# 1992–93 SSC Napoli season

SSC Napoli got extremely close to a shock relegation to Serie B, and only held on to its top-flight status by two points. This was just three years since the club led by playmaker and legend Diego Maradona won the domestic league title. It actually spent Christmas of 1992 in the relegation zone, and climbed out of it thanks to a strong January '93 run. The reason Napoli survived was the above-average offensive skills. Gianfranco Zola, Daniel Fonseca and Careca was a trio capable of leading any teams' attack, and the club looked set to suffer when Zola (Parma) and Careca (Japan) departed at the end of the season. Fonseca's season is mostly remembered for an extremely unusual five goals in one match, as Napoli beat Valencia 5-1 away from home in the UEFA Cup. Then it lost to Paris SG in the next round, rendering it was out of Europe.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Giovanni Galli |
| — | GK | ITA | Gian Marco Sansonetti |
| — | DF | ITA | Ciro Ferrara |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Francini |
| — | DF | ITA | Fabio Cannavaro |
| — | DF | ITA | Giancarlo Corradini |
| — | DF | ITA | Massimo Tarantino |
| — | DF | ITA | Carlo Cornacchia |
| — | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Nela |
| — | DF | ITA | Paolo Ziliani |
| — | MF | SWE | Jonas Thern |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Fausto Pari |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Policano |
| — | MF | ITA | Massimo Mauro |
| — | MF | ITA | Massimo Crippa |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Altomare |
| — | MF | ITA | Gaetano De Rosa |
| — | MF | ITA | Angelo Carbone |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianfranco Zola |
| — | FW | URU | Daniel Fonseca |
| — | FW | BRA | Careca |
| — | FW | ITA | Cristian Baglieri |
| — | FW | ITA | Giorgio Bresciani |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Daniel Fonseca | Cagliari Calcio | |
| MF | Jonas Thern | Benfica | |
| DF | Paolo Ziliani | Brescia Calcio | loan |
| MF | Fausto Pari | Sampdoria | |
| MF | Roberto Policano | Torino F.C. | |
| MF | Luca Altomare | A.C. Reggiana | |
| MF | Angelo Carbone | A.S. Bari | |
| FW | Marco Ferrante | Pisa | loan ended |
| DF | Carlo Cornacchia | Atalanta B.C. | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| DF | Laurent Blanc | Nîmes Olympique |
| MF | Alemao | Atalanta B.C. |
| FW | Michele Padovano | Genoa C.F.C. |
| FW | Andrea Silenzi | Torino F.C. |
| MF | Fernando De Napoli | A.C. Milan |
| MF | Stefano De Agostini | Atalanta B.C. |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Sebastiano Nela | A.S. Roma | |
| FW | Giorgio Bresciani | Cagliari Calcio | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Marco Ferrante | Parma F.C. | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Torino | 34 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 35 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 10 | Roma | 34 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 33 | |
| 11 | Napoli | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 32 | |
| 12 | Foggia | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 32 | |
| 13 | Genoa | 34 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 31 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 |

#### Matches
### Topscorers

* Daniel Fonseca 16
* Gianfranco Zola 12
* Careca 7
* Roberto Policano 7

### Coppa Italia

Second round
Eightfinals

#### Quarter-finals
### UEFA Cup
#### Second round
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Giovanni Galli | 42 | -55 | 32 | -49 | 6 | -3 | 4 | -3 |
| | DF | ITA | Ciro Ferrara | 39 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Giancarlo Corradini | 38 | 0 | 26+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Nela | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Giovanni Francini | 35 | 2 | 24+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Massimo Crippa | 38 | 1 | 25+4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SWE | Jonas Thern | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Roberto Policano | 38 | 10 | 27+3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | URU | Daniel Fonseca | 40 | 24 | 30+1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| | FW | BRA | Careca | 31 | 10 | 23+1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Gianfranco Zola | 43 | 14 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Gian Marco Sansonetti | 2 | -1 | 2 | -1 |
| | MF | ITA | Angelo Carbone | 34 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Massimo Tarantino | 36 | 0 | 18+12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fausto Pari | 20 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Luca Altomare | 17 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giorgio Bresciani | 12 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Massimo Mauro | 16 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Marco Ferrante | 7 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | DF | ITA | Fabio Cannavaro | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Paolo Ziliani | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Cristian Baglieri | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Carlo Cornacchia | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gaetano De Rosa | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Angelo Pagotto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Giuseppe Taglialatela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Carli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1992/1042/