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
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

During the 1961–62 season Football Club Internazionale Milano competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Summary

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

.-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

Transfers

In
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
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

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Guido Gratton	SS Lazio

Competitions

Serie A

League table

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

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1960/501/
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

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

10 September 1961 3	Inter	0 – 0	Torino	Milano
15:30 CEST				Stadium: San Siro Referee: Francescon

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

8 October 1961 9	Udinese	0 – 1	Inter	Udine
15:30 CET			4' Hitchens	Stadium: Moretti Referee: Jonni

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

12 November 1961 12	Sampdoria	0 – 0	Inter	Genova
15:30 CET				Stadium: Marassi Referee: Adami

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

7 January 1962 20	Torino	0 – 0	Inter	Torino
ore 14:00 CET				Stadium: Comunale Referee: Gambarotta

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

25 March 1962 31	Inter	0 – 0	Venezia	Milano
ore 15:30 CET				Stadium: San Siro Referee: Bonetto (Torino)

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

Eightfinals

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

Round of 32

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

11 October 1961	Inter	2 – 0	1.FC Köln	Milano
	Suárez 4', 59' (pen)			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Skoric

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

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

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

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		Fairs Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1961/522/

References

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.

[5] 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.

[blasting-1] Caltagirone, Michele (28 October 2018). "Inter, i 10 presidenti nerazzurri che hanno vinto trofei". Blasting News (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2021.

[2] "Player who went from miner to international " Express & Star". Expressandstar.com. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2012.

[3] 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.

[:29-4] "History of the world transfer record". BBC Sport. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[6] "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.

[7] "Denis Law – Gran Torino". Voices in Football. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

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