The 2017–18 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 72nd season in

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. The team competed in

, the

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, the

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, and the

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. 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.

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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

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. In the Champions League, Napoli had first to navigate through the play-off round, successfully eliminating French club

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, Ukrainian club

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, and Dutch club

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, Napoli finished a disappointing third, with four defeats and only two victories. As a result Napoli dropped down to the round of 32 of the Europa League, once again experiencing European disappointment as they were eliminated on away goals after drawing 3–3 across two legs with German club

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. This was

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's third and final season in charge of the club after signing from

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in the summer of 2015.

Players

Squad information

:''Last updated on 20 May 2018'' :''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

Play-off round

Group stage

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

=Round of 32

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Disciplinary record

Last updated: 18 April 2018

References

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