2004 summer saw Inter choose a new coach, Roberto Mancini. He came from Lazio, club that sells also several players to Milanese side.Nerazzurri started the season qualyfing for Champions League group phase, but also collected a notable amount of drawn games in league.

Inter, that realized better results in cups made a known comeback (3–2) in a match against Sampdoria, scoring all goals in last 6 minutes. The derby with Milan lost 1–0 broke a positive streak, opened in May 2004. Citizen rivals also knocked out Inter of Champions League, tournament in wich - during the previous "two-legs" match - Mancini's squad had beaten reigning champions of Porto. Conquested a third place in league the win of Coppa Italia dusted off club's trophies room. Final opponent was Roma that, closing a suffering season, gave up to an aggregate of 3–0.

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Appeareances and goals scored in domestic league.

J.Zanetti (35); Cordoba (32/3); Stankovic (31/3); Martins (31/11); Toldo (30/−28); Cambiasso (30/2); Adriano (30/16); Vieri (27/13); Materazzi (26); Favalli (26); Veron (24/3); C.Zanetti (23); Zé Maria (22/1); Mihajlovic (20/4); Emre (19); Van der Meyde (18); Kily Gonzalez (14); Davids (14); Recoba (13/3); Karagounis (12); Burdisso (8); Fontana (5/−6); Pasquale (4); Carini (4/−3); Coco (3); Gamarra (2); Marino (2); Andreolli (1); Belaid (1); Meggiorini (1).

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