# 2016–17 SSC Napoli season

The 2016–17 season was Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 71st season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League.
In the league, Napoli enjoyed an excellent campaign, finishing third but scoring a league-high 94 goals, led by Dries Mertens, converted from a winger into a centre-forward, who finished with 28 goals, only one behind capocannoniere Edin Džeko. The club was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia by eventual winners Juventus, and were knocked out of the Champions League in the round of 16 by eventual champions Real Madrid.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2017
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 | BRA | Rafael |
| 2 | DF | ALB | Elseid Hysaj |
| 3 | DF | CRO | Ivan Strinić |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Giaccherini |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Allan |
| 7 | FW | ESP | José Callejón |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Jorginho |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Christian Maggio |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Dries Mertens |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Marek Hamšík (Captain) |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Leandrinho |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maksimović |
| 20 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Vlad Chiricheș |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Luigi Sepe |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Alessio Zerbin |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Pepe Reina |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Kalidou Koulibaly |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Marko Rog |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Faouzi Ghoulam |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol |
| 42 | MF | GUI | Amadou Diawara |
| 62 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli |
| 99 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 23 May 2016 | DF | Lorenzo Tonelli | 26 | Empoli | €10M |
| 16 July 2016 | MF | Emanuele Giaccherini | 31 | Sunderland | €1.5M + bonuses |
| 1 August 2016 | FW | Arkadiusz Milik | 22 | Ajax | €35M |
| 4 August 2016 | MF | Piotr Zieliński | 22 | Udinese | €16M |
| 28 August 2016 | MF | Amadou Diawara | 19 | Bologna | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2016 | MF | Marko Rog | 21 | Dinamo Zagreb | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2017 | FW | Leonardo Pavoletti | 28 | Genoa | €18M |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Nikola Maksimović | 24 | Torino | €5M + Mirko Valdifiori | Loan with an obligation to buy for €20M | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 25 July 2016 | GK | Mariano Andújar | 32 | Estudiantes | Undisclosed | |
| 26 July 2016 | FW | Gonzalo Higuaín | 28 | Juventus | €90M | Paid in two installments. Third highest football transfer of all-time and highest ever transfer for an Italian club. |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | David López | 26 | Espanyol | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Mirko Valdifiori | 30 | Torino | Undisclosed | |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Omar El Kaddouri | 26 | Empoli | Undisclosed | |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Manolo Gabbiadini | 25 | Southampton | €17M + €3M in bonuses | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Jonathan de Guzmán | 28 | Chievo | Loan | Loan with an option to buy | |
| 30 August 2016 | MF | Alberto Grassi | 21 | Atalanta | Loan | | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 21 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 10 January 2017 | 5 April 2017 |
| Champions League | Group stage | Round of 16 | 13 September 2016 | 7 March 2017 |

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 77 | 27 | +50 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 90 | 38 | +52 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Napoli | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 94 | 39 | +55 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Atalanta | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 72 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2017. 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAP | BEN | BES | DKV |
| 1 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 6–0 | — |

#### 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 | BRA | Rafael | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Luigi Sepe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Pepe Reina | 48 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALB | Elseid Hysaj | 45 | 0 | 34+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CRO | Ivan Strinić | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Christian Maggio | 11 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maksimović | 12 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Vlad Chiricheș | 16 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Kalidou Koulibaly | 38 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Faouzi Ghoulam | 38 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol | 35 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Giaccherini | 19 | 2 | 1+15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Allan | 38 | 1 | 19+9 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Jorginho | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Marek Hamšík | 49 | 15 | 37+1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński | 47 | 6 | 18+18 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Marko Rog | 18 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | GUI | Amadou Diawara | 28 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | José Callejón | 49 | 17 | 37 | 14 | 3+1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Dries Mertens | 46 | 34 | 28+7 | 28 | 0+3 | 1 | 6+2 | 5 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Insigne | 49 | 20 | 35+2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti | 9 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik | 23 | 8 | 4+13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 3 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Mirko Valdifiori | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Manolo Gabbiadini | 19 | 5 | 7+6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | MAR | Omar El Kaddouri | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 14 | FW | | Dries Mertens | 28 | 1 | 5 | 34 |
| 2 | 24 | FW | | Lorenzo Insigne | 18 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | José Callejón | 14 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | | Marek Hamšík | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | 99 | FW | | Arkadiusz Milik | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | | Piotr Zieliński | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 23 | FW | | Manolo Gabbiadini | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | MF | | Emanuele Giaccherini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 21 | DF | | Vlad Chiricheș | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 26 | DF | | Kalidou Koulibaly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 62 | DF | | Lorenzo Tonelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | MF | | Allan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 19 | DF | | Nikola Maksimović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 94 | 8 | 13 | 115 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 25 | GK | | Pepe Reina | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Rafael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Luigi Sepe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | | Pepe Reina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Elseid Hysaj | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Ivan Strinić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | | Christian Maggio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Nikola Maksimović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Vlad Chiricheș | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Kalidou Koulibaly | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Faouzi Ghoulam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Raúl Albiol | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | | Lorenzo Tonelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Emanuele Giaccherini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Allan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Jorginho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Marek Hamšík | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Piotr Zieliński | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Marko Rog | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | | Amadou Diawara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Omar El Kaddouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | José Callejón | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | Dries Mertens | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Manolo Gabbiadini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | | Lorenzo Insigne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Leonardo Pavoletti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Arkadiusz Milik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 58 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 2 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017