the club was formed in 1926 and it was in most of its history in serie a. it was diego armando maradona who put napoli on the world soccer map, leading them to scudettos in 1987 and 1990 and the uefa cup in 1989. they also won the coppa italia in 1962, 1976, 1987, 2012, 2014 and 2020, a coppa delle alpi in 1966 and two supercoppa italiana in 1990 and 2014.