How Will Napoli Lineup For 2025/26 Serie A Season? Antonio Conte Aiming To Maintain Place On Italian Throne

Napoli will be hoping to retain their Scudetto in 2025/26, but how will the champions lineup for the upcoming Serie A campaign?

How Will Napoli Lineup For 2025/26 Serie A Season?

Antonio Conte claimed Italy’s biggest prize during his opening season as Napoli manager, as Gli Azzurri won their fourth Scudetto and edged out Inter Milan by one-point.

The Serie A champions have strengthened well during the summer transfer window, bringing in Manchester City legend Kevin De Bruyne, Dutch international Noa Lang and highly-rated center back Sam Beukema.

Alongside these new additions, Conte has managed to keep a hold of their star players, as Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku will both don the sky blue jersey this season.

However, the Belgian striker received a crushing blow in Napoli’s final pre-season friendly and will now miss the opening three-months of the 2025/26 campaign.

Napoli are now on the hunt for a new talisman up-front, with Antonio Conte already targeting a move for Tottenham Hotspur and Brazil star, Richarlison.

With a new striker yet to be acquired, summer signing Lorenzo Lucca is set to lead the line for Napoli after scoring 12 Serie A goals for Udinese last season.

The Italian will need to hit the ground running as a new striker is all-but certain to join the club this summer and will be flanked by Noa Lang and Matteo Politano.

Moving down into midfield and this is where Antonio Conte has a decision to make as the arrival of Kevin De Bruyne may impact Scott McTominay’s position in the team.

The Scottish international won the Serie A MVP award after a superb campaign in Naples which saw McTominay scored 12 goals and guide the club to the league title.

McTominay and De Bruyne are expected to play alongisde one another, with Frank Anguissa sitting just behind, meaning there is no room for Billy Gilmour or Stanislav Lobotka.

Alessandro Buongiorno is set to reclaim his place in the center back role after returning from injury and the Italian will be partnered by Conte’s most expensive addition – Sam Beukema.

The 26-year-old impressed during his two seasons with Bologna, attracting interest from a host of clubs around Europe and will be key for Napoli’s title defense this season.

Finishing off the back-four now and we have the reliable full-back duo of Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Mathias Olivera, as they accumulated 69 league appearances combined last season.

Finally, the number one slot will likely be handed to Alex Meret again this season after making 34 league appearances last season, however, the Italian faces huge competition following the arrival of Vanja Milinkovic-Savic from Torino.

Napoli Predicted Lineup 2025/26

Have Napoli Ever Won Consecutive League Titles?

Napoli won their fourth Serie A title last season, winning the Scudetto in 1986–87, 1989–90 and 2022–23 previously, with many expecting Gli Azzurri to retain their throne in 2025/26.

Italian legend, Paolo Di Canio, believes Antonio Conte’s side will win the league title once again and will only face major competition from a new-look Juventus side.

Winning the Serie A title in consecutive seasons would not only be an impressive feat for Napoli, but this achievement would also mark a moment in history as the Italian side has never managed to successfully defend the trophy.

After their opening title victory in 1986/87, Napoli finished second to AC Milan in the following season and missed out on back-to-back Scudettos by three-points.

In 1989/90, Napoli won their second league title but endured a terrible campaign in the following season, finishing eighth in the league and picking up just 37 points from 34 matches.

Gli Azzurri would then have to wait another 33-years to win their next Serie A title, as Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia guided Napoli to a historic Scudetto triumph – before finishing 10th in 2023/24.