ANKARA

Italian football club Napoli dismissed Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti on Tuesday over poor results in the Serie A.

The decision was announced hours after Napoli's 4-0 victory over Genk that moves the Italian club to the knockout stages of the Champions League.

''SSC Napoli has taken the decision to part ways with first-team coach Carlo Ancelotti. The friendship and mutual respect between the club, President Aurelio De Laurentiis and Carlo Ancelotti remain intact,'' the club said in a statement.

Despite Napoli's qualification for the round of 16 in the Champions League, the Italian club disappointed their fans over poor performance in the Serie A.

Last season's runners-up currently sit in the seventh spot on the table after collecting 21 points with a seven-match winless run.

The Naples club's fans have not seen a Napoli victory in Serie A since a 2-0 home defeat of Verona on Oct. 19.