Automobile Club Inter

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Admin
Automobile Club Inter

Automobile Club Inter

Inter Milan was born as a breakaway alternative to the then resident Milanese club side, AC Milan. It was 1908 and a divide had decidedly split loyalties within Milan’s sole football club. The issue concerned the dominance of Italian nationals within the club; renegade members preferring to allow the acceptance of foreign players. And so an international offshoot was formed on March 9th, 1908 – FC Inter Milan.

Early Success and a Lucky Escape

Infused with foreign players it would take only two years for Inter to win the Italian leagues highest honour, the coveted Scudetto. Milan native Virgilio Fossati both captained and coached Inter through these formative successes. He played 97 times for his side and became the first Inter player to be selected for the national team. Tragically he was killed in action fighting Austrian forces during the First World War.

Inter have never been relegated from Serie A and they are, to this day, the only Italian team whom can claim this distinction. But at the close of the 1922 season complicated fiscally motivated maneuvering saved Inter from certain relegation. They had garnered only 11 points from the entire season and looked set for a year in Serie B. A petition was delivered to the Italian Football Federation pointing to how financially crippling relegation would be to the club. Controversially the Nerazzurri were allowed to remain in Serie A for the 1923 season whilst Venezia, who had actually come in ahead of Inter, was relegated.