1990–91 Inter Milan season

Inter Milan
1990–91 season
President	Ernesto Pellegrini
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Stadium	Giuseppe Meazza
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Matthäus (16); All: ; Matthäus (23)
Average home league attendance	54,946
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →
	All statistics correct as of 26 May 1991.

Season

Inter was thought to be a favourite for the Serie A title, having - between others - three world champions in their squad.^[1] Well placed in the league, the side also reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup after comebacks against Rapid Wien and Aston Villa.^[2] Trapattoni's team managed to progress to the final, beating also Atalanta and Sporting Lisboa.^[3] Lost hopes for the Scudetto, due to losses from the Genoa sides in May, Inter saved the season by winning the UEFA cup.^[4] The triumph was over fellow Italian side Roma, 2–1 on aggregate.^[5]

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
—	GK	ITA	Walter Zenga
—	GK	ITA	Astutillo Malgioglio
—	GK	ITA	Luciano Bodini
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bergomi
—	DF	GER	Andreas Brehme
—	DF	ITA	Sergio Battistini
—	DF	ITA	Riccardo Ferri
—	DF	ITA	Antonio Paganin
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Baresi
—	DF	ITA	Massimiliano Tacchinardi
—	DF	ITA	Stefano Bettarini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Lothar Matthäus
—	MF	ITA	Alessandro Bianchi
—	MF	ITA	Nicola Berti
—	MF	ITA	Davide Fontolan
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Pizzi
—	MF	ITA	Paolo Stringara
—	MF	ITA	Andrea Mandorlini
—	FW	ITA	Aldo Serena
—	FW	ITA	Maurizio Iorio
—	FW	GER	Jürgen Klinsmann

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sampdoria (C)	34	20	11	3	57	24	+33	51	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan^[a]	34	18	10	6	46	19	+27	46	Banned from European competition
3	Internazionale	34	18	10	6	56	31	+25	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Genoa	34	14	12	8	51	36	+15	40
5	Torino	34	12	14	8	40	29	+11	38

Source: 1990–91 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[6]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ In March 1991, UEFA banned Milan from participating in European competition for one season due to refusing to resume their 1990-91 European Cup quarterfinal match away versus Olympique Marseille. The ban went into effect for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup.

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W
Position	1	1	5	2	2	2	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1991–92 European Cup; = 1991–92 UEFA Cup

Matches

9 September 1990 1	Cagliari	0–3	Inter	Cagliari
15:00 CEST		Report	Klinsmann 58' Klinsmann 65' Klinsmann 75'	Stadium: Sant Elia

16 September 1990 2	Inter	1–0	Bologna	Milan
15:00 CEST	Bianchi 90'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

23 September 1990 3	Torino	2–0	Inter	Turin
15:00 CEST	Vázquez 51' Lentini 79'	Report		Stadium: delle Alpi

30 September 1990 4	Inter	2–1	Roma	Milan
15:00 CEST	Klinsmann 76' Pizzi 88'	Report	Carnevale 30'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

7 October 1990 5	Atalanta	1–1	Inter	Bergamo
15:00 CEST	Evair 50'	Report	Matthäus 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Comunale

21 October 1990 6	Inter	6–3	Pisa	Milan
15:00 CEST	Serena 4, 43, 88' Bergomi 27' Matthäus 55' (pen.), 65'	Report	Piovanelli 48, 64' Stringara 61' (o.g.)	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

28 October 1990 7	Juventus	4–2	Inter	Turin
15:00 CET	Baggio 2' (pen.) Casiraghi 15' Schillaci 57' De Agostini 64'	Report	Matthäus 34' Klinsmann 80'	Stadium: delle Alpi

11 November 1990 8	Inter	2–1	Parma	Milan
15:00 CET	Serena 35' Matthäus 37' (pen.)	Report	Melli 89'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

18 November 1990 9	Milan	0–1	Inter	Milan
15:00 CET		Report	Berti 85'	Stadium: San Siro

25 November 1990 10	Inter	2–1	Napoli	Milan
15:00 CET	Matthäus 52' Baroni 65' (o.g.)	Report	Careca 53'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

2 December 1990 11	Bari	1–1	Inter	Bari
15:00 CET	Maccoppi 31'	Report	Serena 35'	Stadium: delle Vittoria

9 December 1990 12	Cesena	1–5	Inter	Cesena
15:00 CET	Ciocci 20' (pen.)	Report	Klinsmann 5' Matthäus 51' Serena 56' Pizzi 79' Barcella 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dino Manuzzi

16 December 1990 13	Inter	1–1	Fiorentina	Milan
15:00 CET	Matthäus 49' (pen.)	Report	Fuser 30'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

30 December 1990 14	Sampdoria	3–1	Inter	Genoa
15:00 CET	Vialli 1', 82' (pen.) Mancini 86'	Report	Berti 50'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

6 January 1991 15	Inter	2–1	Genoa	Milan
15:00 CET	Matthäus 16' (pen.) Klinsmann 53'	Report	Eranio 72'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

13 January 1991 16	Lazio	0–0	Inter	Rome
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Olimpico

20 January 1991 17	Inter	5–0	Lecce	Milan
15:00 CET	Brehme 2' Matthäus 42', 47' (pen.) Pizzi 80' Klinsmann 90'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

27 January 1991 18	Inter	1–1	Cagliari	Milan
15:00 CET	Klinsmann 44'	Report	Cappioli 87'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

3 February 1991 19	Bologna	0–0	Inter	Bologna
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

10 February 1991 20	Inter	1–0	Torino	Milan
15:00 CET	Klinsmann 8'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

17 February 1991 21	Roma	1–1	Inter	Rome
15:00 CET	Rizzitelli 81'	Report	Berti 67'	Stadium: Olimpico

24 February 1991 22	Inter	3–1	Atalanta	Milan
15:00 CET	Stringara 42' Klinsmann 55, 81'	Report	Strömberg 24'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

3 March 1991 23	Pisa	0–1	Inter	Pisa
15:00 CET		Report	Berti 51'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi

10 March 1991 24	Inter	2–0	Juventus	Milan
15:00 CET	Matthäus 36' Battistini 49'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

17 March 1991 25	Parma	0–0	Inter	Parma
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

24 March 1991 26	Inter	0–1	Milan	Milan
15:00 CEST		Report	van Basten 74'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

30 March 1991 27	Napoli	1–1	Inter	Naples
15:00 CEST	Careca 71'	Report	Matthäus 70'	Stadium: San Paolo

6 April 1991 28	Inter	5–1	Bari	Milan
15:00 CEST	Matthäus 42' (pen.) Serena 75, 78' Bianchi 83' Klinsmann 90'	Report	Răducioiu 88'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

14 April 1991 29	Inter	2–0	Cesena	Milan
15:00 CEST	Bergomi 28' Matthäus 80'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

20 April 1991 30	Fiorentina	0–0	Inter	Florence
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Comunale

4 May 1991 31	Inter	0–2	Sampdoria	Milan
15:00 CEST	Bergomi 45' Matthaüs 67'	Report	60' Dossena 76' Vialli	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Note: Gianluca Pagliuca blocked a penalty shoot-out by Matthäus at 67'.

12 May 1991 32	Genoa	3–0	Inter	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Ruotolo 38' Skuhravý 76' Carlos Aguilera 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

18 May 1991 33	Inter	2–0	Lazio	Milan
15:00 CEST	Battistini 58' Klinsmann 82'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

26 May 1991 34	Lecce	0–2	Inter	Lecce
15:00 CEST		Report	Bergomi 72' Matthäus 90'	Stadium: Via del Mare

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

5 September 1990	Monza	0-1	Inter	Monza
			Brehme 81' (pen)	Stadium: Brianteo

13 September 1990	Inter	2-1	Monza	Monza
	Battistini 34' Berti 52'		65' Di Biagio	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo^[7]

Eightfinals

9 January 1991	Inter	2-1	Torino	Milan
	Matthäus 82' Bergomi 88'		3' Martín Vázquez	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

23 January 1991	Torino	1-0 (2a-2 agg.)	Inter	Torino
	Lentini 15'			Stadium: delle Alpi

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

19 September 1990	Rapid Wien	2-1	Inter	Wien
19:30 (CET)	Pfeifenberger 55' Keglevits 71'	Report	5' Matthäus	Stadium: Gerhard Hanappi Stadion Referee: Quiniou

3 October 1990	Inter	3-1	Rapid Wien	Verona
20:30 (CET)	Berti 67', 84' Klinsmann 101'	Report	88' Weber	Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Courtney

Round of 16

24 October 1990	Aston Villa	2-0	Inter	Birmingham
21:00 (CET)	Nielsen 14' Platt 68'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Referee: Nemeth

7 November 1990	Inter	3-0	Aston Villa	Milan
20:30 (CET)	Klinsmann 7' Berti 62' Bianchi 74'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Spirin

Eightfinals

28 November 1990	Inter	3-0	Partizan	Milan
20:30 (CET)	Matthäus 32' Mandorlini 47' Bianchi 68'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Kohl

12 December 1990	Partizan	1-1	Inter	Belgrad
18:30 (CET)	Stevanović 62'	Report	65' Matthäus	Stadium: Partizan Referee: Vautrot

Quarterfinals

6 March 1991	Atalanta	0-0	Inter	Bergamo
20:30 (CET)		Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee: Forstinger

20 March 1991	Inter	2-0	Atalanta	Milan
20:30 (CET)	Serena 60' Matthäus 63'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Dos Santos

Semifinals

10 April 1991	Sporting Lisboa	0-0	Inter	Lisboa
22:00 (CET)		Report		Stadium: José Alvalade Referee: Petrović

24 April 1991	Inter	2-0	Sporting Lisboa	Milan
20:30 (CEST)	Matthäus 15' (pen) Klinsmann 35'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Biguet

Final

8 May 1991	Inter	2-0	Roma	Milan
20:30 (CEST)	Matthäus 55' (pen) Berti 67'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 68 887 Referee: Spirin

22 May 1991	Roma	1-0	Inter	Roma
20:30 (CEST)	Rizzitelli 81'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 70 900 Referee: Quiniou

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Walter Zenga	48	-37	32	-27	4	-3	12	-7
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bergomi	46	4	30	3	4	1	12	0
	DF	ITA	Sergio Battistini	43	3	27+1	2	4	1	11	0
	DF	ITA	Riccardo Ferri	39	0	26	0	2	0	11	0
	DF	ITA	Antonio Paganin	43	0	25+5	0	4	0	9	0
	DF	FRG	Andreas Brehme	36	2	23	1	4	1	9	0
	MF	ITA	Alessandro Bianchi	48	4	34	2	3	0	11	2
	MF	FRG	Lothar Matthäus	46	23	31	16	3	1	12	6
	MF	ITA	Nicola Berti	45	9	30	4	4	1	11	4
	FW	FRG	Jürgen Klinsmann	49	17	33	14	4	0	12	3
	FW	ITA	Aldo Serena	44	9	30	8	4	0	10	1
	GK	ITA	Astutillo Malgioglio	2	-4	2	-4	0	-0	0	-0
	MF	ITA	Fausto Pizzi	38	3	19+8	3	4	0	7	0
	MF	ITA	Paolo Stringara	29	1	13+9	1	4	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Andrea Mandorlini	27	1	12+6	0	2	0	7	1
	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Baresi	30	0	7+16	0	2	0	5	0
	FW	ITA	Maurizio Iorio	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Massimiliano Tacchinardi	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	ITA	Luciano Bodini	0	0	0	-0	0	-0
	MF	ITA	Davide Fontolan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	G. Marino	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Barollo	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Marco Delvecchio	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	M.Grossi	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1990/1003/

References

^ Gianni Brera (November 20, 1990). "Eupalla dice Samp". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 37.
^ Fulvio Bianchi (December 19, 1990). "Tutto bene meno l' Anderlecht". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 27.
^ Gianni Brera (April 25, 1991). "L' Inter dei perfetti tedeschi". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 37.
^ Gianni Brera (May 9, 1991). "L' Inter trova la forza perduta". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 39.
^ Gianni Brera (May 23, 1991). "Inter brutta va alla meta..." la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 29.
^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ Antonio Dipollina (13 September 1990). "Due gol dell'Inter (e svista di Zenga)". la Repubblica. p. 38.

Sources

- RSSF - Italy Championship 1990/91

[table_note_MIL0.88425899850403-6] In March 1991, UEFA banned Milan from participating in European competition for one season due to refusing to resume their 1990-91 European Cup quarterfinal match away versus Olympique Marseille. The ban went into effect for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup.

[1] Gianni Brera (November 20, 1990). "Eupalla dice Samp". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 37.

[2] Fulvio Bianchi (December 19, 1990). "Tutto bene meno l' Anderlecht". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 27.

[3] Gianni Brera (April 25, 1991). "L' Inter dei perfetti tedeschi". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 37.

[4] Gianni Brera (May 9, 1991). "L' Inter trova la forza perduta". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 39.

[5] Gianni Brera (May 23, 1991). "Inter brutta va alla meta..." la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 29.

[7] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[8] Antonio Dipollina (13 September 1990). "Due gol dell'Inter (e svista di Zenga)". la Repubblica. p. 38.

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