2021–22 SSC Napoli season

Napoli

2021–22 season
President	Aurelio De Laurentiis
Head coach	Luciano Spalletti
Stadium	Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Victor Osimhen (14) All: Victor Osimhen (18)
colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021–22 season was 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.

Kits[edit]

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: ^{[citation needed]}

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

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 Eljif Elmas 8 MF  ESP Fabián Ruiz 9 FW  NGA Victor Osimhen 11 FW  MEX Hirving Lozano 12 GK  ITA Davide Marfella 13 DF  KOS 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[edit]

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[edit]

In[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Napoli v Anaunia

18 July 2021 Friendly	Napoli	12–0	Anaunia	Trento, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Elmas 3' Osimhen 8', 19', 35', 37' Manolas 15' Lobotka 44' Tutino 60' Palmiero 62' Ciciretti 64' Machach 78' Petagna 90'	Report		Stadium: Campo sportivo Dimaro

Napoli v Pro Vercelli

24 July 2021 Friendly	Napoli	1–0	Pro Vercelli	Trento, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 26'	Report		Stadium: Campo sportivo Dimaro

Bayern Munich v Napoli

31 July 2021 2021 Audi Cup	Bayern Munich	0–3	Napoli	Munich, Germany
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Richards  78'	Report	Osimhen 69', 71' Machach 85'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Felix Brych

Wisła Kraków v Napoli

4 August 2021 Friendly	Wisła Kraków	1–2	Napoli	Kraków, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brown Forbes 6'	Report	Politano 67' Machach 85'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Wisły Attendance: 16 614 Referee: Mariusz Złotek

Napoli v Ascoli

8 August 2021 Friendly	Napoli	2–1	Ascoli	Castel di Sangro, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Insigne 7' Elmas 62'	Report	Bidaoui 25'	Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Federico Dionisi

Napoli v Pescara

14 August 2021 Friendly	Napoli	4–0	Pescara	Castel di Sangro, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 9' Insigne 18' Ounas 48' Zedadka 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Davide Miele

Napoli v Benevento

6 September 2021 Friendly	Napoli	1–5	Benevento	Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Politano 63' (pen.)	Report	Calò 23' Improta 34',  44' Basit  54' Vokić  60' Foulon 67' Tello  79' Insigne 85' (pen.) Umile 89'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Davide Miele

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Serie A[edit]

League table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Matches[edit]

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

Coppa Italia[edit]

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPM	NAP	LEI	LEG
1	Spartak Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10[a]	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	3–4	0–1
2	Napoli	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10[a]	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	—

Leicester City v Napoli

16 September 2021 1	Leicester City	2–2	Napoli	Leicester, England
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