# 2023–24 SSC Napoli season

The 2023–24 season was SSC Napoli's 98th season in existence and 17th consecutive season in the Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the Coppa Italia, UEFA Champions League and Supercoppa Italiana, being eliminated in the last 16 of the former two competitions and finishing as runners-up in the latter one.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
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 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alex Meret |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Natan |
| 4 | MF | GER | Diego Demme |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Juan Jesus |
| 6 | DF | POR | Mário Rui (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Hamed Traorè (on loan from Bournemouth) |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Victor Osimhen |
| 13 | DF | KOS | Amir Rrahmani (3rd captain) |
| 14 | GK | ITA | Nikita Contini |
| 16 | GK | POL | Hubert Idasiak |
| 17 | DF | URU | Mathías Olivera |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone |
| 20 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Di Lorenzo (captain) |
| 24 | MF | SWE | Jens Cajuste |
| 26 | FW | BEL | Cyril Ngonge |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Jesper Lindstrøm |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Pasquale Mazzocchi |
| 32 | MF | BEL | Leander Dendoncker (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| 55 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård |
| 68 | MF | SVK | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 77 | FW | GEO | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
| 81 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Raspadori |
| 95 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Gollini (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 99 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa |

### Out on loan

    As of 1 February 2024
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 | Elia Caprile (at Empoli until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Mezzoni (at Perugia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Nosa Edward Obaretin (at Trento until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Zanoli (at Salernitana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Michael Folorunsho (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianluca Gaetano (at Cagliari until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Matteo Marchisano (at Potenza until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | MLI | Coli Saco (at Ancona until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonio Vergara (at Reggiana until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Ambrosino (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | MAR | Walid Cheddira (at Frosinone until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Antonio Cioffi (at Ancona until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe D'Agostino (at Picerno until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Sgarbi (at Avellino until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Alessio Zerbin (at Monza until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Giacomo Raspadori | Sassuolo | €36,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Giovanni Simeone | Hellas Verona | €12,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Elia Caprile | Bari | €7,000,000 | 24 July 2023 |
| DF | Natan | Red Bull Bragantino | €10,000,000 | 7 August 2023 |
| MF | Jens Cajuste | Reims | €12,000,000 | 10 August 2023 |
| FW | Walid Cheddira | Bari | Undisclosed | 20 August 2023 |
| FW | Jesper Lindstrøm | Eintracht Frankfurt | €25,000,000 | 29 August 2023 |
| DF | Pasquale Mazzocchi | Salernitana | €3,000,000 | 5 January 2024 |
| MF | Hamed Traorè | Bournemouth | Loan | 17 January 2024 |
| FW | Cyril Ngonge | Hellas Verona | €18,000,000 | 19 January 2024 |
| MF | Leander Dendoncker | Aston Villa | Loan | 26 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Andrea Petagna | Monza | €10,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Sebastiano Luperto | Empoli | €2,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Kim Min-jae | Bayern Munich | €50,000,000 | 18 July 2023 |
| GK | Elia Caprile | Empoli | Loan | 24 July 2023 |
| FW | Walid Cheddira | Frosinone | Loan | 20 August 2023 |
| FW | Hirving Lozano | PSV Eindhoven | €15,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Eljif Elmas | RB Leipzig | €25,000,000 | 1 January 2024 |
| DF | Alessandro Zanoli | Salernitana | Loan | 17 January 2024 |
| FW | Alessio Zerbin | Monza | Loan | 25 January 2024 |
| MF | Gianluca Gaetano | Cagliari | Loan | 1 February 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 19 August 2023 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 034.21 |
| Coppa Italia | 19 December 2023 | 19 December 2023 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Supercoppa Italiana | 18 January 2024 | 22 January 2024 | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 20 September 2023 | 12 March 2024 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 70 | 66 | +4 | 034.69 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 60 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 53 | |
| 10 | Napoli | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 53 | |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 49 | |
| 12 | Monza | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 45 | |
* 1 2 Torino finished ahead of Napoli on head-to-head points: Torino 3–0 Napoli, Napoli 1–1 Torino.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | NAP | BRA | UNB |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Braga | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 2 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 18 December 2023.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Supercoppa Italiana | Supercoppa Italiana | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alex Meret | 39 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | UKR | Nikita Contini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | POL | Hubert Idasiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Gollini | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Natan | 21 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Juan Jesus | 31 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Mário Rui | 28 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KOS | Amir Rrahmani | 39 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | URU | Mathías Olivera | 29 | 1 | 18+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Di Lorenzo | 47 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Pasquale Mazzocchi | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård | 32 | 2 | 18+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Hamed Traorè | 11 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński | 35 | 4 | 23+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | SWE | Jens Cajuste | 35 | 0 | 11+15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Jesper Lindstrøm | 29 | 0 | 2+20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | BEL | Leander Dendoncker | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Russo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | MF | SVK | Stanislav Lobotka | 49 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa | 41 | 1 | 32+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NGA | Victor Osimhen | 32 | 17 | 22+3 | 15 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone | 37 | 3 | 8+20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano | 48 | 9 | 31+6 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | BEL | Cyril Ngonge | 14 | 1 | 1+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | GEO | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | 45 | 11 | 32+2 | 11 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 81 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Raspadori | 46 | 6 | 14+22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+6 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | MKD | Eljif Elmas | 16 | 2 | 4+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Alessio Zerbin | 9 | 2 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Zanoli | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | ITA | Gianluca Gaetano | 13 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions