2000–01 SSC Napoli season

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Napoli
2000-01 season
Chairman Corrado Ferlaino
Manager Zdeněk Zeman
Emiliano Mondonico
Serie A 17th (relegated to Serie B)
Coppa Italia Second Round
Top goalscorer Nicola Amoruso (10)

S.S.C. Napoli returned to Serie A, following a couple of years in Serie B, where the club had rebuilt itself following the disastrous 1997-98 season, when it scored merely 14 points from 34 games.

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Napoli was relegated once more, when a win against Fiorentina in the final round proved redundant due to all the other teams involved in the battle (to avoid relegation) also winning their matches; including a shocking win for Lecce against title-chasers Lazio. The investment in several new players came back to haunt Napoli when those players did not perform, causing bankruptcy three years later.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Serie A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
14 Hellas Verona [lower-alpha 1] 34107174059−1937 [lower-alpha 2] Relegation tie-breaker
15 Reggina (R)34107173249−1737 [lower-alpha 2] Serie B after tie-breaker
16 Vicenza (R)3499163751−1436 [lower-alpha 3] Relegation to Serie B
17 Napoli (R)34812143551−1636 [lower-alpha 3]
18 Bari (R)3455243168−3720
Source: 2000–01 Serie A, Soccerway, 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: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played). [1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Hellas Verona winner of 2000–01 Relegation tie-breaker against Reggina.
  2. 1 2 Lecce finished ahead of Reggina and Hellas Verona on head-to-head points: Lecce: 10 pts, Reggina: 4 pts, Hellas Verona: 2 pts.
  3. 1 2 Vicenza finished ahead of Napoli on head-to-head points: Vicenza 2–0 Napoli, Napoli 1–2 Vicenza.

Matches

1 Napoli 1–2 Juventus
Stellone Soccerball shade.svg41' Kovačević Soccerball shade.svg67'
Del Piero Soccerball shade.svg75'
2 Inter 3–1 Napoli
Di Biagio Soccerball shade.svg10'
Zamorano Soccerball shade.svg38'
Blanc Soccerball shade.svg45'		 Seedorf Soccerball shade.svg60' (o.g.)
3 Napoli 1–5 Bologna
Moriero Soccerball shade.svg61' Womé Soccerball shade.svg4'
Baldini Soccerball shade.svg24' (o.g.)
Signori Soccerball shade.svg50, 75'
J. Cruz Soccerball shade.svg90'
4 Lecce 1–1 Napoli
Vučinić Soccerball shade.svg74' Fresi Soccerball shade.svg67'
9 Napoli 1–0 Bari
Amoruso Soccerball shade.svg45'
11 Napoli 6–2 Reggina
Baccin Soccerball shade.svg5'
Magoni Soccerball shade.svg20'
Amoruso Soccerball shade.svg34' (pen.)
Bellucci Soccerball shade.svg56'
Troise Soccerball shade.svg73'
Jankulovski Soccerball shade.svg83'		 Cozza Soccerball shade.svg67' (pen.)
Mozart Soccerball shade.svg87'
13 Lazio 1–2 Napoli
Mihajlović Soccerball shade.svg84' (pen.) Amoruso Soccerball shade.svg4'
Pancaro Soccerball shade.svg36' (o.g.)
14 Verona 2–1 Napoli
Mutu Soccerball shade.svg84'
Adaílton Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Bellucci Soccerball shade.svg78'
15 Napoli 0–1 Udinese
Sosa Soccerball shade.svg68'
20 Bologna 2–1 Napoli
Signori Soccerball shade.svg25' (pen.)Soccerball shade.svg87' Edmundo Soccerball shade.svg35'
21 Napoli 1–1 Lecce
Edmundo Soccerball shade.svg51' Vugrinec Soccerball shade.svg76'
22 Vicenza 2–0 Napoli
Toni Soccerball shade.svg55'
Firmani Soccerball shade.svg90'
24 Atalanta 1–1 Napoli
Doni Soccerball shade.svg69' (pen.) Pecchia Soccerball shade.svg38'
25 Napoli 0–0 Milan
29 Parma 4–0 Napoli
Micoud Soccerball shade.svg32'
Milošević Soccerball shade.svg50'
Di Vaio Soccerball shade.svg65, 75'
30 Napoli 2–4 Lazio
Amoruso Soccerball shade.svg24, 46' Crespo Soccerball shade.svg32, 51'
Nedvěd Soccerball shade.svg65'
Ravanelli Soccerball shade.svg89'
31 Napoli 2–0 Verona
Pecchia Soccerball shade.svg41'
Amauri Soccerball shade.svg82'

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