Napoli 2022-23 Squad

The team

The 2022-23 Napoli squad stands among the most celebrated teams Italy has sent onto the continental stage. Representing Naples, this was one of the defining sides of 2020s European football, the sort of team whose matches became must-watch occasions. Napoli won Serie A and reached the Champions League quarter-finals that season, a campaign that still shapes how the club is remembered. The side was built on a clear spine: Alex Meret behind a defence organised by Kim Min-jae, with Stanislav Lobotka setting the tempo through the middle.

Further forward, Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia gave the team its cutting edge, turning long spells of control into goals on the biggest European nights. There was depth to match the star quality, with the likes of Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Piotr Zieliński adding options across the pitch. Reassembled here, the lineup is a reminder of why this vintage still sets a standard that later teams chase. Set out in a 4-3-3, the XI captures the balance and ambition that made this Napoli team a benchmark of 2020s football — the players, the shape and the identity that made the vintage so hard to forget.