1961–62 Inter Milan season
1961–62 season | |||
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Owner | Angelo Moratti | ||
President | Angelo Moratti | ||
Manager | Helenio Herrera | ||
Stadium | San Siro | ||
Serie A | 2nd | ||
Coppa Italia | Eightfinals | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Gerry Hitchens (16) All: Hitchens (18) | ||
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During the 1961–62 season Football Club Internazionale Milano competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
Summary
[edit]During summer oil tycoon and President Angelo Moratti[1] in his 7th campaign as chairman transferred in several players to reinforce the club such as: Welsh forward Gerry Hitchens from Aston Villa[2][3] and Spanish midfielder Luis Suarez from FC Barcelona after paid 25 million Spanish pesetas (£152,000).[4]
Hitchens arrived to the team after a failed bid on Scottish Forward Denis Law who moved to Torino for a fee of £110,000,[note 1] (a record fee for a transfer involving a British player)[5][6] included claims by Internazionale that he had signed a pre-contract agreement with them, although they dropped this claim before the season started.
The club finished in 2nd place just 5 points below of league Champions AC Milan. In Coppa Italia the team was early eliminated by Novara in Eightfinals. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup the squad advanced to the quarterfinals and lost the series to Valencia CF.
Squad
[edit]- .-Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1960/501/
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
FW | Lorenzo Bettini | Udinese | |
FW | Gerry Hitchens | Aston Villa | |
MF | Luis Suárez | FC Barcelona | |
FW | Mario Mereghetti | Udinese | loan ended |
GK | Ottavio Bugatti | SSC Napoli | |
FW | Humberto | Academica | |
MF | Guido Gratton | SSC Napoli |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
DF | Mauro Gatti | SSC Napoli | |
MF | Bengt Lindskog | Lecco | |
FW | Eddie Firmani | Genoa | |
GK | Mario Da Pozzo | Genoa | |
FW | Antonio Angelillo | AS Roma | |
DF | Livio Fongaro | Genoa | |
FW | Luigi Mascalaito | US Catanzaro |
Winter
[edit]In | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
MF | Guido Gratton | SS Lazio |
Competitions
[edit]Serie A
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Milan (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 83 | 36 | +47 | 53 | Qualified for the European Cup |
2 | Internazionale | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 48 | |
3 | Fiorentina | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 46 | |
4 | Bologna | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 45 | |
5 | Roma | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 44 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
(C) Champions
Results by round
[edit]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, European Cup; = Registered to 1962 Mitropa Cup; = Invited to 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup; = Relegation to 1962–63 Serie B
Matches
[edit]27 August 1961 1 | Inter | 6 – 0 | Atalanta | Milano |
ore 15:30 CEST | Corso 22' Hitchens 28', 43' Bettini 30', 79' Suárez 70' |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Di Tonno |
3 September 1961 2 | Roma | 2 – 3 | Inter | Roma |
ore 15:30 CEST | Pestrin 54' Manfredini 66' (pen.) |
13' Hitchens 58' Suárez 70' Bettini |
Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Gambarotta |
13 September 1961 4 | Mantova | 1 – 1 | Inter | Mantova |
18:00 CEST | Sormani 3' | 90' Bettini | Stadium: Martelli Referee: Sbardella |
17 September 1961 5 | Inter | 4 – 1 | Fiorentina | Milano |
ore 15:30 CEST | Corso 13' Suárez 30' (pen.) Hitchens 39', 76' |
88' (o.g.) Picchi | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Gambarotta |
24 September 1961 6 | Padova | 0 – 2 | Inter | Padova |
ore 15:30 CEST | 36', 89' Corso | Stadium: Stadio Silvio Appiani Referee: Lo Bello |
1 October 1961 7 | Inter | 1 – 3 | Milan | Milano |
15:30 CEST | Suárez 70' | 18' Pivatelli 53' Greaves 86' Conti |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Bonetto (Torino) |
4 October 1961 8 | Inter | 2 – 1 | SPAL | Milano |
ore 18:30 CET | Bolchi 68', 87' | 41' Gori | Stadium: San Siro Referee: De Marchi |
22 October 1961 10 | Juventus | 2 – 4 | Inter | Torino |
15:30 CET | Charles 19' Nicolè 70' |
14' Hitchens 58' (pen.) Suárez 74', 88' Bettini |
Stadium: Comunale Referee: Lo Bello |
29 October 1961 11 | Inter | 1 – 0 | Palermo | Milano |
15:30 CET | Corso 28' (pen.) | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Marchese |
19 November 1961 13 | Inter | 2 – 1 | Lanerossi Vicenza | Milano |
15:30 CET | Hitchens 23' Corso 26' |
71' Puia | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Sebastio |
26 November 1961 14 | Venezia | 1 – 1 | Inter | Venezia |
15:30 | Raffin 62' | 30' Bettini | Stadium: Penzo Referee: Jonni |
3 December 1961 15 | Inter | 6 – 4 | Bologna | Milano |
15:30 CET | Hitchens 22' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Bettini 36' Masiero 43' Morbello 71', 86' |
8' Vinicio 37', 54' Pascutti 42' (pen.) Renna |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Adami |
10 December 1961 16 | Inter | 1 – 1 | Catania | Milano |
15:30 CET | Guarneri 6' | 68' Prenna | Stadium: San Siro Referee: De Marchi |
17 December 1961 17 | Lecco | 0 – 1 | Inter | Lecco |
15:30 CET | 44' Bettini | Stadium: Rigamonti-Ceppi Referee: Bonetto |
24 December 1961 18 | Atalanta | 2 – 3 | Inter | Bergamo |
14:00 CET | Maschio 50', 58' (pen.) | 9' Bicicli 33' Dellagiovanna 59' Suárez |
Stadium: Comunale Referee: Gambarotta |
31 December 1961 19 | Inter | 0 – 1 | AS Roma | Milano |
14:00 CET | 81' Manfredini | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Lo Bello |
14 January 1962 21 | Inter | 2 – 0 | Mantova | Milano |
ore 14:00 CET | Hitchens 24' Morbello 48' | Stadium: San Siro Referee: De Robbio |
21 January 1962 22 | Fiorentina | 4 – 1 | Inter | Firenze |
ore 14:00 CET | Milani 20', 44', 57' Bartù 45' |
80' (pen.) Suárez | Stadium: Comunale Referee: Adami |
28 January 1962 23 | Inter | 2 – 1 | Padova | Milano |
ore 14:00 CET | Hitchens 1' Suárez 27' (pen.) |
69' Del Vecchio | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Bonetto (Torino) |
4 February 1962 24 | Milan | 0 – 2 | Inter | Milano |
14:00 CET | 39' Morbello 89' Suárez |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Adami |
11 February 1962 25 | SPAL | 1 – 0 | Inter | Ferrara |
ore 14:00 CET | Mencacci 5' | Stadium: Paolo Mazza Referee: Gambarotta |
18 February 1962 26 | Inter | 2 – 0 | Udinese | Milano |
ore 14:00 CET | Hitchens 19' Tagliavini 85' (o.g.) |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: De Robbio |
25 February 1962 27 | Inter | 2 – 2 | Juventus | Milano |
ore 14:00 CET | Bicicli 12' Hitchens 75' |
79' Sivori 87' Stacchini |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Jonni |
4 March 1962 28 | Palermo | 1 – 0 | Inter | Palermo |
15:30 CET | Fernando 67' | Stadium: La Favorita Referee: Adami |
11 March 1962 29 | Inter | 1 – 1 | Sampdoria | Milano |
ore 15:30 CET | Suárez 78' | 63' Delfino | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Di Tonno |
18 March 1962 30 | Lanerossi Vicenza | 1 – 1 | Inter | Vicenza |
ore 15:30 CET | Campana 22' | 3' (o.g.) Stenti | Stadium: Romeo Menti Referee: Lo Bello |
1 April 1962 32 | Bologna | 0 – 2 | Inter | Bologna |
ore 15:30 CET | 55' Bicicli 75' (pen.) Suárez |
Stadium: Comunale Referee: Rigato (Mestre) |
8 April 1962 33 | Catania | 0 – 2 | Inter | Catania |
ore 15:30 CET | 4' Hitchens 78' Corso |
Stadium: Cibali Referee: De Marchi |
15 April 1962 34 | Inter | 3 – 0 | Lecco | Milano |
ore 15:30 CET | Corso 5', 49' Hitchens 87' |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Righetti |
Coppa Italia
[edit]Eightfinals
[edit]25 April 1962 | Inter | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Novara | Milano |
16:00 CET | Humberto 85' | 80' Fumagalli 111' (pen.) Zeno |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Varazzani |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
[edit]Round of 32
[edit]27 September 1961 | 1.FC Köln | 4 – 2 | Inter | Köln |
Sturm 2' Müller 23' Hemmersbach 36' Thielen 71' |
19' Morbello 63' Petroni |
Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Referee: Finney |
25 October 1961 | Inter | 5 – 3 | 1.FC Köln | Milano |
Humberto 2', 32', 63' Suárez 16' Morbello 40' |
42', 54' Regh 73' Ripkens |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Kelly |
Eightfinals
[edit]6 November 1961 | Hearts | 0 – 1 | Inter | Edinburgh |
33' Humberto | Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Referee: Howley |
22 November 1961 | Inter | 4 – 0 | Hearts | Milano |
Hitchens 11', 86' Morbello 31' Humberto 75' |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Caballero |
Quarterfinals
[edit]14 February 1962 | Valencia | 2 – 0 | Inter | Valencia |
Guillot 3' Waldo 7' |
Stadium: Estadio de Mestalla Referee: Finney |
21 March 1962 | Inter | 3 – 3 | Valencia CF | Milano |
Bettini 7', 52' Suárez 23' (pen.) |
3' Chicão 34' Recaman 86' Ficha |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Versyp | ||
Note: Internazionale goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon complained of an injury at halftime and was replaced by Ottavio Bugatti, substitutions were not officially allowed at the time. |
Statistics
[edit]Players statistics
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa | Fairs Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ITA | Lorenzo Buffon | 31 | -33 | 29 | -28 | 0 | -0 | 2 | -5 | |
DF | ITA | Aristide Guarneri | 37 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
DF | ITA | Costanzo Balleri | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Mauro Bicicli | 26 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Armando Picchi | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Bruno Bolchi | 29 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Enea Masiero | 35 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
MF | ESP | Luis Suárez | 31 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
FW | ITA | Mario Corso | 32 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ITA | Lorenzo Bettini | 24 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
FW | WAL | Gerry Hitchens | 37 | 18 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
GK | ITA | Ottavio Bugatti | 11 | -12 | 5 | -3 | 1 | -2 | 5 | -7 | |
DF | ITA | Giacinto Facchetti | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Mario Mereghetti | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Egidio Morbello | 18 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
MF | ITA | Franco Zaglio | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
DF | ITA | Giorgio Dellagiovanna | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ITA | Remo Bicchierai | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
FW | POR | Humberto | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
FW | ITA | Sandro Mazzola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ITA | Bruno Petroni | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
MF | ITA | Guido Brigo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ITA | Luigi Caloi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Guido Gratton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ This was roughly equivalent to £1.65 million at 2004 values, according to the retail price conversion utility Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at measuringworth.com.
- References
- ^ Caltagirone, Michele (28 October 2018). "Inter, i 10 presidenti nerazzurri che hanno vinto trofei". Blasting News (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Player who went from miner to international " Express & Star". Expressandstar.com. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ Mat Kendrick (7 November 2009). "Aston Villa legends remember Gerry Hitchens five goal salvo against Charlton in a record 11–1 win". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ "History of the world transfer record". BBC Sport. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Manchester United and Scotland legend Denis Law turns 80". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 23 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Denis Law – Gran Torino". Voices in Football. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.