# 2022–23 SSC Napoli season

The 2022–23 season was the 77th season in the history of SSC Napoli and their 16th consecutive season in the Italian top flight. The club participated in the Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League.
Napoli secured a third Serie A title with five matches to spare, marking a first top league title since the 1989–90 season. The club also reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time in history.
The season was the first since 2009–10 without Lorenzo Insigne, who departed to Toronto FC, and the first since 2012–13 without Dries Mertens, who departed to Galatasaray.

## Players

    As of 25 January 2023
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 | Alex Meret (5th captain) |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Kim Min-jae |
| 4 | MF | GER | Diego Demme |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Juan Jesus |
| 6 | DF | POR | Mário Rui (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | MKD | Eljif Elmas (4th captain) |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Victor Osimhen |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Hirving Lozano |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Davide Marfella |
| 13 | DF | KOS | Amir Rrahmani |
| 16 | GK | POL | Hubert Idasiak |
| 17 | DF | URU | Mathías Olivera |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone (on loan from Hellas Verona) |
| 19 | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński (3rd captain) |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Di Lorenzo (captain) |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Alessio Zerbin |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Karim Zedadka |
| 55 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård |
| 68 | MF | SVK | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 70 | MF | ITA | Gianluca Gaetano |
| 77 | FW | GEO | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
| 81 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Raspadori (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 91 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Ndombele (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 95 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Gollini (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 99 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Mathías Olivera | Getafe | €11M | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa | Fulham | €15M | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Dinamo Batumi | €10M | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Leo Skiri Østigård | Brighton & Hove Albion | €5M | 18 July 2022 |
| DF | Kim Min-jae | Fenerbahçe | €18M | 27 July 2022 |
| GK | Salvatore Sirigu | Genoa | Free | 11 August 2022 |
| FW | Giovanni Simeone | Hellas Verona | Loan | 18 August 2022 |
| MF | Tanguy Ndombele | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | 19 August 2022 |
| FW | Giacomo Raspadori | Sassuolo | Loan | 20 August 2022 |
| DF | Bartosz Bereszyński | Sampdoria | Loan | 7 January 2023 |
| GK | Pierluigi Gollini | Atalanta | Loan | 25 January 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Lorenzo Insigne | Toronto FC | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Arkadiusz Milik | Marseille | €8M | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Faouzi Ghoulam | Unattached | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Dries Mertens | Galatasaray | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| GK | David Ospina | Al Nassr | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Kalidou Koulibaly | Chelsea | €38M | 16 July 2022 |
| FW | Andrea Petagna | Monza | Loan | 12 August 2022 |
| MF | Fabián Ruiz | Paris Saint-Germain | €25M | 30 August 2022 |
| MF | Adam Ounas | Lille | Undisclosed | 1 September 2022 |
| DF | Alessandro Zanoli | Sampdoria | Loan | 7 January 2023 |
| GK | Salvatore Sirigu | Fiorentina | Free | 25 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 15 August 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 77 | 28 | +49 | 073.68 |
| Coppa Italia | 17 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 7 September 2022 | 18 April 2023 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 070.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 105 | 38 | +67 | 071.43 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Napoli (C) | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 77 | 28 | +49 | 90 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lazio | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Inter Milan | 38 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 71 | 42 | +29 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Milan | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Atalanta | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2022–23 Coppa Italia, Inter Milan, 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAP | LIV | AJX | RAN |
| 1 | Napoli | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–6 | 0–3 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Rangers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 | | 0–3 | 1–7 | 1–3 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Napoli +1, Liverpool −1.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The round of 16 draw was held on 7 November 2022.

##### Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals draw was held on 17 March 2023.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 4 June 2023
| 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 | ITA | Alex Meret | 45 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Davide Marfella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | POL | Hubert Idasiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Gollini | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KOR | Kim Min-jae | 45 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Juan Jesus | 19 | 2 | 10+5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Mário Rui | 28 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KOS | Amir Rrahmani | 36 | 2 | 27+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | URU | Mathías Olivera | 39 | 2 | 17+13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Di Lorenzo | 47 | 5 | 36+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 55 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård | 11 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MKD | Eljif Elmas | 47 | 6 | 14+22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński | 48 | 7 | 27+10 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 8+2 | 4 |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Karim Zedadka | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | MF | SVK | Stanislav Lobotka | 49 | 1 | 34+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | ITA | Gianluca Gaetano | 12 | 1 | 0+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Ndombele | 40 | 2 | 8+22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+6 | 1 |
| 99 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa | 45 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NGA | Victor Osimhen | 39 | 31 | 30+2 | 26 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Hirving Lozano | 41 | 4 | 20+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4+5 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone | 33 | 9 | 1+24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2+5 | 4 |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano | 37 | 4 | 14+13 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+3 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Alessio Zerbin | 14 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | GEO | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | 43 | 14 | 30+4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 81 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Raspadori | 33 | 6 | 10+15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+4 | 4 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 30 | GK | ITA | Salvatore Sirigu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ALG | Adam Ounas | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Zanoli | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
Source: Competitions