S.S.C. Napoli
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| Full name | Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli S.p.A. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Partenopei Gli Azzurri (The Blues) I Ciucciarelli (The Little Donkeys) |
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| Founded | 1 August 1926 as Associazione Calcio Napoli |
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| Ground | Stadio San Paolo, Naples | |||
| Capacity | 60,240 | |||
| Owner | Aurelio De Laurentiis | |||
| President | Aurelio De Laurentiis | |||
| Head coach | Rafael Benítez | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2012–13 | Serie A, 2nd | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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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,[4] 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.[1]
Napoli is also one of the associate members of the European Club Association, an organization 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.[5] [6]
The club's anthem is "'O surdato 'nnammurato".[7]
Contents
History
- For more details on this topic, see History of S.S.C. Napoli
Early into its existence, the Italian Football Championship was limited to just Northern clubs, so Southern clubs competed against sailors[8] or in cups such as Thomas Lipton's Lipton Challenge Cup. In the cup competed between Naples and Palermo FBC, Naples won three finals.[12] The foreign contingent at the club broke off in 1912 to form Internazionale Napoli,[8] in time for both club's debut in the Italian Championship of 1912–13.[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.[citation needed]
Associazione Calcio Napoli
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,[15] but were relegated after two seasons for a bribery scandal.[20] The club bounced back to ensure top flight football at the start of the 1950s.[21] 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.[22] Their fourth relegation cut celebrations short the following season.[1]
Napoli on the rise: Maradona era
The trend of Napoli performing well in the league continued into the 1970s, with third place spots in 1970–71 and 1973–74.[15] 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.[15] Solid performances from locally born players such as Bruscolotti, Juliano and Esposito were relied upon during this period, coupled with goals from Giuseppe Savoldi.[19]
After beating Southampton 4–1 on aggregate to lift the Anglo-Italian League Cup,[23] 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.[24] 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.[1] In terms of the Italian league, Napoli were still very much a consistent top six side for much of the late 1970s.[15] 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.[15] Napoli broke the world transfer record fee, turning to Diego Maradona with a €12 million deal from Barcelona on 30 June 1984.[25] The squad was gradually re-built, with the likes of Ciro Ferrara, Salvatore Bagni, and Fernando De Napoli filling the ranks.[19] 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.[1]
Because a mainland Southern Italian team had never won the league before, this turned Diego Maradona into a cultural, social and borderline religious icon[26] for Neapolitans, which stretched beyond the realms of just football.[26]
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.[1] 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.[27]
Napoli added their second Serie A title in 1989–90, beating Milan by two points in the title race.[1] 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.[15] 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.[28]
| “ | 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. | ” |
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—Diego Armando Maradona, July 1990
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Decline and rebirth
Though the club finished fourth during the 1991–92 season,[15] 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. Though 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.[31] 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.[15]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.[15] 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 amortization 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.[32] Net asset on 30 June 2002 was €2,166,997, already including about €20 million recapitalization. The club once quoted the law "21 February 2003 No.27" in order to lower the amortization expense by extending the amortization 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 amortize 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.[32] By August 2004, Napoli was declared bankrupt with debts[clarification needed] estimated up to €70 million.[33] To secure football in the city, film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis refounded the club under the name Napoli Soccer,[4] 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.[1]
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.[34] 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.[1] After just one season back in Serie B, they were promoted on the final day, along with fellow sleeping giants Genoa.[35] 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.[36]
Despite reinforcements in the summer transfer window,[37] 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.[38] Under Mazzarri, Napoli climbed up the table, finishing in sixth place to qualify for a Europa League spot.[39] 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.[40]
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.
In the 2013 close-season, Walter Mazzarri left Napoli to become coach of Internazionale. He was replaced by Spaniard Rafael Benítez, who became the club's first foreign coach since Zdeněk Zeman in 2000.[41] In that same summer, Napoli sold star striker Edinson Cavani to Paris Saint-Germain F.C. for a club record fee of £57m. The money garnered was reinvested into a Real Madrid trio of players in Gonzalo Higuain, Raúl Albiol and José Callejón. Other than these three, the club continued to invest and brought in winger Dries Mertens, striker Duván Zapata and goalkeepers Rafael Cabral and Pepe Reina among others.
Players
First team squad
- As of 23 January 2014[42]
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Out on loan
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Co-ownerships
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Primavera squad
- As of 23 January 2014[45]
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Primavera loans
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Retired numbers
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Diego Maradona, Second striker, 1984–91[46]
Notable players
Main article: List of S.S.C. Napoli players
For a list of all former and current Napoli players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:S.S.C. Napoli players.
Current technical and administrative staff
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| Head coach | Rafael Benítez |
| Assistant coach | Fabio Pecchia |
| Fitness coach | Francisco de Miguel Moreno |
| Fitness coach | Corrado Saccone |
| Goalkeeping coach | Xavi Valero[48] |
| Analyst | Antonio Gómez Pérez |
| Analyst | Pedro Jiménez Campos |
| Health director | Dr. Alfonso De Nicola |
| Physiatrist | Enrico D'Andrea |
| Sports doctor | Dr. Raffaele Canonico |
| Rehabilitator | Rosario D'Onofrio |
| Physiotherapists | Giovanni D'Avino and Agostino Santaniello |
| Masseur | Marco Di Lullo |
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| President | Aurelio De Laurentiis |
| Vice President | Jacqueline Marie Baudit |
| Vice President | Edoardo De Laurentiis |
| Managing Director | Andrea Chiavelli |
| Head of Operations, Sales & Marketing | Alessandro Formisano |
| Administrative Director | Laura Belli |
| Sporting Director | Riccardo Bigon |
| Director Communication area | Nicola Lombardo |
| Chief administrative processes and compliance | Antonio Saracino |
| Secretary sports | Alberto Vallefuoco |
| Press Officer | Guido Baldari |
| Team manager | Giovanni Paolo De Matteis |
| Head scout | Maurizio Micheli |
| Field scouting coordinator | Marco Zunino |
| Observer | Leonardo Mantovani |
- Last updated: 26 July 2013
- Source: it:SSC Napoli
Presidents and Managers
Below is the official presidential history of Napoli, from when Giorgio Ascarelli took over at the club in 1926, until the present day.[49] 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:[50]
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Statistics and records
Giuseppe Bruscolotti holds Napoli's official appearance record, having made 511 over the course of 16 years from 1972 until 1988.[51] Antonio Juliano holds the record for league appearances with 394 over the course of 16 years from 1962 until 1978 .[19]The all-time leading goalscorer for Napoli is Diego Armando Maradona, with 115 league goals scored.[19] 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.[52] The record for most goals in the league (also including tournaments Divisione Nazionale) belongs to Attila Sallustro, with 108 goals,[53] while the maximum scorer in Serie A is Antonio Vojak, with 102 goals.[53] The record for most goals in a single tournament maximum number belongs to Edinson Cavani, with 28 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.[15] Napoli's heaviest championship defeat came during the 1927–28 season when eventual champions Torino beat them 11–0.[15]
Below are appearance and goalscoring records pertaining to Napoli players of all time. Still active players in bold:[53]
As of 19 January 2014
Overall Most Appearances
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Colours, badge and nicknames
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,[57] the club however adopted the donkey as a mascot called 'O Ciuccio, displaying it with pride.[58]
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.[59] 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.[60] The main difference between each badge is the shade of blue used. Usually the N is white, although it has occasionally been gold.[61]
Partenopei is a popular nickname for the club and people from the city of Naples in general.[62] 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.[63]
Sponsors and manufacturers
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 1978–80 | Puma | None |
| 1981–82 | Snaidero | |
| 1981–81 | NR | |
| 1982–83 | Cirio | |
| 1983–84 | Latte Berna | |
| 1984–85 | Linea Time | Cirio |
| 1985–88 | NR | Buitoni |
| 1985–91 | Mars | |
| 1991–94 | Umbro | Voiello |
| 1994–96 | Lotto | Record Cucine |
| 1996–97 | Centrale del Latte di Napoli | |
| 1997–99 | Nike | Polenghi |
| 1999–00 | Peroni | |
| 2000–03 | Diadora | |
| 2003–04 | Legea | Russo Cicciano |
| 2004–06 | Kappa | Manuale d'amore / Sky Captain / Crash – Contatto fisico / Christmas in Love / Mandi |
| 2005–06 | Lete | |
| 2006–09 | Diadora | |
| 2009–2011 | Macron | |
| 2011– | Lete-MSC (Champions League and Europa League Lete only) |
Supporters and rivalries
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, Bari, Bologna, Brescia, Cagliari, Lecce, Vicenza and Udinese . Other minor rivalry with Foggia, Perugia, Pisa, Pistoiese and Ternana.
Today Napoli has several significant rivalries, the most significant of which are with Juventus and Hellas Verona. There is also a big rivalry with Roma. In terms of location Napoli and Roma are quite close, together they compete in the Derby del Sole ("Derby of the Sun"), a rivalry which was at its peak in the 1980s. There are also strong rivalries with Lazio and Atalanta,as well as two local Campanian ones with Salernitana and Avellino.[65]
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 the 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 and Catania . 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
| Revenue |  €131,476,940 (2010–11) |
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| 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) |
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: 2- Runners-up (5): 1967–68; 1974–75; 1987–88; 1988–89; 2012–13
- 3rd place (8): 1932–33; 1933-34; 1965–66; 1970–71; 1973–74; 1980–81; 1985–86; 2010–11
Supercoppa Italiana: 1
Serie B: 1
Serie C1: 1
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- Southern Champions: 2005–06
European titles
UEFA Cup: 1-
- Winners: 1988–89
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- Winners: 1976
- Runners-up (1): 1969-70
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- Winners: 1966
