2004–05 Inter Milan season

The 2004–05 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 96th in existence and 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Season overview
The summer of 2004 saw Inter choose a new coach, Roberto Mancini, coming from Lazio. Inter started the season qualifying for the Champions League group phase, but also collected many draws in the league.

Inter, achieved better results in cups, made a comeback (3–2) in a match against Sampdoria, scoring all three goals in the last six minutes. The derby with Milan was lost 1–0, which broke a winning streak, in May 2004. the rivals also knocked Inter out of the Champions League, tournament in which – during the previous two-legs – Mancini's squad had been beaten by reigning champions Porto. Inter achieved a third-place finish in the league. The win of the Coppa Italia final against Roma, 3–0 on aggregate, closed the season.

Squad statistics
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! ! style="width:70px;"|League ! style="width:70px;"|Europe ! style="width:70px;"|Cup ! style="width:70px;"|Total Stats
 * align=left|Games played      || 38 || 12 || 8 || 58
 * align=left|Games won         || 18 || 6  || 7 || 31
 * align=left|Games drawn       || 18 || 4  || 1 || 23
 * align=left|Games lost        || 2  || 2  || 0 || 4
 * align=left|Goals scored      || 65 || 23 ||17 || 105
 * align=left|Goals conceded    || 37 || 12 || 4 || 53
 * align=left|Goal difference   || 28 || 11 ||13 || 52
 * align=left|Clean sheets      || 17 || 3 || 4 || 24
 * align=left|Goal by substitute || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Total shots       || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Shots on target   || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Corners           || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Players used      || 31 || 26 ||28 || –
 * align=left|Offsides          || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Fouls suffered    || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Fouls committed   || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Yellow cards      || 55 || 21 || 10|| 86
 * align=left|Red cards         || 1 || 1 || – || 2
 * align=left|Total shots       || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Shots on target   || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Corners           || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Players used      || 31 || 26 ||28 || –
 * align=left|Offsides          || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Fouls suffered    || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Fouls committed   || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Yellow cards      || 55 || 21 || 10|| 86
 * align=left|Red cards         || 1 || 1 || – || 2
 * align=left|Offsides          || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Fouls suffered    || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Fouls committed   || – || – || – || –
 * align=left|Yellow cards      || 55 || 21 || 10|| 86
 * align=left|Red cards         || 1 || 1 || – || 2
 * align=left|Yellow cards      || 55 || 21 || 10|| 86
 * align=left|Red cards         || 1 || 1 || – || 2
 * align=left|Red cards         || 1 || 1 || – || 2
 * align=left|Red cards         || 1 || 1 || – || 2

Appearances and goals

 * As of 15 June 2005

Goalscorers
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" !width="7%"|No. !width="7%"|Pos. !width="7%"|Nation !width="20%"|Name !Serie A !Coppa Italia !Champions League !Total
 * 10
 * FW
 * 🇧🇷
 * Adriano
 * 16
 * 2
 * 10
 * 28
 * 30
 * FW
 * Obafemi Martins
 * 11
 * 6
 * 5
 * 22
 * 32
 * FW
 * 🇮🇹
 * Christian Vieri
 * 13
 * 3
 * 1
 * 17
 * 9
 * FW
 * 🇦🇷
 * Julio Cruz
 * 5
 * 2
 * 2
 * 9
 * 25
 * MF
 * Dejan Stanković
 * 3
 * 0
 * 3
 * 6
 * 20
 * FW
 * Álvaro Recoba
 * 3
 * 2
 * 1
 * 6
 * 11
 * DF
 * Siniša Mihajlović
 * 4
 * 1
 * 0
 * 5
 * 2
 * DF
 * 🇨🇴
 * Iván Córdoba
 * 3
 * 0
 * 0
 * 3
 * 14
 * MF
 * 🇦🇷
 * Juan Sebastián Verón
 * 3
 * 0
 * 0
 * 3
 * 19
 * MF
 * 🇦🇷
 * Esteban Cambiasso
 * 2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 2
 * 5
 * MF
 * 🇹🇷
 * Emre Belözoğlu
 * 0
 * 1
 * 0
 * 1
 * 7
 * MF
 * Andy van der Meyde
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * 1
 * 13
 * DF
 * 🇧🇷
 * Zé Maria
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * colspan=3 | Own goals
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * - bgcolor="F1F1F1"
 * colspan=4 | TOTAL
 * 65
 * 17
 * 23
 * 105
 * DF
 * 🇧🇷
 * Zé Maria
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * colspan=3 | Own goals
 * 1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1
 * - bgcolor="F1F1F1"
 * colspan=4 | TOTAL
 * 65
 * 17
 * 23
 * 105
 * 17
 * 23
 * 105