1961–62 Inter Milan season

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 in his 7th campaign as chairman transferred in several players to reinforce the club such as: Welsh forward Gerry Hitchens from Aston Villa and Spanish midfielder Luis Suarez from FC Barcelona after paid 25 million Spanish pesetas (£152,000).

Hitchens arrived to the team after a failed bid on Scottish Forward Denis Law who moved to Torino for a fee of £110,000, (a record fee for a transfer involving a British player) 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/