With three titleshe Inter Milan is one of the three Italian teams that managed to win the Champions League (or previous European Cup), along with their classic rivals AC Milan (7 trophies) and Juventus (2 consecrations).
Will Simone Inzaghi’s men manage to extend that record? That’s exactly what he’s looking for. nero azzurro currently and from the hand of players such as Alessandro Bastoni, Nicoló Barella and Lautaro Martínezhe is not far from achieving it: he will play the 2023 final with Manchester City.
Below is a review of it The most extraordinary history of Inter in the definitions of Champions League.
The finals of Inter in the Champions League
In bold, the ones they won
| Time | Opponent | Result | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963-1964 | Real Madrid | 3-1 | Vienna, Austria |
| 1964-1965 | Benfica | 1-0 | Milan, Italy |
| 1966-1967 | Celtic | 1-2 | Lisbon Portugal |
| 1971-1972 | Ajax | 0-2 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2009-2010 | Bayern Munich | 2-0 | Madrid, Spain |
The Inter’s golden era in the Champions League lasted between 1963 and 1972years in which he played in four of the five finals in his history and won two of his three titles.
The first final took place in Season 1963-1964with sanctification included, defeating it Real Madrid in the Vienna final, for 3-1. Sandro Mazzola (tournament top scorer with 7 goals) on two occasions and Aurelio Milani in the rest they scored for those led by the Argentine Helenio Herrerato defeat a team full of legends of the caliber of Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskás and Paco Gento.
between repeated the title in 1964-1965exceeding the definition, as local, a Benfica of Eusébio who had won the league twice in 1961 and 1962, apart from knocking out Madrid in the quarter-finals that year. the brazilian jair da costa scored the only goal in the final to give Herrera’s side a second consecutive Champions League (at the time European Cup), even as the competition’s top two scorers appeared against each other: the aforementioned Eusébio and José Torres, both with 6 goals.
between he returned to the final in 1967knocking out Madrid in the quarter-finals and Bulgaria’s CSKA Zname in the semi-finals and beyond they fall to the definition against Celtic 2-1, in overtime. Mazzola put Herrera’s men ahead in the 6th minute but the Scots turned the tables with goals from Tommy Gemmell and Stevie Chalmers.
Inter got revenge against Celtic in their semi-finals 1972, eliminating him on penalties to advance to the Rotterdam final. However, the Ajax Stefan Kovacs was too much for the Italians: Double by Johan Cruyff and 2-0 for the Dutch.
To see Inter again in the Champions League final, they had to go through almost four decades. Was inside 2010from his hand Jose Mourinhothat he nero azzurro returned to the main echelon of Europe and did so with the title: 2-0 against Bayern Munichthanks to Double by Argentine Diego Milito. Before, in the semi-finals, an unforgettable one 3-2 on aggregate yet Guardiola’s Barcelona which at the time seemed little less than unbeatable (he had won the sextet in 2009).
