Inter will reportedly change their badge in March, so Foothall Italia took a look at how it has evolved through the years.
Inter were founded in 1908 after a split in the Milan Cricket and Football Club because a group of members was in open disagreement with the leadership of the club.
Their first badge was designed in 1908 by the painter Giorgio Muggiani and was inspired by English clubs. The colour black remained on their crest, but the red was replaced with blue. It was a circular badge with the letters FCIM intertwined.
The first change took place 1925 due to the impositions of the fascist regime. The name “Internazionale” was switched with “Ambrosiana”, therefore the badge changed accordingly.
It was still circular but with Roman fasces on a blue background on the left and the iconic snake (Biscione) and the badge of the city of Milan on the right. It was replaced in 1929 with another round crest with a black and blue rhombus in the middle and a golden Ambrosiana inscription at the bottom of it.
In 1945, after the end of the Second World War, the club was once again called Inter and the badge returned to a more traditional one.
A radical change was made in 1960. The badge was divided into two: the left half with black and blue stripes and the right one with a snake, a football and the year of foundation. The crest changed again in 1962 and 1963.
In 1979 the club adopted a badge with two transversal Nerazzurri stripes on which sat a white snake, which was no longer in the classic twisted position.
A version of the 1963 crest was revisited in 1991, and in 1998, to celebrate the 100th birthday of the club, a new badge was proposed with concentric circlesinside, carrying the inscription ‘Inter’ and the date of the club’s foundation.
Inter adopted their current crest in 2014. It’s reported it will change again in March, and will only feature the letters I and M – for Inter Milano.
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