| Club: | Napoli |
| Season: | 2010–11 |
| Manager: | Walter Mazzarri |
| Chairman: | Aurelio De Laurentiis |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Stadio San Paolo |
| League: | Serie A |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup2: | UEFA Europa League |
| Cup2 Result: | Round of 32 |
| League Topscorer: | Edinson Cavani (26) |
| Season Topscorer: | Edinson Cavani (33) |
| Highest Attendance: | 58,666 vs Juventus (9 January 2011, Serie A) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 26,931 vs Parma (7 November 2010, Serie A) |
| Average Attendance: | 45,608[1] |
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| Prevseason: | 2009–10 |
| Nextseason: | 2011–12 |
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 2010–11 season was its 68th in Serie A, and fourth consecutive year in the top flight. Napoli will also take part in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League as a result of finishing 6th in the 2009–10 Serie A table, its highest in Serie A since it also finished 6th in 1993–94.
Following the end of the World Cup, Napoli bought Edinson Cavani from fellow Southern club Palermo.[2] He cost roughly €17 million for Napoli, and was the clubs' most expensive player ever bought.[3] The club also loaned out playmaker Luca Cigarini to Sevilla, despite having the medical postponed due to illness.[4]
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2010 | FW | Edinson Cavani |  Palermo | Loan[6] | |
| 21 August 2010 | FW | Cristiano Lucarelli | Parma | Loan[7] | |
| 27 August 2010 | MF | Hassan Yebda | Benfica | Loan[8] | |
| 30 August 2010 | MF |  José Sosa | Bayern Munich | €2 million[9] [10] | |
| 31 August 2010 | DF |  Emílson Cribari | Lazio | €500,000[11] |
1.Napoli will pay a fee of €17 million to purchase Cavani outright when loan expires.
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2010 | DF | Matteo Contini |  Real Zaragoza | Undisclosed[12] | |
| 24 July 2010 | GK | Nicolás Navarro | Argentinos Juniors | Free[13] | |
| 17 August 2010 | FW | Germán Denis | Udinese | Undisclosed[14] [15] | |
| 25 August 2010 | FW | Free[16] | |||
| 31 August 2010 | MF | Roberto De Zerbi | CFR Cluj | Free[17] [18] |
| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2010 | Conclusion of season | MF | Espanyol[19] | ||
| 15 July 2010 | Conclusion of season | FW | 1. FC Kaiserslautern[20] | ||
| 22 July 2010 | Conclusion of season | MF | Chievo[21] | ||
| 2 August 2010 | Conclusion of season | MF | Sevilla[22] | ||
| 17 August 2010 | Conclusion of season | MF | Portosummaga | ||
| 27 August 2010 | Conclusion of season | FW | Fabio Quagliarella | Juventus | |
| 31 August 2010 | Conclusion of season | DF | Leandro Rinaudo | Juventus[23] [24] | |
| 31 August 2010 | Conclusion of season | MF | Samuele Dalla Bona | Atalanta | |
| FW | Matera |
2.Chievo has an option to purchase Bogliacino outright when deal expires.
3.Juventus paid €4.5 million for the loan, and is expected to purchase Quagliarella outright when deal expires.
4.Juventus paid €600,000 for the loan, and has an option to purchase Rinaudo outright for €5 million when loan expires.
See main article: 2010–11 Serie A.
See main article: 2010–11 Coppa Italia. Napoli qualified into the Round of 16 in the 2010–11 Coppa Italia by finishing sixth in the previous year's table, marking the first time since 1994–95 Napoli have entered the tournament at that stage. Napoli aim for its fourth victory in the national competition, and first since its 1986–87 finals win against Atalanta.[25]
See main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Napoli qualified to the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League by finishing 6th in Serie A in 2009–10. This marks Napoli's first appearance in the competition since the 1994–95 UEFA Cup, under its previous name, and 13th overall. Napoli aim to add to its only triumph in the competition: its 1988–89 UEFA Cup victory over VfB Stuttgart.
Napoli were drawn against Swedish side IF Elfsborg of the Allsvenskan, who advanced through defeats of FC Iskra-Stal and FK Teteks in the previous qualifying rounds. Hosting the first leg at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli survived on a clear-path goal by Ezequiel Lavezzi in first half stoppage time, taking a 1-0 lead to Sweden.
Edinson Cavani, kept off the scoresheet in his debut with Napoli, hoped for better fortunes in the return leg of the matchup. Indeed, he scored his first two goals as a member of the club to help go up 3–0 on aggregate through halftime in Sweden. Napoli would go on to win by that score, and advance to the group stage.
| +Group K | |||||||||||||||||
| width=175 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 | |||||||||
| Napoli | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 7 | |||||||||
 Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 6 | |||||||||
| Utrecht | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 5 |
See main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League knockout phase.
|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=80 | Serie A | width=80 | Coppa Italia | width=80 | UEFA EL | width=80 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Last updated: 6 January 2016