Antonio Conte is making ready to participate in his first match in over 900 days as his Napoli facet tackle Pep Guardiola’s Manchester Metropolis at The Etihad to kick off their 2025-26 marketing campaign.
Conte returns to Champions League soccer after 925 days
Conte has not managed a Champions League match in 925 days, relationship again to March 8, 2023, when he was nonetheless in control of Premier League facet Tottenham Hotspur.
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That match, within the 2022-23 Spherical of 16 stage, led to , which noticed Conte eradicated after a 1-0 defeat by Milan in San Siro within the first leg. Brahim Diaz was the tie’s solely goalscorer on that event.
epa10510513 Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte (background L) and AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli (background – R) react as Tottenham’s Richarlison (entrance – L) prepares to throw in in the course of the UEFA Champions League, Spherical of 16, 2nd leg match between Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan in London, Britain, 08 March 2023. EPA-EFE/Andy Rain
Conte would go on to go away Tottenham by the tip of March 2023, and didn’t return to membership administration till the start of the 2024-25 marketing campaign, when he took over as head coach of Napoli.
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Napoli weren’t concerned in any European competitors in 2024-25, following a tenth place end within the 2023-24 Serie A season. That ended up enjoying to the membership’s benefit, as they went on to beat Inter to the Scudetto on the ultimate day of the 2024-25 season.
NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 23: Antonio Conte, Head Coach of Napoli, kisses the Serie A TIM Scudetto title trophy after his crew’s victory within the Serie A match between Napoli and Cagliari at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Might 23, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Pictures)
Profitable the league has introduced the return of Champions League soccer to the Stadio Maradona, and to Conte as nicely.
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The Italian tactician presently boasts a report of 15 wins, 14 attracts and 13 losses from his 42 matches within the competitors thus far. The furthest he has gone within the Champions League is to the quarter-finals, throughout his first season at Juventus in 2012-13.
Encouragingly for Napoli, Conte additionally boasts a powerful report towards Man Metropolis head coach Guardiola: 4 wins from their earlier seven conferences to be exact.