Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Napoli Femminile, known as Napoli Femminile or simply Napoli, is an Italian
women's football club from
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
that competes in
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
.
History
Founded as ''ASD Calciosmania Napoli'', it took the name ''ASD Napoli Calcio Femminile'' in 2006 after merging with ''SSC Venus Napoli''. In 2012 it reached the
national cup The English National Cup is an annual basketball knock-out competition held between professional, semi-professional and amateur teams from the various divisions of the National Basketball League. For most of the competition's history, the draw has ...
's final, lost to
ACF Brescia
Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Brescia Calcio Femminile, known as Brescia Calcio Femminile or simply Brescia, is an Italian women's football club from Capriolo, near Brescia. It was founded in 1985 as FCF Capriolo Arredamenti Ostilio. In 2000 ...
after
extra time
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, and it attained promotion to Serie A for the first time. In 2017 the club merged with ''Napoli Dream Team'' and took the actual name.
After having won group D in Serie C, the club was in first position in
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
when 2019–20 season was interrupted because of the restrictions related to the breakup of
COVID-19 pandemic
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; the end standings were determined based on a corrective coefficient, resulting in a first place for Napoli Femminile and thus promotion to
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
. In
2020–21 Serie A season the club ended in 10th position, avoiding the relegation in the last match of the championship. In
2021–22 Serie A season the club ended again in 10th position, but cannot avoid relegation in Serie B since the number of relegated club increased to have ten teams in the following season; relegation arrived in the last match of the season after losing against
Pomigliano
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It is known for its industrial pole among the largest and most influential in southern Italy. In the industrial area there is, among ...
. In 2022–23 Serie B season the club ended in first position ahead of
Lazio
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and thus promoted to Serie A after one season in the second tier.
Honours
*
Serie A2
**Winners (1): (girone D)
*
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
**Winners (3): (girone E), ,
*
Serie C
The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C.
The unification of the Lega Pro ...
**Winners (1): (girone D),
Current squad
See also
*
List of women's association football clubs
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*
List of women's football clubs in Italy
There are five women's football leagues in Italy. This is a list of Italian women's clubs.
Serie A
Current
The following clubs are in the Serie A (women's football) for the 2020–21 season:
* A.C. Milan
* Bari
* Empoli
* Fiorentina
* Fl ...
References
External links
Team profileat women.soccerway.com
SSD Napoli Femminile
Association football clubs established in 2003
2003 establishments in Italy
Serie A (women's football) clubs
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