2009–10 UC Sampdoria season

2009–10 Serie A is the 62nd Serie A season in Unione Calcio Sampdoria's history. Sampdoria also participated in 2009–10 Coppa Italia, starting from the 3rd round. Sampdoria finished the 2008–09 Serie A season in 13th place, so they failed to qualify for any of the European competitions for the 2009–10 season. On 16 May 2010, Sampdoria finished their great season with a 1–0 win against S.S.C. Napoli, securing 4th place in 2009–10 Serie A and the final 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualification spot.

Sampdoria

2009–10 season
Chairman	Riccardo Garrone
Manager	Luigi Delneri
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Giampaolo Pazzini (19) All: Giampaolo Pazzini (21)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Luca Castellazzi 2 DF  ITA Fabio Lamorte 3 DF  SUI Reto Ziegler 5 DF  ITA Pietro Accardi 6 DF  ITA Stefano Lucchini 7 MF  ITA Daniele Mannini 8 DF  ITA Luciano Zauri (on loan from Lazio) 9 FW  ITA Nicola Pozzi (on loan from Empoli) 10 FW  ITA Giampaolo Pazzini 11 FW  SRB Stefan Šćepović (on loan from OFK Beograd) 12 MF  ARG Fernando Tissone 13 DF  ITA Marco Rossi (on loan from Parma) 14 MF  AUT Dieter Elsneg (on loan from Frosinone) 15 DF  ITA Vasco Regini 16 MF  ITA Andrea Poli

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ITA Angelo Palombo 18 MF  ITA Stefano Guberti (on loan from Roma) 19 MF  ITA Daniele Franceschini 20 MF  SUI Marco Padalino 21 GK  ITA Matteo Guardalben 22 DF  ITA Fabrizio Cacciatore 23 GK  ITA Mario Cassano (on loan from Piacenza) 27 GK  ITA Marco Costantino (on loan from SPAL) 28 DF  ITA Daniele Gastaldello 30 GK  ITA Marco Storari (on loan from Milan) 77 MF  ITA Franco Semioli 90 FW  ITA Emanuele Testardi (on loan from Pescara) 91 MF  ITA Roberto Soriano[2] 92 DF  ITA Daniele Messina 99 FW  ITA Antonio Cassano

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  ITA Claudio Bellucci (on loan to Livorno) 23 DF  LTU Marius Stankevičius (on loan to Sevilla) 30 MF  ITA Paolo Sammarco (on loan to Udinese) 34 MF  ITA Daniele Dessena (on loan to Cagliari)

No. Pos. Nation Player 88 FW  ITA Salvatore Foti (on loan to Piacenza) 89 FW  ITA Guido Marilungo (on loan to Lecce) 90 GK  ITA Vincenzo Fiorillo (on loan to Reggina)

List of transfers in 2009–10

Players in

Player	From	Type	Tr. Window
Gianluigi Bianco	Empoli	Co-ownership resolution	Summer
Matteo Guardalben	Treviso	Transfer	Summer
Fernando Tissone	Udinese	Transfer	Summer
Salvatore Foti	Treviso	Transfer	Summer
Daniele Mannini	Napoli	Transfer	Summer
Franco Semioli	Fiorentina	Transfer	Summer
Nicola Pozzi	Empoli	Loan	Summer
Marco Rossi	Parma	Loan	Summer
Luciano Zauri	Lazio	Loan	Summer
Mario Cassano	Piacenza	Loan	Winter
Marco Storari	Milan	Loan	Winter
Stefano Guberti	Roma	Loan	Winter
Stefan Šćepović	OFK Belgrade	Loan	Winter

Players out

Player	To	Transfer Window
Jonathan Rossini	Udinese	Summer
Mirko Eramo	Monza	Summer
Massimo Bonanni	Pescara	Summer
Emiliano Bonazzoli	Reggina	Summer
Hugo Campagnaro	Napoli	Summer
Leonardo Miglionico	Livorno	Summer
Gennaro Delvecchio	Catania	Summer
Mirko Pieri	Livorno	Summer
Michele Ferri	Vicenza	Summer
Stefano Scappini	Ravenna	Summer
Gianluigi Bianco	Sassuolo	Summer (Loan)
Solomon Enow	Spezia	Summer (co-ownership)[3]
Luca Calzolaio	Spezia	Summer (co-ownership)[3]
Marius Stankevičius	Sevilla	Winter(Loan)

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2009–10 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Roma	38	24	8	6	68	41	+27	80	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Milan	38	20	10	8	60	39	+21	70
4	Sampdoria	38	19	10	9	49	41	+8	67	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Palermo	38	18	11	9	59	47	+12	65	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
6	Napoli	38	15	14	9	50	43	+7	59

Source: Lega Calcio and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	10	9	49	41	+8	67	13	6	0	31	10	+21	6	4	9	18	31	−13

Last updated: 16 May 2010.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W
Position	4	1	3	1	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	5	4	4	8	6	10	10	12	13	10	7	6	5	7	7	6	6	5	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2010. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Catania v Sampdoria

23 August 2009 1	Catania	1–2	Sampdoria	Catania
20:45 CEST	Morimoto 38'		Pazzini 9' Gastaldello 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 14,325 Referee: Luca Banti

Sampdoria v Udinese

30 August 2009 2	Sampdoria	3–1	Udinese	Genoa
20:45 CEST	Pazzini 11' Mannini 45+1' Cassano 83'		Di Natale 56'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,995 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Atalanta v Sampdoria

13 September 2009 3	Atalanta	0–1	Sampdoria	Bergamo
15:00 CEST			Mannini 63'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13,461 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Sampdoria v Siena

20 September 2009 4	Sampdoria	4–1	Siena	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Palombo 23' Mannini 31' Padalino 48', 85'		Fini 68'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,859 Referee: Carmine Russo

Fiorentina v Sampdoria

23 September 2009 5	Fiorentina	2–0	Sampdoria	Florence
20:45 CEST	Jovetić 25' Gilardino 66'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 26,307 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Sampdoria v Internazionale

26 September 2009 6	Sampdoria	1–0	Internazionale	Genoa
18:00 CEST	Pazzini 72'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30,629 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Sampdoria v Parma

4 October 2009 7	Sampdoria	1–1	Parma	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Pazzini 23'		Galloppa 30'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,312 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Lazio v Sampdoria

18 October 2009 8	Lazio	1–1	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CEST	Matuzalém 42'		Pazzini 40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,103 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Sampdoria v Bologna

24 October 2009 9	Sampdoria	4–1	Bologna	Genoa
18:00 CEST	Pazzini 8' Mannini 17', 33' Ziegler 26'		Osvaldo 62'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,379 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Juventus v Sampdoria

28 October 2009 10	Juventus	5–1	Sampdoria	Turin
20:45 CET	Amauri 26', 62' Chiellini 42' Camoranesi 50' Trezeguet 88'		Pazzini 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 25,273 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Sampdoria v Bari

1 November 2009 11	Sampdoria	0–0	Bari	Genoa
15:00 CET				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,179 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Cagliari v Sampdoria

8 November 2009 12	Cagliari	2–0	Sampdoria	Cagliari
15:00 CET	Conti 85' Matri 89'			Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Sampdoria v Chievo

22 November 2009 13	Sampdoria	2–1	Chievo	Genoa
15:00 CET	M. Rossi 19' Pazzini 65'		Mantovani 80'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,957 Referee: Carmine Russo

Genoa v Sampdoria

28 November 2009 14	Genoa	3–0	Sampdoria	Genoa
20:45 CET	Milanetto 10' (pen.) Rossi 53' Palladino 75' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 33,265 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Milan v Sampdoria

5 December 2009 15	Milan	3–0	Sampdoria	Milan
18:00 CET	Borriello 1' Seedorf 20' Pato 23'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 42,824 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Sampdoria v Roma

13 December 2009 16	Sampdoria	0–0	Roma	Genoa
20:45 CET				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,073 Referee: Antonio Damato

Livorno v Sampdoria

20 December 2009 17	Livorno	3–1	Sampdoria	Livorno
15:00 CET	Rivas 39' Danilevicius 47', 90+3'		Cassano 15'	Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi Attendance: 9,371 Referee: Domenico Celi

Sampdoria v Palermo

6 January 2010 18	Sampdoria	1–1	Palermo	Genoa
15:00 CET	Cassano 41'		Cavani 40'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,539 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Napoli v Sampdoria

10 January 2010 19	Napoli	1–0	Sampdoria	Naples
15:00 CET	Denis 71'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 40,962 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Sampdoria v Catania

17 January 2010 20	Sampdoria	1–1	Catania	Genoa
15:00 CET	Pazzini 45' (pen.)		Llama 14'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,405 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Udinese v Sampdoria

24 January 2010 21	Udinese	2–3	Sampdoria	Udine
15:00 CET	Di Natale 7' (pen.) Isla 44'		Pazzini 27' (pen.) Pozzi 57' Semioli 66'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 16,167 Referee: Carmine Russo

Sampdoria v Atalanta

31 January 2010 22	Sampdoria	2–0	Atalanta	Genoa
15:00 CET	Palombo 36' Pazzini 45+1'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,408 Referee: Domenico Celi

Siena v Sampdoria

7 February 2010 23	Siena	1–2	Sampdoria	Siena
15:00 CET	Maccarone 82'		Gastaldello 3' Pozzi 77'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 10,853 Referee: Renzo Candussio

Sampdoria v Fiorentina

13 February 2010 24	Sampdoria	2–0	Fiorentina	Genoa
20:45 CET	Semioli 16' Pazzini 40'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,485 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Internazionale v Sampdoria

20 February 2010 25	Internazionale	0–0	Sampdoria	Milan
20:45 CET				Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53,806 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Parma v Sampdoria

28 February 2010 26	Parma	1–0	Sampdoria	Parma
15:00 CET	Zaccardo 54'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 18,789 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Sampdoria v Lazio

7 March 2010 27	Sampdoria	2–1	Lazio	Genoa
15:00 CET	Guberti 29' Pazzini 36'		Floccari 7'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,919 Referee: Christian Brighi

Bologna v Sampdoria

14 March 2010 28	Bologna	1–1	Sampdoria	Bologna
15:00 CET	Raggi 90+2'		Gastaldello 86'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 18,573 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Sampdoria v Juventus

21 March 2010 29	Sampdoria	1–0	Juventus	Genoa
20:45 CET	Cassano 76'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 27,398 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Bari v Sampdoria

24 March 2010 30	Bari	2–1	Sampdoria	Bari
20:45 CET	Meggiorini 58' P. Barreto 86'		Cassano 19'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 28,368 Referee: Carmine Russo

Sampdoria v Cagliari

28 March 2010 31	Sampdoria	1–1	Cagliari	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Guberti 48'		Nenê 81'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,633 Referee: Luca Banti

Chievo v Sampdoria

3 April 2010 32	Chievo	1–2	Sampdoria	Verona
15:00 CEST	Mantovani 76'		Cassano 1' Pazzini 55'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 10,087 Referee: Gabriele Gava

Sampdoria v Genoa

11 April 2010 33	Sampdoria	1–0	Genoa	Genoa
20:45 CEST	Cassano 23'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 34,494 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Sampdoria v Milan

18 April 2010 34	Sampdoria	2–1	Milan	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Cassano 54' (pen.) Pazzini 90+2'		Borriello 20'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 28,764 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Roma v Sampdoria

25 April 2010 35	Roma	1–2	Sampdoria	Rome
20:45 CEST	Totti 14'		Pazzini 52', 85'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 56,379 Referee: Antonio Damato

Sampdoria v Livorno

2 May 2010 36	Sampdoria	2–0	Livorno	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Cassano 5' Ziegler 84'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,076 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Palermo v Sampdoria

9 May 2010 37	Palermo	1–1	Sampdoria	Palermo
15:00 CEST	Miccoli 68' (pen.)		Pazzini 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 35,872 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Sampdoria v Napoli

16 May 2010 38	Sampdoria	1–0	Napoli	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Pazzini 51'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30,883 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2009–10 Coppa Italia

Sampdoria v Lecce

16 August 2009 Third round	Sampdoria	6–2	Lecce	Genoa
20:30 CEST	Pazzini 8', 33' Cassano 32', 59' Palombo 76' (pen.) Padalino 90'		Defendi 73' Lucchini 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 10,240 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Sampdoria v Livorno

1 December 2009 Fourth round	Sampdoria	1–2	Livorno	Genoa
20:30 CET	Mannini 46'		Lucchini 76' (o.g.) Danilevičius 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 4,212 Referee: Nicola Stefanini

Starting 11

Castellazzi

Zauri

Gastaldello

Lucchini

Ziegler

Semioli

Palombo

Mannini

Poli

Pazzini

Cassano

Squad statistics

Last update 17 May 2010'

No.	Position	Player	Total Apps(40)	Total GS	Total	Serie A Apps(38)	Serie A GS	Serie A	Cop. It. Apps(2)	Cop. It. GS	Cop. It.
1	GK	Luca Castellazzi	20	20	28*	19	19	26*	1	1	2*
21	GK	Matteo Guardalben	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Mario Cassano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Marco Storari	19	19	14*	19	19	14*	0	0	0
90	GK	Vincenzo Fiorillo	2	1	3*	1	0	1*	1	1	2*
5	DF	Pietro Accardi	15	6	0	14	5	0	1	1	0
6	DF	Stefano Lucchini	28	27	0	26	25	0	2	2	0
13	DF	Marco Rossi	22	18	1	20	17	1	2	1	0
15	DF	Vasco Regini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Fabrizio Cacciatore	11	6	0	10	5	0	1	1	0
23	DF	Marius Stankevičius	16	15	0	14	14	0	2	1	0
28	DF	Daniele Gastaldello	33	33	3	33	33	3	0	0	0
3	MF	Reto Ziegler	38	32	2	37	31	2	1	1	0
7	MF	Daniele Mannini	38	27	6	36	25	5	2	2	1
8	MF	Luciano Zauri	33	26	0	32	25	0	1	1	0
12	MF	Fernando Tissone	31	17	0	29	15	0	2	2	0
16	MF	Andrea Poli	32	26	0	31	26	0	1	0	0
17	MF	Angelo Palombo	38	38	3	36	36	2	2	2	1
18	MF	Stefano Guberti	16	13	2	16	13	2	0	0	0
19	MF	Daniele Franceschini	7	2	0	6	1	0	1	1	0
20	MF	Marco Padalino	22	7	3	20	6	2	2	1	1
77	MF	Franco Semioli	26	25	2	26	25	2	0	0	0
91	MF	Roberto Soriano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Nicola Pozzi	19	8	2	18	7	2	1	1	0
10	FW	Giampaolo Pazzini	39	38	21	37	37	19	2	1	2
11	FW	Claudio Bellucci	10	4	0	8	3	0	2	1	0
11	FW	Stefan Šćepović	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
88	FW	Salvatore Foti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW	Emanuele Testardi	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Antonio Cassano	33	31	11	32	30	9	1	1	2

Goalscorers

Source:^[4]

	Total	Serie A
Pazzini	21	19
Cassano	11	9
Mannini	6	5
Gastaldello	3	3
Palombo	3	2
Padalino	3	2
Semioli	2	2
Pozzi	2	2
Guberti	2	2
Ziegler	2	2
Rossi	1	1