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Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria. The club currently competes in Serie B, but may play in Serie C, the third division of the Italian football league system, in the 2025–26 season if they lose the relegation playoffs. They were originally relegated to Serie C but were readmitted after Brescia Calcio were relegated due to financial controversies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s,<ref name="Il Calcio Ginnastico">Il Calcio Ginnastico Template:Webarchive</ref> Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria. Both the team name and colours reflect this union, the first being a combination of the names, the second taking the form of a unique kit design, predominantly blue (for Andrea Doria) with white, red and black bands (for Sampierdarenese) across the centre of the shirt, hence the nickname blucerchiati ("blue-circled").
Sampdoria play at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, capacity 33,205,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which they share with Genoa's older club, Genoa CFC. The fierce rivalry between the two teams is commonly known as the Derby della Lanterna, and has been contested in Serie A for most of its history.
Sampdoria have won the Scudetto once in their history, in 1991. The club has also won the Coppa Italia four times, in 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1994, and the Supercoppa Italiana once, in 1991. Their biggest European success came when they won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990. They also reached the European Cup final in 1992, losing the final 1–0 to Barcelona after extra-time. After drawing 0–0 against Juve Stabia in the 2024–25 Serie B, the club was relegated for the first time in their history to Serie C, but were readmitted.
HistoryEdit
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Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria (1891–1927)Edit
Template:Anchor The roots of Sampdoria are to be found in two teams born in the late 1890s: Società Ginnastica Sampierdarenese and Società Andrea Doria. The former was founded in 1891 and opened its football section in 1899.<ref name="Il Calcio Ginnastico"/><ref name="Ossola-127">Template:Cite book</ref> The latter, named after Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, was founded in 1895.<ref>SG Andrea Doria Template:Webarchive</ref><ref name="Ossola-226">Template:Cite book</ref>
Andrea Doria did not join the first Italian Football Championship organised by the Italian Federation of Football (FIF) and played on 8 May 1898. Instead, they played in the football tournament organised by the Italian Federation of Ginnastica.<ref name="Ossola-16-17">Template:Cite book</ref> The first ancestor of Sampdoria to play in the Italian Football Championship was Sampierdarenese, who joined the third edition in 1900 for their only appearance before World War One.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato">Template:Cite book</ref>
Andrea Doria eventually joined the competition in 1902, but did not win a game until the 1907 edition, when they beat local rivals Genoa 3–1.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato" /> It was not until 1910–11 that the club began to show promise, finishing above Juventus, Internazionale and Genoa in the main tournament.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato" />
After the war Sampierdarenese finally began to compete in the Italian Championship replacing another club from Bolzaneto, then an independent town in the province of Genoa, called Associazione del Calcio Ligure.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato" /> Thus, during the 1919-20 edition Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria met in the championship for the first time. Doria won the first-leg game (4–1 and 1–1) and finished second after Genoa in the Liguria group, qualifying for the National Round.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato" />
Andrea Doria ended up first in the Liguria group above local rivals Genoa in the 1920-21 Championship.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato" />
For the 1921–22 season the Italian top league was split into two competitions, one run by the Italian Football Federation and a second one organised by the secessionist Italian Football Confederation. Sampierdarenese joined the IFF tournament, while Andrea Doria and Genoa signed up for the one organised by the Confederation. Sampierdarenese won the Liguria section and then went on to the semi-finals, finishing top out of three clubs and thus reaching the final against Novese. Both legs of the final ended in 0–0 draws, thus a repetition match was played in Cremona on 21 May 1922. The match went into extra time with Novese eventually winning the tie (and the Championship) 2–1.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato" />
By season 1924–25, Sampdoria's ancestors were competing against each other in the Northern League; Andrea Doria finished one place above their rivals and won one match 2–1, while Sampierdarenese were victorious 2–0 in the other.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato" />
From La Dominante to Sampdoria (1927–1946)Edit
A process of unification of the many professional football teams in Italy was started by the Fascist government. Particularly in 1927 multiple smaller clubs where merged into one all over the country. Among many other similar examples, four teams based in Rome merged and became AS Roma. Similarly, at the end of the 1926–27 season Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria merged for the first time under the name La Dominante.<ref name="Papa-136">Template:Cite book</ref>
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Wearing green and black striped shirts, La Dominante Genova lived a short life, having played just three championships, and was not particularly successful. The team was admitted to the 1927-28 Divisione Nazionale Group B, ending the season in 10th place.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato">Template:Cite book</ref> The next season was the last year of Divisione Nazionale, and Dominante finished in 10th place. Finally, in 1929 Dominante competed in the first-ever Serie B tournament where they finished third, just missing out on promotion.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato">Template:Cite book</ref>
Dominante then absorbed the local team Corniglianese and competed in the 1930–31 Serie B under the name of Foot Ball Club Liguria. The team did not do well, finishing in 18th place and suffering relegation to Prima Divisione.<ref name="Almanacco2007-97">Template:Cite book</ref>
Both Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria reverted to their previous names in 1931 as separate clubs.<ref name="Ossola-226">Template:Cite book</ref> In the span of just a few years Sampierdarenese then climbed up from Prima Divisione to Serie B and finally Serie A. Ending up second in the Girone D of the 1931–32 Prima Divisione, they got promoted to Serie B. After the uneventful 1932–33 Serie B season, the team proceeded to win the 1933–34 Serie B championship and were promoted into Serie A for the first time.<ref name="Almanacco2007-97">Template:Cite book</ref>
On 15 July 1937 Sampierdarenese absorbed Corniglianese and Rivarolese, with the club adopting the name Associazione Calcio Liguria.<ref name="Dellacha-175">Template:Cite book</ref> This saw them reach fifth place in Serie A in 1939.<ref name="Dellacha-189">Template:Cite book</ref> In the early 1940s, the club was relegated but bounced straight back up as Serie B champions in 1941.
After World War II, both Andrea Doria and Sampierdarenese (the name Liguria was abolished in 1945) were competing in Serie A, but in a reverse of pre-war situations, Andrea Doria were now the top club out of the two. However, on 12 August 1946, a merger occurred to create Unione Calcio Sampdoria.
The first chairman of this new club was Piero Sanguineti, but the ambitious entrepreneur Amedeo Rissotto soon replaced him, while the first team coach during this period was a man from Florence named Giuseppe Galluzzi. To illustrate the clubs would be equally represented in the new, merged club, a new kit was designed featuring the blue shirts of Andrea Doria and the white, red and black midsection of Sampierdarenese. In the same month of the merger, the new club demanded they should share the Stadio Luigi Ferraris ground with Genoa. An agreement was reached, and the stadium began hosting Genoa's and Sampdoria's home matches.
Early years and the achievements in the Mantovani era (1946–1993)Edit
For about thirty years the Genoese played constantly in Serie A, with mixed results, the best of which was in the 1960–1961 season, in which they obtained fourth place in the championship. In the 1965–1966 season Sampdoria finished sixteenth, relegating to Serie B for the first time in its history; however, the following year they won the second-tier championship and immediately returned to Serie A.
In 1979, the club, then playing Serie B, was acquired by oil businessman Paolo Mantovani (1930–1993), who invested in the team to bring Sampdoria to the top flight. In 1982, Sampdoria made their Serie A return and won their first Coppa Italia in 1985. In 1986, Yugoslav Vujadin Boškov was appointed as the new head coach. The club won their second Coppa Italia in 1988, being admitted to the 1988–89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, where they reached the final, losing 2–0 to Barcelona.<ref>Cup Winners' Cup 1988–89. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. (Retrieved 3 June 2011).</ref><ref>1988/89: Hat-trick for Barcelona Template:Webarchive. 1 June 1989. UEFA. (Retrieved on 3 June 2011).</ref> A second consecutive triumph in the Coppa Italia gave Sampdoria a spot in the 1989–90 Cup Winners' Cup, which they won after defeating Anderlecht after extra time in the final.<ref name=kelly>Template:Cite news</ref>
This was followed only one year later by their first and only Scudetto, being crowned as Serie A champions with a five-point advantage over second-placed Internazionale. The winning team featured several notable players, such as Gianluca Pagliuca, Gianluca Vialli, Roberto Mancini, Toninho Cerezo, Pietro Vierchowod and Attilio Lombardo, with Boškov as head coach.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the following season, Sampdoria reached the European Cup final and were defeated once again by Barcelona, at Wembley Stadium.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Vujadin Boškov is recognised as one of Sampdoria's most successful managers winning a record amount of trophies and thus further establishing the club's reputation in Europe.
Enrico Mantovani Ownership (1993–2002)Edit
On 14 October 1993, Paolo Mantovani died suddenly and was replaced by his son Enrico. During his first season (1993–94), Sampdoria won one more Coppa Italia and placed fourth in Serie A. During the following four seasons, many players from his father's tenure left the club but many important acquisitions were made which kept Sampdoria in the top tier Serie A. This included the likes of Argentine internationals Juan Sebastián Verón and Ariel Ortega, and international midfielders Clarence Seedorf and Christian Karembeu.<ref name=kelly/> In April 1995 Sampdoria reached the semi-final stage of the Cup Winners' Cup, losing out to Arsenal on penalties after two legs.
In May 1999 Sampdoria were relegated from Serie A and did not return to the top flight until 2003.
Riccardo Garrone Ownership (2002–2013)Edit
In 2002 Sampdoria was acquired by Riccardo Garrone, an Italian oil businessman. Sampdoria returned to Serie A in 2003 led by talisman Francesco Flachi, and ended their first season in eighth place. After several more top-half finishes, manager Walter Novellino gave way to Walter Mazzarri in 2007.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
With the signings of forwards Antonio Cassano from Real Madrid,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Giampaolo Pazzini in January 2008, Sampdoria ended the 2007–08 season in sixth position and qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The following season, they came fourth and qualified for the UEFA Champions League play-offs under manager Luigi Delneri, who left for Juventus.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> With the departures also of CEO Giuseppe Marotta, and both Cassano and Pazzini, and the squad being stretched by Champions League football, Sampdoria were relegated to Serie B after a 2–1 loss at home to Palermo in May 2011.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the following season June 2012, Sampdoria won promotion back to Serie A after defeating Varese 4–2 on aggregate in the play-off final.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Edoardo Garrone Ownership (2013–2014)Edit
In 2013, following the death of his father, Edoardo Garrone took over the presidency of Sampdoria, but his main goal was to sell it as soon as possible to free himself of the debts that the company had incurred over the previous years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The sale of Sampdoria to Massimo Ferrero was widely contested by Sampdoria fans.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A sell-off, which even after years, some fans continue to reproach in 2023.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2023, after Massimo Ferrero's arrest in 2021 and the continuous protests from the fans, he clarified that the sale was a mistake due to pressure from his family to sell Sampdoria as soon as possible. A further wrong choice defined by Garrone because it was sold to an unreliable person.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Massimo Ferrero Ownership (2014–2023)Edit
In June 2014 the club was purchased by the film producer Massimo Ferrero.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After sixth-placed rivals Genoa in the 2014–15 season failed to obtain a UEFA licence for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, seventh-placed Sampdoria took their spot.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The club built a solid foundation in Serie A for the next seven years. Notable managerial appointments were Marco Giampaolo and Claudio Ranieri, as well as the steady flow of goals from talismanic striker Fabio Quagliarella. Growing tensions however surrounded Ferrero's presidency, fuelled by his well-known and public support of AS Roma. Several attempts were made to sell the club, including to a consortium led by club legend Gianluca Vialli. On 6 December 2021 Massimo Ferrero was arrested by Italian police as part of ongoing investigations into corporate crimes and bankruptcy. He resigned from his position as President of Sampdoria with immediate effect, whilst a club statement assured fans that the affairs of the football club were not a part of the investigations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 27 December, former player Marco Lanna was appointed president. In January 2022 the club welcomed back former manager Marco Giampaolo after a disappointing start to the season under Roberto D'Aversa. On 6 February in his first home game back in charge, Sampdoria defeated Sassuolo 4–0. Results however began to dwindle, and after eight games and a winless start to the 2022–23 season the club parted company with Giampaolo. On 6 October former Serie A player legend Dejan Stanković was appointed to the role with the task of steering the club clear of the relegation zone. Sampdoria were later relegated in the 2022–23 season from Serie A to Serie B.
New owners and relegation to Serie C (2023–present)Edit
In late May 2023 former Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani and the businessman Matteo Manfredi<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> reached an agreement with previous owner Massimo Ferrero to buy Sampdoria and prevent it from bankruptcy. On 27 June 2023, former Italy and Serie A legend Andrea Pirlo was appointed as the manager.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The change in ownership, however, has not led to an improvement of fortunes for the club, and financial hardship continued well into the 2023–24 season: although they finished their first season back in the second tier with qualification to the promotion playoffs, they were eliminated by Palermo in the first round. The 2024–25 season was meant to feature an even stronger push for promotion with the acquisition of players like Massimo Coda and M'baye Niang, but the club started out with two losses and a draw on the first three games on the season. Results were never delivered despite four managerial changes, and as a result, Sampdoria suffered its first ever relegation to Serie C, the third tier of Italian football, after a goalless draw away at Juve Stabia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, Brescia's 4-point deduction at the end of the regular season meant that the club was thrown one final lifeline not to drop down to Serie C, as the subsequent shuffling of placements signified that they would play a relegation play-out match against Salernitana.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Colours, badge and nicknamesEdit
The white, blue, red and black colours represent the club's origins with a merger between two teams, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria, who wore respectively red/black and white/blue jerseys with a shield with Saint George's Cross.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The club crest features a sailor in profile known by Genoese name of Baciccia, a diminutive of Ligurian Gio-Batta, Italian Giovanni Battista, i.e. John-Baptist. The image of a sailor is used due to Sampdoria being based in the port city of Genoa.
The precise design of the Baciccia came from a Disney-licensed comic, Topolino, in 1980.
Since 1980, the Baciccia has appeared on the shirts of Sampdoria, mostly on the chest but occasionally on the sleeve.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
StadiumEdit
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Since 1946, the club have played at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, also known as the Marassi from the name of the neighbourhood where it is located, which has a capacity of 33,205.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It is the ninth-largest stadium in Italy by capacity. The stadium is named after Luigi Ferraris (1887–1915), an Italian footballer, engineer and soldier who died during WWI.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The ground is shared with Sampdoria's rivals, Genoa CFC<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The stadium was dismantled and rebuilt before the 1990 FIFA World Cup, for which it hosted three Group C matches (between Costa Rica, Scotland and Sweden) and a round-of-16 match between the Republic of Ireland and Romania.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Supporters and rivalriesEdit
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Sampdoria supporters come mainly from the city of Genoa. The biggest group are Ultras Tito Cucchiaroni, named after an Argentinian left winger who played for Sampdoria. The group were founded in 1969, making it one of the oldest ultra groups in Italy. They are apolitical, although there are smaller groups like Rude Boys Sampdoria, who are left-wing, but today this group is no longer active. The main support with flags and flares comes from the southern Curva, Gradinata Sud.
Sampdoria's biggest rivals are Genoa, against whom they play the Derby della Lanterna.<ref name="rival">Template:Cite news</ref>
HonoursEdit
DomesticEdit
- Serie A
- Winners (1): 1990–91
- Serie B
- Coppa Italia
- Supercoppa Italiana
EuropeanEdit
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- European Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1991–92
- European Cup Winners' Cup
- European Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1990
FriendlyEdit
- Wembley International Tournament
- Winners (3): 1990, 1991, 1992
- Trofeo Bortolotti
- Winners (2): 1998, 2006
- Amsterdam Tournament
- Winners (1): 1988
- Joan Gamper Trophy
- Winners (1): 2012
Records and statisticsEdit
Player recordsEdit
Most appearancesEdit
- Competitive, professional matches only.
| # | Name | Years | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Roberto Mancini | 1982–1997 | 567 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Moreno Mannini | 1984–1999 | 501 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Pietro Vierchowod | 1983–1995 | 493 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Angelo Palombo | 2002–2012, 2012–2017 | 459 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Fausto Pari | 1983–1992 | 401 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Fausto Salsano | 1979–1981, 1984–1990, 1993–1998 | 377 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Luca Pellegrini | 1980–1991 | 363 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Guido Vincenzi | 1958–1969 | 353 |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Gaudenzio Bernasconi | 1954–1965 | 351 |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Gianluca Vialli | 1984–1992 | 328 |
Top goalscorersEdit
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| # | Name | Years | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Roberto Mancini | 1982–1997 | 171 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Gianluca Vialli | 1984–1992 | 141 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Francesco Flachi | 1999–2007 | 110 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Fabio Quagliarella | 2006–2007, 2016–2023 | 106 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Adriano Bassetto | 1946–1953 | 89 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Baldini | 1946–1950, 1953–1955 | 71 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Vincenzo Montella | 1996–1999, 2007–2008 | 66 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Salvi | 1963–1964, 1965–1976 | 55 |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Eddie Firmani | 1955–1958 | 52 |
| Template:Flagicon Manolo Gabbiadini | 2013–2015, 2019–2023 | ||
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Attilio Lombardo | 1989–1995, 2001–2002 | 51 |
PlayersEdit
Current squadEdit
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Sampdoria PrimaveraEdit
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Out on loanEdit
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Club officialsEdit
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Board of directorsEdit
| Role | Name |
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| Owner | Template:Flagicon Blucerchiati S.p.A. |
| President | Template:Flagicon Matteo Manfredi |
| CEO | Template:Flagicon Raffaele Fiorella |
| Chief Operating Officer | Template:Flagicon Alberto Bosco |
| Sporting Director | Template:Flagicon Andrea Mancini |
| Head of Youth Development | Template:Flagicon Giovanni Invernizzi |
| Team Manager | Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Ariaudo |
| Head of Scouting | Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Giani |
| Medical Director | Template:Flagicon Luca Garriboli |
| Physotherapist Director | Template:Flagicon Mauro Doimi |
| Secretaries | Template:Flagicon Cristina Calvo Template:Flagicon Cecilia Lora |
| Ticketing Director | Template:Flagicon Sergio Tantillo |
| Service Center Sampdoria | Template:Flagicon Alice Carrodani Template:Flagicon Alberto Casagrande |
| Responsibles for Order and Safety | Template:Flagicon Matteo Sanna |
| Administrator | Template:Flagicon Alberto Gambale |
| Communications Director | Template:Flagicon Federico Berlingheri |
| Press officer | Template:Flagicon Alessandro Pintimalli |
| Marketing & Sales Director | Template:Flagicon Luca Donati |
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Current technical staffEdit
| Role | Name |
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| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Alberico Evani |
| Assistant coach | Template:Flagicon Attilio Lombardo |
| Technical assistants | Template:Flagicon Paolo Favaretto Template:Flagicon Angelo Gregucci |
| Fitness coaches | Template:Flagicon Alberto Berselli Template:Flagicon Paolo Bertelli |
| Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Walter Bressan |
| Match analyst | Template:Flagicon Simone Di Martino |
| Rehab coach | Template:Flagicon Francesco Chinnici |
| Club Doctor | Template:Flagicon Claudio Mazzola |
| Physiotherapists | Template:Flagicon Valerio Chiappe Template:Flagicon Giacomo Rigon Template:Flagicon Simone Mainardi Template:Flagicon Fabio Sannino |
| Kit men | Template:Flagicon Andrea Arecco Template:Flagicon Anna Bugatto Template:Flagicon Bardul Jaiji Template:Flagicon Leonardo Liso Template:Flagicon Stefano Macciò Template:Flagicon Luca Marino Template:Flagicon Roberto Rossi |
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Presidential historyEdit
| Name | Period |
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| 1946 | Template:Flagicon Piero Sanguineti |
| 1946–1948 | Template:Flagicon Amedeo Rissotto |
| 1948–1953 | Template:Flagicon Aldo Parodi |
| 1953–1961 | Template:Flagicon Alberto Ravano |
| 1961–1965 | Template:Flagicon Glauco Lolli Ghetti |
| 1965–1966 | Template:Flagicon Enrico De Franceschini |
| 1966–1968 | Template:Flagicon Arnaldo Salatti |
| 1968–1973 | Template:Flagicon Mario Colantuoni |
| 1973–1974 | Template:Flagicon Giulio Rolandi |
| 1974–1978 | Template:Flagicon Glauco Lolli Ghetti |
| 1978–1979 | Template:Flagicon Edmondo Costa |
| 1979–1993 | Template:Flagicon Paolo Mantovani |
| 1993–2000 | Template:Flagicon Enrico Mantovani |
| 2000–2002 | Template:Flagicon Enzo Garufi |
| 2002 | Template:Flagicon Pietro Sgarlata |
| 2002–2013 | Template:Flagicon Riccardo Garrone |
| 2013–2014 | Template:Flagicon Edoardo Garrone |
| 2014–2021 | Template:Flagicon Massimo Ferrero |
| 2021–2024 | Template:Flagicon Marco Lanna |
| 2024– | Template:Flagicon Matteo Manfredi |
Managerial historyEdit
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Recent seasonsEdit
Template:Main article The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 1995–96 | Serie A | I | 8th |
| 1996–97 | Serie A | 6th | |
| 1997–98 | Serie A | 9th | |
| 1998–99 | Serie A | 16th ↓ | |
| 1999–2000 | Serie B | II | 5th |
| 2000–01 | Serie B | 6th | |
| 2001–02 | Serie B | 11th | |
| 2002–03 | Serie B | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2003–04 | Serie A | I | 8th |
| 2004–05 | Serie A | 5th | |
| 2005–06 | Serie A | 12th | |
| 2006–07 | Serie A | 9th | |
| 2007–08 | Serie A | 6th | |
| 2008–09 | Serie A | 13th | |
| 2009–10 | Serie A | 4th | |
| 2010–11 | Serie A | 18th ↓ | |
| 2011–12 | Serie B | II | 6th ↑ |
| 2012–13 | Serie A | I | 14th |
| 2013–14 | Serie A | 12th | |
| 2014–15 | Serie A | 7th | |
| 2015–16 | Serie A | 15th | |
| 2016–17 | Serie A | 10th | |
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 10th | |
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 9th | |
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 15th | |
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 9th | |
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 15th | |
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 20th ↓ | |
| 2023–24 | Serie B | II | 7th |
| 2024–25 | Serie B | II | 18th ↓ |
| 2025–26 | Serie C | III |
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Divisional movementsEdit
| Series | Years | Last | Promotions | Relegations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 65 | 2021–22 | - | Template:Decrease 5 (1966, 1977, 1999, 2011, 2023) |
| B | 12 | 2024–25 | Template:Increase 4 (1967, 1982, 2003, 2012) | Template:Decrease 1 (2025) |
| C | 1 | 2025–26 | ||
| 79 years of professional football in Italy since 1946 | ||||
World Cup winnersEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Sampdoria's official website Template:In lang
- UC Sampdoria at Serie A Template:In lang
- UC Sampdoria at UEFA.com
- Sampdoria statistics
- The story told through UC Sampdoria collectables
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