Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli (pronounced [ˈnaËpoli]), is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926[1] The club has spent most of its history in Serie A,[2] where it currently plays its 2013—14 season. Napoli has won Serie A twice, in 1986—87 and 1989—90.[1] They have also won the Coppa Italia four times and the Supercoppa Italiana, and on the European stage have won the UEFA Cup in 1988—89. Napoli is also the most successful club in Southern Italy and the fourth most supported football club in Italy.[3] The club is ranked the fifteenth most valuable football club in terms of annual revenue, generating €148.4 million in 2012.
The club has had several name changes since first appearing in 1926; the most important of these was in 1964, when it was changed from Associazione Calcio Napoli to Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli. The most recent change was in 2004,[4] when the club went bankrupt but was refounded by film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis as Napoli Soccer; he restored the name to Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli two years later. The bankruptcy of the club in 2004 had seen it placed in the third division of Italian football (Serie C1), but progress of the reformed club was swift and after just three years it returned to Serie A.[1]
Napoli is also one of the associate members of the European Club Association, an organization that replaced the previous G-14 which consists of major football clubs in Europe. According to Deloitte Football Money League. Napoli is ranked the 15th richest football club in the world.[5] [6]
The club's anthem is "'O surdato 'nnammurato". |  |
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