SSC Napoli returned to Serie A, following a couple of years in Serie B, where the club had rebuilt itself following the disastrous 1997–98 season, when it scored merely 14 points from 34 games.
Napoli was relegated once more, when a win against Fiorentina in the final round proved redundant due to all the other teams involved in the battle (to avoid relegation) also winning their matches; including a shocking win for Lecce against title-chasers Lazio. The investment in several new players came back to haunt Napoli when those players did not perform, causing bankruptcy three years later.
Squad
Goalkeepers Alberto Fontana Francesco Mancini Luca Mondini
Defenders Rabiu Afolabi Dario Baccin Francesco Baldini Antonio Bocchetti Salvatore Fresi Steinar Nilsen Facundo Quiroga Abdelilah Saber Emanuele Troise
Midfielders Claudio Husaín Marek Jankulovski Oscar Magoni Matuzalém Francesco Moriero Fabio Pecchia Mauricio Pineda Giacomo Tedesco José Luís Vidigal
Attackers Amauri Nicola Amoruso Claudio Bellucci Edmundo Antonio Floro Flores David Sesa Roberto Stellone
Serie A
Matches
Top scorers Nicola Amoruso 10 Fabio Pecchia 6 Edmundo 4 Marek Jankulovski 3 References