Newsgroup: it.sport.calcio.napoli
Titolo: Back where they belong





Non mi sembra sia stato segnalato ma sul Mattino di 
oggi c'era il riferimento ad un bell'articolo apparso ieri sul sito ufficiale 
della FIFA che ripercorre brevemente la storia del Napoli dalla fondazione fino 
ai giorni nostri.


 


Sembra che la FIFA ci abbia preso in simpatia e con 
quello che va dicendo in giro il nostro Presidente su campionati europei e 
quant'altro, scusate se è poco! :)


http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=538662.html


 


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Napoli: Back where they belong


(FIFA.com) Friday 22 June 2007


 






On the world footballing stage, few clubs can have as 
strong an attachment to their home town as Napoli. Like Juventus, they have 
supporters dotted all around the world, particularly in the Mediterranean 
countries, to which many Italians have emigrated. 
Unfortunately, Napoli 
do not have a trophy cabinet to match the aspirations of their legions of fans. 
The Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli has only ever won the 
Scudetto
 on 
two occasions, to go with their four runner-up spots and six third-placed 
finishes in 64 seasons in Serie A. Regardless, there are few Italian clubs who 
relish a visit to the club's Stadio San Paolo de Fuorigrotta, in the shadow of 
volcanic Mount Vesuvius. 
SSC Napoli were officially founded on 1 August 
1926, but for many years were unable to compete with the big clubs from the 
north of Italy due to a lack of finances. The club began to rise in the 1960s, 
when the likes of Omar Sivori, Jose Altafini and Dino Zoff took them as high as 
second in the league. Big money signings soon followed, with Angelo Sormani and 
Bologna centre-forward Beppe Savoldi joining the club.


Maradona - the one and only 
The 
"miracle" which Neapolitans had been waiting for for so long finally happened on 
5 July 1984, when a certain Argentinian by the name of Diego Armando Maradona 
signed for the club. The legendary No10 fell in love with the city, and the 
feeling was mutual. For the next few years, Napoli lived and breathed Maradona, 
who brought them their first, and to date only two league titles, a Coppa Italia 
and a UEFA cup triumph, all in seven seasons which have gone down in the annals 
of the club. 
When Maradona left in 1991, the club went into a slow 
decline, despite having such stars as Gianfranco Zola, Ciro Ferrara, Fabio 
Cannavaro and Laurent Blanc on their books. 1998 was perhaps the club's nadir, 
when they went through four coaches and three directors of football in one 
season before being relegated to Serie B after 32 seasons in the top flight. The 
club was then declared bankrupt by the civil court in September 2004 and 
stripped of its name and trophy cabinet. Thereafter, Napoli were relegated to 
Serie C1 (the third division) before being bought for 33 million euros by film 
director Aurelio De Laurentiis.


The club took on a new name - Napoli Soccer - and won 
promotion to Serie B two seasons later. On 23 May 2006, De Laurentiis was 
finally able to buy back the trophies and titles and the club were allowed to 
re-assume the name of Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli. Having taken care of the 
past, club officials then turned their attentions to the future. New players 
were signed with the aim of making it back to where they belonged - Serie A. 

Start from scratch 
Napoli decided to go for a 
balanced team rather than investing in star names. Players such as Paolo 
Cannavaro, younger brother of Fabio, experienced midfielder Samuele De La Bona 
and strikers Roberto De Zerbi and Christian Bucchi, who finished as Serie B top 
scorer, joined the club, who fought tooth and nail with Genoa and ended up 
second behind Juventus. 
Edoardo "Edy" Reja, who had taken over the 
coaching reins in 2004, was the architect of this success. The 62-year-old is a 
former player who has gained considerable coaching experience over the years, 
though he has never coached one of the top clubs in Serie A. There are only six 
foreign players in the 25-strong Napoli squad, and many of those are not regular 
first-teamers, so Reja knows that he will have to strengthen the ranks 
considerably over the coming weeks if his club are to avoid returning to the 
second division. 
But this is not the time for negative talk. Napoli are 
celebrating, with the whole town, like President De Laurentiis, breathing a huge 
sigh of relief after their goalless draw with Genoa confirmed their top flight 
berth for next season. "The dark days are over now. Getting a result like this 
isn't easy, especially for a new club. Don't forget that we had to start from 
scratch three years ago." 
De Laurentiis intends to keep his feet on the 
ground, but that may be tricky in a town where everyone is talking about the 
football club - even Sophia Loren. The 72-year-old actress went public with her 
support for the team with a few matches remaining. "I hope that Napoli win their 
remaining games," she said, before promising: "If they go up, I'll do a 
strip-tease."



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Non mi sembra sia stato segnalato ma sul Mattino di oggi c'era il riferimento ad un bell'articolo apparso ieri sul sito ufficiale della FIFA che ripercorre brevemente la storia del Napoli dalla fondazione fino ai giorni nostri.


 


Sembra che la FIFA ci abbia preso in simpatia e con quello che va dicendo in giro il nostro Presidente su campionati europei e quant'altro, scusate se è poco! :)


http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=538662.html
 
<http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=538662.html>
 

 


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Napoli: Back where they belong


(FIFA.com) Friday 22 June 2007

 

On the world footballing stage, few clubs can have as strong an attachment to their home town as Napoli. Like Juventus, they have supporters dotted all around the world, particularly in the Mediterranean countries, to which many Italians have emigrated. 



Unfortunately, Napoli do not have a trophy cabinet to match the aspirations of their legions of fans. 









Si stanno cacando sotto, il calcio non tira più come una volta – secondo le statistiche, è la palestra lo sport più ambito dai giovani.


Napoli è l’unico stadio che registra il tutto esaurito e più abbonamenti Sky più di ogni squadra d’Italia, quindi veicolo ottimo testimonial d’immagine in ripresa per tale sport





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Tu non sai, che questi studi sono iniziati una ventina d'anni fa, manco a

farla apposta, avevo il mio Art Shop ai bordi del muro NATO ed un

bernoccolo microccippato, perchè volevano conoscere come mai fossi tanto

genio e loro no.







 Samuele De La Bona
ahaha!

> Samuele De La Bona
...questi fenomeni di nepotismo!!! :)
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and thank him for every day you pass
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