S.S.C. Napoli

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S.S.C. Napoli
Full nameSocietà Sportiva Calcio Napoli SpA
Founded1926
GroundStadio Diego Armando Maradona
Capacity54,726
ChairmanAurelio De Laurentiis
ManagerFrancesco Calzona
LeagueSerie A
2022/23Serie A, 1st

S.S.C. Napoli (Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli) is an Italian football club. The club plays in Serie A. Its home stadium is the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples, Italy. They team plays in light blue shirts, white shorts and light blue socks as uniforms.

History[change | change source]

The club was formed in 1926 and it was in most of its history in Serie A. It was Diego Armando Maradona who put Napoli on the world soccer map, leading them to scudettos in 1987 and 1990 and the UEFA Cup in 1989. They also won a third scudetto in 2023, the Coppa Italia in 1962, 1976, 1987, 2012, 2014 and 2020, two Supercoppa Italiana in 1990 and 2014, a Cup of the Alps in 1966 and an Anglo-Italian League Cup in 1976.

Napoli dropped to Serie B in 2001. With a debt of about 70 million euros, the club went bankrupt in August 2004. A new club, Napoli Soccer, was born. Napoli Soccer was renamed Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli in early 2006.

Honours[change | change source]

  • Serie A : 3
    • 1986/87, 1989/90, 2022/23
  • Coppa Italia : 6
    • 1962, 1976, 1987, 2012, 2014, 2020
  • Supercoppa Italiana : 2
    • 1990, 2014
  • UEFA Cup : 1
    • 1989
  • Cup of the Alps : 1
    • 1966
  • Anglo-Italian League Cup : 1
    • 1976
  • Thomas Lipton Trophy : 3
    • 1909, 1911, 1914

League position[change | change source]

Season League Position
2009/10 Serie A 6th
2010/11 Serie A 3rd
2011/12 Serie A 5th
2012/13 Serie A 2nd
2013/14 Serie A 3rd
2014/15 Serie A 5th
2015/16 Serie A 2nd
2016/17 Serie A 3rd
2017/18 Serie A 2nd
2018/19 Serie A 2nd
2019/20 Serie A 7th
2020/21 Serie A 5th
2021/22 Serie A 3rd
2022/23 Serie A 1st
2023/24 Serie A ?

Former position[change | change source]


Notable Players[change | change source]

These are players who once played for Napoli and players who still do.

1904 - 1940s

1950s - 1960s

1970s - 1990s

1990s - 2000s

2000s - 2010s

2010s - 2020s

Currents famous players

Managers[change | change source]

  • Austria Antonio Kreutzer (1926 - 1927)
  • Hungary Ferenc Molnár (1927 - 1928)
  • Italy Giovanni Terrile (1927 - 1928)
  • Austria Rolf Steiger (1927 - 1928)
  • Austria Otto Fischer (1928 - 1929)
  • Italy Giovanni Terrile (1928 - 1929)
  • England William Garbutt (1929 - 1935)
  • Hungary Károly Csapkay (1935 - 1936)
  • Italy Angelo Mattea (1936 - 1938)
  • Hungary Eugen Payer (1938 - 1939)
  • Italy Paolo Iodice (1938 - 1939)
  • Italy Adolfo Baloncieri (1939 - 1940)
  • Italy Antonio Vojak (1940 - 1943)
  • Brazil Paolo Innocenti (1943)
  • Uruguay Raffaele Sansone (1945 - 1946)
  • Italy Giovanni Vecchina (1947 - 1948)
  • Italy Felice Borel (1948 - 1949)
  • Italy Luigi De Manes (1948 - 1949)
  • Italy Vittorio Mosele (1948 - 1949)
  • Italy Eraldo Monzeglio (1948 - 1956 / 1962 - 1963)
  • Italy Amedeo Amadei (1956 - 1961)
  • Italy Annibale Frossi (1959)
  • Paraguay Attila Sallustro (1961)
  • Italy Fioravante Baldi (1961 - 1962)
  • Argentina Bruno Pesaola (1962 - 1968 / 1976 - 1977 / 1982 - 1983)
  • Italy Roberto Lerici (1963 - 1964)
  • Italy Giovanni Molino (1963 - 1964)
  • Italy Giuseppe Chiappella (1968 - 1973)
  • Italy Egidio Di Costanzo (1968 - 1969)
  • Brazil Luís Vinício (1973 - 1976 / 1978 - 1980)
  • Italy Alberto Del Frati (1976)
  • Italy Rosario Rivellino (1976)
  • Italy Gianni Di Marzio (1977 - 1979)
  • Brazil Angelo Benedicto Sormani (1979 - 1980)
  • Italy Rino Marchesi (1980 - 1982 / 1983 - 1984)
  • Italy Massimo Giacomini (1982 - 1983)
  • Italy Gennaro Rambone (1982 - 1983)
  • Italy Piero Santin (1983 - 1984)
  • Italy Ottavio Bianchi (1985 - 1989 / 1992 - 1993)
  • Italy Alberto Bigon (1989 - 1991)
  • Italy Claudio Ranieri (1991 - 1993)
  • Italy Marcello Lippi (1993 - 1994)
  • Italy Vincenzo Guerini (1994)
  • Serbia and Montenegro Vujadin Boškov (1995 - 1996)
  • Italy Luigi Simoni (1996 - 1997 / 2003 - 2004)
  • Italy Vincenzo Montefusco (1997 / 1998 / 1999)
  • Italy Bortolo Mutti (1997 - 1998)
  • Italy Carlo Mazzone (1997 - 1998)
  • Italy Giovanni Galeone (1997 - 1998)
  • Italy Renzo Ulivieri (1998 - 1999)
  • Italy Walter Novellino (1999 - 2000)
  • Czech Republic Zdeněk Zeman (2000)
  • Italy Emiliano Mondonico (2000 - 2001)
  • Italy Luigi De Canio (2001 - 2002)
  • Italy Franco Colomba (2002 - 2003)
  • Italy Franco Scoglio (2002 - 2003)
  • Italy Andrea Agostinelli (2003 - 2004)
  • Italy Giampiero Ventura (2004 - 2005)
  • Italy Edoardo Reja (2005 - 2009)
  • Italy Roberto Donadoni (2009)
  • Italy Walter Mazzarri (2009 - 2013)
  • Spain Rafael Benítez (2013 - 2015)
  • Italy Maurizio Sarri (2015 - 2018)
  • Italy Carlo Ancelotti (2018 - 2019)
  • Italy Gennaro Gattuso (2019 - 2021)
  • Italy Luciano Spalletti (2021 - 2023)
  • France Rudi García (2023)
  • Italy Walter Mazzarri (2023 - 2024)
  • Italy Francesco Calzona (2024 - Present)


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