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The first club was founded as '''Naples Foot-Ball & Cricket Club''' in 1904 by English sailor William Poths and his associate Hector M. Bayon.<ref name="earlyhistory">{{cite news|url=http://napoli2000.etereanetwork.com/StoriaClub_Albori.asp |publisher=Napoli 2000 |language=Italian |title=Storia Del Club, by Pietro Gentile and Valerio Rossano |date=23 June 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702133335/http://napoli2000.etereanetwork.com/StoriaClub_Albori.asp |archivedate=2 July 2007 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan-sport-footballculture-history-garbutt-italy.htm |publisher=[[British Council]] |title=Willy Garbutt, The Italian Trailblazer |date=23 June 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330025643/http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan-sport-footballculture-history-garbutt-italy.htm |archivedate=30 March 2008 }}</ref> Neapolitans such as Conforti, Catterina and Amedeo Salsi were also involved, the latter of whom was the club's first president.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?content=0&root=643&lang=en-US|publisher=S.S.C. Napoli|language=Italian|title=Dal Naples Football Club all'Internaples|date=23 June 2007}}</ref> The original kit of the club was a [[sky blue]] and navy blue striped shirt, with black shorts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.htm|publisher=Napolissimo|title=La Storia – Periodo 1904–1926|date=23 June 2007}}</ref> Naples' first match was a 3–2 win against the English crew of the boat Arabik with goals from MacPherson, Scafoglio and Chaudoir.<ref>FIFA.com</ref> The name of the club was shortened to '''Naples Foot-Ball Club''' in 1906.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}
Early into its existence, the [[Serie A|Italian Football Championship]] was limited to just [[Northern Italy|Northern]] clubs, so Southern clubs competed against sailors<ref name="earlyhistory" /> or in cups such as [[Thomas Lipton]]'s [[Lipton Challenge Cup]]. In the cup competed between Naples and [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo FBC]], Naples won three finals.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cuorerosanero.com/primianni.htm|publisher=Cuore Rosanero|language=Italian|title=I Primi 60 Anni: Dalla Nascita Aalla Coppa Lipton|date=23 June 2007}}</ref> The foreign contingent at the club broke off in 1912 to form [[U.S. Internazionale Napoli|Internazionale Napoli]],<ref name="earlyhistory"/> in time for both club's debut in the Italian Championship of [[1912–13 Italian Football Championship#Campania|1912–13]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://spazioinwind.libero.it/napolissimo/cenni%20storici%201904-1926.html|publisher=Napolissimo|language=Italian|title=La Storia. – Periodo 1904–1926 – La Preistoria|date=26 June 2007}}</ref> Though the sides had a keen rivalry in the Campania section, they were not as successful outside of it and a few years after World War I, they merged as '''Foot-Ball Club Internazionale-Naples''', also known as '''FBC Internaples'''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}
===Associazione Calcio Napoli===
[[File:Napoli1927.jpg|thumb|[[Attila Sallustro]] in the middle, with Napoli teammates in 1927]]
Under the presidency of Giorgio Ascarelli, the club changed its name to '''Associazione Calcio Napoli''' on 23 August 1926.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://members.fortunecity.com/edvella/roots.html |publisher='O Ciuccio |title=A short history of Napoli's roots: The Spark of Life |date=24 June 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211013719/http://members.fortunecity.com/edvella/roots.html |archivedate=11 February 2007 |df= }}</ref> After a poor start, with a sole point in an entire championship,<ref name="league">{{cite book|first=Panini Edizioni|last=Modena|title=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004|year=2005}}</ref> Napoli was readmitted to Serie A's forerunner, the Divizione Nazionale, by the [[Italian Football Federation]] ("FIGC"), and began to improve thanks in part to Paraguayan-born [[Attila Sallustro]], who was the first fully fledged hero to the fans.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cronologia.leonardo.it/sport/napoli.htm|publisher=Cronologia|title=Il primo, e ancora indimenticato idolo, dei tifosi partenope |date=26 June 2007}}</ref> He was a capable goal-scorer and eventually set the all-time goal-scoring record for Napoli, which was later bested by players like [[Diego Maradona]] and [[Marek Hamšík]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://vesuvio.altervista.org/storia.htm|publisher=Vesuvio|language=Italian|title=Storia del Napoli: Gli anni venti e trenta|date=26 June 2007}}</ref>
[[File:Stadiosanpaolo.jpg|thumb|left|Napoli moved to the new [[Stadio San Paolo]] in 1959, where they have played since.]]
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[[File:NapoliUltras1.jpg|thumb|Napoli ultras at ''[[Stadio San Paolo]]'']]
Napoli is the fourth most supported football club in Italy with around 13% of Italian football fans supporting the club.<ref name="tifo"/> Like other top clubs in the country, Napoli's fanbase goes beyond the Italian border; it has been estimated by the club that there are around 6 million fans worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.napoli.azplayers.com/history.html|publisher=Napoli AZplayers|title=Napoli History|date=29 June 2007}}</ref>
Napoli is reputed to be one of the biggest clubs in Europe, with one of the highest average home attendance in Europe.
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