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.
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]
| Series | Years | Last | Promotions | Relegations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 79 | 2024–25 | – |  6 (1942, 1948, 1961, 1963, 1998, 2001)
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| B | 12 | 2006–07 |  6 (1946, 1950, 1962, 1965, 2000, 2007) |
1 (2004)
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| C | 2 | 2005–06 | 1 (2006) |
never |
| 93 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 | ||||
| SSC Napoli created in National Division in 1927 | ||||
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.
As of 20 April 2024[update] - Competitive matches only, including substitutes.[3][4]
| Rank | Player | Years | League (Serie A)[a] | Domestic cups[b] | UEFA competitions[c][5] | Other competitions[d][6] | 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 |
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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.
As of 31 July 2025[update]
Competitive matches only.[3][4]
| Rank | Player | Years | League (Serie A)[a] | Domestic cups[b] | UEFA competitions[c][8] | Other competitions[d][9] | 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 |
2020–2025 | 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 |
The following players have won the FIFA World Cup while playing for Napoli:
Giuseppe Cavanna – 1934 Diego Maradona – 1986The 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 – 2020The following players have won the Copa América while playing for Napoli:
Edinson Cavani – 2011The following players have won the Africa Cup of Nations while playing for Napoli:
Kalidou Koulibaly – 2021The following players have won a gold medal in football at the Olympic Games while playing for Napoli:
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.
Competitive matches only.[14]
| 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 | Walter Mazzarri | 2009–2013 2023–2024 |
199 |
| 5 | Giuseppe Chiappella | 1968–1973 | 189 |
| 6 | Edoardo Reja | 2005–2009 | 188 |
| 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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