Inter were confined in the market to only a few purchases, as they were not yet ready for a deeper revolution: the most notable arrival being Rodrigo Palacio, from Genoa.

[10] On 6 June, Goran Pandev, who was on loan with Napoli on the previous season, signed a permanent contract with them for a fee of €8 million, lasting until 2015.

[14] One day later, the club signed Matías Silvestre on loan from Palermo with an option to make the move permanent for €6 million.

[25] Inter played its first competitive match on 2 August by comfortably winning 0–3 at Hajduk Split for the first leg of 2012–13 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

[26] In the returning leg one week later, Hajduk Split caused an upset by winning 0–2 at San Siro but nevertheless Inter progressed 3–2 on agreegate.

[25] Three days later, Inter and Milan reached an agreement over an exchange deal involving Giampaolo Pazzini and Antonio Cassano, with a compensatory sum of €7.5 million in favor of the Nerazzurri.

The same day, Álvaro Pereira accepted a transfer to Inter from Porto for total fee of €10 million by signing a contract until June 2016.

[30] Inter kicked off 2012–13 Serie A with a perfect 0–3 away win at newly promoted Pescara with Sneijder, Milito and Coutinho scoring the goals.

[31] On 30 August, Inter officially qualified in the UEFA Europa League group stage after a 2–2 home draw in the returning leg in San Siro.

[32] On the last day of the month, the Treble heroes Júlio César and Maicon were respectively sold to Queens Park Rangers and Manchester City.

[36] On 20 September, Inter played its first match in Europa League group stage, equating 2–2 to Rubin Kazan with goals from Marko Livaja and Yuto Nagatomo.

[40] On 4 October, in the second game of Europa League group stage, Inter won 3–1 at Neftçi Baku with goals of Coutinho, Obi and Livaja.

[41] In the first Derby della Madonnina of the season, on 7 October, Samuel's early goal were enough to clinch the points for Inter despite playing with 10-man for about 40 minutes.

Ranocchia, Cambiasso and Milito were all in the scoresheet for the team, with the latter scoring his 100th Serie A goal, as Inter recorded their 5th consecutive league win.

[54] Three days later, Inter won its second consecutive match by beating title contenders Napoli 2–1 at San Siro.

He played as a goalkeeper for the final 15 minutes due to an injury of Luca Castellazzi, keeping a clean sheet and also making two saves.

[63] Fredy Guarín and Rodrigo Palacio scored the goals and also the youngster Marco Benassi made his league debut.

Back in Coppa Italia for the quarter-finals, Inter achieved a hard-fought 3–2 victory over Bologna after an Andrea Ranocchia goal in the last minute of extra time.

[66] Against the same opponent three days later, now for the first leg of Coppa Italia semi-final, Inter was defeated 2–1 with Palacio again scoring against capital club.

[4] Two days later, Milito announced that the surgery to repair the injury was a success, but the player will not return to the pitch for at least six months, ruling him out of contention for the remainder of the season.

[80] On 24 February, in the second Derby della Madonnina, Stephan El Shaarawy gave Milan the lead in the first half, only for Ezequiel Schelotto to later equalize, salvaged a 1–1 draw for Inter.

[84] On 14 March, in the returning leg at San Siro, Inter sent the match to extra-time by winning 3–0 at regular time with the goals of Cassano, Palacio and an owngoal from William Gallas.

[86][87] Inter started the month by winning the postponed match against Sampdoria 0–2 with both goals scored by Palacio, the second in the last moments after an individual effort.

[97] In the next matchday, Inter suffered another 3–1 defeat, this time at home at the hands of Lazio with Álvarez again scoring his team's only goal.

On 24 May, five days after the end of the season, head coach Andrea Stramaccioni was fired[9] and replaced by Walter Mazzarri.

Last updated: 9 July 2012Source: inter.it The Nerazzurri played two friendlies during their stay in Indonesia and both took place in Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, which hosted training sessions.

Source: Competitive matches The draw for UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round will take place on 20 July 2012.