Juventus F.C.–S.S.C. Napoli rivalry

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Juventus F.C.–S.S.C. Napoli rivalry
Teams
First meetingNapoli 0–3 Juventus
Divisione Nazionale
(21 December 1926)
Latest meetingNapoli 2–1 Juventus
Serie A
(11 September 2021)
Next meetingJuventus v Napoli
Serie A
(6 January 2022)
StadiumsAllianz Stadium (Juventus)
Stadio San Paolo (Napoli)
Statistics
Meetings totalOfficial matches: 177
Unofficial matches: 7
Total matches: 184
Most winsOfficial matches: Juventus (83)
Unofficial matches: Juventus (3)
Total matches: Juventus (86)
Largest victoryJuventus 8–0 Napoli
Divisione Nazionale
(6 March 1927)
Juventus
Napoli

The Juventus F.C.–S.S.C. Napoli rivalry, is an inter-city football rivalry contested between Turin-based Juventus and Naples-based Napoli.[1]

History[]

The rivalry between Juventus and Napoli stems from a historical regional rivalry between Northern Italy and Southern Italy, of which the clubs' respective home cities of Turin and Naples are major metropolitan and economic centers.[2] The rivalry started to gain more attention in the 1980s when Napoli became league contenders.[2]

Juventus won the 1985–86 Serie A title with star player Michel Platini, six points clear of third placed Napoli. The following season, Napoli won their first scudetto with star player Diego Maradona, three points ahead of second placed Juventus, the first – and only – Southern Italian team to win the league. Napoli won another, and final title in 1989–90. After that time, in the 1990s, Juventus shared success with Milan in regards to scudetti, as Napoli started to decline.

In 1997–98, Napoli were relegated to Serie B after winning only two matches.[3] By August 2004, Napoli was declared bankrupt.[4] Film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis refounded Napoli under the name "Napoli Soccer", and were placed in the 2004–05 Serie C1.[5] The following season, they secured promotion to Serie B and De Laurentiis bought back the name "Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli" in May 2006.[6] After one season back in Serie B, Napoli were promoted to Serie A, along with that season's Serie B champions, Juventus, after the bianconeri had been relegated the previous season and had their two most recent league titles stripped because of involvement in the Calciopoli scandal.[7][8]

The rivalry again intensified in the 2010s with Napoli's 2–0 win over Juventus in the 2012 Coppa Italia Final, Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero's last game for Juventus.[9] Between 2011–12 and 2016–17, Juventus won each league title, with Napoli finishing in at least the top five in each of the seasons. The summer before the 2016–17 season, Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuaín became the third highest football transfer of all-time and highest ever transfer for an Italian club,[10] when he was signed by Juventus for €90 million from Napoli.[11] Higuaín jerseys were burned in the streets of Naples.[2] Since Higuaín joined Juventus in 2016, Napoli fans are not allowed to travel to Turin for Juventus match-ups and vice versa.[12] That season, Juventus paid many fines and had a partial stadium ban because of the repeated chant: 'Vesuvius wash them with lava.'[2] On 22 April 2018, Napoli fans were allowed to travel to Turin, but not those from the Campania region of Italy, where Naples is located.[13] Napoli won the match 1–0 with a 90th-minute header from Kalidou Koulibaly to close the gap to one point behind Juventus in the league table.[14] Despite this, Juventus ended up winning the 2017–18 title, four points ahead of second placed Napoli, extending their record-breaking run of consecutive championships to seven.[15]

Official matches[]

Source:[16]

  • SF = Semi-final
  • QF = Quarter-final
  • R16 = Round of 16
  • R32 = Round of 32
  • GS = Group stage
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3

  Juventus win   Draw   Napoli win

1 2006–07 Coppa Italia Round 3 match won 5–4 on penalties by Napoli after match finished 3–3.
2 2008–09 Coppa Italia Quarter-final match won 4–3 on penalties by Juventus after match finished 0–0.
3 2014 Supercoppa Italiana match won 6–5 on penalties by Napoli after match finished 2–2.
4 2020 Coppa Italia Final match won 4–2 on penalties by Napoli after match finished 0–0.

Head-to-head ranking in Serie A (1930–2021)[]

P. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 [17] [18] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10
11 11 11 11
12 12 12 12
13 13 13 13
14 14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17 17
18 18
19
20 20[19]

Total: Napoli with 11 higher finishes, Juventus with 64 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2020–21 season).

Notes:

  • Both teams qualified for the final round of 8 teams in 1946

Statistics[]

As of 11 September 2021.

Total matches
played
Juventus
victories
Draws Napoli
victories
Juventus
goals
Napoli
goals
Divisione Nazionale (includes Serie A-B) 6 4 1 1 21 3
Serie A 151 70 47 34 223 166
Serie B 2 1 1 0 3 1
Total (league) 159 75 49 35 247 170
Coppa Italia 12 5 3 4 17 17
Supercoppa Italiana 4 2 1 1 9 9
UEFA Cup 2 1 0 1 2 3
Total (official) 177 83 53 41 275 199
Other meetings 7 3 4 0 6 2
Total 184 86 57 41 281 201

Trophies[]

Team Major National International Grand Total
SA CI SCI National Total CL CWC EL USC UIC IC FCWC International Total
Juventus 36 14 9 59 2 1 3 2 1 2 - 11 70
Napoli 2 6 2 10 - - 1 - - - - 1 11

References[]

  1. ^ Alfonso Formato. "Napoli – Juventus, le tappe di una rivalità più sociale che sportiva". International Business Times (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  2. ^ a b c d "Volcanic Juventus-Napoli". Football Italia. 27 October 2017.
  3. ^ Modena, Panini Edizioni (2005). Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004.
  4. ^ "Napoli declared bankrupt says ANSA". CNN. 24 June 2007.
  5. ^ "Luigi e Aurelio De Laurentiis" (PDF) (in Italian). My Movies. 26 June 2007.
  6. ^ "La storia del Calcio Napoli sino ai giorni nostri" (in Italian). Ale Napoli. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008.
  7. ^ "Genoa e Napoli ritorno in paradiso" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  8. ^ "Italian trio relegated to Serie B". BBC. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2006.
  9. ^ "Cavani and Hamsik clinch Coppa Italia and dash double dreams of Turin giants". Goal.com. 20 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Gonzalo Higuain's £75m Juventus move – its place in history and what it means for football". eurosport.com. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Higuain joins Juventus". juventus.com. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  12. ^ "No Juventus fans at Napoli". Football Italia. 30 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Napoli fans allowed at Juventus". Football Italia. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Koulibaly opens Scudetto race!". Football Italia. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Juventus Seven-Up". Football Italia. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Napoli: Partite ufficiale: Totale" [Napoli: Matches Played - Overall]. My Juve. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  17. ^ Juventus title was voided due to Calciopoli scandal
  18. ^ Juventus title was awarded to Inter, while Juventus was relegated due to Calciopoli scandal
  19. ^ Juventus title was awarded to Inter, while Juventus was relegated due to Calciopoli scandal
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