The 2015–16 season was

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli (), commonly known as SSC Napoli or simply Napoli, is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Naples, Campania that currently competes in the Serie A, ...

's 70th season in

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. The team competed in

, the

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, and the

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. In Serie A Napoli enjoyed an immense season, finishing in 2nd place and having been in 1st place for much of the mid-season period. Star striker

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became the player with the most goals in a single season in all of

history, with 36 goals, overtaking

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's long-standing record of 35. Napoli were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the

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. In the

, Napoli finished with a perfect 6–0–0 record in the group stage, scoring 22 goals in the process. However, this form did not continue into the knockout phase, where they were eliminated in the round of 32, 2–1 on aggregate by Spanish side and eventual semi-finalists

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. On 25 May 2015 coach

Rafael Benítez Rafael Benítez Maudes (born 16 April 1960) is a Spanish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. He was most recently the manager of La Liga club RC Celta de Vigo, Celta Vigo. Beníte ...

was signed by

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to replace

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. Former

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manager

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replaced Benítez on 12 June.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Loans in

Total expenditure: €32.2 million

Out

Loans out

Total revenue: €10.6 million Net income: €21.6 million

Competitions

Overall

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 32

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Clean sheets

Last updated: 14 May 2016

References

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Napoli Naples ( ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its province-level municipality is the thir ...