page_title: Campania
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Campania / Culture / Sports
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Palco della premiazione del trofeo Birra Moretti allo Stadio S. Paolo di Napoli
context_page_description: Campania is an administrative region of Italy. Located on the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, with the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west, it includes the small Phlegraean Islands and Capri for administration as part of the region. As of 2018, the region has a population of around 5,820,000 people, making it the third-most-populous region in the country; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in Italy. Campania is the most productive region in southern Italy by GDP, with Naples' urban area being the 7th-most populous in the European Union. The region is home to 10 of the 55 UNESCO sites in Italy, like Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Amalfi Coast and the Historic Centre of Naples. Moreover, Mount Vesuvius is part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
  Coastal areas in the region were colonised by the Ancient Greeks between the 8th and 7th centuries BC, becoming part of the so-called Magna Græcia. The leading city of Campania at this time was Capua, with Naples being a Greek-speaking anomaly.
context_section_description: Campania is home to several national football, water polo, volleyball, basketball and tennis clubs.
  The fencing school in Naples is the oldest in the country and the only school in Italy in which a swordsman can acquire the title "master of swords", which allows him or her to teach the art of fencing.
  The "Circolo Savoia" and "Canottieri Napoli" sailing clubs are among the oldest in Italy and are known for their regattas. These are also home of the main water polo teams in the city. Many sailors from Naples and Campania participate as crew in the America's Cup sailing competition.
  Rowers Giuseppe Abbagnale and Carmine Abbagnale were born in Castellammare di Stabia: they were four times rowing world champions and Olympic gold medalists.
  The football teams in Campania include:
  S.S.C. Napoli playing in Serie A, and the only team in the south of Italy to have won the Serie A title
  Benevento Calcio playing in Serie B
  U.S. Avellino 1912 playing in Serie B
  U.S. Salernitana 1919 playing in Serie B
  Casertana F.C. playing in Serie C
  S.S. Juve Stabia playing in Serie C
  Paganese Calcio 1926 playing in Serie C
caption: The Stadio San Paolo is the home ground of SSC Napoli of Serie A
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