2006–07 UC Sampdoria season

During the 2006–07 Italian football season, Sampdoria competed in Serie A.

Season summary edit

Sampdoria finished 9th, which was sufficient to qualify for the Intertoto Cup. Manager Walter Novellino left at the end of the season to join Torino, and was replaced by Reggina coach Walter Mazzarri.

Sampdoria's kit was manufactured by Kappa and sponsored by Genovese energy company Edoardo Raffinerie Garrone.

Squad at end of season^[1]

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	Simone Ciancio
3	DF	SUI	Reto Ziegler (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
4	MF	ITA	Sergio Volpi
5	DF	ITA	Pietro Accardi
6	MF	HUN	Vladimir Koman
7	DF	ITA	Christian Maggio
8	MF	URU	Rubén Olivera (on loan from Juventus)
9	FW	ITA	Fabio Bazzani
10	FW	ITA	Francesco Flachi
11	FW	LBY	Al-Saadi Gaddafi
12	GK	ITA	Vincenzo Fiorillo
14	DF	ITA	Luigi Sala
15	GK	ITA	Carlo Zotti (on loan from Roma)
16	MF	ITA	Danilo Soddimo
17	MF	ITA	Angelo Palombo
18	MF	ITA	Andrea Parola
19	DF	ITA	Giulio Falcone
20	FW	ITA	Emiliano Bonazzoli
21	MF	ITA	Daniele Franceschini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	ITA	Gianluca Di Gennaro
23	DF	ITA	Christian Terlizzi
25	FW	USA	Gabriel Ferrari
26	DF	SCG	Ivan Živanović
27	FW	ITA	Fabio Quagliarella
31	DF	CMR	Solomon Enow
33	DF	ITA	Alessandro Bastrini
40	MF	ITA	Gennaro Delvecchio
46	DF	ITA	Mirko Pieri
50	FW	ITA	Pietro Arnulfo
52	DF	ITA	Nicola Donato
53	DF	ITA	Matteo Lanzoni
54	DF	ITA	Luca Calzolaio
55	FW	ITA	Alessandro Romeo
56	MF	ITA	Carmine Cucciniello
66	MF	SUI	Bruno Mota
77	DF	ITA	Cristian Zenoni
87	MF	ITA	Paolo Castellazzi
99	GK	ITA	Gianluca Berti

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	MF	ITA	Massimo Bonanni (on loan to Ascoli)
88	FW	ITA	Salvatore Foti (on loan to Vicenza)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Daniele Padelli (on loan to Liverpool)
—	FW	ITA	Corrado Colombo (to Spezia)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Empoli	38	14	12	12	42	43	−1	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
8	Atalanta	38	12	14	12	56	54	+2	50
9	Sampdoria	38	13	10	15	44	48	−4	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round^[a]
10	Udinese	38	12	10	16	49	55	−6	46
11	Livorno	38	10	13	15	41	54	−13	43

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Sampdoria gained entry to the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta renounced. Sampdoria then qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup first round.