List of SSC Napoli records and statistics

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 Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, where Napoli play their domestic ties since 1959.

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

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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]

 
Napoli supporters celebrating the team's first scudetto in May 1987.

European

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  • Winners (1): 1976
  • Winners (1): 1966

Domestic

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Divisional movements

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Series Years Last Promotions Relegations
A 79 2024–25   6 (1942, 1948, 1961, 1963, 1998, 2001)
B 12 2006–07   6 (1946, 1950, 1962, 1965, 2000, 2007)   1 (2004)
C 2 2005–06   1 (2006) never
93 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
SC Napoli created in National Division in 1927

Player records

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Most appearances

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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

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
1   Marek Hamšík 2007–2019 408 (408) 32 80 0 520
2   Giuseppe Bruscolotti 1972–1988 387 (387) 96 26 2 511
3   Antonio Juliano 1962–1978 394 (355) 72 20 19 505
4   Lorenzo Insigne 2009–2010
2012–2022
337 (337) 23 73 1 434
5   Dries Mertens 2013–2022 295 (295) 23 79 0 397
6   Moreno Ferrario 1977–1988 310 (310) 70 16 0 396
7   Piotr Zieliński 2016–2024 281 (281) 19 64 0 364
8   José Callejón 2013–2020 255 (255) 25 69 0 349
9   Ciro Ferrara 1984–1994 247 (247) 47 28 0 322
10   Kalidou Koulibaly 2014–2022 236 (236) 17 64 0 317
 
Marek Hamšík, the player at Napoli with the most appearances.
Notes
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    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.
  2. ^
    Domestic cups include Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana.
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Goalscorers

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Dries Mertens is Napoli's all-time top goalscorer.

Top goalscorers

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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

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
1   Dries Mertens 2013–2022 113 (113) 7 28 0 148 (397) 0.373
2  Lorenzo Insigne 2009–2010 2012–2022 96 (96) 8 18 0 122 (434) 0.281
3   Marek Hamšík 2007–2019 100 (100) 5 16 0 121 (520) 0.233
4   Diego Maradona 1984–1991 81 (81) 29 5 0 115 (259) 0.444
5     Attila Sallustro 1926–1937 106 (78) 1 0 1 108 (266) 0.406
6   Edinson Cavani 2010–2013 78 (78) 7 19 0 104 (138) 0.754
7   Antonio Vojak 1929–1935 102 (102) 0 0 1 103 (194) 0.531
8     José Altafini 1965–1972 71 (71) 11 0 15 97 (234) 0.415
9   Careca 1987–1993 73 (73) 15 8 0 96 (221) 0.434
10   Gonzalo Higuaín 2013–2016 71 (71) 3 15 2 91 (149) 0.611
11   José Callejón 2013–2020 64 (64) 6 12 0 82 (349) 0.235
12   Giuseppe Savoldi 1975–1979 55 (55) 19 3 0 77 (165) 0.467
13   Victor Osimhen 2020– 65 (65) 0 11 0 76 (133) 0.571
14   Luís Vinício 1955–1960 69 (69) 3 0 0 70 (155) 0.452
  Cané 1962–1969 1972–1975 56 (56) 4 0 10 70 (254) 0.276
Notes
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    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.
  2. ^
    Domestic cups include Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana.
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International honours won while playing at Napoli

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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:

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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Victor Osimhen, for whom Napoli paid the highest transfer fee in their history.

Managerial records

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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]

 
Edoardo Reja, manager of Napoli from 2005 to 2009.
Rank Manager Years Matches managed
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
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    Pesaola also co-managed Napoli in the role of Technical Director for 18 matches, which are not included in the number shown.
  • Club records

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    Goals

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    Record wins

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    • Record home win:[21]
    Napoli 8–1 Pro Patria (Serie A, 16 October 1955)
    • Record away win:[21]
    Bologna 1–7 Napoli (Serie A, 4 February 2017)
    • Record European win:
    Ajax 1–6 Napoli (Champions League, 4 October 2022)

    Record defeats

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    References

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