Napoli Primavera

Former AS Roma youth player Cedrick Koffi has officially joined Napoli. Born in 2004, the Ivory Coast native entered the Roma youth system in 2017 and gradually worked his way up from U17 to U18 to U19. The left winger scored eight goals and tallied four assists with Roma's U18 team last season, but was limited to four substitute appearances with the Primavera this season. Koffi will wear the number 80.

A questionable penalty decision was not enough for Juventus to overcome Alessandro Spavone’s first half brace, as Napoli earned their second victory over the Bianconeri in five days. Lineup Nicolò Frustalupi made two changes to the squad he fielded against Milan in the previous round of Primavera 1. Davide Acampa started over Enrico Giannini at left wingback. Meanwhile Jorge Alastuey dropped into the centre of the midfield to play over Gennaro Iaccarino, allowing Bilel Sahli to play as one of the two trequartisti. (3-4-2-1) Boffelli; Obaretin, Barba, D’Avino; Acampa, Gioielli, Alastuey, Marchisano; Sahli, Spavone; Rossi First Half Napoli got off…

Leonardo Rossi’s equalizer against 10-man Juventus forced stoppage time, which settled nothing. Claudio Turi’s save on Saverio Domanico saw Napoli through to quarterfinals after all four Napoli shooters converted. Lineup Nicolo Frustalupi rotated heavily, making eight changes to the squad he fielded against Milan in the Primavera 1. Captain Benedetto Barba remained in the squad at centre back, as did Enrico Giannini on the left side of the midfield. Meanwhile, Jorge Alastuey dropped from trequartista to play in the centre of the midfield. (3-4-2-1) Turi; D'Avino, Barba, Nosegbe; Giannini, Zula, Alastuey, Gningue; Boni, Sahli; Pesce First Half The clubs exchanged…

With goals from Francesco Gioielli and Alessandro Spavone, Napoli seemed to be coasting to a victory over Milan. However, the Azzurri conceded twice in the second half, including a 97th minute equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Lineup Nicolò Frustalupi made four changes to the squad he fielded in Napoli's previous match, which was against Sampdoria on November 13, 2022. With Daniel Hysaj not available, Frustalupi started Luigi D'Avino in the back three.  The Napoli coach changed both of his wingbacks, starting Matteo Marchisano over Davide Acampa on the left and Enrico Giannini over Lamine Gningue on the right. With Pasquale…

Former Napoli Primavera player, Giuseppe Ambrosino, scored his first professional goal on Sunday in Como’s 0-3 victory over Ternana. Ambrosino made his third consecutive substitute appearance, replacing Alessandro Gabrielloni midway through the second half The goal was scored against the run of play. With Como up 0-1, Ternana pushed for the equalizer, hitting the frame of the goal twice in the span of 16 minutes. Moments after Andrea Favilli struck the crossbar, Como made a rare foray forward and won a corner kick. The corner was taken deep, where Leonardo Mancuso retreated to head the ball back into the danger…

Two Napoli players have been called up to the Under 20 Italy national team: Antonio Vergara and Giuseppe Ambrosino. Both players are currently out on loan, the former with Pro Vercelli in Serie C and the latter with Como in Serie B. Vergara has had a strong start to his professional career, appearing in all 13 of Pro Vercelli's matches (ten from the first minute). Vergara has played predominantly as one of the two trequartisti in Massimo Paci's 3-4-2-1 formation, where he has scored two goals and tallied three assists. Ambrosino, on the other hand, has yet to feature for…

Francesco Gioielli scored in the third minute of stoppage time as Napoli's earned a valuavle point against Sampdoria on Sunday.LineupNicolò Frustalupi returned to his usual starting XI after rotating his entire squad for the Azzurrini's midweek Coppa italia fixture.(3-4-2-1) Boffelli; Obaretin, Hysaj, Barba; Acampa, Gioielli, Iaccarino, Lamine; Marranzino, Spavone; RossiMatchSampdoria got off to a very strong start, creating two quality chances in the opening ten minutes. Both chances involved striker Simone Leonardi, who was easily the man of the match.On the first, Leonardi played a diagonal ball to Niccolò Biancchi at the edge of the area. He made a clever…

Jorge Alastuey scored the only goal in Napoli U19's 1-0 victory over Reggina U19 in the Second Round of the Coppa Italia Primavera. Lineup As he often did in the UEFA Youth League and in the previous round of the Coppa Italia, Nicolò Frustalupi rotated his entire squad compared to the team he fielded in Napoli's 1-0 defeat to Hellas Verona. (3-4-2-1) Turi; Pontillo, Nosegbe, D'Avino; Giannini, Lettera, Alastuey, Marchisano; Russo, Pesce; Sahli Match Napoli were the more positive side and created most of the chances in the first half. Matteo Marchisano got Napoli's best chance at the half-hour mark,…

Napoli U19 conceded from a later penalty kick en route to a 1-0 defeat to Hellas Verona, despite playing most of the second half with an extra man. Lineup Nicolò Frustalupi made one change to the squad he fielded in the Azzurrini's 1-0 victory over Udinese. Antonio Spavone returned to the starting XI to play as one of the two trequartisti, playing in place of Jorge Alastuey. (3-4-2-1) Boffelli; Obaretin, Hysaj, Barba; Acampa, Gioielli, Iaccarino, Lamine; Marranzino, Spavone; Rossi Match The first half was very competitive, but Napoli created the lion's share of the chances. Lorenzo Rossi, Pasquale Marranzino, Francesco…

Napoli Primavera conceded five in a heavy-handed 5-0 defeat to Liverpool U19 as the Azzurrini exit the UEFA Youth League having collected only one point.LineupHaving already been eliminated from the competition, Nicolò Frustalupi rotated the entire squad that he fielded on Saturday against Udinese U19.(4-4-2) Turi;  Giannini, Nosegbe-Susko, Marchisano, Pontillo;  Pesce, Mutanda, Russo, D’Avino;  Spavone, De PasqualeMatchNeither side created many opportunities to score in the opening quarter of the match, though Liverpool managed to win four corner kicks to Napoli's two.Liverpool were dangerous attacking from the wings, and opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark.  Winger Trent Kone-Doherty crossed…