# 2010–11 SSC Napoli season

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 2010–11 season was its 68th in Serie A, and fourth consecutive year in the top flight. Napoli will also take part in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League as a result of finishing 6th in the 2009–10 Serie A table, its highest in Serie A since it also finished 6th in 1993–94.

## Season review

Following the end of the World Cup, Napoli bought Edinson Cavani from fellow Southern club Palermo. He cost roughly €17 million for Napoli, and was the clubs' most expensive player ever bought. The club also loaned out playmaker Luca Cigarini to Sevilla, despite having the medical postponed due to illness.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 September 2010
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 | Gennaro Iezzo |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Grava |
| 3 | MF | ITA | Luigi Vitale |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Michele Pazienza |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Aronica |
| 7 | FW | URU | Edinson Cavani |
| 8 | DF | ITA | Andrea Dossena |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Mascara |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Christian Maggio |
| 12 | FW | ITA | Nicolao Dumitru |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Fabiano Santacroce |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Hugo Campagnaro |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Marek Hamšík |
| 18 | DF | COL | Juan Zúñiga |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Hassan Yebda (on loan from Benfica) |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Lavezzi |
| 23 | MF | URU | Walter Gargano |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Emílson Cribari |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | GK | ITA | Morgan De Sanctis |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Matteo Gianello |
| 77 | MF | ARG | José Sosa |
| 80 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi |
| 82 | GK | ITA | Luigi Sepe |
| 83 | MF | ITA | Carlo Colella |
| 84 | DF | ITA | Walter Guerra |
| 88 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Iuliano |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Raffaele Maiello |
| 92 | DF | ITA | Armando Izzo |
| 93 | MF | ITA | Daniele Donnarumma |
| 94 | DF | ITA | Diego Petrarca |
| 95 | MF | ITA | Francesco Simonetti |
| 96 | MF | ITA | Marco Eligibile |
| 97 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Gatto |
| 98 | DF | ITA | Ciro Simonetti |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Cristiano Lucarelli (on loan from Parma) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 14 July 2010 | FW | Edinson Cavani | Palermo | Loan0 |
| 21 August 2010 | FW | Cristiano Lucarelli | Parma | Loan |
| 27 August 2010 | MF | Hassan Yebda | Benfica | Loan |
| 30 August 2010 | MF | José Sosa | Bayern Munich | €2 million |
| 31 August 2010 | DF | Emílson Cribari | Lazio | €500,000 |
    1.^ Napoli will pay a fee of €17 million to purchase Cavani outright when loan expires.

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 5 July 2010 | DF | Matteo Contini | Real Zaragoza | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2010 | GK | Nicolás Navarro | Argentinos Juniors | Free |
| 17 August 2010 | FW | Germán Denis | Udinese | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2010 | FW | Marcelo Zalayeta | Kayserispor | Free |
| 31 August 2010 | MF | Roberto De Zerbi | CFR Cluj | Free |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 8 July 2010 | Conclusion of season | MF | Jesús Dátolo | Espanyol |
| 15 July 2010 | Conclusion of season | FW | Erwin Hoffer | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| 22 July 2010 | Conclusion of season | MF | Mariano Bogliacino | Chievo |
| 2 August 2010 | Conclusion of season | MF | Luca Cigarini | Sevilla |
| 17 August 2010 | Conclusion of season | MF | Nicolás Amodio | Portosummaga |
| 27 August 2010 | Conclusion of season | FW | Fabio Quagliarella | Juventus |
| 31 August 2010 | Conclusion of season | DF | Leandro Rinaudo | Juventus |
| 31 August 2010 | Conclusion of season | MF | Samuele Dalla Bona | Atalanta |
| | | FW | Luca Giannone | Matera |
    2.^ Chievo has an option to purchase Bogliacino outright when deal expires.
    3.^ Juventus paid €4.5 million for the loan, and is expected to purchase Quagliarella outright when deal expires.
    4.^ Juventus paid €600,000 for the loan, and has an option to purchase Rinaudo outright for €5 million when loan expires.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Milan (C) | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Internazionale | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Napoli | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Udinese | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Lazio | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 66 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
* 1 2 Udinese finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head away goals scored: Udinese 2–1 Lazio, Lazio 3–2 Udinese.
* ↑ As Internazionale won the 2010–11 Coppa Italia and already qualified for the Champions League, Palermo entered the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League third qualification round as the cup runners-up.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2011. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 8 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia

Napoli qualified into the Round of 16 in the 2010–11 Coppa Italia by finishing sixth in the previous year's table, marking the first time since 1994–95 Napoli have entered the tournament at that stage. Napoli aim for its fourth victory in the national competition, and first since its 1986–87 finals win against Atalanta.

### UEFA Europa League

Napoli qualified to the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League by finishing 6th in Serie A in 2009–10. This marks Napoli's first appearance in the competition since the 1994–95 UEFA Cup, under its previous name, and 13th overall. Napoli aim to add to its only triumph in the competition: its 1988–89 UEFA Cup victory over VfB Stuttgart.

#### Play-off round

Napoli were drawn against Swedish side IF Elfsborg of the Allsvenskan, who advanced through defeats of FC Iskra-Stal and FK Teteks in the previous qualifying rounds. Hosting the first leg at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli survived on a clear-path goal by Ezequiel Lavezzi in first half stoppage time, taking a 1-0 lead to Sweden.
Edinson Cavani, kept off the scoresheet in his debut with Napoli, hoped for better fortunes in the return leg of the matchup. Indeed, he scored his first two goals as a member of the club to help go up 3–0 on aggregate through halftime in Sweden. Napoli would go on to win by that score, and advance to the group stage.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Napoli | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Utrecht | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gennaro Iezzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ITA | Morgan De Sanctis | 49 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Matteo Gianello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Grava | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Salvatore Aronica | 35 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ITA | Andrea Dossena | 42 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Christian Maggio | 44 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Fabiano Santacroce | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Hugo Campagnaro | 39 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | COL | Juan Zúñiga | 36 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Emílson Cribari | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro | 40 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | ITA | Luigi Vitale | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Michele Pazienza | 39 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Marek Hamšík | 49 | 13 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Hassan Yebda | 39 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | URU | Walter Gargano | 46 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ARG | José Sosa | 31 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Raffaele Maiello | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | URU | Edinson Cavani | 47 | 33 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Mascara | 16 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ITA | Nicolao Dumitru | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Lavezzi | 42 | 9 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Cristiano Lucarelli | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 January 2016 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 6 January 2016