2021–22 S.S.C. Napoli season

Napoli
2021–22 season
President	Aurelio De Laurentiis
Head coach	Luciano Spalletti
Stadium	Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Victor Osimhen (5); All: ; Victor Osimhen (9)

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 are participating in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 4 September 2021[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
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 (vice-captain)
20	MF	POL	Piotr Zieliński (4th captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
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 (3rd captain)
31	DF	ALG	Faouzi Ghoulam
33	FW	ALG	Adam Ounas
37	FW	ITA	Andrea Petagna
44	DF	GRE	Kostas Manolas
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 1 September 2021

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)
—	MF	ITA	Luca Palmiero (at Cosenza until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	GER	Amin Younes (at Eintracht Frankfurt until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	FRA	Zinédine Machach (at Honvéd 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)
—	MF	ITA	Gianluca Gaetano (at Cremonese until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Luca Palmiero (at Cosenza 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	POL	Arkadiusz Milik (at Marseille until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Gennaro Tutino (at Parma until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Alessio Zerbin (at Frosinone until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	22 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1	17	11	3	3	34	13	+21	064.71
Coppa Italia	12–19 January 2022		Round of 16	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	16 September 2021		Group stage	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	050.00
Total				23	14	4	5	49	23	+26	060.87

Last updated: 9 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Milan	17	12	3	2	36	19	+17	39	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Atalanta	17	11	4	2	37	20	+17	37
4	Napoli	17	11	3	3	34	13	+21	36
5	Fiorentina	17	10	0	7	31	22	+9	30	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Roma	17	9	1	7	26	19	+7	28	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. 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)

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	11	3	3	34	13	+21	36	6	1	2	17	6	+11	5	2	1	17	7	+10

Last updated: 4 December 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	L
Position	4	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.[2]

22 August 2021 1	Napoli	2–0	Venezia	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 23' Fabián 52' Insigne 56', 62' (pen.) Elmas 73'	Report	Fiordilino 12' Caldara 30' Heymans 38' Ebuehi 45+1' Forte 50' Ceccaroni 61' Tessmann 75'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

29 August 2021 2	Genoa	1–2	Napoli	Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ekuban 11' Criscito 51' Cambiaso 69'	Report	Fabián 39' Di Lorenzo 45' Politano 49' Petagna 84' Mário Rui 90'	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)	Elmas 31' Politano 57' Koulibaly 85' Lozano 88'	Report	Morata 10' Locatelli 45'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

20 September 2021 4	Udinese	0–4	Napoli	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Samir 56' Molina 66'	Report	Osimhen 24' Rrahmani 35' Koulibaly 52' Mário Rui 82' Lozano 84'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 11,484 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

23 September 2021 5	Sampdoria	0–4	Napoli	Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Damsgaard 28' Depaoli 76'	Report	Osimhen 10', 50' Fabián 39' Zieliński 59' Manolas 87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 4,596 Referee: Paolo Valeri

26 September 2021 6	Napoli	2–0	Cagliari	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 11', 66' Insigne 57' (pen.) Elmas 76'	Report	Walukiewicz 60'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Marco Piccinini

3 October 2021 7	Fiorentina	1–2	Napoli	Florence
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martínez Quarta 28', 36' Bonaventura 31' Pulgar 53'	Report	Insigne 39' Lozano 39' Rrahmani 50' Zambo Anguissa 54' Mário Rui 68' Demme 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 15,264 Referee: Simone Sozza

17 October 2021 8	Napoli	1–0	Torino	Naples
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Insigne 27' Koulibaly 79' Osimhen 81' Zambo Anguissa 85'	Report	Rodriguez 37' Linetty 56' Pobega 75' Milinković-Savić 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

24 October 2021 9	Roma	0–0	Napoli	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abraham 30' Karsdorp 90+4' Veretout 90+4' Mancini 90+5'	Report	Mertens 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Davide Massa

28 October 2021 10	Napoli	3–0	Bologna	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Fabián 18' Zambo Anguissa 32' Insigne 41' (pen.), 62' (pen.)	Report	Medel 40'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Marco Serra

31 October 2021 11	Salernitana	0–1	Napoli	Salerno
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kastanos 70'	Report	Zambo Anguissa 41' Zieliński 61' Mário Rui 74' Koulibaly 77'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 17,043 Referee: Michael Fabbri

7 November 2021 12	Napoli	1–1	Hellas Verona	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Di Lorenzo 18' Rrahmani 31' Osimhen 87'	Report	Simeone 13' Barák 41' Veloso 59' Dawidowicz 68' Bessa 80' 88' Kalinić 85' 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

21 November 2021 13	Internazionale	3–2	Napoli	Milan
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Çalhanoğlu 25' (pen.), 41' Perišić 44' Martínez 61' Vidal 72' Handanović 84' Džeko 90+3'	Report	Osimhen 10' Zieliński 17' Koulibaly 24' Rrahmani 35' Mertens 79'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Paolo Valeri

28 November 2021 14	Napoli	4–0	Lazio	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Zieliński 7' Mertens 10', 29' Di Lorenzo 78' Fabián 85' Demme 88'	Report	Luiz Felipe 13' Patric 35' Cataldi 59' Zaccagni 79'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Daniele Orsato

1 December 2021 15	Sassuolo	2–2	Napoli	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rogério 25' Berardi 54' Scamacca 71' Matheus Henrique 87' Ferrari 89' Defrel 90+4'	Report	Fabián 51' Mertens 59' Politano 84' Demme 88'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

4 December 2021 16	Napoli	2–3	Atalanta	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Zieliński 40' Mertens 47' Rrahmani 58' Malcuit 64'	Report	Malinovskyi 7', 17' Demiral 66' Freuler 71' Pašalić 82' Djimsiti 87'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Maurizio Mariani

12 December 2021 17	Napoli	0–1	Empoli	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Żurkowski 60' Cutrone 70'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Livio Marinelli

19 December 2021 18	Milan	v	Napoli	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: San Siro

Coppa Italia

12–19 January 2021 Round of 16	Napoli	v	Fiorentina	Naples
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[3]

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:

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)	Pérez 9' Ndidi 21' 90+3' Soumaré 32' Vestergaard 53' Barnes 64' Söyüncü 76'	Report	Di Lorenzo 34' Osimhen 69', 87' Rrahmani 90+5'	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)	Elmas 1' Mário Rui 29' Di Lorenzo 45+8' Koulibaly 65' Fabián 78' Manolas 85' Osimhen 90+4'	Report	Ponce 43' Litvinov 45+1' Sobolev 45+8' Promes 55', 90' Caufriez 65' 82' Ayrton 77' Ignatov 81' Maksimenko 89' Umyarov 90+10'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 13,373 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

21 October 2021 3	Napoli	3–0	Legia Warsaw	Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Juan Jesus 13' Manolas 44' Insigne 76' Osimhen 80' Politano 90+5'	Report	Johansson 73'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo 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)	Emreli 10' Jędrzejczyk 68' Miszta 73' Josué 75'	Report	Zieliński 51' (pen.) Elmas 54' Mertens 75' (pen.) Lozano 79' Ounas 90'	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)	Sobolev 3' (pen.), 28', 88' Litvinov 14' Promes 90+2'	Report	Elmas 64' Koulibaly 78'	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)	Ounas 4' Elmas 24', 53' Petagna 33' Demme 77'	Report	Evans 27' Dewsbury-Hall 33'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo 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.

17 February 2022 First leg	Barcelona	v	Napoli	Barcelona, Spain
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Camp Nou

24 February 2022 Second leg	Napoli	v	Barcelona	Naples, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 9 December 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Alex Meret	7	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
12	GK	ITA	Davide Marfella	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	COL	David Ospina	15	0	14	0	0	0	1	0
46	GK	POL	Hubert Idasiak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Kévin Malcuit	6	0	1+2	0	0	0	1+2	0
3	DF	ITA	Filippo Costa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	BRA	Juan Jesus	11	0	2+4	0	0	0	4+1	0
6	DF	POR	Mário Rui	19	0	16	0	0	0	3	0
13	DF	KVX	Amir Rrahmani	18	2	13	2	0	0	3+2	0
22	DF	ITA	Giovanni Di Lorenzo	22	1	16	1	0	0	6	0
26	DF	SEN	Kalidou Koulibaly	19	2	14	2	0	0	5	0
31	DF	ALG	Faouzi Ghoulam	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	ITA	Davide Costanzo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	GRE	Kostas Manolas	7	0	3+1	0	0	0	2+1	0
59	DF	ITA	Alessandro Zanoli	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	GER	Diego Demme	9	0	0+6	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	MKD	Elif Elmas	22	5	5+11	1	0	0	5+1	4
8	MF	ESP	Fabián Ruiz	18	5	15	5	0	0	2+1	0
20	MF	POL	Piotr Zieliński	20	6	12+3	5	0	0	5	1
68	MF	SVK	Stanislav Lobotka	7	0	5	0	0	0	1+1	0
70	MF	ITA	Gianluca Gaetano	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
99	MF	CMR	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	15	0	11	0	0	0	3+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	NGA	Victor Osimhen	14	9	11	5	0	0	1+2	4
11	FW	MEX	Hirving Lozano	22	3	9+7	2	0	0	5+1	1
14	FW	BEL	Dries Mertens	14	6	4+6	5	0	0	2+2	1
21	FW	ITA	Matteo Politano	18	2	9+5	1	0	0	1+3	1
24	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Insigne	17	5	14	4	0	0	3	1
33	FW	ALG	Adam Ounas	11	2	0+7	0	0	0	1+3	2
37	FW	ITA	Andrea Petagna	19	1	0+13	1	0	0	4+2	0
58	FW	ITA	Antonio Cioffi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 22 October 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Europa League	Total
1	9	FW		Victor Osimhen	5	0	4	9
2	24	FW		Lorenzo Insigne	2	0	1	3
3	8	MF		Fabián Ruiz	2	0	0	2
	26	DF		Kalidou Koulibaly	2	0	0	2

	7	MF		Elif Elmas	1	0	1	2
	11	FW		Hirving Lozano	2	0	0	2
	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
9	37	FW		Andrea Petagna	1	0	0	1
Totals					18	0	7	25

References

Agorà Telematica, Agorà Med S.r.l. "Prima squadra – SSC Napoli" [First team – SSC Napoli] (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli.
"Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021.
"UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

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[table_hth_SPM0.8142940969273-4] Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.

[1] Agorà Telematica, Agorà Med S.r.l. "Prima squadra – SSC Napoli" [First team – SSC Napoli] (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli.

[2] "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021.

[3] "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.