| 1962–63 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Angelo Moratti | ||
| Manager | Helenio Herrera | ||
| Stadium | San Siro | ||
| Serie A | 1st (inEuropean Cup) | ||
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Di Giacomo, Mazzola (11) All: Di Giacomo, Mazzola (11) | ||
During the 1962-63 season Football Club Internazionale Milano competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.
Prior to the 1962–63 season,Helenio Herrera was confirmed despite a doping scandal.[1] The main signing wasJair, signed after theWorld Cup from theBrazilian team.
Inter suffered a very poor start to theseason: the side collected just seven points in the first seven games, winning only twice[2] before beating six of eight of the next opponents.[2] In early January they moved into second place, a point behindJuventus.[2] The second half of the season marked a clear comeback, with 21 points earned until late April.[2] With three games left, Inter won away due toMazzola's goal: the next week Inter lost 3–0 byRoma, but stayed in first placed, due to Juventus' draw in Mantua.[2] Inter ended with 49 points, four over Juventus and six overMilan.[2] It was the firstnational title underAngelo Moratti's leadership, and the first in 10 years since1952–53.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Jair | Portuguesa | |
| DF | Tarcisio Burgnich | Palermo | |
| GK | Giovanni Ferretti | Reggiana | |
| MF | Humberto Maschio | Atalanta | |
| MF | Carlo Tagnin | Bari | |
| FW | Beniamino Di Giacomo | Torino | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Giorgio Dellagiovanna | Brescia | loan |
| FW | Lorenzo Bettini | Modena | |
| FW | Gerry Hitchens | Torino | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale(C) | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 56 | 20 | +36 | 49 | Qualification toEuropean Cup |
| 2 | Juventus | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 45 | Chosen forInter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Milan | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 43 | Qualification toEuropean Cup[a] |
| 4 | Bologna | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 42 | |
| 5 | Roma | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 40 | Chosen forInter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 September 19621 | Mantova | 0–0 | Inter | Mantua |
| Report | Stadium:Stadio Danilo Martelli Referee: Pietro Bonetto |
| 23 September 19622 | Inter | 1–0 | Lanerossi Vicenza | Milan |
| Corso | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee:Sbardella |
| 30 September 19623 | Catania | 1–0 | Inter | Catania |
| Milan | Report | Stadium:Stadio Cibali Referee: Cesare Jonni |
| 7 October 19624 | Palermo | 1–1 | Inter | Palermo |
| Faustinho | Report | Stadium:Stadio La Favorita Referee: Bruno De Marchi |
| 14 October 19625 | Inter | 1–0 | Napoli | Milan |
| Maschio | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Francesco Francescon |
| 21 October 19626 | Milan | 1–1 | Inter | Milan |
| Pivatelli | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Giuseppe Adami |
| 28 October 19627 | Inter | 1–2 | Atalanta | Milan |
| Mazzola | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Bruno De Marchi |
| 1 November 19628 | Genoa | 1–3 | Inter | Genoa |
| Baveni | Report | Stadium:Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Gennaro Marchese |
| 4 November 19629 | Inter | 2–0 | Venezia | Milan |
| Jair Corso | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Concetto Lo Bello |
| 18 November 196210 | Inter | 4–0 | Sampdoria | Milan |
| Di Giacomo Mazzola Jair | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee:Angonese |
| 25 November 196211 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | Inter | Firenze |
| Petris | Report | Stadium:Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Giuseppe Adami |
| 9 December 196212 | Inter | 3–2 | SPAL | Milan |
| Di Giacomo Suárez Mazzola | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Cesare Jonni |
| 16 December 196213 | Bologna | 0–4 | Inter | Bologna |
| Report | Stadium:Comunale Referee:Lo Bello |
| 30 December 196215 | Inter | 2–0 | Roma | Milan |
| Mazzola Di Giacomo | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee:De Marchi |
| 6 January 196316 | Modena | 0–0 | Inter | Modena |
| Report | Stadium:Stadio Alberto Braglia Referee:Rigato |
| 13 January 196317 | Torino | 1–1 | Inter | Turin |
| Locatelli | Report | Stadium:Comunale Referee:Jonni |
| 20 January 196318 | Inter | 1–0 | Mantova | Milan |
| Facchetti | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee:Francescon |
| 27 January 196319 | Lanerossi Vicenza | 1–2 | Inter | Vicenza |
| Savoini | Report | Stadium:Stadio Romeo Menti Referee:Sbardella |
| 3 February 196320 | Inter | 2–1 | Catania | Milan |
| Suárez Corso | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee:Gambarotta |
| 10 February 196321 | Inter | 4–0 | Palermo | Milan |
| Jair Mazzola Corso | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Antonio Di Tonno |
| 17 February 196322 | Napoli | 1–5 | Inter | Napoli |
| Fraschini | Report | Stadium:San Paolo Referee: Francesco Francescon |
| 24 February 196323 | Inter | 1–1 | Milan | Milan |
| Mazzola | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Concetto Lo Bello |
| 3 March 196324 | Atalanta | 1–0 | Inter | Bergamo |
| Nielsen | Report | Stadium:Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Gennaro Marchese |
| 10 March 196325 | Inter | 6–0 | Genoa | Milan |
| Corso Maschio Suárez Mazzola | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Francesco Francescon |
| 17 March 196326 | Venezia | 0–2 | Inter | Venezia |
| Report | Stadium:Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Antonio Sbardella |
| 31 March 196327 | Sampdoria | 0–0 | Inter | Genoa |
| Report | Stadium:Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee:Lo Bello |
| 7 April 196328 | Inter | 1–0 | Fiorentina | Milan |
| Robotti | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Carlo Gambarotta |
| 14 April 196329 | SPAL | 0–0 | Inter | Ferrara |
| Report | Stadium:Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Francesco Francescon |
| 21 April 196330 | Inter | 4–1 | Bologna | Milan |
| Suárez Jair Di Giacomo | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Bruno De Marchi |
| 28 April 196331 | Juventus | 0–1 | Inter | Turin |
| Report | Stadium:Comunale Referee: Antonio Sbardella |
| 5 May 196332 | Roma | 3–0 | Inter | Roma |
| Manfredini Menichelli | Report | Stadium:Olimpico Referee: Concetto Lo Bello |
| 19 May 196333 | Inter | 0–0 | Modena | Milan |
| Report | Stadium:Stadio San Siro Referee: Francesco Francescon |
| 26 May 196334 | Inter | 1–1 | Torino | Milan |
| Mazzola | Report | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini |
| 9 September 19621 | Alessandria | 0-5 | Inter | Alessandria |
| Stadium:Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta Referee: Carlo Gambarotta |
| 9 January 1963 | Inter | 1-2 | Calcio Padova | Milan |
| Mazzola | Stadium:San Siro Referee: Carlo Babini |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa Italia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | Buffon | 21 | -11 | 20 | -11 | 1 | -0 | ||
| DF | Burgnich | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Facchetti | 33 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| DF | Guarneri | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | Picchi | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Corso | 31 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Mazzola | 24 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||
| MF | Zaglio | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Luis Suarez | 30 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FW | Di Giacomo | 24 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Jair da Costa | 27 | 10 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | Bugatti | 10 | -5 | 10 | -5 | 0 | -0 | ||
| MF | Maschio | 17 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| DF | Bolchi | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| FW | Bicicli | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| MF | Masiero | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| FW | Hitchens | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| GK | Ferretti | 5 | -6 | 4 | -4 | 1 | -2 | ||
| FW | Morbello | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FW | Bettini L. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Tagnin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Dellagiovanna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Landini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Pagani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||