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===Origins=== [[File:Naples Foot-Ball Club 1906.jpg|thumb|left|Team of "Naples F.C.", predecessor of current club, in 1906]] Although the club was officially founded in 1926, Napoli traces its roots to the first relevant Neapolitan club, founded as "Naples Foot-Ball & Croquet Club" in 1905 by English sailor William Poths and his associate Hector M. Bayon.<ref name="earlyhistory2">{{cite news |date=23 June 2007 |title=Storia Del Club, by Pietro Gentile and Valerio Rossano |language=it |publisher=Napoli 2000 |url=http://napoli2000.etereanetwork.com/StoriaClub_Albori.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702133335/http://napoli2000.etereanetwork.com/StoriaClub_Albori.asp |archive-date=2 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 June 2007 |title=Willy Garbutt, The Italian Trailblazer |publisher=[[British Council]] |url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan-sport-footballculture-history-garbutt-italy.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330025643/http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan-sport-footballculture-history-garbutt-italy.htm |archive-date=30 March 2008}}</ref> Neapolitans such as Conforti, Catterina and Amedeo Salsi were also involved; Salsi was named the club's first president.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 June 2007 |title=Dal Naples Football Club all'Internaples |language=it |publisher=S.S.C. Napoli |url=http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?content=0&root=643&lang=en-US |access-date=23 June 2007 |archive-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925071642/http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?content=0&root=643&lang=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> The original kit of the club was a [[sky blue]] and navy blue striped shirt, with black shorts.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 June 2007 |title=La Storia β Periodo 1904β1926 |publisher=Napolissimo |url=http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.htm |access-date=23 June 2007 |archive-date=24 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724191400/http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Naples' first match was a 3β2 win against the English crew of the boat ''Arabik'' with goals from William MacPherson, Michele Scafoglio and LΓ©on Chaudoir.<ref>{{cite news |date=3 April 2009 |title=Napoli back among the big boys |website=FIFA.com |publisher=FΓ©dΓ©ration Internationale de Football Association |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2009/m=4/news=napoli-back-among-the-big-boys-1045169.html |url-status=dead |access-date=14 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119142442/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2009/m=4/news=napoli-back-among-the-big-boys-1045169.html |archive-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> Early into its existence, the [[Serie A|Italian Football Championship]] was limited to just [[Northern Italy|northern]] clubs, so southern clubs competed against sailors<ref name="earlyhistory2" /> or in cups such as [[Thomas Lipton]]'s [[Lipton Challenge Cup]]. In the cup competed between Naples FBC and [[Palermo FC|Palermo FBC]] Naples won three finals.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 June 2007 |title=I Primi 60 Anni: Dalla Nascita Aalla Coppa Lipton |language=it |publisher=Cuore Rosanero |url=http://www.cuorerosanero.com/primianni.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011210314/http://www.cuorerosanero.com/primianni.htm |archive-date=11 October 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The foreign contingent at the club broke off in 1911 to form [[US Internazionale Napoli|Internazionale Napoli]], who wore blue shirts with white shorts,<ref name="earlyhistory2" /> in time for both club's debut in the Italian Championship of [[1912β13 Prima Categoria#Campania (Southern Final)|1912β13]].<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=La Storia. β Periodo 1904β1926 β La Preistoria |language=it |publisher=Napolissimo |url=http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.html |access-date=26 June 2007 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122043133/http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Each of the teams won a Prima Categoria southern Italian titles and therefore competed in the national semi-finals, Naples doing so in 1912β13 and Internazionale Napoli in [[1913β14 Prima Categoria#Campania (Southern Final)|1913β14]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They were set to face each other for the southern titles again in [[1914β15 Prima Categoria#Southern Italy tournament|1914β15]] but it was cancelled due to World War I.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Due to financial pressure, the two rival clubs merged as the "Foot-Ball Club Internazionale-Naples", abbreviated as "FBC Internaples" on 2 October 1922.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 July 2007 |title=Napoli |publisher=Goal.com |url=http://www.goal.com/it/Squadra.aspx?IdSquadra=165&SEOTeamName=Napoli |access-date=2 August 2021 |archive-date=12 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712040750/http://www.goal.com/it/Squadra.aspx?IdSquadra=165&SEOTeamName=Napoli |url-status=live }}</ref> Internaples', and later Napoli's kits are derived from those of Naples FBC and Internazionale Napoli; adopting the sky blue from Naples' shirts and the white shorts from Internazionale Napoli.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
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