1971–72 Inter Milan season

Inter Milan 1971–72 Football Club Internazionale Milano 1971-72.jpg Giovanni Invernizzi Ivanoe Fraizzoli President San Siro Serie A 5th Coppa Italia 2nd round European Cup Runners-up Roberto Boninsegna (22) Boninsegna (34) 0050E0 _inter6465h _inter6667h _inter6465h 0050E0 0050E0 000000 0b30cf _black_band_color _blackborder ffffff _inter7172a 0060F0 _blackborder ffffff ffffff ffffff 1970–71 1972–73 During the 1971–72 season Inter Milan competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and 1971–72 European Cup. Summary thumb|upright|left|Mauro Bellugi and Piet Keizer (right) playing the 1972 European Cup Final 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.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,18/articleid,0139_01_1971_0246_0018_4622529/ Guilty by a "Coca- Cola" Can Bruno Bernardi 21 October 1971 5 January 2024 La Stampa it 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.http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2007/aprile/12/Mazzola_dell_Inter_consegnai_altra_ga_10_070412020.shtml Mazzola and the 1–7 of Inter: "I've got another can" Elio Trifari archiviostorico.gazzetta.it 12 April 2007 5 January 2024 http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1984/06/08/miei-giorni-di-presidente-in-un.html My days as club President la Repubblica 8 June 1984 27 April 2024 Oliviero Beha Invernizzi replaced Boninsegna, according to the Inter medical staff.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,18/articleid,0139_01_1971_0246_0018_4622530/ The Referee will not change the final score Bruno Bernardi 21 October 1971 5 January 2024 La Stampa it The Dutch referee ordered the match to be played and in the next 60 minutes the Germans score 5 times thanks to the permissiveness by Inter;. https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1971/10/22/page_010.pdf A Match to Forget Bruno Panzera l'Unità 22 October 1972 5 November 2023 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 y y ITA Ivano Bordon GK y ITA Lido Vieri GK y ITA Mauro Bellugi DF y ITA Tarcisio Burgnich DF y ITA Bernardino Fabbian DF y ITA Giacinto Facchetti DF y ITA Mario Giubertoni DF y ITA Graziano Bini DF y ITA Gianfranco Bedin MF y ITA Mario Bertini MF y y ITA Mario Corso MF y ITA Mario Frustalupi MF y ITA Sandro Mazzola MF y ITA Gabriele Oriali MF y ITA Evert Skoglund MF y ITA Roberto Boninsegna FW y BRA Jair da Costa FW y ITA Sergio Pellizzaro FW y ITA Roberto Dioni FW y ITA Giampiero Ghio FW Transfers In Pos. Name To TypeDFGraziano Bini MFEvert Skoglund FWRoberto Dioni FWGiampiero Ghio Out Pos. Name from TypeDFGiancarlo Cella Piacenza DFSpartaco Landini Palermo DFOscar Righetti Piacenza loanMFMarco Achilli Livorno FWAlberto Reif Hellas Verona Competitions Serie A 1971–72 Serie A League table INT Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A Result W/W/W/L/W/D/L/W/D/P/D/D/W/D/W/W/L/W/L/D/L/W/D/D/L/W/D/L/D/W/W Position 1/1/1/2/1/2/5/2/3/5/5/7/3/4/3/3/4/4/4/6/6/6/6/6/7/6/6/6/7/6/5 Home Away Postponed green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st Leader, qualified to the 1972–73 European Cup blue1 1972–73 UEFA Cup red1 Relegation to 1972–73 Serie B complete Competitive matches August 2021 Matches Milan 3 October 1971 1 Inter Milan 2–0 Atalanta BC San Siro Gialluisi Mazzola 15Boninsegna 89 pen W Catanzaro 17 October 1971 2 Catanzaro 0–2 Inter Milan Stadio Militare Monti 63 Bedin80 Facchetti W Milan 24 October 1971 3 Inter Milan 4–1 Hellas Verona San Siro Pieroni (Rome) S. Mazzola 44 75Bedin 59Boninsegna 64 77 Reif W Rome 31 October 1971 4 AS Roma 3–1 Inter Milan Olimpico Angonese (Mestre) La Rosa 11Cappellini 36Salvori 86 48 Boninsegna L Milan 7 November 1971 5 Inter Milan 2–0 Torino San Siro Giunti (Arezzo) Bertini 74Boninsegna 76 W Naples 14 November 1971 6 SSC Napoli 0–0 Inter Milan Stadio San Paolo Lattanzi (Rome) D Milan 28 November 1971 7 Inter Milan 2–3 AC Milan San Siro Lo Bello Ghio 18Boninsegna 42 2 85 Bigon30 Rivera L Bologna 5 December 1971 8 Bologna 0–3 Inter Milan Comunale Gonella 14 Facchetti21 31 Boninsegna W Milan 12 December 1971 9 Inter Milan 0–0 Cagliari San Siro Menegali D Vicenza 19 December 1971 10 Lanerossi Vicenza suspd. Inter Milan Romeo Menti Toselli Match suspended at 17' due to heavy fog with a 0–0 score. Florence 26 December 1971 11 Fiorentina 0–0 Inter Milan Comunale Monti D Milan 2 January 1972 12 Inter Milan 0–0 Juventus San Siro Lo Bello D Vicenza 6 January 1972 10 Lanerossi Vicenza 0–4 Inter Milan Romeo Menti Toselli (Cormons) 60 87 Boninsegna63 Bertini69 Mazzola W Match rescheduled from 19 December 1971 Milan 9 January 1972 13 Inter Milan 4–4 Sampdoria San Siro Lattanzi Boninsegna 43 pen 56 pen 65Corso 53 34 Boni62 Santin74 Lippi86 pen Suarez D Mantua 16 January 1972 14 Mantova 1911 1–6 Inter Milan Danilo Martinelli Michelotti Dell'Angelo 70 16 67 Boninsegna55 82 Bertini60 Pellizzaro87 Facchetti W Milan 23 January 1972 15 Inter Milan 2–0 Varese San Siro Branzoni (Pavia) Boninsegna 60Mazzola 87 W Bergamo 30 January 1972 16 Atalanta BC 1–0 Inter Milan Comunale Serafino Moro 33 L Milan 6 January 1972 17 Inter Milan 1–0 Catanzaro San Siro Giunti Mazzola 47 W Verona 13 February 1972 18 Hellas Verona 2–0 Inter Milan Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Pieroni (Rome) Orazi 23Mariani 78 L Milan 20 February 1972 19 Inter Milan 2–2 AS Roma San Siro Angonese Jair 4Mazzola 56 44 82 La Rosa D Turin 27 February 1972 20 Torino 2–1 Inter Milan Comunale Toselli P. Pulici 37Mazzola 84 o.g. 60 Boninsegna L Milan 12 March 1972 21 Inter Milan 2–0 SSC Napoli San Siro Lo Bello Panzanato 38 o.g.Giubertoni 89 W Milan 19 March 1972 22 AC Milan 1–1 Inter Milan San Siro Angonese (Mestre) Benetti 53 84 Boninsegna D Milan 26 March 1972 23 Inter Milan 1–1 Bologna San Siro Giunti (Arezzo) Corso 78 48 Landini D Cagliari 1 April 1972 24[27] Cagliari 2–1 Inter Milan Sant'Elia Lo Bello (Siracusa) Riva 31Brugnera 75 25 pen Boninsegna L Milan 9 April 1972 25 Inter 2–1 Lanerossi Vicenza San Siro Trono Boninsegna 48 penFacchetti 51 63 pen Maraschi W Milan 16 April 1972 26 Inter Milan 1–1 Fiorentina San Siro Francescon Bedin 81 30 De Sisti D Turin 23 April 1972 27 Juventus 3–0 Inter Milan Comunale Pieroni Causio 7 27 85 L Genoa 7 May 1972 28 Sampdoria 0–0 Inter Milan Luigi Ferraris Michelotti (Parma) D Milan 21 May 1972 29 Inter Milan 2–0 Mantova 1911 San Siro Lattanzi Boninsegna 74 79 W Varese 27 May 1972 30 Varese 0–3 Inter Milan Franco Ossola Panzino (Catanzaro) 27 Boninsegna62 Pellizzaro76 Frustalupi W Match rescheduled from May 28th due to the 1972 European Cup Final. Coppa Italia 1971-72 Coppa Italia First round Group 1 Group 1 INT Matches Milan 29 August 1971 1 Inter 6–0 Reggina San Siro Menegali Boninsegna 17 56 60 84Bertini 21Jair 36 W Varese 5 September 1971 2 Varese 1–1 Inter Franco Ossola Michelotti Borghi 59 11 Ghio D Como 8 September 1971 3 Como 0–1 Inter Giuseppe Sinigaglia Branzoni 35 Boninsegna W Milan 19 September 1971 5 Inter 1–1 Brescia San Siro Serafino Facchetti 59 38 Tedoldi D Second round Group A INT Group A Milan 4 June 1972 1 Inter Milan 3–1 Juventus San Siro Giunti Boninsegna 16 89Mazzola 72 2 Anastasi W Milan 8 June 1972 2 AC Milan 1–0 Inter Milan San Siro Gonella Sabadini 43 L Milan 11 June 1972 3 Inter Milan 3–0 Torino San Siro Lattanzi Mazzola 40Corso 44Boninsegna 82 W Turin 25 June 1972 4 Juventus 2–1 Inter Milan Comunale Barbaresco Novellini 47 80 88 Jair L Milan 28 June 1972 5 Inter Milan 0–1 AC Milan San Siro Bernardis 28 Bigon L Turin 1 July 1972 6 Torino 1–0 Inter Milan Comunale Monti Toschi 52 pen L European Cup 1971-72 European Cup Round of 32 Milan 15 September 1971 21:00 (CEST) 1 Inter ITA 4–1 Greece AEK Athens San Siro BEL Loraux Mazzola 20Facchetti 35Jair 44Boninsegna 61 pen 15 Pomonis 72,333 W Athens 29,449 29 September 1971 21:00 (CEST) 2 AEK Athens Greece 3–2 4–6 ITA Inter Nikos Goumas Stadium USSR Bəhramov Ventouris 29Papaiannou 45Nikolaidis 89 17 o.g. Karafeskos75 Boninsegna L Eightfinals Mönchengladbach 20 October 1971 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 7–1 ITA Inter Milan Heynckes 7 44Le Fevre 21 34Netzer 42 52Sieloff 83 pen. Boninsegna 20 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach 27,500 NED Jef Dorpmans This game was annulled as Inter Forward Roberto Boninsegna was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minute. 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. Milan 3 November 1971 21:15 CET 2 Inter ITA 4–2 FRG Borussia Mönchengladbach San Siro 60 000 Schweiz Scheurer Bellugi 10Boninsegna 13Jair 57Ghio 90 38 le Fevre89’ Wittkamp W Berlin 1 December 1971 20:15 CET 1 (replay) Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 0–0 ITA Inter Olympiastadion 86 000 ENG Taylor D Quarterfinals Milan 8 March 1972 21:15 CET 1 Inter ITA 1–0 BEL Standard Liège San Siro 54 000 YUG Gugulovic Jair 80 W Liege 22 March 1972 22:00 CET 2 Standard Liège BEL 2–1 ITA Inter Stade Maurice Dufrasne FRA Hauss Cvetler 51Takač 84 pen 80 Mazzola L 26 993 Semifinals Milan 5 April 1972 21:00 CEST 1 Inter ITA 0–0 SCO Celtic Glasgow San Siro 69 836 AUT Linemayr D Glasgow 19 April 1972 21:00 CEST 2 Celtic Glasgow SCO 0–0 yes 75 124 ITA Inter Celtic Park DDR Est Glöckner Deans (blocked)Craig Johnstone McCluskey Murdoch 4–5 Mazzola Facchetti Frustalupi Pellizzaro Jair D 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 1972 European Cup Final Rotterdam 31 May 1972 20:30 CEST Inter ITA 0–2 NED Ajax Feijenoord Stadion 61,354 FRA Héliès Cruijff 47 78 L Statistics Players statistics Serie A Coppa European Cup ITA Lido Vieri GK 16 -15 ITA Mauro Bellugi DF 20 0 ITA Tarcisio Burgnich DF 27 0 ITA Mario Giubertoni DF 27 1 ITA Giacinto Facchetti DF 27 4 ITA Gabriele Oriali MF 20 0 ITA Gianfranco Bedin MF 26 3 ITA Mario Bertini MF 23+1 4 ITA Mario Corso MF 29 2 ITA Sandro Mazzola MF 28 7 ITA Roberto Boninsegna FW 28 22 ITA Ivano Bordon GK 14+2 -13 BRA Jair da Costa FW 17 1 ITA Sergio Pellizzaro FW 11+4 2 ITA Mario Frustalupi MF 9+11 1 ITA Giampiero Ghio FW 6+3 1 ITA Bernardino Fabbian DF 2+3 0 ITA Graziano Bini DF 0+1 0 ITA Evert Skoglund MF ITA Roberto Dioni FW http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1971/694/ May 2024 References Category:Inter Milan seasons Inter Milan