1997–98 UC Sampdoria season
# 1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| FW | Sandro Tovalieri | Perugia Calcio | |
| FW | Jürgen Klinsmann | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| MF | Nicola Zanini | Atalanta BC | - |
| MF | Ángel Morales | CP Merida | - |
| MF | Christian Karembeu | Real Madrid | - |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 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 | |

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

**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 |
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| 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 |

## Statistics

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | 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

* Vincenzo Montella 20
* Alain Boghossian 6
* Pierre Laigle 5
* Siniša Mihajlović 3
* Sandro Tovalieri 3
