Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 2010–11 season was its 68th in Serie A, and fourth consecutive year in the top flight. Napoli will also take part in the

2010–11 UEFA Europa League The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 40th edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 1 July 2010, with ...

as a result of finishing 6th in the

2009–10 Serie A The 2009–10 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th season of top-tier Italian football, the 78th in a round-robin tournament. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that w ...

table, its highest in Serie A since it also finished 6th in 1993–94.

Season review

Following the end of the World Cup, Napoli bought Edinson Cavani from fellow Southern club

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. He cost roughly

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17 million for Napoli, and was the clubs' most expensive player ever bought. The club also loaned out playmaker

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to Sevilla, despite having the medical postponed due to illness.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

:1.Napoli will pay a fee of

17 million to purchase Cavani outright when loan expires.

Out

Loan out

:2. Chievo has an option to purchase Bogliacino outright when deal expires. :3.

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paid

4.5 million for the loan, and is expected to purchase Quagliarella outright when deal expires. :4.

paid

600,000 for the loan, and has an option to purchase Rinaudo outright for €5 million when loan expires.

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Napoli qualified into the Round of 16 in the 2010–11 Coppa Italia by finishing sixth in the previous year's table, marking the first time since 1994–95 Napoli have entered the tournament at that stage. Napoli aim for its fourth victory in the national competition, and first since its 1986–87 finals win against Atalanta.

UEFA Europa League

Napoli qualified to the play-off round of the

by finishing 6th in Serie A in 2009–10. This marks Napoli's first appearance in the competition since the

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, under its previous name, and 13th overall. Napoli aim to add to its only triumph in the competition: its

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victory over VfB Stuttgart.

Play-off round

Napoli were drawn against

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side IF Elfsborg of the

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, who advanced through defeats of

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and FK Teteks in the previous qualifying rounds. Hosting the first leg at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli survived on a clear-path goal by Ezequiel Lavezzi in first half stoppage time, taking a 1-0 lead to Sweden. Edinson Cavani, kept off the scoresheet in his debut with Napoli, hoped for better fortunes in the return leg of the matchup. Indeed, he scored his first two goals as a member of the club to help go up 3–0 on

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through halftime in Sweden. Napoli would go on to win by that score, and advance to the group stage.

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 32

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Last updated: 6 January 2016

References

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