2015–16 SSC Napoli season

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Napoli
2015–16 season
PresidentAurelio De Laurentiis
ManagerMaurizio Sarri
StadiumStadio San Paolo
Serie A2nd
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gonzalo Higuaín (36)

All:
Gonzalo Higuaín (38)
Highest home attendance56,452 vs Frosinone
(15 May 2016, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance7,221 vs Hellas Verona
(16 December 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance38,760[1]

The 2015–16 season was Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 70th season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Europa League. In Serie A Napoli enjoyed an immense season, finishing in 2nd place and having been in 1st place for much of the mid-season period. Star striker Gonzalo Higuaín became the player with the most goals in a single season in all of Serie A history, with 36 goals, overtaking Gunnar Nordahl's long-standing record of 35. Napoli were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia by Inter. In the UEFA Europa League, Napoli finished with a perfect 6–0–0 record in the group stage, scoring 22 goals in the process. However, this form did not continue into the knockout phase, where they were eliminated in the round of 32, 2–1 on aggregate by Spanish side and eventual semi-finalists Villarreal. On 25 May 2015 coach Rafael Benítez was signed by Real Madrid to replace Carlo Ancelotti. Former Empoli manager Maurizio Sarri replaced Benítez on 12 June.[2]

Players

Squad information

As of 2 February 2016[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Rafael
2 DF Albania ALB Elseid Hysaj
3 DF Croatia CRO Ivan Strinić
5 MF Brazil BRA Allan
6 MF Italy ITA Mirko Valdifiori
7 FW Spain ESP José Callejón
8 MF Italy ITA Jorginho
9 FW Argentina ARG Gonzalo Higuaín
11 DF Italy ITA Christian Maggio (vice-captain)
14 FW Belgium BEL Dries Mertens
17 MF Slovakia SVK Marek Hamšík (captain)
18 DF Italy ITA Vasco Regini
19 MF Spain ESP David López
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Italy ITA Jacopo Dezi
21 DF Romania ROU Vlad Chiricheș
22 GK Brazil BRA Gabriel (on loan from Milan)
23 FW Italy ITA Manolo Gabbiadini
24 FW Italy ITA Lorenzo Insigne
25 GK Spain ESP Pepe Reina
26 DF Senegal SEN Kalidou Koulibaly
31 DF Algeria ALG Faouzi Ghoulam
33 DF Spain ESP Raúl Albiol
77 MF Morocco MAR Omar El Kaddouri
94 MF England ENG Nathaniel Chalobah (on loan from Chelsea)
96 DF Italy ITA Sebastiano Luperto

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
20 June 2015 MF Italy Mirko Valdifiori 29 Italy Empoli €5.5M [4]
23 June 2015 GK Spain Pepe Reina 32 Germany Bayern Munich €2M [5]
22 July 2015 MF Brazil Allan 24 Italy Udinese €12M [6]
30 July 2015 DF Romania Vlad Chiricheș 25 England Tottenham Hotspur €6.2M [7]
3 August 2015 DF Albania Elseid Hysaj 21 Italy Empoli €5M [8]
11 August 2015 MF Italy Raffaele Maiello 24 Italy Crotone €1.5M [9]

Loans in

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
15 July 2015 GK Brazil Gabriel 22 Italy Milan Loan [10]
1 September 2015 MF England Nathaniel Chalobah 20 England Chelsea Loan [11]

Total expenditure: €32.2 million

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
3 July 2015 MF Uruguay Walter Gargano 30 Mexico Monterrey €1.4M [12]
13 July 2015 GK Italy Roberto Colombo 39 Italy Cagliari Free [13]
22 July 2015 DF Uruguay Miguel Britos 30 England Watford Free [6]
19 August 2015 MF Switzerland Gökhan Inler 31 England Leicester City €4.2M [14]
24 August 2015 FW Chile Eduardo Vargas 25 Germany Hoffenheim €5M [15]
11 January 2016 DF Brazil Henrique 29 Brazil Fluminense Undisclosed [16]

Loans out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
28 January 2016 MF Netherlands Jonathan de Guzmán 28 Italy Carpi [17]

Total revenue: €10.6 million Net income: Decrease €21.6 million

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position
Final
position
First match Last match
Serie A Matchday 1 Runners-up 23 August 2015 15 May 2016
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Quarter-finals 16 December 2015 19 January 2016
Europa League Group stage Round of 32 17 September 2015 25 February 2016

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 38 29 4 5 75 20 +55 91 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Napoli 38 25 7 6 80 32 +48 82
3 Roma 38 23 11 4 83 41 +42 80 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Internazionale 38 20 7 11 50 38 +12 67 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Fiorentina 38 18 10 10 60 42 +18 64
Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[18]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 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 fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 25 7 6 80 32  +48 82 16 3 0 49 12  +37 9 4 6 31 20  +11

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLDDWDWWWWWDWWWLDWWWWWWWWLDDWWWLWLWLWWW
Position14141411121064224421333311111122222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

28 October 2015 10 Napoli 2–0 Palermo Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Higuaín File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'
Mertens File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 27,580
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
1 November 2015 11 Genoa 0–0 Napoli Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Izzo Yellow card 36'
Ntcham Yellow card 82'
Costa Yellow card 90+1'
Report Gabbiadini Yellow card 85'
López Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 26,292
Referee: Daniele Doveri
7 February 2016 24 Napoli 1–0 Carpi Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Albiol Yellow card 44'
Higuaín File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (pen.)
Report Crimi Yellow card 35'
Bianco Yellow card 45+2' Yellow-red card 56'
Poli Yellow card 51'
Martinho Yellow card 54'
Romagnoli Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 37,274
Referee: Daniele Doveri
2 May 2016 36 Napoli 2–1 Atalanta Naples
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Higuaín File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 77' Report Masiello Yellow card 62'
Djimsiti Yellow card 68'
Albiol File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 24,514
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
8 May 2016 37 Torino 1–2 Napoli Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vives Yellow card 39' Yellow-red card 90+2'
Bovo Yellow card 60'
Jansson Yellow card 63'
Peres File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'
Benassi Yellow card 82'
Report Albiol Yellow card 3'
Higuaín File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'
Callejón File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 23,095
Referee: Antonio Damato
Note: On 24 April Torino announced that the Stadio Olimpico di Torino would be renamed the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, in honour of the Grande Torino team of the 1940s.
14 May 2016 38 Napoli 4–0 Frosinone Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Jorginho Yellow card 33'
Hamšík File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'
Higuaín File:Soccerball shade.svg 52', 62', 71'
Report Gori Red card 13'
Crivello Yellow card 14'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 56,452
Referee: Domenico Celi

Coppa Italia

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP MID BRU LEG
1 Italy Napoli 6 6 0 0 22 3 +19 18 Advance to knockout phase 5–0 5–0 5–2
2 Denmark Midtjylland 6 2 1 3 6 12 −6 7 1–4 1–1 1–0
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5 0–1 1–3 1–0
4 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 0–2 1–0 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
26 November 2015 5 Club Brugge Belgium 0–1 Italy Napoli Bruges, Belgium
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Izquierdo Yellow card 23'
Denswil Yellow card 66'
Report López Yellow card 37'
Maggio Yellow card 38'
Chiricheș File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors due to the security situation in Belgium in the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks.

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Brazil BRA Rafael 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Brazil BRA Gabriel 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
25 GK Spain ESP Pepe Reina 44 0 37 0 2 0 5 0
Defenders
2 DF Albania ALB Elseid Hysaj 43 0 37 0 1 0 3+2 0
3 DF Croatia CRO Ivan Strinić 13 0 3+2 0 2 0 5+1 0
11 DF Italy ITA Christian Maggio 15 1 4+4 0 1 0 5+1 1
18 DF Italy ITA Vasco Regini 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Romania ROU Vlad Chiricheș 17 2 8 1 2 0 7 1
26 DF Senegal SEN Kalidou Koulibaly 42 0 32+1 0 2 0 7 0
31 DF Algeria ALG Faouzi Ghoulam 38 0 32+2 0 0 0 3+1 0
33 DF Spain ESP Raúl Albiol 39 1 36 1 0 0 2+1 0
96 DF Italy ITA Sebastiano Luperto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Midfielders
5 MF Brazil BRA Allan 43 3 32+3 3 2 0 2+4 0
6 MF Italy ITA Mirko Valdifiori 15 0 6 0 2 0 7 0
8 MF Italy ITA Jorginho 38 0 32+3 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
17 MF Slovakia SVK Marek Hamšík 46 8 38 6 0+2 0 5+1 2
19 MF Spain ESP David López 35 1 6+19 1 2 0 8 0
20 MF Italy ITA Jacopo Dezi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 MF Morocco MAR Omar El Kaddouri 26 3 0+20 1 1 1 4+1 1
88 MF Italy ITA Alberto Grassi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 MF England ENG Nathaniel Chalobah 9 1 0+5 0 0+1 0 2+1 1
Forwards
7 FW Spain ESP José Callejón 47 13 35+3 7 1+1 1 5+2 5
9 FW Argentina ARG Gonzalo Higuaín 42 38 35 36 1+1 0 2+3 2
14 FW Belgium BEL Dries Mertens 40 11 6+27 5 2 1 5 5
23 FW Italy ITA Manolo Gabbiadini 30 9 4+19 5 1 0 4+2 4
24 FW Italy ITA Lorenzo Insigne 42 13 34+3 12 0 0 3+2 1
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 9 FW Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín 36 0 2 38
2 7 FW Spain José Callejón 7 1 5 13
24 FW Italy Lorenzo Insigne 12 0 1 13
4 14 FW Belgium Dries Mertens 5 1 5 11
5 23 FW Italy Manolo Gabbiadini 5 0 4 9
6 17 MF Slovakia Marek Hamšík 6 0 2 8
7 5 MF Brazil Allan 3 0 0 3
77 MF Morocco Omar El Kaddouri 1 1 1 3
9 21 DF Romania Vlad Chiricheș 1 0 1 2
10 11 DF Italy Christian Maggio 0 0 1 1
19 MF Spain David López 1 0 0 1
33 DF Spain Raúl Albiol 1 0 0 1
94 MF England Nathaniel Chalobah 0 0 1 1
Own goal 2 0 0 2
Totals 80 3 23 106

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 25 GK Spain Pepe Reina 15 1 2 18
2 22 GK Brazil Gabriel 0 0 2 2
Totals 15 1 4 20

Last updated: 14 May 2016

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