1967–68 Inter Milan season

Football Club Internazionale Milano

1967–68 season
Owner	Angelo Moratti
President	Angelo Moratti
Manager	Helenio Herrera
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Final group
Top goalscorer	League: Angelo Domenghini (11) All: Domenghini (12)
Home colours Away colours

During the 1967-68 season Football Club Internazionale Milano competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

Summary

During summer oil tycoon and President Angelo Moratti^[1] in his 13th campaign as Chairman transferred in several players to reinforce the club trying to revive La Grande Inter.^[2] Meanwhile, the club transferred out some players from the recent past ^[3] such as midfielder Armando Picchi to Varese with Corso becoming Team Captain,^[4] Defender Guarneri was bought by Bologna,^[5] Jair was on loan by Roma.^[6]

Young players made their debut this season such as: Ferruccio Mazzola^[7] ( Sandro Mazzola younger brother^[8]). Moratti transferred in from Milan the Peruvian midfielder Benítez^[9] and Danish Forward Harald Nielsen^[10] from Bologna.^[11]

After the end of the season, President and Owner Angelo Moratti left the club to Ivanoe Fraizzoli appointed as his replacement:^[12] a well-known fan of the Beneamata.^[13]

Squad

• .-Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1967/630/

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player GK  ITA Giuliano Sarti GK  ITA Ferdinando Miniussi DF  ITA Tarcisio Burgnich DF  ITA Giacinto Facchetti DF  ITA Spartaco Landini DF  ITA Sergio Santarini DF  ITA Pietro Dotti DF  ITA Aldo Bet DF  ITA Emilio Monaldi DF  ITA Mario Facco MF  ITA Gianfranco Bedin

No. Pos. Nation Player MF  ESP Luis Suárez MF  ITA Mario Corso MF  ITA Sandro Mazzola MF  PER Victor Benitez MF  ITA Marco Achilli MF  ITA Ferruccio Mazzola FW  ITA Angelo Domenghini FW  ITA Renato Cappellini FW  ITA Vito D'Amato FW  ITA Aquilino Bonfanti MF  DEN Harald Nielsen

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Harald Nielsen	Bologna
MF	Victor Benitez	Venezia
DF	Sergio Santarini	Rimini
DF	Pietro Dotti	Atalanta
FW	Vito D'Amato	SS Lazio
FW	Aquilino Bonfanti	Lecco

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Jair da Costa	AS Roma
FW	Luís Vinício	Lanerossi Vicenza
DF	Armando Picchi	Varese
DF	Aristide Guarneri	Bologna FC
MF	Renato Dehò	Lecco
MF	Mario Mereghetti	Varese
FW	Mauro Bicicli	Lanerossi Vicenza
FW	Carlo Soldo	SS Lazio
FW	Gabriele Gualazzini

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1967-68 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Juventus	30	13	10	7	33	29	+4	36	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	Fiorentina	30	13	9	8	35	23	+12	35
5	Internazionale	30	13	7	10	46	34	+12	33
5	Bologna	30	11	11	8	30	23	+7	33	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
7	Torino	30	12	8	10	44	31	+13	32	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup

Source: Panini

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L
Position	8	7	4	6	8	11	8	9	7	7	5	2	7	8	10	8	7	8	7	6	5	7	6	6	5	2	2	3	5	5

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1967/630/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, European Cup;   = Qualified to 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup;   = Relegation to 1968–69 Serie B

According to the UEFA rules Inter not qualified to the 1968-69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup consequently to AC Milan qualification to the 1968–69 European Cup.

Matches

• .- Source:http://calcio-seriea.net/partite/1967/630/

Inter v AS Roma

24 September 1967 1	Inter	1 – 1	AS Roma	Milano
	Facchetti 7'		9' Taccola	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: (70.000 spett.)

AC Mantova v Inter

1 October 1967 2	AC Mantova	0 – 0	Inter	Mantova
				Stadium: Martelli Attendance: 30,000 Referee: D'Agostini

Inter v Lanerossi Vicenza

8 October 1967 3	Inter	1 – 0	Lanerossi Vicenza	Milano
	Mazzola 16'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Bernardis

Atalanta v Inter

15 October 1967 4	Atalanta	3 – 1	Inter	Bergamo
	Danova 10' Savoldi 22' Dell'Angelo 29'		17' Nielsen	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Angonese

Inter v Milan

22 October 1967 5	Inter	1 – 1	Milan	Milano
	Benitez 58'		78' Rivera	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80,000 Referee: D'Agostini

Varese v Inter

29 October 1967 6	Varese	1 – 0	Inter	Varese
	Mereghetti 62'			Stadium: Ossola Referee: Monti (Ancona)

Inter v Bologna

5 November 1967 7	Inter	1 – 0	Bologna	Milano
	Suárez 51' (pen.)			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Sbardella

Brescia v Inter

12 November 1967 8	Brescia	2 – 0	Inter	Brescia
	Fumagalli 3' Salvi 63'			Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Referee: Lo Bello

Inter v SPAL

26 November 1967 9	Inter	2 – 0	SPAL	Milano
	Massei 13' (o.g.) Bonfanti 61'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: De Marchi

Fiorentina v Inter

3 December 1967 10	Fiorentina	1 – 1	Inter	Firenze
	Amarildo 24'		29' Domenghini	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Pieroni

Inter v Torino

9 December 1967 11	Inter	1 – 0	Torino	Milano
	Dotti 85'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Angonese

Inter v Sampdoria

17 December 1967 12	Inter	2 – 0	Sampdoria	Milano
	Domenghini 57', 78'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Toselli

Juventus v Inter

31 December 1967 13	Juventus	3 – 2	Inter	Torino
	Leoncini 14' De Paoli 60' Bercellino 75' (pen.)		17' Domenghini 89' Cappellini	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Monti

SSC Napoli v Inter

7 January 1968 14	SSC Napoli	2 – 1	Inter	Napoli
	Altafini 6' Bianchi 43'		33' Cappellini	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Lo Bello

Inter v Cagliari

14 January 1968 15	Inter	0 – 2	Cagliari	Milano
				Stadium: San Siro Referee: De Robbio

AS Roma v Inter

21 January 1968 16	AS Roma	2 – 6	Inter	Roma
	Enzo 50' Scaratti 83'		16' Cappellini 60' Domenghini 64', 89' Corso 73', 85' Mazzola	Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Angonese

Inter v AC Mantova

28 January 1968 17	Inter	3 – 0	AC Mantova	Milano
	Giagnoni 9' (o.g.) Bedin 14', 51'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: De Marchi

Lanerossi Vicenza v Inter

4 February 1968 18	Lanerossi Vicenza	2 – 1	Inter	Vicenza
	Vinicio 3', 62'		63' Facchetti	Stadium: Romeo Menti Referee: D'Agostini

Inter v Atalanta

11 February 1968 19	Inter	3 – 0	Atalanta	Milano
	Mazzola 58' Domenghini 70' Facchetti 88'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Sbardella

AC Milan v Inter

18 February 1968 20	AC Milan	1 – 1	Inter	Milano
	Hamrin 27'		2' Cappellini	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Lo Bello (Siracusa)

Inter v Varese

25 February 1968 21	Inter	1 – 0	Varese	Milano
	Mazzola 40'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pieroni

Bologna v Inter

3 March 1968 22	Bologna	2 – 1	Inter	Bologna
	Perani 9', 61'		31' Domenghini	Stadium: Comunale Referee: D'Agostini

Inter v Brescia

10 March 1968 23	Inter	3 – 0	Brescia	Milano
	Nielsen 33' Domenghini 53', 83'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Francescon

SPAL v Inter

17 March 1968 24	SPAL	1 – 2	Inter	Ferrara
	Brenna 54'		39' Facchetti 69' Suarez	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Monti

Inter v Fiorentina

24 March 1968 25	Inter	3 – 1	Fiorentina	Milano
	Mazzola 18' D'Amato 35' Domenghini 48'		32' Maraschi	Stadium: San Siro Referee: D'Agostini

Torino v Inter

31 March 1968 26	Torino	2 – 3	Inter	Torino
	Poletti 19' (pen.) Combin 21'		26', 75' Facchetti 64' Domenghini	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Bernardis (Trieste)

Sampdoria v Inter

14 April 1968 27	Sampdoria	2 – 2	Inter	Genova
	Vieri 47' Delfino 83'		12' Cappellini 35' Facchetti	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: De Robbio

Inter v Juventus

28 April 1968 28	Inter	0 – 0	Juventus	Milano
				Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pieroni

Inter v SSC Napoli

5 May 1968 29	Inter	1 – 2	SSC Napoli	Milano
	Montefusco 88' (o.g.)		5' Cané 20' Barison	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Bernardis

Cagliari v Inter

12 May 1968 30	Cagliari	3 – 2	Inter	Cagliari
	Boninsegna 46' Greatti 59' Riva 79'		22', 29' Cappellini	Stadium: Amsicora Referee: Sbardella

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1967-68 Coppa Italia

Preliminary round

Inter v Brescia

10 September 1967 1	Inter	4 – 2	Brescia	Milano
	Burgnich 11' Mazzola 29' (pen.), 72' Nielsen 51'		73' Troja 74' Gilardoni	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Marengo

Inter v Atalanta

8 November 1967 2	Inter	4 – 1	Atalanta	Milano
	Santarini 56' Domenghini 60' Corso 69' (pen.) D'Amato 81'		24' Tiberi	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Toselli

Quarterfinals

Pisa v Inter

13 dicembre 1967 1	Pisa	1 – 1	Inter	Pisa
	Manservisi 72'		47' Facchetti	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Referee: Barbaresco

Inter v Pisa

24 January 1968 2	Inter	1 – 0	Pisa	Milano
	Bonfanti 69'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Vitullo

Final group

Main article: 1968 Coppa Italia Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Torino	6	3	3	0	9	2	+7	9
2	Milan	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	7
3	Internazionale	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	4
4	Bologna	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

Inter v Bologna

13 June 1968 1	Inter	3 – 3	Bologna	Milano
	Ardizzon 55' Cappellini 68' Bedin 75'		3' Tentorio 42' Pace 51' Clerici	Stadium: San Siro Referee: De Marchi

Inter v AC Milan

16 June 1968 2	Inter	0 – 0	AC Milan	Milano
				Stadium: San Siro Referee: Monti

Torino v Inter

19 June 1968 3	Torino	1 – 0	Inter	Torino
	Dotti 28' (o.g.)			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Toselli

Bologna v Inter

23 June 1968 4	Bologna	0 – 2	Inter	Bologna
			6' Suarez 30' Facchetti	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Pieroni

AC Milan v Inter

26 June 1968 5	AC Milan	4 – 2	Inter	Milano
	Sormani 30' Hamrin 52' Schnellinger 78' Rosato 86'		3' Nielsen 66' Achilli	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Bernardis

Inter v Torino

30 June 1968 6	Inter	0 – 2	Torino	Milano
			17' Fossati 45' Combin	Stadium: San Siro Referee: D'Agostini

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Giuliano Sarti	38	-44	29	−32	9	-12
	DF	ITA	Tarcisio Burgnich	36	1	30	0	6	1
	DF	ITA	Giacinto Facchetti	37	9	28	7	9	2
	DF	ITA	Spartaco Landini	34	0	24	0	10	0
	DF	ITA	Sergio Santarini	20	1	14	0	6	1
	MF	ESP	Luis Suárez	38	3	29	2	9	1
	MF	ITA	Sandro Mazzola	37	8	28	6	9	2
	MF	ITA	Mario Corso	31	3	24	2	7	1
	MF	ITA	Gianfranco Bedin	21	3	14	2	7	1
	FW	ITA	Angelo Domenghini	34	12	26	11	8	1
	FW	ITA	Renato Cappellini	24	8	19	7	5	1
	GK	ITA	Ferdinando Miniussi	1	0	1	−0
	FW	ITA	Vito D'Amato	18	2	13	1	5	1
	DF	ITA	Pietro Dotti	19	1	13	1	6	0
	MF	PER	Victor Benitez	14	1	8	1	6	0
	DF	ITA	Aldo Bet	8	0	8	0
	MF	DEN	Harald Nielsen	13	4	8	2	5	2
	FW	ITA	Aquilino Bonfanti	10	2	7	1	3	1
	DF	ITA	Emilio Monaldi	6	0	5	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Marco Achilli	3	1	1	0	2	1
	MF	ITA	Ferruccio Mazzola	1	0	1	0
	GK	ITA	Dario Barluzzi	2	-2	0	−0	2	-2
	GK	ITA	Luigi Reali	0	0	0	−0
	GK	ITA	Gianpietro Fontana	0	0	0	−0
	MF	ITA	Mario Facco	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Poli	3	0	0	0	3	0

• Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1967/630/

References

1. Caltagirone, Michele (28 October 2018). "Inter, i 10 presidenti nerazzurri che hanno vinto trofei". Blasting News (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
2. Claudio Gregori (19 April 2007). "Quell'Inter Incompiuta, da Sarti al 5 maggio" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport.
3. Lotito. Il doppio "de profundis" di Lisbona e Mantova (in Italian). pp. 132–133.
4. Sebastiano Vernazza (1 December 1999). "Diventa un libro la storia di Picchi il ribelle". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
5. Rosanna Schirer (25 September 1999). "Guarneri, il difensore "doc"". Gazzetta Magazine. La Gazzetta dello Sport.
6. Matteo Brega (8 September 2015). "Tutto iniziò con Gino, poi le ali presero il volo con Corso, Jair e Figo". La Gazzetta Dello Sport.
7. "Ferruccio Mazzola e l'Inter di Herrera". repubblica.it. 7 October 2005. p. 68.
8. Vittorio Pozzo (11 September 1967). "Facile per l'Inter superare il Brescia: 4-2". Stampa Sera. p. 7.
9. FC Internazionale - Gol di Benitez vs. Milan (22 ottobre 1967). 13 July 2010. RyKghWimJYs.
10. "Inter: i tuoi danesi". 25 January 2020.
11. Matteo Dalla Vite (13 August 2015). "Bologna piange Nielsen, il suo Dondolo d'oro". La Gazzetta Dello Sport.
12. Angelo Rovelli; Luca Curino; Andrea Elefante (9 September 1999). "Fraizzoli, gran signore dopo la Grande Inter". La Gazzetta Dello Sport.
13. Gianni Mura (9 September 1999). "Addio Fraizzoli, troppo buono per il calcio". La Repubblica. p. 45.