Ten nominations for Cristi Chivu's team! » Which interists can win seasonal awards of excellence
Article by Daniel Scorpie – Published Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 6:57 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
On December 1, the Gran Galà del Calcio AIC 2025 will take place, the event where, traditionally in Italian football, the best players of the year are announced. The list of candidates includes no less than nine players from Inter, which is also nominated in the “Team of the Year” category. Only the best coach does not enter the contest, Cristi Chivu's predecessor being omitted.
Inter is not only the leader in Serie A and in the Champions League group, where it shares the lead in goal difference with Arsenal and Bayern Munich, but also leads in the number of nominations for the awards that will be given in two weeks to the most valuable footballers in Serie A.
Only Simone Inzaghi is not on the list of candidate coaches
Although he also lost the title, in favor of Napoli, but also the Champions League, succumbing to the score (0-5) in the final with PSG, from the Allianz Arena in Munich, missing all the trophies in 20224-2025, the Nerazzurri team has ten nominations for the Great Football Gala, organized in collaboration with the AIC (Italian Players' Association): nine players and the team itself.
Below is how the lists of contenders for the trophy of the season are presented, with the mention that there is no position for which Inter does not have a nomination.
THE BEST GOALKEEPER
David De Gea (Fiorentina)
Yann Sommer (INTER)
Mile Svilar (Rome)
THE BEST RIGHT BACK
Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Naples)
Dodo (Fiorentina)
Denzel Dumfries (INTER)
Alessandro Bastoni (left of Federico Dimarco) receives advice from Cristi Chivu and his assistant at Inter, Aleksandar Kolarov here / Photo: Imago
BEST LEFT BACK
Angelino (Rome)
Federico Dimarco (INTER)
Nuno Tavares (Lazio)
Inter has two candidates each for stoppers, midfielders and forwards!
The fiercest fight will go to the sections reserved for central defenders, midfielders and forwards, in which the Nerazzurri team has two nominees each, the great rivals being the champion Napoli and Atalanta.
THE BEST STOPPER
Francesco Acerbi (INTER)
Alessandro Bastoni (INTER)
Alessandro Buongiorno (Naples)
Evan N'Dicka (Roma)
Amir Rrahmani (Naples)
THE BEST INTERMEDIATE
Nicolò Barella (INTER)
Hakan Calhanoglu (INTER)
Stanislav Lobotka (Naples)
McTominay Scott (Naples)
Nicolás Paz (Como)
Tijani Reljnders (Milan)
THE BEST ATTACKER
Lautaro Martínez (INTER)
Lookman Ademola (Atalanta)
Romelu Lukaku (Napoli)
Moise Kean (Florentina)
Mateo Retegui (Atalanta)
Marcus Thuram (INTER)
Nicolo Barella // Photo: Imago
THE BEST COACH
Antonio Conte (Naples)
Cesc Fabregas (Como)
Claudio Ranieri (Roma)
THE BEST TEAM
Bologna
INTER
Naples
There are two more categories that will designate their laureates. It is about the best referee, Gianluca Aureliano, Daniele Chiffi and Daniele Doveriand the best young footballer of Serie B, Samuele Angori (Pisa), Nicolò Bertola (Spezia) and Romano Mussolini Floriani (Juve Stabia).
The Vote for Goal of the Year poll is still open, allowing all fans to take part and choose the most spectacular achievement of the 2024-25 season from a list of 9 extraordinary goals.
