Juventus FC–SSC Napoli rivalry

Juventus FC–SSC Napoli rivalry
Juventus
Napoli
First meeting21 December 1926
Divisione Nazionale
Napoli 0–3 Juventus
Latest meeting21 September 2024
Serie A
Juventus 0–0 Napoli
Next meeting26 January 2025
Serie A
Napoli v Juventus
StadiumsAllianz Stadium (Juventus)
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli)
Statistics
Meetings totalOfficial matches: 183
Unofficial matches: 7
Total matches: 190
Most winsOfficial matches: Juventus (84)
Unofficial matches: Juventus (3)
Total matches: Juventus (87)
Largest victoryJuventus 8–0 Napoli
Divisione Nazionale
(6 March 1927)
Juventus
Napoli

The Juventus–Napoli rivalry is an inter-city football rivalry contested between Turin-based Juventus and Naples-based Napoli.[1]

History

The rivalry between Juventus and Napoli stems from a historical regional rivalry between Northern Italy and Southern Italy, of which the clubs' respective home cities of Turin and Naples are major metropolitan and economic centers.[2] The rivalry started to gain more attention in the 1980s when Napoli became league contenders.[2]

Juventus won the 1985–86 Serie A title with star player Michel Platini, six points clear of third placed Napoli. The following season, Napoli won their first scudetto with star player Diego Maradona, three points ahead of second placed Juventus, the first – and only – Southern Italian team to win the league. Napoli won another, and final title in 1989–90. After that time, in the 1990s, Juventus shared success with Milan in regards to scudetti, as Napoli started to decline.

In 1997–98, Napoli were relegated to Serie B after winning only two matches.[3] By August 2004, Napoli was declared bankrupt.[4] Film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis refounded Napoli under the name "Napoli Soccer", and were placed in the 2004–05 Serie C1.[5] The following season, they secured promotion to Serie B and De Laurentiis bought back the name "Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli" in May 2006.[6] After one season back in Serie B, Napoli were promoted to Serie A, along with that season's Serie B champions, Juventus, after the bianconeri had been relegated the previous season and had their two most recent league titles stripped because of involvement in the Calciopoli scandal.[7][8]

The rivalry again intensified in the 2010s with Napoli's 2–0 win over Juventus in the 2012 Coppa Italia Final, Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero's last game for Juventus.[9] Between 2011–12 and 2016–17, Juventus won each league title, with Napoli finishing in at least the top five in each of the seasons. The summer before the 2016–17 season, Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuaín became the third highest football transfer of all-time and highest ever transfer for an Italian club,[10] when he was signed by Juventus for €90 million from Napoli.[11] Higuaín jerseys were burned in the streets of Naples.[2] Since Higuaín joined Juventus in 2016, Napoli fans are not allowed to travel to Turin for Juventus match-ups and vice versa.[12] That season, Juventus paid many fines and had a partial stadium ban because of the repeated chant: 'Vesuvius wash them with lava.'[2] On 22 April 2018, Napoli fans were allowed to travel to Turin, but not those from the Campania region of Italy, where Naples is located.[13] Napoli won the match 1–0 with a 90th-minute header from Kalidou Koulibaly to close the gap to one point behind Juventus in the league table.[14] Despite this, Juventus ended up winning the 2017–18 title, four points ahead of second placed Napoli, extending their record-breaking run of consecutive championships to seven.[15]

Official matches

  • SF = Semi-final
  • QF = Quarter-final
  • R16 = Round of 16
  • R32 = Round of 32
  • GS = Group stage
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3

  Juventus win   Draw   Napoli win

  1. ^ Napoli won the match 5–4 on penalties.
  2. ^ Juventus won the match 4–3 on penalties.
  3. ^ Napoli won the match 6–5 on penalties.
  4. ^ Napoli won the match 4–2 on penalties.

Head-to-head ranking in Serie A (1930–2024)

P. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
11 11 11 11
12 12 12 12
13 13 13 13
14 14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17 17
18 18
19
20 20

• Total: Juventus with 65 higher finishes, Napoli with 13 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2023–24 season). No head-to-heads in 14 seasons, since Napoli was in Serie B. Another one, the 2006–07 season, took place in the Serie B, with Juventus finishing first and Napoli second.

Notes:

Statistics

As of 21 September 2024
Competition Total matches
played 		Juventus
victories 		Draws Napoli
victories 		Juventus
goals 		Napoli
goals
Divisione Nazionale and Serie A-B 6 4 1 1 21 3
Serie A 157 71 49 37 227 175
Serie B 2 1 1 0 3 1
Total (league) 165 76 51 38 251 179
Coppa Italia 12 5 3 4 17 17
Supercoppa Italiana 4 2 1 1 9 9
UEFA Cup 2 1 0 1 2 3
Total (official) 182 84 54 44 279 208
Other meetings 7 3 4 0 6 2
Total 190 87 59 44 285 210

Trophies

As of 15 May 2024
Team Major domestic International Grand total
SA CI SCI National Total CL CWC EL USC UIC IC FCWC International Total
Juventus 36 15 9 60 2 1 3 2 1 2 — 11 71
Napoli 3 6 2 11 — — 1 — — — — 1 12

References

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  13. ^ "Napoli fans allowed at Juventus". Football Italia. 17 April 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Koulibaly opens Scudetto race!". Football Italia. 22 April 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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