Derby del Sole

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Derby del Sole
Other namesDerby of the Sun, Derby del Sud
LocationItaly
Teams
First meeting8 April 1928
Coppa CONI  [ it ]
Roma 4–1 Napoli
Latest meeting2 February 2025
Serie A
Roma 1–1 Napoli
Stadiums Stadio Olimpico (Roma)
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli)
Statistics
Meetings totalOfficial matches: 179
Unofficial matches: 10
Total matches: 189
Most winsOfficial matches: Roma (66)
Unofficial matches: Roma (4)
Total matches: Roma (70)
Top scorer Dino da Costa (8)
Largest victoryRoma 8–0 Napoli
1958–59 Serie A
(29 March 1959)

The Derby del Sole [1] [2] (or the Derby of the Sun in English), also known as Derby del Sud, [3] is an Italian football derby between Napoli and Roma. [4] The two clubs are considered the most popular outside of Northern Italy; Roma being from Central Italy and Napoli from Southern Italy.

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Statistics

As of 2 February 2025
CompetitionPlayedRoma winsDrawsNapoli wins
Serie A 160545650
Coppa Italia 171124
Coppa CONI 2101
Total (official)179665855
Other meetings10433
Total189706158

Results

  Napoli won  Draw  Roma won

Head-to-head ranking in Serie A (1930–2025)

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Total: Napoli with 41 higher finishes, Roma with 38 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2024–25 season).

Trophies

As of 23 May 2025
TeamMajor domesticInternationalGrand total
SA CI SCI National total CL CWC ICFC EL ECL USC UIC IC FCWC International total
Roma 3921411216
Napoli 462121113

Note: Roma won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup once, but it does not count towards their official European record.

References

  1. "Giants taste defeat". FIFA.com. FIFA. 21 October 2007. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Fans of Roma and Napoli had waited six years to enjoy another Derby del Sole (Derby of the Sun), traditionally considered one of the highlights of the Italian season.
  2. "Soccer fever for Italian sports journalists". CBC Sports . 21 October 2007. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. ... Saturday's game between AS Roma and Napoli. Tensions always run high when these clubs meet in Il Derby Del Sole (the Derby of the Sun),...
  3. "La decisione del prefetto? Buona". Sky Italia (in Italian). 18 October 2007. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. ... il derby del Sud avevano evidentemente dei validi motivi.
  4. "Football Derby matches in Italy". FootballDerbies.com. 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2007.