The Juventus–Napoli rivalry is an inter-city football rivalry contested between Turin-based Juventus and Naples-based Napoli.
History
The rivalry between Juventus and Napoli stems from a historical regional rivalry between Northern Italy and Southern Italy, of which the clubs' respective home cities of Turin and Naples are major metropolitan and economic centers. The rivalry started to gain more attention in the 1980s when Napoli became league contenders.
Juventus won the 1985–86 Serie A title with star player Michel Platini, six points clear of third placed Napoli. In the 1986–87 Serie A, Napoli won their first scudetto with star player Diego Maradona, three points ahead of second placed Juventus, the first and only Southern Italian team to win the league. Napoli won another, and final title in the 1989–90 Serie A. After that time, Juventus shared success with Milan in regards to scudetti as Napoli started to decline in the 1990s. In the 1997–98 Serie A, Napoli were relegated to Serie B after winning only two matches. By August 2004, Napoli was declared bankrupt. Film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis refounded Napoli under the name Napoli Soccer, and were placed in the 2004–05 Serie C1. In the 2005–06 Serie C1, they secured promotion to Serie B and De Laurentiis bought back the name Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli in May 2006.
After one season back in the 2006–07 Serie B, Napoli were promoted to Serie A, along with that season's Serie B champions, Juventus, after the bianconeri had been controversially relegated at the end of the 2005–06 Serie A and had their two most recent league titles stripped because of involvement in the Calciopoli scandal. On the pitch, the rivalry intensified in the 2010s with Napoli's 2–0 win over Juventus in the 2012 Coppa Italia final, Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero's last game for Juventus. Between the 2011–12 Serie A and the 2016–17 Serie A league seasons, Juventus won each title, with Napoli finishing in at least the top five in each of the seasons. The summer before the 2016–17 season, Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuaín became the third highest football transfer of all-time and highest ever transfer for an Italian club, when he was signed by Juventus for €90 million from Napoli. Higuaín jerseys were burned in the streets of Naples.
Since Higuaín joined Juventus in 2016, Napoli fans were not allowed to travel to Turin for Juventus match-ups and vice versa. That season, Juventus paid many fines and had a partial stadium ban because of the repeated chant "Vesuvius wash them with lava". On 22 April 2018, Napoli fans were allowed to travel to Turin but not those from the Campania region of Italy, where Naples is located. Napoli won the match 1–0 with a 90th-minute header from Kalidou Koulibaly to close the gap to one point behind Juventus in the league table. Despite this, Juventus ended up winning the 2017–18 Serie A title, four points ahead of second placed Napoli, extending their record-breaking run of consecutive championships to seven.
Official matches SF = Semi-final QF = Quarter-final R16 = Round of 16 R32 = Round of 32 GS = Group stage R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3
Season Competition Date Home team Result Away team1926–27Divisione Nazionale21 November 1926NapoliJuventus6 March 1927JuventusNapoli1928–29Divisione Nazionale23 December 1928JuventusNapoli19 May 1929NapoliJuventus1929–30Serie A6 October 1929JuventusNapoli23 February 1930NapoliJuventus1930–31Serie A23 November 1930JuventusNapoli3 May 1931NapoliJuventus1931–32Serie A27 September 1931JuventusNapoli7 February 1932NapoliJuventus1932–33Serie A2 October 1932NapoliJuventus5 March 1933JuventusNapoli1933–34Serie A1 November 1933NapoliJuventus11 March 1934JuventusNapoli1934–35Serie A7 October 1934JuventusNapoli24 February 1935NapoliJuventus1935–36Serie A15 December 1935NapoliJuventus12 April 1936JuventusNapoli1936–37Serie A27 September 1936NapoliJuventus31 January 1937JuventusNapoliCoppa Italia R166 May 1937NapoliJuventus1937–38Serie A10 October 1937JuventusNapoli13 February 1938NapoliJuventus1938–39Serie A9 October 1938JuventusNapoli19 February 1939NapoliJuventus1939–40Serie A7 January 1940NapoliJuventus26 May 1940JuventusNapoli1940–41Serie A27 October 1940NapoliJuventus16 February 1941JuventusNapoli1941–42Serie A25 January 1942JuventusNapoli7 June 1942NapoliJuventus1945–46Serie A-B9 June 1946JuventusNapoli28 July 1946NapoliJuventus1946–47Serie A27 October 1946JuventusNapoli23 March 1947NapoliJuventus1947–48Serie A16 November 1947NapoliJuventus22 April 1948JuventusNapoli1950–51Serie A5 November 1950JuventusNapoli18 March 1951NapoliJuventus1951–52Serie A30 December 1951NapoliJuventus25 May 1952JuventusNapoli1952–53Serie A18 January 1953NapoliJuventus31 May 1953JuventusNapoli1953–54Serie A17 January 1954NapoliJuventus30 May 1954JuventusNapoli1954–55Serie A31 October 1954JuventusNapoli23 March 1955NapoliJuventus1955–56Serie A4 December 1955NapoliJuventus15 April 1956JuventusNapoli1956–57Serie A23 December 1956NapoliJuventus28 April 1957JuventusNapoli1957–58Serie A24 November 1957JuventusNapoli20 April 1958NapoliJuventus1958–59Serie A12 October 1958JuventusNapoli22 February 1959NapoliJuventus1959–60Serie A6 December 1959NapoliJuventus17 April 1960JuventusNapoli1960–61Serie A16 January 1961JuventusNapoli21 May 1961NapoliJuventus1962–63Serie A4 November 1962JuventusNapoli17 March 1963NapoliJuventus1965–66Serie A19 September 1965JuventusNapoli6 February 1966NapoliJuventus1966–67Serie A20 November 1966NapoliJuventus2 April 1967JuventusNapoli1967–68Serie A9 December 1967JuventusNapoli31 March 1968NapoliJuventus1968–69Serie A1 December 1968NapoliJuventus6 April 1969JuventusNapoli1969–70Serie A9 November 1969NapoliJuventus8 March 1970JuventusNapoli1970–71Serie A8 November 1970NapoliJuventus7 March 1971JuventusNapoli1971–72Serie A28 November 1971JuventusNapoli19 March 1972NapoliJuventus1972–73Serie A19 November 1972NapoliJuventus17 March 1973JuventusNapoli1973–74Serie A14 October 1973NapoliJuventus10 February 1974JuventusNapoli1974–75Serie A15 December 1974NapoliJuventus6 April 1975JuventusNapoli1975–76Serie A4 January 1976JuventusNapoli18 April 1976NapoliJuventus1976–77Serie A9 January 1977NapoliJuventus30 April 1977JuventusNapoli1977–78Serie A18 September 1977NapoliJuventus5 February 1978JuventusNapoliCoppa Italia R214 May 1978NapoliJuventus28 May 1978JuventusNapoli1978–79Serie A12 November 1978NapoliJuventus18 March 1979JuventusNapoli
Season Competition Date Home team Result Away team1979–80Serie A28 October 1979JuventusNapoli2 March 1980NapoliJuventus1980–81Serie A25 January 1981JuventusNapoli17 May 1981NapoliJuventus1981–82Serie A10 January 1982NapoliJuventus9 May 1982JuventusNapoli1982–83Serie A3 October 1982JuventusNapoli6 February 1983NapoliJuventus1983–84Serie A25 September 1983JuventusNapoli29 January 1984NapoliJuventus1984–85Serie A23 December 1984JuventusNapoli5 May 1985NapoliJuventus1985–86Serie A3 November 1985NapoliJuventus9 March 1986JuventusNapoli1986–87Serie A9 November 1986JuventusNapoli29 March 1987NapoliJuventus1987–88Serie A13 December 1987NapoliJuventus17 April 1988JuventusNapoli1988–89Serie A20 November 1988JuventusNapoliUEFA Cup QF1 March 1989JuventusNapoli15 March 1989NapoliJuventusSerie A1 April 1989NapoliJuventus1989–90Serie A26 November 1989JuventusNapoli25 March 1990NapoliJuventus1990–91Supercoppa Italiana1 September 1990NapoliJuventusSerie A6 January 1991JuventusNapoli12 May 1991NapoliJuventus1991–92Serie A20 October 1991NapoliJuventus8 March 1992JuventusNapoli1992–93Serie A4 October 1992NapoliJuventus7 March 1993JuventusNapoli1993–94Serie A5 December 1993JuventusNapoli10 April 1994NapoliJuventus1994–95Serie A18 September 1994NapoliJuventus19 February 1995JuventusNapoli1995–96Serie A1 October 1995JuventusNapoli18 February 1996NapoliJuventus1996–97Serie A3 November 1996JuventusNapoli23 March 1997NapoliJuventus1997–98Serie A9 November 1997NapoliJuventus14 March 1998JuventusNapoli1999–2000Coppa Italia R161 December 1999NapoliJuventus16 December 1999JuventusNapoli2000–01Serie A30 September 2000NapoliJuventus11 February 2001JuventusNapoli2006–07Coppa Italia R327 August 2006NapoliJuventusSerie B6 November 2006NapoliJuventus10 April 2007JuventusNapoli2007–08Serie A27 October 2007NapoliJuventus16 March 2008JuventusNapoli2008–09Serie A18 October 2008NapoliJuventusCoppa Italia QF4 February 2009JuventusNapoliSerie A28 February 2009JuventusNapoli2009–10Serie A31 October 2009JuventusNapoliCoppa Italia R1613 January 2010JuventusNapoliSerie A25 March 2010NapoliJuventus2010–11Serie A9 January 2011NapoliJuventus22 May 2011JuventusNapoli2011–12Serie A29 November 2011NapoliJuventus1 April 2012JuventusNapoliCoppa Italia Final20 May 2012JuventusNapoli2012–13Supercoppa Italiana11 August 2012JuventusNapoliSerie A20 October 2012JuventusNapoli1 March 2013NapoliJuventus2013–14Serie A10 November 2013JuventusNapoli30 March 2014NapoliJuventus2014–15Supercoppa Italiana22 December 2014JuventusNapoliSerie A11 January 2015NapoliJuventus23 May 2015JuventusNapoli2015–16Serie A26 September 2015NapoliJuventus13 February 2016JuventusNapoli2016–17Serie A29 October 2016JuventusNapoliCoppa Italia SF28 February 2017JuventusNapoliSerie A2 April 2017NapoliJuventusCoppa Italia SF5 April 2017NapoliJuventus2017–18Serie A1 December 2017NapoliJuventus22 April 2018JuventusNapoli2018–19Serie A29 September 2018JuventusNapoli3 March 2019NapoliJuventus2019–20Serie A31 August 2019JuventusNapoli26 January 2020NapoliJuventusCoppa Italia Final17 June 2020NapoliJuventus2020–21Supercoppa Italiana20 January 2021JuventusNapoliSerie A13 February 2021NapoliJuventus7 April 2021JuventusNapoli2021–22Serie A11 September 2021NapoliJuventus6 January 2022JuventusNapoli2022–23 Serie A 13 January 2023 NapoliJuventus 23 April 2023 JuventusNapoli2023–24Serie A8 December 2023JuventusNapoli 3 March 2024NapoliJuventus2024–25Serie A21 September 2024JuventusNapoli25 January 2025NapoliJuventus2025–26Serie A7 December 2025NapoliJuventus25 January 2026JuventusNapoli
Head-to-head ranking in Serie A (1930–2026) P.3031323334353637383940414243474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747576777879808182838485868788899091929394959697989900010203040506070809101112131415161718192021222324252611111111111111111111111111111111111111112222222222222222222222222223333333333333333333333444444444444444445555555555555666666666666667777777777777888888888999991010101010111111111212121213131313141414151516161717171818192020 • Total: Juventus with 65 higher finishes, Napoli with 15 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2025–26 season). No head-to-heads in 14 seasons, since Napoli was in Serie B. Another one, the 2006–07 season, took place in the Serie B, with Juventus finishing first and Napoli second.
Notes: The 1945–46 Italian Football Championship is not included in Serie A statistics. Due to the Calciopoli scandal, Juventus' 2004–05 Serie A title was voided. Their 2005–06 Serie A title was awarded to third-placed Inter Milan and they were relegated.
Statistics
CompetitionTotal matchesplayedJuventusvictoriesDrawsNapolivictoriesJuventusgoalsNapoligoalsDivisione Nazionale and Serie A-B6411213Serie A160724939232179Serie B211031Total (league)168775140256183Coppa Italia125341717Supercoppa Italiana421199UEFA Cup210123Total (official)186855546284212Other meetings734062Total193885946290214
Trophies
Numbers with this background denote the competition record. JuventusCompetitionNapoliDomestic 36 Serie A 4 15 Coppa Italia 6 9 Supercoppa Italiana 3 60 Domestic total 13International 2 UEFA Champions League — 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) — 3 UEFA Europa League 1 2 UEFA Super Cup — 1 UEFA Intertoto Cup (defunct) — 2 Intercontinental Cup (defunct) — 11 International total 1 71 Grand total 14
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