1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

Sampdoria
1997–98 season
President	Enrico Mantovani
Manager	César Luis Menotti; (until 10 November 1997); Vujadin Boskov
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	9th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Vincenzo Montella (20); All: ; Vincenzo Montella (21)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Unione Calcio Sampdoria finished ninth in Serie A, despite the absence of club stalwart Roberto Mancini, who had followed coach Sven-Göran Eriksson to Lazio. Former Argentine World Cup-winning coach César Luis Menotti took charge, but failed to match the results of Eriksson, and was replaced by the 1991 championship winning coach Vujadin Boškov, who guided the team to a safe mid-table slot.

Players

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

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Marco Ambrosio	AC Prato
GK	Giovanni Sanino
DF	Hugo	SC Braga	-
DF	Marcello Castellini	Perugia Calcio	-
MF	Ángel Morales	CA Independiente	-
MF	Alain Boghossian	SSC Napoli	-
MF	Alessio Scarchilli	Torino FC	-
MF	Nicola Zanini	Hellas Verona	loan ended
FW	Sandro Tovalieri	Cagliari Calcio
FW	Jürgen Klinsmann	Bayern München
FW	Daniele Dichio	Queen's Park Rangers

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Roberto Mancini	SS Lazio
MF	Alberigo Evani	Reggiana
DF	Stefano Sacchetti	Piacenza Calcio
GK	Matteo Sereni	Piacenza Calcio	loan
MF	Giovanni Invernizzi		retired
MF	Vincenzo Iacopino	Hellas Verona	loan
FW	Mattia Biso	Carrarese Calcio	loan
GK	Alessandro Giovinazzo		-
FW	Marco Carparelli	Torino FC	-
DF	Emiliano Milone		-

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	François Omam-Biyik	Atletico Yucatan
FW	Giuseppe Signori	SS Lazio	loan
FW	Paco Soares	F.C. Motagua
DF	Stefano Nava	Servette FC	-

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Christian Karembeu	Real Madrid	-
FW	Jürgen Klinsmann	Tottenham Hotspur
FW	Sandro Tovalieri	Perugia Calcio
MF	Nicola Zanini	Atalanta BC	-
MF	Ángel Morales	CP Merida	-

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Lazio	34	16	8	10	53	30	+23	56	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8	Bologna	34	12	12	10	55	46	+9	48^[a]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round^[1]
9	Sampdoria	34	13	9	12	52	55	−3	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10	Milan	34	11	11	12	37	43	−6	44
11	Bari	34	10	8	16	30	45	−15	38

Source: 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[2]
Notes:

^ Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

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
34	13	9	12	52	55	−3	48	9	4	4	32	25	+7	4	5	8	20	30	−10

Source: Worldfootball

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	L
Position	8	8	5	5	6	5	5	8	8	6	7	10	9	9	9	6	6	8	7	5	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9^[3]

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, UEFA Champions League Groups stage; = UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup; = 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup; = 1998–99 Serie B; w = 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Matches

31 August 1997 1	Sampdoria	2–1	Vicenza	Genoa
	Boghossian 10' Tovalieri 85'	Report	Di Napoli 53'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

13 September 1997 2	Brescia	3–3	Sampdoria	Brescia
	Hübner 4', 76', 84'	Report	Boghossian 54' Montella 74', 80'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Pierluigi Collina

21 September 1997 3	Atalanta	0–2	Sampdoria	Bergamo
		Report	Laigle 13' Montella 64'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

27 September 1997 4	Sampdoria	1–1	Juventus	Genoa
	Morales 16'	Report	Inzaghi 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Robert Boggi

5 October 1997 5	Udinese	3–2	Sampdoria	Udine
	Calori 8' Bierhoff 35' Pierini 47'	Report	Montella 26' Boghossian 39'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Piero Ceccarini

19 October 1997 6	Sampdoria	3–1	Piacenza	Genoa
	Tovalieri 44', 74' Montella 52' (pen.)	Report	Dionigi 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Roberto Bettin

2 November 1997 7	Sampdoria	0–3	Milan	Genoa
		Report	Weah 75', 81' Ziege 87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

9 November 1997 8	Lazio	3–0	Sampdoria	Rome
	Marcolin 25' (pen.) Nedved 65' Bokšić 87'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

23 November 1997 9	Sampdoria	1–0	Bari	Genoa
	Mihajlović 84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pierangelo Pin

30 November 1997 10	Bologna	2–2	Sampdoria	Bologna
	Baggio 15' (pen.) Paramatti 48'	Report	Laigle 57' Klinsmann 76'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

6 December 1997 11	Sampdoria	1–1	Internazionale	Genoa
	Montella 31' (pen.)	Report	Ronaldo 9'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

14 December 1997 12	Empoli	4–1	Sampdoria	Empoli
	Tonetto 25' Martusciello 40', 54' Esposito 65'	Report	Franceschetti 9'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Daniele Tombolini

21 December 1997 13	Sampdoria	6–3	Napoli	Genoa
	Boghossian 35' Montella 42' (pen.), 61', 90' (pen.) Laigle 73' Klinsmann 76'	Report	Bellucci 15' Protti 70' Rossitto 78'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Gennaro Borriello

4 January 1998 14	Fiorentina	1–1	Sampdoria	Florence
	Batistuta 7'	Report	Montella 78'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Domenico Messina

11 January 1998 15	Sampdoria	5–2	Parma	Genoa
	Montella 5' Signori 26', 83' Vergassola 33' Thuram 49' (o.g.)	Report	Maniero 54', 58'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

18 January 1998 16	Lecce	1–3	Sampdoria	Lecce
	Rossi 90+3'	Report	Montella 12', 51' Signori 77'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Roberto Bettin

25 January 1998 17	Sampdoria	1–1	Roma	Genoa
	Mihajlović 33'	Report	Mannini 26' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

1 February 1998 18	Vicenza	1–1	Sampdoria	Vicenza
	Zauli 27'	Report	Veron 18'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Robert Boggi

8 February 1998 19	Sampdoria	2–1	Brescia	Genoa
	Bia 18' (o.g.) Montella 36' (pen.)	Report	Neri 50'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

11 February 1998 20	Sampdoria	2–0	Atalanta	Genoa
	Mihajlović 65' Boghossian 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Piero Ceccarini

15 February 1998 21	Juventus	3–0	Sampdoria	Turin
	Del Piero 5' Inzaghi 11' Fonseca 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

22 February 1998 22	Sampdoria	0–3	Udinese	Genoa
		Report	Jorgensen 36', 63' (pen.) Statuto 87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Daniele Tombolini

1 March 1998 23	Piacenza	1–0	Sampdoria	Piacenza
	Murgita 48'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Tarcisio Serena

8 March 1998 24	Milan	1–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Ziege 37'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Gennaro Borriello

14 March 1998 25	Sampdoria	0–4	Lazio	Genoa
		Report	Jugović 1' Nedved 54' Fuser 66' Fuser 81'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Domenico Messina

22 March 1998 26	Bari	0–1	Sampdoria	Bari
		Report	Montella 30'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Roberto Bettin

29 March 1998 27	Sampdoria	2–3	Bologna	Genoa
	Montella 14' Veron 49'	Report	Andersson 55', 69', 82'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Massimo De Santis

5 April 1998 28	Internazionale	3–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Hugo 50' (o.g.) Sartor 53' Ronaldo 88'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Robert Boggi

11 April 1998 29	Sampdoria	3–0	Empoli	Genoa
	Montella 41', 85' Laigle 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

19 April 1998 30	Napoli	0–2	Sampdoria	Napoli
		Report	Crasson 33' (o.g.) Laigle 87'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Roberto Rosetti

26 April 1998 31	Sampdoria	2–0	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Montella 38', 77'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Roberto Bettin

3 May 1998 32	Parma	2–2	Sampdoria	Parma
	Chiesa 35' Sensini 78'	Report	Paco Soares 66' Boghossian 87'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

10 May 1998 33	Sampdoria	1–1	Lecce	Genoa
	Scarchilli 60'	Report	Cozza 73'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Danilo Nucini

16 May 1998 34	Roma	2–0	Sampdoria	Rome
	Totti 24' Delvecchio 91'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 57,119 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

3 September 1997 First leg	Torino	2–1	Sampdoria	Turin
20:30 CEST	Ferrante 7', 14'		Dorigo 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

24 September 1997 Second leg	Sampdoria	3–1 (4–3 agg.)	Torino	Genoa
20:30 CEST	Tovalieri 34', 36', 66'		Ferrante 17'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Round of 16

16 October 1997 First leg	Milan	3–2	Sampdoria	Milan
20:45 CEST	Weah 64' Maini 74' Kluivert 90+2'		Tovalieri 20' Boghossian 44'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 6,589 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

19 November 1997 Second leg	Sampdoria	1–2 (3–5 agg.)	Milan	Genoa
20:30 CET	Mihajlović 29'		Leonardo 64' André Cruz 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1997 First leg	Sampdoria	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Genoa, Italy
20:30	Boghossian 74'	Report	Ríos 19' Larrainzar 62'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

30 September 1997 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	Sampdoria	Bilbao, Spain
20:30	Larrazábal 40' (pen.) Ziganda 47'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Fabrizio Ferron	33	-49	33	-49
5	DF	ITA	Moreno Mannini	25	0	25	0
2	DF	ITA	David Balleri	25	0	25	0
6	DF	ITA	Marcello Castellini	20	0	18+2	0
11	DF	YUG	Siniša Mihajlović	27	3	26+1	3
7	DF	ITA	Emanuele Pesaresi	19	0	16+3	0
20	MF	ARG	Juan Sebastián Verón	29	2	29	2
8	MF	FRA	Pierre Laigle	30	5	30	5
4	MF	ITA	Marco Franceschetti	27	1	27	1
14	MF	FRA	Alain Boghossian	31	6	31	6
9	FW	ITA	Vincenzo Montella	33	20	33	20
12	GK	ITA	Marco Ambrosio	3	-6	1+2	-6
3	DF	POR	Hugo	19	0	18+1	0
29	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Signori	17	3	15+2	3
19	MF	ITA	Simone Vergassola	26	1	13+13	1
10	MF	ARG	Ángel Morales	9	1	8+1	1
24	DF	SEN	Oumar Dieng	13	0	7+6	0
13	FW	ITA	Sandro Tovalieri	9	3	6+3	3
18	FW	GER	Jürgen Klinsmann	8	2	4+4	2
27	FW	BRA	Paco Soares	8	1	3+5	1
21	MF	ITA	Alessio Scarchilli	21	1	2+19	1
15	MF	ITA	Fausto Salsano	14	0	2+12	0
30	DF	ITA	Stefano Nava	5	0	2+3	0
31	FW	CMR	François Omam-Biyik	6	0	0+6	0
25	DF	ITA	Nicola Zanini	3	0	0+3	0
17	MF	ITA	Alessandro Lamonica	1	0	0+1	0
22	GK	ITA	Giovanni Sannino	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ITA	Daniele Dichio	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ITA	Davide Vagnati	0	0	0	0
14	MF	FRA	Christian Karembeu

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1997/1138/

Goalscorers

References

^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup
^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ Since SS Lazio, winners of 1997–98 Coppa Italia, classified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup on 1997–98 Serie A round 34, 9th seeded UC Sampdoria earned a spot in the second round of the 1998 Intertoto Cup.

[table_hth_BOL0.027653540031823-2] Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

[1] With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup

[3] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[4] Since SS Lazio, winners of 1997–98 Coppa Italia, classified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup on 1997–98 Serie A round 34, 9th seeded UC Sampdoria earned a spot in the second round of the 1998 Intertoto Cup.

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