2025–26 SSC Napoli season

2025–26 SSC Napoli season

The 2025–26 season is the 100th season in the history of SSC Napoli, and the club's 19th consecutive season in the Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Coppa Italia, the Supercoppa Italiana and the UEFA Champions League.

Players

First-team squad

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
3	DF	ESP	Miguel Gutiérrez
4	DF	ITA	Alessandro Buongiorno
5	DF	BRA	Juan Jesus
6	MF	SCO	Billy Gilmour
7	FW	BRA	David Neres
8	MF	SCO	Scott McTominay
9	FW	BEL	Romelu Lukaku
11	MF	BEL	Kevin De Bruyne
13	DF	KOS	Amir Rrahmani
14	GK	ITA	Nikita Contini
17	DF	URU	Mathías Olivera
19	FW	DEN	Rasmus Højlund (on loan from Manchester United)
No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	MKD	Eljif Elmas (on loan from RB Leipzig)
21	FW	ITA	Matteo Politano
22	DF	ITA	Giovanni Di Lorenzo (captain)
23	FW	BRA	Giovane
26	MF	ITA	Antonio Vergara
30	DF	ITA	Pasquale Mazzocchi
31	DF	NED	Sam Beukema
32	GK	SRB	Vanja Milinković-Savić (on loan from Torino)
37	DF	ITA	Leonardo Spinazzola
68	MF	SVK	Stanislav Lobotka
99	MF	CMR	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
—	FW	BRA	Alisson Santos (on loan from Sporting CP)

Out on loan

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

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Nation</th><th>Player</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>—</td><td>GK</td><td> ITA</td><td>Claudio Turi (at Team Altamura until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>DF</td><td> ITA</td><td>Luigi D'Avino (at Giugliano until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>DF</td><td> ITA</td><td>Luca Marianucci (at Torino until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>DF</td><td> ESP</td><td>Rafa Marín (at Villarreal until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>DF</td><td> ITA</td><td>Nosa Edward Obaretin (at Empoli until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>DF</td><td> ITA</td><td>Alessandro Zanoli (at Udinese until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>MF</td><td> SWE</td><td>Jens Cajuste (at Ipswich Town until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>MF</td><td> ITA</td><td>Michael Folorunsho (at Cagliari until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>MF</td><td> ITA</td><td>Gennaro Iaccarino (at Arezzo until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>MF</td><td> ITA</td><td>Lorenzo Russo (at Guidonia Montecelio until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>MF</td><td> MLI</td><td>Coli Saco (at Casertana until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> ITA</td><td>Giuseppe Ambrosino (at Modena until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>No.</td><td>Pos.</td><td>Nation</td><td>Player</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> MAR</td><td>Walid Cheddira (at Lecce until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> ITA</td><td>Antonio Cioffi (at Latina until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> ITA</td><td>Luis Hasa (at Carrarese until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> NED</td><td>Noa Lang (at Galatasaray until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> DEN</td><td>Jesper Lindstrøm (at VfL Wolfsburg until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> ITA</td><td>Lorenzo Lucca (at Nottingham Forest until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> BEL</td><td>Cyril Ngonge (at Espanyol until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> ITA</td><td>Emanuele Rao (at Bari until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> ITA</td><td>Lorenzo Sgarbi (at Pescara until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> ARG</td><td>Giovanni Simeone (at Torino until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> ITA</td><td>Gianluca Vigliotti (at Pineto until 30 June 2026)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>FW</td><td> ITA</td><td>Alessio Zerbin (at Cremonese until 30 June 2026)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
12 June 2025	MF	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	Free	End of contract
13 June 2025	DF	Luca Marianucci	Empoli	€9,000,000
16 July 2025	GK	Mathias Ferrante	NovaRomentin	€100,000	Joined Primavera squad
17 July 2025	FW	Noa Lang	PSV Eindhoven	€25,000,000
20 July 2025	DF	Sam Beukema	Bologna	€30,000,000
20 July 2025	FW	Manuel Nardozi	Roma	Undisclosed	Joined Primavera squad
19 August 2025	DF	Miguel Gutiérrez	Girona	€20,000,000
1 September 2025	MF	Francisco Baridó	Juventus	Undisclosed	Joined Primavera squad

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
18 July 2025	FW	Lorenzo Lucca	Udinese	€9,000,000	With obligation to buy
26 July 2025	GK	Vanja Milinković-Savić	Torino	€15,000,000	With conditional obligation to buy
1 September 2025	MF	Eljif Elmas	RB Leipzig	€2,000,000	With option to buy
1 September 2025	FW	Rasmus Højlund	Manchester United	€6,000,000	With conditional obligation to buy

Out

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Player</th><th>To</th><th>Fee</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>9 June 2025</td><td>DF</td><td>Natan</td><td>Real Betis</td><td>€9,000,000</td><td>From loan to definitive purchase</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24 June 2025</td><td>GK</td><td>Elia Caprile</td><td>Cagliari</td><td>€8,000,000</td><td>From loan to definitive purchase</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30 June 2025</td><td>GK</td><td>Simone Scuffet</td><td>Cagliari</td><td>End of loan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30 June 2025</td><td>MF</td><td>Philip Billing</td><td>Bournemouth</td><td>End of loan</td><td>Option to buy not exercised</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30 June 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Noah Okafor</td><td>Milan</td><td>End of loan</td><td>Option to buy not exercised</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 July 2025</td><td>MF</td><td>Gianluca Gaetano</td><td>Cagliari</td><td>€6,000,000</td><td>From loan to definitive purchase</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 July 2025</td><td>MF</td><td>Francesco Mezzoni</td><td>Virtus Entella</td><td>Free</td><td>After return from loan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 July 2025</td><td>MF</td><td>Francesco Gioielli</td><td>Afragolese</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17 July 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Alessandro Spavone</td><td>Guidonia</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18 July 2025</td><td>DF</td><td>Christian Di Martino</td><td>Nuova Igea Virtus</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18 July 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Giuseppe D'Agostino</td><td>Guidonia</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25 July 2025</td><td>MF</td><td>Matteo Marchisano</td><td>Avellino</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>31 July 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Victor Osimhen</td><td>Galatasaray</td><td>€75,000,000</td><td>From loan to definitive purchase</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11 August 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Giacomo Raspadori</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>€22,000,000</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11 September 2025</td><td>MF</td><td>Matija Popović</td><td>CSKA Moscow</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Loans out

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Player</th><th>To</th><th>Fee</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>3 July 2025</td><td>DF</td><td>Rafa Marín</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>€1,000,000</td><td>With option to buy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14 July 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Pasquale Marranzino</td><td>Sambenedettese</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17 July 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Emanuele Rao</td><td>Bari</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19 July 2025</td><td>DF</td><td>Luigi D'Avino</td><td>Giugliano</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21 July 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Gianluca Viglotti</td><td>Pineto</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23 July 2025</td><td>MF</td><td>Gennaro Iaccarino</td><td>Arezzo</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23 July 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Jesper Lindstrøm</td><td>VfL Wolfsburg</td><td>€1,500,000</td><td>After return from loan, with option to buy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24 July 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Cyril Ngonge</td><td>Torino</td><td>€1,000,000</td><td>With option to buy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24 July 2025</td><td>MF</td><td>Michael Folorunsho</td><td>Cagliari</td><td>€500,000</td><td>After return from loan, with option to buy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29 July 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Alessio Zerbin</td><td>Cremonese</td><td>€250,000</td><td>After return from loan, with conditional obligation to buy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>31 July 2025</td><td>GK</td><td>Claudio Turi</td><td>Altamura</td><td>Free</td><td>From Primavera squad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7 August 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Giovanni Simeone</td><td>Torino</td><td>€1,000,000</td><td>After return from loan, with conditional obligation to buy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7 August 2025</td><td>MF</td><td>Jens Cajuste</td><td>Ipswich Town</td><td>€1,200,000</td><td>After return from loan, with conditional obligation to buy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8 August 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Lorenzo Sgarbi</td><td>Pescara</td><td>Free</td><td>After return from loan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 September 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Alessandro Zanoli</td><td>Udinese</td><td>Free</td><td>With obligation to buy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 September 2025</td><td>MF</td><td>Luis Hasa</td><td>Carrarese</td><td>Free</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 September 2025</td><td>FW</td><td>Walid Cheddira</td><td>Sassuolo</td><td>Free</td><td>With option to buy</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
22 January 2026	FW	Walid Cheddira	Sassuolo	Loan return	Loan terminated
23 January 2026	FW	Lorenzo Lucca	Udinese	€26,000,000	From loan to definitive purchase
24 January 2026	FW	Giovane	Hellas Verona	€20,000,000
31 January 2026	FW	Cyril Ngonge	Torino	Loan return	Loan terminated

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
2 February 2026	FW	Alisson Santos	Sporting CP	€3,000,000	With option to buy

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Notes	Ref.
22 January 2026	FW	Walid Cheddira	Lecce	€200,000	With option to buy
23 January 2026	FW	Lorenzo Lucca	Nottingham Forest	€2,000,000	With option to buy
23 January 2026	FW	Noa Lang	Galatasaray	€2,000,000	With option to buy
31 January 2026	FW	Cyril Ngonge	Espanyol	€2,000,000	With option to buy
31 January 2026	DF	Luca Marianucci	Torino	Free
2 February 2026	FW	Giuseppe Ambrosino	Modena	Free

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	23 August 2025	24 May 2026	Matchday 1	TBD	30	19	5	6	46	30	+16	063.33
Coppa Italia	3 December 2025	10 February 2026	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Supercoppa Italiana	18 December 2025	22 December 2025	Semi-finals	Winners	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
UEFA Champions League	18 September 2025	28 January 2026	League phase	League phase	8	2	2	4	9	15	−6	025.00
Total	42	23	9	10	61	47	+14	054.76

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter Milan	30	22	3	5	66	24	+42	69	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	AC Milan	30	18	9	3	47	23	+24	63
3	Napoli	30	19	5	6	46	30	+16	62
4	Como	30	16	9	5	53	22	+31	57
5	Juventus	30	15	9	6	52	29	+23	54	Qualification for the Europa League league phase

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
30	19	5	6	46	30	+16	62	11	4	0	27	14	+13	8	1	6	19	16	+3

Results by round

1 Matchday 16 (vs Parma) was postponed due to Napoli's participation in the Supercoppa Italiana.

League phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 28 August 2025.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
28	PSV Eindhoven	8	2	2	4	16	16	0	8
29	Athletic Bilbao	8	2	2	4	9	14	−5	8
30	Napoli	8	2	2	4	9	15	−6	8
31	Copenhagen	8	2	2	4	12	21	−9	8
32	Ajax	8	2	0	6	8	21	−13	6

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Supercoppa Italiana	Champions League
Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Alex Meret	10	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	GK	ITA	Nikita Contini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	SRB	Vanja Milinković-Savić	32	0	21	0	2	0	2	0	7	0
Defenders
3	DF	ESP	Miguel Gutiérrez	28	1	10+10	1	0+1	0	0+2	0	3+2	0
4	DF	ITA	Alessandro Buongiorno	35	0	21+5	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	7	0
5	DF	BRA	Juan Jesus	32	0	17+4	0	2	0	2	0	3+4	0
13	DF	KOS	Amir Rrahmani	22	1	16	1	1	0	2	0	3	0
17	DF	URU	Mathías Olivera	27	0	10+9	0	2	0	0	0	3+3	0
22	DF	ITA	Giovanni Di Lorenzo	32	1	23	1	0	0	2	0	7	0
30	DF	ITA	Pasquale Mazzocchi	15	0	2+9	0	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
31	DF	NED	Sam Beukema	26	2	15+3	2	2	0	0	0	5+1	0
37	DF	ITA	Leonardo Spinazzola	36	3	18+8	3	1+1	0	2	0	5+1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	SCO	Billy Gilmour	17	1	8+6	1	0	0	0	0	1+2	0
8	MF	SCO	Scott McTominay	36	11	23+2	7	0+1	0	2	0	8	4
11	MF	BEL	Kevin De Bruyne	14	4	8+3	4	0	0	0	0	3	0
20	MF	MKD	Eljif Elmas	37	1	18+8	1	2	0	2	0	4+3	0
26	MF	ITA	Antonio Vergara	18	3	8+3	1	2	1	0+1	0	2+2	1
68	MF	SVK	Stanislav Lobotka	33	1	21+3	1	1	0	2	0	6	0
99	MF	CMR	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	18	4	11+3	4	0	0	0	0	4	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	David Neres	25	6	10+6	3	0+1	0	2	3	2+4	0
9	FW	BEL	Romelu Lukaku	7	1	0+5	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	DEN	Rasmus Højlund	37	14	25+1	10	1+1	0	2	1	7	3
21	FW	ITA	Matteo Politano	37	1	20+7	1	1+1	0	2	0	4+2	0
23	FW	BRA	Giovane	8	0	0+7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	BRA	Alisson Santos	7	2	4+2	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
27	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Lucca	23	2	4+12	1	1	1	0+1	0	1+4	0
35	DF	ITA	Luca Marianucci	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Ambrosino	5	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
70	FW	NED	Noa Lang	27	1	7+11	1	0+1	0	0+2	0	2+4	0