MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 18: Antonio Conte, Head Coach of Napoli, gives the team instructions during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD1 match between Manchester City and SSC Napoli at City of Manchester Stadium on September 18, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)
The humiliating 6-2 defeat to PSV Eindhoven made unfortunate history for both Antonio Conte and Napoli, but reaffirmed the coach’s poor Champions League record.
This was the first time Napoli had ever conceded six goals in a European competition, and the first time one of Conte’s teams have let in six in a single game.
The last time the Partenopei leaked six goals in any tournament was their 6-3 Serie A defeat to Sampdoria in December 1997.
Conte no stranger to Champions League disappointment
EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – OCTOBER 21: Eljif Elmas of Napoli looks dejected during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD3 match between PSV Eindhoven and SSC Napoli at PSV Stadion on October 21, 2025 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
While these were firsts, the painful loss in Eindhoven did add to the on-going struggles that Conte has experienced in the Champions League.
During his entire coaching career, the Italian has managed only 16 victories in this tournament, 14 draws and 15 defeats, an average of 1.38 points per game.
Most notably, he has never made it past the quarter-final stage, only achieving this during his very first season in the Champions League with Juventus in 2012-13.
After that, Conte went out in the group stage with Juventus in 2013-14, reached the Round of 16 at Chelsea in 2017-18, the group stage for Inter in 2020-21, and the Round of 16 again for Tottenham Hotspur in 2022-23.
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