SSC Napoli

{{Short description|Association football club in Italy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Napoli | image = SSC Napoli 2025 (white and azure).svg | upright = 0.85 | fullname = Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli S.p.A. | nickname = {{lang|it|Gli Azzurri}} (The Blues) {{lang|it|I Partenopei}} (The Parthenopeans) {{lang|it|I Ciucciarelli}} (The Little Donkeys) | short name = SSC Napoli | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|25 August 1926}}, as ''Associazione Calcio Napoli'' {{Start date and age|df=yes|6 September 2004}}, as ''Napoli Soccer'' then ''SSC Napoli'' | ground = Stadio Diego Armando Maradona | capacity = 54,732 | owner = Filmauro S.r.l. | chrtitle = President | chairman = Aurelio De Laurentiis | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Massimiliano Allegri (pending) | league = {{Italian football updater|Napoli}} | season = {{Italian football updater|Napoli2}} | position = {{Italian football updater|Napoli3}} | current = 2025–26 SSC Napoli season | website = {{Official URL}} |pattern_b1 = _napoli2526h1 |body1 = |pattern_la1 = _napoli2526h1 |leftarm1 = 1 |pattern_ra1 = _napoli2526h1 |rightarm1 = |pattern_sh1 = |shorts1 = ffffff |pattern_so1 = |socks1 = 0686cb |pattern_b2 = _napoli2526a1 |body2 = |pattern_la2 = _napoli2526a1 |leftarm2 = |pattern_ra2 = _napoli2526a1 |rightarm2 = |pattern_sh2 = |shorts2 = eae2df |pattern_so2 = |socks2 = eae2df |pattern_la3 = _napoli2526t1 |pattern_b3 = _napoli2526t1 |pattern_ra3 = _napoli2526t1 |leftarm3 = 4b3621 |body3 = 4b3621 |rightarm3 = 4b3621 |shorts3 = 4b3621 |socks3 = 4b3621 }} thumb|The stadium after its most-recent renovations, during the XXX Summer Universiade.

'''Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli''' ({{IPA|it|sotʃeˈta sporˈtiːva ˈkaltʃo ˈnaːpoli|pron}}), commonly known as '''SSC Napoli''' or simply '''Napoli''', is an Italian professional football club based in Naples, Campania that plays in the Serie A, the top league of Italian football. They are among the most successful clubs in the nation, with four league titles, six Coppe Italia, three Supercoppe Italiane, and one UEFA Cup.<ref name="calcionap2">{{cite news|title=La storia del Calcio Napoli sino ai giorni nostri |language=it|publisher=Ale Napoli |url=http://www.alenapoli.com/storia/storia.htm|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024075840/http://www.alenapoli.com/storia/storia.htm |archive-date=24 October 2008}}</ref>

The club was formed in 1926 as '''Associazione Calcio Napoli''' following the merger of US Internazionale Napoli and Naples Foot-Ball Club. Napoli saw relatively little success in their early years, not winning their first major trophy until the 1962 Coppa Italia. The club enjoyed increased success in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the 1976 Coppa Italia and reaching new heights following the arrival of Diego Maradona in 1984. During his time with Napoli, the club won their first two league titles, in 1987 and 1990. His seven seasons in Naples also saw them win the 1987 Coppa Italia, the 1990 Supercoppa Italiana, and the 1989 UEFA Cup—their only European trophy. Following Maradona's departure in 1991 however, Napoli struggled financially, and endured relegations and a bankruptcy prior to being re-founded in 2004 by film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis. Napoli returned to the Serie A three years later, and have been among the top clubs in Italian football since, winning three Coppa Italia (2012, 2014, and 2020), two Supercoppa Italiana (2014 and 2025–26), and two Serie A titles (2023 and 2025).

By attendance, Napoli has the fourth-largest fan base in Italy,<ref name="tifo2">{{cite news|date=September 2012|title=Il tifo calcistico in Italia – Settembre 2012|language=it|url=http://www.demos.it/a00756.php|access-date=18 September 2012|archive-date=15 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015164331/http://www.demos.it/a00756.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and was ranked as the fifth-highest-earning football club in Serie A, with $182 million in revenue during the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deloitte Football Money League 2014|url=http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GB/uk/industries/sportsbusinessgroup/sports/football/deloitte-football-money-league/|access-date=9 October 2014|publisher=Deloitte|archive-date=20 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220013031/http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GB/uk/industries/sportsbusinessgroup/sports/football/deloitte-football-money-league/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, ''Forbes'' estimated Napoli to be worth $379 million, making them the fifth most-valuable club in Italy. Napoli are also one of the associate members of the European Club Association.

Since 1959, the club has played its home games at the Stadio San Paolo, which was renamed Stadio Diego Armando Maradona following the beloved former player's death in 2020. Napoli traditionally wear sky blue shirts, white shorts, and sky blue socks at home and white shirts, white or sky blue shorts, and white or sky blue socks away; this is derived from the shirts of Naples FBC and the shorts of Internazionale Napoli after the clubs merged to form Napoli's predecessor Internaples in 1922. Napoli have rivalries with Juventus, Roma (Derby del Sole), Internazionale, AC Milan and Salernitana (Derby of Campania). The club's anthem is "Napoli", one of the major hits of the Neapolitan singer Nino D'Angelo.<ref>{{cite web |title="Napoli" di Nino D'Angelo sarà il nuovo inno: l'annuncio di De Laurentiis |url=https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/serie-a/napoli/2023/05/27-108253458/_napoli_di_nino_d_angelo_sara_il_nuovo_inno_l_annuncio_di_de_laurentiis |website=corrieredellosport.it |access-date=23 August 2024 |language=Italian |date=27 May 2023 |archive-date=23 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823150545/https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/serie-a/napoli/2023/05/27-108253458/_napoli_di_nino_d_angelo_sara_il_nuovo_inno_l_annuncio_di_de_laurentiis |url-status=live }}</ref>

== History == {{Further|History of SSC Napoli|Naples FBC|US Internazionale Napoli}}

=== Origins === thumb|left|Team of "Naples F.C.", predecessor of current club, in 1906

Although the club was officially founded in 1926, Napoli traces its roots to the first relevant Neapolitan club, founded as ''Naples Foot-Ball & Cricket Club''<ref name=":0" group="note">Some sources say the name was spelled ''Naples Foot-Ball and Croquet Club''.</ref> in 1905 by English sailor William Poths and his associate Hector M. Bayon.<ref name="earlyhistory2">{{cite news |date=23 June 2007 |title=Storia Del Club, by Pietro Gentile and Valerio Rossano |language=it |publisher=Napoli 2000 |url=http://napoli2000.etereanetwork.com/StoriaClub_Albori.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702133335/http://napoli2000.etereanetwork.com/StoriaClub_Albori.asp |archive-date=2 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 June 2007 |title=Willy Garbutt, The Italian Trailblazer |publisher=British Council |url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan-sport-footballculture-history-garbutt-italy.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330025643/http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan-sport-footballculture-history-garbutt-italy.htm |archive-date=30 March 2008}}</ref> Neapolitans such as Conforti, Catterina and Amedeo Salsi were also involved; Salsi was named the club's first president.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 June 2007 |title=Dal Naples Football Club all'Internaples |language=it |publisher=S.S.C. Napoli |url=http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?content=0&root=643&lang=en-US |access-date=23 June 2007 |archive-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925071642/http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?content=0&root=643&lang=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> The original kit of the club was a sky blue and navy blue striped shirt, with black shorts.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 June 2007 |title=La Storia – Periodo 1904–1926 |publisher=Napolissimo |url=http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.htm |access-date=23 June 2007 |archive-date=24 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724191400/http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Naples' first match was a 3–2 win against the English crew of the boat ''Arabik'' with goals from William MacPherson, Michele Scafoglio and Léon Chaudoir.<ref>{{cite news |date=3 April 2009 |title=Napoli back among the big boys |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2009/m=4/news=napoli-back-among-the-big-boys-1045169.html |url-status=dead |access-date=14 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119142442/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2009/m=4/news=napoli-back-among-the-big-boys-1045169.html |archive-date=19 November 2015}}</ref>

Early into its existence, the Italian Football Championship was limited to just northern clubs, so southern clubs competed against sailors<ref name="earlyhistory2" /> or in cups such as Thomas Lipton's Lipton Challenge Cup. In the cup competed between Naples FBC and Palermo FBC Naples won three finals.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 June 2007 |title=I Primi 60 Anni: Dalla Nascita Aalla Coppa Lipton |language=it |publisher=Cuore Rosanero |url=http://www.cuorerosanero.com/primianni.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011210314/http://www.cuorerosanero.com/primianni.htm |archive-date=11 October 2007 }}</ref> The foreign contingent at the club broke off in 1911 to form Internazionale Napoli, who wore blue shirts with white shorts,<ref name="earlyhistory2" /> in time for both club's debut in the Italian Championship of 1912–13.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=La Storia. – Periodo 1904–1926 – La Preistoria |language=it |publisher=Napolissimo |url=http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.html |access-date=26 June 2007 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122043133/http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Each of the teams won a Prima Categoria southern Italian titles and therefore competed in the national semi-finals, Naples doing so in 1912–13 and Internazionale Napoli in 1913–14.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They were set to face each other for the southern titles again in 1914–15 but it was cancelled due to World War I.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Due to financial pressure, the two rival clubs merged as the "Foot-Ball Club Internazionale-Naples", abbreviated as "FBC Internaples" in October 1922.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 July 2007 |title=Napoli |publisher=Goal.com |url=http://www.goal.com/it/Squadra.aspx?IdSquadra=165&SEOTeamName=Napoli |access-date=2 August 2021 |archive-date=12 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712040750/http://www.goal.com/it/Squadra.aspx?IdSquadra=165&SEOTeamName=Napoli |url-status=live }}</ref> Internaples', and later Napoli's kits are derived from those of Naples FBC and Internazionale Napoli; adopting the sky blue from Naples' shirts and the white shorts from Internazionale Napoli.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

=== FBC Internaples === The merged club was seen by some media and fans to be a continuation of Internazionale Napoli rather than a new club; it played its games at Internazionale Napoli's Terme di Agnano rather than Naples FBC's Campo del Poligono and kept Internazionale Napoli's nickname of ''Gli Azzurri'' (The Blues) rather than ''I Blucelesti'' (The Navy Blue and Sky Blues) used by Naples.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitale.bnc.roma.sbn.it/tecadigitale/visore/#/main/viewer?idMetadato=2361664&type=bncr |title=''Il Messaggero'' del 10 novembre 1922, p. 2. |access-date=11 November 2022 |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101145426/http://digitale.bnc.roma.sbn.it/tecadigitale/visore/#/main/viewer?idMetadato=2361664&type=bncr |url-status=live }}</ref> Internaples were also given the nickname ''I Puledri'' (the foals), as the horse is a symbol of Naples.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://angeloxg1.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/articolo_ilmezzogiorno_ott_1922.jpg |title=articolo de Il Mezzogiorno dell'ottobre 1922. |access-date=11 November 2022 |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101191402/https://angeloxg1.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/articolo_ilmezzogiorno_ott_1922.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref>

Internaples were immediately enrolled in the top-flight Prima Divisione Lega Sud championship, as both Internazionale Napoli and Naples competed in that division pre-merger. Since the end of World War I both clubs had lost dominance of the region to the likes of Puteolana and Savoia. Even with the combined strength of Internaples, Savoia still proved to be the top team in southern Italy. Internaples reached the interregional semi-finals of Lega Sud in each of its first two seasons, and reached the Lega Sud finals in 1925–26. This secured the club a spot in the new Divisione Nazionale for the following season.<ref name="PacGar14" />

=== The birth of Associazione Calcio Napoli === Under the presidency of Giorgio Ascarelli, and likely under pressure from the new fascist government to "Italianize" the club,<ref name="PacGar14">Pacileo e Gargano, ''80 anni di passione'', p. 14.</ref> Internaples changed its name to '''Associazione Calcio Napoli''' on 25 August 1926.<ref>Piergiorgio Renna, ''Il football a Napoli'', p. 39.</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=24 June 2007 |title=A short history of Napoli's roots: The Spark of Life |publisher='O Ciuccio |url=http://members.fortunecity.com/edvella/roots.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211013719/http://members.fortunecity.com/edvella/roots.html |archive-date=11 February 2007}}</ref> The newly renamed team also moved from the Terme di Agnano to a new stadium, the Stadio Militare dell'Arenaccia. After a poor start, with a sole point in an entire championship,<ref name="league2">{{cite book |title=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004 |year=2005}}</ref> Napoli was re-admitted to Serie A's forerunner, the Divisione Nazionale, by the Italian Football Federation ("FIGC"), and began to improve thanks in part to Paraguayan-born Attila Sallustro, who was the first fully fledged hero to the fans.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=Il primo, e ancora indimenticato idolo, dei tifosi partenope |publisher=Cronologia |url=http://cronologia.leonardo.it/sport/napoli.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=24 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722073231/http://cronologia.leonardo.it/sport/napoli.htm |archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> He was a capable goal-scorer and eventually set the all-time goal-scoring record for Napoli, which was later surpassed by players like Diego Maradona and Marek Hamšík.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=Storia del Napoli: Gli anni venti e trenta |language=it |publisher=Vesuvio |url=http://vesuvio.altervista.org/storia.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715061603/http://vesuvio.altervista.org/storia.htm |archive-date=15 July 2012 }}</ref> [[File:Stadio_San_Paolo_-_panoramio_(3).jpg|left|thumb|Napoli moved to the new Stadio San Paolo in 1959, where they have played since.]] Napoli entered the Serie A era under the management of William Garbutt.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=Gli anni '30 |language=it |publisher=YouNapoli.com |url=http://www.younapoli.com/storia%20del%20napoli.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504032847/http://www.younapoli.com/storia%20del%20napoli.htm |archive-date=4 May 2007}}</ref> During Garbutt's six-year stint, the club would be dramatically transformed, frequently finishing in the top half of the table.<ref name="league2" /> This included two third-place finishes during the 1932–33 and 1933–34 seasons,<ref name="league2" /> with added notables such as Antonio Vojak, Arnaldo Sentimenti and Carlo Buscaglia.<ref name="playerrecord2">{{cite web |title=Napoli Player Statistics |url=http://clubanglonapulitano.tripod.com/players.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231225254/http://clubanglonapulitano.tripod.com/players.html |archive-date=31 December 2016 |access-date=14 January 2019 |work=ClubAngloNapulitano}}</ref> However, in the years leading up to World War II, Napoli went into decline, only surviving relegation in 1939–40 by goal average.<ref name="league2" />

Napoli lost a closely contested relegation battle at the end of 1942 and were relegated to Serie B.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They moved from the Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli to the Stadio Arturo Collana and remained in Serie B until after the war.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===Post-war era and first trophies=== Play restarted in 1945 with two divisions: one consisting of Serie A teams from the north and one combined division of Serie A and Serie B teams from the central and south, with the top four of each division advancing to the national round that followed. Napoli won the Centro-Sud Serie A-B to secure a place in the Divisione Nazionale (where they placed fifth) and automatic promotion to the next season's Serie A.<ref name="league2" /> They were relegated after two seasons for a bribery scandal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Italy 1947/48 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital48.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=3 February 2023 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007064232/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital48.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The club won the Serie B titles that season to ensure top flight football at the start of the 1950s.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=Storia del Napoli (1904–1960) |language=it |publisher=Magico Napoli |url=http://it.geocities.com/magiconapoli2004/napoli_sto.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307202148/http://it.geocities.com/magiconapoli2004/napoli_sto.htm |archive-date=7 March 2005}}</ref> Napoli moved to their new home ground Stadio San Paolo in 1959.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Despite erratic league form with highs and lows during this period, including multiple relegations and promotions, Napoli won their first major trophy when they beat SPAL to lift the Coppa Italia in 1962, with goals from Gianni Corelli and Pierluigi Ronzon.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=Italy – Coppa Italia History |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italcuphistfull.html |access-date=26 June 2024 |archive-date=12 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012025104/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/italcuphistfull.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The victory made Napoli the first team to win the Coppa while in Serie B, and they were promoted to Serie A that season. Their fourth relegation cut celebrations short the following season.<ref name="calcionap2" />

=== Name change === As the club changed their name to '''Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli''' on 25 June 1964<ref name="calcionap2" /> they began to rise up again, gaining promotion in 1964–65. Under the management of former player Bruno Pesaola, they won the Coppa delle Alpi<ref name="calcionap2" /> and were back among the elite in Serie A, with consistent top-five finishes.<ref name="league2" /> Napoli came very close to winning the league in 1967–68, finishing just behind Milan in second place.<ref name="league2" /> Some of the most popular players from this period were Dino Zoff, José Altafini, Omar Sívori and hometown midfielder Antonio Juliano. Juliano would eventually break the appearance records, which still stands today.<ref name="playerrecord2" />

===League stability and second Coppa Italia=== [[File:SSCNapoli1970-71.jpg|thumb|Napoli at the start of the 1970s with Dino Zoff, José Altafini, and others]] The trend of Napoli performing well in the league continued into the 1970s, with third place spots in 1970–71 and 1973–74.<ref name="league2" /> Under the coaching of former player Luís Vinício, this gained them entry into the early UEFA Cup competitions. In 1974–75, they reached the third round knocking out Porto 2–0 ''en route''. During the same season, Napoli finished second in Serie A, just two points behind champions Juventus.<ref name="league2" /> Solid performances from locally born players such as Giuseppe Bruscolotti, Antonio Juliano and Salvatore Esposito were relied upon during this period, coupled with goals from Giuseppe Savoldi.<ref name="playerrecord2" />

The club won their second Coppa Italia trophy in 1975–76, eliminating Milan and Fiorentina ''en route'', before beating rivals Hellas Verona 4–0 in the finals. That season, they also defeated Southampton 4–1 on aggregate to lift the 1976 Anglo-Italian League Cup.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 June 2007 |title=Anglo-Italian League Cup |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/angloitleagcup.html |access-date=3 February 2023 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629074603/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/angloitleagcup.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Napoli were entered into the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup for 1976–77, where they reached the semi-finals, losing 2–1 on aggregate to Anderlecht.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |publisher=UEFA |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1976/round=1425/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111202103/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1976/round%3D1425/index.html |archive-date=11 January 2008}}</ref> In the Italian league, Napoli were still very much a consistent top six side for much of the late 1970s.<ref name="league2" /> Even into the earliest two seasons of the 1980s, the club were performing respectably with a third-place finish in 1980–81. Napoli's Primavera squad was also doing well at the time, winning the Torneo di Viareggio Cup in 1975 and their only Campionato Nazionale Primavera title in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albo d'oro |url=https://www.legaseriea.it/it/primavera-1/albo-d-oro |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=Lega Serie A |language=it |archive-date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002030321/https://www.legaseriea.it/it/primavera-1/albo-d-oro |url-status=live }}</ref> However, by 1983, they had slipped dramatically and were involved in relegation battles.<ref name="league2" />

===Napoli on the rise: Maradona era=== Napoli broke the world transfer record fee after acquiring Diego Maradona in a €12 million deal from Barcelona on 30 June 1984.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=Finals Countdown: Argentina |publisher=U4 The Game |url=http://www.4thegame.com/features/feature/180001/.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014174058/http://www.4thegame.com/features/feature/180001/.html |archive-date=14 October 2007 }}</ref> The squad was gradually re-built, with the likes of Ciro Ferrara, Salvatore Bagni and Fernando De Napoli filling the ranks.<ref name="playerrecord2" /> The rise up the tables was gradual, by 1985–86, they had a third-place finish under their belts, but better was yet to come. With the attacking trio of Maradona, Bruno Giordano, and Careca (nicknamed MaGiCa), the 1986–87 season was the landmark in Napoli's history, becoming just the third Italian team to win the double after securing the Serie A title by three points and then beating Atalanta 4–0 to lift the Coppa Italia.<ref name="calcionap2" /> [[File:19870510_sanpaolo.jpg|left|thumb|Napoli supporters celebrating the team's first ''scudetto'' in May 1987]] Because a mainland Southern Italian team had never won the league before, this turned Maradona into a cultural, social and borderline religious icon for Neapolitans, which stretched beyond the realms of just football.<ref name="d10s2">{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=People's champion |publisher=Channel 4 |url=http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/articles/maradonagg.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529032359/http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/articles/maradonagg.html |archive-date=29 May 2008}}</ref> [[File:Maradona_napoli_uefa_cup.jpg|thumb|Diego Maradona celebrating with the UEFA Cup trophy after beating VfB Stuttgart, May 1989]] The club were unsuccessful in the European Cup in the following season and finished runners-up in Serie A. However, Napoli were entered into the UEFA Cup for 1988–89 and won their first major European title.<ref name="calcionap2" /> Juventus, Bayern Munich and PAOK were defeated ''en route'' to the final, where Napoli beat VfB Stuttgart 5–4 on aggregate, with two goals from Careca and one each from Maradona, Ferrara and Alemão.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=European Competitions 1988–89 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec198889.html |access-date=3 February 2023 |archive-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127101612/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec198889.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Napoli added their second Serie A title in 1989–90, defeating Milan by two points in the title race.<ref name="calcionap2" /> However, this was surrounded by less auspicious circumstances as Napoli were awarded two points for a game, when in Bergamo, an Atalanta fan threw a 100 lira coin at Alemão's head.<ref name="league2" />

A controversial set of events set off at the 1990 World Cup, when Maradona made comments pertaining to North–South inequality in the country and the ''risorgimento'', asking Neapolitans to root for Argentina in the semi-finals against Italy in Naples.<ref>{{cite book |last=Maradona |first=Diego |title=El Diego, pg. 165 |year=2004}}</ref> {{cquote|''I don't like the fact that now everybody is asking Neapolitans to be Italian and to support their national team. Naples has always been marginalised by the rest of Italy. It is a city that suffers the most unfair racism.''|20px|20px|Diego Maradona, July 1990 }} The Stadio San Paolo was the only stadium during the competition where the Argentine National Anthem was not jeered,<ref name="wc902">{{cite book |last=Maradona |first=Diego |title=El Diego, pg. 166 |year=2004}}</ref> Maradona bowed to the Napoli fans at the end and his country went on to reach the finals. However, after the finals, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) forced Maradona to take a doping test, which he failed testing positive for cocaine; both Maradona and Napoli staff later claimed it was a revenge plot for events at the World Cup.<ref name="d10s2" /> Maradona was banned for 15 months and would never play for the club again.<ref name="d10s2" /> The club still won the Supercoppa Italiana that year, with a record 5–1 victory against Juventus, but it would be their last major trophy for 22 years. In the European Cup, they were eliminated in the second round.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=UEFA European Cup Matches 1990–1991 |publisher=Xs4All |url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method1/match1991.html |access-date=26 August 2007 |archive-date=27 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027010717/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method1/match1991.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Decline=== Though the club finished fourth during the 1991–92 season,<ref name="league2" /> Napoli gradually went into decline after that season, both financially and on the field. Players such as Gianfranco Zola, Daniel Fonseca, Ciro Ferrara and Careca had all departed by 1994. Nonetheless, Napoli qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup, reaching the third round and in 1996–97, Napoli appeared at the Coppa Italia finals, but lost 3–1 to Vicenza; Napoli's primavera squad won the Coppa Italia Primavera that season.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 July 2007 |title=Coppa Italia champions – Names and Numbers; soccer |publisher=FindArticles |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCN/is_5_26/ai_111201162 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040927220852/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCN/is_5_26/ai_111201162 |archive-date=27 September 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Honours List |url=https://www.legaseriea.it/en/coppa-italia-primavera/roll-of-honour |access-date=2 October 2022 |website=Lega Serie A |language=en |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929021236/https://www.legaseriea.it/en/coppa-italia-primavera/roll-of-honour |url-status=dead }}</ref> Napoli's league form had dropped lower, and relegation to Serie B came at the end of 1997–98 when they won only two matches all season.<ref name="league2" />

The club returned to Serie A after gaining promotion in the 1999–2000 season, though after a closely contested relegation battle, they were relegated immediately back down the following season.<ref name="league2" /> By August 2004, Napoli was declared bankrupt.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 June 2007 |title=Napoli declared bankrupt says ANSA |publisher=CNN |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/08/02/italy.napoli/ |access-date=27 February 2007 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173048/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/08/02/italy.napoli/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> To secure football in the city, film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis re-founded the club under the name '''Napoli Soccer''', as they were not allowed to use their old name until the next season.<ref name="rename2">{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=Luigi e Aurelio De Laurentiis |language=it |publisher=My Movies |url=http://www.mymovies.it/filmclub/2006/12/186/mymovies.pdf |access-date=26 August 2007 |archive-date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216041723/http://www.mymovies.it/filmclub/2006/12/186/mymovies.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> FIGC placed Napoli in Serie C1, where they missed out on promotion after losing 2–1 in play-offs to local rivals Avellino in 2004–05.<ref name="calcionap2" />

Despite the fact Napoli were playing in a low division, they retained higher average attendances than most of the Serie A clubs, breaking the Serie C attendance record with 51,000 at one match.<ref name="restored2">{{cite news |date=24 June 2007 |title=De Laurentiis: "Il mio Napoli tra le grandi" |language=it |publisher=Solo Napoli |url=http://www.solonapoli.com/leggi_news.asp?Id=12814 |access-date=3 January 2007 |archive-date=20 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620030604/http://www.solonapoli.com/leggi_news.asp?Id=12814 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Resurgence=== The following season, they secured promotion to Serie B and De Laurentiis brought back the club's history, restoring its name to '''Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli''' in May 2006.<ref name="calcionap2" /> After just one season in Serie B, they were promoted to the top division, along with Juventus and other fellow "sleeping giants" Genoa.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 2007 |title=Genoa e Napoli ritorno in paradiso |language=it |publisher=La Repubblica |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2007/06/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_b/genoa-napoli/genoa-napoli/genoa-napoli.html |access-date=28 July 2009 |archive-date=7 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507211427/http://www.repubblica.it/2007/06/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_b/genoa-napoli/genoa-napoli/genoa-napoli.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, under manager Walter Mazzarri, Napoli finished in sixth place to qualify for a 2010–11 UEFA Europa League spot.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 May 2010 |title=Juve, addio alla Champions. Il Napoli vola in Europa. |language=it |publisher=Corriere dello Sport |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/serie_a/2010/05/02-109637/Juve,+addio+alla+Champions.+Il+Napoli+vola+in+Europa |url-status=dead |access-date=2 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229181247/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/serie_a/2010/05/02-109637/Juve,+addio+alla+Champions.+Il+Napoli+vola+in+Europa |archive-date=29 February 2012 }}</ref> Napoli finished third in the 2010–11 season, qualifying directly for the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2010–2011 Serie A table |url=http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render_e.aspx?content=0&root=1244&lang=en-US |access-date=19 July 2011 |publisher=S.S.C.Napoli |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406022502/http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render_e.aspx?content=0&root=1244&lang=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2011–12 season, Napoli ended in fifth place in Serie A, but defeated unbeaten champions Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico to win the Coppa Italia for the fourth time in the club's history, 25 years after their last cup win. The team finished second in its group of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, progressing to the round of 16, where they were eliminated by eventual winners Chelsea. In 2012–13, Napoli finished in second place in Serie A, the club's best performance since winning the 1989–90 Scudetto. Edinson Cavani finished as top scorer in the division with 29 goals, which resulted in him being sold to Paris Saint-Germain for a club-record fee of €64 million.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 July 2013 |title=Edinson Cavani joins Paris Saint-Germain for French club record fee |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jul/16/edinson-cavani-paris-saint-germain-transfer |access-date=2 July 2018 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424232149/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jul/16/edinson-cavani-paris-saint-germain-transfer |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Champions_Napoli.jpg|thumb|Napoli celebrating their 2014 Supercoppa Italiana win]] In the 2013 close-season, Mazzarri left Napoli and Rafael Benítez became the club's manager.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rafa Benitez Is Napoli Manager |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22684637 |access-date=27 May 2013 |archive-date=13 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613015832/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22684637 |url-status=live }}</ref> They finished the 2013–14 season by winning the 2014 Coppa Italia finals, their fifth title in the tournament, with a 3–1 win against Fiorentina,<ref>{{cite web |date=3 May 2014 |title=Coppa Italia final: Rafael Benitez's Napoli beat Fiorentina 3–1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27271913 |access-date=3 May 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=3 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503232442/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27271913 |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as qualifying for the Champions League, but missed out on the group stage as they lost to Athletic Bilbao in the play-off round.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Their subsequent run in the Europa League ended when they lost 2–1 on aggregate to Dnipro in the semi-finals.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They finished the 2014–15 season in fifth, with Benítez then leaving for Real Madrid and being replaced by Maurizio Sarri.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In Sarri's first season in charge in the 2015–16 season, Napoli finished in second place with 82 points, and were knocked out of the Europa League in the round of 32 against Villarreal.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In the following season, Napoli finished in third place on 86 points and were knocked out of the Champions League in the round of 16 against Real Madrid.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} This year saw the breakout season for Dries Mertens who scored 34 goals in all competitions after he was moved from the left-wing to centre-forward following Milik's torn Anterior cruciate ligament.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In the 2017–18 season, Napoli challenged for the title for the entire season, and finished with a club record of 91 points. However, the title ultimately went to Juventus in the penultimate round of matches.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 May 2018 |title=Juventus secure 7th straight Serie A title; Inter's top-4 hope restored |publisher=ESPN FC |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/italian-serie-a/story/3496234/juventus-secure-7th-straight-serie-a-title;-inters-top-4-hope-restored |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141735/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/italian-serie-a/story/3496234/juventus-secure-7th-straight-serie-a-title;-inters-top-4-hope-restored |url-status=live }}</ref> On 23 December 2017, Marek Hamšík overtook Diego Maradona as Napoli's all-time leading scorer after scoring his 115th goal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 December 2017 |title=Hamsik breaks Maradona's Napoli record |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/napoli/story/3322199/marek-hamsik-breaks-diego-maradonas-napoli-scoring-record |access-date=26 July 2020 |website=ESPN.com |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112104510/https://www.espn.com/soccer/napoli/story/3322199/marek-hamsik-breaks-diego-maradonas-napoli-scoring-record |url-status=live }}</ref> At the end of the season, Sarri left for Chelsea, succeeded by Carlo Ancelotti in May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2018 |title=Official: Napoli appoint Ancelotti |url=https://www.football-italia.net/121800/official-napoli-appoint-ancelotti |publisher=Football Italia |access-date=10 December 2019 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142005/https://www.football-italia.net/121800/official-napoli-appoint-ancelotti |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Napoli hire Carlo Ancelotti to replace Maurizio Sarri as manager2">{{cite news |date=23 May 2018 |title=Napoli hire Carlo Ancelotti to replace Maurizio Sarri as manager |publisher=ESPN |agency=PA Sport |url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/napoli/story/3508317/napoli-sign-carlo-ancelotti-to-replace-maurizio-sarri-as-manager |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609215631/https://www.espn.com/soccer/napoli/story/3508317/napoli-sign-carlo-ancelotti-to-replace-maurizio-sarri-as-manager |url-status=live }}</ref> He managed the club to another second-place finish, but was sacked on 10 December 2019, following a poor run of results in the 2019–20 season which left them seventh in the table. Gennaro Gattuso was named head coach the next day.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 December 2019 |title=Napoli appoint Gennaro Gattuso as head coach after sacking Carlo Ancelotti |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/10/carlo-ancelotti-sacked-by-napoli-despite-champions-league-qualification |access-date=11 December 2019 |archive-date=11 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211004945/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/10/carlo-ancelotti-sacked-by-napoli-despite-champions-league-qualification |url-status=live }}</ref> On 14 June 2020, Dries Mertens became Napoli's all-time top scorer after scoring his 122nd goal in a Coppa Italia semi-finals match against Inter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mertens sets record as Napoli advances to Coppa Italia final – Sportsnet.ca |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/mertens-sets-record-napoli-advances-coppa-italia-final/ |access-date=26 July 2020 |website=www.sportsnet.ca |archive-date=29 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229195428/https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/mertens-sets-record-napoli-advances-coppa-italia-final/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Napoli went on to win the 2019–20 Coppa Italia in a penalty shoot-out against Juventus in the finals.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Roger |date=17 June 2020 |title=Napoli beats Juventus on penalties to win Coppa Italia final; Ronaldo, Buffon denied title: Live updates |work=CBS Sports |url=https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/napoli-beats-juventus-on-penalties-to-win-coppa-italia-final-ronaldo-buffon-denied-title-live/live/ |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618082453/https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/napoli-beats-juventus-on-penalties-to-win-coppa-italia-final-ronaldo-buffon-denied-title-live/live/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2020, Napoli renamed Stadio San Paolo after club icon Diego Maradona, following his passing.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 December 2020 |title=Diego Maradona: Napoli renames stadium after late club legend |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55193282 |access-date=14 December 2020 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=16 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216211510/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55193282 |url-status=live }}</ref> Napoli finished fifth in Serie A that season after a draw on the finals day, missing a Champions League berth by one point.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In the 2021–22 season, Luciano Spalletti replaced Gennaro Gattuso as head coach and led the team to the third place in Serie A, securing a Champions League spot for the azzurri after a two-years absence.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 2022 |title=Napoli and Juventus qualify for 2022–23 Champions League – Football Italia |url=https://football-italia.net/napoli-and-juventus-qualify-for-2022-23-champions-league/ |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501204616/https://football-italia.net/napoli-and-juventus-qualify-for-2022-23-champions-league/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Scudetto return=== In the 2022–23 season, Napoli clinched the Serie A title for the first time since the 1989–90 season, and their third title overall, following a 1–1 draw against Udinese on 4 May 2023, their first time as titleholders since the days of Diego Maradona.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/napoli-win-serie-a-title-with-draw-at-udinese-clinch-scudetto-for-first-time-since-days-of-diego-maradona/|title=Napoli win Serie A title with draw at Udinese, clinch Scudetto for first time since days of Diego Maradona|work=CBS Sports|date=4 May 2023|first=Francesco|last=Porzio|access-date=4 May 2023|archive-date=16 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155350/https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/napoli-win-serie-a-title-with-draw-at-udinese-clinch-scudetto-for-first-time-since-days-of-diego-maradona/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65488842|title=Udinese 1 Napoli 1|date=4 May 2023|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=5 May 2023|archive-date=14 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714154304/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65488842|url-status=live}}</ref> Meanwhile, in the Champions League, Spalletti led them to the quarter-finals for the first time in their European history, where they were beaten 2–1 (1–0 away and 1–1 at home) by fellow Serie A side Milan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FINALE Napoli-Milan 1–1: rossoneri in semifinale dopo 16 anni! |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Milan/18-04-2023/napoli-milan-diretta-champions-league-risultato-live-4601174011691.shtml |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=18 April 2023 |language=it-IT |archive-date=28 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428031905/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Milan/18-04-2023/napoli-milan-diretta-champions-league-risultato-live-4601174011691.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 2023–24 season proved to be extremely difficult for the club, as they went through three different coaches – Rudi Garcia, a returning Walter Mazzarri, and Francesco Calzona; this managerial instability, as well as the new hires largely not performing to the club's expectations, led the Azzurri to finish 10th in the league, 41 points behind eventual champions Inter. In Europe, the club passed the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League in a group with Real Madrid, Union Berlin and Braga, but were ultimately eliminated by Barcelona in the round of 16. The club also faced criticism in 2023 for a TikTok video featuring Victor Osimhen that used audio with the lyric “I’m a coconut.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcotti |first=Gabriele |date=2023-09-28 |title=How TikTok has ruined Napoli, Victor Osimhen relationship |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38512519/napoli-victor-osimhen-self-destructive-tiktok-contract |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-27 |title=Soccer community outraged by Italian club Napoli's 'racist' TikTok about own player |url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/2023/09/27/65140dc6268e3ef56e8b45d1.html |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=MARCA |language=en}}</ref>

For the 2024–25 season, the club signed Antonio Conte in a bid to contest the title again.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cappiello |first=Matteo |date=5 June 2024 |title=Antonio Conte named new Napoli coach |url=https://sscnapoli.it/en/antonio-conte-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-del-napoli/ |access-date=28 May 2025 |website=SSC Napoli |language=en-US}}</ref> Their season started out with a 3–0 away loss against Hellas Verona, but the Azzurri quickly bounced back with five wins and one draw in the following six matches. The team also signed Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku late during summer, both players turning out to be very important for the title campaign. Napoli maintained strong form throughout the campaign and entered the final matchday one point ahead of Inter Milan, and won the title by winning 2–0 over Cagliari on 23 May, winning their fourth title, the second in a three-year span, cementing Napoli as a consistent contender in the Serie A.<ref name="CBS">{{cite web |title=Napoli down Cagliari, win 2024–25 Serie A title: Antonio Conte wins the Scudetto in his first year at the club |first=Francesco |last=Porzio|url=https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/napoli-down-cagliari-win-2024-25-serie-a-title-antonio-conte-wins-the-scudetto-in-his-first-year-at-the-club/|work=CBS Sports |access-date=23 May 2025|date=23 May 2025}}</ref>

Napoli continued to see success during the 2025-26 season. Although they were unable to retain their Scudetto title, with Inter Milan winning it instead, Napoli finished as runners up (2nd in the table) with 76 points (11 behind Inter), following a 1-0 win against Udinese on the last matchday <ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-24 |title=Serie A {{!}} Napoli 1-0 Udinese: Hojlund lets Conte leave with a victory |url=https://football-italia.net/serie-a-napoli-1-0-udinese-hojlund-conte-win/ |access-date=2026-05-24 |language=en-GB}}</ref>, thus representing a significantly improved title defence compared to the difficult 2023-24 season. In addition, Napoli won the 2025-26 Supercoppa italiana by defeating Bologna 2-0 at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh<ref>{{Cite web |last=Text |first=Live |title=Italian Super Cup: Napoli beat Bologna as David Neres scores twice |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cvgrzyd4rv4t |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>. Despite this, Napoli's 2025-26 UEFA Champions League was less successful, only managing two wins (against Sporting CP and Qarabag FK, both at home) in the league phase <ref>{{Cite web |last=Text |first=Live |title=Napoli 2-1 Sporting: Rasmus Hojlund goals help Italians to first Champions League win of season |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c5yq5vrx25kt |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=Napoli vs Sporting CP: UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League phase |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2045933--napoli-vs-sporting-cp/ |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=UEFA.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Napoli 2-0 FK Qarabag (25 Nov, 2025) Final Score - ESPN (UK) |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/757728/fk-qarabag-napoli |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>, with the club ultimately being knocked out of the competition following a 2-3 home loss to Chelsea on the 28th of January 2026<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joao Pedro gives Chelsea top-eight finish as Napoli go out |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cx2k4vn5l71t |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>. The 2025–26 season marked the final season for Antonio Conte, who left the club by mutual consent at the end of this year. Therefore, Conte departed Napoli having won two trophies across his two seasons in charge: the 2024–25 Scudetto and the 2025 Supercoppa Italiana <ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-24 |title=Serie A {{!}} Napoli 1-0 Udinese: Hojlund lets Conte leave with a victory |url=https://football-italia.net/serie-a-napoli-1-0-udinese-hojlund-conte-win/ |access-date=2026-05-24 |language=en-GB}}</ref>.

==Club staff== [[File:20150616 Antonio Conte.jpg|thumb|upright|Antonio Conte is the current head coach of the club]]

{| class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |Head coach || {{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Conte |- |Assistant head coach || {{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Stellini |- |Technical coach || {{flagicon|ITA}} Elvis Abbruscato {{flagicon|ITA}} Gianluca Conte {{flagicon|ITA}} Mauro Sandreani |- |Match analyst || {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Maiuri |- |Athletic trainer || {{flagicon|ITA}} Alfonso De Felice {{flagicon|ITA}} Costantino Coratti |- |Assistant athletic trainer || {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Cacciapuoti {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Trepiccione |- |Goalkeeping coach || {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Giglio {{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro Rosalén |- |Head of medical staff || {{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Canonico |- |Club doctor || {{flagicon|ITA}} Vincenzo Corrado {{flagicon|ITA}} Gennaro De Luca |- |Social physician || {{flagicon|ITA}} Beniamino Casillo |- |Medical consultant || {{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Landolfi |- |Medical reviewer, orthopedist, and physiatrist || {{flagicon|ITA}} Angelo Cavallo |- |Cardiologist and cardiology consultant || {{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Russo |- |Food technologist and nutritionist || {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Rufolo |- |Physiotherapist || {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Di Lullo {{flagicon|ITA}} Vincenzo Longobardo {{flagicon|ITA}} Vittorio Mennella {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Romano {{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Tartaglione {{flagicon|ITA}} Nicola Zazzaro |}

===Presidents=== Below is the official presidential history of Napoli, from when Giorgio Ascarelli took over at the club in 1926, until the present day.<ref>{{cite news|date=23 June 2007|title=All the presidents from Ascarelli to De Laurentiis|publisher=S.S.C. Napoli|url=http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render_e.aspx?content=0&root=850|access-date=14 January 2019|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518070614/https://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render_e.aspx?content=0&root=850|url-status=live}}</ref><div> {| | width="10" |  | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" !Name !Years |- | align="left" |Giorgio Ascarelli | align="left" |1926–1927 |- | align="left" |Gustavo Zinzaro | align="left" |1927–1928 |- | align="left" |Giovanni Maresca | align="left" |1928–1929 |- | align="left" |Giorgio Ascarelli | align="left" |1929–1930 |- | align="left" |Giovanni Maresca Eugenio Coppola | align="left" |1930–1932 |- | align="left" |Vincenzo Savarese | align="left" |1932–1936 |- | align="left" |Achille Lauro | align="left" |1936–1940 |- | align="left" |Gaetano Del Pezzo | align="left" |1941 |- | align="left" |Tommaso Leonetti | align="left" |1942–1943 |- | align="left" |Luigi Piscitelli | align="left" |1941–1943 |- | align="left" |Annibale Fienga | align="left" |1943–1945 |- | align="left" |Vincenzo Savarese | align="left" |1945–1946 |} | width="30" |  | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" !Name !Years |- | align="left" |Pasquale Russo | align="left" |1946–1948 |- | align="left" |Egidio Musollino | align="left" |1948–1951 |- | align="left" |Alfonso Cuomo | align="left" |1951–1952 |- | align="left" |Achille Lauro | align="left" |1952–1954 |- | align="left" |Alfonso Cuomo | align="left" |1954–1963 |- | align="left" |Luigi Scuotto | align="left" |1963–1964 |- | align="left" |Roberto Fiore | align="left" |1964–1967 |- | align="left" |Gioacchino Lauro | align="left" |1967–1968 |- | align="left" |Antonio Corcione | align="left" |1968–1969 |- | align="left" |Corrado Ferlaino | align="left" |1969–1971 |- | align="left" |Ettore Sacchi | align="left" |1971–1972 |- | align="left" |Corrado Ferlaino | align="left" |1972–1983 |- | align="left" |Marino Brancaccio | align="left" |1983 |} | width="30" |  | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" !Name !Years |- | align="left" |Corrado Ferlaino | align="left" |1983–1993 |- | align="left" |Ellenio F. Gallo | align="left" |1993–1995 |- | align="left" |Vincenzo Schiano di Colella (honorary president) | align="left" |1995–1996 |- | align="left" |Gian Marco Innocenti (honorary president) | align="left" |1997–1998 |- | align="left" |Federico Scalingi (honorary president) | align="left" |1999–2000 |- | align="left" |Giorgio Corbelli | align="left" |2000–2002 |- | align="left" |Salvatore Naldi | align="left" |2002–2004 |- | align="left" |Aurelio De Laurentiis | align="left" |2004– |} |} </div>

===Managers=== Napoli has had many managers and trainers, co-managers in some seasons, since 1926.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 June 2007|title=Omaggio al Napoli di Giovanni Armillotta|language=it|publisher=Gloria Eterna Al Napoli|url=http://www.geocities.com/g_armillotta/napoli/napoli.html?200727#allenatori|archive-url=https://archive.today/20091026022652/http://www.geocities.com/g_armillotta/napoli/napoli.html?200727%23allenatori|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2009}}</ref> {| | width="10" |  | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" !Name !Nationality !{{spaces|3|nbsp}}Years{{spaces|3|nbsp}} |- | align="left" |{{ill|Antonio Kreutzer|de|Anton Kreuzer (Fußballspieler)}} |{{flagicon|Austria}} | align="left" |1926–1927 |- | align="left" |Bino Skasa |{{flagicon|Austria}} | align="left" |1927 |- | align="left" |Technical Commission {{small|Rolf Steiger}} {{ill|Giovanni Terrile|it}} {{small|Ferenc Molnár}} |{{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} | align="left" |1927–1928 |- | align="left" |Otto Fischer |{{flagicon|Austria}} | align="left" |1928 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Giovanni Terrile|it}} |{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} | align="left" |1928–1929 |- | align="left" |William Garbutt |{{flagicon|England}} | align="left" |1929–1935 |- | align="left" |Károly Csapkay |{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} | align="left" |1935–1936 |- | align="left" |Angelo Mattea |{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} | align="left" |1936–1938 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Eugen Payer|it}} |{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} | align="left" |1938–1939 |- | align="left" |Technical Commission {{small|Amedeo D'Albora}} {{small|Paolo Jodice}} {{small|Luigi Castello}} {{small|Achille Piccini}} {{small|Nereo Rocco}} |{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} | align="left" |1939 |- | align="left" |Adolfo Baloncieri |{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} | align="left" |1939–1940 |- | align="left" |Antonio Vojak |{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} | align="left" |1940–1943 |- | align="left" |Paulo Innocenti |{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} | align="left" |1943 |- | align="left" |Raffaele Sansone |{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} | align="left" |1945–1947 |- | align="left" |Giovanni Vecchina |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1947–1948 |- | align="left" |Arnaldo Sentimenti |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1948 |- | align="left" |Felice Placido Borel |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1948–1949 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Luigi De Manes|it}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1949 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Vittorio Mosele|it}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1949 |- | align="left" |Eraldo Monzeglio |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1949–1956 |- | align="left" |Amedeo Amadei |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1956–1959 |- | align="left" |Annibale Frossi |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1959 |- | align="left" |Amedeo Amadei |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1959–1961 |- | align="left" |Amedeo Amadei |{{flagicon|Italy}} | rowspan="2" align="left" |1961 |- | align="left" |Renato Cesarini |{{flagicon|Italy}} |- | align="left" |Attila Sallustro |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1961 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Fioravante Baldi|it}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1961–1962 |- | align="left" |Bruno Pesaola |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1962 |- | align="left" |Bruno Pesaola |{{flagicon|Italy}} | rowspan="2" align="left" |1962–1963 |- | align="left" |Eraldo Monzeglio |{{flagicon|Italy}} |- | align="left" |Roberto Lerici |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1963–1964 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Giovanni Molino|it}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1964 |- | align="left" |Bruno Pesaola |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1964–1968 |- | align="left" |Giuseppe Chiappella |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1968–1969 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Egidio Di Costanzo|it}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1969 |- | align="left" |Giuseppe Chiappella |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1969–1973 |- | align="left" |Luís Vinício |{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} | align="left" |1973–1976 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Alberto Delfrati|it}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} | rowspan="2" align="left" |1976 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Rosario Rivellino|it}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} |- | align="left" |Bruno Pesaola |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1976–1977 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Rosario Rivellino|it}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1977 |- | align="left" |Gianni Di Marzio |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1977–1978 |- | align="left" |Luís Vinício |{{flagicon|Brazil}} | align="left" |1978–1980 |- | align="left" |Angelo Sormani |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1980 |- | align="left" |Rino Marchesi |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1980–1982 |- | align="left" |Massimo Giacomini |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1982 |- | align="left" |Bruno Pesaola |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1982–1983 |- | align="left" |{{ill|Pietro Santin|it}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1983–1984 |- | align="left" |Rino Marchesi |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1984–1985 |} | width="30" |  | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" !Name !Nationality !{{spaces|3|nbsp}}Years{{spaces|3|nbsp}} |- | align="left" |Ottavio Bianchi |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1 July 1986 – 30 June 1989 |- | align="left" |Alberto Bigon |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1989–1991 |- | align="left" |Claudio Ranieri |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1 July 1991 – 30 June 1993 |- | align="left" |Ottavio Bianchi |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1 November 1992 – 30 June 1993 |- | align="left" |Marcello Lippi |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1 July 1993 – 30 June 1994 |- | align="left" |Vincenzo Guerini |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1 July 1994 – 17 October 1994 |- | align="left" |Vujadin Boškov Cané (Jarbas Faustinho) |{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} {{flagicon|Brazil}} | align="left" |18 October 1994 – 1995 |- | align="left" |Vujadin Boškov Aldo Sensibile |{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} {{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1995 – 30 June 1996 |- | align="left" |Luigi Simoni |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1996–1997 |- | align="left" |Vincenzo Montefusco |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1997 |- | align="left" |Bortolo Mutti |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1 July 1997 – 6 October 1997 |- | align="left" |Carlo Mazzone |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |19 October 1997 – 24 November 1997 |- | align="left" |Giovanni Galeone |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1997–1998 |- | align="left" |Vincenzo Montefusco |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1998 |- | align="left" |Renzo Ulivieri |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1998–1999 |- | align="left" |Vincenzo Montefusco |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1999 |- | align="left" |Walter Novellino |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1999–2000 |- | align="left" |Zdeněk Zeman |{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} | align="left" |1 July 2000 – 12 November 2000 |- | align="left" |Emiliano Mondonico |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |13 November 2000 – 30 June 2001 |- | align="left" |Luigi De Canio |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1 July 2001 – 30 June 2002 |- | align="left" |Franco Colomba |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |1 July 2002 – 16 December 2002 |- | align="left" |Sergio Buso |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |2002 |- | align="left" |Franco Scoglio |{{flagicon|Italy|2003}} | align="left" |18 December 2002 – 30 June 2003 |- | align="left" |Franco Colomba |{{flagicon|Italy|2003}} | align="left" |2003 |- | align="left" |Andrea Agostinelli |{{flagicon|Italy|2003}} | align="left" |19 June 2003 – 9 November 2003 |- | align="left" |Luigi Simoni |{{flagicon|Italy|2003}} | align="left" |10 November 2003 – 30 June 2004 |- | align="left" |Gian Piero Ventura |{{flagicon|Italy|2003}} | align="left" |1 July 2004 – 25 January 2005 |- | align="left" |Edoardo Reja |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |3 January 2005 – 10 March 2009 |- | align="left" |Roberto Donadoni |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |10 March 2009 – 5 October 2009 |- | align="left" |Walter Mazzarri |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |6 October 2009 – 20 May 2013 |- | align="left" |Rafael Benítez |{{flagicon|Spain}} | align="left" |27 May 2013 – 31 May 2015 |- | align="left" |Maurizio Sarri |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |11 June 2015 – 23 May 2018 |- | align="left" |Carlo Ancelotti |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |23 May 2018 – 10 December 2019 |- | align="left" |Gennaro Gattuso |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |11 December 2019 – 23 May 2021 |- |Luciano Spalletti |{{flagicon|Italy}} |29 May 2021 – 14 June 2023 |- | align="left" |Rudi Garcia |{{flagicon|France}} | align="left" |15 June 2023 – 14 November 2023 |- | align="left" |Walter Mazzarri |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |14 November 2023 – 19 February 2024 |- | align="left" |Francesco Calzona |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |19 February 2024 – 5 June 2024 |- | align="left" |Antonio Conte |{{flagicon|Italy}} | align="left" |5 June 2024 – |} |}

==Players== ===Current squad=== {{updated|25 May 2026}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sscnapoli.it/en/team-2023-2024/|title=Team SSCN 25/26 |publisher=SSC Napoli |access-date=31 October 2025 }}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Alex Meret}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=Miguel Gutiérrez}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Alessandro Buongiorno}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Juan Jesus}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Billy Gilmour}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=David Neres}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Scott McTominay}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=Romelu Lukaku}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Kevin De Bruyne}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=KOS|pos=DF|name=Amir Rrahmani}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Nikita Contini}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Mathías Olivera}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=DEN|pos=FW|name=Rasmus Højlund}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=MKD|pos=MF|name=Eljif Elmas|other=on loan from RB Leipzig}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Matteo Politano}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Giovanni Di Lorenzo|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Giovane}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Antonio Vergara}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Alisson Santos|other=on loan from Sporting CP}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Pasquale Mazzocchi}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=Sam Beukema}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=SRB|pos=GK|name=Vanja Milinković-Savić}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Leonardo Spinazzola}} {{Fs player|no=68|nat=SVK|pos=MF|name=Stanislav Lobotka}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=CMR|pos=MF|name=Frank Anguissa}} {{Fs end}}

===SSC Napoli Primavera=== {{updated|28 February 2026}} {{Main|SSC Napoli Youth Sector}} The following players are part of both SSC Napoli Youth Sector squads and have been called-up to '''Napoli''' for any official competition match. Shirt numbers refer to main squad. {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Mathias Ferrante|no=25}} {{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=David Spinelli|no=55}} {{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Christian Garofalo|no=56}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Vincenzo Prisco|no=95}} {{Fs player|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Francisco Baridó|no=96}}{{Fs player|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Emmanuele De Chiara|no=98}} {{Fs end}}

===Out on loan=== {{updated|2 February 2026}}  {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Claudio Turi|other=at Team Altamura until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Luigi D'Avino|other=at Giugliano until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Luca Marianucci|other=at Torino until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=Rafa Marín|other=at Villarreal until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Nosa Edward Obaretin|other=at Empoli until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Alessandro Zanoli|other=at Udinese until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Jens Cajuste|other=at Ipswich Town until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Michael Folorunsho|other=at Cagliari until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Gennaro Iaccarino|other=at Arezzo until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Lorenzo Russo|other=at Guidonia Montecelio until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=MLI|pos=MF|name=Coli Saco|other=at Casertana until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Giuseppe Ambrosino|other=at Modena until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=MAR|pos=FW|name=Walid Cheddira|other=at Lecce until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Antonio Cioffi|other=at Latina until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ALB|pos=FW|name=Luis Hasa|other=at Carrarese until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=Noa Lang|other=at Galatasaray until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=DEN|pos=FW|name=Jesper Lindstrøm|other=at VfL Wolfsburg until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Lorenzo Lucca|other=at Nottingham Forest until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=Cyril Ngonge|other=at Espanyol until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Emanuele Rao|other=at Bari until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Lorenzo Sgarbi|other=at Avellino until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Gianluca Vigliotti|other=at Pineto until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Alessio Zerbin|other=at Cremonese until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs end}}

===Retired numbers=== [[File:SSC_Napoli_jersey_10.svg|thumb|130x130px|Jersey number 10, retired in 2000 as tribute to Diego Maradona]]

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{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Diego Maradona|other=1984–1991|no=10}} {{Fs end}}

In the summer of 2000, Napoli retired the jersey number 10 belonged to former club legend Diego Maradona, who played for the club from 1984 to 1991. Since the adoption of persistent squad numbers with players names printed on the jersey, the last players to wear the number 10 were Fausto Pizzi (in 1995–1996), Beto (in 1996–1997), Igor Protti (in 1997–1998) who was the last player to play and score a goal with the number 10 shirt in Serie A and Claudio Bellucci (from 1998 to 2000 in Serie B).

However, for regulatory reasons, the number was reissued from 2004 to 2006 in Serie C1, as at the time Italy's third level tournament still used the old numbering from 1 to 11, without printed names. The last player to wear and score goals with this shirt in an official match was Mariano Bogliacino in the home match of 18 May 2006 against Spezia, valid for the finals leg of the Supercoppa di Lega Serie C1; primacy belongs to him also for last appearance in the championship, 12 May 2006 at the home match against Lanciano. As regards exclusively the championship, however, the honour goes to the Argentine footballer Roberto Sosa, the distinction of being the last to wear the 10 at the San Paolo and at the same time to score in the match against Frosinone on 30 April 2006.<ref>{{cite news|date=11 May 2008|title=Sosa, sono lacrime di festa|language=it|trans-title=Sosa, they are tears of celebration|publisher=Repubblica.it|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/05/11/sosa-sono-lacrime-di-festa.html|access-date=29 January 2010|archive-date=16 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116040034/http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/05/11/sosa-sono-lacrime-di-festa.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Culture== ===Colours, badge and nicknames=== {{Commons|S.S.C. Napoli kits}}As Naples is a coastal city, the colours of the club have always been derived from the blue waters of the Gulf of Naples.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 June 2007|title=Napoli Calcio|language=it|publisher=Agenda Online|url=http://www.agendaonline.it/napolicalcio/|access-date=25 August 2007|archive-date=28 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328120855/http://www.agendaonline.it/napolicalcio/|url-status=live}}</ref> Originally, while using the name ''Naples FBC'', the colours of the club implemented two shades of blue.<ref name="blues2">{{cite news|date=23 June 2007|title=La Storia – Periodo 1904–1926|language=it|publisher=Napolissimo|url=http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724191400/http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.htm|archive-date=24 July 2012}}</ref> However, since the 1920s, a singular blue tone has been used in the form of azure. Thus, Napoli share the nickname "''Azzurri''" with the Italy national team.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 June 2007|title=What's in a Nickname? The Answer Is in the Cup|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5473205|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-date=6 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206145331/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5473205|url-status=live}}</ref> The shade of blue has been sky blue in many instances.

150px|thumb|Former badge used between 2007 and 2024

Napoli typically wear azure shirts with white shorts at home and white shirts with either white or blue shorts away, though in recent years the away kits have often deviated from this tradition.

One of the nicknames of Napoli is "''I ciucci''", which means "the donkeys" in the Neapolitan language. Napoli were given this name after a particularly poor performance during the 1926–27 season. It was originally meant to be derogatory, as the Neapolitan symbol is a rampant black horse,<ref>{{cite news|date=24 June 2007|title=Stemma Provincia di Napoli|language=it|publisher=Comuni-Italiani|url=http://www.comuni-italiani.it/063/stemma.html|access-date=24 August 2007|archive-date=27 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627225501/http://www.comuni-italiani.it/063/stemma.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but the club adopted the donkey as a mascot named "'''O Ciuccio''".<ref>{{cite news|date=24 June 2007|title=A short history of Napoli's roots|publisher='O Ciuccio|url=http://members.fortunecity.com/edvella/mascot.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211013840/http://members.fortunecity.com/edvella/mascot.html|archive-date=11 February 2007}}</ref>

Napoli's first badge featured a rampant horse on top of a football with the letters "ACN" around it. The current club badge features a large "N" placed within a circle. This crest can be traced back to Internazionale Napoli, which used a similar design on their shirts.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 June 2007 |title=Napoli Story |publisher=Riccardo Cassero |url=http://www.riccardocassero.it/napolistory.htm#1 |access-date=25 August 2007 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806085043/http://www.riccardocassero.it/napolistory.htm#1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since the club officially adopted the "N badge" as its representative, Napoli have altered it slightly at various times; sometimes it features the club's name around it, sometimes it does not.<ref name="badge22">{{cite news |date=24 June 2007 |title=Napoli Information |publisher=WeltFussballarchiv |url=http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofilnew.php?ID=3843 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211062623/http://weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofilnew.php?ID=3843 |archive-date=11 December 2011}}</ref> The main difference between each badge is the shade of blue used. Usually the "N" is white, although it has occasionally been gold (especially prior to 1980).<ref name="autogenerated62">{{cite news|date=24 June 2007|title=Napoli Information|publisher=WeltFussballarchiv|url=http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/NapoliSoccer.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000243/http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/NapoliSoccer.html|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>

"''Partenopei''" is a popular nickname for the club and people from the city of Naples in general.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 June 2007|title=The Story of La Partenope|publisher=La Partenope|url=http://www.lapartenope.net/index.php?id=85|url-status=usurped|access-date=25 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014314/http://www.lapartenope.net/index.php?id=85|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref> It is derived from Greek mythology where the siren Parthenope tried to enchant Odysseus from his ship to Capri. In the story, Odysseus had his men tie him to the ship's mast so he was able to resist the song of the siren. Consequently, Parthenope, unable to live with the rejection of her love, drowned herself and her body was washed up upon the shore of Naples.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 June 2007|title=Center of Naples, Italy|publisher=Chadab Napoli|url=http://chabadnapoli.com/travel.aspx|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005115826/http://chabadnapoli.com/travel.aspx|archive-date=5 October 2011}}</ref>

==Supporters and rivalries== {{See also|Derby del Sole|Juventus FC–SSC Napoli rivalry|Derby delle Due Sicilie}}

===Support=== [[File:NapoliUltras1.jpg|thumb|Napoli ultras at Stadio San Paolo]] Napoli is the fourth most supported football club in Italy with around 13% of Italian football fans supporting the club.<ref name="tifo">{{cite news|url=http://www.demos.it/a00756.php|title=Il tifo calcistico in Italia – Settembre 2012|language=it|date=September 2012|access-date=18 September 2012|archive-date=15 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015164331/http://www.demos.it/a00756.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Like other top clubs in the country, Napoli's fanbase goes beyond the Italian border; in 2018, the society announced that the team had over 35 million supporters worldwide and 120 million people who liked to watch Napoli matches.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The main ultra groups of Napoli are ''Fedayn EAM 1979'', ''Ultras Napoli'', ''Fossato Flegreo'', ''Secco Vive'', ''Mastiffs'', ''Brigata Carolina'', ''Teste Matte'', ''Sud1996'', ''Nuova Guardia'', ''Vecchi Lions'' and ''Masseria''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pianetaempoli.it/curva-ospiti-i-tifose-del-napoli/ |title=Curva Ospiti: I tifosi del… Napoli |website=Redazione PianetaEmpoli |date=18 March 2017 |language=it-IT |access-date=4 April 2018 |archive-date=11 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811170555/https://www.pianetaempoli.it/curva-ospiti-i-tifose-del-napoli/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Napoli fans have occasionally cheered loud enough to register as earthquakes on seismographs at University of Naples Federico II.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chetta |first=Alessandro |title=Terremoto Cavani: i gol registrati dai sismografi dell'università |url=http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/sport/2011/25-novembre-2011/terremoto-cavani-gol-registrati-sismografi-universita-1902306125658.shtml |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=Corriere del Mezzogiorno |language=it |archive-date=14 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114195659/http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/sport/2011/25-novembre-2011/terremoto-cavani-gol-registrati-sismografi-universita-1902306125658.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>{{cquote|''In the morning we went to the San Paolo to warm up, Carlos (Tevez) was telling me about this stadium, but I've played for Barça so I said to myself, it can't be that big of a deal! Yet when I set foot on that pitch I felt something magical, different. In the evening, when there was the anthem of the Champions League, hearing 80,000 people whistling us I realized what a mess we were in! I did play some important matches in my career, but when I heard that cry for the first time my legs were shaking! Well, it was there that I realized that for those people this is not just a team, it is a visceral love, like the one between a mother and a son! It was the only time I remained on the pitch after losing a match, just to enjoy the show.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tuttonapoli.net/in-evidenza/yaya-toura-al-san-paolo-mi-tremavano-le-gambe-dopo-l-inno-capii-in-che-guaio-ci-eravamo-messi-131433 |title=Yaya Tourè: "Al San Paolo mi tremavano le gambe, dopo l'inno capii in che guaio ci eravamo messi..." |publisher=Tutto Napoli |date=28 November 2006 |access-date=31 March 2014 |archive-date=22 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322001743/http://www.tuttonapoli.net/in-evidenza/yaya-toura-al-san-paolo-mi-tremavano-le-gambe-dopo-l-inno-capii-in-che-guaio-ci-eravamo-messi-131433 |url-status=live }}</ref> }}

===Rivalries=== Unlike other Italian cities such as Genoa, Milan, Rome and Turin, Napoli is the only major football club in the city, and therefore there is no derby in the strict sense of the term. The now-infrequent derby with Savoia, the next largest club in Naples, was played for the first time 24 December 1939, during the knockout phase of the 1939–40 Coppa Italia, the score was 1–3 in favor of Napoli.<ref>Calvelli, Lucibelli, Schettino, p. 144</ref> The last meeting between the clubs was in Serie B in 2000, won 0–1 by Napoli.

Napoli's most hated rivals are Juventus.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sbotop.net/football/napoli-juventus-tale-italy-north-south-rivalry/ |title=Napoli Vs. Juventus: A Tale of Italy's North-South Rivalry |website=Sbotop.net |date=16 March 2021 |access-date=8 February 2023 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127214158/https://sbotop.net/football/napoli-juventus-tale-italy-north-south-rivalry/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2016/10/28/juventus-napoli-an-illustration-of-italys-internal-divisions/ |title=Juventus vs. Napoli: A tale of Italy's regional divide |work=The Gentleman Ultra |last=Hodges-Ramon |first=Luca |date=28 October 2016 |access-date=8 February 2023 |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122030550/https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2016/10/28/juventus-napoli-an-illustration-of-italys-internal-divisions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There is also a strong rivalry with Roma. Even though there used to be an official friendship between Napoli and AS Roma fans, particularly strong in the 70s and 80s and known as the Derby del Sole (Derby of the Sun), the friendship ended in 1987 and became a rivalry who got worse around 2001, and reached its peak after the 2014 Coppa Italia final, when a Roma fan killed Napoli fan Ciro Esposito near the Stadio Olimpico, shooting him with a gun. As Napoli is one of the most important southern Italian teams, there are a lot of rivalries with several northern teams, like Milan, Internazionale, Fiorentina, Atalanta BC and Hellas Verona.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fS82AAAAQBAJ&dq=napoli+rivalries+atalanta+verona&pg=PA36 |title=European Football in Black and White: Tackling Racism in Football |last=Kassimeris |first=Christos |date=2008 |publisher=Lexington Books |location=Plymouth, UK |isbn=978-0-7391-1959-4}}{{page needed|date=February 2023}}</ref> Napoli fans also have a fierce rivalry with the other Roman club Lazio,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.derbyderbyderby.it/calcio-italiano/lazio-napoli-storia-della-rivalita-gol-seghedoni-scudetto-1973/|title=Lazio-Napoli, quel gol fantasma e lo scudetto mancato: storia della rivalità|date=3 December 2024|website=DerbyDerbyDerby}}</ref> and contest the Derby del Mezzogiorno (Midday Derby/Derby of Southern Italy) against Bari and Derby Bourbon (referencing the family that ruled the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) against Foggia.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The Derby del Sud Italia (Derby of Southern Italy) against Catanzaro was considered one of the most important rivalries in Italy during the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,detail/id,1069_02_1979_0013_0014_24149014/ | title = Tra Catanzaro and Naples derby in the name of boredom | publisher = Archiviolastampa.it | date = 15 January 1979 | access-date = 20 October 2011 | archive-date = 2 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131102152332/http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,detail/id,1069_02_1979_0013_0014_24149014/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

The fans of Napoli recognise two additional regional derbies: Derby della Campania generally refers to a rivalry with regional clubs, mainly Avellino and Salernitana.<ref>{{cite news|date=29 June 2007 |title=Genoa and Napoli |publisher=Forum of S.S.C. Napoli official site |url=http://www.sscnapoli.it/UserFiles/File/photogallery/stagione_06_07/070610_genoa_napoli/index.html |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911184830/http://www.sscnapoli.it/UserFiles/File/photogallery/stagione_06_07/070610_genoa_napoli/index.html|archive-date=11 September 2007}}</ref>

===Friendships=== A "friendly rivalry" with Palermo is contested, known as the Derby delle Due Sicilie (Derby of the Two Sicilies), in reference to the historical link of the former Kingdom of Two Sicilies.<ref>{{cite web|date=29 October 2015|title=Gemellaggio Napoli Palermo|url=http://www.tuttocurve.com/gemellaggio-napoli-palermo|access-date=22 December 2018|website=Tuttocurve|language=it|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103070619/http://www.tuttocurve.com/gemellaggio-napoli-palermo|url-status=live}}</ref> Another friendly rivalry exists with Catania known as the Derby del Vulcano (Volcano Derby), referencing Mount Vesuvius near Naples and Mount Etna near Catania.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} A friendship also exists with Juve Stabia.

Friendships with teams outside Italy exist with Borussia Dortmund,<ref>{{cite web|title=Napoli, gemellaggio coi tifosi del Borussia Dortmund|url=https://www.calciomercato.it/news/117522/napoli_gemellaggio_coi_tifosi_del_borussia_dortmund|access-date=22 December 2018|website=www.calciomercato.it|date=8 September 2013|language=it|archive-date=22 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222071404/https://www.calciomercato.it/news/117522/napoli_gemellaggio_coi_tifosi_del_borussia_dortmund|url-status=live}}</ref> Celtic,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Iamnaples. It |first1=Redazione |date=25 February 2016|title=FOTO – Continua il gemellaggio tra Napoli e Celtic Glasgow|url=https://www.iamnaples.it/notizie-calcio-napoli/461260/|access-date=22 December 2018|website=I am Naples|language=it|archive-date=22 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222071402/https://www.iamnaples.it/notizie-calcio-napoli/461260/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lokomotiv Plovdiv,<ref>{{cite web|date=5 January 2008|title=Napoletani Ultras Plovdiv (Lokomotiv Plovdiv-Bulgaria)|url=http://www.ultras-tifo.net/interviews/31-napoletani-ultras-plovdivlokomotiv-plovdiv-bulgaria.html|access-date=5 April 2016|publisher=Ultras-tifo.net|archive-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630015327/https://www.ultras-tifo.net/interviews/31-napoletani-ultras-plovdivlokomotiv-plovdiv-bulgaria.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Paris Saint-Germain, and Red Star Belgrade.

Napoli formerly had a famous and long-standing friendship with the fans of Genoa, but the friendship ended in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|date=8 November 2011|title=Unlikely friendships between rival Italian clubs|url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1188-november-2014/11997-unlikely-friendships-between-rival-italian-clubs|access-date=25 July 2018|publisher=WSC.co.uk|archive-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725153449/http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1188-november-2014/11997-unlikely-friendships-between-rival-italian-clubs|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Napoli ultras break up with Genoa |date=9 April 2019 |url=https://football-italia.net/napoli-ultras-break-up-with-genoa/ |access-date=11 November 2022 |archive-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111225209/https://football-italia.net/napoli-ultras-break-up-with-genoa/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Napoli also once had a friendship with Roma.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlewitz |first=Kirsten |date=31 October 2014 |title=The shadow over Napoli-Roma |url=https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2014/10/31/7136763/napoli-vs-roma-derby-del-sole-serie-a |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=SBNation |language=en |archive-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111210653/https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2014/10/31/7136763/napoli-vs-roma-derby-del-sole-serie-a |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Finances == SSC Napoli was expelled from the professional league in 2004. Thanks to Article 52 of NOIF, the sports title was transferred to '''Napoli Soccer''' (later the "new" Napoli) in the same year, while the corporate entity which administered the "old" Napoli was liquidated. In the second last season before bankruptcy, the club was partially saved by the non-standard accounting practice of amortization after Silvio Berlusconi, owner of Milan and Prime Minister of Italy, introduced Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B.<ref name="Napoli2003bilancio2">S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2003 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224201201/https://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=24 February 2022 }}</ref>

Since re-foundation in 2004, the club's large numbers of supporters provided the main source of income, particularly through gate revenues and TV rights. Napoli made an aggregate profit in 2006–07 Serie B.<ref name="Napoli2007bilancio2">S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2007 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224201201/https://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=24 February 2022 }}</ref> They have continued to be profitable since returning to Serie A.<ref name="Napoli2008bilancio2">S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224201201/https://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=24 February 2022 }}</ref> Napoli equity in 2005 was a negative €261,466, having started from €3 million capital. By 2010 the equity was at €25,107,223 and Napoli achieved self-sustainability.{{clear}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+'''S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A.'''separate financial statements<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.registroimprese.it/ |title=Source. |access-date=26 February 2012 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224201201/https://www.registroimprese.it/ |url-status=live }}</ref> !Year !Turnover !Result !Total Assets !Net Assets !Re-capitalization |- | colspan="6" |'''S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A.''' (P.I. 03486600632) exchange rate €1 = L1936.27 |- |1999–2000 Serie B<ref name="Napoli2001bilancio2">S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001 (in Italian), [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224201201/https://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=24 February 2022 }}</ref> |€25,120,308*# |€203,378*<ref>{{cite web|title=Norme in materia di rapporti tra società e sportivi professionisti – Altalex|url=http://www.altalex.com/documents/leggi/2011/12/07/norme-in-materia-di-rapporti-tra-societa-e-sportivi-professionisti|access-date=14 January 2019|website=Altalex|date=9 October 2008|language=it|archive-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701140246/http://www.altalex.com/documents/leggi/2011/12/07/norme-in-materia-di-rapporti-tra-societa-e-sportivi-professionisti|url-status=live}}</ref> |€111,556,811* |€5,952,921* | |- |2000–01 Serie A<ref name="Napoli2001bilancio2" /> |{{increase}} €54,966,464*# |{{decrease}} {{fontcolor|red|(€2,036,451)}}* |{{increase}} €154,624,699* |{{decrease}} €3,896,132* |€0 |- |2001–02 Serie B<ref name="Napoli2002bilancio2">S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2002 (in Italian), [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224201201/https://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=24 February 2022 }}</ref> |{{decrease}} €21,183,736*# |{{decrease}} {{fontcolor|red|(€28,856,093)}}* |{{decrease}} €92,721,662* |{{decrease}} {{fontcolor|red|(€2,166,997)}}* |{{increase}} ~€22.8 million |- |2002–03 Serie B<ref name="Napoli2003bilancio2" /> |{{decrease}} €20,428,522*# |{{increase}} {{fontcolor|red|(€13,754,506)}}*¶ |{{decrease}} €67,994,171*¶ |{{increase}} {{fontcolor|red|(€966,735)}}*¶ |{{decrease}} ~€15 million |- |2003–04 Serie B | colspan="5" |Not available due to bankruptcy |- | colspan="6" |'''S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A.''' (P.I. 04855461218) startup capital: €3 million** |- |2004–05 Serie C1<ref name="Napoli2005bilancio2">Napoli Soccer S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2005 (in Italian), [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224201201/https://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=24 February 2022 }}</ref> |€11,174,000 |{{fontcolor|red|(€7,061,463)}} |{{increase}} €37,117,126 |{{decrease}} {{fontcolor|red|(€261,466)}} |€3,800,000 |- |2005–06 Serie C1<ref name="Napoli2006bilancio2">S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2006 (in Italian), [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224201201/https://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=24 February 2022 }}</ref> |{{increase}} €12,068,630 |{{decrease}} {{fontcolor|red|(€9,088,780)}} |{{increase}} €37,299,498 |{{increase}} €211,220 |{{increase}} €9,561,466 |- |2006–07 Serie B<ref name="Napoli2007bilancio2" /> |{{increase}} €41,411,837 |{{increase}} €1,419,976 |{{increase}} €47,917,274 |{{increase}} €1,916,975 |{{decrease}} €288,780 |- |2007–08 Serie A<ref name="Napoli2008bilancio2" /> |{{increase}} €88,428,490 |{{increase}} €11,911,041 |{{increase}} €86,244,038 |{{increase}} €13,829,015 |{{decrease}} €1,000 |- |2008–09 Serie A<ref name="Napoli2009bilancio2">S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2009 (in Italian), [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224201201/https://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=24 February 2022 }}</ref> |{{increase}} €108,211,134 |{{decrease}} €10,934,520 |{{decrease}} €81,199,725 |{{increase}} €24,763,537 |{{decrease}} €0 |- |2009–10 Serie A<ref name="Napoli2010bilancio2">S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2010 (in Italian), [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224201201/https://www.registroimprese.it/ |date=24 February 2022 }}</ref> |{{increase}} €110,849,458 |{{decrease}} €343,686 |{{increase}} €117,237,581 |{{increase}} €25,107,223 | rowspan="5" |{{Nochange}} €0 |- |2010–11 Serie A |{{increase}} €131,476,940 |{{increase}} €4,197,829 |{{decrease}} €110,053,332 |{{increase}} €29,305,052 |- |2011–12 Serie A |{{increase}} €155,929,550 |{{increase}} €14,720,757 |{{increase}} €138,168,981 |{{increase}} €44,025,810 |- |2012–13 Serie A |{{decrease}} €151,922,436 |{{decrease}} €8,073,447 |{{decrease}} €136,748,114 |{{increase}} €52,099,258 |- |2013–14 Serie A |{{increase}} €237,034,664 |{{increase}} €20,217,304 |{{increase}} €215,764,185 |{{increase}} €72,316,563 |- |2014–15 Serie A | |{{decrease}} (€13.1m) | | | |- |2015–16 Serie A | |{{increase}} (€3.2m) | | | |- |2016–17 Serie A | |{{increase}} €66.6m | | | |- |2017–18 Serie A | |{{decrease}} (€6.4m) | | | |- |2018–19 Serie A |€216.6m |{{increase}} €29.2m | | | |- |2019–20 Serie A<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 December 2020 |title=FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SSC NAPOLI 2019/2020 |url=https://naples-football-city.com/2020/12/10/financial-statements-ssc-napoli-2019-2020/ |access-date=6 May 2023 |website=Naples Football City |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506012132/https://naples-football-city.com/2020/12/10/financial-statements-ssc-napoli-2019-2020/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |{{decrease}} €178.9m |{{decrease}} (€19.0m) | | | |- |2020–21 Serie A |{{increase}} €179.4m |{{decrease}} (€58.9m) | | | |- |2021–22 Serie A<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heyes |first1=Apollo |title=Napoli announce losses for third consecutive year |url=https://football-italia.net/napoli-announce-losses-for-third-consecutive-year/ |website=football-italia.net |access-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509095205/https://football-italia.net/napoli-announce-losses-for-third-consecutive-year/ |archive-date=9 May 2023 |language=en |date=5 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> |{{decrease}} €165.2m |{{increase}} (€52.0m)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 December 2022 |title=Il Napoli chiude il bilancio 2022 in rosso di 52 milioni |url=https://www.calcioefinanza.it/2022/12/05/napoli-bilancio-2022-rosso-52-milioni/ |access-date=6 May 2023 |website=Calcio e Finanza |language=it-IT}}</ref> | | | |- |2022–23 Serie A<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2023 |title=Napoli posts record revenues, Inter enjoys Champions League sponsor boost |url=https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/napoli-posts-record-revenues-inter-enjoys-champions-league-sponsor-boost/ |access-date=18 May 2025 |website=SportBusiness |language=en-GB}}</ref> |{{increase}} €359.2m |{{increase}} €79.7m | | | |- |2023–24 Serie A |{{decrease}} €328.2m |{{decrease}} €63.0m | | | |}

===Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors=== <ref name="sponsor2">{{cite web|date=18 February 2010|title=I colori del Napoli|url=http://www.riccardocassero.it/icolori.htm|access-date=14 January 2019|publisher=riccardocassero.it|archive-date=6 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406194608/http://www.riccardocassero.it/icolori.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SSC Napoli Kit History|url=https://www.footballkitarchive.com/ssc-napoli-kits/|access-date=27 September 2021|website=Football Kit Archive|language=en-US|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927160828/https://www.footballkitarchive.com/ssc-napoli-kits/|url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Period !Kit manufacturer !Front sponsor(s) !Back sponsor !Sleeve sponsor !Notes |- |1926–78 |''In-house'' | rowspan="3" |''None'' | rowspan="22" |''None'' | rowspan="24" |''None'' | |- |1978–80 |Puma | |- |1980–81 | rowspan="4" |NR (Ennerre) | |- |1981–82 |Snaidero | |- |1982–83 |Cirio | |- |1983–84 |Latte Berna | |- |1984–85 |Linea Time |Cirio | |- |1985–88 | rowspan="2" |NR (Ennerre) |Buitoni | |- |1988–91 |Mars | |- |1991–94 |Umbro |Voiello | |- |1994–96 | rowspan="2" |Lotto |Record Cucine | |- |1996–97 |Centrale del Latte di Napoli | |- |1997–99 | rowspan="2" |Nike |Polenghi | |- |1999–2000 | rowspan="2" |Peroni | |- |2000–03 |Diadora | |- |2003–04 |Legea |Russo Cicciano | |- |2004–05 | rowspan="2" |Kappa |''None'' (matches 1–7) / various Filmauro films (matches 8–23){{Efn|Sky Captain (matches 8–11) / Christmas in Love (matches 12–19) / Manuale d'amore (matches 19–23)|group=Sponsors}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maglie Napoli – stagione 2004/2005|url=https://www.francescocammarota.it/maglie-napoli-anni-2000-2009/maglie-napoli-stagione-2004-2005/|access-date=27 September 2021|website=Francesco Cammarota|language=it-IT}}</ref> / Mandi (match 24 – end of season) | |- |2005–06 | rowspan="3" |Lete | |- |2006–09 |Diadora | |- |2009–11 | rowspan="3" |Macron | |- |2011–14 |Lete / MSC Cruises | rowspan="4" |European competitions Lete only |- |2014–16 | rowspan="2" |Lete / Pasta Garofalo |- |2016–19 | rowspan="2" |Kappa | rowspan="2" |Kimbo |- |2019–21 | rowspan="2" |Lete / MSC Cruises |- |2021–23 | rowspan="3" |EA7 |Floki Inu |Amazon |European competitions Lete and Amazon only |- |2023–24 | rowspan="2" |MSC Cruises |Upbit |eBay |European competitions MSC Cruises and eBay only |- |2024–present |Sorgesana |''None'' | |} {{Notelist|group=sponsors}}

==Stature and statistics== {{Unreferenced section|date=May 2025}}

===League history=== * 1926–1929 Divisione Nazionale (1st tier) * 1929–1942 Serie A (1st tier) * 1942–1943 Serie B (2nd tier) * 1943–1946 No contests (World War II) * 1946–1948 Serie A (1st tier) * 1948–1950 Serie B (2nd tier) – ''Champions: 1950'' * 1950–1961 Serie A (1st tier) * 1961–1962 Serie B (2nd tier) * 1962–1963 Serie A (1st tier) * 1963–1965 Serie B (2nd tier) * 1965–1998 Serie A (1st tier) – ''Champions: 1987, 1990'' * 1998–2000 Serie B (2nd tier) * 2000–2001 Serie A (1st tier) * 2001–2004 Serie B (2nd tier) * 2004–2006 Serie C1 (3rd tier) – ''Champions: 2006'' * 2006–2007 Serie B (2nd tier) * 2007–''present'' Serie A (1st tier) – ''Champions: 2023, 2025''

==Honours== {{See also|SSC Napoli in European football}} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" ! style="width: 1%;" |Type<ref>{{cite web |title=Palmarès |url=https://sscnapoli.it/en/palmares/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122211601/https://sscnapoli.it/en/palmares/ |archive-date=22 January 2024 |access-date=22 January 2024 |publisher=SSC Napoli}}</ref> ! style="width: 5%;" |Competition ! style="width: 1%;" |Titles ! style="width: 18%;" |Seasons |- | rowspan="3" |'''Domestic''' ! scope="col" |Serie A | style="text-align:center;" |'''4''' | align="left" |1986–87, 1989–90, 2022–23, 2024–25 |- ! scope="col" |Coppa Italia | style="text-align:center;" |'''6''' | align="left" |1961–62, 1975–76, 1986–87, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2019–20 |- ! scope="col" |Supercoppa Italiana | style="text-align:center;" |'''3''' | align="left" |1990, 2014, 2025–26 |- |'''Continental''' ! scope="col" |UEFA Cup |'''1''' | align="left" |1988–89 |}

===Other titles=== * '''Coppa delle Alpi''' ** '''Winners:''' 1966 * '''Anglo-Italian League Cup''' ** '''Winners:''' 1976 * '''Central and Southern Italy Serie A-B Championship''' ** '''Winners''': 1945–46 * '''Serie B''' ** '''Winners:''' 1949–50 * '''Serie C1''' ** '''Winners:''' 2005–06 (Group B)

==UEFA club coefficient ranking== {{updated|11 January 2026|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/?year=2026|title=UEFA Coefficients – Club coefficients|date=January 2026|publisher=UEFA|access-date=11 January 2026}}</ref>}} {| class="wikitable" !Rank !Team !Points |- |28 | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Lille |64.000 |- |29 | align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Real Betis |62.250 |- |30 | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} '''Napoli''' |62.000 |- |31 | align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} RB Leipzig |61.000 |- |32 | align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Villarreal |59.000 |- |}

==Records and statistics== {{See also|List of SSC Napoli records and statistics|List of SSC Napoli players}} thumb|upright|Marek Hamšík is Napoli's record appearance holder. Marek Hamšík holds Napoli's official appearance record, having made 520. He also holds the record for league appearances with 408 over the course of 12 years from 2007 to 2019.

The all-time leading goal scorer for Napoli is Dries Mertens, with 148 goals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mertens supera Hamsik ed è il leader della classifica bomber azzurri "all time" con 122 gol|language=it|website=www.sscnapoli.it|publisher=S.S.C. Napoli|url=https://sscnapoli.it/static/news/Mertens-supera-Hamsik-ed-e-il-leader-della-classifica-bomber-azzurri-all-time-con-122-gol-18242.aspx|access-date=13 June 2020|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613224841/https://sscnapoli.it/static/news/Mertens-supera-Hamsik-ed-e-il-leader-della-classifica-bomber-azzurri-all-time-con-122-gol-18242.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also holds the record for league goals with 113.

Diego Maradona finished the season of Serie A as the league's top scorer, known in Italy as the ''Capocannoniere'', in the 1987–88 season with 15 goals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Italy – Serie A top scorers|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italtops.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031163443/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/italtops.html|archive-date=31 October 2015|access-date=14 January 2019|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> This achievement was matched by Edinson Cavani in 2012–13, Gonzalo Higuaín in 2015–16, and Victor Osimhen in 2022–23.

The record for most goals in a single league season belongs to Gonzalo Higuaín, with 36 in the 2015–16 Serie A.<ref>{{cite news|date=14 May 2016|title=Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain sets Serie A goals record with 36 in a season|publisher=ESPN FC|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/napoli/story/2872870/napolis-gonzalo-higuain-breaks-serie-a-goals-record-with-36-in-a-season|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702204838/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/napoli/story/2872870/napolis-gonzalo-higuain-breaks-serie-a-goals-record-with-36-in-a-season|url-status=live}}</ref>

The biggest ever victory recorded by Napoli was 8–1 against Pro Patria, in the 1955–56 season of Serie A.<ref name="league2"/> Napoli's heaviest championship defeat came during the 1927–28 season when eventual champions Torino beat them 11–0.<ref name="league2" />

On 26 July 2016, Gonzalo Higuaín became the third-highest football transfer of all-time and highest ever transfer for an Italian club<ref>{{cite web|date=26 July 2016|title=Gonzalo Higuain's £75m Juventus move – its place in history and what it means for football|url=http://asia.eurosport.com/football/serie-a/2015-2016/gonzalo-higuain-s-78m-juventus-move-its-place-in-history-and-what-it-means-for-football_sto5699162/story.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730174220/http://asia.eurosport.com/football/serie-a/2015-2016/gonzalo-higuain-s-78m-juventus-move-its-place-in-history-and-what-it-means-for-football_sto5699162/story.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2016|access-date=26 July 2016|publisher=eurosport.com}}</ref> when he joined Juventus for €90 million.<ref>{{cite web|date=26 July 2016|title=Higuain joins Juventus|url=http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2016/higuain-joins-juventus-.php|access-date=26 July 2016|publisher=juventus.com|archive-date=26 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726183217/http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2016/higuain-joins-juventus-.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 31 July 2020, Napoli confirmed the signing of Victor Osimhen from Lille for a transfer fee of €70 million, making him Napoli's most expensive signing of his history.<ref>{{cite news|date=31 July 2020|title=Napoli sign Nigeria forward Osimhen from Lille|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/soccer-transfers/story/4150799/napoli-sign-forward-osimhen-from-lille|access-date=5 August 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803171209/https://www.espn.com/soccer/soccer-transfers/story/4150799/napoli-sign-forward-osimhen-from-lille|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Notes == {{Reflist|group=note}}

== References == {{Reflist}} {{Notelist}}

== External links == {{Wikiquote}} * {{Official website}} {{In lang|it|en|zh}} * [https://en.legaseriea.it/team/napoli SSC Napoli] at Serie A * [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50136 SSC Napoli] at UEFA * {{Commons category-inline}}

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