1992–93 SSC Napoli season

Napoli
1992-93 season
Chairman	Corrado Ferlaino
Manager	Claudio Ranieri ; (until 9 November 1992); Ottavio Bianchi
Serie A	11th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	Daniel Fonseca (16)
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Last updated September 05, 2025

SSC Napoli got extremely close to a shock relegation to Serie B, and only held on to its top-flight status by two points. This was just three years since the club led by playmaker and legend Diego Maradona won the domestic league title. It actually spent Christmas of 1992 in the relegation zone, and climbed out of it thanks to a strong January '93 run. The reason Napoli survived was the above-average offensive skills. Gianfranco Zola, Daniel Fonseca and Careca was a trio capable of leading any teams' attack, and the club looked set to suffer when Zola (Parma) and Careca (Japan) departed at the end of the season. Fonseca's season is mostly remembered for an extremely unusual five goals in one match, as Napoli beat Valencia 5-1 away from home in the UEFA Cup. Then it lost to Paris SG in the next round, rendering it was out of Europe.

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	Gian Marco Sansonetti
-	DF	ITA	Ciro Ferrara
-	DF	ITA	Giovanni Francini
-	DF	ITA	Fabio Cannavaro
-	DF	ITA	Giancarlo Corradini
-	DF	ITA	Massimo Tarantino
-	DF	ITA	Carlo Cornacchia
-	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Nela
-	DF	ITA	Paolo Ziliani
-	MF	SWE	Jonas Thern


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ITA	Fausto Pari
-	MF	ITA	Roberto Policano
-	MF	ITA	Massimo Mauro
-	MF	ITA	Massimo Crippa
-	MF	ITA	Luca Altomare
-	MF	ITA	Gaetano De Rosa
-	MF	ITA	Angelo Carbone
-	FW	ITA	Gianfranco Zola
-	FW	URU	Daniel Fonseca
-	FW	BRA	Careca
-	FW	ITA	Cristian Baglieri
-	FW	ITA	Giorgio Bresciani

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Daniel Fonseca	Cagliari Calcio
MF	Jonas Thern	Benfica
DF	Paolo Ziliani	Brescia Calcio	loan
MF	Fausto Pari	Sampdoria
MF	Roberto Policano	Torino F.C.
MF	Luca Altomare	A.C. Reggiana
MF	Angelo Carbone	A.S. Bari
FW	Marco Ferrante	Pisa	loan ended
DF	Carlo Cornacchia	Atalanta B.C.

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Diego Maradona	Sevilla FC	U$7,50 million
DF	Laurent Blanc	Nîmes Olympique	loan
MF	Alemão	Atalanta B.C.
FW	Michele Padovano	Genoa C.F.C.
FW	Andrea Silenzi	Torino F.C.
MF	Fernando De Napoli	A.C. Milan
MF	Stefano De Agostini	Atalanta B.C.

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Sebastiano Nela	A.S. Roma
FW	Giorgio Bresciani	Cagliari Calcio

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Marco Ferrante	Parma F.C.

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Torino	34	9	17	8	38	38	0	35	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
10	Roma	34	8	17	9	42	39	+3	33
11	Napoli	34	10	12	12	49	50	−1	32
12	Foggia	34	10	12	12	39	55	−16	32
13	Genoa	34	7	17	10	41	55	−14	31

Source: 1992–93 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.(Note:^[1]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	D
Position	6	2	8	7	10	14	10	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	12	12	15	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	11

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1992–93 European Cup ; = 1992–93 UEFA Cup ; = 1992–93 Serie B

Matches

6 September 19921	Napoli	0–0	Brescia	Naples
		Report		Stadium: San Paolo

13 September 19922	Foggia	2–4	Napoli	Foggia
	P. Bresciani 17, 44'	Report	Fonseca 11, 89' Zola 25' Careca 59'

20 September 19923	Napoli	1–2	Inter	Naples
	Fonseca 84'	Report	Sammer 54' Schillaci 57'	Stadium: San Paolo

27 September 19924	Ancona	1–1	Napoli	Ancona
	Détári 60'	Report	Fonseca 5'

4 October 1992 5	Napoli	2–3	Juventus	Naples
	Fonseca 84' Zola 86'	Report	R. Baggio 5' Möller 57' Vialli 80'	Stadium: San Paolo

18 October 19926	Udinese	2–0	Napoli	Udine
	Branca 11' Dell'Anno 49'	Report

25 October 1992 7	Napoli	2–1	Roma	Naples
	Fonseca 45' Careca 46'	Report	Benedetti 57'	Stadium: San Paolo

1 November 19928	Atalanta	3–2	Napoli	Bergamo
	Perrone 21' Ganz 52, 75'	Report	Fonseca 7' Ferrara 90'

8 November 19929	Napoli	1–5	Milan	Naples
	Zola 83'	Report	van Basten 6, 26, 68, 74' Eranio 60'	Stadium: San Paolo

22 November 199210	Sampdoria	3–1	Napoli	Genoa
	Ziliani 42' (o.g.) Jugović 59' Mancini 77'	Report	Mannini 87' (o.g.)

29 November 199211	Napoli	4–1	Fiorentina	Naples
	Policano 19' Zola 43, 67' Careca 90'	Report	Di Mauro 14'	Stadium: San Paolo

6 December 199212	Cagliari	1–0	Napoli	Cagliari
	Francescoli 64'	Report	55' Fonseca 59' Careca

13 December 199213	Genoa	2–1	Napoli	Genoa
	Skuhravý 30, 79'	Report	Fonseca 47'

3 January 199314	Napoli	2–0	Pescara	Naples
	Fonseca 16, 67'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

10 January 199315	Torino	0–1	Napoli	Turin
		Report	Policano 13'	Stadium: delle Alpi

17 January 199316	Napoli	3–1	Lazio	Naples
	Crippa 29' Fonseca 59' Careca 70'	Report	Signori 78'	Stadium: San Paolo

24 January 199317	Parma	1–1	Napoli	Parma
	Asprilla 51'	Report	Fonseca 69'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini

31 January 199318	Brescia	2–1	Napoli	Brescia
	Schenardi 55' Răducioiu 69'	Report	Zola 75'	Stadium: Mario Rigamonti

7 February 199319	Napoli	2–0	Foggia	Naples
	Zola 20' Careca 29'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

14 February 199320	Inter	0–0	Napoli	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

28 February 199321	Napoli	0–0	Ancona	Naples
		Report		Stadium: San Paolo

7 March 1993 22	Juventus	4–3	Napoli	Turin
	Di Canio 9' Platt 16' Ravanelli 72' Möller 87'	Report	Zola 51' Ferrara 71' Ferrara 74' 77' Careca Fonseca 80' (pen.)	Stadium: delle Alpi

14 March 199323	Napoli	3–0	Udinese	Naples
	Ferrara 45' Policano 53' Fonseca 71'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

21 March 1993 24	Roma	1–1	Napoli	Rome
	Häßler 58'	Report	Fonseca 74'	Stadium: Olimpico

28 March 199325	Napoli	1–0	Atalanta	Naples
	Policano 20'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

4 April 199326	Milan	2–2	Napoli	Milan
	Lentini 62, 66'	Report	Careca 15' Policano 37'	Stadium: San Siro

10 April 199327	Napoli	1–1	Sampdoria	Naples
	Zola 13'	Report	Lombardo 26'	Stadium: San Paolo

18 April 199328	Fiorentina	1–1	Napoli	Florence
	Batistuta 86'	Report	Fonseca 25'	Stadium: Artemio Franchi

25 April 199329	Napoli	1–0	Cagliari	Naples
	Zola 88'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

8 May 199330	Napoli	2–2	Genoa	Naples
	Careca 11' Ferrara 38'	Report	Caricola 41' Padovano 55'	Stadium: San Paolo

16 May 199331	Pescara	3–0	Napoli	Pescara
	Palladini 52' Borgonovo 74, 88'	Report		Stadium: Adriatico

23 May 199332	Napoli	1–1	Torino	Naples
	Policano 60'	Report	Poggi 81'	Stadium: San Paolo

30 May 199333	Lazio	4–3	Napoli	Rome
	Riedle 1, 4' Signori 42' (pen.) Winter 50'	Report	Zola 10'61' (pen.) Francini 47'	Stadium: Olimpico

6 June 199334	Napoli	1–1	Parma	Naples
	Policano 22'	Report	Pizzi 87'	Stadium: San Paolo

Coppa Italia

Second round

26 August 1992

Napoli

3–0

Modena

Naples

2 September 1992

Modena

0–3

Napoli

Modena

Eightfinals

7 October 1992	Napoli	2–1	Hellas Verona	Naples
				Stadium: San Paolo

28 October 1992	Hellas Verona	1–5	Napoli	Verona
				Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi

Quarter-finals

27 January 1993	Napoli	0–0	Roma	Naples
				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Luciano Luci

9 February 1993	Roma	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Napoli	Rome
	Carnevale 10' Häßler 71' (pen.)			Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1992	Valencia	1–5	Napoli	Valencia
	Roberto 54'	Report	Fonseca 20' Fonseca 60' Fonseca 63' Fonseca 87' Fonseca 89'	Stadium: Luis Casanova Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Hubert Forstinger

30 September 1992	Napoli	1–0	Valencia	Naples
	Fonseca 7'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bo Karlsson

Second round

21 October 1992	Napoli	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Napoli
20:30		Report	Weah 16', 35'	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 35,378 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher

4 November 1992	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0 (2-0 agg.)	Napoli	Paris
		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Giovanni Galli	42	-55	32	-49	6	-3	4	-3
	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Nela	25	0	23	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Ciro Ferrara	39	4	31	4	5	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Giancarlo Corradini	38	0	26+5	0	3	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Giovanni Francini	35	2	24+1	1	6	1	4	0
	MF	ITA	Massimo Crippa	38	1	25+4	1	5	0	4	0
	MF	SWE	Jonas Thern	34	0	27	0	3	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Roberto Policano	38	10	27+3	7	6	3	2	0
	FW	URU	Daniel Fonseca	40	24	30+1	16	5	2	4	6
	FW	BRA	Careca	31	10	23+1	7	3	3	4	0
	FW	ITA	Gianfranco Zola	43	14	33	12	6	2	4	0
	GK	ITA	Gian Marco Sansonetti	2	-1	2	-1	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Angelo Carbone	34	0	21+6	0	4	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Massimo Tarantino	36	0	18+12	0	3	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Fausto Pari	20	0	10+3	0	3	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Luca Altomare	17	0	10+4	0	3	0
	FW	ITA	Giorgio Bresciani	12	0	3+8	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Massimo Mauro	16	0	3+7	0	3	0	3	0
	FW	ITA	Marco Ferrante	7	2	2+2	0	3	2
	DF	ITA	Fabio Cannavaro	3	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Paolo Ziliani	2	0	1+1	0
	FW	ITA	Cristian Baglieri	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Carlo Cornacchia	6	0	0+3	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Gaetano De Rosa	3	0	0+3	0
	GK	ITA	Angelo Pagotto	0	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Taglialatela	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Carli	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1992/1042/

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.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1992/93

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[1] 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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