2015–16 SSC Napoli season

Napoli
2015–16 season
President	Aurelio De Laurentiis
Manager	Maurizio Sarri
Stadium	Stadio San Paolo
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gonzalo Higuaín (36); All: ; Gonzalo Higuaín (38)
Highest home attendance	56,452 vs Frosinone; (15 May 2016, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	7,221 vs Hellas Verona; (16 December 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	38,760
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 70th season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Europa League. 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 Gonzalo Higuaín became the player with the most goals in a single season in all of Serie A history, with 36 goals, overtaking Gunnar Nordahl's long-standing record of 35. Napoli were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia by Inter. In the UEFA Europa League, 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 Villarreal.

On 25 May 2015 coach Rafael Benítez was signed by Real Madrid to replace Carlo Ancelotti. Former Empoli manager Maurizio Sarri replaced Benítez on 12 June.^[2]

Players

Squad information

As of 2 February 2016^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Rafael
2	DF	ALB	Elseid Hysaj
3	DF	CRO	Ivan Strinić
5	MF	BRA	Allan
6	MF	ITA	Mirko Valdifiori
7	FW	ESP	José Callejón
8	MF	ITA	Jorginho
9	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Higuaín
11	DF	ITA	Christian Maggio (vice-captain)
14	FW	BEL	Dries Mertens
17	MF	SVK	Marek Hamšík (captain)
18	DF	ITA	Vasco Regini
19	MF	ESP	David López


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ITA	Jacopo Dezi
21	DF	ROU	Vlad Chiricheș
22	GK	BRA	Gabriel (on loan from Milan)
23	FW	ITA	Manolo Gabbiadini
24	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Insigne
25	GK	ESP	Pepe Reina
26	DF	SEN	Kalidou Koulibaly
31	DF	ALG	Faouzi Ghoulam
33	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol
77	MF	MAR	Omar El Kaddouri
94	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Chalobah (on loan from Chelsea)
96	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Luperto

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Source
20 June 2015	MF	Mirko Valdifiori	29	Empoli	€5.5M	^[4]
23 June 2015	GK	Pepe Reina	32	Bayern Munich	€2M	^[5]
22 July 2015	MF	Allan	24	Udinese	€12M	^[6]
30 July 2015	DF	Vlad Chiricheș	25	Tottenham Hotspur	€6.2M	^[7]
3 August 2015	DF	Elseid Hysaj	21	Empoli	€5M	^[8]
11 August 2015	MF	Raffaele Maiello	24	Crotone	€1.5M	^[9]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
15 July 2015	GK	Gabriel	22	Milan	Loan		^[10]
1 September 2015	MF	Nathaniel Chalobah	20	Chelsea	Loan		^[11]

Total expenditure: €32.2 million

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Source
3 July 2015	MF	Walter Gargano	30	Monterrey	€1.4M	^[12]
13 July 2015	GK	Roberto Colombo	39	Cagliari	Free	^[13]
22 July 2015	DF	Miguel Britos	30	Watford	Free	^[6]
19 August 2015	MF	Gökhan Inler	31	Leicester City	€4.2M	^[14]
24 August 2015	FW	Eduardo Vargas	25	Hoffenheim	€5M	^[15]
11 January 2016	DF	Henrique	29	Fluminense	Undisclosed	^[16]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
28 January 2016	MF	Jonathan de Guzmán	28	Carpi			^[17]

Total revenue: €10.6 million

Net income: €21.6 million

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	—	Runners-up	23 August 2015	15 May 2016
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	—	Quarter-finals	16 December 2015	19 January 2016
Europa League	Group stage	—	Round of 32	17 September 2015	25 February 2016

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	29	4	5	75	20	+55	91	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Napoli	38	25	7	6	80	32	+48	82	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Roma	38	23	11	4	83	41	+42	80	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Internazionale	38	20	7	11	50	38	+12	67	Qualification to Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Fiorentina	38	18	10	10	60	42	+18	64	Qualification to Europa League group stage^[a]

Source: Serie A, 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.^[18]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	25	7	6	80	32	+48	82	16	3	0	49	12	+37	9	4	6	31	20	+11

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	14	14	14	11	12	10	6	4	2	2	4	4	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 August 2015 1	Sassuolo	2–1	Napoli	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Magnanelli 4' Floro Flores 32' Berardi 45' Peluso 57' Sansone 84', 86'	Report	Hamšík 3' Chiricheș 18' Valdifiori 39'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,755 Referee: Daniele Doveri

30 August 2015 2	Napoli	2–2	Sampdoria	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Higuaín 9', 39'	Report	Silvestre 33' Éder 58' (pen.), 59' Fernando 76'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 25,128 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

13 September 2015 3	Empoli	2–2	Napoli	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara 3' Pucciarelli 18' Croce 45+1' Livaja 71'	Report	Insigne 7' Allan 40', 50' Valdifiori 58' Jorginho 79' Hysaj 87'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,632 Referee: Luca Banti

20 September 2015 4	Napoli	5–0	Lazio	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Higuaín 14', 59' Allan 35' Insigne 48' Koulibaly 77' Gabbiadini 79'	Report	Lulić 19' Maurício 56'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 18,766 Referee: Antonio Damato

23 September 2015 5	Carpi	0–0	Napoli	Modena
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Romagnoli 9' Zaccardo 13' Cofie 77'	Report	Valdifiori 7' Mertens 43' Koulibaly 58'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 9,950 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

26 September 2015 6	Napoli	2–1	Juventus	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Insigne 26' Ghoulam 50' Callejón 55' Higuaín 62'	Report	Bonucci 51' Evra 53' Lemina 63' Padoin 87' Morata 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 40,311 Referee: Daniele Orsato

4 October 2015 7	Milan	0–4	Napoli	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bonaventura 32' Antonelli 64' Ely 66'	Report	Allan 13', 14' Insigne 48', 68' Callejón 61' Ely 77' (o.g.) Jorginho 80'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 50,488 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

18 October 2015 8	Napoli	2–1	Fiorentina	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jorginho 29' Insigne 46' Koulibaly 63' Higuaín 75' El Kaddouri 90+3'	Report	Badelj 25' Astori 45+1' Roncaglia 66' Kalinić 73' Gonzalo 87'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 49,800 Referee: Luca Banti

25 October 2015 9	Chievo	0–1	Napoli	Verona
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Meggiorini 54'	Report	Koulibaly 46' Higuaín 59' Mertens 89'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Davide Massa

28 October 2015 10	Napoli	2–0	Palermo	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 39' Mertens 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 27,580 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

1 November 2015 11	Genoa	0–0	Napoli	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Izzo 36' Ntcham 82' Costa 90+1'	Report	Gabbiadini 85' López 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,292 Referee: Daniele Doveri

8 November 2015 12	Napoli	1–0	Udinese	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Koulibaly 42' Higuaín 53' Albiol 75' El Kaddouri 90+4'	Report	Felipe 4' Wagué 38' Piris 57'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 36,144 Referee: Domenico Celi

22 November 2015 13	Hellas Verona	0–2	Napoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Greco 6' Pisano 53' Janković 56'	Report	Hysaj 53' Insigne 59', 67' Higuaín 74'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 17,483 Referee: Antonio Damato

30 November 2015 14	Napoli	2–1	Internazionale	Naples
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 2', 62' Koulibaly 11' Hysaj 36' Allan 52' Callejón 84'	Report	Nagatomo 35' 44' Guarín 52' Ljajić 67'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 54,149 Referee: Daniele Orsato

6 December 2015 15	Bologna	3–2	Napoli	Bologna
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Destro 14', 60', 40' Rossettini 21' Masina 90+2'	Report	Allan 60' Higuaín 87', 90'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 22,334 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

13 December 2015 16	Napoli	0–0	Roma	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Albiol 59' Mertens 71'	Report	Gyömbér 90' Nainggolan 90+1' De Rossi 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 55,726 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

20 December 2015 17	Atalanta	1–3	Napoli	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gómez 54' Cigarini 80' Paletta 90+1'	Report	Koulibaly 42' Hamšík 52' (pen.) Higuaín 62', 85' Jorginho 71' 74'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 17,134 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

6 January 2016 18	Napoli	2–1	Torino	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 6' Insigne 16' Hamšík 41' Albiol 86'	Report	Acquah 2' Quagliarella 33' (pen.) Baselli 47' Glik 59' Bovo 72'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 33,326 Referee: Marco Di Bello

10 January 2016 19	Frosinone	1–5	Napoli	Frosinone
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dionisi 21' Blanchard 32' Sammarco 81'	Report	Albiol 20' Higuaín 30' (pen.), 60' Hysaj 51' Hamšík 59' Gabbiadini 71'	Stadium: Stadio Matusa Attendance: 7,954 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

16 January 2016 20	Napoli	3–1	Sassuolo	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Callejón 19' Higuaín 42', 90+3'	Report	Falcinelli 3' (pen.) Acerbi 88'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 40,047 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

24 January 2016 21	Sampdoria	2–4	Napoli	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassani 27' 59' Correa 45' Fernando 45+2' Éder 73'	Report	Higuaín 9' Jorginho 13' Insigne 18' (pen.) Hamšík 60' Mertens 79'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,635 Referee: Daniele Orsato

31 January 2016 22	Napoli	5–1	Empoli	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 33' Reina 34' Insigne 37' Hysaj 39' Allan 45' Camporese 51' (o.g.) Callejón 83', 88'	Report	Paredes 28' Zieliński 36' Tonelli 50' Büchel 79'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 39,986 Referee: Davide Massa

3 February 2016 23	Lazio	0–2	Napoli	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lulić 38' Hoedt 57' Maurício 73' Keita 90+4'	Report	Higuaín 24' Callejón 27' Koulibaly 87' Jorginho 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,189 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

7 February 2016 24	Napoli	1–0	Carpi	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Albiol 44' Higuaín 69' (pen.)	Report	Crimi 35' Bianco 45+2' 56' Poli 51' Martinho 54' Romagnoli 89'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 37,274 Referee: Daniele Doveri

13 February 2016 25	Juventus	1–0	Napoli	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pogba 67' Marchisio 86' Zaza 88'	Report	Callejón 63' Mertens 90+4'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 41,305 Referee: Daniele Orsato

22 February 2016 26	Napoli	1–1	Milan	Naples
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Insigne 39'	Report	Bonaventura 44' Donnarumma 53' Montolivo 66'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 54,758 Referee: Luca Banti

29 February 2016 27	Fiorentina	1–1	Napoli	Florence
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alonso 6'	Report	Higuaín 7' Albiol 53'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 31,469 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

5 March 2016 28	Napoli	3–1	Chievo	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 6' Chiricheș 38' Callejón 70'	Report	Rigoni 2' Castro 11' Cesar 58' Meggiorini 82'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 33,239 Referee: Marco Di Bello

13 March 2016 29	Palermo	0–1	Napoli	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chochev 52' Quaison 84'	Report	Higuaín 23' (pen.) Albiol 75' López 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 14,628 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

20 March 2016 30	Napoli	3–1	Genoa	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Koulibaly 31' Jorginho 36' Insigne 45+3' Higuaín 51', 81' El Kaddouri 90+1'	Report	Rincón 10' Fiamozzi 44' Džemaili 89'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 43,917 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

3 April 2016 31	Udinese	3–1	Napoli	Udine
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fernandes 14' (pen.), 45+1', 79' Heurtaux 23' Kuzmanović 38' Théréau 57' Widmer 80'	Report	Koulibaly 13' Higuaín 24', 61' 75' Ghoulam 25' Jorginho 62' Mertens 83'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20,162 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

10 April 2016 32	Napoli	3–0	Hellas Verona	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Albiol 23' Gabbiadini 33' Insigne 45+2' (pen.) Chiricheș 61' Callejón 70'	Report	Samir 21' Bianchetti 39' Souprayen 45'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 42,784 Referee: Domenico Celi

16 April 2016 33	Internazionale	2–0	Napoli	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Icardi 4' Nagatomo 14' Murillo 33' Perišić 42' Brozović 44' Kondogbia 62'	Report	Jorginho 22' Albiol 55' Mertens 73'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 59,310 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

19 April 2016 34	Napoli	6–0	Bologna	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gabbiadini 10', 35' (pen.) Mertens 58', 80', 88' Albiol 74' López 89'	Report	Mbaye 37' Diawara 53'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 22,533 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

25 April 2016 35	Roma	1–0	Napoli	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pjanić 38' Rüdiger 47' Nainggolan 89'	Report	Koulibaly 41' Ghoulam 41' Mertens 70' Jorginho 74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,273 Referee: Daniele Orsato

2 May 2016 36	Napoli	2–1	Atalanta	Naples
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Higuaín 10', 77'	Report	Masiello 62' Djimsiti 68' Albiol 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 24,514 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

8 May 2016 37	Torino	1–2	Napoli	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vives 39' 90+2' Bovo 60' Jansson 63' Peres 66' Benassi 82'	Report	Albiol 3' Higuaín 12' Callejón 20'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 23,095 Referee: Antonio Damato
Note: On 24 April Torino announced that the Stadio Olimpico di Torino would be renamed the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, in honour of the Grande Torino team of the 1940s.

14 May 2016 38	Napoli	4–0	Frosinone	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jorginho 33' Hamšík 44' Higuaín 52', 62', 71'	Report	Gori 13' Crivello 14'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 56,452 Referee: Domenico Celi

Coppa Italia

16 December 2015 Round of 16	Napoli	3–0	Hellas Verona	Naples
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	El Kaddouri 4' Mertens 12' Callejón 75'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 7,221 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

19 January 2016 Quarter-finals	Napoli	0–2	Internazionale	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Valdifiori 71' Mertens 79' 88' Higuaín 80'	Report	Miranda 47' Jovetić 74' Ljajić 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 25,968 Referee: Paolo Valeri

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAP	MID	BRU	LEG
1	Napoli	6	6	0	0	22	3	+19	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	5–0	5–0	5–2
2	Midtjylland	6	2	1	3	6	12	−6	7	Advance to knockout phase	1–4	—	1–1	1–0
3	Club Brugge	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5		0–1	1–3	—	1–0
4	Legia Warsaw	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4		0–2	1–0	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 September 2015 1	Napoli	5–0	Club Brugge	Naples, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Callejón 5', 77' Mertens 19', 25' Hamšík 53'	Report	Simons 90'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 13,043 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

1 October 2015 2	Legia Warsaw	0–2	Napoli	Warsaw, Poland
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rzeźniczak 44'	Report	Mertens 53' Higuaín 84'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 26,357 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

22 October 2015 3	Midtjylland	1–4	Napoli	Herning, Denmark
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pušić 43'	Report	Callejón 19' Gabbiadini 31', 40' Koulibaly 83' Higuaín 90+4'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,210 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

5 November 2015 4	Napoli	5–0	Midtjylland	Naples, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	El Kaddouri 13' Gabbiadini 23', 38' Maggio 54' Callejón 77' López 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 18,475 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

26 November 2015 5	Club Brugge	0–1	Napoli	Bruges, Belgium
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Izquierdo 23' Denswil 66'	Report	López 37' Maggio 38' Chiricheș 41'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors due to the security situation in Belgium in the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks.

10 December 2015 6	Napoli	5–2	Legia Warsaw	Naples, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chalobah 32', 89' Insigne 39' Strinić 55' Callejón 57' Mertens 65', 90+1'	Report	Vranješ 62' Prijović 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 7,922 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

18 February 2016 First leg	Villarreal	1–0	Napoli	Villarreal, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Suárez 82' Musacchio 86' Soldado 90+1'	Report	Valdifiori 38' Callejón 67' Insigne 83'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,686 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

25 February 2016 Second leg	Napoli	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Naples, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hamšík 17', 25' López 33' Jorginho 83'	Report	Rukavina 25' Bruno 36' Pina 59'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 23,928 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BRA	Rafael	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	BRA	Gabriel	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
25	GK	ESP	Pepe Reina	44	0	37	0	2	0	5	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALB	Elseid Hysaj	43	0	37	0	1	0	3+2	0
3	DF	CRO	Ivan Strinić	13	0	3+2	0	2	0	5+1	0
11	DF	ITA	Christian Maggio	15	1	4+4	0	1	0	5+1	1
18	DF	ITA	Vasco Regini	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ROU	Vlad Chiricheș	17	2	8	1	2	0	7	1
26	DF	SEN	Kalidou Koulibaly	42	0	32+1	0	2	0	7	0
31	DF	ALG	Faouzi Ghoulam	38	0	32+2	0	0	0	3+1	0
33	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol	39	1	36	1	0	0	2+1	0
96	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Luperto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	BRA	Allan	43	3	32+3	3	2	0	2+4	0
6	MF	ITA	Mirko Valdifiori	15	0	6	0	2	0	7	0
8	MF	ITA	Jorginho	38	0	32+3	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
17	MF	SVK	Marek Hamšík	46	8	38	6	0+2	0	5+1	2
19	MF	ESP	David López	35	1	6+19	1	2	0	8	0
20	MF	ITA	Jacopo Dezi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	MAR	Omar El Kaddouri	26	3	0+20	1	1	1	4+1	1
88	MF	ITA	Alberto Grassi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Chalobah	9	1	0+5	0	0+1	0	2+1	1
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	José Callejón	47	13	35+3	7	1+1	1	5+2	5
9	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Higuaín	42	38	35	36	1+1	0	2+3	2
14	FW	BEL	Dries Mertens	40	11	6+27	5	2	1	5	5
23	FW	ITA	Manolo Gabbiadini	30	9	4+19	5	1	0	4+2	4
24	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Insigne	42	13	34+3	12	0	0	3+2	1
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA EL	Total
1	9	FW	Gonzalo Higuaín	36	0	2	38
2	7	FW	José Callejón	7	1	5	13
2	24	FW	Lorenzo Insigne	12	0	1	13
4	14	FW	Dries Mertens	5	1	5	11
5	23	FW	Manolo Gabbiadini	5	0	4	9
6	17	MF	Marek Hamšík	6	0	2	8
7	5	MF	Allan	3	0	0	3
7	77	MF	Omar El Kaddouri	1	1	1	3
9	21	DF	Vlad Chiricheș	1	0	1	2
10	11	DF	Christian Maggio	0	0	1	1
	19	MF	David López	1	0	0	1
	33	DF	Raúl Albiol	1	0	0	1
	94	MF	Nathaniel Chalobah	0	0	1	1
Own goal				2	0	0	2
Totals				80	3	23	106

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA EL	Total
1	25	GK	Pepe Reina	15	1	2	18
2	22	GK	Gabriel	0	0	2	2
Totals				15	1	4	20

Last updated: 14 May 2016

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.23955644631738-18] Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

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[2] Conor Dowley. "Report: Maurizio Sarri has signed and is planning summer transfers". The Siren's Song.

[3] "Team". Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[4] "Visite mediche e firma del contratto per Mirko Valdifiori". Sscnapoli.it. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[5] "Pepe Reina al Napoli". Sscnapoli.it. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[auto-6] "Allan al Napoli". Sscnapoli.it. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[7] "Chiriches al Napoli". Sscnapoli.it. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[8] "Il Napoli ufficializza Vargas all'Hoffenheim". Sscnapoli.it. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[9] "News - F.C. Crotone". F.C. Crotone. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[10] "Napoli, acquisito Gabriel in prestito". Sscnapoli.it. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[11] "Napoli sign Chelsea's Nathaniel Chalobah on loan". Bbc.co.uk. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[12] "Llega Walter Gargano a Monterrey". Rayados.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[13] "Roberto Colombo al Cagliari". Cagliaricalcio.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[14] "Gokhan Inler Joins Leicester City". Lcfc.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[15] "Il Napoli ufficializza Vargas all'Hoffenheim". Sscnapoli.it. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[16] "Página Inicial — Fluminense Football Club". Fluminense Football Club. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[17] "Carpi: Marrone out, De Guzman in - Football Italia". Football-italia.net. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[19] "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

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