The 2004–05 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 96th in existence and 89th consecutive season in the top flight of

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Season overview

The summer of 2004 saw Inter choose a new coach,

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, coming from

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. Inter started the season qualifying for the Champions League group phase, but also collected many draws in the league. Inter, achieved better results in cups, made a comeback (3–2) in a match against

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, scoring all three goals in the last six minutes. The

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with

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was lost 1–0, which broke a winning streak, in May 2004. the rivals also knocked Inter out of the Champions League, tournament in which – during the previous two-legs – Mancini's squad had been beaten by reigning champions

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. Inter achieved a third-place finish in the league. The win of the Coppa Italia final against

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, 3–0 on aggregate, closed the season.

Players

Squad information

From youth squad

Transfers

Winter

Competitions

Overview

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

=Third qualifying round

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

=Quarter-finals

Statistics

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

:''As of 15 June 2005''

References

External links

Official website
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