 20 1 9+11 1
FW   ITA Giampiero Ghio 9 1 6+3 1
DF   ITA Bernardino Fabbian 5 0 2+3 0
DF   ITA Graziano Bini 1 0 0+1 0
MF   ITA Evert Skoglund
FW   ITA Roberto Dioni

References

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  1. ^ Bruno Bernardi (21 October 1971). "Guilty by a "Coca- Cola" Can" (in Italian). La Stampa. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ Elio Trifari (12 April 2007). "Mazzola and the 1-7 of Inter: "I've got another can"". archiviostorico.gazzetta.it. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ^ Oliviero Beha (8 June 1984). "My days as club President". la Repubblica. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  4. ^ Bruno Bernardi (21 October 1971). "The Referee will not change the final score" (in Italian). La Stampa. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ^ Bruno Panzera (22 October 1972). "A Match to Forget" (PDF). l'Unità. Retrieved 5 November 2023.