1961–62 Inter Milan season

Football Club Internazionale

1961–62 season
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)
Home colours Away colours
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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.

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.

• .-Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1960/501/

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Lorenzo Buffon — GK  ITA Ottavio Bugatti — DF  ITA Aristide Guarneri — DF  ITA Costanzo Balleri — DF  ITA Giacinto Facchetti — DF  ITA Remo Bicchierai — DF  ITA Luigi Caloi — DF  ITA Giorgio Dellagiovanna — MF  ITA Giorgio Brigo — MF  ITA Guido Gratton — MF  ITA Mauro Bicicli — MF  ITA Armando Picchi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Luis Suárez — MF  ITA Egidio Morbello — MF  ITA Bruno Bolchi — MF  ITA Franco Zaglio — MF  ITA Enea Masiero — MF  ITA Sandro Mazzola — FW  ITA Mario Corso — FW  ITA Lorenzo Bettini — FW  ITA Mario Mereghetti — FW  ITA Bruno Petroni — FW  POR Humberto — FW  WAL Gerry Hitchens

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		Fairs Cup
				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

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