1992–93 S.S.C. Napoli season

S.S.C. Napoli got extremely close to a shock relegation to Serie B, and only held on to its top-flight status by two points. This was just three years since the club led by playmaker and legend Diego Maradona won the domestic league title. It actually spent Christmas of 1992 in the relegation zone, and climbed out of it thanks to a strong January '93 run. The reason Napoli survived was the above-average offensive skills. Gianfranco Zola, Daniel Fonseca and Careca was a trio capable of leading any teams' attack, and the club looked set to suffer when Zola (Parma) and Careca (Japan) departed at the end of the season. Fonseca's season is mostly remembered for an extremely unusual five goals in one match, as Napoli beat Valencia 5-1 away from home in the UEFA Cup. Then it lost to Paris SG in the next round, rendering it was out of Europe.

Napoli
1992-93 season
ChairmanCorrado Ferlaino
ManagerClaudio Ranieri
(until 9 November 1992)
Ottavio Bianchi
Serie A11th
Coppa ItaliaQuarter Finals
UEFA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerDaniel Fonseca (16)

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Serie A
Main article: 1992–93 Serie A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Torino[lower-alpha 1] 34 9 17 8 38 38 0 35 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Roma 34 8 17 9 42 39 +3 33
11 Napoli 34 10 12 12 49 50 −1 32
12 Foggia 34 10 12 12 39 55 −16 32
13 Genoa 34 7 17 10 41 55 −14 31
Source: 1992–93 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
Notes:
  1. Torino qualified to 1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as the 1992–93 Coppa Italia winners.

Matches
6 September 1992 1Napoli0–0BresciaNapoli
Report Stadium: San Paolo
13 September 1992 2Foggia2–4NapoliFoggia
P. Bresciani  17, 44' Report Fonseca  11, 89'
Zola  25'
Careca  59'
20 September 1992 3Napoli1–2InterNapoli
Fonseca  84' Report Sammer  54'
Schillaci  57'		 Stadium: San Paolo
27 September 1992 4Ancona1–1NapoliAncona
Détári  60' Report Fonseca  5'
4 October 1992 5Napoli2–3JuventusNapoli
Fonseca  84'
Zola  86'		 Report R. Baggio  5'
Möller  57'
Vialli  80'		 Stadium: San Paolo
18 October 1992 6Udinese2–0NapoliUdine
Branca  11'
Dell'Anno  49'		 Report
25 October 1992 7Napoli2–1RomaNapoli
Fonseca  45'
Careca  46'		 Report Benedetti  57' Stadium: San Paolo
1 November 1992 8Atalanta3–2NapoliBergamo
Perrone  21'
Ganz  52, 75'		 Report Fonseca  7'
Ferrara  90'
8 November 1992 9Napoli1–5MilanNapoli
Zola  83' Report van Basten  6, 26, 68, 74'
Eranio  60'		 Stadium: San Paolo
22 November 1992 10Sampdoria3–1NapoliGenova
Ziliani  42' (o.g.)
Jugović  59'
Mancini  77'		 Report Mannini  87' (o.g.)
29 November 1992 11Napoli4–1FiorentinaNapoli
Policano  19'
Zola  43, 67'
Careca  90'		 Report Di Mauro  14' Stadium: San Paolo
6 December 1992 12Cagliari1–0NapoliCagliari
Francescoli  64' Report
13 December 1992 13Genoa2–1NapoliGenova
Skuhravý  30, 79' Report Fonseca  47'
3 January 1993 14Napoli2–0PescaraNapoli
Fonseca  16, 67' Report Stadium: San Paolo
10 January 1993 15Torino0–1NapoliTorino
Report Policano  13' Stadium: delle Alpi
17 January 1993 16Napoli3–1LazioNapoli
Crippa  29'
Fonseca  59'
Careca  70'		 Report Signori  78' Stadium: San Paolo
24 January 1993 17Parma1–1NapoliParma
Asprilla  51' Report Fonseca  69' Stadium: Ennio Tardini
31 January 1993 18Brescia2–1NapoliBrescia
Schenardi  55'
Răducioiu  69'		 Report Zola  75' Stadium: Mario Rigamonti
7 February 1993 19Napoli2–0FoggiaNapoli
Zola  20'
Careca  29'		 Report Stadium: San Paolo
14 February 1993 20Inter0–0NapoliMilano
Report Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
28 February 1993 21Napoli0–0AnconaNapoli
Report Stadium: San Paolo
7 March 1993 22Juventus4–3NapoliTorino
Di Canio  9'
Platt  16'
Ravanelli  72'
Möller  87'		 Report Zola  51'
Ferrara  71'
Fonseca  80' (pen.)		 Stadium: delle Alpi
14 March 1993 23Napoli3–0UdineseNapoli
Ferrara  45'
Policano  53'
Fonseca  71'		 Report Stadium: San Paolo
21 March 1993 24Roma1–1NapoliRoma
Häßler  58' Report Fonseca  74' Stadium: Olimpico
28 March 1993 25Napoli1–0AtalantaNapoli
Policano  20' Report Stadium: San Paolo
4 April 1993 26Milan2–2NapoliMilano
Lentini  62, 66' Report Careca  15'
Policano  37'		 Stadium: San Siro
10 April 1993 27Napoli1–1SampdoriaNapoli
Zola  13' Report Lombardo  26' Stadium: San Paolo
18 April 1993 28Fiorentina1–1NapoliFirenze
Batistuta  86' Report Fonseca  25' Stadium: Artemio Franchi
25 April 1993 29Napoli1–0CagliariNapoli
Zola  88' Report Stadium: San Paolo
8 May 1993 30Napoli2–2GenoaNapoli
Careca  11'
Ferrara  38'		 Report Caricola  41'
Padovano  55'		 Stadium: San Paolo
16 May 1993 31Pescara3–0NapoliPescara
Palladini  52'
Borgonovo  74, 88'		 Report Stadium: Adriatico
23 May 1993 32Napoli1–1TorinoNapoli
Policano  60' Report Poggi  81' Stadium: San Paolo
30 May 1993 33Lazio4–3NapoliRoma
Riedle  1, 4'
Signori  42' (pen.)
Winter  50'		 Report Zola  10' 61' (pen.)
Francini  47'		 Stadium: Olimpico
6 June 1993 34Napoli1–1ParmaNapoli
Policano  22' Report Pizzi  87' Stadium: San Paolo

Topscorers

Coppa Italia
Main article: 1992–93 Coppa Italia

Second round

26 August 1992 Napoli3-0ModenaNapoli
2 September 1992 Modena0-3NapoliModena

Eightfinals

7 October 1992 Napoli2-1Hellas VeronaNapoli
Stadium: San Paolo
28 October 1992 Hellas Verona1-5NapoliVerona
Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi

Quarter-finals
27 January 1993 Napoli0–0RomaNaples
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Luciano Luci
9 February 1993 Roma2–0
(2–0 agg.)		NapoliRoma
Carnevale  10'
Häßler  71' (pen.)		 Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Cup
Main article: 1992–93 UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1992 Valencia 1–5NapoliValencia
Roberto  54' Report Fonseca  20'
Fonseca  60'
Fonseca  63'
Fonseca  87'
Fonseca  89'		 Stadium: Luis Casanova Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Hubert Forstinger
30 September 1992 Napoli1–0 ValenciaNapoli
Fonseca  7' Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Bo Karlsson

Second round

21 October 1992 Napoli0–2 Paris Saint-GermainNapoli
Report Weah  15', 35' Stadium: San Paolo
4 November 1992 Paris Saint-Germain 0–0
(2-0 agg.)		 NapoliParis
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes

References
  1. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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