SSC Napoli

Italian football team.

Napoli plays its home matches at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, formerly known as Stadio San Paolo, which has a capacity of over 54,000 spectators. The stadium was renamed in 2020 in honor of Diego Maradona, who led the club to its most successful period in the 1980s.

The club's colors are sky blue and white, earning them the nickname "Azzurri" (The Blues). Napoli has won numerous domestic titles, including two Serie A championships (1986–87 and 1989–90), six Coppa Italia trophies, and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. Their most recent Scudetto came in the 2022-23 season, ending a 33-year wait for the league title.

Napoli's golden era came in the late 1980s and early 1990s when Diego Maradona played for the club. During this period, Napoli won their first two Serie A titles, the Coppa Italia, the Supercoppa Italiana, and the UEFA Cup in 1989, their first European trophy.

In European competitions, Napoli has been a regular participant in recent years. They have reached the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League multiple times and have been consistent performers in the UEFA Europa League.

The club has a strong rivalry with Roma, known as the Derby del Sole (Derby of the Sun), and also contests the Derby della Campania with regional rivals Salernitana. Matches against northern Italian giants Juventus, Milan, and Inter are also highly anticipated.

Napoli has a reputation for developing talented players and has seen many stars wear their jersey, including Maradona, Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Gonzalo Higuaín, and more recently, Lorenzo Insigne and Kalidou Koulibaly.

As of the 2023-24 season, Napoli continues to be one of the top teams in Serie A, competing for domestic honors and representing Italy in European competitions.