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2017–18 SSC Napoli Season
The 2017–18 season was Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 72nd season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. In the league, Napoli set a new club record for points in a single Serie A season, finishing with 91, though this would only be good enough for 2nd place behind champions Juventus, with 95. Dries Mertens was once again the club's top league goalscorer, albeit with ten fewer goals than the previous season; he scored 18 in Serie A and 22 in all competitions. In the Coppa Italia Napoli were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Atalanta. In the Champions League, Napoli had first to navigate through the play-off round, successfully eliminating French club Nice with 2–0 wins in both legs, 4–0 on aggregate. However, having been drawn into a group with English club Manchester City, Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, and Dutch club Feyenoord, Napoli finished a disappointing third, with four defeats and only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SSC Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli (), commonly known as SSC Napoli or simply Napoli, is an Italian professional football club based in Naples, Campania that currently competes in the Serie A, the highest league of Italian football. Napoli are among the most successful clubs in the nation, having won four league titles, six Coppa Italia, two Supercoppa Italiana and one UEFA Cup. Napoli are the reigning champions of Italy, after securing their second title in the last three seasons this year. The club was formed in 1926 as Associazione Calcio Napoli following the merger of US Internazionale Napoli and Naples Foot-Ball Club. Napoli saw relatively little success in its early years, winning their first major trophy in the 1962 Coppa Italia. Napoli then saw increased success in the late 1970s (including their second Coppa Italia in 1976) and especially in the 1980s, after the club acquired Diego Maradona in 1984. During his time in Naples, Maradona helped the team win its first two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 SSC Napoli Season
The 2018–19 season was Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 73rd season in Serie A. The team has competed in Serie A, and has competed in the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. Carlo Ancelotti replaced Maurizio Sarri at the helm after three seasons. Players Squad information :''Last updated on 25 May 2019'' :''Appearances include league matches only'' Transfers In Loans in Out Loans out Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Serie A League table Results summary Results by round Matches Coppa Italia UEFA Champions League Group stage UEFA Europa League Knockout phase =Round of 32= =Round of 16= =Quarter-finals= Statistics Appearances and goals , - ! colspan=14 style="background:#5DAFE3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center", Goalkeepers , - ! colspan=14 style="background:#5DAFE3; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center", Defenders , - ! colspan=14 sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mário Rui
Mário Rui Silva Duarte (born 27 May 1991), known as Mário Rui, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a left-back. Developed at Benfica, he spent most of his professional career in Italy, making 248 appearances in Serie A for Empoli, Roma and Napoli and winning the 2022–23 Serie A and the 2019–20 Coppa Italia with the last of those clubs. Mário Rui was part of the Portugal squad at the 2018 World Cup. Club career Early years and Empoli Born in Sines, Setúbal District, Mário Rui started his career at local Vasco da Gama Atlético Clube. He then played for the youth teams of Sporting CP, Valencia and Benfica, being signed by Parma in summer 2011 and being loaned immediately to fellow Italians Gubbio; he joined the Serie B club following that year's FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the international transfer certificate arriving on 2 September. In June 2012, Parma signed Mário Rui for €595,000 on a five-year contract (paid to Gubbio), effectively on 1 July.Parma FC Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional association football, football team, who play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Bayern are the most successful club in German football and are among List of football clubs by competitive honours won, the world's most decorated, having won a record 34 List of German football champions, national titles, including eleven consecutive titles from 2013 to 2023 and a record 20 DFB-Pokal, national cups, alongside numerous European titles. Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by eleven players, led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932 German football championship, 1932, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga during Introduction of the Bundesliga, its inception in 1963. The club found suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepe Reina
José Manuel "Pepe" Reina Páez (; born 31 August 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. The son of famed Barcelona and Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Reina, Pepe Reina began his career with the Barcelona youth team and made his La Liga debut in the 2000–01 season. He signed for Villarreal in 2002, winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup twice. Reina moved on to Liverpool and made his debut in the 2005 UEFA Super Cup, which Liverpool won. He instantly became first-choice goalkeeper and went on to win both the FA Cup – where he saved three out of four West Ham United penalties in the final – and the FA Community Shield. In 2007, he reached the Champions League final with Liverpool, matching the feat achieved by his father in 1974, but Liverpool lost to AC Milan. Following eight consecutive seasons as Liverpool's first-choice keeper, Reina spent the 2013–14 season on loan at Napoli, where he was reunited with Rafael Benítez, the coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Sepe
Luigi Sepe (born 8 May 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Salernitana. Club career Born in Torre del Greco, the Province of Naples, Sepe made his debut for his hometown club in Serie A on 28 January 2009, aged 17, during the match against Fiorentina, lost 2–1. He replaced Gianello in the 32nd minute. He wore the number 44 jersey during the 2008–09 season. He was the fourth keeper behind Gennaro Iezzo, Nicolás Navarro and Matteo Gianello. In 2010–11 season, he was named in 2010–11 UEFA Europa League as list B member (U21 youth product), which he was the fourth keeper behind Morgan De Sanctis, Iezzo and Gianello. From 2011 to 2018, Sepe was loaned out to different italian teams such as Pisa, Virtus Lanciano, Empoli and Fiorentina. On 10 July 2018, Sepe signed with Parma on loan until 30 June 2019. On 10 July 2019, the deal was made permanent. On 24 January 2022, he joined Salernitana on loan with a conditional obligation t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santos FC
Santos Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a ''bairro'' in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Santos. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo's premier State football leagues in Brazil, state league, as well as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top flight of the Brazilian football league system, after winning the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, 2024 Série B title. The club was founded in 1912 by three sports enthusiasts from Santos: Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Júnior. The initiative was a response to the lack of representation the city had in football. Since then, Santos has become one of Brazil's most successful clubs, becoming a symbol of ''The Beautiful Game, Joga Bonito'' (English: The Beautiful Game) in Association football culture, football culture, hence the motto ''"Técnica e Disciplina"'' (technique and discipline). This was largely thanks to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalkeeper (association Football)
The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a association football positions, position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing football team, team from Scoring in association football, scoring a 'Football pitch#Goals, goal' (i.e. putting the football (ball), ball over the Goal_(sports)#Association_football, goal Goal line (association football), line). This is accomplished by having the goalkeeper move into the trajectory of the ball to either catch it or direct it further from the vicinity of the goal line. Within the penalty area, goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands, giving them (outside throw-ins) the sole rights on the field to handle the ball. The goalkeeper is indicated by wearing a different coloured kit (association football), kit from their teammates and opposition. The back-pass rule is a rule that disallows handling passes b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Cabral
Rafael Cabral Barbosa (born 20 May 1990), known as Rafael Cabral or simply Rafael, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Real Salt Lake. Club career Santos Born in Sorocaba, Rafael joined Santos youth system in 2003. In 2010, he was promoted to the first team, but broke his right leg in a split with the centre back Domingos and sidelined for four months. Rafael played in the second half of the match between Santos and the New York Red Bulls in the United States. It was won by Red Bull by 3–1 but Rafael did not concede a goal, the three goals from New York were scored in the first half, when the goalkeeper was Fábio Costa. His debut in the first team for Santos in an official game took place on 2 June 2010, the match between Santos and Cruzeiro in Mineirão, where the score was 0–0. He took the place of Felipe, who had played all previous 37 matches that season. On 20 August 2012, Rafael Cabral's right eye started bleeding when he collid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empoli FC
Empoli Football Club is an Italian professional football club based in Empoli, Tuscany. Founded in 1920, the side is part of a select group of Italian football clubs not based in a provincial capital city that have participated in Serie A. Empoli has spent most of its history in professional football. Empoli competed in European competitions once, in which they were eliminated in the qualification stage of 2007–08 UEFA Cup. History From the 1920s to the 1970s In August 1920 in Empoli, ''Foot Ball Club Empoli'' and the football section ''Unione Sportiva Empoli'' were born. After the participation of a tournament in San Miniato, the two merged into a single local football club. The next season, the new club, after having obtained in September affiliation in the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) ratified by the Tuscan Regional Committee, was included in Group A of the Tuscan Promozione 1921–22, but did take part due to economic problems, choosing instead to join the league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RB Leipzig
RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. (), commonly known as RB Leipzig or informally as Red Bull Leipzig, is a German professional association football, football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH, which purchased the playing rights of fifth-tier side SSV Markranstädt with the intent of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years. The men's professional football club is run by the spin-off organization RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH. RB Leipzig plays its home matches at the Red Bull Arena (Leipzig), Red Bull Arena. The club nickname is . After its foundation, RB Leipzig quickly rose through the ranks of German football, starting in the fifth-tier NOFV-Oberliga Süd. The club achieved successive promotions the following years, eventually being promoted to the Bundesliga in 2015–16 2. Bundesliga, 2015–16. In their debut 2016–17 Bundesliga, top-flight season, they qualified to the UEFA Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its neighbourhood in 1912 as SC Feijenoord, updated in 1974 to SC Feyenoord, and then to ''Feyenoord'' in 1978, when it split from the amateur club under its wing, SC Feyenoord. Since 1937, Feyenoord's Home (sports), home ground has been the Stadion Feijenoord, nicknamed De Kuip (''The Tub''), the second largest stadium in Netherlands. Feyenoord is one of the most successful clubs in Football in the Netherlands, Dutch football, winning 16 List of Dutch football champions, Dutch football championships, 14 KNVB Cups, and 5 Johan Cruyff Shields. Internationally, the club has won one UEFA Champions League, European Cup, two UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cups, and one Intercontinen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
