1993 �94 Ssc Napoli Season

Napoli
1993-94 season
Chairman	Ellenio Gallo
Manager	Marcello Lippi
Stadium	San Paolo
Serie A	6th; (in UEFA Cup)
Coppa Italia	Second Round
Top goalscorer	Daniel Fonseca (15)
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

S.S.C. Napoli once again struggled to reach the levels it had achieved previously , but still finished sixth in Serie A, which ended up with coach Marcello Lippi joining Juventus. Financial woes caused Napoli to sell its two prominent foreign players, Jonas Thern and Daniel Fonseca to Roma following the season's end.^{[
citation needed]}Skipper Ciro Ferrara also left, in his case for Juventus.^{[
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Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Taglialatela
—	GK	ITA	Raffaele Di Fusco
—	GK	ITA	Angelo Pagotto
—	DF	ITA	Ciro Ferrara
—	DF	ITA	Giovanni Francini
—	DF	ITA	Fabio Cannavaro
—	DF	ITA	Giancarlo Corradini
—	DF	ITA	Massimo Tarantino
—	DF	ITA	Carlo Cornacchia
—	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Nela
—	DF	ITA	Ciro Caruso
—	DF	ITA	Alessandro Sbrizzo
—	DF	ITA	Giovanni Bia
—	DF	ITA	Enzo Gambaro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SWE	Jonas Thern
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Pari
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Policano
—	MF	ITA	Fabio Pecchia
—	MF	ITA	Renato Buso
—	MF	ITA	Eugenio Corini
—	MF	ITA	Mario Caruso
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Bordin
—	MF	ITA	Luca Altomare
—	MF	ITA	Carmelo Imbriani
—	FW	ITA	Paolo Di Canio
—	FW	URU	Daniel Fonseca
—	FW	ITA	Giorgio Bresciani

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Paolo Di Canio	Juventus
DF	Giovanni Bia	Cosenza Calcio
DF	Enzo Gambaro	A.C. Milan	loan
MF	Fabio Pecchia	U.S. Avellino
MF	Renato Buso	Sampdoria
MF	Eugenio Corini	Sampdoria	loan
MF	Roberto Bordin	Atalanta B.C.
MF	Mario Caruso	Modena

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Gianfranco Zola	Parma F.C.
MF	Massimo Crippa	Parma F.C.
FW	Careca	Kashiwa Reysol
MF	Angelo Carbone	A.C. Milan
MF	Massimo Mauro		retired
GK	Giovanni Galli	Torino F.C.
DF	Paolo Ziliani	Brescia Calcio	loan ended

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Carmelo Imbriani

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Luca Altomare	Lucchesse

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Lazio	34	17	10	7	55	40	+15	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup
5	Parma	34	17	7	10	50	35	+15	41
6	Napoli	34	12	12	10	41	35	+6	36
7	Roma	34	10	15	9	35	30	+5	35
8	Torino	34	11	12	11	39	37	+2	34

Source: 1993–94 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[1]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W
Position	11	15	14	11	12	8	8	7	6	6	8	10	8	10	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1994–95 UEFA Champions League; = 1994–95 UEFA Cup; = 1994–95 Serie B; c = As Sampdoria clinched the Coppa and classified to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, therefore, the 6th spot is classified to the 1994–95 UEFA Cup.

Matches

29 August 1993 1	Napoli	1–2	Sampdoria	Napoli
	Bresciani 81'	Report	Platt 31' Gullit 43'	Stadium: San Paolo

5 September 1993 2	Cremonese	2–0	Napoli	Cremona
	Tentoni 38, 78'	Report

8 September 1993 3	Napoli	0–0	Torino	Napoli
		Report		Stadium: San Paolo

12 September 1993 4	Roma	2–3	Napoli	Roma
	Rizzitelli 45' Bonacina 54'	Report	Buso 25' Di Canio 51' Ferrara 67'	Stadium: Olimpico

19 September 1993 5	Genoa	0–0	Napoli	Genova
		Report

26 September 1993 6	Napoli	2–1	Udinese	Napoli
	Altomare 12' Bia 68'	Report	Branca 40'	Stadium: San Paolo

3 October 1993 7	Napoli	0–0	Inter	Naples
		Report		Stadium: San Paolo

17 October 1993 8	Cagliari	1–2	Napoli	Cagliari
	Cappioli 37'	Report	Fonseca 25, 28'

24 October 1993 9	Napoli	3–1	Lecce	Napoli
	Fonseca 27' Policano 76' Pecchia 82'	Report	Padalino 32'	Stadium: San Paolo

31 October 1993 10	Piacenza	1–1	Napoli	Piacenza
	Papais 28'	Report	Bia 18'

7 November 1993 11	Napoli	1–2	Lazio	Napoli
	Fonseca 70'	Report	Favalli 68' Signori 82' ( pen.)	Stadium: San Paolo

21 November 1993 12	Milan	2–1	Napoli	Milan
	Panucci 61' Albertini 90'	Report	Pecchia 45'

28 November 1993 13	Napoli	5–0	Reggiana	Napoli
	Fonseca 3, 20, 83' Di Canio 85' Buso 90'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

5 December 1993 14	Juventus	1–0	Napoli	Torino
	Ferrara 28' ( o.g.)	Report		Stadium: delle Alpi

12 December 1993 15	Napoli	4–0	Atalanta	Napoli
	Valentini 52' ( o.g.) Policano 60, 75' Pecchia 67'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

19 December 1993 16	Parma	1–3	Napoli	Parma
	Brolin 33' ( pen.)	Report	Gambaro 3' Fonseca 60' Thern 82'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini

2 January 1994 17	Napoli	1–1	Foggia	Napoli
	Bia 50'	Report	Roy 25'	Stadium: San Paolo

9 January 1994 18	Sampdoria	4–1	Napoli	Genova
	Lombardo 34' Gullit 52' Mancini 85, 90'	Report	Fonseca 51'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

16 January 1994 19	Napoli	2–1	Cremonese	Napoli
	Fonseca 4' 12' ( pen.)	Report	Gualco 80'	Stadium: San Paolo

23 January 1994 20	Torino	1–1	Napoli	Torino
	Carbone 51'	Report	Fonseca 70' ( pen.)	Stadium: delle Alpi

30 January 1994 21	Napoli	1–1	Roma	Napoli
	Fonseca 90' ( pen.)	Report	Balbo 58'	Stadium: San Paolo

6 February 1994 22	Napoli	1–1	Genoa	Napoli
	Di Canio 72' ( pen.)	Report	van 't Schip 45'	Stadium: San Paolo

13 February 1994 23	Udinese	3–1	Napoli	Udine
	Branca 64, 85' Calori 66'	Report	Pecchia 63'	Stadium: Friuli

20 February 1994 24	Inter	0–0	Napoli	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

27 February 1994 25	Napoli	1–2	Cagliari	Napoli
	Fonseca 58' ( pen.)	Report	L. Oliveira 15, 81'	Stadium: San Paolo

6 March 1994 26	Lecce	0–1	Napoli	Lecce
		Report	Fonseca 51'	Stadium: Via del Mare

13 March 1994 27	Napoli	0–0	Piacenza	Napoli
		Report		Stadium: San Paolo

20 March 1994 28	Lazio	3–0	Napoli	Roma
	Di Mauro 29' Signori 53' Bia 54' ( o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

27 March 1994 29	Napoli	1–0	Milan	Napoli
	Di Canio 79'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

2 April 1994 30	Reggiana	1–0	Napoli	Reggio Emilia
	Padovano 69' ( pen.)	Report

9 April 1994 31	Napoli	0–0	Juventus	Napoli
		Report		Stadium: San Paolo

17 April 1994 32	Atalanta	1–1	Napoli	Bergamo
	Morfeo 8'	Report	Buso 15'

23 April 1994 33	Napoli	2–0	Parma	Napoli
	Buso 20' Ferrara 45'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

1 May 1994 34	Foggia	0–1	Napoli	Foggia
		Report	Di Canio 61'	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria

Topscorers

Coppa Italia

Second round

6 October 1993	Napoli	0–0	Ancona	Napoli
				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Dinelli

27 October 1993	Ancona	3–2 (3-2 agg.)	Napoli	Ancona
	Gadda 12' Agostini 21', 61'		71' Caruso 86' (aut.) Mazzarano	Stadium: Stadio Del Conero Referee: Nicchi

Other tournaments

Carlos Menem Trophy

10 May 1994 Semifinals	Independiente	3–2	Napoli	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Gareca 9' Vidal 36' Cagna 78' ( pen.)	Report	Bresciani 5' Bia 71' Di Canio 75'	Stadium: José Amalfitani Stadium Referee: Ángel Sánchez ( Argentina)

12 May 1994 Third place match	River Plate	4–0	Napoli	Mar del Plata, Argentina
	Facundo Villalba [ es] 7', 27', 90' Gamboa 58' Cedrés 77'	Report	Di Canio 38' Ferrara 46'	Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Horacio Elizondo ( Argentina)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1993-94 Serie A
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Taglialatela	29	-27	29	-27
	DF	ITA	Ciro Ferrara	28	2	28	2
	DF	ITA	Fabio Cannavaro	27	0	27	0
	DF	ITA	Giovanni Bia	28	3	28	3
	DF	ITA	Enzo Gambaro	33	1	33	1
	MF	SWE	Jonas Thern	21	1	20+1	1
	MF	ITA	Roberto Bordin	32	0	32	0
	MF	ITA	Fabio Pecchia	33	4	31+2	4
	MF	ITA	Renato Buso	31	4	22+9	4
	FW	ITA	Paolo Di Canio	26	5	26	5
	FW	URU	Daniel Fonseca	27	15	27	15
	GK	ITA	Raffaele Di Fusco	7	-8	5+2	-8
	DF	ITA	Giovanni Francini	21	0	20+1	0
	DF	ITA	Giancarlo Corradini	22	0	12+10	0
	MF	ITA	Eugenio Corini	14	0	12+2	0
	MF	ITA	Roberto Policano	19	3	8+11	3
	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Nela	11	0	6+5	0
	FW	ITA	Giorgio Bresciani	11	1	4+7	1
	MF	ITA	Fausto Pari	5	0	3+2	0
	MF	ITA	Luca Altomare	4	1	1+3	1
	MF	ITA	Mario Caruso	4	0	0+4	0
	DF	ITA	Massimo Tarantino	2	0	0+2	0
	DF	ITA	Alessandro Sbrizzo	1	0	0+1	0
	FW	ITA	Carmelo Imbriani	1	0	0+1	0
	GK	ITA	Angelo Pagotto	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Ciro Caruso	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Carlo Cornacchia

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1993/1064/

References

^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1993/94

[1] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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