List of SSC Napoli records and statistics

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

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 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

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

• UEFA Cup

• Winners (1): 1988–89

• Anglo-Italian League Cup

• Winners (1): 1976

• Coppa delle Alpi

• Winners (1): 1966

Domestic

• Serie A

• Winners (3): 1986–87, 1989–90, 2022–23

• Coppa Italia

• Winners (6): 1961–62, 1975–76, 1986–87, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2019–20

• Supercoppa Italiana

• Winners (2): 1990, 2014

• Serie B

• Winners (2): 1945–46 (Serie A-B Southern Italy co-champions with Bari), 1949–50

• Serie C1

• Winners (1): 2005–06

Divisional movements

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

Main article: List of SSC Napoli players

Most appearances

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^[update]

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

1. 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.
3. European competitions include UEFA Cup and Europa League, UEFA Champions League and European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
4. Other competitions include Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Mitropa Cup, Anglo-Italian League Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup and Coppa delle Alpi.

Goalscorers

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

• Most goals scored in all competitions: 148, Dries Mertens
• Most goals scored in league matches: 113, Dries Mertens
• Most goals scored in Serie A: 113, Dries Mertens
• Most goals scored in Coppa Italia: 29, Diego Maradona
• Most goals scored in European competition: 28, Dries Mertens
• Most goals scored in a season in all competitions: 38, Edinson Cavani in 2012–13 and Gonzalo Higuaín in 2015–16
• Most league goals in a Serie A season: 36, Gonzalo Higuaín in 2015–16.
• Most league goals in a Serie B season: 22, Stefan Schwoch in 1999–2000.^[9]
• Most league goals in a Serie C season: 18, Emanuele Calaiò in 2004–05.
• Most goals in a competitive match: 5, Attila Sallustro against Reggiana, in the 1928–29 Divisione Nazionale, and Daniel Fonseca against Valencia, in the 1992–93 UEFA Cup.

Top goalscorers

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^[update]

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

1. 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.
3. European competitions include UEFA Cup and Europa League, UEFA Champions League and European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
4. Other competitions include Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Mitropa Cup, Anglo-Italian League Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup and Coppa delle Alpi.

International honours won while playing at Napoli

FIFA World Cup

The following players have won the FIFA World Cup while playing for Napoli:

• Giuseppe Cavanna – 1934
• Diego Maradona – 1986

UEFA European Championship

The 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 – 2020

Copa América

The following players have won the Copa América while playing for Napoli:

• Edinson Cavani – 2011

Africa Cup of Nations

The following players have won the Africa Cup of Nations while playing for Napoli:

• Kalidou Koulibaly – 2021

Olympic Games

The following players have won a gold medal in football at the Olympic Games while playing for Napoli:

• Ezequiel Lavezzi – 2008
• Nicolás Navarro – 2008

Record transfer fees

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

• The highest transfer fee received by the club for a player was €90 million, paid by Juventus for Gonzalo Higuaín on 27 July 2016.^[12][13]
• The highest transfer fee paid by the club for a player was €70 million, paid to Lille for Victor Osimhen on 31 July 2020.^[14]

Managerial records

Further information: SSC Napoli § Managers

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	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

Notes

Pesaola also co-managed Napoli in the role of Technical Director for 18 matches, which are not included in the number shown.

Club records

Goals

• 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

• 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

Record wins

• 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

• 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

• 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

Main article: SSC Napoli in European football

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