2010–11 UC Sampdoria season

The 2010–11 season is Sampdoria's 64th in existence, and eighth consecutive season Serie A. Sampdoria finished the 2009–10 Serie A season in fourth place.

U.C. Sampdoria
2010–11 season
PresidentRiccardo Garrone
Head CoachDomenico Di Carlo (until 7 March)
Alberto Cavasin (from 7 March)
Serie A18th (Relegated to Serie B)
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay–off Round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Nicola Pozzi,
Giampaolo Pazzini (6)

All:
Giampaolo Pazzini (11)

Sampdoria competed in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since finishing runner-up in 1991–92.

The season was a disastrous one relative to the success of 2009–10, with the club suffering relegation following the January departures of star players Antonio Cassano and Giampaolo Pazzini.

Pre-season and friendlies edit

A total of 29 players gathered for the beginning of pre-season training at Moena on 6 July.[1]

14 July 2010 Monti Pallidi   0 – 15   Sampdoria Stadio Cesare Benatti, Moena
Report   9' Cacciatore
  30', 32' Cassano
  35' (pen.) Marilungo
  36', 40' Obiang
  50', 58' Foti
  55', 86' Zaza
  59' Koman
  65', 77', 84', 88' Pozzi
Attendance: 900
Referee:   Giacomo Frisanco
17 July 2010 Bolzano   0 – 17   Sampdoria Stadio Cesare Benatti, Moena
Report   7', 28', 29', 34' Pozzi
  13', 45' Cassano
  31' Dessena
  49', 76', 77' Cacciatore
  52', 60', 80', 85' Foti
  58', 90' Marilungo
  83' (o.g.) Bradiani
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Pederzoli
20 July 20101 Sampdoria   4 – 0   Bőcs Stadio Cesare Benatti, Moena
Koman   17', 25'
Cassano   32'
Foti   85'
Report Attendance: 500
Referee:   Andrea Saggese
25 July 2010 Porto   2 – 1   Sampdoria Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Fernando   21'
Hulk   24',   38'
Report   19' Mannini
  28' (pen.) Cassano
  85' Gastaldello
Attendance: 39,000
Referee:   Jorge Sousa
31 July 2010 Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy Espanyol   0 – 0
(6 – 5 p)
  Sampdoria Estadi Cornellà-El Prat, Cornellà de Llobregat
Álvarez   61' Report   32' Mannini
  37' Lucchini
  57' Dessena
  59' Gastaldello
  83' Pozzi
Referee:   Alfonso Javier Álvarez Izquierdo
Penalties
Alonso  
Álvarez  
Fonte  
Vázquez  
E. López  
Pau  
Galán  
  Cacciatore
  Koman
  Dessena
  Pozzi
  Gastaldello
  Semioli
  Volta
4 August 2010 Sampdoria   2 – 0   Südtirol Stadio Cesare Benatti, Moena
Palombo   73'
Pozzi   82'
Report   90' Romano Referee:   Andrea Saggese
7 August 2010 1. FC Köln   2 – 0   Sampdoria RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Novaković   8'
Freis   34'
Report Attendance: 12,000
Referee:   Christian Bandurski
12 August 2010 Verbania   0 – 10   Sampdoria Stadio Carlo Pedroli, Verbania
Report   7' Gastaldello
  23', 49', 54' Marilungo
  26' Pazzini
  35' Guberti
  60' Mannini
  71' Galuppini
  77' Rizzo
  82' Foti
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Beatrice Archesso

1 Match played in three 30-minute segments.

Serie A edit

Matches edit

29 August 2010 1 Sampdoria 2–0 Lazio Genoa
20:45 CEST Cassano   60' (pen.)
Guberti   71'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Andrea Romeo
12 September 2010 2 Juventus 3–3 Sampdoria Turin
15:00 CEST Marchisio   43'
Pepe   50'
Quagliarella   67'
Report Pozzi   36', 73'
Cassano   64'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni
19 September 2010 3 Sampdoria 1–2 Napoli Genoa
CEST Cassano   78' (pen.) Report Hamšík   83'
Cavani   86'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Paolo Valeri
22 September 2010 4 Cagliari 0–0 Sampdoria Cagliari
20:45 CEST Report Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
26 September 2010 5 Sampdoria 0–0 Udinese Genoa
15:00 CEST Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
3 October 2010 6 Bologna 1–1 Sampdoria Bologna
15:00 CEST Britos   65' Report Portanova   45+1' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Referee: Leonardo Baracani
17 October 2010 7 Sampdoria 2–1 Fiorentina Genoa
15:00 CEST Ziegler   81'
Cassano   82'
Report Marchionni   6' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Christian Brighi
24 October 2010 8 Internazionale 1–1 Sampdoria Milan
20:45 CEST Eto'o   80' Report Guberti   62' Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Daniele Orsato
31 October 2010 9 Cesena 0–1 Sampdoria Cesena
15:00 CET Report Pazzini   90+2' Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Referee: Domenico Celi
7 November 2010 10 Sampdoria 0–0 Catania Genoa
15:00 CET Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro
11 November 2010 11 Parma 1–0 Sampdoria Parma
20:45 CET Bojinov   84' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
14 November 2010 12 Sampdoria 0–0 Chievo Genoa
15:00 CET Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Riccardo Pinzani
21 November 2010 13 Lecce 2–3 Sampdoria Lecce
15:00 CET Di Michele   72'
Diamoutene   83'
Report Pazzini   8', 39' (pen.), 88' Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Gabriele Gava
27 November 2010 14 Sampdoria 1–1 Milan Genoa
18:00 CET Pazzini   59' Report Robinho   43' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni
5 December 2010 15 Sampdoria 3–0 Bari Genoa
15:00 CET Pazzini   17' (pen.)
Guberti   56', 61'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
12 December 2010 16 Brescia 1–0 Sampdoria Brescia
15:00 CET Córdova   13' Report Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro
6 January 2011 18 Palermo 3–0 Sampdoria Palermo
15:00 CET Miccoli   37'
Migliaccio   50'
Maccarone   79'
Report Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Referee: Domenico Celi
9 January 2011 19 Sampdoria 2–1 Roma Genoa
12:30 CET Pozzi   58' (pen.)
Guberti   84'
Report Vučinić   17' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
16 January 2011 20 Lazio 1–0 Sampdoria Rome
15:00 CET Kozák   84' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
23 January 2011 21 Sampdoria 0–0 Juventus Genoa
15:00 CET Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Paolo Valeri
30 January 2011 22 Napoli 4–0 Sampdoria Naples
15:00 CET Cavani   16', 45' (pen.), 57'
Hamšík   48'
Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
2 February 2011 23 Sampdoria 0–1 Cagliari Genoa
20:45 CET Report Nainggolan   37' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
5 February 2011 24 Udinese 2–0 Sampdoria Udine
18:00 CET Sánchez   17'
Di Natale   40'
Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
13 February 2011 25 Sampdoria 3–1 Bologna Genoa
15:00 CET Palombo   8'
Gastaldello   11'
Maccarone   15'
Report Paponi   65' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
16 February 2011 17 Sampdoria 0–1 Genoa Genoa
18:30 CET Report Rafinha   55' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Emidio Morganti
27 February 2011 27 Sampdoria 0–2 Internazionale Genoa
20:45 CET Report Sneijder   73'
Eto'o   90+4'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
6 March 2011 28 Sampdoria 2–3 Cesena Genoa
12:30 CET Volta   82'
Maccarone   90+2' (pen.)
Report Parolo   43'
Giaccherini   46', 47'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
13 March 2011 29 Catania 1–0 Sampdoria Catania
15:00 CET Llama   78' Report Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
20 March 2011 30 Sampdoria 0–1 Parma Genoa
15:00 CET Report Zaccardo   65' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Paolo Valeri
3 April 2011 31 Chievo 0–0 Sampdoria Verona
15:00 CEST Report Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Referee: Christian Brighi
10 April 2011 32 Sampdoria 1–2 Lecce Genoa
15:00 CEST Maccarone   69' Report Di Michele   39'
Olivera   66'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
16 April 2011 33 Milan 3–0 Sampdoria Milan
20:45 CEST Seedorf   20'
Cassano   54' (pen.)
Robinho   61'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Domenico Celi
23 April 2011 34 Bari 0–1 Sampdoria Bari
15:00 CEST Report Pozzi   59' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
1 May 2011 35 Sampdoria 3–3 Brescia Genoa
15:00 CEST Pozzi   55'
Tissone   63'
Mannini   90+1'
Report Éder   50'
Caracciolo   57', 84'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
8 May 2011 36 Genoa 2–1 Sampdoria Genoa
20:45 CEST Floro Flores   45+1'
Boselli   90+7'
Report Pozzi   66' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
15 May 2011 37 Sampdoria 1–2 Palermo Genoa
CEST Biabiany   50' Report Miccoli   45+1'
Pinilla   86'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni
22 May 2011 38 Roma 3–1 Sampdoria Rome
20:45 CEST Totti   30'
Vučinić   70'
Borriello   86'
Report Mannini   26' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Luca Banti

Coppa Italia edit

Based on their finish in the 2009–10 season, Sampdoria began the 2010–11 Coppa Italia in the round of 16.

19 January 2011 Round of 16 Sampdoria 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Udinese Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
17:30 CET Macheda   31'
Mannini   51'
Volta   65'
Poli   70'
Dessena   99'
Pazzini   108' (pen.)
Tissone   115'
Report   90' Isla
  91' Denis
  92' Sánchez
  105' Coda
  113' Cuadrado
Attendance: 5,082
Referee: Domenico Celi
Penalties
Mannini  
Pozzi  
Guberti  
Ziegler  
Pazzini  
Tissone  
  Sánchez
  Abdi
  Inler
  Armero
  Denis
  Isla
26 January 2011 Quarterfinals Sampdoria 1 – 2 Milan Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
17:30 CET Maccarone   43'
Guberti   51'
Report   17', 22' Pato
  82' Oddo
Attendance: 11,458
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Champions League edit

By finishing in fourth position in Serie A, Sampdoria will play in the play-off round of the Champions League. The draw for the play-off round took place on 6 August. Sampdoria were unseeded in the non-Champions route of the draw. They were drawn against four time German champions Werder Bremen.[2]

The first leg, played at Weserstadion in Bremen, was won 3–1 by the home side. Werder Bremen scored all three of their goals in the second half, including a 67th minute penalty from Torsten Frings. The penalty was given after Stefano Lucchini brought down Sebastian Prödl in the area. Lucchini was given a second yellow card for the foul, which led to his sending off. In the last moments of the match, Giampaolo Pazzini gave Sampdoria some hope with an away goal.

The return at Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa saw Sampdoria jump out to an early lead on a pair of Giampaolo Pazzini goals. Antonio Cassano scored a late goal to put Sampdoria ahead 3–0 in the match and ahead 4–3 on aggregate score. In added time, Werder Bremen answered back through Markus Rosenberg to force extra time. In the first half of extra time, Claudio Pizarro scored giving Werder Bremen a 5–4 lead on aggregate. Sampdoria were unable to respond, and they were eliminated from Champions League play.

18 August 2010 Play–off round
First leg
Werder Bremen   3 – 1   Sampdoria Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 CEST Fritz   51',   53'
Frings   67' (pen.)
Pizarro   69'
Report   18' Volta
  52' Ziegler
  61'   66' Lucchini
     81' Cassano
     90' Pazzini
Attendance: 25,276
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
24 August 2010 Play–off round
Second leg
Sampdoria   3 – 2 (a.e.t.)   Werder Bremen Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
20:45 CEST Pazzini   8', 13'
Dessena   23'
Gastaldello   77'
Cassano   85'
Palombo   88'
Report   13' Prödl
  79' Arnautović
  90+3' Rosenberg
  93',   100' Pizarro
Attendance: 27,574
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Werder Bremen won 5–4 on aggregate.

Europa League edit

As a result of their elimination from the Champions League, Sampdoria entered the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League in the group stage.

The draw took place on 27 August. Sampdoria were drawn to play in Group I along with PSV from the Netherlands, Ukrainian club Metalist Kharkiv and Hungarian club Debrecen. They finished a distant third in the group, with only one win, against Debrecen.[3]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  PSV 6 4 2 0 10 3 +7 14
  Metalist Kharkiv 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
  Sampdoria 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5
  Debrecen 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 3
16 September 2010 Round 1 PSV   1 – 1   Sampdoria Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
21:05 Dzsudzsák   71',   90' Report   12' Semioli
  25',   63' Cacciatore
  35' Mannini
  41' Koman
  89' Padalino
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
30 September 2010 Round 2 Sampdoria   1 – 0   Debrecen Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
19:00 Pazzini   18' (pen.)
Lucchini   58'
Report   18' Mijadinoski
  18' Laczkó
  62' Kiss
Attendance: 12,159
Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)
21 October 2010 Round 3 Metalist Kharkiv   2 – 1   Sampdoria Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
19:00 Taison   38',   56'
Dević   46'
Fininho   50'
Xavier   73'
Report   26' Cacciatore
  32' Koman
  52' Gastaldello
  56' Volta
Attendance: 34,580
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
4 November 2010 Round 4 Sampdoria   0 – 0   Metalist Kharkiv Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
21:05 Gastaldello   42' Report   45' Gueye
  89' Dišljenković
Attendance: 13,259
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)
1 December 2010 Round 5 Sampdoria   1 – 2   PSV Eindhoven Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
19:00 Pazzini   45+3'
Gastaldello   70'
Poli   75'
Marilungo   76'   89'
Dessena   90+3'
Report   45+2',   51', 90' Toivonen
  63' Marcelo
  76' Pieters
Attendance: 12,131
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
16 December 2010 Round 6 Debrecen   2 – 0   Sampdoria Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest1
21:05 Kabát   48'
Bódi   78'
Volta   86' (o.g.)
Report   81' Rossini Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

Note 1: Debrecen played their group matches in Budapest at Stadium Puskás Ferenc as Debrecen's Stadion Oláh Gábor Út did not meet UEFA criteria.

Squad statistics edit

As of 22 May (end of the season)

No. Pos. Name League Coppa Italia Europe Total Discipline1
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Angelo da Costa 4 -8 2 -4 2 -2 8 -14 1 0
2 DF   Vedran Celjak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   Reto Ziegler 34 1 2 0 6 0 42 1 5 0
4 MF   Daniele Dessena 22 0 1 0 7 0 30 0 5 1
5 DF   Pietro Accardi 9 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 3 0
6 DF   Stefano Lucchini 26 0 1 0 3 0 30 0 9 2
7 MF   Daniele Mannini 30 2 2 0 8 0 40 2 8 1
8 MF   Stefano Guberti 36 5 2 1 8 0 46 6 2 0
9 FW   Nicola Pozzi 22 6 1 0 3 0 26 6 3 0
10 FW   Giampaolo Pazzini 19 6 1 1 5 5 25 12 3 0
11 MF   Vladimir Koman 26 0 1 0 6 1 33 1 2 0
12 MF   Fernando Tissone 22 1 2 0 3 0 27 1 6 1
13 DF   Romano Perticone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   Pedro Obiang 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
16 MF   Andrea Poli 21 0 2 0 5 0 28 0 9 1
17 MF   Angelo Palombo 34 1 2 0 6 0 42 1 3 0
18 DF   Zsolt Laczkó 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0
19 DF   Fabrizio Cacciatore 5 0 0 0 5 1 10 1 3 0
20 MF   Marco Padalino 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
21 MF   Paolo Sammarco 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 GK   Vincenzo Fiorillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   Marius Stankevičius 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
23 FW   Bruno Fornaroli 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 DF   Jonathan Rossini 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
25 DF   Gilberto Martínez 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0
26 DF   Massimo Volta 25 1 2 0 8 0 35 1 12 0
27 MF   Jonathan Biabiany 16 1 0 0 0 0 16 1 1 0
28 DF   Daniele Gastaldello 29 1 1 0 6 0 36 1 12 1
32 FW   Massimo Maccarone 17 3 1 0 0 0 18 3 1 0
41 FW   Federico Macheda 14 0 2 1 0 0 16 1 2 0
52 DF   Andrea Grieco 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
53 DF   Fabio Lamorte 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
54 DF   Daniele Messina 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
55 MF   Nenad Krstičić 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
77 MF   Franco Semioli 7 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 1 0
78 DF   Luciano Zauri 27 0 1 0 1 0 29 0 2 0
85 GK   Gianluca Curci 35 -40 0 0 6 -10 41 -50 2 0
88 FW   Salvatore Foti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
89 FW   Guido Marilungo 15 0 0 0 5 0 20 0 3 1
91 FW   Simone Zaza 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
99 FW   Antonio Cassano 7 4 0 0 5 1 12 5 2 0

1Disciplinary record for all competitions.

References edit

  1. ^ "Stagione 2010/11: tutti i blucerchiati per il ritiro". Sampdoria (in Italian). Archived from the original on 9 August 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Play-off round". UEFA. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Standings: Group I". UEFA. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.