How many times have Inter won the Champions League?

Simone Inzaghi's Inter have enjoyed the most dominant of seasons against their Derby della Madonnina rivals.

The Nerazzurri's fourth triumph over Stefano Pioli's Milan in 2022/23 was certainly the most significant, even if much of the work was already done for them in an emphatic first leg victory in their Champions League semi-final tie.

Inter's performance in the return leg was measured and controlled after Brahim Diaz spurned a good early chance for the away side. A tootheless Milan were kept at arm's length before Lautaro Martinez netted the dagger with 16 minutes remaining to send San Siro into raptures.

The Nerazzurri's comfortable victory means they've progressed into the Champions League final for the first time since 2010, but how many times have they won the competition?

How many times have Inter won the Champions League?

Inzaghi will be aiming to win Inter their fourth European Cup/Champions League crown in Istanbul on 10 June and follow in the footsteps of Helenio Herrera and Jose Mourinho.

Those two Inter outfits are regarded as the greatest in the club's history given their achievements on the continental stage. The pioneering Herrera played a crucial role in Inter's rise in the 1960s as the Nerazzurri claimed back-to-back European Cup successes in 1964 and 1965.

The idiosyncratic and dictatorial coachhad previously galvanised a forlorn Barcelona side before venturing off to Milan, where his Inter would establish themselves as the most feared team on the continent. It took time for Herrera to craft his masterpiece, with members of his 'Grande' team arriving in drips and drabs. Nevertheless, Inter's domestic rise facilitated a journey into Europe, where the contrasting styles of the continent's finest awaited the Nerazzurri's dogged pragmatism.

This ideological dichotomy came to a head in the 1964 European Cup final as the 'catenaccio' employers, the face of 'anti-football', met Real Madrid's spellbinding artists. To the dismay of neutrals, Inter claimed a 3-1 victory much in part to Carlo Tagnin's shunning of Alfredo Di Stefano.

Herrera's champions returned the following year with the aim of going back-to-back, and their campaign started with an emphatic victory over Dinamo Bucharest. A 3-2 win over Rangers set-up a semi-final tie with Liverpool which manifested Inter's mastery of the dark arts.

A 3-1 Liverpool lead from the first leg was quickly wiped out at San Siro before Giacinto Facchetti scored the crucial third on the night to send Inter through to the final. "This fine defence and magnificent forward line, so fluid and fast, with Spaniards Suarez and Peiro and Italians Mazzola and Corso slipping gracefully through with plenty of room to use the ball, had to triumph in the end," wrote the Daily Telegraph post-match, as Herrera's side finally started to gain the recognition they deserved.

That 'fine defence' played a pivotal role in the final as Inter shut out Eusebio's Benfica, back-to-back winners of the competition at the start of the decade, in a 1-0 win.

The demise of 'Grande Inter' meant Interisti were forced to wait 45 years for their next ascent to European glory. The club's appointment of Mourinho, Champions League winner with Porto in 2004, was made for one single purpose.

Mourinho's moment in the sun arrived in his second season as Inter ran the gauntlet to win the Champions League. Their campaign started slowly, but they squeezed through the group stages before a systematic switch from a narrow 4-3-1-2 to a 4-2-3-1 brought about a distinct improvement in the Nerazzuri's play.

Inter overcame Chelsea and CSKA Moscow before facing Barcelona in one of the most iconic Champions League ties of all-time. A Mourinho masterclass over the two legs culminated in a 3-2 triumph, before Diego Milito then bagged a brace in the final against Bayern Munich in what was The Special One's last game at the helm.

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