# 2014–15 SSC Napoli season

The 2014–15 season was Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 69th season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, and the Supercoppa Italiana.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 September 2014
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 |
| 3 | DF | CRO | Ivan Strinić |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Henrique |
| 5 | DF | URU | Miguel Britos |
| 6 | MF | NED | Jonathan de Guzmán |
| 7 | FW | ESP | José Callejón |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Jorginho |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Gonzalo Higuaín |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Christian Maggio (1st vice-captain) |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Dries Mertens |
| 15 | GK | ITA | Roberto Colombo |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Giandomenico Mesto |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Marek Hamšík (captain) |
| 18 | DF | COL | Juan Zúñiga (2nd vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | ESP | David López |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Michu (on loan from Swansea City) |
| 22 | MF | CRO | Josip Radošević |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Manolo Gabbiadini |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Kalidou Koulibaly |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Faouzi Ghoulam |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol |
| 45 | GK | ARG | Mariano Andújar |
| 77 | MF | URU | Walter Gargano |
| 83 | GK | ITA | Antonio Rosati |
| 88 | MF | SUI | Gökhan Inler (3rd vice-captain) |
| 91 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 26 | DF | Kalidou Koulibaly | 23 | EU | Genk | Full Ownership | Summer | 2019 | €7M | S.S.C. Napoli |
| 21 | FW | Michu | 28 | EU | Swansea City | Loan | Summer | 2015 | €1.7M | S.S.C. Napoli |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan de Guzmán | 27 | EU | Villarreal | Full Ownership | Summer | 2018 | €6M | S.S.C. Napoli |
| 19 | MF | David López | 25 | EU | Espanyol | Full Ownership | Summer | 2019 | €5.3M | S.S.C. Napoli |
| 23 | FW | Manolo Gabbiadini | 23 | EU | Sampdoria | Full Ownership | Summer | 2019 | €13M | S.S.C. Napoil |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 85 | MF | Valon Behrami | 29 | EU | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | €3,500,000 | S.S.C. Napoli |
| 99 | FW | Eduardo Vargas | 24 | EU | Queens Park Rangers | Loan | Summer | N/A | |
| | MF | Omar El Kaddouri | 23 | EU | Torino | Loan | Summer | N/A | |
| | DF | Alessandro Gamberini | 32 | EU | Chievo | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| | GK | Diamante Crispino | 19 | EU | Como | Released | Summer | Free | |
| | ST | Emanuele Calaiò | 32 | EU | Catania | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| 28 | DF | Paolo Cannavaro | 33 | EU | Sassuolo | Transfer | Summer | €0.01 million | |
| 12 | FW | Nicolao Dumitru | 22 | EU | Veria | Loan | Summer | N/A | |
| | MF | Giuseppe Fornito | 19 | EU | Cosenza | Loan | Summer | N/A | |
| | DF | Daniele Celiento | 20 | EU | Pistoiese | Loan | Summer | N/A | |
| | GK | Luigi Sepe | 23 | EU | Empoli | Loan | Summer | N/A | |
| 27 | DF | Pablo Armero | 27 | Non-EU | Udinese | Ownership Resolved | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| | DF | Giuseppe Nicolao | 20 | EU | Alessandria | Loan | Summer | N/A | |
| | GK | Emanuele Allegra | 20 | EU | Pontedera | Loan | Summer | N/A | |
| | MF | Jacopo Dezi | 22 | EU | Crotone | Co-Ownership | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| | DF | Daniele Donnarumma | 22 | EU | Messina | Released | Summer | N/A | |
| 2 | DF | Anthony Réveillère | 34 | EU | | Released | Summer | Free | |
| 80 | GK | Toni Doblas | 34 | EU | | Released | Summer | Free | |
| 13 | MF | Davide Bariti | 23 | EU | | Released | Summer | Free | |
Last updated: 29 August 2014 EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Napoli | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Genoa | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 59 | |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2014–15 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 originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.
* ↑ Genoa failed to obtain a UEFA license from Italian Football Federation. Therefore, they were barred to participate in European competitions. Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2015. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAP | YB | SPA | SLO |
| 1 | Napoli | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Supercoppa Italiana | Supercoppa Italiana | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europe | Europe |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA | Rafael | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | ITA | Roberto Colombo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | ARG | Mariano Andújar | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | GK | ITA | Antonio Rosati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CRO | Ivan Strinić | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Henrique | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | URU | Miguel Britos | 21 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Christian Maggio | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Giandomenico Mesto | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | COL | Juan Zúñiga | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Kalidou Koulibaly | 30 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Faouzi Ghoulam | 23 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Raúl Albiol | 38 | 0 | 34+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Luperto | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NED | Jonathan de Guzmán | 24 | 3 | 12+11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Jorginho | 26 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Marek Hamšík | 38 | 8 | 28+7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | David López | 33 | 1 | 29+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Blerim Džemaili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CRO | Josip Radošević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | URU | Walter Gargano | 27 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | SUI | Gökhan Inler | 20 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | José Callejón | 41 | 11 | 33+5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Gonzalo Higuaín | 40 | 20 | 31+6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Dries Mertens | 34 | 6 | 17+14 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Michu | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Manolo Gabbiadini | 20 | 8 | 8+12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Insigne | 22 | 2 | 13+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata | 22 | 6 | 6+15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 31 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Supercoppa | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Gonzalo Higuaín | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 29 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Marek Hamšík | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | José Callejón | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | 23 | FW | | Manolo Gabbiadini | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | 14 | FW | | Dries Mertens | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 91 | FW | | Duván Zapata | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | | Jonathan de Guzmán | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | | David López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 24 | FW | | Lorenzo Insigne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | DF | | Henrique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Miguel Britos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 8 | MF | | Jorginho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 26 | DF | | Kalidou Koulibaly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 88 | MF | | Gökhan Inler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 70 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 104 |
Last updated: 31 May 2015