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Football Club Internazionale Milano S.p.A. |
- Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale (pronounced [ˌinternattsjoˈnaːle]) or simply Inter, and known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries,is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy.
- Inter is the only Italian side to have always competed in the top flight of Italian football since its debut in 1909.
- Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Cricket and Football Club (now AC Milan), Inter won its first championship in 1910.
- Since its formation, the club has won 33 domestic trophies, including 19 league titles, 8 Coppa Italia and 6 Supercoppa Italiana.
- From 2006 to 2010, the club won five successive league titles, equalling the all-time record at that time.
- They have won the Champions League three times: two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010.
- Their latest win completed an unprecedented Italian seasonal treble, with Inter winning the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto the same year.
- The club has also won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup.
- Inter's home games are played at the San Siro stadium, which they share with city rivals AC Milan.
- The stadium is the largest in Italian football with a capacity of 75,923.
- They have long-standing rivalries with AC Milan, with whom they contest the Derby della Madonnina, and Juventus, with whom they contest the Derby d'Italia; their rivalry with the former is one of the most followed derbies in football.
- As of 2019, Inter has the highest home game attendance in Italy and the sixth highest attendance in Europe.
- The club is one of the most valuable in Italian and world football.
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