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Napoli: Maradona, Glory and Identity
Paperback
Series: Legendary Clubs, Book 6
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 3 2025
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A volcano in the distance, a saint on a wall, and 100 years of football told as it actually happened.
Forza Napoli: A History of SSC Napoli is the definitive, expanded history of one of European football's most-emotionally-intense clubs - from the founding meeting of Associazione Calcio Napoli at the headquarters of FBC Internaples on 25 August 1926 to the May 2026 evening when Antonio Conte and Aurelio De Laurentiis parted ways at the end of a Supercoppa-winning, runners-up Serie A season, with Massimiliano Allegri waiting in the wings.
This is Napoli as you have never read them before: every score checked, every date verified, every legend tested against the documentary record. William Garbutt, the Englishman from Stockport who brought professional training to Naples in 1929 and gave the Italian language its word for coach - il mister. Attila Sallustro and Antonio Vojak, the Paraguayan and the Hungarian who made the Ciucciarelli dangerous in the 1930s. Hasse Jeppson, the Swedish forward signed for a world-record fee in 1952. The Stadio San Paolo opening in 1959 with a 90,000 capacity. The first Coppa Italia in 1962. Omar SÃvori and José Altafini in the 1960s. The agonising near-miss of 1974-75. Then, on a July afternoon in 1984, 75,000 people inside the San Paolo to watch Diego Armando Maradona pull on the sky-blue No. 10 for the first time. The first Scudetto in 1987 - Andrea Carnevale's header against Fiorentina, mock funerals for Juventus in the Spanish Quarter, a mural that became a religious shrine. The 1988-89 UEFA Cup, the 5-4 aggregate over Stuttgart in Copenhagen and at the San Paolo. The second Scudetto in 1990. The Italia '90 semi-final on Maradona's own pitch, with the city torn between its captain and its country. The cocaine test of March 1991. The decline, the relegations, the August 2004 bankruptcy that extinguished the club. Aurelio De Laurentiis's 30-million rescue. Three years from Serie C1 back to Serie A. HamsÃk, Cavani, HiguaÃn, Koulibaly, Mertens, Insigne. Sarri's 91-point near-miss in 2017-18. The renaming of the stadium to Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, nine days after Diego died. The 2022-23 third Scudetto under Luciano Spalletti, ending a 33-year wait. The 2024-25 fourth Scudetto under Antonio Conte in his first season - Scott McTominay's overhead kick against Cagliari on the final day, Romelu Lukaku's calm second, one point clear of Inter Milan.
INSIDE THIS EDITION
- Twenty-two chronological chapters covering every era from 1926 to 2026
- Twelve thematic interludes: the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, the saint and the man, the Spanish Quarter mural, the Curva B's ultras culture, the north-south Italian conflict, the 1986-87 Scudetto in detail, the 1988-89 UEFA Cup run, the 2024-25 match-by-match, the De Laurentiis twenty-year reconstruction, the Conte-Spalletti comparison, the Italia '90 semi-final, the 2004 bankruptcy
- Twenty-three evidence boxes - every fact, score, and date backed by the public record
- A complete honours table covering Serie A, Coppa Italia, Supercoppa Italiana, UEFA Cup, and lower-tier titles
PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVE
Serie A history, SSC Napoli, Diego Maradona, Italian football, the 1986 World Cup, the 1990 Italia '90, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Victor Osimhen, Luciano Spalletti, Antonio Conte, Scott McTominay, Romelu Lukaku, the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, the Spanish Quarter, Naples, Vesuvius
From the merger of two Anglo-Italian football clubs in August 1926 to the Supercoppa Italiana lifted in Riyadh in December 2025, Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli is the continuous story of one football institution across an entire century of Italian and European change. Forza Napoli is its complete, careful, accurate account.
Forza Napoli sempre. Diego vive qui.
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