The season Napoli went from champions to tenth under three

The season Napoli went from champions to tenth under three coaches

Napoli are tenth after 11 games, the same place they finished in 2023-24 under Garcia, Mazzarri and Calzona. That season shows how quickly a slump can be reversed, and that changing the coach did not do it.

by Rosaria CimminoFriday 13 November, 15:14 CET· 21 hours ago

2023-24, tre allenatori e un decimo posto dopo lo scudetto di Spalletti — Grafica Arena Napoli

Napoli are tenth in the table. They have 15 points from 11 games and are three matches without a win. Supporters protested after the 1-1 draw with Lazio on Sunday 8 November. Torino come to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Saturday 21 November at 20:45 CET (19:45 UK, 14:45 ET).

The club has been tenth very recently. It is worth looking back at that season to understand what is at stake now.

From the title to mid-table

In 2022-23 Spalletti's Napoli won the third league title in the club's history. The following season, 2023-24, they finished tenth.

Three coaches took charge during that one season: Garcia, Mazzarri and Calzona. A side that had just been crowned Italian champions ended up in mid-table, and none of the three managed to lift it.

The answer came a year later

The recovery came the next season. In 2024-25 Napoli won the title again, the club's fourth, with Conte as coach. In 2025-26, still under him, they finished second on 76 points.

Napoli went from tenth to champions in the space of one season. The lesson of 2023-24 is that tenth place at Napoli is not a fate. It was the result of wrong decisions, and those decisions could be put right.

A different bench, the same number

Conte has now left and has ruled out coming back. Allegri was announced as coach on 3 July 2026, on a contract until 2029, with a stated target of fourth place. Fourth is now nine points away.

Fifteen points after 11 games equals the lowest total of the De Laurentiis era, set in 2007-08. And Spalletti, the coach of the third title, now coaches Juventus, who beat Napoli 2-0 on Sunday 1 November.

2023-24 teaches one clear lesson: that season, changing the coach did not save the league campaign. The club has backed Allegri and called the current position unacceptable. On Friday 6 November at Castel Volturno, the training ground, De Laurentiis promised reinforcements in January.

Responsibility now falls in two places. The coach answers for his choices. The people who built the squad answer for a striker the coach asked for who never arrived. Against Torino on Saturday 21 November, we will start to see whether this tenth place is a passing phase or where this team belongs.