2021–22 S.S.C. Napoli season

The 2021–22 season is the 76th season in the existence of S.S.C. Napoli and the club's 14th 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.

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 (13)

All:
Victor Osimhen (17)

Kits

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

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

Source:

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 January 2022[1]

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

Out on loan

As of 18 January 2022

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

Transfers

In

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

Loans in

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

Out

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

Loans out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

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

Competitions

Overall record

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 35 21 7 7 67 31 +36 060.00
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 44 24 9 11 87 51 +36 054.55

Last updated: 30 April 2022
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (Q) 35 23 8 4 61 30 +31 77 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Internazionale (Q) 35 22 9 4 74 29 +45 75
3 Napoli (Q) 35 21 7 7 67 31 +36 70
4 Juventus (Q) 35 20 9 6 54 31 +23 69
5 Roma 35 17 8 10 55 40 +15 59 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. 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)
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Since the finalists of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia, Juventus and Internazionale, currently both qualify for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners is passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team is passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
35 21 7 7 67 31  +36 70 10 3 5 34 16  +18 11 4 2 33 15  +18

Last updated: 30 April 2022.
Source: Serie A

Results by round

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GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultWWWWWWWWDWWDLWDLLWLDWWWWDDWLWWWLDLW
Position45311111111111134233332233132223333
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
12 February 2022 25 Napoli 1–1 Internazionale Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Referee: Daniele Doveri
21 February 2022 26 Cagliari 1–1 Napoli Cagliari
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Referee: Simone Sozza
27 February 2022 27 Lazio 1–2 Napoli Rome
20:50 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Marco Di Bello
6 March 2022 28 Napoli 0–1 Milan Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Referee: Daniele Orsato
13 March 2022 29 Hellas Verona 1–2 Napoli Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Daniele Doveri
19 March 2022 30 Napoli 2–1 Udinese Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
3 April 2022 31 Atalanta 1–3 Napoli Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Marco Di Bello
10 April 2022 32 Napoli 2–3 Fiorentina Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
18 April 2022 33 Napoli 1–1 Roma Naples
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Referee: Marco Di Bello
24 April 2022 34 Empoli 3–2 Napoli Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Livio Marinelli
30 April 2022 35 Napoli 6–1 Sassuolo Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
7 May 2022 36 Torino v Napoli Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
15 May 2022 37 Napoli v Genoa Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

Coppa Italia

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
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

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 LEI LEG
1 Spartak Moscow 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10[lower-alpha 1] Advance to round of 16 2–1 3–4 0–1
2 Napoli 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5 10[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–3 3–2 3–0
3 Leicester City 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–1 2–2 3–1
4 Legia Warsaw 6 2 0 4 4 11 7 6 0–1 1–4 1–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.
16 September 2021 1 Leicester City 2–2 Napoli Leicester, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 29,579
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
30 September 2021 2 Napoli 2–3 Spartak Moscow Naples, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 13,373
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
21 October 2021 3 Napoli 3–0 Legia Warsaw Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 10,346
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
4 November 2021 4 Legia Warsaw 1–4 Napoli Warsaw, Poland
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Attendance: 25,706
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
24 November 2021 5 Spartak Moscow 2–1 Napoli Moscow, Russia
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Otkritie Arena
Attendance: 10,852
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
9 December 2021 6 Napoli 3–2 Leicester City Naples, Italy
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 14,646
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.[14]

17 February 2022 First leg Barcelona 1–1 Napoli Barcelona, Spain
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 73,525
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
24 February 2022 Second leg Napoli 2–4
(3–5 agg.)
Barcelona Naples, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 37,858
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 13 March 2021
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa ItaliaEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  ITA Alex Meret 120400+1070
12 GK  ITA Davide Marfella 00000000
25 GK  COL David Ospina 2602401010
46 GK  POL Hubert Idasiak 00000000
Defenders
2 DF  FRA Kévin Malcuit 1102+400+101+30
3 DF  ENG Axel Tuanzebe 200+101000
5 DF  BRA Juan Jesus 24111+610+105+10
6 DF  POR Mário Rui 310260004+10
13 DF  KVX Amir Rrahmani 343263105+20
22 DF  ITA Giovanni Di Lorenzo 3812911080
26 DF  SEN Kalidou Koulibaly 2621920070
31 DF  ALG Faouzi Ghoulam 1202+80100+10
38 DF  ITA Davide Costanzo 00000000
59 DF  ITA Alessandro Zanoli 600+50000+10
Midfielders
4 MF  GER Diego Demme 2006+80104+10
7 MF  MKD Elif Elmas 38611+182107+14
8 MF  ESP Fabián Ruiz 30622+260+104+10
20 MF  POL Piotr Zieliński 34723+450072
68 MF  SVK Stanislav Lobotka 19014+20101+10
99 MF  CMR André-Frank Zambo Anguissa 22014+30004+10
Forwards
9 FW  NGA Victor Osimhen 271619+312003+24
11 FW  MEX Hirving Lozano 30515+840+105+11
14 FW  BEL Dries Mertens 311012+128112+41
21 FW  ITA Matteo Politano 32316+101101+42
24 FW  ITA Lorenzo Insigne 28920+370052
33 FW  ALG Adam Ounas 2021+130001+52
37 FW  ITA Andrea Petagna 3043+193114+30
58 FW  ITA Antonio Cioffi 10000+1000
Players transferred out during the season
44 DF  GRE Kostas Manolas 703+10002+10
70 MF  ITA Gianluca Gaetano 200+200000

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 22 October 2021
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player Serie A Coppa Italia Europa League Total
2 14 FW Dries Mertens 11 1 1 13
1 9 FW Victor Osimhen 13 0 4 16
3 24 FW Lorenzo Insigne 2 0 1 3
3 8 MF Fabián Ruiz 2 0 0 2
26 DF Kalidou Koulibaly 3 0 0 3
7 MF Elif Elmas 1 0 1 2
11 FW Hirving Lozano 3 0 0 3
13 DF Amir Rrahmani 2 0 0 2
21 FW Matteo Politano 1 0 1 2
9 20 MF Piotr Zieliński 1 0 0 1
37 FW Andrea Petagna 1 0 0 1
Totals 18 0 7 25

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