2015–16 S.S.C. Napoli season

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Napoli
2015–16 season
President Aurelio De Laurentiis
Manager Maurizio Sarri
Stadium Stadio San Paolo
Serie A 2nd
Coppa Italia Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Gonzalo Higuaín (36)
All:
Gonzalo Higuaín (38)
Highest home attendance 56,452 vs Frosinone
(15 May 2016, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance 7,221 vs Hellas Verona
(16 December 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance 38,760[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
20 June 2015 MF Italy Mirko Valdifiori 37 Italy Empoli €5.5M [4]
23 June 2015 GK Spain Pepe Reina 41 Germany Bayern Munich €2M [5]
22 July 2015 MF Brazil Allan 33 Italy Udinese €12M [6]
30 July 2015 DF Romania Vlad Chiricheș 34 England Tottenham Hotspur €6.2M [7]
3 August 2015 DF Albania Elseid Hysaj 30 Italy Empoli €5M [8]
11 August 2015 MF Italy Raffaele Maiello 32 Italy Crotone €1.5M [9]

Loans in

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
15 July 2015 GK Brazil Gabriel 31 Italy Milan Loan [10]
1 September 2015 MF England Nathaniel Chalobah 29 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 39 Mexico Monterrey €1.4M [12]
13 July 2015 GK Italy Roberto Colombo 48 Italy Cagliari Free [13]
22 July 2015 DF Uruguay Miguel Britos 38 England Watford Free [14]
19 August 2015 MF Switzerland Gökhan Inler 39 England Leicester City €4.2M [15]
24 August 2015 FW Chile Eduardo Vargas 34 Germany Hoffenheim €5M [16]
11 January 2016 DF Brazil Henrique 37 Brazil Fluminense Undisclosed [17]

Loans out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
28 January 2016 MF Netherlands Jonathan de Guzmán 36 Italy Carpi [18]

Total revenue: €10.6 million

Net income: Decrease €21.6 million

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Serie A

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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 UEFA 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.[19]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Since winners of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) is passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) is 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

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 A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H
Result L D D W D W W W W W D W W W L D W W W W W W W W L D D W W W L W L W L W W W
Position 14 14 14 11 12 10 6 4 2 2 4 4 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

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UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP MID CLU 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: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

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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 Rafael Cabral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Brazil Gabriel 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
25 GK Spain Pepe Reina 44 0 37 0 2 0 5 0
Defenders
2 DF Albania Elseid Hysaj 43 0 37 0 1 0 3+2 0
3 DF Croatia Ivan Strinić 13 0 3+2 0 2 0 5+1 0
11 DF Italy Christian Maggio 15 1 4+4 0 1 0 5+1 1
18 DF Italy Vasco Regini 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Romania Vlad Chiricheș 17 2 8 1 2 0 7 1
26 DF Senegal Kalidou Koulibaly 42 0 32+1 0 2 0 7 0
31 DF Algeria Faouzi Ghoulam 38 0 32+2 0 0 0 3+1 0
33 DF Spain Raúl Albiol 39 1 36 1 0 0 2+1 0
96 DF Italy Sebastiano Luperto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Midfielders
5 MF Brazil Allan 43 3 32+3 3 2 0 2+4 0
6 MF Italy Mirko Valdifiori 15 0 6 0 2 0 7 0
8 MF Italy Jorginho 38 0 32+3 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
17 MF Slovakia Marek Hamšík 46 8 38 6 0+2 0 5+1 2
19 MF Spain David López 35 1 6+19 1 2 0 8 0
20 MF Italy Jacopo Dezi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 MF Morocco Omar El Kaddouri 26 3 0+20 1 1 1 4+1 1
88 MF Italy Alberto Grassi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 MF England Nathaniel Chalobah 9 1 0+5 0 0+1 0 2+1 1
Forwards
7 FW Spain José Callejón 47 13 35+3 7 1+1 1 5+2 5
9 FW Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín 42 38 35 36 1+1 0 2+3 2
14 FW Belgium Dries Mertens 40 11 6+27 5 2 1 5 5
23 FW Italy Manolo Gabbiadini 30 9 4+19 5 1 0 4+2 4
24 FW Italy Lorenzo Insigne 42 13 34+3 12 0 0 3+2 1
Players transferred out during the season
4 DF Brazil Henrique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Colombia Juan Zúñiga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Assists

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 7 FW Spain José Callejón 11 0 3 14
2 24 FW Italy Lorenzo Insigne 10 0 2 12
3 17 MF Slovakia Marek Hamšík 11 0 0 11
77 MF Morocco Omar El Kaddouri 2 1 5 8
5 5 MF Brazil Allan 5 0 2 7
6 8 MF Italy Jorginho 4 0 2 6
14 FW Belgium Dries Mertens 5 0 1 6
8 9 FW Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín 2 1 0 3
23 FW Italy Manolo Gabbiadini 3 0 0 3
26 DF Senegal Kalidou Koulibaly 1 1 1 3
31 DF Algeria Faouzi Ghoulam 3 0 0 3
33 DF Spain Raúl Albiol 3 0 0 3
13 2 DF Albania Elseid Hysaj 2 0 0 2
6 MF Italy Mirko Valdifiori 0 0 2 2
19 MF Spain David López 1 0 1 2
16 94 MF England Nathaniel Chalobah 0 0 1 1
Totals 63 3 20 86

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

References