The Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, following its most recent renovations in 2018–2019.
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly known as SSC Napoli or simply Napoli, is an Italian professional association football club based in Naples, Campania. Founded in 1926, Napoli have played their home games at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona since 1959, which was renamed from Stadio San Paolo in 2020 following the former player's death. Napoli are among the most successful clubs in Italian football, winning the Serie A four times, the Coppa Italia six times, the Supercoppa Italiana twice, and the UEFA Cup once.[1] They are the reigning 2025 Serie A champions.
Honors
Napoli has won honors both domestically and abroad. Their first trophy came in 1962 when they defeated SPAL 2–1 in the Coppa Italia. They won their first Serie A title in the 1986–87 season, and two seasons later they won the UEFA Cup — their only European trophy to date. They have since won numerous domestic honors, including the 2024–2025 Serie A title. In its history, Napoli has won the following:[2]
Midfielder Marek Hamšík holds the record for most appearances by a Napoli player, taking the field 520 times. He also holds the record for league competitions with 408 appearances, and for UEFA competitions with 80 appearances.
Hamšík in 2016.
As of 20 April 2024[update] - Competitive matches only, including substitutes.[3][4]
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.
During a Coppa Italia match against Inter Milan on 13 June 2020, Dries Mertens scored his 122nd goal for Napoli, breaking Marek Hamšík's all-time record for most goals scored by a Napoli player. Mertens would finish his career with Napoli with 148 goals, and remains the club's all-time top goalscorer to this day.
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.
The highest transfer fee paid for a player in club history was €70 million, which was paid to Lille in exchange for Victor Osimhem on 31 July 2020. Conversely, the highest transfer fee in club history ever received for a player was €90 million, when Juventus paid for Gonzalo Higuain on 27 July 2016.[10][11][12]
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.[13] The longest serving manager by number of matches is Eraldo Monzeglio, who managed Napoli from 1949 to 1956, for a total of 236 matches.
^Materazzo, Giampaolo; Sarnataro, Dario (31 October 2013). "767". 1001 storie e curiosità sul grande Napoli che dovresti conoscere (in Italian). Newton Compton. p. 13. ISBN978-8854159730.
^"Marcatori UEFA". napolistat.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 August 2014.
^Materazzo, Giampaolo; Sarnataro, Dario (31 October 2013). "11". 1001 storie e curiosità sul grande Napoli che dovresti conoscere (in Italian). Newton Compton. p. 13. ISBN978-8854159730. Retrieved 11 August 2014.