2021–22 SSC Napoli season

Napoli
2021–22 season
PresidentAurelio De Laurentiis
Head coachLuciano Spalletti
StadiumStadio Diego Armando Maradona
Serie A3rd
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA Europa LeagueKnockout round play-offs
Top goalscorerLeague:
Victor Osimhen (14)

All:
Victor Osimhen (18)

The 2021–22 season was the 76th season in the existence of SSC Napoli and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Napoli participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Europa League.

Kits

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Supplier: Italy EA7
Sponsor(s): Italy Acqua Lete, Italy MSC Cruises (only for domestic matches), United States Amazon (left sleeve)

Home
Away
Third
Fourth
Home
(Europe)
Third
(Europe)
Fourth
(Europe)
Halloween
Maradona (Navy)
Maradona (White)
Maradona (Blue)
Maradona (Red)

Source: [citation needed]

Players

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First-team squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Alex Meret
2 DF France FRA Kévin Malcuit
3 DF England ENG Axel Tuanzebe (on loan from Manchester United)
4 MF Germany GER Diego Demme
5 DF Brazil BRA Juan Jesus
6 DF Portugal POR Mário Rui
7 MF North Macedonia MKD Eljif Elmas
8 MF Spain ESP Fabián Ruiz
9 FW Nigeria NGA Victor Osimhen
11 FW Mexico MEX Hirving Lozano
12 GK Italy ITA Davide Marfella
13 DF Kosovo KOS Amir Rrahmani
14 FW Belgium BEL Dries Mertens (3rd captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Poland POL Piotr Zieliński (4th captain)
21 FW Italy ITA Matteo Politano
22 DF Italy ITA Giovanni Di Lorenzo
24 FW Italy ITA Lorenzo Insigne (captain)
25 GK Colombia COL David Ospina
26 DF Senegal SEN Kalidou Koulibaly (vice-captain)
31 DF Algeria ALG Faouzi Ghoulam
33 FW Algeria ALG Adam Ounas
37 FW Italy ITA Andrea Petagna
59 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Zanoli
68 MF Slovakia SVK Stanislav Lobotka
99 MF Cameroon CMR André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (on loan from Fulham)

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Italy ITA Nikita Contini (at Crotone until 30 June 2022)
DF Italy ITA Sebastiano Luperto (at Empoli until 30 June 2023)
DF Italy ITA Francesco Mezzoni (at Pistoiese until 30 June 2022)
MF Italy ITA Gianluca Gaetano (at Cremonese until 30 June 2022)
MF Italy ITA Luca Palmiero (at Cosenza until 30 June 2022)
MF France FRA Zinédine Machach (at Honvéd until 30 June 2022)
MF Italy ITA Francesco Marrazzo (at Lanusei until 30 June 2022)
MF Italy ITA Filippo Costa (at Parma until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF France FRA Karim Zedadka (at Charleroi until 30 June 2022)
FW Italy ITA Leonardo Candellone (at Südtirol until 30 June 2022)
FW Italy ITA Eugenio D'Ursi (at Pescara until 30 June 2022)
FW Argentina ARG Franco Ferrari (at Pescara until 30 June 2022)
FW Italy ITA Michael Folorunsho (at Pordenone until 30 June 2022)
FW Italy ITA Gennaro Tutino (at Parma until 30 June 2022)
FW Italy ITA Alessio Zerbin (at Frosinone until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
30 June 2021 FW Italy Matteo Politano 27 Italy Internazionale €25M Loan deal made permanent [2]
30 June 2021 DF France Kévin Malcuit 29 Italy Fiorentina N/A Loan return
30 June 2021 FW Algeria Adam Ounas 24 Italy Crotone N/A Loan return
30 June 2021 DF Italy Alessandro Zanoli 20 Italy Legnago N/A Loan return
18 August 2021 DF Brazil Juan Jesus 30 Italy Roma Free End of contract [3]
18 January 2022 MF Germany Amin Younes 28 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt N/A Loan terminated early [4]

Loans in

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Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
31 August 2021 MF Cameroon André-Frank Zambo Anguissa 25 England Fulham N/A One year loan with option to buy [5]
8 January 2022 DF England Axel Tuanzebe 24 England Manchester United N/A Six month loan [6]

Out

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Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
30 June 2021 MF France Tiémoué Bakayoko 26 England Chelsea N/A End of loan
30 June 2021 DF Albania Elseid Hysaj 27 Italy Lazio Free End of contract [7]
30 June 2021 DF Serbia Nikola Maksimović 29 Italy Genoa Free End of contract [8]
1 January 2022 DF Greece Kostas Manolas 30 Greece Olympiacos €2.5M [9]
23 January 2022 MF Germany Amin Younes 28 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq Free [10]

Loans out

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Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
31 August 2021 MF Italy Gianluca Gaetano 21 Italy Cremonese N/A One year loan [11]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 July 2021 Friendly Napoli Italy 12–0 Italy Anaunia Trento, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Campo sportivo Dimaro
24 July 2021 Friendly Napoli Italy 1–0 Italy Pro Vercelli Trento, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Campo sportivo Dimaro
31 July 2021 2021 Audi Cup Bayern Munich Germany 0–3 Italy Napoli Munich, Germany
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Felix Brych
4 August 2021 Friendly Wisła Kraków Poland 1–2 Italy Napoli Kraków, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski Wisły
Attendance: 16 614
Referee: Mariusz Złotek
8 August 2021 Friendly Napoli Italy 2–1 Italy Ascoli Castel di Sangro, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini
Referee: Federico Dionisi
14 August 2021 Friendly Napoli Italy 4–0 Italy Pescara Castel di Sangro, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini
Referee: Davide Miele
6 September 2021 Friendly Napoli Italy 1–5 Italy Benevento Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Davide Miele

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 22 August 2021 22 May 2022 Matchday 1 3rd 38 24 7 7 74 31 +43 063.16
Coppa Italia 13 January 2022 Round of 16 Round of 16 1 0 0 1 2 5 −3 000.00
UEFA Europa League 16 September 2021 24 February 2022 Group stage Knockout round play-offs 8 3 2 3 18 15 +3 037.50
Total 47 27 9 11 94 51 +43 057.45

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 38 26 8 4 69 31 +38 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Internazionale 38 25 9 4 84 32 +52 84
3 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 31 +43 79
4 Juventus 38 20 10 8 57 37 +20 70
5 Lazio 38 18 10 10 77 58 +19 64 0Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia, Internazionale, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 24 7 7 74 31  +43 79 11 3 5 37 16  +21 13 4 2 37 15  +22

Source: Serie A

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultWWWWWWWWDWWDLWDLLWLDWWWWDDWLWWWLDLWWWW
Position45311111111111134233332233132223333333
Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.[12]

22 August 2021 1 Napoli 2–0 Venezia Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 18,299
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
29 August 2021 2 Genoa 1–2 Napoli Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Marco Di Bello
11 September 2021 3 Napoli 2–1 Juventus Naples
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 16,331
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
20 September 2021 4 Udinese 0–4 Napoli Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 11,484
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
23 September 2021 5 Sampdoria 0–4 Napoli Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 4,596
Referee: Paolo Valeri
26 September 2021 6 Napoli 2–0 Cagliari Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 17,723
Referee: Marco Piccinini
3 October 2021 7 Fiorentina 1–2 Napoli Florence
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 15,264
Referee: Simone Sozza
17 October 2021 8 Napoli 1–0 Torino Naples
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 27,579
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
24 October 2021 9 Roma 0–0 Napoli Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 47,801
Referee: Davide Massa
28 October 2021 10 Napoli 3–0 Bologna Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Marco Serra
31 October 2021 11 Salernitana 0–1 Napoli Salerno
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 17,043
Referee: Michael Fabbri
7 November 2021 12 Napoli 1–1 Hellas Verona Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
21 November 2021 13 Internazionale 3–2 Napoli Milan
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 56,649
Referee: Paolo Valeri
28 November 2021 14 Napoli 4–0 Lazio Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Daniele Orsato
1 December 2021 15 Sassuolo 2–2 Napoli Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 8,192
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
4 December 2021 16 Napoli 2–3 Atalanta Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
12 December 2021 17 Napoli 0–1 Empoli Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Livio Marinelli
19 December 2021 18 Milan 0–1 Napoli Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 54,647
Referee: Davide Massa
22 December 2021 19 Napoli 0–1 Spezia Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Luca Massimi
6 January 2022 20 Juventus 1–1 Napoli Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 19,301
Referee: Simone Sozza
9 January 2022 21 Napoli 1–0 Sampdoria Naples
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Marco Di Bello
17 January 2022 22 Bologna 0–2 Napoli Bologna
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Livio Marinelli
23 January 2022 23 Napoli 4–1 Salernitana Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Luca Pairetto
6 February 2022 24 Venezia 0–2 Napoli Venice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,554
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
12 February 2022 25 Napoli 1–1 Internazionale Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Daniele Doveri
21 February 2022 26 Cagliari 1–1 Napoli Cagliari
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 12,063
Referee: Simone Sozza
27 February 2022 27 Lazio 1–2 Napoli Rome
20:50 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Marco Di Bello
6 March 2022 28 Napoli 0–1 Milan Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Daniele Orsato
13 March 2022 29 Hellas Verona 1–2 Napoli Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 18,782
Referee: Daniele Doveri
19 March 2022 30 Napoli 2–1 Udinese Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 37,363
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
3 April 2022 31 Atalanta 1–3 Napoli Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 17,709
Referee: Marco Di Bello
10 April 2022 32 Napoli 2–3 Fiorentina Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
18 April 2022 33 Napoli 1–1 Roma Naples
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 41,822
Referee: Marco Di Bello
24 April 2022 34 Empoli 3–2 Napoli Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 10,245
Referee: Livio Marinelli
30 April 2022 35 Napoli 6–1 Sassuolo Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
7 May 2022 36 Torino 0–1 Napoli Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 14,619
Referee: Alessandro Prontera
15 May 2022 37 Napoli 3–0 Genoa Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 50,871
Referee: Michael Fabbri
22 May 2022 38 Spezia 0–3 Napoli La Spezia
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 10,415
Referee: Matteo Marchetti

Coppa Italia

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13 January 2022 Round of 16 Napoli 2–5 (a.e.t.) Fiorentina Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[13]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SPM NAP LEG LEI
1 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 9 −4 7[a] Advance to round of 16 2–1 0–1 3–4
2 Italy Napoli 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5 10[a] Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–3 3–0 3–2
3 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 4 0 2 11 4 +7 12 Transfer to Europa Conference League 2–1 1–4 1–0
4 England Leicester City 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 1–1 2–2 1–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.
16 September 2021 1 Leicester City England 2–2 Italy Napoli Leicester, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)