Napoli's San Paolo stadium will be renamed in tribute to club legend Diego Maradona following his death last month.
Maradona spent seven seasons with the club between 1984 and 1991, lifting them to unprecedented success, including two Serie A titles, an Italian Cup win and a UEFA Cup triumph in 1989.
'I would be the right compromise the save the faith and honour the champion.'
'With a resolution approved today, the stadium was named after Diego Armando Maradona,' the Naples municipality said in a statement.
'The resolution was proposed by Mayor Luigi de Magistris, by the Councillor for Toponymy Alessandre Clemente and signed by the entire city council, which met is Palazzo San Giacomo.
'Shortly before the executive committee meeting, the advisory commission for city toponymy had approved the proposal of the Mayor, the Councillor for Toponymy and the city council, naming the San Paolo stadium after Diego Armanda Maradona with the name Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.'
The team will next play at their newly-named stadium against Real Sociedad in the UEFA Europa League next Thursday.
Though matches remain behind closed doors in Naples, fans gathered in their thousands to pay tribute to their club icon prior to last week's Europa League game against Rijeka, lighting flares all around the stadium.
Banners to 'The King' were also hung inside the stadium, while scores of items, including shirts, scarves, pictures and candles were left at a shrine outside.
But the decision to ditch Saint Paul in favour of the 1986 World Cup winner hasn't gone down well with everyone.
A group of priests from Naples wrote to the city's archbishop Crescenzio Sepe this week protesting against the decision to rename.
--Written by MOULIK Porel
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