2021–22 SSC Napoli season

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)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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.

Kits

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

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	Internazionale	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:

^ Since the winners of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia, Internazionale, 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group stage

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:

^ ^a ^b Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

Knockout round play-offs

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

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)

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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.	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
2	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
5	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
9	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

References

^ Agorà Telematica, Agorà Med S.r.l. "Prima squadra – SSC Napoli" [First team – SSC Napoli] (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
^ "Napoli sign Matteo Politano". S.S.C. Napoli. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Juan Jesus joins Napoli". S.S.C. Napoli. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Vertrag mit Amin Younes aufgelöst" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "Anguissa joins Napoli on loan". S.S.C. Napoli. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Tuanzebe joins Napoli". S.S.C. Napoli. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ "Statement 19.08.2021". S.S. Lazio. 19 August 2021. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "NIKOLA MAKSIMOVIC E' UN GIOCATORE DEL GENOA" (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Napoli-Olympiacos raggiunto accordo per la cessione di Manolas che sarà formalizzato a gennaio" (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "لاتفاق يضم المهاجم الألماني أمين يونس حتى 2024" (in Arabic). Al-Ettifaq. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Gaetano moves to Cremonese on loan". S.S.C. Napoli. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.
^ "Knockout round play-offs draw". UEFA.com. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.75966881996005-12] Since the winners of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia, Internazionale, 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.

[table_hth_SPM0.76177910750815-15] Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.

[1] Agorà Telematica, Agorà Med S.r.l. "Prima squadra – SSC Napoli" [First team – SSC Napoli] (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

[2] "Napoli sign Matteo Politano". S.S.C. Napoli. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[3] "Juan Jesus joins Napoli". S.S.C. Napoli. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[4] "Vertrag mit Amin Younes aufgelöst" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[5] "Anguissa joins Napoli on loan". S.S.C. Napoli. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[6] "Tuanzebe joins Napoli". S.S.C. Napoli. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

[7] "Statement 19.08.2021". S.S. Lazio. 19 August 2021. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[8] "NIKOLA MAKSIMOVIC E' UN GIOCATORE DEL GENOA" (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[9] "Napoli-Olympiacos raggiunto accordo per la cessione di Manolas che sarà formalizzato a gennaio" (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[10] "لاتفاق يضم المهاجم الألماني أمين يونس حتى 2024" (in Arabic). Al-Ettifaq. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[11] "Gaetano moves to Cremonese on loan". S.S.C. Napoli. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[13] "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

[14] "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

[16] "Knockout round play-offs draw". UEFA.com. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

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