1990–91 SSC Napoli season

Napoli
1990-91 season
President	Corrado Ferlaino
Manager	Alberto Bigon
Stadium	San Paolo
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Semi-final
European Cup	Last 16
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
Top goalscorer	; Careca (9)
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Last updated September 05, 2025

SSC Napoli had a disappointing Serie A title defence, where captain Diego Maradona failed a drugs test and would not play for the club again. The reliable home form of the 1989-90 season disappeared, whilst the European Cup dream ended already in the Last 16 against Spartak Moscow. The team did, however, win the Supercoppa, which was the final title of the club's successful Maradona era.

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
-	GK	ITA	Giovanni Galli
-	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Taglialatela
-	GK	ITA	Raffaele Di Fusco
-	GK	ITA	Cristiano Scalabrelli
-	DF	ITA	Ciro Ferrara
-	DF	ITA	Giovanni Francini
-	DF	ITA	Gianluca Francesconi
-	DF	ITA	Giancarlo Corradini
-	DF	ITA	Marco Baroni
-	DF	ITA	Alessandro Renica
-	DF	ITA	Ivan Rizzardi
-	DF	ITA	Antonio Telari


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	BRA	Alemão
-	MF	ITA	Fernando De Napoli
-	MF	ITA	Giorgio Venturin
-	MF	ITA	Massimo Mauro
-	MF	ITA	Massimo Crippa
-	MF	ITA	Luca Altomare
-	MF	ITA	Fabrizio Ferrigno
-	FW	BRA	Careca
-	FW	ARG	Diego Maradona
-	FW	ITA	Andrea Silenzi
-	FW	ITA	Gianfranco Zola
-	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Incocciati

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Andrea Silenzi	A.C. Reggiana
GK	Giovanni Galli	A.C. Milan
FW	Giuseppe Incocciati	Pisa
DF	Ivan Rizzardi	Cremonese
MF	Giorgio Venturin	Torino F.C.	co-ownership

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Andrea Carnevale	A.S. Roma
GK	Raffaele Di Fusco	Torino F.C.	loan
MF	Luca Fusi	Torino F.C.
GK	Giuliano Giuliani	Udinese Calcio
DF	Tebaldo Bigliardi	Atalanta B.C.

Special kit

For the Supercoppa the team wore a special kit.

Napoli

Competitions

Supercoppa

1 September 1990	Napoli	5–1	Juventus	Naples
	Silenzi 8', 45' Careca 20', 71' Crippa 44'		Baggio 39'	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 62,404 Referee: Carlo Longhi

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Parma ^[a]	34	13	12	9	35	31	+4	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup
7	Juventus	34	13	11	10	45	32	+13	37
8	Napoli	34	11	15	8	37	37	0	37
9	Roma	34	11	14	9	43	37	+6	36	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
10	Atalanta	34	11	13	10	38	37	+1	35

Source: 1990–91 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]
Notes:

↑ Parma qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup as a substitute for the banned Milan.

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W
Position	8	12	15	11	12	11	7	8	8	12	11	10	7	7	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	8

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1991–92 European Cup ; = 1991–92 UEFA Cup ; = 1991-92 Serie B

Matches

9 September 19901	Lecce	0–0	Napoli	Lecce
		Report		Stadium: Via del Mare

16 September 19902	Napoli	1–2	Cagliari	Napoli
	Careca 45' (pen.)	Report	Rocco 34' Corradini 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: San Paolo

23 September 19903	Parma	1–0	Napoli	Parma
	Osio 64'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

30 September 19904	Napoli	2–1	Pisa	Napoli
	Maradona 39' (pen.) Careca 90'	Report	Padovano 65'	Stadium: San Paolo

7 October 19905	Genoa	1–1	Napoli	Genova
	Aguilera 56'	Report	Incocciati 53'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

21 October 19906	Napoli	1–1	Milan	Napoli
	Maradona 83' (pen.)	Report	Gullit 88'	Stadium: San Paolo

28 October 19907	Napoli	1–0	Fiorentina	Napoli
	Ferrara 1'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

11 November 19908	Bari	0–0	Napoli	Bari
		Report		Stadium: della Vittoria

18 November 19909	Napoli	1–4	Sampdoria	Napoli
	Incocciati 40'	Report	Vialli 45, 60' Mancini 45, 90'	Stadium: San Paolo

25 November 199010	Inter	2–1	Napoli	Milan
	Matthäus 52' Baroni 65' (o.g.)	Report	Careca 53'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

2 December 199011	Napoli	2–1	Torino	Napoli
	Maradona 80' (pen.) Incocciati 88'	Report	Bresciani 83'	Stadium: San Paolo

9 December 199012	Atalanta	0–0	Napoli	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Comunale

16 December 199013	Napoli	2–1	Lazio	Napoli
	Careca 6' Incocciati 22'	Report	Sosa 17'	Stadium: San Paolo

30 December 199014	Cesena	0–0	Napoli	Cesena
		Report		Stadium: Dino Manuzzi

6 January 1991 15	Juventus	1–0	Napoli	Torino
	Casiraghi 87'	Report		Stadium: delle Alpi

13 January 1991 16	Napoli	1–1	Roma	Napoli
	Zola 15'	Report	Salsano 65'	Stadium: San Paolo

20 January 199117	Bologna	1–0	Napoli	Bologna
	Notaristefano 89'	Report		Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

27 January 199118	Napoli	2–2	Lecce	Napoli
	Incocciati 8' Careca 70'	Report	Pasculli 34' (pen.) Virdis 87' (pen.)	Stadium: San Paolo

3 February 199119	Cagliari	1–1	Napoli	Cagliari
	Cornacchia 30'	Report	Zola 68'	Stadium: Sant'Elia

10 February 199120	Napoli	4–2	Parma	Napoli
	Maradona 25' (pen.), 69' (pen.) De Napoli 38' Careca 72'	Report	Minotti 52' Osio 81'	Stadium: San Paolo

17 February 199121	Pisa	1–1	Napoli	Pisa
	Padovano 60'	Report	Ferrara 47'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi

24 February 199122	Napoli	1–0	Genoa	Napoli
	Zola 56'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

3 March 199123	Milan	4–1	Napoli	Milan
	Ferrara 21' (o.g.) Gullit 41' Rijkaard 57' Gullit 67'	Report	Incocciati 73'	Stadium: San Siro

10 March 199124	Fiorentina	0–0	Napoli	Firenze
		Report		Stadium: Comunale

17 March 199125	Napoli	1–0	Bari	Napoli
	Zola 55'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

24 March 199126	Sampdoria	4–1	Napoli	Genova
	Cerezo 12' Vialli 19, 64' Lombardo 85'	Report	Maradona 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

30 March 199127	Napoli	1–1	Inter	Naples
	Careca 71'	Report	Matthäus 70'	Stadium: San Paolo

7 April 199128	Torino	1–1	Napoli	Torino
	Policano 19' (pen.)	Report	Careca 20'	Stadium: delle Alpi

14 April 199129	Napoli	2–0	Atalanta	Napoli
	Silenzi 24' Renica 37'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

21 April 199130	Lazio	0–2	Napoli	Roma
		Report	Alemão 54' Zola 86'	Stadium: Olimpico

5 May 199131	Napoli	1–0	Cesena	Napoli
	Francini 40'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

12 May 1991 32	Napoli	1–1	Juventus	Napoli
	Silenzi 32'	Report	Alessio 54'	Stadium: San Paolo

19 May 1991 33	Roma	1–1	Napoli	Roma
	Carboni 15'	Report	Rizzardi 80'	Stadium: Olimpico

26 May 199134	Napoli	3–2	Bologna	Napoli
	Zola 4' Careca 9' Incocciati 52'	Report	Détári 80', 90' (pen.)	Stadium: San Paolo

Coppa Italia

Second round

	Napoli	3–0	Cosenza	Napoli
	Ferrara Maradona Careca			Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 39 000

	Cosenza	0–2	Napoli
			Crippa Mauro	Attendance: 18 476

Eightfinals

	Napoli	2–1	Fiorentina	Napoli
	Silenzi Incocciati			Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 45 600

	Fiorentina	0–0	Napoli	Firenze
				Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 34 400

Quarterfinals

	Napoli	0–1	Bologna	Napoli
				Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 50 631

	Bologna	1–3	Napoli	Firenze
			Mauro Ferrara Incocciati	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 25 550

Semifinals

12 March 1991	Napoli	1–0	Sampdoria	Napoli
	Maradona 22'			Stadium: San Paolo

3 April 1991	Sampdoria	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Napoli	Genova
	Vialli 27' (pen.) Invernizzi 88'			Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

European Cup

19 September 1990	Napoli	3–0	Újpest	Napoli
20:30 CET	Baroni 35' Maradona 44', 77'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 39 327 Referee: Goethals

3 October 1990	Újpest	0–2	Napoli	Budapest
18:30 CET		Report	15' Incocciati 40' Alemão	Stadium: Megyeri úti Stadium Referee: Bouillet

Eightfinals

24 October 1990	Napoli	0–0	Spartak Moscow	Napoli
20:30 CET		Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 50 000 Referee: Schmidhuber

7 November 1990	Spartak Moscow	0–0 (0–0 agg.) (5–3 p)	Napoli	Moscow
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Central Stadium Lenin Attendance: 86 000 Referee: Girard
	Penalties
	Karpin Shalimov Shmarov Kulkov Mostovoi		Ferrara Mauro Baroni Maradona

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Giovanni Galli	43	-37	33	-33	6	-4	4	0
	DF	ITA	Ciro Ferrara	40	4	29	2	8	2	3	0
	DF	ITA	Giancarlo Corradini	38	0	30	0	6	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Marco Baroni	31	1	21	0	6	0	4	1
	DF	ITA	Giovanni Francini	35	1	25	1	6	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Massimo Crippa	42	1	30	0	8	1	4	0
	MF	ITA	Fernando De Napoli	37	1	27	1	6	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Giorgio Venturin	41	0	29+2	0	7	0	3	0
	FW	BRA	Careca	37	10	29	9	6	1	2	0
	FW	ARG	Diego Maradona	25	10	18	6	3	2	4	2
	FW	ITA	Gianfranco Zola	29	6	18+2	6	7	0	2	0
	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Taglialatela	5	-5	1+2	-4	2	-1	0	0
	MF	BRA	Alemão	31	2	21	1	6	0	4	1
	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Incocciati	32	11	19+4	7	6	3	3	1
	DF	ITA	Alessandro Renica	18	1	12+3	1	3	0
	FW	ITA	Andrea Silenzi	27	3	11+8	2	5	1	3	0
	MF	ITA	Massimo Mauro	23	1	11+3	0	6	1	3	0
	DF	ITA	Ivan Rizzardi	31	1	9+16	1	4	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Antonio Telari	1	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Gianluca Francesconi	1	0	0+1	0
	GK	ITA	Raffaele Di Fusco	0	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Cristiano Scalabrelli	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Luca Altomare	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Fabrizio Ferrigno	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1990/1005/

References

↑ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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[table_note_PAR0.65470701020896-1] Parma qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup as a substitute for the banned Milan.

[2] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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