1992–93 S.S.C. Napoli season
1992-93 season | |||
Chairman | Corrado Ferlaino | ||
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Manager |
Claudio Ranieri Ottavio Bianchi | ||
Serie A | 11th | ||
Coppa Italia | Quarter Finals | ||
UEFA Cup | Second Round | ||
Top goalscorer | Daniel Fonseca (16) | ||
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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.
Squad
Goalkeepers
- Giovanni Galli
- Marco Sansonetti
Defenders
- Ciro Ferrara
- Giovanni Francini
- Fabio Cannavaro
- Giancarlo Corradini
- Massimo Tarantino
- Carlo Cornacchia
- Sebastiano Nela
- Paolo Ziliani
Midfielders
- Jonas Thern
- Fausto Pari
- Roberto Policano
- Massimo Mauro
- Massimo Crippa
- Luca Altomare
- Gaetano De Rosa
- Angelo Carbone
Attackers
- Gianfranco Zola
- Daniel Fonseca
- Careca
- Cristian Baglieri
- Giorgio Bresciani
Serie A
Matches
9 | Napoli | 1–5 | Milan | |
Zola 83' | van Basten 6, 26, 68, 74' Eranio 60' |
12 | Cagliari | 1–0 | Napoli | |
Francescoli 64' |
22 | Juventus | 4–3 | Napoli | |
Di Canio 9' Platt 16' Ravanelli 72' Möller 87' |
Zola 51' Ferrara 71' Fonseca 80' (pen.) |
28 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | Napoli | |
Batistuta 86' | Fonseca 25' |
Topscorers
- Daniel Fonseca 16
- Gianfranco Zola 12
- Careca 7
- Roberto Policano 7