2009–10 UC Sampdoria season
# 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.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

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 | 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 |
| 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. 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) |
| Luca Calzolaio | Spezia | Summer (co-ownership) |
| Marius Stankevičius | Sevilla | Winter(Loan) |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 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 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |

**Fixtures**

Catania-Sampdoria 1–2

* 0–1 Giampaolo Pazzini (9)
* 1–1 Takayuki Morimoto (38)
* 1–2 Daniele Gastaldello (90 + 3)

Sampdoria-Udinese 3–1

* 1–0 Giampaolo Pazzini (11)
* 2–0 Daniele Mannini (45 + 1)
* 2–1 Antonio Di Natale (56)
* 3–1 Antonio Cassano (83)

Atalanta-Sampdoria 0–1

* 0–1 Daniele Mannini (63)

Sampdoria-Siena 4–1

* 1–0 Angelo Palombo (23)
* 2–0 Daniele Mannini (31)
* 3–0 Marco Padalino (48)
* 3–1 Michele Fini (68)
* 4–1 Marco Padalino (85)

Fiorentina-Sampdoria 2–0

* 1–0 Stevan Jovetić (25)
* 2–0 Alberto Gilardino (66)

Sampdoria-Inter 1–0

* 1–0 Giampaolo Pazzini (72)

Sampdoria-Parma 1–1

* 1–0 Giampaolo Pazzini (23)
* 1–1 Daniele Galloppa (30)

Lazio-Sampdoria 1–1

* 0–1 Giampaolo Pazzini (40)
* 1–1 Matuzalém (42)

Sampdoria-Bologna 4–1

* 1–0 Giampaolo Pazzini (8)
* 2–0 Daniele Mannini (17)
* 3–0 Reto Ziegler (26)
* 4–0 Daniele Mannini (33)
* 4–1 Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (62)

Juventus-Sampdoria 5–1

* 1–0 Amauri (26)
* 2–0 Giorgio Chiellini (42)
* 3–0 Mauro Camoranesi (50)
* 4–0 Amauri (62)
* 4–1 Giampaolo Pazzini (63)
* 5–1 David Trezeguet (88)

Sampdoria-Bari 0–0

Cagliari-Sampdoria 2–0

* 1–0 Daniele Conti (85)
* 2–0 Alessandro Matri (89)

Sampdoria-Chievo 2–1

* 1–0 Marco Rossi (19)
* 2–0 Giampaolo Pazzini (65)
* 2–1 Andrea Mantovani (80)

Genoa-Sampdoria 3–0

* 1–0 Omar Milanetto (10 pen)
* 2–0 Marco Rossi (53)
* 3–0 Raffaele Palladino (75)

Milan-Sampdoria 3–0

* 1–0 Marco Borriello (2)
* 2–0 Clarence Seedorf (21)
* 3–0 Pato (23)

Sampdoria-Roma 0–0

Livorno-Sampdoria 3–1

* 0–1 Antonio Cassano (15)
* 1–1 Nelson Rivas (37)
* 2–1 Tomas Danilevicius (47)
* 3–1 Tomas Danilevicius (90 + 3)

Sampdoria-Palermo 1–1

* 0–1 Edinson Cavani (40)
* 1–1 Antonio Cassano (41)

Napoli-Sampdoria 1–0

* 1–0 Germán Denis (71)

Sampdoria-Catania 1–1

* 0–1 Cristian Llama (14)
* 1–1 Giampaolo Pazzini (45 pen)

Udinese-Sampdoria 2–3

* 1–0 Antonio Di Natale (7 pen)
* 1–1 Giampaolo Pazzini (27 pen)
* 2–1 Mauricio Isla (44)
* 2–2 Nicola Pozzi (57)
* 2–3 Franco Semioli (66)

Sampdoria-Atalanta 2–0

* 1–0 Angelo Palombo (36)
* 2–0 Giampaolo Pazzini (45 + 1)

Siena-Sampdoria 1–2

* 0–1 Daniele Gastaldello (3)
* 0–2 Nicola Pozzi (77)
* 1–2 Massimo Maccarone (82)

Sampdoria-Fiorentina 2–0

* 1–0 Franco Semioli (16)
* 2–0 Giampaolo Pazzini (40)

Inter-Sampdoria 0–0

Parma-Sampdoria 1–0

* 1–0 Cristian Zaccardo (54)

Sampdoria-Lazio 2–1

* 0–1 Sergio Floccari (7)
* 1–1 Stefano Guberti (29)
* 2–1 Giampaolo Pazzini (36)

Bologna-Sampdoria 1–1

* 0–1 Daniele Gastaldello (86)
* 1–1 Andrea Raggi (90 + 2)

Sampdoria-Juventus 1–0

* 1–0 Antonio Cassano (76)

Bari-Sampdoria 2–1

* 0–1 Antonio Cassano (19)
* 1–1 Riccardo Meggiorini (58)
* 2–1 Barreto (86)

Sampdoria-Cagliari 1–1

* 1–0 Stefano Guberti (46)
* 1–1 Nenê (81)

Chievo-Sampdoria 1–2

* 0–1 Antonio Cassano (1)
* 0–2 Giampaolo Pazzini (55)
* 1–2 Andrea Mantovani (76)

Sampdoria-Genoa 1–0

* 1–0 Antonio Cassano (23)

Sampdoria-Milan 2–1

* 0–1 Marco Borriello (20)
* 1–1 Antonio Cassano (54 pen)
* 2–1 Giampaolo Pazzini (90 + 2)

Roma-Sampdoria 1–2

* 1–0 Francesco Totti (14)
* 1–1 Giampaolo Pazzini (52)
* 1–2 Giampaolo Pazzini (85)

Sampdoria-Livorno 2–0

* 1–0 Antonio Cassano (5)
* 2–0 Reto Ziegler (84)

Palermo-Sampdoria 1–1

* 0–1 Giampaolo Pazzini (51 pen)
* 1–1 Fabrizio Miccoli (68 pen)

Sampdoria-Napoli 1–0

* 1–0 Giampaolo Pazzini (51)

**Summary**

| Round | Date | Match | Score | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 23 August 2009 | Catania - Sampdoria | 1–2 | Pazzini 9', Gastaldello 90' |
| 2 | 30 August 2009 | Sampdoria - Udinese | 3–1 | Pazzini 11', Mannini 44', Cassano 83' |
| 3 | 13 September 2009 | Atalanta - Sampdoria | 0–1 | Mannini 63' |
| 4 | 20 September 2009 | Sampdoria - Siena | 4–1 | Palombo 23', Mannini 31', Padalino 48', Padalino 85' |
| 5 | 23 September 2009 | Fiorentina - Sampdoria | 2–0 | |
| 6 | 26 September 2009 | Sampdoria - Internazionale | 1–0 | Pazzini 72' |
| 7 | 4 October 2009 | Sampdoria - Parma | 1–1 | Pazzini 23' |
| 8 | 18 October 2009 | Lazio - Sampdoria | 1–1 | Pazzini 40' |
| 9 | 24 October 2009 | Sampdoria - Bologna | 4–1 | Pazzini 8', Mannini 17', Ziegler 26', Mannini 33' |
| 10 | 28 October 2009 | Juventus - Sampdoria | 5–1 | Pazzini 64' |
| 11 | 1 November 2009 | Sampdoria - Bari | 0–0 | |
| 12 | 8 November 2009 | Cagliari - Sampdoria | 2–0 | |
| 13 | 22 November 2009 | Sampdoria - Chievo | 2–1 | Rossi 19', Pazzini 65' |
| 14 | 28 November 2009 | Genoa - Sampdoria | 3–0 | |
| 15 | 5 December 2009 | Milan - Sampdoria | 3–0 | |
| 16 | 13 December 2009 | Sampdoria - Roma | 0–0 | |
| 17 | 20 December 2009 | Livorno - Sampdoria | 3–1 | Cassano 15' |
| 18 | 6 January 2010 | Sampdoria - Palermo | 1–1 | Cassano 41' |
| 19 | 10 January 2010 | Napoli - Sampdoria | 1–0 | |
| 20 | 17 January 2010 | Sampdoria - Catania | 1–1 | Pazzini 44' |
| 21 | 24 January 2010 | Udinese - Sampdoria | 2–3 | Pazzini 27', Pozzi 57', Semioli 66' |
| 22 | 31 January 2010 | Sampdoria - Atalanta | 2–0 | Palombo 36', Pazzini 44' |
| 23 | 7 February 2010 | Siena - Sampdoria | 1–2 | Gastaldello 3', Pozzi 77' |
| 24 | 13 February 2010 | Sampdoria - Fiorentina | 2–0 | Semioli 16', Pazzini 40' |
| 25 | 20 February 2010 | Inter - Sampdoria | 0–0 | |
| 26 | 28 February 2010 | Parma - Sampdoria | 1–0 | |
| 27 | 7 March 2010 | Sampdoria - Lazio | 2–1 | Guberti 29', Pazzini 36' |
| 28 | 14 March 2010 | Bologna - Sampdoria | 1–1 | Gastaldello 87' |
| 29 | 21 March 2010 | Sampdoria - Juventus | 1–0 | Cassano 76' |
| 30 | 24 March 2010 | Bari - Sampdoria | 2–1 | Cassano 19' |
| 31 | 28 March 2010 | Sampdoria - Cagliari | 1–1 | Guberti 47' |
| 32 | 3 April 2010 | Chievo - Sampdoria | 1–2 | Cassano 1', Pazzini 55' |
| 33 | 11 April 2010 | Sampdoria - Genoa | 1–0 | Cassano 23' |
| 34 | 18 April 2010 | Sampdoria - Milan | 2–1 | Cassano 54', Pazzini 90' |
| 35 | 25 April 2010 | Roma - Sampdoria | 1–2 | Pazzini 52', Pazzini 85' |
| 36 | 2 May 2010 | Sampdoria - Livorno | 2–0 | Cassano 5', Ziegler 84' |
| 37 | 9 May 2010 | Palermo - Sampdoria | 1–1 | Pazzini 54' |
| 38 | 16 May 2010 | Sampdoria - Napoli | 1–0 | Pazzini 52' |

### Coppa Italia

| Round | Date | Match | Score | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 3rd | 16 August 2009 | Sampdoria - Lecce | 6–2 | Pazzini 8', Cassano 32', Pazzini 33', Cassano 59', Palombo 76', Padalino 88' |
| 4th | 1 December 2009 | Sampdoria - Livorno | 1–2 | Mannini 47' |

## 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:

| | 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 |
