2021–22 Ssc Napoli Season

Napoli">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
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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Home (Europe)

Third (Europe)

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Halloween

Maradona (Navy)

Maradona (White)

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Maradona (Red)

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First-team squad

As of 2 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 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

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)

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
30 June 2021	FW	Matteo Politano	27	Internazionale	€25M	Loan deal made permanent
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
18 January 2022	MF	Amin Younes	28	Eintracht Frankfurt	N/A	Loan terminated early

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
8 January 2022	DF	Axel Tuanzebe	24	Manchester United	N/A	Six month loan

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
30 June 2021	DF	Nikola Maksimović	29	Genoa	Free	End of contract
1 January 2022	DF	Kostas Manolas	30	Olympiacos	€2.5M
23 January 2022	MF	Amin Younes	28	Al-Ettifaq	Free

Loans out

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

  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

Overall record

Serie A

League table