Sampdoria

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Ginnastica Sampierdarenese was founded in 1891. It opened its football club in 1899. The name was chosen to honor Andrea Doria, a club called Societa Andrea Doria was founded in 1895. It progressively focused on football training and competition.

Andrea Doria did not participate in the inaugural Italian Football Championship which was held through the Italian Federation of Football (FIF) because they instead signed up for the football tournament held through the Italian Federation of Ginnastica. The club later joined the competition in 1903 for the Italian Football Championship, but they did not play during the competition until 1907 in which they defeated local opponents Genoa 3-1. It was only in 1910-11 when the club began to show signs of promise. During that season's tournament, they finished above Juventus, Internazionale and Genoa in the Piedmont-Lombardy-Liguria section.

Following World War I, Sampierdarenese finally began to participate at the Italian Championship, after they were appointed to replace Bolzaneto's Asociazione di Calcio Ligure which was a pre-war team in Genoa. Genoa (in the process, Ligure was the heir of the Liguria Foot Ball Club which was founded by the Liguria Foot Ball Club in 1897). So, Samp and Doria played at the Championship for the very first time. Doria was victorious in the first game (4-1 with 1-1) They also finished second behind Genoa at the Ligurian Championship, qualifying for the National Round.

The 1921-22 season was the first time during the 1921-22 season, the Italian highest league divided into two competitions. Both of the teams in Sampdoria's history played participating in separate competitions as well. Sampierdarenese played in the title="1921-22 Italian Football Championship (F.I.G.C. )">FIGC-run competition, whereas Andrea Doria played in the title="1921-22 Prima Divisione (C.C.I. )">CCI variation. Sampierdarenese took the title in the Liguria section, and proceeded to the semi-finals, where they finished the top of three clubs. This allowed them to play in the final, which they played against Novese. Both of the matches ended in 0-0 draws therefore a rematch was held at Cremona in 1922 on the 21st May. The match was extremely difficult to discern the teams, the match went to extra-time, with Novese ultimately winning the match (and also the Championship) with a 2-1. But, Sampierdarenese was scathing about the conduct of the referee.

When the system of leagues in Italy was restored to one thing, Sampierdarenese was superior to Andrea Doria by qualifying for the league. Between 1924 and 1924, the two teams were competing against each against each other for the Northern League; Doria who was one spot ahead of their competitors and was victorious in one game 2-1, while Sampierdarenese won 2-0 in the other match.

Then, at the close of the 1926-27 season, the Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria were merged for the very first time , under the name La Dominante by fascist officials.

Wearing black and green shirt with stripes, La Dominante Genova were admitted to the very first season Serie B, where they ended up third, but missed the opportunity to move up. The following season, playing under the name of Foot Ball Club Liguria, they suffered a disastrous season which saw them finish last on the table and being relegated.

Due to this the two clubs Sampierdarenese as well as Andrea Doria returned to their original names as distinct clubs. Sampierdarenese returned to Serie B for the 1932-33 season, and they finished in the upper tier of. In the next season, the team was declared champions and were elevated to Serie A for the first time. Andrea Doria, on the other hand, fought through in the 1930s, playing into Serie C.

15 July 1937 Sampierdarenese took over Corniglianese and Rivarolese and the club taking the name of AssociazioneCalcio Liguria. They reached fifth position within Serie A in 1939. In the beginning of 1940 the club was dropped but they were able to bounce back to become Serie B champions in 1941.

Following World War II after the war, the two clubs Andrea Doria and Sampierdarenese (the name of Liguria was eliminated at the end of 1945) were with each other in Serie A, but in an opposite situation to pre-war times, Andrea Doria were now the best club of both. But on the 12th of August 1946, there was a merger that resulted in the creation of Unione Calcio Sampdoria. The initial chairman of this brand new team was Piero Sanguineti. However, Amedeo Rissotto, an entrepreneur with a lot of quickly replaced him, and the team's first coach during the period was a person who was from Florence known as Giuseppe Galluzzi. To demonstrate that both clubs were evenly represented by the newly amalgamated club, a brand new kit was developed that included the blue shirt that belonged to Andrea Doria and the white midsection of black, red and red of Sampierdarenese. The same month of the merger the new club requested they be able to share with Genoa the Stadio Luigi Ferraris ground alongside Genoa. The two clubs reached an agreement and the stadium was able to begin hosting home games for Sampdoria and Genoa. games.

For the past thirty years, the Genoese played continuously for a period of about thirty years in Serie A, with mixed outcomes, the most successful of which came during the 1960-1961 season when they finished 4th place at the top of the league. In the 1965-1966 season, Sampdoria was 16th and were relegated back to Serie B for the first time in its history. However, in the following season they were crowned second-tier champions and were immediately relegated in Serie A.

In 1979 the club, which was operating in Serie B, was acquired by oil entrepreneur Paolo Mantovani (1930-1993), who invested in the team in order to take Sampdoria up to the top of the league. The year 1982 was when Sampdoria were able to make its Serie A return, and won the first Coppa Italia in 1985. The year 1986 was the first time Yugoslav Vujadin Boskov became named director of football for the next time. The club won its the second Coppa Italia trophy in 1988, and was accepted into the UEFA Cup Winners' Trophy in 1988 in which they reached the final, but fell by 2-0 to Barcelona. Another consecutive win at the Coppa Italia earned Sampdoria the chance to participate at the cup winner's trophy in 1989-1990 that they won after beating Anderlecht following extra time during the final.

It was followed just one year after by their very first and only Scudetto that was crowned with the title of Serie A champions with a five-point lead over second-placed Internazionale. The winning team included a number of famous players, including Gianluca Pagliuca Gianluca Vialli Roberto Mancini and Toninho Cerezo. Pietro Fourchowod and Attilio Lombardo. Boskov as the head coach. In the next year, Sampdoria reached the European Cup final, but were again defeated by Barcelona at Wembley Stadium. It was the same for Barcelona.

Vujadin Boskov is regarded as one of Sampdoria's best managers, winning an unprecedented amount of awards and improving the reputation of the club throughout Europe.

On October 14, 1993 Paolo Mantovani died suddenly and was replaced by his son Enrico. The debut year (1993-94), Sampdoria won another Coppa Italia and placed third in Serie A. The following four seasons, several players who were part of his father's time quit the club, but significant acquisitions were made that helped keep Sampdoria at the top of Serie A. The list included Argentine players Juan Sebastian Veron and Ariel Ortega, as well as International midfielders Clarence Seedorf and Christian Karembeu. In April 1995 Sampdoria reached the semi-final stage of the Cup Winners' Cup, losing out to Arsenal penalty following two games.

In May 1999, Sampdoria were dropped out of Serie A and did not get back to the top league until 2003. At the time, Sampdoria was acquired by Riccardo Garrone who was the Italian Oil businessman. Sampdoria was relegated into Serie A in 2003 led by the talisman Francesco Flachi, and ended their debut season in eighth position. After a string of top-half places and a manager change, Walter Novellino gave way to Walter Mazzarri in 2007.

The signing of the forwards Antonio Cassano from Real Madrid,[8 and Giampaolo Pazzini in January of 2008, Sampdoria ended the 2007-08 season in the sixth spot as well as qualifying for 2008's UEFA Cup. In the following season they were fourth in the league as well as qualified to the UEFA Champions League play-offs under manager Luigi Delneri, who left to join Juventus. The departures of the CEO Giuseppe Marotta, and both Cassano and Pazzini and the team getting stretched out by Champions League football, Sampdoria were dropped into Serie B after loss 2-1 at home against Palermo in May 2011. The following season, the team won promotion to Serie A in June 2012. Sampdoria was promoted to Serie A after defeating Varese 4-2 in an aggregate score in the play-off final.

After the demise of Riccardo Garrone in the year prior the club was purchased by the Garrone family in June 2014 by film director Massimo Ferrero. When sixth-placed opponents Genoa during the 2014-15 season did not get the UEFA authorization for their 2016 UEFA Europa League seventh-placed Sampdoria was appointed their place. The club established the foundation for Serie A for the next seven years. The most notable managerial appointments were Marco Giampaolo and Claudio Ranieri in addition to the constant goal scoring from the legendary player Fabio Quagliarella. There were tensions brewing around Ferrero's presidency, fueled by his well-known and popular backing of A.S. Roma. Numerous attempts were made in the attempt to buy the team including to a consortium headed by legendary club owner Gianluca Vialli. On the 6th of December, 2021 Massimo Ferrero was arrested by Italian police in connection with continuing investigations of corporate crime and bankruptcies. He resigned as the President of Sampdoria immediately and a statement from the club said that the business of the club did not fall under the investigation. On the 27th of December the the former teammate Marco Lanna was appointed President. In January 2022, the club welcomed back the former director Marco Giampaolo after a disappointing beginning to the year under Roberto D'Aversa. In his first home game as manager Sampdoria defeated Sassuolo 4-1.

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As of 12 July 2022.

As of 12 July 2022.

• Giuseppe Galluzzi – 1946–1947
• Adolfo Baloncieri – 1947–1950
• Giuseppe Galluzzi – 1950
• Matteo Poggi, Alfredo Foni – 1950–1951
• Alfredo Foni – 1951–1952
• Matteo Poggi – 1952
• Ivo Fiorentini – 1952–1953
• Paolo Tabanelli – 1953–1955
• Lajos Czeizler – 1955–1956
• Pietro Rava – 1956–1957
• Ugo Amoretti – 1957
• William Dodgin – 1957–1958
• Adolfo Baloncieri – 1958
• Eraldo Monzeglio – 1958–1961
• Roberto Lerici – 1961–1963
• Ernst Ocwirk – 1963–1965
• Giuseppe Baldini – 1965–1966
• Fulvio Bernardini – 1966–1971
• Heriberto Herrera – 1971–1973
• Guido Vincenzi – 1973–1974
• Giulio Corsini – 1974–1975
• Eugenio Bersellini – 1975–1977
• Giorgio Canali – 1977–1978
• Lamberto Giorgis – 1978–1979
• Lauro Toneatto – 1979–1980
• Enzo Riccomini – 1980–1981
• Renzo Ulivieri – 1981–1984
• Eugenio Bersellini – 1984–1986
• Vujadin Boškov – 1986–1992
• Sven-Göran Eriksson – 1992–1997
• César Luis Menotti – 1997
• Vujadin Boškov – 1997–1998
• Luciano Spalletti – 1998
• David Platt, Giorgio Veneri – 1998–1999
• Luciano Spalletti – 1999
• Giampiero Ventura – 1999–2000
• Luigi Cagni – 2000–2001
• Gianfranco Bellotto – 2001–2002
• Walter Novellino – 2002–2007
• Walter Mazzarri – 2007–2009
• Luigi Delneri – 2009–2010
• Domenico Di Carlo – 2010–2011
• Alberto Cavasin – 2011
• Gianluca Atzori – 2011
• Giuseppe Iachini – 2011–2012
• Ciro Ferrara – 2012
• Delio Rossi – 2012–2013
• Siniša Mihajlović – 2013–2015
• Walter Zenga – 2015
• Vincenzo Montella – 2015–2016
• Marco Giampaolo – 2016–2019
• Eusebio Di Francesco – 2019
• Claudio Ranieri – 2019–2021
• Roberto D'Aversa – 2021–2022
• Marco Giampaolo – 2022–

The club's crest depicts the image of a sailor with a profile, recognized by the ancient Genoese nickname of Baciccia which means Giovanni Battista in Italian or John-Baptist in English. The picture of a sailing ship is fitting because of Sampdoria having its roots within the city's port of Genoa. The exact design of the Baciccia was derived from a Disney-licensed and published by Panini comic Topolino from 1980. Since 1980 the Baciccia appears on the clothing of Sampdoria most often on the chest, but also on the sleeves.

The blue, white black, red and white colours symbolize the club's history by combining two clubs, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria which wore black/red and white/blue, and an emblem of Saint-George's cross.

Sampdoria supporters are mostly in the Italian city of Genoa. The most popular group are Ultras Tito Cucchiaroni, named after Tito Cucchiaroni, an Argentinian left-winger from Sampdoria. The group was founded in 1969 and is one of the longest-running ultra-groups in Italy. They are not political, but they have smaller organizations such as Rude Boys Sampdoria who are left-wing. The primary support in the form of flares and flags is out of the south Curva, Gradinata Sud.

The biggest rivals of Sampdoria are Genoa who they will play in Genoa in the Derby della Lanterna.

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Key

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Serie A

• Winners (1): 1990–91

Coppa Italia

• Winners (4): 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94
• Runners-up (3): 1985–86, 1990–91, 2008–09

Supercoppa Italiana

• Winners (1): 1991
• Runners-up (3): 1988, 1989, 1994

Serie B

• Winners (1): 1966–67
  Forerunner Sampierdarenese also won in 1933–34 and 1940-41.
• Runners-up (1): 2002–03

European Cup

• Runners-up (1): 1991–92

European Cup Winners' Cup

• Winners (1): 1989–90
• Runners-up (1): 1988–89

European Super Cup

• Runners-up (1): 1990

Wembley International Tournament

• Winners (3): 1990, 1991, 1992

Amsterdam Tournament

• Winners (1): 1988

Joan Gamper Trophy

• Winners (1): 2012

•  Alain Boghossian (France 1998)
•  Shkodran Mustafi (Brazil 2014)