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(詳細はfootball club in Southern Italy and among the major clubs in the Italian Serie A, has a long history, which spans from its foundation in 1904 as Naples Foot-Ball Club to the present day. Napoli has been refounded a number of times during its history, the most recent of which was in 2004, they have spent the majority of their history in Serie A. The club are perhaps most famous for the time when Diego Maradona was a member during the 1980s and early 1990s, during that time they won various honours including the ''scudetto'' twice and the Coppa Italia; they also had success in Europe where they captured the UEFA Cup. ==Naples Foot-Ball Club== Football was first brought to the city of Naples by English sailors during the early 1900s. The origins of a football club can be traced back to William Poths, an Englishman employed by maritime agency named Cunard Lines, he was an avid amateur footballer in his spare time and decided to found a club while in Italy. A meeting was called at ''via San Severino 43'' in Naples, with the intentions of creating one; Poths along with fellow Englishman Mr. Bayon and three Neapolitans called Conforti, Catterina and Amedeo Salsi formed the club as Naples Foot-Ball & Cricket Club; Salsi was nominated as the first ever president. Their first kit consisted of a sky blue and navy blue striped shirt, with black shorts. Naples played their debut match against British sailors from a ship named ''Arabik'', they competed for a trophy named in honour of Naples first president "''Coppa Salsi''". Naples were victorious winning the game 3-2, a feat made all the more impressive when considering Arabik had beaten the famed Genoa CFC 3-0 just days earlier. The Naples team that day was;〔 Two years after its foundation, the "''Cricket''" part of the name was dropped leaving the club's name as simply Naples Foot-Ball Club. During 1909, Sir Thomas Lipton of the famous Lipton tea brand, was visiting Sicily while travelling with his ship; he set up a competition called the ''Lipton Challenge Cup''. In this competition Neapolitan and Sicilian teams would face off against each other annually; the majority of the finals saw Naples playing Palermo Foot-Ball Club. Naples won the competition in the opening season, with a 4-2 result. The trophy was disputed six times in total, with Naples also winning it in 1911 and 1914. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of S.S.C. Napoli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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