There are 4 teams from Campania that have played in Serie A, which still exist today and are present in the schedule of sports betting of football, we are talking about Napoli, Salernitana, Avellino and Benevento. Here is the statistical history of these clubs with all the curiosities and personal records of the individual clubs.
Napoli Records and Maradona Museum
Napoli is the only club from Campania sample of Italy, with the first Scudetto won in 1987, the second in 1990 and the last in 2023, at least until the 2023/2024 season. The club has some important personal records, such as Hamsik's 408 games played in Serie A and Dries Mertens' 113 goals, always in the Italian championship. Among Napoli's most incredible records, there is the victory of the first Coppa Italia in 1962, when the club played in Serie B: still today it is the only case of its kind in Serie A.
With Diego Armando Maradona the Napoli he won a total of 2 league titles, an Italian Cup and an Italian Super Cup, in addition to the UEFA Cup won in 1989. In the city, in the Spanish Quarters, a museum dedicated to the Pibe de Oro has been opened, near the Murales of Maradona, which is now a pilgrimage destination for fans and supporters, devoted to D10S.
Statistical trivia about Avellino Calcio
Avellino Calcio is the Campania club that after Napoli has played the most seasons in Serie A, 10 from 1978 to 1988. The Biancoverdi have twice closed the season in the top division at number 8, in 1982 and 1987. The record for appearances in Serie A is held by Salvatore Di Somma with 148 matches, the best striker for the Wolves in Serie A is Ramon Diaz with 22 goals. The Wolves have played 19 Serie B championships.
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Salernitana Trivia and Statistics
Up until the 2023/2024 season, Salernitana has played 5 Serie A championships, while the Granata have played 32 Serie B seasons. In so few seasons in the top division, it is difficult to draw up a ranking of the best Granata strikers in Serie A. In general, Giovanni Pisano is the top scorer with 61 goals, followed by David Di Michele with 48 goals.
When Benevento Bewitched Serie B and Serie A Football
After 87 years of history, the Benevento Calcio finally manages to achieve promotion to Serie B and only 404 days later finds itself in Serie A, where in total, to date, it has played two seasons. In the top division of Italian football, Benevento immediately stands out for a series of negative records, thanks to the surprise of the same club in seeing a team that makes the double jump, literally without giving it time to prepare a competitive squad.
The first negative record that Benevento wrote in Serie A is the 14 consecutive defeats at the start of the championship: an all-time European record. In December 2017, the first point of the Stregone arrived with the header of Brignoli, who equalized the score against Milan: this is the last headed goal from open play by a goalkeeper in Serie A. Another all-time negative record of the Giallorossi in Serie A is the 29 total defeats in the 2017/2018 season, of which 17 were away.
In their first season in Serie A, Benevento won 1-0 in the return match against Milan, while in their last season in Serie A on March 21, 2021, the Stregone won 1-0 at the Allianz Stadium against Juve, unfortunately then began an inexorable decline that in two years brought the team back to Serie C.
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The article talks about Campania teams in Serie A, but the information on Benevento is a bit confusing and not very detailed. It would be useful to have more data on the players and their statistics over the years.