Background and pre-season In June 2025, ahead of the
2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Argentine forward
Joaquín Correa left Inter to join
Botafogo, while the club strengthened their squad by signing Croatian midfielder
Petar Sučić from
Dinamo Zagreb and Brazilian winger
Luis Henrique from
Olympique de Marseille. Additionally, the club exercised their option to make
Nicola Zalewski's move from
Roma permanent. On 5 July 2025, Inter officially announced the signing of French striker
Ange-Yoan Bonny from
Parma for a reported fee of €23 million plus bonuses. On 31 August,
Mehdi Taremi departed Inter after just one season, moving to
Super League Greece club
Olympiacos.
September On deadline day, Inter finalised two defensive moves: Swiss centre-back
Manuel Akanji was brought in from
Manchester City on a season-long loan, while French defender
Benjamin Pavard was loaned to Marseille for the same duration. Inter would then begin their
Champions League campaign away to
Ajax at the
Johan Cruijff ArenA. They would go onto to win the game 2-0 after goals from Marcus Thuram late in the first half and early in the second half. Inter would then win their next two league games, beating
Sassuolo 2-1 at home and
Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari 2-0 away moving them up to 5th in the table. Inter would then finish September by beating
Slavia Prague 3-0 in the champions league at the San Siro putting them third in the league phase table after two games.
October Inter would begin October by defeating
Cremonese 4-1 at the San Siro moving them up into the champions league places with debutant
Ange-Yoan Bonny scoring a goal and assisting Lautaro Martinez,
Fedrico Dimarco and
Nicolo Barella. Inter would then beat league leaders
Roma 1-0 at the
Stadio Olimpico to move up to second in the league. Inter would then keep up their winning start to the champions league by taking a 4-0 away win to
Union Saint-Gilloise with Denzel Dumfries, Lautaro Martinez, Hakan Calhanoglu and
Francesco Pio Esposito all on the scoresheet as Inter moved up to third in the league phase table. Inter would then travel to the
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to face defending champions
Napoli. Napoli would take the lead after a
Kevin De Bruyne penalty in the 33rd minute, with the hosts doubling their advantage in the 54th minute after a goal from
Scott McTominay. Hakan Calhanoglu would get a goal back from a penalty before
Frank Anguissa sealed the points before Napoli in the 66th minute. This left Inter 4th in the league 3 points off 1st placed Napoli. Inter would finish October by defeating
Fiorentina 3-0 at the San Siro moving them up to third place in the league 3 points behind Napoli.
November Inter would begin November with an away trip to
Hellas Verona. Inter would take the lead after a
Piotr Zieliński scored in the 16th minute but
Giovane would equalise in the 40th minute. Inter would then win the game after Verona defender
Martin Frese stoppage time own goal moving them up to second place in Serie A. Inter would then continue their 100 percent record in the champions league by beating
Kairat 2-1 at the San Siro keeping Inter third in the league phase table with 12 points. Inter followed up their champions league win by beating
Lazio 2-0 at the San Siro to move them top of the league on goal difference, the first time since matchday 1 they had topped the league. Inter's next game was against
city rivals AC Milan with Inter as the designated home team. After a goalless first half,
Christian Pulisic would give Milan the lead in the 54th minute and despite getting a penalty 17 minutes later Çalhanoglu's penalty would be saved by
Mike Maignan and Milan would win 1-0 dropping Inter to 4th in the league 3 points behind Roma. Inter would then suffer their first defeat in the champions league to
Atlético Madrid after conceding a stoppage time goal dropping them to 4th in the league phase table. Inter would then finish November with a trip to newly promoted
Pisa. They would go onto to win 2-0 after a brace from Lautaro Martinez which moved Inter up to third place in the league 2 points behind leaders Milan.
December Inter's
Coppa Italia began in the round of 16 at home to Serie B club
Venezia. Inter would defeat the Serie B side 5-1 with Marcus Thuram grabbing a brace, confirming Inter's spot in the quarter finals. Inter's first league of December was at home to
Como. They would win the game 4-0 with Martinez, Thuram, Çalhanoğlu and
Carlos Augusto all on the scoresheet as Inter moved top of the league temporaily until wins for Milan and Napoli put them back in third place. Inter would then suffer a late defeat to
Liverpool in the champions league after conceding a penalty in the 88th minute which was converted by
Dominik Szoboszlai. The loss put Inter 5th in the league phase table but saw their gap to the playoff phase reduced to 1 point. Inter would then bounce back from the loss by beating
Genoa 2-1 away from home moving them top of the league by one point. Inter would then face
Bologna in the
Supercoppa Italiana semi finals. Thuram would give Inter the lead in the second minute but Bologna would equalise in the 35th minute after
Yann Bisseck handled the ball in the area with
Riccardo Orsolini converting the penalty. The game would finish 1-1 resulting a penalty shootout. Inter would lose the shootout 3-2 after
Alessandro Bastoni, Nicolò Barella and Ange-Yoan Bonny all failed to convert their kicks eliminating them from the Supercoppa and ending their chances of claiming the first silverware of the season. Inter would bounce back by beating
Atalanta 1-0 away from home in their final game of 2025, meaning they ended the year top of the Serie A table with 36 points.
January Inter would begin 2026 by getting revenge on Bologna for the Supercoppa Italiana semi final defeat with a 3-1 win at the San Siro keeping them top of the league by one point. Inter would then follow up this result by beating
Parma 2-0 away from home and with Milan drawing the next day Inter extended their lead at the top of the table to 3 points. Inter's next game would be against defending champions Napoli at the San Siro. Fedrico Dimarco would open the scoring for Inter before Scott McTominay would draw Napoli level in the 26th minute with the first half ending 1-1. Çalhanoğlu would give Inter the lead again in the 73rd minute from a penalty before McTominay would equalise again 8 minutes later. The game would finish 2-2 which kept Inter 3 points ahead of second placed Milan in the title race. Inter's next game was the delayed game against
Leece due to Inter's participation in the Supercoppa Italiana. Inter would win the game 1-0 after a Pio Esposito goal in the 78th minute extending their lead to 6 points until Milan won the next day to cut the gap back to 3. Inter's next league game was away to Udinese. They would win 1-0 after a Lautaro Martinez goal in the 20th minute keeping them 3 points clear of Milan in the title race. Inter's first champions league game of 2026 was at home to league phase leaders Arsenal. Arsenal would open the scoring after a
Gabriel Jesus goal in the 10th minute but
Petar Sucic would equalise in the 18th minute. However Jesus would give Arsenal the lead back in the 31st minute before
Viktor Gyokeres scored to give Arsenal the win dropping Inter to 14th in the league phase. Inter would bounce back from the champions league defeat by defeating Pisa 6-2 and with Milan drawing to Roma, Inter extended their lead at the top of the table to 5 points. Inter's final game of January was against
Borussia Dortmund in the champions league. Inter would win the game after goals from Federico Dimarco and Andy Diouf but despite the win they missed out on automatic qualification to the champions league
knockout phases meaning they would face a two legged playoff to make the round of 16. ==Players==