# 2019–20 SSC Napoli season

The 2019–20 season was Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 74th season in Serie A. Following a 2nd-place finish the previous season, the club competed in three competitions: Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League, starting in the round of 16 and the group stage in the latter two competitions, respectively.
The season was coach Carlo Ancelotti's second in charge, following his appointment in May 2018 to replace Maurizio Sarri, but he was sacked on 10 December after a poor run of results, and replaced by Gennaro Gattuso the following day.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 9 February 2020
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Alex Meret | GK | (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 27) | Udinese | 2018 | 2023 | 29 | 0 |
| 25 | David Ospina | GK | (1988-08-31) 31 August 1988 (age 36) | Arsenal | 2019 | 2022 | 25 | 0 |
| 27 | Orestis Karnezis | GK | (1985-07-11) 11 July 1985 (age 39) | Udinese | 2019 | 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Kévin Malcuit | RB / RM / RW | (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 33) | Lille | 2018 | 2022 | 27 | 0 |
| 6 | Mário Rui | LB | (1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 (age 33) | Roma | 2017 | 2022 | 58 | 3 |
| 13 | Sebastiano Luperto | CB / LB | (1996-09-06) 6 September 1996 (age 28) | Youth Sector | 2015 | 2023 | 22 | 0 |
| 19 | Nikola Maksimović | CB | (1991-11-25) 25 November 1991 (age 33) | Torino | 2016 | 2021 | 36 | 2 |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo | RB | (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 31) | Empoli | 2019 | 2024 | 22 | 1 |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj | RB | (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30) | Empoli | 2015 | 2021 | 145 | 0 |
| 26 | Kalidou Koulibaly | CB | (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 (age 33) | Genk | 2014 | 2023 | 173 | 10 |
| 31 | Faouzi Ghoulam | LB | (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 33) | Saint-Étienne | 2014 | 2022 | 131 | 3 |
| 44 | Kostas Manolas | CB | (1991-06-14) 14 June 1991 (age 33) | Roma | 2019 | 2024 | 16 | 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Diego Demme | DM / RB / CM | (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 33) | RB Leipzig | 2020 | 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Allan | CM | (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33) | Udinese | 2015 | 2023 | 149 | 9 |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz | CM | (1996-04-03) 3 April 1996 (age 28) | Real Betis | 2018 | 2023 | 46 | 6 |
| 12 | Eljif Elmas | CM / AM | (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25) | Fenerbahçe | 2019 | 2024 | 13 | 1 |
| 20 | Piotr Zieliński | CM / RW / LW | (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 30) | Udinese | 2016 | 2021 | 131 | 17 |
| 34 | Amin Younes | AM / LW / RW | (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993 (age 31) | Ajax | 2018 | 2023 | 18 | 3 |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka | DM / CM | (1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 30) | Celta Vigo | 2020 | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | José Callejón | RW | (1987-02-11) 11 February 1987 (age 37) | Real Madrid | 2013 | 2020 | 244 | 62 |
| 9 | Fernando Llorente | CF | (1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 (age 39) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2019 | 2021 | 17 | 3 |
| 11 | Hirving Lozano | LW / RW | (1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 29) | PSV Eindhoven | 2019 | 2024 | 16 | 2 |
| 14 | Dries Mertens | CF / ST / LW | (1987-05-06) 6 May 1987 (age 37) | PSV Eindhoven | 2013 | 2020 | 223 | 89 |
| 21 | Matteo Politano | LW / RW / ST | (1993-08-03) 3 August 1993 (age 31) | Internazionale (loan) | 2020 | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne | LW | (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991 (age 33) | Youth Sector | 2009 | 2022 | 255 | 62 |
| 99 | Arkadiusz Milik | CF / ST | (1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 30) | Ajax | 2016 | 2021 | 81 | 36 |
| Players transferred during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | Simone Verdi | AM / LW / RW | (1992-07-12) 12 July 1992 (age 32) | Bologna | 2018 | 2023 | 22 | 3 |
| 11 | Adam Ounas | RW | (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 28) | Bordeaux | 2017 | 2022 | 25 | 3 |
| 21 | Vlad Chiricheș | CB | (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 35) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2015 | 2022 | 31 | 3 |
| 62 | Lorenzo Tonelli | CB | (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34) | Empoli | 2016 | 2021 | 7 | 3 |
| 70 | Gianluca Gaetano | AM / CM | (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 24) | Youth Sector | 2018 | 2023 | 2 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 7 June 2019 | DF | Giovanni Di Lorenzo | 25 | Empoli | Undisclosed | |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Kostas Manolas | 28 | Roma | €36M | |
| 4 July 2019 | GK | David Ospina | 30 | Arsenal | N/A | Undisclosed terms |
| 13 July 2019 | MF | Filippo Costa | 24 | SPAL | Undisclosed | Undisclosed terms |
| 23 July 2019 | MF | Elif Elmas | 19 | Fenerbahçe | €16M | |
| 23 August 2019 | FW | Hirving Lozano | 24 | PSV Eindhoven | €42M | Five-year contract |
| 2 September 2019 | FW | Fernando Llorente | 34 | Free agent | Free | |
| 11 January 2020 | MF | Diego Demme | 28 | RB Leipzig | €12M | |
| 15 January 2020 | MF | Stanislav Lobotka | 25 | Celta Vigo | €20M | Four-year contract |
| 20 January 2020 | DF | Amir Rrahmani | 25 | Hellas Verona | €14M | Four-year contract |
| 30 January 2020 | FW | Andrea Petagna | 24 | SPAL | €17M | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 28 January 2020 | FW | Matteo Politano | 26 | Internazionale | N/A | Two year loan with obligation to buy | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 1 June 2019 | FW | Roberto Insigne | 25 | Benevento | N/A | Two-year contract | |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Amadou Diawara | 21 | Roma | €21M | Five-year contract | |
| 4 July 2019 | DF | Raúl Albiol | 33 | Villarreal | Free | Three-year contract | |
| 20 July 2019 | MF | Carlos Vinícius | 24 | Benfica | €17M | Five-year contract | Archived 2020-09-14 at the Wayback Machine |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 10 July 2019 | MF | Alberto Grassi | 24 | Parma | N/A | One year loan with obligation to buy |
| 10 July 2019 | GK | Luigi Sepe | 28 | Parma | N/A | One year loan with obligation to buy |
| 13 July 2019 | MF | Filippo Costa | 24 | Bari | N/A | Two year loan |
| 13 July 2019 | MF | Michael Folorunsho | 21 | Bari | N/A | Two year loan |
| 16 July 2019 | FW | Roberto Inglese | 27 | Parma | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |
| 23 July 2019 | MF | Marko Rog | 24 | Cagliari | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |
| 30 August 2019 | FW | Adam Ounas | 22 | Nice | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 2 September 2019 | DF | Vlad Chiricheș | 29 | Sassuolo | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 2 September 2019 | FW | Simone Verdi | 27 | Torino | €4M | €4M loan with a €21M obligation to buy |
| 20 January 2020 | DF | Amir Rrahmani | 25 | Hellas Verona | Loan | Loan for the remainder of the season |
| 30 January 2020 | FW | Andrea Petagna | 24 | SPAL | Loan | Loan for the remainder of the season |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Roma | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Milan | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Napoli | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 63 | +6 | 51 | |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 49 | |
* ↑ Napoli qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2019–20 Coppa Italia.
* ↑ Positions determined by head-to-head points: Hellas Verona: 10 pts; Fiorentina: 5 pts; Parma: 1 pt.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | 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 | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | NAP | SAL | GNK |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 6–2 |
| 4 | Genk | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 1 | | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alex Meret | 29 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | COL | David Ospina | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Kévin Malcuit | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Mário Rui | 35 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Luperto | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maksimović | 28 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Di Lorenzo | 46 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALB | Elseid Hysaj | 24 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Kalidou Koulibaly | 34 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Faouzi Ghoulam | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Kostas Manolas | 35 | 4 | 25+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 22 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Allan | 33 | 2 | 16+7 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fabián Ruiz | 46 | 4 | 30+3 | 3 | 3+2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | MKD | Eljif Elmas | 36 | 1 | 12+14 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński | 49 | 2 | 32+5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Amin Younes | 11 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 68 | MF | SVK | Stanislav Lobotka | 16 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | José Callejón | 45 | 4 | 25+8 | 4 | 3+2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fernando Llorente | 24 | 4 | 3+14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+6 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Hirving Lozano | 34 | 5 | 10+16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Dries Mertens | 42 | 16 | 18+13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7+1 | 6 |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano | 20 | 2 | 9+6 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Insigne | 46 | 13 | 34+3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 99 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik | 35 | 14 | 19+7 | 11 | 1+3 | 0 | 2+3 | 3 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 70 | MF | ITA | Gianluca Gaetano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 8 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 14 | FW | | Dries Mertens | 9 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | 99 | FW | | Arkadiusz Milik | 11 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | 24 | FW | | Lorenzo Insigne | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | | Hirving Lozano | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 7 | FW | | José Callejón | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Fabián Ruiz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Fernando Llorente | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 44 | DF | | Kostas Manolas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 22 | DF | | Giovanni Di Lorenzo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | MF | | Allan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 20 | MF | | Piotr Zieliński | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 21 | FW | | Matteo Politano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 | MF | | Diego Demme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 12 | MF | | Eljif Elmas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 19 | DF | | Nikola Maksimović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 23 | DF | | Elseid Hysaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 34 | MF | | Amin Younes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 61 | 5 | 13 | 79 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Alex Meret | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 25 | GK | | David Ospina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
Last updated: 23 June 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | Total | Total |
| 25 | GK | | David Ospina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Kévin Malcuit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Mário Rui | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Sebastiano Luperto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Nikola Maksimović | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Giovanni Di Lorenzo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Elseid Hysaj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Kalidou Koulibaly | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | | Faouzi Ghoulam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Kostas Manolas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Diego Demme | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Allan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Fabián Ruiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Eljif Elmas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Piotr Zieliński | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Amin Younes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | José Callejón | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Fernando Llorente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Hirving Lozano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Dries Mertens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Matteo Politano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Lorenzo Insigne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Arkadiusz Milik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 2 |
Last updated: 12 February 2020