Year: 2023

On Monday, SSC Napoli confirmed that Gianluca Gaetano suffered a fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his left foot during Sunday’s match against Sampdoria. The Napoli midfielder, who registered three shots on target within minutes of entering the match, will undergo surgery within the next few days. The recovery time is expected to be 6-8 weeks.

On Friday, Lega Serie A announced the winners of the annual Serie A awards and not surprisingly, Napoli were the recipients of numerous awards:With a massive gap ahead of his nearest rival, Luciano Spalletti earned the honours of Best Coach;Kim Min-Jae became the second Napoli player to win the Best Defender award, after his predecessor Kalidou Koulibaly;Victor Osimhen was named the Best Striker of Serie A, continuing the trend of the Capocannoniere winning in this category; andKhvicha Kvaratskhelia earned the honours of League MVP.  Previous image Next image Giovanni Di Lorenzo, who was also nominated for the Best Defender award,…

An award-laden Napoli host relegation-bound Sampdoria at a jam-packed Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (inside and outside) on the final Matchay of a historic season for the Partenopei.SSC NapoliOn Friday, Luciano Spalletti and three Napoli players were recipients of Serie A awards. The Napoli Mister was named Serie A's best coach, while Kim Min-Jae, Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia were named Best Defender, Best Striker and Most Valuable Player, respectively.  Giovanni Di Lorenzo, who was also nominated for the Best Defender award, joined  Kim, Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia on the FIFA 23 Team of the Season.Aside from Kim, who is suspended, Spalletti will…

In the second episode of the week, Stephen Kasiewizc joins Joe Fischetti preview Napoli’s final match of the season against Sampdoria and to discuss Napoli’s haul of Serie A awards:Another historic club is relegated (~1:26)Sampdoria’s new ownership (~8:20)Alessandro Zanoli’s second half of the season and his potential future at Napoli (~16:10)Predicted Starting XI’s (~20:57)Serie A Awards:Luciano Spalletti - Best Coach, and who else could have been nominated (~28:53)Kim Min-Jae - Best Defender (~35:59)Napoli snubbed for Best Midfielder (~40:45)Victor Osimhen - Best Striker (~44:51)Khvicha Kvara - Most Valuable Player, and should it have been Osimhen (~47:14)

On Tuesday, Lega Serie A issued Official Communication No. 233 for the 37th round of matches of the 2022/23 Serie A campaign contested between the 26th and 28th of May. These are the words of Sports Judge Gerardo Mastandrea, assisted by Stefania Ginesio and by representative of the AIA Carlo Moretti: "Fine of €3,000 to SSC Napoli for its supporters throwing three smoke bombs into the playing enclosure during the match; mitigated sanction pursuant to art. 29, paragraph 1 lett. b) CGS”

On Tuesday, two Napoli players were the recipients of awards from The Athletic. Victor Osimhen was named Serie A Player of the Year and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was named Serie A Young Player of the Year. The awards were hosted online by The Athletic journalist and broadcaster Adam Leventhal. The Athletic's Serie A expert and writer James Horncastle addressed Serie A at 49:46 of the presentation. https://twitter.com/TheAthleticFC/status/1663622711434788868?s=20

For the first time this season, Napoli dropped points after taking a two-goal lead. As a result of the 2-2 draw against Bologna, the maximum point Luciano Spalletti's side can achieve is 90, one shy of the record set by Maurizio Sarri's Napoli in 2017/18. Here are three takeaways selected by Forza Napoli Press.CapocannoniereVictor Osimhen all but secured the Capocannoniere, scoring a doppietta (brace) in the penultimate match of the season. With Lautaro Martinez’ goal in Inter’s 3-2 victory over Atalanta on Saturday, Osimhen’s lead in the Serie A goal-scoring race was reduced to two.The Nigerian was frustrated to be removed…

On Monday, Cristiano Giuntoli and Fiorentina CEO Joe Barone were the recipients of the Managers' Transfer Market Award at the Inside the Sport Awards. Above all, the Napoli Sporting Director credited Luciano Spalletti, who received the Coach of the Year Award. "I have to say that Luciano pulled off a great feat, an extraordinary feat. He put his head in the tank, he wanted this result. Last year we finished third, creating the foundation for this Napoli. Great credit goes to him, the club, the players and my collaborators. I think Italian football needs people like him. He's a scholar.…

"Spalletti is a free man," said Aurelio De Laurentiis during his appearance on Che tempo che fa on Sunday evening. "After 50 years of cinema and many exclusives, I think that when someone comes to you and says that they have done their best, that the cycle has ended for them, and they ask you for a sabbatical year, what are you going to do? Are you going to oppose it?" Spalletti wants to spend more time with his daughter Matilde. The Napoli coach confirmed as much at the MCL Inside the Sports Awards on Monday, where he was the…