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Napoli

Full name	Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli S.p.A.
Nickname(s)	Partenopei Gli Azzurri (The Blues) I Ciucciarelli (The Little Donkeys)
Founded	1 August 1926; 98 years ago (1926-08-01) as Associazione Calcio Napoli
Ground	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Capacity	60,240
Owner	Filmauro S.r.l.
President	Aurelio De Laurentiis
Head coach	Rafael Benítez
League	Serie A
2013–14	Serie A, 3rd
Website	http://www.sscnapoli.it
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli (Template:IPA-it), is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2013–14 season. Napoli has won Serie A twice, in 1986–87 and 1989–90. They have also won the Coppa Italia five times and the Supercoppa Italiana, and on the European stage have won the UEFA Cup in 1988–89. Napoli is also the most successful club in Southern Italy and the fourth most supported football club in Italy. The club is ranked as the fifth most valuable football club in Serie A (and twenty-second worldwide) in terms of annual revenue, generating €116.4 million during the 2013 financial year.

The club has had several name changes since first appearing in 1926; the most important of these was in 1964, when it was changed from Associazione Calcio Napoli to Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli. The most recent change was in 2004, when the club went bankrupt but was refounded by film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis as Napoli Soccer; he restored the name to Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli two years later. The bankruptcy of the club in 2004 had seen it placed in the third division of Italian football (Serie C1), but progress of the reformed club was swift and after just three years it returned to Serie A.

Napoli is also one of the associate members of the European Club Association, an organisation that replaced the previous G-14 which consists of major football clubs in Europe. According to Deloitte Football Money League. Napoli is ranked the 15th richest football club in the world.

The club's anthem is "'O surdato 'nnammurato".

History

For more details on this topic, see History of S.S.C. Napoli

The first club was founded as Naples Foot-Ball & Cricket Club in 1904 by English sailor William Poths and his associate Hector M. Bayon. Neapolitans such as Conforti, Catterina and Amedeo Salsi were also involved, the latter of whom was the club's first president. The original kit of the club was a sky blue and navy blue striped shirt, with black shorts. The name of the club was shortened to Naples Foot-Ball Club in 1906.

Early into its existence, the Italian Football Championship was limited to just Northern clubs, so Southern clubs competed against sailors or in cups such as Thomas Lipton's Lipton Challenge Cup. In the cup competed between Naples and Palermo FBC, Naples won three finals. The foreign contingent at the club broke off in 1912 to form Internazionale Napoli, in time for both club's debut in the Italian Championship of 1912–13. Though the sides had a keen rivalry in the Campania section, they were not as successful outside of it and a few years after World War I, they merged as Foot-Ball Club Internazionale-Naples, also known as FBC Internaples.

Associazione Calcio Napoli

Under the presidency of Giorgio Ascarelli, the club changed its name to Associazione Calcio Napoli on 23 August 1926. After a poor start, with a sole point in an entire championship, Napoli was readmitted to Serie A's forerunner National Division by the Italian FA, and began to improve thanks in part to Paraguayan-born Attila Sallustro, who was the first fully fledged hero to the fans. He was a capable goal-scorer and eventually set the all-time goal-scoring record for Napoli, which still stands today.

Napoli entered the Serie A-era under the management of William Garbutt. During his six-year stint, the club would be dramatically transformed, frequently finishing in the top half of the table. This included two third-place finishes during the 1932–33 and 1933–34 seasons, with added notables such as Antonio Vojak, Arnaldo Sentimenti and Carlo Buscaglia. For the years leading up to World War II Napoli went into decline, surviving relegation in 1939–40 by goal average.

Napoli lost a closely contested relegation battle at the end of 1942 and were relegated to Serie B. They moved from Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli to Stadio Arturo Collana and stayed in Serie B until after the war. When play continued, Napoli earned the right to compete in Serie A, but were relegated after two seasons for a bribery scandal. The club bounced back to ensure top flight football at the start of the 1950s. Napoli moved to their new home ground Stadio San Paolo in 1959. Despite erratic league form with highs and lows during this period, including a further relegation and promotion, Napoli had some cup success when they beat SPAL to lift the Coppa Italia in 1962, with goals from Gianni Corelli and Pierluigi Ronzon. Their fourth relegation cut celebrations short the following season.

Napoli on the rise: Maradona era

As the club changed their name to Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli on 25 June 1964 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 and were back amongst the elite in Serie A, with consistent top five finishes. Napoli came very close to winning the league in 1967–68, finishing just behind AC Milan in second place. 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.

The trend of Napoli performing well in the league continued into the 1970s, with third place spots in 1970–71 and 1973–74. 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 on the way. During the same season, Napoli finished second in Serie A; just two points behind champions Juventus. Solid performances from locally born players such as Bruscolotti, Juliano and Esposito were relied upon during this period, coupled with goals from Giuseppe Savoldi.

After beating Southampton 4–1 on aggregate to lift the Anglo-Italian League Cup, 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. The club won their second Coppa Italia trophy in 1975–76, knocking out Milan and Fiorentina en route, before beating rivals Verona 4–0 in the final. In terms of the Italian league, Napoli were still very much a consistent top six side for much of the late 1970s. Even into the earliest two seasons of the 1980s, the club were performing respectably with a third place finish in 1980–81, however by 1983 they had slipped dramatically and were involved in relegation battles. Napoli broke the world transfer record fee, turning to Diego Maradona with a €12 million deal from Barcelona on 30 June 1984. The squad was gradually re-built, with the likes of Ciro Ferrara, Salvatore Bagni, and Fernando De Napoli filling the ranks. 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. The 1986–87 season was the landmark in Napoli's history; they won the double, securing the Serie A title by three points and then beating Atalanta 4–0 to lift the Coppa Italia.

Because a mainland Southern Italian team had never won the league before, this turned Diego Maradona into a cultural, social and borderline religious icon for Neapolitans, which stretched beyond the realms of just football.

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. Juventus, Bayern Munich, and PAOK were defeated on the way to the final, where Napoli beat Stuttgart 5–4 on aggregate, with two goals from Careca and one each from Maradona, Ferrara and Alemão.

Napoli added their second Serie A title in 1989–90, beating Milan by two points in the title race. 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. 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.

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.

— Diego Armando Maradona, July 1990

San Paolo was the only stadium during the competition where the Argentine National Anthem wasn't jeered, Maradona bowed to the Napoli fans at the end and his country went on to reach the final. However, after the final the Italian Football Federation 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. Maradona was banned for 15 months and would never play for the club again. The club still managed to win 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 however, they went out in the second round.

Decline and rebirth

Though the club finished fourth during the 1991–92 season, 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 did manage to qualify for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup, reaching the third round and in 1996–97, Napoli appeared at the Coppa Italia final, but lost 3–1 to Vicenza. Napoli's league form had dropped lower, and relegation to Serie B came at the end of 1997–98 when they recorded only three wins all season.

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. They failed to gain promotion following this and slipped further down. The failed 2001–02 Serie B campaign was costly, the cost of production was €70,895,838, just about €10 million fewer than in 2000–01 Serie A, heavily due to the high amortisation of the player asset (€33,437,075). However value of production was just €21,183736 (excluding player profit) and the net loss was €28,856,093 that season. Net asset on 30 June 2002 was €2,166,997, already including about €20 million recapitalisation. The club once quoted the law "21 February 2003 No.27" to lower the amortisation expense by extending the amortisation period beyond the contract length of players to 10-year (UEFA ruled the Italian special law was not lawful and all club should use IFRS standards, thus causing a re-capitalization crisis in 2006), which some players contract (with a total residual accounting value of €46,601,225) was amortise in special way for €4,660,123 only and the rest for €1,659,088 in 2002–03, however the cost of production was still exceed the value of production for €19,071,218 in 2002–03. By August 2004, Napoli was declared bankrupt with debts estimated up to €70 million. To secure football in the city, film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis refounded the club under the name Napoli Soccer, as they were not allowed to use their old name. 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 Serie C1.

Despite the fact that Napoli were playing in such 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 game. The following season, they secured promotion to Serie B and De Laurentiis bought back the club's history, restoring its name to Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli in May 2006. After just one season back in Serie B, they were promoted on the final day, along with fellow sleeping giants Genoa. Napoli finished the season placed eighth in the Serie A, enough to secure a place in the Intertoto Cup third round.

The 2008–09 season saw Napoli qualify for the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup. The team was eliminated in the first round, however, by Portuguese team Benfica. At the domestic level, Napoli made a very impressive start, proposing as one of the main candidates for a Champions League spot; results and performances, however, quickly declined in mid-season, causing Napoli to fall down to 11th place in the league table, which lead to the dismissal of manager Edy Reja in March 2009, with former Italy manager Roberto Donadoni being appointed as his replacement.

Despite reinforcements in the summer transfer window, Napoli began the 2009–10 season with a number of poor results. After a 2–1 loss to Roma in October 2009, Donadoni was relieved of his duties and replaced by former Sampdoria manager Walter Mazzarri. Under Mazzarri, Napoli climbed up the table, finishing in sixth place to qualify for a Europa League spot. Napoli, under Mazzarri's guide and reinforced by players such as Edinson Cavani, spent part of the 2010–11 season in the second place, finishing third and qualifying directly to the group phase of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

In the 2011–12 season, Napoli ended in fifth place in Serie A, but managed to defeat unbeaten champions Juventus in the Stadio Olimpico to win the Coppa Italia for the fourth time in the club's history, 25 years after their last cup win. Star striker Edinson Cavani scored from a penalty kick in the 63rd minute and Marek Hamšík decided the game in the 83rd minute. Napoli also had a successful season in the Champions League, its first participation in the European Cup since the 1990–91 season. The team finished second in its group behind Bayern Munich, and ahead of Manchester City, progressing to the round of 16, where it was knocked out 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 £57 million.

In the 2013 close-season, Walter Mazzarri left Napoli to become coach of Internazionale, and was replaced by Spaniard Rafael Benítez, who became the club's first foreign coach since Zdeněk Zeman in 2000. The money from selling Cavani went towards signing three Real Madrid players – Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl Albiol and José Callejón – and other players including Dries Mertens and Pepe Reina. They finished the season by winning the 2014 Coppa Italia Final, their fifth title in the tournament, with a 3–1 win against Fiorentina with two goals from Lorenzo Insigne and another from Mertens, as well as qualifying for the Champions League by finishing 3rd in Serie A.

Players

First team squad

As of 19 May 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Rafael 4 DF  BRA Henrique 5 DF  URU Miguel Britos 7 FW  ESP José Callejón 8 MF  BRA Jorginho 9 FW  ARG Gonzalo Higuaín 11 DF  ITA Christian Maggio (1st vice-captain) 13 MF  ITA Davide Bariti 14 FW  BEL Dries Mertens 15 GK  ITA Roberto Colombo 16 MF  ITA Giandomenico Mesto 17 MF  SVK Marek Hamšík (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  COL Juan Zúñiga (2nd vice-captain) 19 FW  MKD Goran Pandev 20 MF  SUI Blerim Džemaili 21 DF  ARG Federico Fernández 22 MF  CRO Josip Radošević 24 FW  ITA Lorenzo Insigne 31 DF  ALG Faouzi Ghoulam 33 DF  ESP Raúl Albiol 85 MF  SUI Valon Behrami 88 MF  SUI Gökhan Inler (3rd vice-captain) 91 FW  COL Duván Zapata — DF  FRA Kalidou Koulibaly

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ARG Mariano Andújar (at Catania until 30 June 2014) — GK  ITA Antonio Rosati (at Fiorentina until 30 June 2014) — GK  ITA Luigi Sepe (at Virtus Lanciano until 30 June 2014) — DF  COL Pablo Armero (at West Ham United until 30 June 2014) — DF  ITA Paolo Cannavaro (at Sassuolo until 30 June 2014) — DF  ITA Daniele Donnarumma (at Como until 30 June 2014) — DF  ARG Ignacio Fideleff (at Tigre until 30 June 2014) — DF  ITA Alessandro Gamberini (at Genoa until 30 June 2014) — DF  BRA Bruno Uvini (at Santos until 30 December 2014) — DF  ITA Luigi Vitale (at Juve Stabia until 30 June 2014)

No. Pos. Nation Player} — MF  ITA Jacopo Dezi (at Crotone until 30 June 2014) — MF  ITA Marco Donadel (at Verona until 30 June 2014) — MF  MAR Omar El Kaddouri (at Torino until 30 June 2014) — MF  URU Walter Gargano (at Parma until 30 June 2014) — MF  ITA Raffaele Maiello (at Ternana until 30 June 2014) — FW  ITA Emanuele Calaiò (at Genoa until 30 June 2014) — FW  ITA Camillo Ciano (at Avellino until 30 June 2014) — FW  ITA Nicolao Dumitru (at Reggina until 30 June 2014) — FW  CHI Eduardo Vargas (at Valencia until 30 June 2014)

Primavera squad

As of 31 January 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  ITA Nikita Contini 40 MF  ITA Alfredo Bifulco 41 FW  ITA Alessandro Di Fiore 42 MF  ITA Felice Gaetano 43 DF  ITA Michele Girardi 44 DF  ITA Vincenzo Guardiglio 45 DF  ITA Gianluigi Mangiapia 46 DF  ITA Giorgio Palumbo 47 MF  ITA Mario Prezioso 48 DF  ITA Marco Supino 49 FW  ITA Gennaro Tutino 95 DF  POL Igor Łasicki

No. Pos. Nation Player 96 MF  ITA Antonio Romano — GK  ITA Umberto Scalese — DF  ITA Armando Anastasio — DF  ITA Sebastiano Luperto (on loan from Lecce) — MF  ITA Renato Di Giovanni — MF  ITA Luca Palmiero — FW  ITA Gianluca D'Auria (on loan from Internazionale) — FW  ITA Salvatore De Iorio — FW  EST Frank Liivak (on loan from Almere City) — FW  ITA Andrea Mancini (on loan from Pescara) — FW  ITA Gerardo Rubino (on loan from Virtus Entella)

Primavera loans

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Diamante Crispino (at Como until 30 June 2014) — DF  ITA Emanuele Allegra (at Pavia until 30 June 2014) — DF  ITA Daniele Celiento (at Viareggio until 30 June 2014) — DF  ITA Aniello Cretella (at Juve Stabia until 30 June 2014) — DF  ITA Giuseppe Nicolao (at Viareggio until 30 June 2014)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Giuseppe Fornito (at Pescara until 30 June 2014) — MF  ITA Giuseppe Palma (at Paganese until 30 June 2014) — FW  ITA Domenico Cuomo (at Juve Stabia until 30 June 2014) — FW  ITA Roberto Insigne (at Perugia until 30 June 2014) — FW  HUN Soma Novothny (at Paganese until 30 June 2014)

Retired numbers

• 10 – Diego Maradona, Second striker, 1984–91

In the summer of 2000 Napoli retired the jersey number 10 belonged to former club legend Diego Armando Maradona who played for the club from 1984 to 1991, as a tribute to his class and to the significant contribution made in the seven seasons with the shirt of Napoli. In order, the last players to wear number 10 were Fausto Pizzi (1995–1996), Beto (in 1996–1997), Igor Protti in 1997–1998 was the last player to play and score a goal with the number 10 shirt in Serie A and Claudio Bellucci in 1998–1999 and 1999–2000 in Serie B. However, for regulatory reasons, the number was reissued on blue shirts 2004 to 2006 Serie C1, a tournament where there is the old numbering from 1 to 11. The last player to wear a sign and goals with this shirt in an official match was Mariano Bogliacino in the home match of 18 May 2006 against Spezia, valid for the final leg of the Supercoppa di Lega Serie C1; primacy belongs to him also for last appearance in the championship, May 12, 2006 at the home race of Lanciano. As regards exclusively the championship, however, 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 April 30, 2006.

Notable players

Current coaching, technical and administrative staff

• Last updated: 26 July 2013
• Source: it:SSC Napoli

Presidents

Below is the official presidential history of Napoli, from when Giorgio Ascarelli took over at the club in 1926, until the present day. Napoli has had many managers and trainers, some seasons they have had co-managers running the team. Here is a chronological list of them from 1926 onwards:

Managers

Name Nationality Years Antonio Kreutzer 1926–27 Bino Skasa 1927 Technical Commission Rolf Steiger Giovanni Terrile Ferenc Molnár 1927–28 Otto Fischer 1928 Giovanni Terrile 1928–29 William Garbutt 1929–35 Károly Csapkay 1935–36 Angelo Mattea 1936–38 Eugen Payer 1938–39 Technical Commission Amedeo D'Albora Paolo Jodice Luigi Castello Achille Piccini Nereo Rocco 1939 Adolfo Baloncieri 1939–40 Antonio Vojak 1940–43 Paulo Innocenti 1943 Raffaele Sansone 1945–47 Giovanni Vecchina 1947–48 Arnaldo Sentimenti 1948 Felice Placido Borel 1948–49 Luigi de Manes 1949 Vittorio Mosele 1949 Eraldo Monzeglio 1949–56 Amedeo Amadei 1956–59 Annibale Frossi 1959 Amedeo Amadei 1959–61 Amedeo Amadei Renato Cesarini 1961 Attila Sallustro 1961 Fioravante Baldi 1961–62 Bruno Pesaola 1962 Bruno Pesaola Eraldo Monzeglio 1962–63

Name Nationality Years Roberto Lerici 1963–64 Giovanni Molino 1964 Bruno Pesaola 1964–68 Giuseppe Chiappella 1968–69 Egidio di Costanzo 1969 Giuseppe Chiappella 1969–73 Luis Vinicio 1973–76 Alberto Delfrati Rosario Rivellino 1976 Bruno Pesaola 1976–77 Rosario Rivellino 1977 Giovanni di Marzio 1977–78 Luis Vinicio 1978–80 Angelo Sormani 1980 Rino Marchesi 1980–82 Massimo Giacomini 1982 Bruno Pesaola 1982–83 Pietro Santi 1983–84 Rino Marchesi 1984–85 Ottavio Bianchi July 1, 1986 – June 30, 1989 Alberto Bigon 1989–91 Claudio Ranieri July 1, 1991 – June 30, 1993 Ottavio Bianchi Nov 1, 1992 – June 30, 1993 Marcello Lippi July 1, 1993 – June 30, 1994 Vincenzo Guerini July 1, 1994 – Oct 17, 1994 Vujadin Boškov Cané Oct 18, 1994–95 Vujadin Boškov Aldo Sensibile 1995 – June 30, 1996

Name Nationality Years Luigi Simoni 1996–97 Vincenzo Montefusco 1997 Bortolo Mutti July 1, 1997 – June 30, 1998 Carlo Mazzone Oct 19, 1997 – Nov 24, 1997 Giovanni Galeone 1997–98 Vincenzo Montefusco 1998 Renzo Ulivieri 1998–99 Vincenzo Montefusco 1999 Walter Novellino 1999–00 Zdeněk Zeman July 1, 2000 – Nov 1, 2000 Emiliano Mondonico Nov 15, 2000 – May 23, 2001 Luigi De Canio July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002 Franco Colomba July 1, 2002 – Dec 16, 2002 Sergio Buso 2002 Francesco Scoglio Dec 18, 2002 – June 30, 2003 Franco Colomba 2003 Andrea Agostinelli June 19, 2003 – Nov 9, 2003 Luigi Simoni Nov 10, 2003 – June 30, 2004 Giampiero Ventura July 1, 2004 – Jan 25, 2005 Edoardo Reja Jan 3, 2005 – March 10, 2009 Roberto Donadoni March 10, 2009 – Oct 5, 2009 Walter Mazzarri Oct 6, 2009 – May 20, 2013 Rafael Benítez May 27, 2013–

Statistics and records

Giuseppe Bruscolotti holds Napoli's official appearance record, having made 511 over the course of 16 years from 1972 until 1988. Antonio Juliano holds the record for league appearances with 394 (355 in Serie A) over the course of 16 years from 1962 until 1978 .

The all-time leading goalscorer for Napoli is Diego Armando Maradona, with 115 league goals scored. He finish the season of Serie A as the league's topscorer, known in Italy as the capocannoniere,in the 1987–88 season with 15 goals. The record for most goals in the league (also including tournaments Divisione Nazionale) belongs to Attila Sallustro, with 106 goals, while the maximum scorer in Serie A is Antonio Vojak, with 102 goals. The record for most goals in a single tournament maximum number belongs to Edinson Cavani, with 29 goals scored in the season 2012–2013.

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

Below are appearance and goalscoring records pertaining to Napoli players of all time. Still active players in bold:

As of 11 May 2014

Overall Most Appearances # Name Nazionality Position Napoli career Appearances Goals 1 Giuseppe Bruscolotti DF 1972–1988 511 11 2 Antonio Juliano MF 1962–1978 505 38 3 Moreno Ferrario DF 1977–1988 396 11 4 Ciro Ferrara DF 1984–1994 322 15 5 Marek Hamšík MF 2007 – 303 77 6 Paolo Cannavaro DF 1998 – 1999/ 2006 – 2013 278 9 7 Bruno Gramaglia MF 1938 – 1943/ 1949 – 1955 275 4 8 Carlo Buscaglia MF 1928–1938 273 41 9 Attila Sallustro FW 1926–1937 266 108 10 Luigi Pogliana DF 1967–1977 263 8 11 Dino Panzanato DF 1964–1973 262 2 12 Ottavio Bugatti GK 1953–1961 261 0 13 Diego Armando Maradona FW 1984–1992 259 115 14 Luciano Castellini GK 1978–1985 258 0 15 Mario Zurlini DF 1964–1974 254 4 16 Canè FW 1962 – 1969/ 1972 – 1975 253 70 = Bruno Pesaola FW 1952–1960 253 27 = Claudio Vinazzani MF 1976–1983 253 5 19 Luciano Comaschi DF 1951–1960 251 4 20 Giovanni Francini DF 1987–1994 250 17 21 Fernando De Napoli MF 1986–1992 242 9 22 Arnaldo Sentimenti GK 1934 – 1943/ 1945 – 1948 235 0 23 José Altafini FW 1965–1972 234 97 24 Giancarlo Corradini DF 1988–1994 230 2 25 Mario Pretto DF 1937–1949 229 1 26 Pierluigi Ronzon MF/DF 1961–1967 227 15 27 Antonio Girardo MF 1960–1968 224 6 28 Christian Maggio MF/DF 2008 – 221 22 = Careca FW 1987–1993 221 95 30 Enrico Colombari MF 1930–1937 219 6 Overall Top Scorers # Name Nazionality Position Napoli career Goals Appearances Average 1 Diego Armando Maradona FW 1984–1991 115 259 0.444 2 Attila Sallustro FW 1926–1937 108 266 0.406 3 Edinson Cavani FW 2010–2013 104 138 0.754 4 Antonio Vojak FW 1929–1935 103 196 0.526 5 José Altafini FW 1965–1972 97 234 0.415 6 Careca FW 1987–1993 95 221 0.43 7 Marek Hamšík MF 2007 – 77 303 0.254 = Giuseppe Savoldi FW 1975–1979 77 165 0.467 9 Luís Vinício FW 1955–1960 70 155 0.452 = Cané FW 1962 – 1969/ 1972 – 1975 70 253 0.277 11 Hasse Jeppson FW 1952–1956 51 112 0.455 12 Ezequiel Lavezzi FW 2007–2012 48 188 0.255 13 Amedeo Amadei FW 1950–1956 47 171 0.275 = Andrea Carnevale FW 1986–1990 47 154 0.305 15 Umberto Busani FW 1940–1948 46 174 0.264 16 Emanuele Calaiò FW 2005 – 2008/ 2013 44 136 0.324 17 Carlo Buscaglia MF 1928–1938 41 270 0.152 = Claudio Pellegrino FW 1978 – 1979/ 1980 – 1984 41 175 0.234 = Giancarlo Vitali FW 1952–1957 41 136 0.301 20 Naim Krieziu FW 1947–1952 40 168 0.238 21 Daniel Fonseca FW 1992–1994 39 69 0.565 22 Antonio Juliano MF 1962–1978 38 505 0.075 23 Bruno Giordano FW 1985–1988 37 109 0.339 = Beniamino Di Giacomo FW 1957–1961 37 127 0.291 25 Giuseppe Massa MF 1974–1978 36 122 0.295 = Gianfranco Zola FW 1989–1993 36 136 0.265 27 Giorgio Braglia FW 1973–1976 35 110 0.318 28 Giovanni Venditto MF 1933–1943 34 188 0.181 29 Roberto Stellone FW 1999–2003 33 102 0.324

Colours, badge and nicknames

As Naples is a coastal city, the colours of the club have always been derived from the blue waters of the Gulf of Naples. Originally while using the name Naples FBC, the colours of the club implemented two shades of blue. Since the 1920s however, a singular blue tone has been used in the form of azure; as thus they share the nickname azzurri with the Italian national side.

One of the nicknames of Napoli is I ciucciarelli which means "the little donkeys" in the local dialect, they 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, the club however adopted the donkey as a mascot called 'O Ciuccio, displaying it with pride.

The club badge Napoli are most famous for is a large N placed within a circle. This crest can be traced back to Internazionale Napoli, who used a similar design on their shirts. 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. The main difference between each badge is the shade of blue used. Usually the N is white, although it has occasionally been gold.

Partenopei is a popular nickname for the club and people from the city of Naples in general. It is derived from Greek mythology where the siren Parthenópē 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; as a result Parthenope, unable to live with the rejection of her love, drowned herself and her body was washed up upon the shore of Naples.

Sponsors and manufacturers

Supporters and rivalries

In the morning we went for heating at the San Paolo, Carlos (Tevez) was telling me about this stage, but I've played in the Barça that I said to myself, that will ever be! Yet when I set foot on that field felt something magical, different. In the evening, when there was the anthem of the Champions League, seeing 80,000 people in fischiarci I realized what a mess we had made! Some important game in my career I played, but when I heard that cry was the first time I shook my legs! Well, it was there that I realized that this is not 'just a team for them, and that' a visceral love, like the one that exists between a mother and a son! It was the only time I was in the field after losing to enjoy the show.'

— Yaya Touré

Napoli is the fourth most supported football club in Italy with around 13% of Italian football fans supporting the club. Like other top clubs in the country, Napoli's fanbase goes beyond the Italian border; it has been estimated by the club that there are around 6 million fans worldwide. Napoli is reputed to be one of the biggest clubs in Europe, with one of the highest average home attendance in Europe.

Rivalries

The Napoli fans have always had bad relations especially with the teams from the North of Italy. One of the first historical rivalries was with Hellas Verona and later on in the second half of the eighties rivalry with Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan was born. With Napoli who defied the "Triad of the North" for the title of Champions of Italy.

The hostility of the ultras of Napoli with the fans of Lazio comes from the old friendship that Napoli had in the eighties with Roma fans, Napoli fans used to call Roma fans "cousins", friendship then broke after the umbrella gesture of Salvatore Bagni of 25 October 1987 and after that came a very strong rivalry with the Roma.

Also there still remain rivalries with Sampdoria, Reggina and also with the Atalanta, Avellino, Bari, Bologna, Brescia, Cagliari, Lecce, Salernitana, Vicenza and Udinese . Other minor rivalry with Foggia, Perugia, Pisa, Pistoiese and Ternana.

The Derby

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. Nevertheless, the fans of Napoli do co-star in two particular derbies in Italy against other regional teams:

Derby della Campania, a term that refers to the challenges of the Azzurri with the other teams, especially with Avellino and Salernitana.

Derby of the Sun (also called Derby South), at the height of its popularity in the seventies and eighties, starring Napoli and Roma.

Friendships

The twinning between supporters of the clubs Napoli and Genoa football club is one of the oldest in Italian football which started back on 16 May 1982 following a 2–2 draw in Naples between the two teams on the final day of the 1981–1982 Serie A season, a result that allowed the escape of Genoa from relegation and condemned AC Milan for the second time to relegation from Serie A to Serie B in its history. The history and friendship got even stronger for both teams when on the last day of the season in Serie B in the 2006–2007 season when both teams finished with a 0–0 draw at Genoa, ensuring both teams promotion to Serie A. Genoa ultras could be seen holding up banners saying "Benvenuto fratello napoletano", meaning "Welcome, Neapolitan brother". The historic partnership between the two groups of supporters was also honoured and supported by marketing initiatives. There is also a strong supporter of friendship with Ancona and there are good relations with the fans of Palermo, Catania and Borussia Dortmund. A sympathy and good friendship was born with supporters of the Romanian football team Universitatea Craiova following the elimination of rivals Steaua Bucharest from the Europa League at the hands of Napoli.

SSC Napoli as a company

S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A.

Revenue	€131,476,940 (2010–11)
Operating income	€15,712,096 (2010–11)
Net income	€4,197,829 (2010–11)
Total assets	€110,053,332 (2010–11)
Total equity	€29,305,052 (2010–11)

Since refound in 2004, SSC Napoli had a sustainable management strategy. The club has one of thee largest supporting group in Italy (or fourth, behind Juventus and Milan teams) which was the main source of income, in terms of gate revenue and TV rights. Except the first few seasons, Napoli made an aggregate profit in successive years: in 2004–05 and 2005–06 season the net loss were €7,061,463 and €9,088,780. In 2006–07 Serie B, Napoli made its first profit of €1,416,976 The first Serie A season made new born Napoli had a net profit of €11,911,041 It followed by a net profit of €10,934,520, due to the income from European matches was offset by the increase in cost. In 2009–10 season, Napoli heavily invested on players, made that season had a net profit of just €343,686. In 2010–11 Serie A, Napoli returned to the right track with €4,197,829 net profit. It was due to the new collective TV rights of Serie A, as well as qualified to 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Napoli shareholder equity on 30 June 2005 was a negative of €261,466, which the club started from €3 million capital and re-capitalized €3.8 million during 2004–05 Serie C1. On 30 June 2005 the equity was increased to €211,220, as the net loss was backup by a re-capitalisation of €9.3 million + €261,466 for previous net loss. On 30 June 2007 the equity was increased to €1,961,975, due to the net profit and a re-capitalised of €288,780 (to make the share capital back to €500,000). On 30 June 2008 the equity was increased to €13,829,015 with a capital increase of just €1,000. The net income contributed the increase in equity on 30 June 2009, which was €24,763,537. On 30 June 2010 the equity was at €25,107,223.O 30 June 2011 the equity was increased to €29,305,052. Though less than €17 million equity contribution in total from Filmauro, Napoli achieved self-sustainability by good management and its large fans base.

Honours

National titles

• Serie A

• Winners (2): 1986–87, 1989–90
• Runners-up (5): 1967–68, 1974–75, 1987–88, 1988–89, 2012–13

• Coppa Italia

• Winners (5): 1961–62, 1975–76, 1986–87, 2011–12, 2013–14
• Runners-up (4): 1971–72, 1977–78, 1988–89, 1996–97

• Supercoppa Italiana

• Winners (1): 1990
• Runners-up (1): 2012

• Serie B

• Winners (2): 1945–46 (Serie A-B Southern Italy co-champions with Bari), 1949–50
• Runners-up (4): 1961–62, 1964–65, 1999–00, 2006–07

• Serie C1

• Winners (1): 2005–06

European titles

• UEFA Cup

• Winners (1): 1988–89

• Anglo-Italian League Cup

• Winners (1): 1976

• Coppa delle Alpi

• Winners (1): 1966

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