List of SSC Napoli records and statistics
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Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli is an Italian professional association football club based in Naples. The club was formed in 1926 as Associazione Calcio Napoli,[1] a name it retained until 1964, when the current name was adopted.[2] The team has played at the San Paolo Stadium since 1959. Napoli have won Serie A three times, the Coppa Italia six times and the UEFA Cup once.[3]
The list encompasses the major honours won by Napoli, records set by the club, their managers and their players, and details of their performance in European competition. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions.
Honours
[edit]Napoli have won honours both domestically and in European competitions. Their first silverware was the Coppa Italia, which they won in 1962. They won their first scudetto in the 1986–87 season, and two seasons later they won the UEFA Cup.
Napoli's achievements include the following:[4]
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European
[edit]- Winners (1): 1988–89
- Winners (1): 1976
- Winners (1): 1966
Domestic
[edit]- Winners (1): 2005–06
Divisional movements
[edit]Series | Years | Last | Promotions | Relegations |
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A | 79 | 2024–25 | – | ![]() |
B | 12 | 2006–07 | ![]() |
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C | 2 | 2005–06 | ![]() |
never |
93 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 | ||||
SC Napoli created in National Division in 1927 |
Player records
[edit]Most appearances
[edit]Slovakian midfielder Marek Hamšík is the player with the most appearances for Napoli with 520 in all competitions; he also holds the record for most appearances in league competition with 408, and UEFA competitions with 80.
As of 20 April 2024[update]
Competitive matches only, including substitutes.[5][6]
Rank | Player | Years | League (Serie A)[a] | Domestic cups[b] | UEFA competitions[c][7] | Other competitions[d][8] | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
2007–2019 | 408 (408) | 32 | 80 | 0 | 520 |
2 | ![]() |
1972–1988 | 387 (387) | 96 | 26 | 2 | 511 |
3 | ![]() |
1962–1978 | 394 (355) | 72 | 20 | 19 | 505 |
4 | ![]() |
2009–2010 2012–2022 |
337 (337) | 23 | 73 | 1 | 434 |
5 | ![]() |
2013–2022 | 295 (295) | 23 | 79 | 0 | 397 |
6 | ![]() |
1977–1988 | 310 (310) | 70 | 16 | 0 | 396 |
7 | ![]() |
2016–2024 | 281 (281) | 19 | 64 | 0 | 364 |
8 | ![]() |
2013–2020 | 255 (255) | 25 | 69 | 0 | 349 |
9 | ![]() |
1984–1994 | 247 (247) | 47 | 28 | 0 | 322 |
10 | ![]() |
2014–2022 | 236 (236) | 17 | 64 | 0 | 317 |
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- Notes
- ^ Numbers include appearances in all domestic league tiers and in all formats. Numbers in brackets include only appearances in Serie A seasons disputed under the current single group
round robin format. - ^ Domestic cups include Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana.
- ^ European competitions include UEFA Cup and Europa League, UEFA Champions League and European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
- ^ Other competitions include Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Mitropa Cup, Anglo-Italian League Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup and Coppa delle Alpi.
Goalscorers
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- Most goals scored in all competitions: 148, Dries Mertens
- Most goals scored in league matches: 113, Dries Mertens
- Most goals scored in Serie A: 113, Dries Mertens
- Most goals scored in Coppa Italia: 29, Diego Maradona
- Most goals scored in European competition: 28, Dries Mertens
- Most goals scored in a season in all competitions: 38, Edinson Cavani in 2012–13 and Gonzalo Higuaín in 2015–16
- Most league goals in a Serie A season: 36, Gonzalo Higuaín in 2015–16.
- Most league goals in a Serie B season: 22, Stefan Schwoch in 1999–2000.[9]
- Most league goals in a Serie C season: 18, Emanuele Calaiò in 2004–05.
- Most goals in a competitive match: 5, Attila Sallustro against Reggiana, in the 1928–29 Divisione Nazionale, and Daniel Fonseca against Valencia, in the 1992–93 UEFA Cup.
Top goalscorers
[edit]On 13 June 2020, in a Coppa Italia match against Internazionale, Dries Mertens scored his 122nd Napoli goal, becoming the player with the most goals for the club.
As of 26 May 2024[update]
Competitive matches only.[5][6]
Rank | Player | Years | League (Serie A)[a] | Domestic cups[b] | UEFA competitions[c][10] | Other competitions[d][11] | Total (apps) | Ratio |
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1 | ![]() |
2013–2022 | 113 (113) | 7 | 28 | 0 | 148 (397) | 0.373 |
2 | ![]() |
2009–2010 2012–2022 | 96 (96) | 8 | 18 | 0 | 122 (434) | 0.281 |
3 | ![]() |
2007–2019 | 100 (100) | 5 | 16 | 0 | 121 (520) | 0.233 |
4 | ![]() |
1984–1991 | 81 (81) | 29 | 5 | 0 | 115 (259) | 0.444 |
5 | ![]() ![]() |
1926–1937 | 106 (78) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 108 (266) | 0.406 |
6 | ![]() |
2010–2013 | 78 (78) | 7 | 19 | 0 | 104 (138) | 0.754 |
7 | ![]() |
1929–1935 | 102 (102) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 103 (194) | 0.531 |
8 | ![]() ![]() |
1965–1972 | 71 (71) | 11 | 0 | 15 | 97 (234) | 0.415 |
9 | ![]() |
1987–1993 | 73 (73) | 15 | 8 | 0 | 96 (221) | 0.434 |
10 | ![]() |
2013–2016 | 71 (71) | 3 | 15 | 2 | 91 (149) | 0.611 |
11 | ![]() |
2013–2020 | 64 (64) | 6 | 12 | 0 | 82 (349) | 0.235 |
12 | ![]() |
1975–1979 | 55 (55) | 19 | 3 | 0 | 77 (165) | 0.467 |
13 | ![]() |
2020– | 65 (65) | 0 | 11 | 0 | 76 (133) | 0.571 |
14 | ![]() |
1955–1960 | 69 (69) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70 (155) | 0.452 |
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1962–1969 1972–1975 | 56 (56) | 4 | 0 | 10 | 70 (254) | 0.276 |
- Notes
- ^ Numbers outside brackets refer to goals scored in all domestic league tiers and in all formats. Numbers in brackets include only goals scored in Serie A seasons disputed under the current single group round robin format.
- ^ Domestic cups include Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana.
- ^ European competitions include UEFA Cup and Europa League, UEFA Champions League and European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
- ^ Other competitions include Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Mitropa Cup, Anglo-Italian League Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup and Coppa delle Alpi.
International honours won while playing at Napoli
[edit]- FIFA World Cup
The following players have won the FIFA World Cup while playing for Napoli:
- UEFA European Championship
The following players have won the UEFA European Championship while playing for Napoli:
Antonio Juliano – 1968
Dino Zoff – 1968
Alex Meret – 2020
Giovanni Di Lorenzo – 2020
Lorenzo Insigne – 2020
- Copa América
The following players have won the Copa América while playing for Napoli:
- Africa Cup of Nations
The following players have won the Africa Cup of Nations while playing for Napoli:
- Olympic Games
The following players have won a gold medal in football at the Olympic Games while playing for Napoli:
Record transfer fees
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- The highest transfer fee received by the club for a player was €90 million, paid by Juventus for Gonzalo Higuaín on 27 July 2016.[12][13]
- The highest transfer fee paid by the club for a player was €70 million, paid to Lille for Victor Osimhen on 31 July 2020.[14]
Managerial records
[edit]Fritz Kreutzer was Napoli's manager in the first season of the club's history. The Austrian midfielder spent one season at Napoli as a player-manager.[15] The longest serving manager by number of matches is Eraldo Monzeglio, who managed Napoli from 1949 to 1956, for a total of 236 matches.
Competitive matches only.[16]
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Rank | Manager | Years | Matches managed |
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1 | Bruno Pesaola[a] | 1962–1963 1964–1968 1976–1977 |
265 |
2 | Eraldo Monzeglio | 1949–1956 | 236 |
Ottavio Bianchi | 1985–1989 1992–1993 | ||
4 | Giuseppe Chiappella | 1968–1973 | 189 |
5 | Edoardo Reja | 2005–2009 | 188 |
6 | Walter Mazzarri | 2009–2013 | 182 |
7 | Luís Vinício | 1973–1976 1978–1980 |
176 |
8 | William Garbutt | 1929–1935 | 169 |
9 | Maurizio Sarri | 2015–2018 | 147 |
10 | Amedeo Amadei | 1956–1959 1959–1961 |
146 |
- Notes
Club records
[edit]Goals
[edit]- Most league goals scored in a season: 94 in 38 matches (2016–17)[17]
- Fewest league goals scored in a season: 18 in 30 matches (1972–73)[18]
- Most league goals conceded in a season: 76 in 34 matches (1997–98)[19]
- Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 19 in 30 matches (1970–71)[18]
Points
[edit]- Most points in a season:
- Two points for a win: 51 in 34 matches (1989–90)[20]
- Three points for a win: 91 in 38 matches (2017–18)[21]
Matches
[edit]Record wins
[edit]- Record home win:[21]
- Napoli 8–1 Pro Patria (Serie A, 16 October 1955)
- Record away win:[21]
- Record European win:
- Ajax 1–6 Napoli (Champions League, 4 October 2022)
Record defeats
[edit]- Record away defeat:[20]
- Torino 11–0 Napoli (Divisione Nazionale, 4 March 1928)
- Roma 8–0 Napoli (Serie A, 29 March 1959)
Record consecutive results
[edit]- Record consecutive wins: 13 (30 April 2017 to 14 October 2017)[20]
- Record consecutive defeats: 6 (1997–98)[20]
- Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 19 (4 March 2017 to 26 November 2017)
- Record consecutive wins from the beginning of a league season: 8 (2017–18 and 2021–22)
Statistics in European football
[edit]References
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