Founding of SSC Napoli (1926)

Lore & Background

Under the presidency of Giorgio Ascarelli, and likely under pressure from the new fascist government to "Italianize" the club, Internaples changed its name to Associazione Calcio Napoli on 25 August 1926.

Reader's Guide

The club later went bankrupt and was re-founded in 2004 by Aurelio De Laurentiis.

Napoli saw relatively little success in their early years and did not win a major trophy until the 1962 Coppa Italia. Napoli and Roma became the first two clubs from Central and Southern Italy admitted to the National Division, in 1926–27.