2014–15 SSC Napoli season

Napoli
2014–15 season
President	Aurelio De Laurentiis
Manager	Rafael Benítez
Stadium	Stadio San Paolo
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gonzalo Higuaín (18); All: ; Gonzalo Higuaín (29)
Highest home attendance	53,006 vs Juventus; (11 January 2015, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	6,490 vs Slovan Bratislava; (11 December 2014, Europa League)
Average home league attendance	32,266
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 69th season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, and the Supercoppa Italiana.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 September 2014^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Rafael
3	DF	CRO	Ivan Strinić
4	DF	BRA	Henrique
5	DF	URU	Miguel Britos
6	MF	NED	Jonathan de Guzmán
7	FW	ESP	José Callejón
8	MF	BRA	Jorginho
9	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Higuaín
11	DF	ITA	Christian Maggio (1st vice-captain)
14	FW	BEL	Dries Mertens
15	GK	ITA	Roberto Colombo
16	DF	ITA	Giandomenico Mesto
17	MF	SVK	Marek Hamšík (captain)
18	DF	COL	Juan Zúñiga (2nd vice-captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ESP	David López
21	FW	ESP	Michu (on loan from Swansea City)
22	MF	CRO	Josip Radošević
23	FW	ITA	Manolo Gabbiadini
24	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Insigne
26	DF	SEN	Kalidou Koulibaly
31	DF	ALG	Faouzi Ghoulam
33	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol
45	GK	ARG	Mariano Andújar
77	MF	URU	Walter Gargano
83	GK	ITA	Antonio Rosati
88	MF	SUI	Gökhan Inler (3rd vice-captain)
91	FW	COL	Duván Zapata

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
26	DF	Kalidou Koulibaly	23	EU	Genk	Full Ownership	Summer	2019	€7M	S.S.C. Napoli
21	FW	Michu	28	EU	Swansea City	Loan	Summer	2015	€1.7M	S.S.C. Napoli
6	MF	Jonathan de Guzmán	27	EU	Villarreal	Full Ownership	Summer	2018	€6M	S.S.C. Napoli
19	MF	David López	25	EU	Espanyol	Full Ownership	Summer	2019	€5.3M	S.S.C. Napoli
23	FW	Manolo Gabbiadini	23	EU	Sampdoria	Full Ownership	Summer	2019	€13M	S.S.C. Napoil

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
85	MF	Valon Behrami	29	EU	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	€3,500,000	S.S.C. Napoli
99	FW	Eduardo Vargas	24	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Loan	Summer	N/A	[1]
	MF	Omar El Kaddouri	23	EU	Torino	Loan	Summer	N/A
	DF	Alessandro Gamberini	32	EU	Chievo	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
	GK	Diamante Crispino	19	EU	Como	Released	Summer	Free
	ST	Emanuele Calaiò	32	EU	Catania	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
28	DF	Paolo Cannavaro	33	EU	Sassuolo	Transfer	Summer	€0.01 million
12	FW	Nicolao Dumitru	22	EU	Veria	Loan	Summer	N/A
	MF	Giuseppe Fornito	19	EU	Cosenza	Loan	Summer	N/A
	DF	Daniele Celiento	20	EU	Pistoiese	Loan	Summer	N/A
	GK	Luigi Sepe	23	EU	Empoli	Loan	Summer	N/A
27	DF	Pablo Armero	27	Non-EU	Udinese	Ownership Resolved	Summer	Undisclosed
	DF	Giuseppe Nicolao	20	EU	Alessandria	Loan	Summer	N/A
	GK	Emanuele Allegra	20	EU	Pontedera	Loan	Summer	N/A
	MF	Jacopo Dezi	22	EU	Crotone	Co-Ownership	Summer	Undisclosed
	DF	Daniele Donnarumma	22	EU	Messina	Released	Summer	N/A
2	DF	Anthony Réveillère	34	EU		Released	Summer	Free
80	GK	Toni Doblas	34	EU		Released	Summer	Free
13	MF	Davide Bariti	23	EU		Released	Summer	Free

Last updated: 29 August 2014
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendly

v

Competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

23 December 2014	Juventus	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Napoli	Doha, Qatar
17:30 GMT	Tevez 5', 106', 109' Pereyra 69'	Report	Higuaín 45+1', 68', 118' Callejón 76' Albiol 80' Mertens 83' Ghoulam 105'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Paolo Valeri
	Penalties
	Tevez Vidal Pogba Marchisio Morata Bonucci Chiellini Pereyra Padoin		Jorginho Ghoulam Albiol Inler Higuaín Gargano Mertens Callejón Koulibaly

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Lazio	38	21	6	11	71	38	+33	69	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Fiorentina	38	18	10	10	61	46	+15	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Napoli	38	18	9	11	70	54	+16	63	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Genoa^[b]	38	16	11	11	62	47	+15	59
7	Sampdoria	38	13	17	8	48	42	+6	56	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]

Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).^[7]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia (Juventus) qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.
^ Genoa failed to obtain a UEFA license from Italian Football Federation. Therefore, they were barred to participate in European competitions.^[3] Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.^[4]^[5]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	9	11	70	54	+16	63	11	5	3	46	28	+18	7	4	8	24	26	−2

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L
Position	4	9	15	10	8	7	7	7	7	5	3	3	3	5	7	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2014 1	Genoa	1–2	Napoli	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pinilla 40' Marchese 53' Sturaro 55' Ragusa 80'	Report	Callejón 3' Albiol 77' De Guzmán 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,963 Referee: Luca Banti

14 September 2014 2	Napoli	0–1	Chievo	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maggio 16' Inler 90'	Report	Cesar 26' Dainelli 33' López 49'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 35,251 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

21 September 2014 3	Udinese	1–0	Napoli	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fernandes 49' Danilo 70'	Report	López 54' Albiol 84' Callejón 90'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 8,833 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

24 September 2014 4	Napoli	3–3	Palermo	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koulibaly 2', 31' Zapata 11' Callejón 45+1'	Report	Belotti 18', 61' Vázquez 24' Morganella 33' João Silva 66' Bamba 73' Terzi 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 18,521 Referee: Daniele Doveri

28 September 2014 5	Sassuolo	0–1	Napoli	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brighi 23' Taïder 52' Zaza 55' Gazzola 75'	Report	Callejón 28' Gargano 52' Jorginho 78'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,935 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

5 October 2014 6	Napoli	2–1	Torino	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gargano 34' Michu 41' Insigne 55' Callejón 72' Maggio 84'	Report	Benassi 12' Quagliarella 14', 70' Vives 43' El Kaddouri 90+5' Glik 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 23,586 Referee: Davide Massa

19 October 2014 7	Internazionale	2–2	Napoli	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernanes 37', 90+1' Guarín 82' Juan Jesus 85'	Report	Britos 45' Higuaín 70' Jorginho 73' Callejón 79', 90'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 40,383 Referee: Daniele Orsato

26 October 2014 8	Napoli	6–2	Hellas Verona	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jorginho 24' Hamšík 44', 58' Higuaín 68', 84', 90+1' (pen.) Callejón 76'	Report	Hallfreðsson 1' Ioniță 55' López 66'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 25,992 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

29 October 2014 9	Atalanta	1–1	Napoli	Bergamo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benalouane 10' Denis 57' Cigarini 63' 83' Raimondi 66' Stendardo 90+1'	Report	Ghoulam 45' Mertens 67' Higuaín 86'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 14,882 Referee: Antonio Damato

1 November 2014 10	Napoli	2–0	Roma	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 3' Maggio 40' López 68' Callejón 85'	Report	Holebas 26' Florenzi 41' Nainggolan 73'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 30,157 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

9 November 2014 11	Fiorentina	0–1	Napoli	Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iličić 38' Savić 54' Cuadrado 90+3'	Report	Koulibaly 32' Jorginho 56' Higuaín 61' Henrique 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 31,987 Referee: Paolo Valeri

23 November 2014 12	Napoli	3–3	Cagliari	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 11' Inler 30' Koulibaly 59' De Guzmán 62'	Report	Ibarbo 38' Farias 44', 47', 68' Pisano 55'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 45,413 Referee: Dino Tommasi

1 December 2014 13	Sampdoria	1–1	Napoli	Genoa
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Obiang 19' Soriano 23' Romagnoli 53' Éder 57', 59'	Report	Britos 7' Koulibaly 35' 85' Inler 56' Zapata 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,033 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

7 December 2014 14	Napoli	2–2	Empoli	Naples
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maggio 63' Zapata 67' Albiol 69' De Guzmán 72'	Report	Verdi 19' Rugani 53' Laxalt 63' Mário Rui 73'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 30,128 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

14 December 2014 15	Milan	2–0	Napoli	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ménez 6' Montolivo 20' Bonera 45' Bonaventura 52' Poli 64'	Report	Ghoulam 45' Albiol 58'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 35,867 Referee: Antonio Damato

18 December 2014 16	Napoli	2–0	Parma	Naples
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zapata 19' Mertens 30' (pen.) Britos 48'	Report	Gobbi 30' Galloppa 35' Santacroce 46' Mendes 82'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 20,799 Referee: Marco Di Bello

6 January 2015 17	Cesena	1–4	Napoli	Cesena
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capelli 61' Brienza 75' Zé Eduardo 83'	Report	Callejón 29' Gargano 37' Higuaín 41', 72' Henrique 53' Capelli 64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 16,275 Referee: Davide Massa

11 January 2015 18	Napoli	1–3	Juventus	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Britos 64', 68' De Guzmán 85' Albiol 90+1' Zapata 90+2'	Report	Pogba 29' Tevez 39' Cáceres 61', 69' Vidal 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 53,006 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

18 January 2015 19	Lazio	0–1	Napoli	Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ledesma 16' Parolo 43' Keita 70'	Report	Higuaín 18' López 32' Mertens 58' Gargano 78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 26,857 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

26 January 2015 20	Napoli	2–1	Genoa	Naples
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 7', 75' (pen.) Albiol 25' Koulibaly 81' Inler 88'	Report	Bertolacci 40' Falque 56' Perotti 60' Antonelli 61' Kucka 80' Niang 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 30,821 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

1 February 2015 21	Chievo	1–2	Napoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Britos 25' (o.g.) Botta 63'	Report	Cesar 18' (o.g.) Gabbiadini 62'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Luca Banti

8 February 2015 22	Napoli	3–1	Udinese	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mertens 8', 38' Gabbiadini 21' Théréau 59' (o.g.) Higuaín 81'	Report	Hallberg 1' Allan 11' Théréau 27' Pasquale 68' Heurtaux 85'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 28,773 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

14 February 2015 23	Palermo	3–1	Napoli	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lazaar 14' Vázquez 36' Rispoli 53' Rigoni 59', 65' Bolzoni 82'	Report	Jorginho 7' Higuaín 41' Gabbiadini 82'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 12,784 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

23 February 2015 24	Napoli	2–0	Sassuolo	Naples
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maggio 34' Gargano 55' Zapata 61', 65' Hamšík 70' Mertens 72'	Report	Bianco 38' Magnanelli 50'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 46,925 Referee: Davide Massa

1 March 2015 25	Torino	1–0	Napoli	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	El Kaddouri 29' Glik 68' Quagliarella 72'	Report	Gargano 34' Koulibaly 71' Maggio 82'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 20,274 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

8 March 2015 26	Napoli	2–2	Internazionale	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mertens 15' Henrique 49' 86' Hamšík 51' Higuaín 63'	Report	Juan Jesus 1' Brozović 37' Palacio 72' Icardi 87' (pen.) Guarín 89'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 36,646 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

15 March 2015 27	Hellas Verona	2–0	Napoli	Verona
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Toni 7', 51', 90+4' Sala 26' 89' Juanito 44' Obbadi 71' Tachtsidis 72' Christodoulopoulos 79'	Report	Ghoulam 9' Mesto 52' Albiol 57' Gabbiadini 89' Britos 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 22,468 Referee: Luca Banti

22 March 2015 28	Napoli	1–1	Atalanta	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Britos 23' Higuaín 78' Zapata 89' Maggio 90+3' Inler 90+3'	Report	Zappacosta 32' Gómez 34' 55' Denis 57' Pinilla 72', 90+1' Sportiello 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 30,820 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

4 April 2015 29	Roma	1–0	Napoli	Rome
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Rossi 11' Holebas 21' Pjanić 25' Florenzi 55' Torosidis 72'	Report	Albiol 32'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,425 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

12 April 2015 30	Napoli	3–0	Fiorentina	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mertens 23' Koulibaly 42' Strinić 63' Hamšík 71' López 81' Callejón 89'	Report	Vargas 42'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 21,804 Referee: Antonio Damato

19 April 2015 31	Cagliari	0–3	Napoli	Cagliari
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Conti 44' Longo 61' Rossettini 64' Ceppitelli 69'	Report	Koulibaly 4' Maggio 11' 65' Callejón 24' Balzano 45+1' (o.g.) Gabbiadini 59'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Paolo Valeri

26 April 2015 32	Napoli	4–2	Sampdoria	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Britos 3' Gabbiadini 31' Higuaín 34', 81' (pen.) Insigne 47'	Report	Albiol 12' (o.g.) Mesbah 24' Muriel 89', 90'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 22,299 Referee: Daniele Doveri

30 April 2015 33	Empoli	4–2	Napoli	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maccarone 8' Laurini 15' Britos 43' (o.g.) Saponara 45+1' Tonelli 71' Albiol 81' (o.g.) Verdi 90+1'	Report	Ghoulam 24' Laurini 64' (o.g.) Higuaín 79' Hamšík 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10,116 Referee: Davide Massa

3 May 2015 34	Napoli	3–0	Milan	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Albiol 65' Hamšík 70', 71' Higuaín 74' Gabbiadini 76'	Report	De Sciglio 1'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 25,469 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

10 May 2015 35	Parma	2–2	Napoli	Parma
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palladino 9' Mendes 22' Jorquera 33' Lila 52'	Report	Gabbiadini 28' Mertens 72' Albiol 82'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 13,172 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

18 May 2015 36	Napoli	3–2	Cesena	Naples
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mertens 19', 57' Gabbiadini 21' Ghoulam 42' Koulibaly 72'	Report	Volta 6' Defrel 15', 45+2' Capelli 71'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 37,568 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

23 May 2015 37	Juventus	3–1	Napoli	Turin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pereyra 13' Asamoah 49' Sturaro 77' Morata 90+2' Pepe 90+3' (pen.)	Report	López 50' Ghoulam 83' Britos 90+2'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,485 Referee: Luca Banti

31 May 2015 38	Napoli	2–4	Lazio	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Higuaín 55', 64' Ghoulam 67' 71' Andújar 85'	Report	Đorđević 19' Parolo 33', 55' 62' Maurício 43' Candreva 45+1', 88' Lulić 75' Onazi 85' Klose 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 49,085 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Coppa Italia

22 January 2015 Round of 16	Napoli	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Udinese	Naples
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jorginho 65' (pen.), 69' Mesto 94' Strinić 97' Hamšík 99'	Report	Gabriel Silva 3' Hallberg 9' Théréau 28', 58' Widmer 44' 68' Heurtaux 63' Kone 104'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 10,847 Referee: Daniele Orsato
	Penalties
	De Guzmán Jorginho Mesto Hamšík Higuaín		Fernandes Guilherme Kone Danilo Allan

4 February 2015 Quarter-finals	Napoli	1–0	Internazionale	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gargano 56' Higuaín 90+3'	Report	Shaqiri 22' Juan Jesus 39' Medel 56' Pușcaș 64' Ranocchia 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Davide Massa

4 March 2015 Semi-finals First leg	Lazio	1–1	Napoli	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Klose 33', 66' Basta 53' Keita 79'	Report	Britos 21' Mesto 54' Gabbiadini 58', 60' Albiol 65' Inler 83'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Antonio Damato

8 April 2015 Semi-finals Second leg	Napoli	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Lazio	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Albiol 32' De Guzmán 85'	Report	Maurício 49' Lulić 79' Parolo 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 46,477 Referee: Daniele Orsato

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

19 August 2014 First leg	Napoli	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Naples, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jorginho 10' Higuaín 68'	Report	Muniain 41' Gurpegui 72' Balenziaga 75'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 49,872 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

27 August 2014 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Napoli	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Susaeta 30' Aduriz 61', 69' Ibai 74'	Report	Ghoulam 39' Higuaín 43' Hamšík 47' Gargano 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 49,017 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAP	YB	SPA	SLO
1	Napoli	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	3–1	3–0
2	Young Boys	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	2–0	5–0
3	Sparta Prague	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10		0–0	3–1	—	4–0
4	Slovan Bratislava	6	0	0	6	1	20	−19	0		0–2	1–3	0–3	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 September 2014 1	Napoli	3–1	Sparta Prague	Naples, Italy
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Higuaín 23' (pen.) Mertens 51', 81', 66'	Report	Hušbauer 14' Nhamoinesu 23' Bednář 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

2 October 2014 2	Slovan Bratislava	0–2	Napoli	Bratislava, Slovakia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kubík 55'	Report	Hamšík 35' Higuaín 74'	Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 10,738 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

23 October 2014 3	Young Boys	2–0	Napoli	Bern, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vilotić 30' Sanogo 49' Hoarau 52' Lecjaks 55' Bertone 90+2'	Report	Jorginho 67' Ghoulam 72'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

6 November 2014 4	Napoli	3–0	Young Boys	Naples, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Guzmán 45+2', 65', 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

27 November 2014 5	Sparta Prague	0–0	Napoli	Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matějovský 46' Brabec 62' Dočkal 90'	Report	Britos 6'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 16,111 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

11 December 2014 6	Napoli	3–0	Slovan Bratislava	Naples, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mertens 6' Hamšík 16' Zapata 75'	Report	Hudák 44'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 6,490 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

19 February 2015 First leg	Trabzonspor	0–4	Napoli	Trabzon, Turkey
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Atık 36' Demir 40'	Report	Henrique 6' Higuaín 20' Gabbiadini 27' Inler 64' Zapata 90+2'	Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Attendance: 21,096 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

26 February 2015 Second leg	Napoli	1–0 (5–0 agg.)	Trabzonspor	Naples, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Guzmán 19'	Report	Ekici 41' Arıkan 57' Hurmacı 82'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 14,410 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Round of 16

12 March 2015 First leg	Napoli	3–1	Dynamo Moscow	Naples, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 25', 31' (pen.), 55' Ghoulam 28'	Report	Kurányi 2' Valbuena 30' Zobnin 32' 46' Dzsudzsák 41' Hubočan 78' Samba 80'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 17,727 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

19 March 2015 Second leg	Dynamo Moscow	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Napoli	Khimki, Russia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vainqueur 72'	Report	Maggio 42' Mertens 53'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 17,356 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Quarter-finals

16 April 2015 First leg	Wolfsburg	1–4	Napoli	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bendtner 80', 80'	Report	Higuaín 15' Hamšík 23', 64' Gabbiadini 77'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,112 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

23 April 2015 Second leg	Napoli	2–2 (6–3 agg.)	Wolfsburg	Naples, Italy
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Callejón 50' Mertens 65'	Report	Klose 71' Perišić 73'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 27,262 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Semi-finals

7 May 2015 First leg	Napoli	1–1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Naples, Italy
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	López 50'	Report	Kankava 24' Fedetskyi 73' Seleznyov 81'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 41,095 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

14 May 2015 Second leg	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Napoli	Kyiv, Ukraine
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Léo Matos 23' Fedetskyi 44' Seleznyov 58', 70' Kankava 75' Matheus 85' Boyko 90+5'	Report	Gabbiadini 27' Ghoulam 81' Callejón 86'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,356 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Supercoppa Italiana		Coppa Italia		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BRA	Rafael	26	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
15	GK	ITA	Roberto Colombo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK	ARG	Mariano Andújar	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
83	GK	ITA	Antonio Rosati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	CRO	Ivan Strinić	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	BRA	Henrique	11	0	9+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	URU	Miguel Britos	21	1	17+2	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
11	DF	ITA	Christian Maggio	32	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF	ITA	Giandomenico Mesto	7	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	COL	Juan Zúñiga	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	FRA	Kalidou Koulibaly	30	1	27	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
31	DF	ALG	Faouzi Ghoulam	23	0	20+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF	ESP	Raúl Albiol	38	0	34+1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
96	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Luperto	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	NED	Jonathan de Guzmán	24	3	12+11	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	BRA	Jorginho	26	0	14+9	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	SVK	Marek Hamšík	38	8	28+7	7	1	0	0	0	2	1
19	MF	ESP	David López	33	1	29+3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	SUI	Blerim Džemaili	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	CRO	Josip Radošević	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	URU	Walter Gargano	27	0	17+7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
88	MF	SUI	Gökhan Inler	20	1	16+3	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	José Callejón	41	11	33+5	11	1	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Higuaín	40	20	31+6	18	1	2	0	0	2	0
14	FW	BEL	Dries Mertens	34	6	17+14	6	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
21	FW	ESP	Michu	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	FW	ITA	Manolo Gabbiadini	20	8	8+12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Insigne	22	2	13+7	2	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
91	FW	COL	Duván Zapata	22	6	6+15	6	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 31 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Supercoppa	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	UEFA EL	Total
1	9	FW	Gonzalo Higuaín	18	2	1	1	7	29
2	17	MF	Marek Hamšík	7	0	1	1	4	13
3	7	FW	José Callejón	11	0	0	0	1	12
4	23	FW	Manolo Gabbiadini	8	0	1	0	2	11
5	14	FW	Dries Mertens	6	0	0	0	4	10
6	91	FW	Duván Zapata	6	0	0	0	2	8
7	6	MF	Jonathan de Guzmán	3	0	0	0	4	7
8	19	MF	David López	1	0	0	0	1	2
8	24	FW	Lorenzo Insigne	2	0	0	0	0	2
10	4	DF	Henrique	0	0	0	0	1	1
	5	DF	Miguel Britos	1	0	0	0	0	1
	8	MF	Jorginho	0	0	1	0	0	1
	26	DF	Kalidou Koulibaly	1	0	0	0	0	1
	88	MF	Gökhan Inler	1	0	0	0	0	1
Own goal				5	0	0	0	0	5
Total				70	2	4	2	26	104

Last updated: 31 May 2015

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
^ "Team". Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ "Genoa's Failure to Receive UEFA License Shakes Up Italy's Europa League Race". Bleacher Report. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Genoa Fail in Appeal To Obtain UEFA Licence". 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Rilasciate le Licenze UEFA a 13 società di Serie A". FIGC. 20 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
^ "legacalcio.it classification" (in Italian). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.72129180315942-3] Since the winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia (Juventus) qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.

[table_note_GEN0.72129180315942-7] Genoa failed to obtain a UEFA license from Italian Football Federation. Therefore, they were barred to participate in European competitions.^[3] Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.^[4]^[5]

[1] "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".

[2] "Team". Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

[4] "Genoa's Failure to Receive UEFA License Shakes Up Italy's Europa League Race". Bleacher Report. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

[5] "Genoa Fail in Appeal To Obtain UEFA Licence". 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

[6] "Rilasciate le Licenze UEFA a 13 società di Serie A". FIGC. 20 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

[8] "legacalcio.it classification" (in Italian). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[9] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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