# 2020–21 SSC Napoli season

The 2020–21 season was Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 75th season in Serie A. Besides the Serie A, the club competed in Italy's main domestic cup competition, the Coppa Italia, as well as the UEFA Europa League and the Supercoppa Italiana as winners of the 2019–20 Coppa Italia.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 7 October 2020
| No. | Name | 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 |
| 16 | Nikita Contini | GK | (1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 28) | Youth Sector | 2014 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | David Ospina | GK | (1988-08-31) 31 August 1988 (age 36) | Arsenal | 2019 | 2022 | 25 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 6 | Mário Rui | LB | (1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 (age 33) | Roma | 2017 | 2025 | 58 | 3 |
| 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 | 2025 | 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 |
| 33 | Amir Rrahmani | CB | (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 30) | Hellas Verona | 2020 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | Tiémoué Bakayoko | DM / CM | (1994-08-17) 17 August 1994 (age 30) | Chelsea (loan) | 2020 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Elif Elmas | CM / AM | (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25) | Fenerbahçe | 2019 | 2025 | 13 | 1 |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz | CM | (1996-04-03) 3 April 1996 (age 28) | Real Betis | 2018 | 2023 | 46 | 6 |
| 20 | Piotr Zieliński | CM / RW / LW | (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 30) | Udinese | 2016 | 2024 | 131 | 17 |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka | DM / CM | (1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 30) | Celta Vigo | 2020 | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Victor Osimhen | CF | (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 25) | Lille | 2020 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 2022 | 223 | 89 |
| 21 | Matteo Politano | LW / RW / ST | (1993-08-03) 3 August 1993 (age 31) | Internazionale (loan) | 2020 | 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne | LW | (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991 (age 33) | Youth Sector | 2009 | 2022 | 256 | 63 |
| 37 | Andrea Petagna | ST | (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 29) | SPAL | 2020 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 31 July 2020 | FW | Victor Osimhen | 21 | Lille | €70M | €10M in add-ons |
| 8 August 2020 | GK | Nikita Contini | 24 | Virtus Entella | N/A | Loan return |
| 8 August 2020 | FW | Adam Ounas | 23 | Nice | N/A | Loan return |
| 8 August 2020 | FW | Andrea Petagna | 25 | SPAL | N/A | Loan return |
| 8 August 2020 | DF | Amir Rrahmani | 26 | Hellas Verona | N/A | Loan return |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Tiémoué Bakayoko | 26 | Chelsea | N/A | One year loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 9 August 2020 | FW | José Callejón | 33 | Fiorentina | Free | End of contract |
| 4 September 2020 | GK | Orestis Karnezis | 35 | Lille | Free | Included as part of Osimhen transfer |
| 5 September 2020 | MF | Allan | 29 | Everton | €25M | Plus bonuses |
| 27 January 2021 | FW | Fernando Llorente | 35 | Udinese | Free | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 3 October 2020 | MF | Amin Younes | 27 | Eintracht Frankfurt | N/A | Two year loan with option to buy |
| 5 October 2020 | DF | Sebastiano Luperto | 24 | Crotone | N/A | One year loan |
| 5 October 2020 | FW | Adam Ounas | 23 | Cagliari | N/A | One year loan with option to buy |
| 21 January 2021 | FW | Arkadiusz Milik | 26 | Marseille | N/A | 18 month loan with obligation to buy |
| 27 January 2021 | DF | Kévin Malcuit | 29 | Fiorentina | N/A | Six month loan with option to buy |
| 1 February 2021 | FW | Adam Ounas | 24 | Crotone | N/A | Six month loan, after Cagliari loan was terminated |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 20 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 41 | +45 | 063.16 |
| Coppa Italia | 13 January 2021 | 10 February 2021 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 25 February 2021 | Group stage | Round of 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Supercoppa Italiana | 20 January 2021 | 20 January 2021 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 30 | 8 | 13 | 103 | 57 | +46 | 058.82 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Atalanta | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 90 | 47 | +43 | 78 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 77 | 38 | +39 | 78 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 41 | +45 | 77 | 0Qualification for Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 68 | 0Qualification for Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 62 | 0Qualification for Conference League play-off round |
* 1 2 Atalanta finished ahead of Juventus on head-to-head points: Juventus 1–1 Atalanta, Atalanta 1–0 Juventus.
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.

### Supercoppa Italiana
#### Background

The 2020 Supercoppa Italiana was the fourth time Napoli took part in the competition, having already participated as Serie A champions once (1990) and as Coppa Italia winners twice (2012 and 2014). Napoli won two of the previous three editions in which they played.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAP | RSO | AZ | RJK |
| 1 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | AZ | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Supercoppa Italiana | Supercoppa Italiana | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alex Meret | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Nikita Contini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | COL | David Ospina | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | POR | Mário Rui | 36 | 0 | 17+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maksimović | 27 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Di Lorenzo | 49 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALB | Elseid Hysaj | 29 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Kalidou Koulibaly | 37 | 1 | 25+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Faouzi Ghoulam | 17 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | KOS | Amir Rrahmani | 20 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Kostas Manolas | 33 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 35 | 3 | 20+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Tiémoué Bakayoko | 44 | 2 | 23+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MKD | Elif Elmas | 44 | 3 | 3+30 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fabián Ruiz | 42 | 4 | 29+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński | 47 | 10 | 32+4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 68 | MF | SVK | Stanislav Lobotka | 23 | 0 | 0+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NGA | Victor Osimhen | 30 | 10 | 16+8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Hirving Lozano | 43 | 15 | 23+9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Dries Mertens | 38 | 10 | 18+11 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano | 50 | 11 | 22+15 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Insigne | 48 | 19 | 33+2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ITA | Andrea Petagna | 36 | 5 | 9+17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 58 | FW | ITA | Antonio Cioffi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Kévin Malcuit | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Luperto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Amin Younes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Fernando Llorente | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Supercoppa Italiana | Total |
| 1 | 24 | FW | | Lorenzo Insigne | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Hirving Lozano | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | | Matteo Politano | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Victor Osimhen | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | | Dries Mertens | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 20 | MF | | Piotr Zieliński | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | 37 | FW | | Andrea Petagna | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Fabián Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 22 | DF | | Giovanni Di Lorenzo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | MF | | Diego Demme | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | | Elif Elmas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | MF | | Tiémoué Bakayoko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 26 | DF | | Kalidou Koulibaly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 33 | DF | | Amir Rrahmani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 86 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 103 |