Editing SSC Napoli (section)

===The birth of Associazione Calcio Napoli===
Under the presidency of Giorgio Ascarelli, and likely under pressure from the new fascist government to "Italianize" the club,<ref name="PacGar14">Pacileo e Gargano, ''80 anni di passione'', p. 14.</ref> Internaples changed its name to '''Associazione Calcio Napoli''' on 25 August 1926.<ref>Piergiorgio Renna, ''Il football a Napoli'', p. 39.</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=24 June 2007 |title=A short history of Napoli's roots: The Spark of Life |publisher='O Ciuccio |url=http://members.fortunecity.com/edvella/roots.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211013719/http://members.fortunecity.com/edvella/roots.html |archive-date=11 February 2007}}</ref> The newly renamed team also moved from the Terme di Agnano to a new stadium, the Stadio Militare dell'Arenaccia. After a poor start, with a sole point in an entire championship,<ref name="league22">{{cite book |title=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio&nbsp;– La Storia 1898–2004 |year=2005}}</ref> Napoli was re-admitted to Serie A's forerunner, the Divisione Nazionale, by the [[Italian Football Federation]] ("FIGC"), and began to improve thanks in part to Paraguayan-born [[Attila Sallustro]], who was the first fully fledged hero to the fans.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=Il primo, e ancora indimenticato idolo, dei tifosi partenope |publisher=Cronologia |url=http://cronologia.leonardo.it/sport/napoli.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=24 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722073231/http://cronologia.leonardo.it/sport/napoli.htm |archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> He was a capable goal-scorer and eventually set the all-time goal-scoring record for Napoli, which was later surpassed by players like [[Diego Maradona]] and [[Marek Hamšík]].<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=Storia del Napoli: Gli anni venti e trenta |language=it |publisher=Vesuvio |url=http://vesuvio.altervista.org/storia.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715061603/http://vesuvio.altervista.org/storia.htm |archive-date=15 July 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Stadio_San_Paolo_-_panoramio_(3).jpg|left|thumb|Napoli moved to the new [[Stadio Diego Armando Maradona|Stadio San Paolo]] in 1959, where they have played since.]]
Napoli entered the Serie A era under the management of [[William Garbutt]].<ref>{{cite news |date=26 June 2007 |title=Gli anni '30 |language=it |publisher=YouNapoli.com |url=http://www.younapoli.com/storia%20del%20napoli.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504032847/http://www.younapoli.com/storia%20del%20napoli.htm |archive-date=4 May 2007}}</ref> During Garbutt's six-year stint, the club would be dramatically transformed, frequently finishing in the top half of the table.<ref name="league22" /> This included two third-place finishes during the [[1932–33 Serie A|1932–33]] and [[1933–34 Serie A|1933–34]] seasons,<ref name="league2" /> with added notables such as [[Antonio Vojak]], [[Arnaldo Sentimenti]] and [[Carlo Buscaglia]].<ref name="playerrecord2">{{cite web |title=Napoli Player Statistics |url=http://clubanglonapulitano.tripod.com/players.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231225254/http://clubanglonapulitano.tripod.com/players.html |archive-date=31 December 2016 |access-date=14 January 2019 |work=ClubAngloNapulitano}}</ref> However, in the years leading up to World War II, Napoli went into decline, only surviving relegation in [[1939–40 Serie A|1939–40]] by goal average.<ref name="league2" />

Napoli lost a closely contested relegation battle at the end of 1942 and were relegated to [[Serie B]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They moved from the [[Stadio Partenopeo|Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli]] to the [[Stadio Arturo Collana]] and remained in Serie B until after the war.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}