Year: 2023

Napoli have released their friendly schedule for the second retreat of the summer.  Gli Azzurri will play four friendly matches at the Stadio Teofilo Patini in Castel di Sangro:Jul 29, 2023 at 12:30 EST vs Hatayspor.Finishing bottom of the Turkish Süper Lig in 2022/23, Hatayspor were relegated to the trendyol 1 Lig;August 2, 2023 at 12:30 EST vs Girona.After a positive second half of the 2022/23 campaign, Girona finished comfortably in 10th place in La Liga;August 6, 2023 at 12:30 EST vs Augsburg.Augsburg hovered just above the relegation zone for the majority of the Bundesliga campaign, but managed to stay…

With the appointment of Rudi Garcia as manager, Napoli's coaching staff has been overhauled. Forza Napoli Press profiles Garcia's new coaching staff.Stéphane Jobard - Assistant CoachJobard worked as Garcia’s assistant at Marseille in 2018/19 and last season at Al-Nassr. Neither season ended well. Garcia stepped down at Marseille and was sacked by Al-Nassr. In between, Jobard was the manager of two French clubs. He spent one season at Dijon, who finished 16th in the league. However, that wasn’t a terrible finish for a club whose objective was survival. When the season was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Dijon…

On Thursday, Napoli played their first friendly match at Dimaro, defeating Anaune Val di Non by a score of 6-1.LineupsPierluigi Gollini, Gianluca Gaetano and Hirving Lozano were kept out of the squad as they recover from their respective injuries. Meawhile, none of the players who represented their nations after the end of the Serie A campaign were in the squad either. With Alex Meret, Amir Rrahmani, Leo Østigård, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Stanislav Lobotka, André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Eljif Elmas, Piotr Zielinski, Giacomo Raspadori, Giovanni Simeone and Victor Osimhen all ruled out, Rudi Garcia leaned heavily on his squad players and primavera…

On Wednesday, LR Vincenza announced that it had "definitively acquired the right to the sports performance of footballer Filippo Costa from SSC Napoli." Napoli acquired Costa from SPAL in 2019 but featured for Napoli. The left back spent each of the last four seasons on loan at clubs in the second and third divisions of Italian football: Bari, Virtus Entella, Parma and Foggia.

At long last, Kim Min-jae has officially joined Bayern Munich, as confirmed by an official club statement. The South Korea international joins Bayern Munich on a five-year contract after the German Champions exercised the release clause in Kim’s contract with Napoli, estimated to be in the €50-60 million range.  Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen commented on the new acquisition. “Minjae Kim has developed extremely well, winning the Serie A title with Napoli last season and being voted the best defender in the league. He impresses with his physical presence, as well as his mentality and speed. We’re pleased he can immediately…

On Saturday, Rudi Garcia gave his first press conference at Dimaro Folgarida. Here are fivetakeaways selected by Forza Napoli Press.Garcia’s HirePerhaps the reason Aurelio De Laurentiis hired Garcia was because he has experience coaching a team who had just won a league title. The Frenchman remained at Lille after the club won Ligue 1 for the first time in 52 years and the Coupe de France for the first time in 55 years. As Garcia admitted, the following season did not go as planned - perhaps he too was a little inexperienced - though third place (via a playoff win)…

In the first episode of the week, Joe Fischetti reacts to the appointment of Mauro Meluso as the new Sporting Director of Napoli and profiles Valentina De Laurentiis and her growing role at the club. Part 1:  Mauro Meluso - Time at Lecce and Spezia; how this appointment is similar to the appointment of Giuntoli; Meluso’s personality and whether he can manage ADL; and three roles for Meluso to play at Napoli (~1:07) Part 2:  Valentina De Laurentiis - Presentation of the 2023/24 home and away kits; opening stores in Napoli and Dimaro; and expanding the brand from Napoli to…

On Saturday, Rudi Garcia gave his first press conference at Dimaro Folgarida. Forza Napoli Press brings you the entire press conference in English.Opening RemarksMayor of Dimaro Folgarida, Andrea Lazzaroni - Greetings, welcome back ‘comma’, welcome ‘comma’, champions ‘period. This is the first wish. Thanks for being all here: the team, the coach, coach Garcia great honor for us, great honor to find all the journalists who convey our name. This year will be best retreat ever. Thank you and good continuation. Thank you.Head of Napoli's Press Office, Guido Baldari -  Before starting this conference, Napoli football wanted to remember a…

On Saturday, Mauro Meluso gave his first press conference at Dimaro Folgarida. Forza Napoli Press brings you the entire press conference in English. Opening Remarks Head of communications, Nicola Lombardo - Thank you as always for coming tonight. This is our press conference to present our new sporting director. Just to say, to give honor to the merit of whoever chose the figure that is Aurelio De Laurentiis, I call the president, for a few minutes for an introductory greeting, please president. SSC Napoli President, Aurelio De Laurentiis - Good evening everyone. Mr. Mauro Meluso was borne from the concerted…