Sports

GSP analysis Cristi Chivu, the best debut match in inter -series A in the history of the club! »Herrera, Trapatoni, Mourinho, Lippi and Count did not start with 5-0

Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 11:32 / Updated Tuesday, August 26, 2025 11:43

Since 2001, from Argentine Hector Cuper, no foreign coach has begun his mandate at Inter in the championship with a success. But very few would have expected the start of the Nerazzuri with Cristi Chivu On the technical bank to coincide in series A with such a clear victory, 5-0 with Turin.

Even though it is only in the 14th match as a coach in Serie A (the first 13 ticked them in Parma), the 44-year-old Romanian has achieved a small performance. Which, no matter how and when his mandate will end, will remain in the club's history.

Cristi Chivu, the best debut match at Inter in Serie A in the history of the club! »Herrera, Trapatoni, Mourinho, Lippi and Count did not start with 5-0

Inter – Turin 5-0, Cristi Chivu's debut in Serie A on the “Nerazzurilor” bench / Photo: Imago Images

Herrera, Conte and S. Inzaghi are closest to Chivu

No technician in the annals of the club founded on March 9, 1908 recorded a start with such a conclusive score: a triumph at five goals difference!

Emotions are normal. That's how it worked and when I was a player. To return to a stadium like this one in the position of coach, in a team in which I wrote important pages of history … but I do not look to the past, I focus on the present, because I have a great responsibility
Cristi Chivu, Inter coach of Inter

GSP.ro took the statistics in hand and traveled the CV of all the 75 coaches that the group from Giuseppe Meazza was in 117 years and discovered this record for Cristi Chivu on Monday night.

Cristi Chivu, the best debut match at Inter in Serie A in the history of the club! »Herrera, Trapatoni, Mourinho, Lippi and Count did not start with 5-0

Argentine Helenio Herrera, the most successful coach in Inter / Photo's history: Imago

Until the technician brought from Parma this summer, there were three names that had ticked a first term in Inter with a success at four goals: The great Helenio Herrera, who won two Cups of European Champions (1964-1965 and 1965-1966), Antonio Conte and Simone Inzaghi, the last two champions with Inter and Chivu's predecessors since 2019.

Trapattoni and Meazza, KO at Inter! Like Mircea Lucescu

Among those who started with all the points conquered in the first championship party are other important technicians such as Marcello Lipp, Luciano Spalletti, Claudio Ranieri and Hector Cuper. They all debuted with a result of at least two advantage goals.

However, there are heavy names and famous coaches, who did not work only at Inter and who could not defeat at the start of their Aventure in Serie A: Jose Mourinho, Roberto Mancini (Both Scudetti winners) And Rafa Benitez, the successor of the Portuguese.

Cristi Chivu, the best debut match at Inter in Serie A in the history of the club! »Herrera, Trapatoni, Mourinho, Lippi and Count did not start with 5-0

Coach Giovanni Trapattoni, along with former German Midders Lothar Matthaus, at Inter 1991 / Photo: Imago

They even left with the left, such Giuseppe Meazza, the only technician who had three mandates in Nerazzurri (1947-1948, 1955-1956 and 1957) and in the honor of which the name of the San Siro-Meazza stadium was given!

I saw some good things and I am happy that I have not received any goals, even though there were some critics on this topic. I saw motivated and energetic players who did not want to get goals. Calm down, I repeat, it's just the first step. There's a lot of work to do!
Cristi Chivu, Inter coach of Inter

And Mircea Lucescu, the only Romanian coach of Inter before Chivu, started with the left in his short term of 111 days at Inter, with a defeat at Parma (0-1). The current Romanian coach resisted only 17 matches, presenting his resignation on March 21, 1999 to President Massimo Moratti.

75The coaches had inter -year in the history of the 117 -year -old club. The first was Virgio Fossati, who drove the Nerazzurra team until 1915

Top 20 beginner coaches at Inter

Coach

Date debut in the championship

Result

Matches in the mandate

Cristi Chivu

25.08.2025

5-0 Turin (a)

1

Helenio Herrera

25.09.1960

5-1 Atalanta (D)

343

Antonio Conte

26.08.2019

4-0 LECCE (A)

102

Simone Inzaghi

21.08.2021

4-0 Genoa (a)

217

Arpad Weisz

18.09.1932

6-2 Pro Patria (a)

75

Virgilio Fossati

07.11.1909

5-2 Ausonia (a)

112

Hector Cuper

26.08.2001

4-1 Perugia (a)

57

Marcelo Lippi

29.08.1999

3-0 Hellas Verona (A)

51

Luciano Spalletti

20.08.2017

3-0 Fiorentina (a)

90

Claudio Ranieri

24.09.2011

3-1 Bologna (D)

35

Cristi Chivu, the best debut match at Inter in Serie A in the history of the club! »Herrera, Trapatoni, Mourinho, Lippi and Count did not start with 5-0

Mircea Lucescu had 4 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats (goal 26-26) in almost four months at Inter

Ottavio Bianchi

04.09.1994

2-0 Turin (D)

49

Jose Mourinho

30.08.2008

1-1 Sampdoria (D)

108

Roberto Mancini

11.09.2004

2-2 Chievo (D)

226

Rafael benitez

30.08.2010

0-0 Bologna (D)

25

Roy Hodgson

22.10.1995

0-0 lazio (a)

82

Alberto Zaccheroni

26.10.2003

0-0 as Roma (a)

43

Giovanni Trapattoni

14.09.1986

0-1 Empoli (D)

233

Giuseppe Meazza

05.01.1947

1-2 Venezia (D)

49

Eugenio Bersellini

11.09.1977

0-1 bologna (a)

207

Mircea Lucescu

06.01.1999

0-1 Parma (D)

17

Ashley Davis

I’m Ashley Davis as an editor, I’m committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity and accuracy in every piece we publish. My work is driven by curiosity, a passion for truth, and a belief that journalism plays a crucial role in shaping public discourse. I strive to tell stories that not only inform but also inspire action and conversation.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Back to top button