Head-to-Head: Napoli vs Villarreal

Napoli and Villarreal have built a European head-to-head in which the balance changes with the competition. Napoli won both 2011 Champions League meetings, yet Villarreal eliminated them from the 2016 Europa League tie after a 1-0 home victory and a 1-1 draw in Italy. A later friendly also went Villarreal’s way, but the competitive history remains an exchange rather than a settled hierarchy.

Past matches, Napoli vs Villarreal

13 October 2026 League Stage - 2

Villarreal

3 - 1

Napoli

Estadio de la Cerámica
17 December 2022 Club Friendlies 3

Napoli

2 - 3

Villarreal

Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
25 February 2016 16th Finals

Napoli

1 - 1

Villarreal
18 February 2016 16th Finals

Villarreal

1 - 0

Napoli
7 December 2011 Group stage - 6

Villarreal

0 - 2

Napoli

Match center

Villarreal

3 - 1

13 October 2026

Napoli

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Starting eleven

Substitutes Villarreal

13
G
8
D
2
D
23
D
3
D
5
M
16
M
11
F
27
F
22
F
21
F
28
F

Napoli Substitutes

G
1
G
14
D
31
D
37
M
68
F
70
F
7
F
20

Match events

45'

90'

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8'
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A. Rrahmani Normal Goal
23'
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G. Mikautadze Normal Goal
26'
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S. Mourino Normal Goal (Asst: G. Moreno)
33'

Georges Mikautadze Yellow Card
55'

Giovane Yellow Card
60'

N. Lang Giovane
60'

David Neres M. Politano
61'

L. Spinazzola S. McTominay
62'

Kevin De Bruyne Yellow Card
63'

T. Oluwaseyi G. Moreno
64'

A. Freeman G. Mikautadze
67'

Nathan-Dylan Saliba Yellow Card
68'

J. Foyth A. Moleiro
72'

S. Lobotka B. Gilmour
73'

L. Lucca R. Marin
83'

A. Perez S. Comesana
84'

S. Cardona P. Gueye
85'

Giovanni Di Lorenzo Yellow Card
86'
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T. Oluwaseyi Normal Goal (Asst: A. Perez)

Stats for this game

Matchup Napoli VS Villarreal

Napoli’s group-stage advantage

The 2011 Champions League meetings gave Napoli an emphatic starting point. They won 2-0 at home on 27 September, then repeated the score away at Villarreal on 7 December. Those results show Napoli translating the matchup across both venues, but they do not settle the broader relationship because the later knockout meeting created a different answer.

Villarreal change the course

In the 2016 Europa League Round of 32, Villarreal won 1-0 at home on 18 February before drawing 1-1 in Naples on 25 February, progressing 2-1 on aggregate. That tie demonstrated how a small first-leg margin can outweigh Napoli’s earlier direct success. Villarreal also won a 3-2 friendly at Napoli on 17 December 2022; it is supporting context rather than a basis for competitive hierarchy. Another meeting would be intriguing precisely because neither club’s strongest result fully cancels the other’s: Napoli can point to two-way control in 2011, while Villarreal can point to knockout efficiency and a successful response under pressure.