Thursday, September 20, 2007

Inter Milan



Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, Inter or Inter Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy and was originally founded in 1908. The club are the only side in Italian football to have spent their entire history at the top tier, where they currently play in 2007–08 as defending champions.
Internazionale, who play in black and blue striped shirts with white shorts have fifteen Serie A titles to their name; only their rivals Juventus and AC Milan have won more. Including the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup, Inter have a total of 23 trophies won in Italy.
Outside of their homeland the club have also had success in European and World tournaments; they won the European Cup in two successive finals during 1963–64 and 1964–65. They have also won the UEFA Cup three times and the World Club Championship twice. The milanese team is one of the G-14’s founding members, a group that represents eighteen of the largest and most prestigious European football clubs.
Home games are played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as the San Siro. The ground which they share with rivals AC Milan is the largest in Italian football, it has a total capacity of just under 83,000.

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