S.S.C. Napoli
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 San Paolo in Naples, Italy. They team plays in light blue shirts, white shorts and light blue socks as uniforms.
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Full name | Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli SpA | |||
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Founded | 1926 | |||
Ground | Stadio San Paolo (capacity: 54,726) | |||
Chairman | Aurelio De Laurentiis | |||
Manager | Gennaro Gattuso | |||
League | Serie A | |||
2022/23 | Serie A, 1st | |||
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History
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 the Coppa Italia in 1962, 1976, 1987, 2012, 2014 and 2020, a Coppa delle Alpi in 1966 and two Supercoppa Italiana in 1990 and 2014.
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
- 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
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 | ? |
Former position
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Notable Players
These are players who once played for Napoli and players who still do.
1904 - 1940s
1950s - 1960s |
1970s - 1990s
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1990s - 2000s |
2000s - 2010s |
Currents famous players |
Managers
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Napoli moved to the new Stadio San Paolo in 1959, where they have played since.
Napoli supporters celebrating the team's first scudetto in May 1987
Diego Maradona celebrating with the UEFA Cup trophy after beating VfB Stuttgart, May 1989
Napoli celebrating their 2014 Supercoppa Italiana win
Jersey number 10, retired in 2000 as tribute to Diego Maradona
Napoli ultras at Stadio San Paolo