The 2007–08 season was
Football Club Internazionale Milano's 99th in existence and 92nd consecutive season in the top flight of
Italian football
Football ( ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only Brazil (with five), runners-up in two finals both against Brazil, (1970, 1994) and ...
. This season marked Inter's centenary celebration on March 9, 2008.
The club commemorated its foundation on the previous day with a party in
San Siro
San Siro is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy. It has a seating capacity of 75,817, making it the largest stadium in Italy and one of the largest stadiums in Europe. It is the home stadium of the city's principal ...
, in which supporters and former players took part.
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Season overview
On August 19, 2007, Inter faced Roma
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* Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
* Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
in the Supercoppa Italiana
The Supercoppa Italiana, also known as the Italian Super Cup, is an annual super cup tournament in Italian football. Founded in 1988 as a two-team competition, it has featured four teams since 2023 (the winners and runners-up of the previous ...
, losing on penalties. Roberto Mancini
Roberto Mancini (; born 27 November 1964) is an Italian football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of the Saudi Arabia national team.
As a player, Mancini operated as a deep-lying forward, and was best known for h ...
's side celebrated its third consecutive ''Scudetto
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'', finishing above Roma again, thought it was a much closer affair, with the Nerrazzuri finishing only three points above the Giallorossi. Inter clinched the title in the last match by beating Parma
Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...
for 2–0. Both goals came from Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Ibrahimović is known for his acrobatic strikes and Volley (association footba ...
, who was subbed on at half-time, taking his tally to 17 goals in the league. For Parma, it was the first relegation to Serie B
The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...
after 18 consecutive seasons in top flight.
In late May 2008, having lost the Coppa Italia
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Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
final to Roma, Mancini was fired by Moratti. Days later, the club announced that the coach was sacked for his statement after the team second leg loss against Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
in the last 16 of The Champions League : this game had marked the side's elimination.
Centennial Kit
Players
Squad information
From youth squad
Transfers
In
Out
Club
Non-playing staff
Pre-season and friendlies
Riscone di Brunico training camp
Emirates Cup
Birra Moretti Trophy
TIM Trophy
Other friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Supercoppa Italiana
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Knockout phase
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Statistics
Players statistics
Squad statistics
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Club career
Early career
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Last updated: 24 May 2008
References
External links
Official website
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Inter Milan seasons
Internazionale
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...