# 2018–19 SSC Napoli season

The 2018–19 season was Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 73rd season in Serie A. The team has competed in Serie A, and has competed in the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League.
Carlo Ancelotti replaced Maurizio Sarri at the helm after three seasons.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 25 May 2019
    Appearances include league matches only
| 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 (aged 22) | Udinese | 2018 | 2023 | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | David Ospina | GK | (1988-08-31)31 August 1988 (aged 30) | Arsenal | 2018 | 2019 | 17 | 0 |
| 27 | Orestis Karnezis | GK | (1985-07-11)11 July 1985 (aged 33) | Udinese | 2018 | 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Kévin Malcuit | RB / RM / RW | (1991-07-31)31 July 1991 (aged 27) | Lille | 2018 | 2022 | 24 | 0 |
| 6 | Mário Rui | LB | (1991-05-27)27 May 1991 (aged 28) | Roma | 2017 | 2022 | 45 | 3 |
| 13 | Sebastiano Luperto | CB / LB | (1996-09-06)6 September 1996 (aged 22) | Youth Sector | 2015 | | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | Nikola Maksimović | CB | (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 (aged 27) | Torino | 2016 | 2021 | 27 | 1 |
| 21 | Vlad Chiricheș | CB | (1989-11-14)14 November 1989 (aged 29) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2015 | 2022 | 31 | 3 |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj | RB | (1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (aged 25) | Empoli | 2015 | 2021 | 134 | 0 |
| 26 | Kalidou Koulibaly | CB | (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 28) | Genk | 2014 | 2023 | 158 | 10 |
| 31 | Faouzi Ghoulam | LB | (1991-02-01)1 February 1991 (aged 28) | Saint-Étienne | 2014 | 2022 | 126 | 3 |
| 33 | Raúl Albiol | CB | (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 33) | Real Madrid | 2013 | 2021 | 178 | 6 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Allan | CM | (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 28) | Udinese | 2015 | 2023 | 130 | 8 |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz | CM | (1996-04-03)3 April 1996 (aged 23) | Real Betis | 2018 | 2023 | 27 | 5 |
| 20 | Piotr Zieliński | CM / RW / LW | (1994-05-20)20 May 1994 (aged 25) | Udinese | 2016 | 2021 | 108 | 15 |
| 42 | Amadou Diawara | DM | (1997-07-17)17 July 1997 (aged 21) | Bologna | 2016 | 2021 | 49 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | José Callejón | RW | (1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 32) | Real Madrid | 2013 | 2020 | 222 | 60 |
| 9 | Simone Verdi | AM / LW / RW | (1992-07-12)12 July 1992 (aged 26) | Bologna | 2018 | 2023 | 22 | 3 |
| 11 | Adam Ounas | RW | (1996-11-11)11 November 1996 (aged 22) | Bordeaux | 2017 | 2022 | 25 | 3 |
| 14 | Dries Mertens | CF / ST / LW | (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 (aged 32) | PSV Eindhoven | 2013 | 2020 | 205 | 84 |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne | LW | (1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 28) | Youth Sector | 2009 | 2022 | 233 | 58 |
| 34 | Amin Younes | AM / LW / RW | (1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 25) | Ajax | 2018 | 2023 | 12 | 3 |
| 99 | Arkadiusz Milik | CF / ST | (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 25) | Ajax | 2016 | 2021 | 64 | 27 |
| Players transferred during the season ||||||||||
| 17 | Marek Hamšík | CM | (1987-07-27)27 July 1987 (aged 31) | Brescia | 2007 | 2020 | 408 | 100 |
| 30 | Marko Rog | CM | (1995-07-19)19 July 1995 (aged 23) | Dinamo Zagreb | 2016 | 2021 | 52 | 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 11 June 2018 | FW | Simone Verdi | 25 | Bologna | €25M | |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Alberto Grassi | 23 | SPAL | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Roberto Inglese | 26 | Chievo | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Roberto Insigne | 24 | Parma | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Sebastiano Luperto | 21 | Empoli | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Nikola Maksimović | 26 | Spartak Moscow | Free | Loan return |
| 2 July 2018 | MF | Amato Ciciretti | 24 | Benevento | Free | |
| 5 July 2018 | GK | Alex Meret | 21 | Udinese | Undisclosed | |
| 5 July 2018 | GK | Orestis Karnezis | 32 | Udinese | Undisclosed | |
| 5 July 2018 | MF | Fabián Ruiz | 22 | Real Betis | €30M | |
| 8 August 2018 | DF | Kévin Malcuit | 27 | Lille | Undisclosed | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 17 August 2018 | GK | David Ospina | 29 | Arsenal | Loan | | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Rafael | 28 | Sampdoria | Free | End of contract |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Duván Zapata | 27 | Sampdoria | €17M | Obligation to buy exercised |
| 2 July 2018 | GK | Pepe Reina | 35 | Milan | Free | |
| 4 July 2018 | MF | Emanuele Giaccherini | 33 | Chievo | Undisclosed | Option to buy exercised |
| 14 July 2018 | MF | Jorginho | 26 | Chelsea | €60M | |
| 14 February 2019 | MF | Marek Hamšík | 31 | Dalian Yifang | €13M | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 9 July 2018 | GK | Luigi Sepe | 27 | Parma | Loan | Loan with an option to buy and counter-option |
| 10 July 2018 | FW | Leandrinho | 19 | Atlético Mineiro | Loan | |
| 26 July 2018 | MF | Amato Ciciretti | 24 | Parma | Loan | |
| 14 August 2018 | MF | Alberto Grassi | 23 | Parma | Loan | |
| 14 August 2018 | FW | Roberto Inglese | 26 | Parma | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 17 August 2018 | DF | Lorenzo Tonelli | 28 | Sampdoria | €500k | Loan with an option to buy |
| 29 January 2019 | MF | Marko Rog | 23 | Sevilla | Loan | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 30 | +40 | 90 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Atalanta | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 77 | 46 | +31 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Inter Milan | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Milan | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 68 | |
* 1 2 Atalanta finished ahead of Internazionale on head-to-head points: Atalanta 4–1 Internazionale, Internazionale 0–0 Atalanta.
* ↑ Milan were excluded from UEFA competitions over financial fair play violation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2019. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | LIV | NAP | RSB |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Napoli | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 4 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — |
* 1 2 Goals in all group matches: Liverpool 9, Napoli 7.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alex Meret | 21 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | COL | David Ospina | 24 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Kévin Malcuit | 27 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Mário Rui | 28 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Luperto | 15 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maksimović | 27 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Vlad Chiricheș | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALB | Elseid Hysaj | 35 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Kalidou Koulibaly | 48 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Faouzi Ghoulam | 21 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol | 26 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | BRA | Allan | 47 | 1 | 28+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fabián Ruiz | 40 | 7 | 20+7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Gianluca Gaetano | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński | 49 | 7 | 33+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 42 | MF | GUI | Amadou Diawara | 19 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | José Callejón | 47 | 4 | 29+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Simone Verdi | 24 | 4 | 9+13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Adam Ounas | 26 | 4 | 6+12 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Dries Mertens | 47 | 19 | 23+12 | 16 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Insigne | 41 | 14 | 24+4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | GER | Amin Younes | 16 | 3 | 6+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik | 47 | 20 | 27+8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | SVK | Marek Hamšík | 19 | 1 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Marko Rog | 11 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 99 | FW | | Arkadiusz Milik | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | 14 | FW | | Dries Mertens | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | 24 | FW | | Lorenzo Insigne | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Fabián Ruiz | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 20 | MF | | Piotr Zieliński | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | José Callejón | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Simone Verdi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | | Adam Ounas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 34 | FW | | Amin Younes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 26 | DF | | Kalidou Koulibaly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | MF | | Allan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | DF | | Mário Rui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | MF | | Marek Hamšík | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 30 | MF | | Marko Rog | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 31 | DF | | Faouzi Ghoulam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 33 | DF | | Raúl Albiol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 74 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 92 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Alex Meret | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 25 | GK | | David Ospina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 27 | GK | | Orestis Karnezis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
Last updated: 14 March 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Alex Meret | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | | David Ospina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Kévin Malcuit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Mário Rui | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Nikola Maksimović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Vlad Chiricheș | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Elseid Hysaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Kalidou Koulibaly | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | | Faouzi Ghoulam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Raúl Albiol | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Allan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Fabián Ruiz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Marek Hamšík | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Piotr Zieliński | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Marko Rog | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | | Amadou Diawara | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | José Callejón | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Simone Verdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Adam Ounas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Dries Mertens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Lorenzo Insigne | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | | Arkadiusz Milik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 51 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 3 |
Last updated: 14 March 2019