Editing SSC Napoli (section)

==Records and statistics==
{{Main|List of SSC Napoli records and statistics|List of SSC Napoli players}}
[[File:Hamsik_2016.jpg|thumb|upright|Marek Hamšík is Napoli's record appearance holder.]]
[[Marek Hamšík]] holds Napoli's official appearance record, having made 520. He also holds the record for league appearances with 408 over the course of 12 years from 2007 to 2019.

The all-time leading goalscorer for Napoli is [[Dries Mertens]], with 148 goals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mertens supera Hamsik ed è il leader della classifica bomber azzurri "all time" con 122 gol|language=it|website=www.sscnapoli.it|publisher=S.S.C. Napoli|url=https://sscnapoli.it/static/news/Mertens-supera-Hamsik-ed-e-il-leader-della-classifica-bomber-azzurri-all-time-con-122-gol-18242.aspx|access-date=13 June 2020|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613224841/https://sscnapoli.it/static/news/Mertens-supera-Hamsik-ed-e-il-leader-della-classifica-bomber-azzurri-all-time-con-122-gol-18242.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also holds the record for league goals with 113.

[[Diego Maradona]] finished the season of Serie A as the league's top scorer, known in Italy as the ''[[Capocannoniere]]'', in the [[1987–88 Serie A|1987–88 season]] with 15 goals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Italy&nbsp;– Serie A top scorers|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italtops.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031163443/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/italtops.html|archive-date=31 October 2015|access-date=14 January 2019|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> This achievement was matched by [[Edinson Cavani]] in 2012–13, [[Gonzalo Higuaín]] in 2015–16, and [[Victor Osimhen]] in 2022–23.

The record for most goals in a single league season belongs to [[Gonzalo Higuaín]], with 36 in the 2015–16 Serie A.<ref>{{cite news|date=14 May 2016|title=Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain sets Serie A goals record with 36 in a season|publisher=ESPN FC|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/napoli/story/2872870/napolis-gonzalo-higuain-breaks-serie-a-goals-record-with-36-in-a-season|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702204838/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/napoli/story/2872870/napolis-gonzalo-higuain-breaks-serie-a-goals-record-with-36-in-a-season|url-status=live}}</ref>

The biggest ever victory recorded by Napoli was 8–1 against [[Aurora Pro Patria 1919|Pro Patria]], in the [[1955–56 Serie A|1955–56]] season of Serie A.<ref name="league2">{{cite book |title=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio&nbsp;– La Storia 1898–2004 |year=2005}}</ref> Napoli's heaviest championship defeat came during the [[1927–28 Divisione Nazionale|1927–28]] season when eventual champions [[Torino FC|Torino]] beat them 11–0.<ref name="league2" />

On 26 July 2016, Gonzalo Higuaín became the [[List of most expensive association football transfers|third-highest football transfer of all-time]] and highest ever transfer for an Italian club<ref>{{cite web|date=26 July 2016|title=Gonzalo Higuain's £75m Juventus move&nbsp;– its place in history and what it means for football|url=http://asia.eurosport.com/football/serie-a/2015-2016/gonzalo-higuain-s-78m-juventus-move-its-place-in-history-and-what-it-means-for-football_sto5699162/story.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730174220/http://asia.eurosport.com/football/serie-a/2015-2016/gonzalo-higuain-s-78m-juventus-move-its-place-in-history-and-what-it-means-for-football_sto5699162/story.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2016|access-date=26 July 2016|publisher=eurosport.com}}</ref> when he joined Juventus for €90&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|date=26 July 2016|title=Higuain joins Juventus|url=http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2016/higuain-joins-juventus-.php|access-date=26 July 2016|publisher=juventus.com|archive-date=26 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726183217/http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2016/higuain-joins-juventus-.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 31 July 2020, Napoli confirmed the signing of Victor Osimhen from [[Lille OSC|Lille]] for a transfer fee of €70 million, making him Napoli's most expensive signing of his history.<ref>{{cite news|date=31 July 2020|title=Napoli sign Nigeria forward Osimhen from Lille|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/soccer-transfers/story/4150799/napoli-sign-forward-osimhen-from-lille|access-date=5 August 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803171209/https://www.espn.com/soccer/soccer-transfers/story/4150799/napoli-sign-forward-osimhen-from-lille|url-status=live}}</ref>