1998–99 UC Sampdoria season
# 1998–99 UC Sampdoria season

The 1998–99 U.C. Sampdoria season ended with the club's relegation to Serie B just eight years after winning the Serie A title in 1990–91. Similarly to Napoli the year prior, the club was no longer a financial power when it came to signing players, while its high-profile signing, Ariel Ortega, did not deliver to the degree Sampdoria had hoped for.

## Squad

### Goalkeepers

* Fabrizio Ferron
* Luca Fuselli
* Marco Ambrosio

### Defenders

* Marcello Castellini
* Stefano Nava
* Moreno Mannini
* David Balleri
* Hugo
* Alessandro Grandoni
* Saliou Lassissi
* Nenad Sakić

### Midfielders

* Marco Franceschetti
* Fabio Pecchia
* Pierre Laigle
* Bratislav Živković
* Marco Sgrò
* Simone Vergassola
* Vincenzo Iacopino
* Matteo Solari
* Lee Sharpe
* Doriva

### Attackers

* Vincenzo Montella
* Ariel Ortega
* Francesco Palmieri
* Catê
* Zoran Jovičić
* Simone Aloe

### In

    24. Saliou Lassissi, on loan from Parma
    07. Fabio Pecchia, from Juventus
    31. Lee Sharpe, on loan from Bradford City
    32. Doriva, from Porto
    10. Ariel Ortega, from Valencia

### Out

    7. Juan Sebastián Verón to Parma F.C.
    10. Alain Boghossian to Parma F.C.
    6. Siniša Mihajlović to S.S. Lazio
    21. Giuseppe Signori to Bologna F.C.
    24. Mattia Biso
    16. Gastón Córdoba, to Colón
    24. Oumar Dieng, to Auxerre
    27. Fabrizio Ficini, on loan to Fiorentina

**Winter**


    27. Paco Soares, on loan to Empoli
    07. Emanuele Pesaresi, on loan to Napoli

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Perugia | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 39 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 15 | Salernitana (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 38 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Sampdoria (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 37 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Vicenza (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 33 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 18 | Empoli (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 20 | Relegation to Serie B |

* ↑ Perugia gained entry to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round after the renounce of several teams.
* ↑ Empoli were docked two points due to attempted bribery of referee during a match against Sampdoria on 25 October 1998.

**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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

**Topscorers**

* Vincenzo Montella – 12
* Ariel Ortega – 8
* Francesco Palmieri – 7

### UEFA Intertoto cup

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

## Statistics

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Ferron | 31 | -44 | 31 | -44 |
| | DF | ITA | Balleri | 30 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Grandoni | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| | DF | YUG | Sakic | 25 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Franceschetti | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| | MF | CMR | Laigle | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 |
| | MF | BRA | Doriva | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| | AM | ITA | Pecchia | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Montella | 22 | 12 | 21+1 | 12 |
| | FW | ARG | Ortega | 27 | 8 | 25+2 | 8 |
| | FW | ITA | Palmieri | 33 | 8 | 33 | 8 |
| | GK | ITA | Ambrosio | 7 | -11 | 3+4 | -11 |
| | DF | ITA | Castellini | 27 | 0 | 19+8 | 0 |
| | DF | CIV | Lassissi | 19 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Vergassola | 19 | 0 | 8+11 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mannini | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 |
| | DF | POR | Hugo | 15 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Nava | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Ficini | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Sgro | 15 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Iacopino | 17 | 1 | 4+13 | 1 |
| | FW | BRA | Catê | 15 | 1 | 1+14 | 1 |
| | MF | ENG | Sharpe | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | MF | YUG | Zivkovic | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Solari | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | YUG | Jovicic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Aloe | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Fuselli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1998/1159/
