2021–22 SSC Napoli season

The 2021–22 season was the 76th season in the existence of SSC Napoli and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Napoli participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Europa League.

Napoli

2021–22 season
President	Aurelio De Laurentiis
Head coach	Luciano Spalletti
Stadium	Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Victor Osimhen (14) All: Victor Osimhen (18)
colours Away colours Third colours
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Kits

Supplier: EA7
Sponsor(s): Acqua Lete, MSC Cruises (only for domestic matches), Amazon (left sleeve)

Home

Away

Third

Fourth

Home (Europe)

Third (Europe)

Fourth (Europe)

Halloween

Maradona (Navy)

Maradona (White)

Maradona (Blue)

Maradona (Red)

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 January 2022^[1]

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 2 DF  FRA Kévin Malcuit 3 DF  ENG Axel Tuanzebe (on loan from Manchester United) 4 MF  GER Diego Demme 5 DF  BRA Juan Jesus 6 DF  POR Mário Rui 7 MF  MKD Eljif Elmas 8 MF  ESP Fabián Ruiz 9 FW  NGA Victor Osimhen 11 FW  MEX Hirving Lozano 12 GK  ITA Davide Marfella 13 DF  KOS Amir Rrahmani 14 FW  BEL Dries Mertens (3rd captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  POL Piotr Zieliński (4th captain) 21 FW  ITA Matteo Politano 22 DF  ITA Giovanni Di Lorenzo 24 FW  ITA Lorenzo Insigne (captain) 25 GK  COL David Ospina 26 DF  SEN Kalidou Koulibaly (vice-captain) 31 DF  ALG Faouzi Ghoulam 33 FW  ALG Adam Ounas 37 FW  ITA Andrea Petagna 59 DF  ITA Alessandro Zanoli 68 MF  SVK Stanislav Lobotka 99 MF  CMR André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (on loan from Fulham)

Out on loan

As of 18 January 2022

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 — GK  ITA Nikita Contini (at Crotone until 30 June 2022) — DF  ITA Sebastiano Luperto (at Empoli until 30 June 2023) — DF  ITA Francesco Mezzoni (at Pistoiese until 30 June 2022) — MF  ITA Gianluca Gaetano (at Cremonese until 30 June 2022) — MF  ITA Luca Palmiero (at Cosenza until 30 June 2022) — MF  FRA Zinédine Machach (at Honvéd until 30 June 2022) — MF  ITA Francesco Marrazzo (at Lanusei until 30 June 2022) — MF  ITA Filippo Costa (at Parma until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Karim Zedadka (at Charleroi until 30 June 2022) — FW  ITA Leonardo Candellone (at Südtirol until 30 June 2022) — FW  ITA Eugenio D'Ursi (at Pescara until 30 June 2022) — FW  ARG Franco Ferrari (at Pescara until 30 June 2022) — FW  ITA Michael Folorunsho (at Pordenone until 30 June 2022) — FW  ITA Gennaro Tutino (at Parma until 30 June 2022) — FW  ITA Alessio Zerbin (at Frosinone until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
30 June 2021	FW	Matteo Politano	27	Internazionale	€25M	Loan deal made permanent	[2]
30 June 2021	DF	Kévin Malcuit	29	Fiorentina	N/A	Loan return
30 June 2021	FW	Adam Ounas	24	Crotone	N/A	Loan return
30 June 2021	DF	Alessandro Zanoli	20	Legnago	N/A	Loan return
18 August 2021	DF	Juan Jesus	30	Roma	Free	End of contract	[3]
18 January 2022	MF	Amin Younes	28	Eintracht Frankfurt	N/A	Loan terminated early	[4]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
31 August 2021	MF	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	25	Fulham	N/A	One year loan with option to buy	[5]
8 January 2022	DF	Axel Tuanzebe	24	Manchester United	N/A	Six month loan	[6]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
30 June 2021	MF	Tiémoué Bakayoko	26	Chelsea	N/A	End of loan
30 June 2021	DF	Elseid Hysaj	27	Lazio	Free	End of contract	[7]
30 June 2021	DF	Nikola Maksimović	29	Genoa	Free	End of contract	[8]
1 January 2022	DF	Kostas Manolas	30	Olympiacos	€2.5M		[9]
23 January 2022	MF	Amin Younes	28	Al-Ettifaq	Free		[10]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
31 August 2021	MF	Gianluca Gaetano	21	Cremonese	N/A	One year loan	[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Napoli v Anaunia

18 July 2021 Friendly	Napoli	12–0	Anaunia	Trento, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Elmas 3' Osimhen 8', 19', 35', 37' Manolas 15' Lobotka 44' Tutino 60' Palmiero 62' Ciciretti 64' Machach 78' Petagna 90'	Report		Stadium: Campo sportivo Dimaro

Napoli v Pro Vercelli

24 July 2021 Friendly	Napoli	1–0	Pro Vercelli	Trento, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 26'	Report		Stadium: Campo sportivo Dimaro

Bayern Munich v Napoli

31 July 2021 2021 Audi Cup	Bayern Munich	0–3	Napoli	Munich, Germany
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Richards  78'	Report	Osimhen 69', 71' Machach 85'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Felix Brych

Wisła Kraków v Napoli

4 August 2021 Friendly	Wisła Kraków	1–2	Napoli	Kraków, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brown Forbes 6'	Report	Politano 67' Machach 85'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Wisły Attendance: 16 614 Referee: Mariusz Złotek

Napoli v Ascoli

8 August 2021 Friendly	Napoli	2–1	Ascoli	Castel di Sangro, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Insigne 7' Elmas 62'	Report	Bidaoui 25'	Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Federico Dionisi

Napoli v Pescara

14 August 2021 Friendly	Napoli	4–0	Pescara	Castel di Sangro, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 9' Insigne 18' Ounas 48' Zedadka 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Davide Miele

Napoli v Benevento

6 September 2021 Friendly	Napoli	1–5	Benevento	Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Politano 63' (pen.)	Report	Calò 23' Improta 34',  44' Basit  54' Vokić  60' Foulon 67' Tello  79' Insigne 85' (pen.) Umile 89'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Davide Miele

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	22 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1	3rd	38	24	7	7	74	31	+43	063.16
Coppa Italia	13 January 2022		Round of 16	Round of 16	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3	000.00
UEFA Europa League	16 September 2021	24 February 2022	Group stage	Knockout round play-offs	8	3	2	3	18	15	+3	037.50
Total					47	27	9	11	94	51	+43	057.45

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

Main article: 2021–22 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Milan (C)	38	26	8	4	69	31	+38	86	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Inter Milan	38	25	9	4	84	32	+52	84
3	Napoli	38	24	7	7	74	31	+43	79
4	Juventus	38	20	10	8	57	37	+20	70
5	Lazio	38	18	10	10	77	58	+19	64	0Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]

Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2021–22 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								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	24	7	7	74	31	+43	79	11	3	5	37	16	+21	13	4	2	37	15	+22

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W
Position	4	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.^[12]

Napoli v Venezia

22 August 2021 1	Napoli	2–0	Venezia	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen  23' Fabián  52' Insigne 56', 62' (pen.) Elmas 73'	Report	Fiordilino  12' Caldara  30' Heymans  38' Ebuehi  45+1' Forte  50' Ceccaroni  61' Tessmann  75'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 18,299 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

Genoa v Napoli

29 August 2021 2	Genoa	1–2	Napoli	Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ekuban  11' Criscito  51' Cambiaso 69'	Report	Fabián 39' Di Lorenzo  45' Politano  49' Petagna 84' Mário Rui  90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Napoli v Juventus

11 September 2021 3	Napoli	2–1	Juventus	Naples
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Elmas  31' Politano 57' Koulibaly 85' Lozano  88'	Report	Morata 10' Locatelli  45'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 16,331 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Udinese v Napoli

20 September 2021 4	Udinese	0–4	Napoli	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Samir  56' Molina  66'	Report	Osimhen 24' Rrahmani 35' Koulibaly 52' Mário Rui  82' Lozano 84'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 11,484 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

Sampdoria v Napoli

23 September 2021 5	Sampdoria	0–4	Napoli	Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Damsgaard  28' Depaoli  76'	Report	Osimhen 10', 50' Fabián 39' Zieliński 59' Manolas  87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 4,596 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Napoli v Cagliari

26 September 2021 6	Napoli	2–0	Cagliari	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 11',  66' Insigne 57' (pen.) Elmas  76'	Report	Walukiewicz  60'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 17,723 Referee: Marco Piccinini

Fiorentina v Napoli

3 October 2021 7	Fiorentina	1–2	Napoli	Florence
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martínez Quarta 28',  36' Bonaventura  31' Pulgar  53'	Report	Insigne 39' Lozano 39' Rrahmani 50' Zambo Anguissa  54' Mário Rui  68' Demme  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 15,264 Referee: Simone Sozza

Napoli v Torino

17 October 2021 8	Napoli	1–0	Torino	Naples
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Insigne 27' Koulibaly  79' Osimhen 81' Zambo Anguissa  85'	Report	Rodriguez  37' Linetty  56' Pobega  75' Milinković-Savić  90+7'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 27,579 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

Roma v Napoli

24 October 2021 9	Roma	0–0	Napoli	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abraham  30' Karsdorp  90+4' Veretout  90+4' Mancini  90+5'	Report	Mertens  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 47,801 Referee: Davide Massa

Napoli v Bologna

28 October 2021 10	Napoli	3–0	Bologna	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Fabián 18' Zambo Anguissa  32' Insigne 41' (pen.), 62' (pen.)	Report	Medel  40'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Marco Serra

Salernitana v Napoli

31 October 2021 11	Salernitana	0–1	Napoli	Salerno
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kastanos  70'	Report	Zambo Anguissa  41' Zieliński 61' Mário Rui  74' Koulibaly  77'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 17,043 Referee: Michael Fabbri

Napoli v Hellas Verona

7 November 2021 12	Napoli	1–1	Hellas Verona	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Di Lorenzo 18' Rrahmani  31' Osimhen  87'	Report	Simeone 13' Barák  41' Veloso  59' Dawidowicz  68' Bessa  80'  88' Kalinić  85'  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

Internazionale v Napoli

21 November 2021 13	Internazionale	3–2	Napoli	Milan
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Çalhanoğlu 25' (pen.),  41' Perišić 44' Martínez 61' Vidal  72' Handanović  84' Džeko  90+3'	Report	Osimhen  10' Zieliński 17' Koulibaly  24' Rrahmani  35' Mertens 79'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 56,649 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Napoli v Lazio

28 November 2021 14	Napoli	4–0	Lazio	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Zieliński 7' Mertens 10', 29' Di Lorenzo  78' Fabián 85' Demme  88'	Report	Luiz Felipe  13' Patric  35' Cataldi  59' Zaccagni  79'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Sassuolo v Napoli

1 December 2021 15	Sassuolo	2–2	Napoli	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rogério  25' Berardi  54' Scamacca 71' Matheus Henrique  87' Ferrari 89' Defrel  90+4'	Report	Fabián 51' Mertens 59' Politano  84' Demme  88'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 8,192 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Napoli v Atalanta

4 December 2021 16	Napoli	2–3	Atalanta	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Zieliński 40' Mertens 47' Rrahmani  58' Malcuit  64'	Report	Malinovskyi 7',  17' Demiral 66' Freuler 71' Pašalić  82' Djimsiti  87'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Napoli v Empoli

12 December 2021 17	Napoli	0–1	Empoli	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Żurkowski  60' Cutrone 70'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Livio Marinelli

Milan v Napoli

19 December 2021 18	Milan	0–1	Napoli	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Elmas 5' Di Lorenzo  33' Malcuit  67'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54,647 Referee: Davide Massa

Napoli v Spezia

22 December 2021 19	Napoli	0–1	Spezia	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mário Rui  45+1' Petagna  75'	Report	Maggiore  19' Juan Jesus 37' (o.g.) Kiwior  48' Manaj  51'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Luca Massimi

Juventus v Napoli

6 January 2022 20	Juventus	1–1	Napoli	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Alex Sandro  44' Chiesa 54' Dybala  90+7'	Report	Mertens 23' Demme  87'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 19,301 Referee: Simone Sozza

Napoli v Sampdoria

9 January 2022 21	Napoli	1–0	Sampdoria	Naples
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petagna 43'	Report	Chabot  45+1' Murru  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Bologna v Napoli

17 January 2022 22	Bologna	0–2	Napoli	Bologna
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Soumaoro  43' Theate  57' Binks  90+4'	Report	Lozano 20', 47' Zieliński  52'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Livio Marinelli

Napoli v Salernitana

23 January 2022 23	Napoli	4–1	Salernitana	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Juan Jesus 17' Mertens 45+4' (pen.) Rrahmani 47' Insigne 53' (pen.)	Report	Delli Carri  23' Obi  30' Bonazzoli 33' Veseli  45+3'  51'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Luca Pairetto

Venezia v Napoli

6 February 2022 24	Venezia	0–2	Napoli	Venice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Busio  76' Ceccaroni  88' Ebuehi  90+5'	Report	Osimhen 59' Mário Rui  74' Lobotka  83' Petagna 90+10'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 5,554 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Napoli v Internazionale

12 February 2022 25	Napoli	1–1	Internazionale	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Insigne 7' (pen.),  38'	Report	Džeko 47' Brozović  60'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Cagliari v Napoli

21 February 2022 26	Cagliari	1–1	Napoli	Cagliari
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	João Pedro  35' Pereiro 58'	Report	Malcuit  42' Koulibaly  64' Osimhen 87'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 12,063 Referee: Simone Sozza

Lazio v Napoli

27 February 2022 27	Lazio	1–2	Napoli	Rome
20:50 CET (UTC+1)	Radu  71' Immobile  79' Zaccagni  82' Pedro 88'	Report	Insigne 62' Mário Rui  90+3' Fabián 90+4',  90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Napoli v Milan

6 March 2022 28	Napoli	0–1	Milan	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Koulibaly  24' Rrahmani  37' Osimhen  77' Ounas  90+2'	Report	Giroud  39', 49' Hernandez  77' Maignan  83' Florenzi  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Hellas Verona v Napoli

13 March 2022 29	Hellas Verona	1–2	Napoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Günter  69' Ceccherini  70'  83' Faraoni 77',  90+7'  90+8' Ilić  86'	Report	Osimhen 14', 71'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 18,782 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Napoli v Udinese

19 March 2022 30	Napoli	2–1	Udinese	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Osimhen 52', 63',  90+2' Rrahmani  65'	Report	Deulofeu 22' Zeegelaar  45+2' Udogie  50' Marí  83'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 37,363 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Atalanta v Napoli

3 April 2022 31	Atalanta	1–3	Napoli	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Palomino  35' De Roon 58',  86'	Report	Insigne 14' (pen.) Politano 37' Juan Jesus  67' Ospina  76' Elmas 81' Zambo Anguissa  85'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 17,709 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Napoli v Fiorentina

10 April 2022 32	Napoli	2–3	Fiorentina	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mertens 58' Osimhen 84'	Report	Milenković  11' González 29' Ikoné 66',  88' Cabral 72',  73'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Napoli v Roma

18 April 2022 33	Napoli	1–1	Roma	Naples
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Insigne 11' (pen.),  64' Koulibaly  37' Zanoli  52' Lozano  62'	Report	Cristante  17' Zaniolo  71' Fuzato  80' El Shaarawy 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 41,822 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Empoli v Napoli

24 April 2022 34	Empoli	3–2	Napoli	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bandinelli  4' Viti  72' Henderson 80' Stojanović  81' Pinamonti 83', 88',  89'	Report	Zanoli  22' Mertens 44' Insigne 53'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10,245 Referee: Livio Marinelli

Napoli v Sassuolo

30 April 2022 35	Napoli	6–1	Sassuolo	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koulibaly 7' Osimhen 15' Lozano 19' Mertens 21', 54' Rrahmani 80'	Report	Lopez  18', 87' Frattesi  53' Berardi  84'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

Torino v Napoli

7 May 2022 36	Torino	0–1	Napoli	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vojvoda  55' Singo  79'	Report	Mertens  53' Lozano  56' Insigne 61' Fabián 73' Elmas  90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 14,619 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

Napoli v Genoa

15 May 2022 37	Napoli	3–0	Genoa	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 32' Insigne 65' (pen.) Lobotka 81',  87'	Report	Galdames  38'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 50,871 Referee: Michael Fabbri

Spezia v Napoli

22 May 2022 38	Spezia	0–3	Napoli	La Spezia
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Manaj  45+10'	Report	Politano 4',  51' Zieliński 25' Demme 36' Ghoulam  66'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 10,415 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2021–22 Coppa Italia

Napoli v Fiorentina

13 January 2022 Round of 16	Napoli	2–5 (a.e.t.)	Fiorentina	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mertens 44' Rrahmani  56' Fabián  77'  90+3' Lozano  84' Tuanzebe  85' Petagna 90+5'	Report	Duncan  23' Vlahović 41' Drągowski  45+2' Biraghi 57' Castrovilli  59' Venuti 105+1' Piątek 108' Maleh 119'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group C

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[13]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPM	NAP	LEI	LEG
1	Spartak Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10[a]	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	3–4	0–1
2	Napoli	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	10[a]	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–3	—	3–2	3–0
3	Leicester City	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League		1–1	2–2	—	3–1
4	Legia Warsaw	6	2	0	4	4	11	−7	6			0–1	1–4	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.

Leicester City v Napoli

16 September 2021 1	Leicester City	2–2	Napoli	Leicester, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pérez 9' Ndidi  21'  90+3' Soumaré  32' Vestergaard  53' Barnes 64' Söyüncü  76'	Report	Di Lorenzo  34' Osimhen 69', 87' Rrahmani  90+5'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 29,579 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Napoli v Spartak Moscow

30 September 2021 2	Napoli	2–3	Spartak Moscow	Naples, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Elmas 1' Mário Rui  29' Di Lorenzo  45+8' Koulibaly  65' Fabián  78' Manolas  85' Osimhen 90+4'	Report	Ponce  43' Litvinov  45+1' Sobolev  45+8' Promes 55', 90' Caufriez  65'  82' Ayrton  77' Ignatov 81' Maksimenko  89' Umyarov  90+10'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 13,373 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Napoli v Legia Warsaw

21 October 2021 3	Napoli	3–0	Legia Warsaw	Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Juan Jesus  13' Manolas  44' Insigne 76' Osimhen 80' Politano 90+5'	Report	Johansson  73'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 10,346 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Legia Warsaw v Napoli

4 November 2021 4	Legia Warsaw	1–4	Napoli	Warsaw, Poland
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Emreli 10' Jędrzejczyk  68' Miszta  73' Josué  75'	Report	Zieliński 51' (pen.) Elmas  54' Mertens 75' (pen.) Lozano 79' Ounas 90'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 25,706 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Spartak Moscow v Napoli

24 November 2021 5	Spartak Moscow	2–1	Napoli	Moscow, Russia
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev 3' (pen.), 28',  88' Litvinov  14' Promes  90+2'	Report	Elmas 64' Koulibaly  78'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 10,852 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Napoli v Leicester City

9 December 2021 6	Napoli	3–2	Leicester City	Naples, Italy
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ounas 4' Elmas 24', 53' Petagna  33' Demme  77'	Report	Evans 27' Dewsbury-Hall 33'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 14,646 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.^[14]

Barcelona v Napoli

17 February 2022 First leg	Barcelona	1–1	Napoli	Barcelona, Spain
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Torres 59' (pen.)	Report	Zieliński 29' Zambo Anguissa  39' Fabián  70' Mário Rui  90' Meret  90+1'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 73,525 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Napoli v Barcelona

24 February 2022 Second leg	Napoli	2–4 (3–5 agg.)	Barcelona	Naples, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Insigne 23' (pen.) Zieliński  56' Fabián  62' Politano 87'	Report	Alba 8' F. de Jong 13' Piqué 45' Aubameyang 59' Gavi  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 37,858 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 22 May 2022

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Alex Meret	15	0	7	0	0+1	0	7	0
12	GK	ITA	Davide Marfella	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	COL	David Ospina	33	0	31	0	1	0	1	0
46	GK	POL	Hubert Idasiak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Kévin Malcuit	13	0	2+6	0	0+1	0	1+3	0
3	DF	ENG	Axel Tuanzebe	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	BRA	Juan Jesus	28	1	14+7	1	0+1	0	5+1	0
6	DF	POR	Mário Rui	39	0	34	0	0	0	4+1	0
13	DF	KOS	Amir Rrahmani	41	4	33	4	1	0	5+2	0
22	DF	ITA	Giovanni Di Lorenzo	42	1	33	1	1	0	8	0
26	DF	SEN	Kalidou Koulibaly	34	3	27	3	0	0	7	0
31	DF	ALG	Faouzi Ghoulam	16	0	3+11	0	1	0	0+1	0
38	DF	ITA	Davide Costanzo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	DF	ITA	Alessandro Zanoli	13	0	5+7	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	GER	Diego Demme	25	1	7+12	1	1	0	4+1	0
7	MF	MKD	Eljif Elmas	46	7	12+25	3	1	0	7+1	4
8	MF	ESP	Fabián Ruiz	38	7	29+3	7	0+1	0	4+1	0
20	MF	POL	Piotr Zieliński	42	8	26+9	6	0	0	7	2
68	MF	SVK	Stanislav Lobotka	26	1	19+4	1	1	0	1+1	0
99	MF	CMR	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	30	0	21+4	0	0	0	4+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	NGA	Victor Osimhen	32	18	23+4	14	0	0	3+2	4
11	FW	MEX	Hirving Lozano	37	6	20+10	5	0+1	0	5+1	1
14	FW	BEL	Dries Mertens	37	13	16+14	11	1	1	2+4	1
21	FW	ITA	Matteo Politano	39	5	20+13	3	1	0	1+4	2
24	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Insigne	37	13	28+4	11	0	0	5	2
33	FW	ALG	Adam Ounas	21	2	1+14	0	0	0	1+5	2
37	FW	ITA	Andrea Petagna	32	4	4+20	3	1	1	4+3	0
58	FW	ITA	Antonio Cioffi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
44	DF	GRE	Kostas Manolas	7	0	3+1	0	0	0	2+1	0
70	MF	ITA	Gianluca Gaetano	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Europa League	Total
1	9	FW		Victor Osimhen	14	0	4	18
2	14	FW		Dries Mertens	11	1	1	13
	24	FW		Lorenzo Insigne	11	0	2	13
4	20	MF		Piotr Zieliński	6	0	2	8
5	7	MF		Eljif Elmas	3	0	4	7
	8	MF		Fabián Ruiz	7	0	0	7
7	11	FW		Hirving Lozano	5	0	1	6
8	21	FW		Matteo Politano	3	0	2	5
9	13	DF		Amir Rrahmani	4	0	0	4
	37	FW		Andrea Petagna	3	1	0	4
11	26	DF		Kalidou Koulibaly	3	0	0	3
12	33	FW		Adam Ounas	0	0	2	2
13	4	MF		Diego Demme	1	0	0	1
	5	DF		Juan Jesus	1	0	0	1
	22	DF		Giovanni Di Lorenzo	1	0	0	1
	68	MF		Stanislav Lobotka	1	0	0	1
Totals					74	2	18	94