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| chairman = Matteo Manfredi
| manager = [[Angelo Gregucci]]
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'''Unione Calcio Sampdoria''', commonly referred to as '''Sampdoria''' ({{IPA|it|sampˈdɔːrja, sanˈdɔːrja}}), is an Italian professional [[Football club (association football)|football club]] based in [[Genoa]], [[Liguria]].

Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the [[List of football club mergers|merger]] of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s,<ref name="Il Calcio Ginnastico">[http://www.genoasamp.com/speciale-derby/531-il-calcio-ginnastico.html Il Calcio Ginnastico] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419231052/http://www.genoasamp.com/speciale-derby/531-il-calcio-ginnastico.html |data=19 aprile 2010 }}</ref> [[Associazione Calcio Sampierdarenese|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>{{cite web|url=http://www.genoacfc.it/stadio.asp|title=www.genoacfc.it|access-date=20 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011209112441/http://www.genoacfc.it/stadio.asp|archive-date=9 December 2001}}</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 [[1990–91 Serie A|1991]]. The club has also won the [[Coppa Italia]] four times, in [[1984–85 Coppa Italia|1985]], [[1987–88 Coppa Italia|1988]], [[1988–89 Coppa Italia|1989]] and [[1993–94 Coppa Italia|1994]], and the [[Supercoppa Italiana]] once, in [[1991 Supercoppa Italiana|1991]]. Their biggest European success came when they won the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] in [[1989–90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1990]]. They also reached the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] final in [[1991–92 European Cup|1992]], losing [[1992 European Cup Final|the final]] 1–0 to [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] after extra-time.

==History==
{{main|History of UC Sampdoria}}

===Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria (1891–1927)===
[[File:Sampdoria through the ages 2025.jpg|thumb|left|The performance of Sampdoria in the Italian football league structure since the club's foundation in 1946.]]

<!--[[Society Andrea Doria]] redirects here-->{{anchor|Andrea Doria}} The roots of Sampdoria are to be found in two teams born in the late 1890s: [[Associazione Calcio Sampierdarenese|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">{{cite book |last1=Ossola |first1=Franco |last2=Tavella|first2=Renato|title=Cento anni di calcio italiano |date=1997 |publisher=Newton & Compton |location=Rome |isbn=8881837854 |page=127}}</ref> The latter, named after Genoese admiral [[Andrea Doria]], was founded in 1895.<ref>[https://www.sgandreadoria.it/easynews/newsleggi.asp?newsid=14 SG Andrea Doria] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208133013/https://www.sgandreadoria.it/easynews/newsleggi.asp?newsid=14}}</ref><ref name="Ossola-226">{{cite book |last1=Ossola |first1=Franco |last2=Tavella|first2=Renato|title=Cento anni di calcio italiano |date=1997 |publisher=Newton & Compton |location=Rome |isbn=8881837854 |page=226}}</ref>

Andrea Doria did not join the [[1898 Italian Football Championship|first Italian Football Championship]] organised by the [[Italian Football Federation|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">{{cite book |last1=Ossola |first1=Franco |last2=Tavella|first2=Renato|title=Cento anni di calcio italiano |date=1997 |publisher=Newton & Compton |location=Rome |isbn=8881837854 |pages=16–17}}</ref> The first ancestor of Sampdoria to play in the Italian Football Championship was Sampierdarenese, who joined the [[1900 Italian Football Championship|third edition]] in 1900 for their only appearance before [[World War One]].<ref name="almanacco-illustrato">{{cite book |title=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004|date=2005|publisher=Panini Edizioni|location=Modena}}</ref>

Andrea Doria eventually joined the competition in [[1902 Italian Football Championship|1902]], but did not win a game until [[1907 Italian Football Championship|the 1907 edition]], when they beat local rivals Genoa 3–1.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato" /> It was not until [[1910–11 Italian Football Championship|1910–11]] that the club began to show promise, finishing above [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], [[Inter Milan|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 [[1919–20 Prima Categoria|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 [[1920–21 Prima Categoria#Liguria 2|in the 1920-21 Championship]].<ref name="almanacco-illustrato" />

For the 1921–22 season the Italian top league was split into two competitions, [[1921–22 Italian Football Championship (F.I.G.C.)|one run by the Italian Football Federation]] and [[1921–22 Prima Divisione (C.C.I.)|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 [[U.S. Novese|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 [[1924-25 Prima Divisione|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)===
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">{{cite book |last1=Papa |first1=Antonio |last2=Panico|first2=Guido|title=Storia sociale del calcio in Italia |date=2002 |publisher=Il Mulino|location=Italy |isbn=9788815087645 |page=136}}</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">{{cite book |title=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004|date=2005|publisher=Panini Edizioni|location=Modena}}</ref> The next season was [[1928–29 Divisione Nazionale|the last year of Divisione Nazionale]], and Dominante finished in 10th place. Finally, in 1929 Dominante competed in the [[1929–30 Serie B|first-ever Serie B tournament]] where they finished third, just missing out on promotion.<ref name="almanacco-illustrato">{{cite book |title=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004|date=2005|publisher=Panini Edizioni|location=Modena}}</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 [[1931–32 Prima Divisione|Prima Divisione]].<ref name="Almanacco2007-97">{{cite book |title=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2007|date=2006 |publisher=Panini S.p.A.|location=Modena, Italy |page=97}}</ref>

Both Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria reverted to their previous names in 1931 as separate clubs.<ref name="Ossola-226">{{cite book |last1=Ossola |first1=Franco |last2=Tavella|first2=Renato|title=Cento anni di calcio italiano |date=1997 |publisher=Newton & Compton |location=Rome |isbn=8881837854 |page=226}}</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">{{cite book |title=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2007|date=2006 |publisher=Panini S.p.A.|location=Modena, Italy |page=97}}</ref>

On 15 July 1937 Sampierdarenese absorbed '''Corniglianese''' and '''Rivarolese''', with the club adopting the name '''Associazione Calcio Liguria'''.<ref name="Dellacha-175">{{cite book |last1=Dellachà |first1=Gino |title=Una storia biancorossonera. Il calcio a San Pier d'Arena dal tempo dei pionieri del Liguria alla Sampdoria.|date=2016 |publisher=Sportmedia|location=Genova |isbn=9788887588385|page=175}}</ref> This saw them reach fifth place in Serie A in 1939.<ref name="Dellacha-189">{{cite book |last1=Dellachà |first1=Gino |title=Una storia biancorossonera. Il calcio a San Pier d'Arena dal tempo dei pionieri del Liguria alla Sampdoria.|date=2016 |publisher=Sportmedia|location=Genova |isbn=9788887588385|page=189}}</ref> In the early 1940s, the club was relegated but bounced straight back up as Serie B champions in 1941.
[[File:Sampdoria 1946-1949.jpg|thumb|left|Sampdoria in the late 1940s]]

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)===
[[File:Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1969-70.jpg|thumb|Sampdoria in the 1969–70 season]]

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 [[1984–85 Coppa Italia|1985]]. In 1986, Yugoslav [[Vujadin Boškov]] was appointed as the new head coach. The club won their second Coppa Italia in [[1987–88 Coppa Italia|1988]], being admitted to the [[1988–89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]], where they reached [[1989 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final|the final]], losing 2–0 to [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec198889.html Cup Winners' Cup 1988–89]. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. (Retrieved 3 June 2011).</ref><ref>[http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1988/intro.html 1988/89: Hat-trick for Barcelona] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623021312/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1988/intro.html |date=23 June 2010 }}. 1 June 1989. UEFA. (Retrieved on 3 June 2011).</ref> A [[1988–89 Coppa Italia|second consecutive triumph]] in the Coppa Italia gave Sampdoria a spot in the [[1989–90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1989–90 Cup Winners' Cup]], which they won after defeating [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] after [[extra time]] in the final.<ref name=kelly>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Conor |title=Sampdoria and the glory years of the 1990s |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/01/11/remembering-sampdorias-glory-years/ |access-date=16 March 2020 |publisher=These Football Times |date=11 January 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Gianluca Vialli - RISE 2017 (3).jpg|thumb|left|[[Gianluca Vialli]], Sampdoria's number 9 in the golden years between late 1980s and early 1990s.]]

This was followed [[1990–91 Serie A|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>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=Rob |title=The forgotten story of … Sampdoria's only scudetto |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jun/25/sampdoria-1991-rob-smyth |access-date=16 March 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=25 June 2009}}</ref> In the following season, Sampdoria reached the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] final and were defeated once again by Barcelona, at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news |title=From the Vault: Barcelona win the last European Cup final at Wembley |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/may/27/last-european-cup-final-wembley |access-date=16 March 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=27 May 2011}}</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) ===
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 F.C.|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) ===
[[File:Luigi Delneri UC Sampdoria.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Luigi Delneri]] managed Sampdoria to fourth place and Champions League qualification in 2010.]]

In 2002 Sampdoria was acquired by [[Riccardo Garrone (entrepreneur)|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>{{cite news |title=2007, un anno di Samp: a giugno comincia l'era Mazzarri|trans-title=2007, Samp's year: in June the Mazzarri era began|url=https://www.sampdoria.it/2007-un-anno-di-samp-a-giugno-comincia-lera-mazzarri/ |access-date=16 March 2020 |publisher=U.C. Sampdoria |date=31 December 2007 |language=it}}</ref>

With the signings of forwards [[Antonio Cassano]] from [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Cassano signs on at Sampdoria |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/2020/?referrer=%2Feuropean-qualifiers%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D703088 |access-date=16 March 2020 |publisher=UEFA |date=30 May 2008}}</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>{{cite news |title=Sampdoria on guard for Metalist steel |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01d5-0e70b3f44740-5cbcbd54b93a-1000/ |access-date=16 March 2020 |publisher=UEFA |date=7 January 2009}}</ref> The following season, they came fourth and qualified for the [[2010–11 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League play-offs]] under manager [[Luigi Delneri]], who left for Juventus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Di Carlo installed at Sampdoria |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01e5-0e74a4c12896-6d3d62808825-1000--di-carlo-installed-at-sampdoria/?referrer=%2Fuefachampionsleague%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D1492841 |access-date=16 March 2020 |publisher=UEFA |date=26 May 2010}}</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 [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]] in May 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sampdoria suffer Serie A relegation |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/0515/279947-serie/ |access-date=16 March 2020 |publisher=[[RTÉ]] |date=15 May 2011}}</ref> In the following season June 2012, Sampdoria won promotion back to Serie A after defeating [[A.S. Varese 1910|Varese]] 4–2 on aggregate in the play-off final.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sampdoria, la notte della festa Vince a Varese e torna in Serie A|trans-title=Sampdoria, the night of the party They defeat Varese and return to Serie A|url=https://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/serie-b/2012/06/09/news/varese_sampdoria_play_off-36893444/ |access-date=16 March 2020 |work=La Repubblica |date=9 June 2012 |language=it}}</ref>

=== Edoardo Garrone Ownership (2013–2014) ===
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>{{cite news |title=Sampdoria, cambio clamoroso. Garrone ha venduto a Ferrero |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Sampdoria/12-06-2014/samp-cambio-vista-garrone-ha-venduto-80904569394.shtml |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=gazzetta.it |publisher=gazzetta.it |date=12 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Garrone a Ferrero: ha lasciato 65 milioni in eredità |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Sampdoria/14-07-2015/sampdoria-dote-milionaria-garrone-ferrero-ha-lasciato-65-milioni-eredita-120563332525.shtml |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=gazzetta.it |publisher=gazzetta.it |date=15 July 2015}}</ref>
The sale of Sampdoria to Massimo Ferrero was widely contested by Sampdoria fans.<ref>{{cite news |title=Samp a Ferrero, i tifosi non si fidano: «È un personaggio da film» |url=https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/sport/2014/06/13/news/samp-a-ferrero-i-tifosi-non-si-fidano-e-un-personaggio-da-film-1.32057077 |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=ilsecoloxix.it |publisher=ilsecoloxix.it |date=13 June 2014}}</ref> A sell-off, which even after years, some fans continue to reproach in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Samp, 500 tifosi a Garrone: 'Andremo in B ma guardati le spalle' |url=https://www.ansa.it/liguria/notizie/2023/02/03/samp-500-tifosi-contestano-garrone-sotto-sede-erg_8747d345-8f71-4b19-a4c7-0f997c0033c8.html |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=ansa.it |publisher=ansa.it |date=3 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Samp, 500 tifosi contestano Garrone sotto sede Erg |url=https://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/calcio/samp-500-tifosi-contestano-garrone-sotto-sede-erg_60664616-202302k.shtml |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=sportmediaset.mediaset.it |publisher=sportmediaset.mediaset.it |date=3 February 2023}}</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>{{cite news |title=Sampdoria, Garrone racconta: 'Ecco perché l'ho data a Ferrero. Sulla frase in piazza...' |url=https://www.calciomercato.com/news/sampdoria-garrone-racconta-ecco-perche-l-ho-data-a-ferrero-sulla-78098 |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=calciomercato.com |publisher=calciomercato.com |date=21 April 2023}}</ref>

=== Massimo Ferrero Ownership (2014–2023) ===
In June 2014 the club was purchased by the film producer [[Massimo Ferrero]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sampdoria, è ufficiale: il club passa da Garrone a Ferrero |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/2014/06/12/sampdoria_conferenza_stampa_garrone_cessione_ferrero |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=sport.sky.it |publisher=sport.sky.it |date=12 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sampdoria venduta: Garrone la cede a Ferrero |url=https://st.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2014-06-12/sampdoria-venduta-garrone-cede-ferrero-131059.shtml |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=ilsole24ore.com |publisher=ilsole24ore.com |date=12 June 2014}}</ref> After sixth-placed rivals Genoa in the [[2014–15 Serie A|2014–15 season]] failed to obtain a UEFA licence for the [[2015–16 UEFA Europa League]], seventh-placed Sampdoria took their spot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.us/uefa-europa-league/story/2477856/genoa-cede-europa-league-spot-to-sampdoria|title=Genoa cede Europa League spot to Sampdoria|date=3 June 2015}}</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>{{cite news |title=Massimo Ferrero: Sampdoria president steps down after arrest for alleged financial crimes|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11868/12488421/massimo-ferrero-sampdoria-president-steps-down-after-arrest-for-alleged-financial-crimes |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=Sky Sports |date=6 December 2021 |language=en}}</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 [[U.S. Sassuolo Calcio|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 Serie B (2023–present) ===
In late May 2023 former [[Leeds United Football Club|Leeds United]] owner [[Andrea Radrizzani]] and the businessman Matteo Manfredi<ref>{{cite news |title=Leeds e banche: chi sono Radrizzani e Manfredi, i nuovi proprietari della Sampdoria |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/serie-a/andrea-radrizzani-matteo-manfredi-chi-sono |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=sport.sky.it |publisher=sport.sky.it |date=31 May 2023}}</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>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/pirlo-named-coach-relegated-sampdoria-2023-06-27/ |title=Pirlo named coach at relegated Sampdoria |publisher=Reuters |date=27 June 2023 }}</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 Serie B|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 FC|Palermo]] in the first round. The [[2024–25 Serie B|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|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 placed 18th, which implied its first ever relegation to [[Serie C]], the third tier of Italian football.<ref>{{cite news |title=Serie B: la Samp sprofonda in C, Brescia salvo. Playout Frosinone-Salernitana |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/serie-b/2025/05/13/risultati-serie-b-ultima-giornata-live-diretta-gol |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=sport.sky.it |publisher=sport.sky.it |date=13 May 2025}}</ref> However, Brescia's four-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 [[US Salernitana 1919|Salernitana]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Campanale |first=Susy |url=https://football-italia.net/brescia-docked-4-points-sampdoria-salernitana/ |title=Official: Brescia docked 4 points, Sampdoria and Salernitana in play-out |publisher=Football Italia |date=29 May 2025 }}</ref> They went on to win the play-off 5–0, Serie B officials awarded them a 3–0 win over Salernitana in the second leg of the playoff after it was abandoned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/23/sampdoria-in-line-to-avoid-relegation-to-serie-c-after-chaotic-playoff-abandoned-salernitana|title=Sampdoria avoid relegation to Serie C after chaotic playoff abandoned|date=23 June 2025|work=Guardian|accessdate=24 June 2025}}</ref>

==Colours, badge and nicknames==
[[File:Colori Sampdoria murales Filippo Biagioli.jpg|thumb|Genoa graffiti depicting a fish from Sampdoria colours by Filippo Biagioli.]]

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>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/oct/18/theknowledge.sport|title=What percentage of Frank Lampard's goals are deflected?|access-date=20 June 2007| work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Rob | last=Smyth | date=18 October 2006}}</ref>

The club crest features a [[sailor]] in profile known by [[Genoese dialect|Genoese]] name of ''Baciccia'', a diminutive of [[Ligurian language|Ligurian]] ''Gio-Batta'', Italian ''Giovanni Battista'', i.e. [[John the Baptist|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 [[The Walt Disney Company|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>{{Cite web|last=Motherby|first=Les|date=26 November 2018|title=A history of Sampdoria's 'Baciccia' crest|url=https://museumofjerseys.com/2018/11/26/a-history-of-sampdorias-baciccia-crest/|access-date=20 October 2020|website=Museum of Jerseys|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Stadium ==
{{main|Stadio Luigi Ferraris}}
[[File:Stadio Luigi Ferraris di Genova.jpg|thumb|Stadio Luigi Ferraris]]

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>{{Cite news| title = Stadio Luigi Ferraris| url = https://www.stadiumguide.com/luigiferraris/| publisher = stadiumguide.com| access-date =26 May 2024}}</ref> It is the ninth-largest stadium in Italy by capacity. The stadium is named after [[Luigi Ferraris (footballer)|Luigi Ferraris]] (1887–1915), an Italian footballer, engineer and soldier who died during [[WWI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cimeetrincee.it/ferraris.htm|title=ferraris|website=www.cimeetrincee.it}}</ref>

The ground is shared with Sampdoria's rivals, [[Genoa CFC]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/index.php?country=2|website=FootballDerbies.com|title=Football Derby matches in Italy|date=29 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327170654/http://footballderbies.com/index.php?country=2|archive-date=27 March 2014|access-date=1 September 2007}}</ref> The stadium was dismantled and rebuilt before the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]], for which it hosted three Group C matches (between [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]) and a round-of-16 match between the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] and [[Romania national football team|Romania]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/0624/710391-italia-90-irelands-greatest-day/ |title=Italia '90: Chronicling a nation gone loo-lah |website=www.rte.ie |publisher=RTE |first=Padraic |last=Ryan |date=26 June 2015 |accessdate=27 September 2021}}</ref>

==Supporters and rivalries==
{{main|Derby della Lanterna}}
[[File:Sampdoria‘s „Curva Sud“.jpg|thumb|Sampdoria fans in the Gradinata Sud of the Stadio Luigi Ferraris]]

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 (stadia)|Curva]], Gradinata Sud.

Sampdoria's biggest rivals are Genoa, against whom they play the ''[[Derby della Lanterna]]''.<ref name="rival">{{cite news|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/index.php?country=2
|publisher=FootballDerbies.com|title= Football Derby matches in Italy}}</ref>

==Honours==

===Domestic===

*'''[[Serie A]]'''
**'''Winners (1):''' [[1990–91 Serie A|1990–91]]
*'''[[Serie B]]'''
**'''Winners (1):''' [[1966–67 Serie B|1966–67]]
**Runners-up (1): [[2002–03 Serie B|2002–03]]
*'''[[Coppa Italia]]'''
**'''Winners (4):''' [[1984–85 Coppa Italia|1984–85]], [[1987–88 Coppa Italia|1987–88]], [[1988–89 Coppa Italia|1988–89]], [[1993–94 Coppa Italia|1993–94]]
**Runners-up (3): [[1985–86 Coppa Italia|1985–86]], [[1990–91 Coppa Italia|1990–91]], [[2008–09 Coppa Italia|2008–09]]
*'''[[Supercoppa Italiana]]'''
**'''Winners (1):''' [[1991 Supercoppa Italiana|1991]]
**Runners-up (3): [[1988 Supercoppa Italiana|1988]], [[1989 Supercoppa Italiana|1989]], [[1994 Supercoppa Italiana|1994]]

===European===
{{main|U.C. Sampdoria in European football}}

*'''[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]'''
**Runners-up (1): [[1991–92 European Cup|1991–92]]
*'''[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (1):''' [[1990 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1989–90]]
**Runners-up (1): [[1989 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1988–89]]
*'''[[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]]'''
**Runners-up (1): [[1990 European Super Cup|1990]]

===Friendly===
*'''[[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 statistics==

=== Player records ===

==== Most appearances ====
:''Competitive, professional matches only.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" width=60%;
!width=3%  style="background:#244fb3;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #f44a4a;" |#
!width=20% style="background:#244fb3;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #f44a4a;" |Name
!width=12% style="background:#244fb3;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #f44a4a;" |Years
!width=12% style="background:#244fb3;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #f44a4a;" |Matches
|-
|''1''|| style="text-align:left;" |''{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Mancini]]''||''1982–1997''||''567''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Moreno Mannini]]||1984–1999||501
|-
|3||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pietro Vierchowod]]||1983–1995||493
|-
|4||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Angelo Palombo]]||2002–2012, 2012–2017||459
|-
|5||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fausto Pari]]||1983–1992||401
|-
|6||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fausto Salsano]]||1979–1981, 1984–1990, 1993–1998 ||377
|-
|7||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Pellegrini (footballer, born 1963)|Luca Pellegrini]]||1980–1991||363
|-
|8||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Guido Vincenzi]]||1958–1969||353
|-
|9||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gaudenzio Bernasconi]]||1954–1965||351
|-
|10||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluca Vialli]]||1984–1992||328
|}

==== Top goalscorers ====
:''Competitive, professional matches only.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" width=60%;
!width=3%  style="background:#244fb3;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #f44a4a;" |#
!width=20% style="background:#244fb3;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #f44a4a;" |Name
!width=12% style="background:#244fb3;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #f44a4a;" |Years
!width=12% style="background:#244fb3;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #f44a4a;" |Goals
|-
|''1''|| style="text-align:left;" |''{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Mancini]]''||''1982–1997''||''171''
|-
|2||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluca Vialli]]||1984–1992||141
|-
|3||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Flachi]]||1999–2007||110
|-
|4||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Quagliarella]]||2006–2007, 2016–2023||106
|-
|5||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Adriano Bassetto]]||1946–1953||89
|-
|''6''|| style="text-align:left;" |''{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Baldini]]''||''1946–1950, 1953–1955''||''71''
|-
|7||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Vincenzo Montella]]||1996–1999, 2007–2008||66
|-
|8||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Giancarlo Salvi||1963–1964, 1965–1976||55
|-
|rowspan="2"|9||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Eddie Firmani]]||1955–1958||rowspan="2"|52
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Manolo Gabbiadini]]||2013–2015, 2019–2023 
|-
|10||style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Attilio Lombardo]]||1989–1995, 2001–2002||51
|}

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|2 September 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sampdoria.it/primasquadra/|title=Prima Squadra|access-date=16 August 2018|publisher=UC Sampdoria|language=it}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1 |pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=[[Simone Ghidotti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3 |pos=DF|nat=ROU|name=[[Andrei Coubiș]]|other=on loan from [[AC Milan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4 |pos=MF|nat=FRA|name=[[Jordan Ferri]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5 |pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Alessandro Pio Riccio]]}}
{{fs player|no=6 |pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Simone Romagnoli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7 |pos=FW|nat=ALB|name=[[Marvin Çuni]]|other=on loan from [[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin Kazan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8 |pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Matteo Ricci (footballer, born May 1994)|Matteo Ricci]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9 |pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Massimo Coda]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Luigi Cherubini (footballer)|Luigi Cherubini]]|other=on loan from [[AS Roma|Roma]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=ESP|name=[[Estanis Pedrola]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Alessandro Bellemo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Giorgio Altare]]|other=on loan from [[Venezia FC|Venezia]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|pos=MF|nat=SCO|name=[[Liam Henderson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=DF|nat=BIH|name=[[Dennis Hadžikadunić]]|other=on loan from [[FC Rostov|Rostov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Lorenzo Venuti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Stefano Girelli]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=20|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Simone Pafundi]]|other=on loan from [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Simone Giordano]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Fabio Depaoli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Alex Ferrari (footballer)|Alex Ferrari]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=MF|nat=DEN|name=[[Oliver Abildgaard]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=[[Nicola Ravaglia]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|pos=DF|nat=CRO|name=[[Stipe Vulikić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Francesco Conti}}
{{Fs player|no=39|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Lorenzo Malanca}}
{{Fs player|no=44|pos=DF|nat=CYP|name=[[Nikolas Ioannou]]}}
{{Fs player|no=70|pos=FW|nat=ESP|name=[[Víctor Narro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=72|pos=MF|nat=CZE|name=[[Antonín Barák]]|other=on loan from [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]}}
{{Fs player|no=77|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Lorenzo Malagrida]]}}
{{Fs player|no=80|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Leonardo Benedetti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=98|pos=GK|nat=BEL|name=[[Gaëtan Coucke]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Sampdoria Primavera===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=34|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Tommaso Casalino}}
{{Fs player|no=37|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Alessio Papasergio}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=38|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Karim Diop}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=Elia Tantalocchi|other=at [[Campobasso FC|Campobasso]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=Nicholas Scardigno|other=at [[Virtus Verona]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Antonino La Gumina]]|other=at [[Inter Milan Under-23|Inter Milan U23]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Luca Polli|other=at [[FC Obermais|Obermais]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Gennaro Tutino]]|other=at [[US Avellino 1912|Avellino]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Nikola Sekulov]]|other=at [[Carrarese Calcio 1908|Carrarese]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Giuseppe Forte|other=at [[AS Roma Youth Sector|Roma Primavera]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Lorenzo Paratici|other=at [[AS Roma Youth Sector|Roma Primavera]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs end}}

==Club officials==
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===Organisation Chart===

{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:#244fb3;color:#ffffff;border:1px solid #f44a4a" |Role
! style="background:#244fb3;color:#ffffff;border:1px solid #f44a4a" |Name
|-
| Owner
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Blucerchiati [[Società per azioni|S.p.A.]]
|-
| Chairman
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Manfredi
|-
| Director and CEO
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Fiorella
|-
| Director
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Maheta Molango
|-
| President
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Spinoso
|-
| Acting mayor
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Alessio Iachini <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Rodari
|-
| Alternate mayor
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Francesca Cirrincione <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Annalisa De Palma
|-
| Operations director
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Bosco
|-
| Technical area manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Pietro Accardi]]
|-
| Technical area collaborator
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Colucci (footballer)|Giuseppe Colucci]]
|-
| Club manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Invernizzi (footballer, born 1963)|Giovanni Invernizzi]]
|-
| Team manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Lorenzo Ariaudo]]
|-
| CEO of area football
| {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper Fredberg]]
|-
| Sporting director
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Mancini]]
|-
| General secretary
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Ienca
|-
| Sports and international affairs secretariat
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Federico Valdambrini
|-
| Secretariat
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Cristina Calvo <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Cecilia Lora
|-
| Ticket office and SLO manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Sergio Tantillo
|-
| Sampdoria service center
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Alice Carrodani <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Casagrande
|-
| “Ferraris” stadium security delegate
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Sanna
|-
| Reception and services
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Laura Bastianello <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Garofalo
|-
| Administrative director
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Gambale
|-
| Administration
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Marco Pesce <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Nicole Rinaldi <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Alessio Rosabianca <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Speziari
|-
| Communications manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Gamba
|-
| Communications director
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Federico Berlingheri
|-
| Press office
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Pintimalli
|-
| Marketing and sales director
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Luca Donati
|-
| Marketing area
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Davide Insalaco <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Nicoletta Sommella
|-
| Merchandising and CRM manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Girardi
|-
| Sampdoria women manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Marco Palmieri
|-
| Sampdoria women secretary
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Marcella Ghilardi
|-
| Academy manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Luca Silvani
|-
| Technical coordinator competitive activities
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Papagni
|-
| Technical coordinator basic activities
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Lucio Bove
|-
| Technical coordinator goalkeeping area
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Christian Puggioni]]
|-
| Scouting coordinator
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Marco Zibardi
|-
| Sports secretariat coordinator
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Tommaso Mattioli
|-
| Sports secretariat
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Marika Carboni <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Manuela Gomiscek
|-
| Women's academy manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Enrico Calvi
|-
| Next generation manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Claudio Lucchini
|-
| Responsible against abuse, violence and discrimination
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Manzari <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Tommaso Mattioli
|}
* <small>Last updated: 18 September 2025</small>
* <small>Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sampdoria.it/organigramma/|title=Organigramma|website=sampdoria.it|access-date=28 May 2024}}</ref></small>
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===Current technical staff===

{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:#244fb3;color:#ffffff;border:1px solid #f44a4a" |Role
! style="background:#244fb3;color:#ffffff;border:1px solid #f44a4a" |Name
|-
| Head coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Massimo Donati]]
|-
| Assistant coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Davide Mandelli]]
|-
| Technical collaborator
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Faccioli
|-
| Athletic training manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Bertelli
|-
| Athletic trainer
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Berselli
|-
| Rehab coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Giuliani
|-
| Goalkeeping coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Walter Bressan]]
|-
| Match analyst
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Marco Ferri
|-
| Health director
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Dr. Massimo Manara
|-
| Health consultant
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Dr. Luca Garriboli
|-
| Orthopedic consultant
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Dr. Claudio Mazzola
|-
| Physiotherapists
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Valerio Chiappe <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Simone Mainardi <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Giacomo Rigon <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Sannino
|-
| Nutrition area manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Dr. Luca Naitana
|-
| Logistics and purchasing manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Amedeo Tortarolo
|-
| Kitman manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Zanardi
|-
| Kitman
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Arecco <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Anna Bugatto <br> {{Flagicon|ALB}} Bardul Jaiji <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Leonardo Liso <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Macciò <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Luca Marino <br> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Rossi
|}
* <small>Last updated: 13 July 2025</small>
* <small>Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sampdoria.it/primasquadra/|title=Prima squadra|website=sampdoria.it|access-date=28 May 2024}}</ref></small>
{{col-end}}

== Presidential history ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  style="background:#244fb3;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #f44a4a;"|Name
!  style="background:#244fb3;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #f44a4a;"|Period
|-
| 1946
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Piero Sanguineti
|-
| 1946–1948
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Amedeo Rissotto
|-
| 1948–1953
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Aldo Parodi
|-
| 1953–1961
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Alberto Ravano
|-
| 1961–1965
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Glauco Lolli Ghetti
|-
| 1965–1966
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Enrico De Franceschini
|-
| 1966–1968
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Arnaldo Salatti
|-
| 1968–1973
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Mario Colantuoni
|-
| 1973–1974
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Giulio Rolandi
|-
| 1974–1978
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Glauco Lolli Ghetti
|-
| 1978–1979
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Edmondo Costa
|-
| 1979–1993
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Paolo Mantovani
|-
| 1993–2000
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Enrico Mantovani
|-
| 2000–2002
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Enzo Garufi
|-
| 2002
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Pietro Sgarlata
|-
| 2002–2013
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Riccardo Garrone (entrepreneur)|Riccardo Garrone]]
|-
| 2013–2014
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Edoardo Garrone
|-
| 2014–2021
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Massimo Ferrero
|-
| 2021–2024
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Marco Lanna]]
|-
| 2024– 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Matteo Manfredi
|}

== Managerial history ==
[[File:Vujadin Boškov (1976).jpg|thumb|upright|Serbian [[Vujadin Boškov]], former Sampdoria player in the early 1960s, became the longest serving and most successful manager in the club's history, and managed the team to their only Serie A title in 1991.]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:transparent; font-size:90%;"
|-
!  style="background:#2244DD; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #DD0000;"|Period 
!  style="background:#2244DD; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #DD0000;"|Name

|-
| 1946–1947
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Giuseppe Galluzzi]]
|-
| 1951
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Giovanni Rebuffo
|-
| 1947–1950
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Adolfo Baloncieri]]
|-
| 1950–1951
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Giuseppe Galluzzi]]
|-
| 1951
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Matteo Poggi|Gipo Poggi]]
|-
| 1951–1952
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Alfredo Foni]]
|-
| 1952
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Matteo Poggi|Gipo Poggi]]
|-
| 1952–1953
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Ivo Fiorentini
|-
| 1953–1954
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Paolo Tabanelli
|-
| 1954–1956
| {{flagicon|HUN|1949|size=20px}} [[Lajos Czeizler]]
|-
| 1956–1957
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Pietro Rava]]
|-
| 1957
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Ugo Amoretti]]
|-
| 1957–1958
| {{flagicon|ENG|size=20px}} [[Bill Dodgin Sr.|Bill Dodgin]]
|-
| 1958
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Adolfo Baloncieri]]
|-
| 1958–1962
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Eraldo Monzeglio]]
|-
| 1962–1963
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Roberto Lerici]]
|-
| 1963–1965
| {{flagicon|AUT|size=20px}} [[Ernst Ocwirk]]
|-
| 1965–1966
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Giuseppe Baldini]]
|-
| 1966–1971
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Fulvio Bernardini]]
|-
| 1971–1973
| {{flagicon|PAR|size=20px}} [[Heriberto Herrera]]
|-
| 1973–1974
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Guido Vincenzi]]
|-
| 1974–1975
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Giulio Corsini]]
|-
| 1975–1977
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Eugenio Bersellini]]
|-
| 1977–1978
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Giorgio Canali
|-
| 1978–1979
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Lamberto Giorgis]]
|-
| 1979–1980
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Lauro Toneatto]]
|-
| 1980–1981 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Enzo Riccomini
|-
| 1981–1984 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Renzo Ulivieri]]
|-
| 1984–1986 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Eugenio Bersellini]]
|-
| 1986–1992 
| {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia|size=20px}} [[Vujadin Boškov]]
|-
| 1992–1997 
| {{flagicon|SWE|size=20px}} [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]]
|-
| 1997
| {{flagicon|ARG|size=20px}} [[César Luis Menotti|César Menotti]]
|-
| 1997–1998 
| {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia|size=20px}} [[Vujadin Boškov]]
|-
| 1998 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Luciano Spalletti]]
|-
| 1998–1999
| {{flagicon|ENG|size=20px}} [[David Platt]] / {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Giorgio Veneri]]
|-
| 1999 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Luciano Spalletti]]
|-
| 1999–2000
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Gian Piero Ventura]]
|-
| 2000–2001 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Luigi Cagni]]
|-
| 2001–2002 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Gianfranco Bellotto]]
|-
| 2002–2007 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Walter Novellino]]
|-
| 2007–2009 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Walter Mazzarri]]
|-
| 2009–2010 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Luigi Delneri]]
|-
| 2010–2011 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Domenico Di Carlo]]
|-
| 2011 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Alberto Cavasin]]
|-
| 2011 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Gianluca Atzori]]
|-
| 2011–2012 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Giuseppe Iachini]]
|-
| 2012  
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Ciro Ferrara]]
|-
| 2012–2013 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Delio Rossi]]
|-
| 2013–2015 
| {{flagicon|SRB|size=20px}} [[Siniša Mihajlović]]
|-
| 2015
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Walter Zenga]]
|-
| 2015–2016 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Vincenzo Montella]]
|-
| 2016–2019 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Marco Giampaolo]]
|-
| 2019 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Eusebio Di Francesco]]
|-
| 2019–2021 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Claudio Ranieri]]
|-
| 2021–2022 
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Roberto D'Aversa]]
|-
| 2022
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Marco Giampaolo]]
|-
| 2022–2023
| {{flagicon|SRB|size=20px}} [[Dejan Stanković]]
|-
| 2023–2024
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Andrea Pirlo]]
|-
| 2024
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Andrea Sottil]]
|-
| 2024-2025
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Leonardo Semplici]]
|-
| 2025
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Alberico Evani]]
|-
| 2025
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Massimo Donati]]
|-
| 2025-
| {{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} [[Angelo Gregucci]]
|}

==Recent seasons==
{{main article|List of UC Sampdoria seasons}}
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#dfdfdf;"
| '''Season'''
| '''Division'''
| '''[[Italian football league system|Tier]]'''
| '''Position'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1995–96 Serie A|1995–96]]
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | [[Serie A]]
| rowspan=4| I
| 8th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1996–97 Serie A|1996–97]]
| 6th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1997–98 Serie A|1997–98]]
| 9th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1998–99 Serie A|1998–99]]
| style="background:#ffcccc"| 16th ↓
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1999–2000 Serie B|1999–2000]]
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | [[Serie B]]
| rowspan=4| II
| 5th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2000–01 Serie B|2000–01]]
| 6th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2001–02 Serie B|2001–02]]
| 11th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2002–03 Serie B|2002–03]]
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 2nd ↑
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2003–04 Serie A|2003–04]]
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:left;" | Serie A
| rowspan=8| I
| 8th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2004–05 Serie A|2004–05]]
| 5th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2005–06 Serie A|2005–06]]
| 12th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2006–07 Serie A|2006–07]]
| 9th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2007–08 Serie A|2007–08]]
| 6th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2008–09 Serie A|2008–09]]
| 13th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2009–10 Serie A|2009–10]]
| 4th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2010–11 Serie A|2010–11]]
| style="background:#ffcccc"| 18th ↓
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2011–12 Serie B|2011–12]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Serie B
| II
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 6th ↑
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2012–13 Serie A|2012–13]]
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:left;" | Serie A
| rowspan="11" |I
| 14th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2013–14 Serie A|2013–14]]
| 12th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2014–15 Serie A|2014–15]]
| 7th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2015–16 Serie A|2015–16]]
| 15th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2016–17 Serie A|2016–17]]
| rowspan="2" | 10th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2017–18 Serie A|2017–18]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2018–19 Serie A|2018–19]]
| 9th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2019–20 Serie A|2019–20]]
| 15th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2020–21 Serie A|2020–21]]
| 9th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2021–22 Serie A|2021–22]]
| 15th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2022–23 Serie A|2022–23]]
| style="background:#ffcccc" | 20th ↓
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2023–24 Serie B|2023–24]]
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Serie B
| rowspan="3" |II
| 7th 
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2024–25 Serie B|2024–25]]
| | 17th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2025–26 Serie B|2025–26]]
|
|}

;Key
{|class="wikitable" align="center"
| style="background:#ddffdd"| '''<big>↑ {{small|[[Promotion and relegation|Promoted]]}}</big>'''
| style="background:#ffcccc"| '''<big>↓ {{small|[[Promotion and relegation|Relegated]]}}</big>'''
|}

==Divisional movements==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center; white-space:nowrap;"
|-
!Series!!Years!!Last!!Promotions!!Relegations
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie A|A]]'''
|'''65'''||[[2022–23 Serie A|2022–23]]|| - ||{{decrease}} 5 ([[1965–66 Serie A|1966]], [[1976–77 Serie A|1977]], [[1998–99 Serie A|1999]], [[2010–11 Serie A|2011]], [[2022–23 Serie A|2023]])
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie B|B]]'''
|'''12'''||[[2024–25 Serie B|2024–25]]||{{increase}} 4 ([[1966–67 Serie B|1967]], [[1981–82 Serie B|1982]], [[2002–03 Serie B|2003]], [[2011–12 Serie B|2012]])||
|-
!colspan=5|79 years of professional football in Italy since 1946
|}

==World Cup winners==
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Boghossian]] ([[1998 FIFA World Cup|France 1998]])
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Shkodran Mustafi]] ([[2014 FIFA World Cup|Brazil 2014]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|U.C. Sampdoria}}
* {{official website|http://www.sampdoria.it/}} {{in lang|it|en}}
* [https://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a/teams/sampdoria UC Sampdoria] at [[Serie A]] {{in lang|en|it}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201130201127/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/teams/50089--sampdoria/ UC Sampdoria] at UEFA.com (archived)
* [http://www.resultsfromfootball.com/seriea-team/ucsampdoria.html Sampdoria statistics]
* [http://www.sampstory.it The story told through UC Sampdoria collectables]

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{{U.C. Sampdoria seasons}}
{{UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners}}
{{Italian Championship winners}}
{{Coppa Italia winners}}
{{Italian Super Cup winners}}
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