2010–11 U.C. 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
President	Riccardo Garrone
Head Coach	Domenico Di Carlo (until 7 March) Alberto Cavasin (from 7 March)
Serie A	18th (Relegated to Serie B)
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Play–off Round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: 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

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

Monti Pallidi v Sampdoria

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

Bolzano v Sampdoria

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

Sampdoria v Bőcs

20 July 2010^1	Sampdoria	4 – 0	Bőcs	Stadio Cesare Benatti, Moena
	Koman  17', 25' Cassano  32' Foti  85'	Report		Attendance: 500 Referee: Andrea Saggese

Porto v Sampdoria

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

Espanyol v Sampdoria

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

Sampdoria v Südtirol

4 August 2010	Sampdoria	2 – 0	Südtirol	Stadio Cesare Benatti, Moena
	Palombo  73' Pozzi  82'	Report	90' Romano	Referee: Andrea Saggese

1. FC Köln v Sampdoria

7 August 2010	1. FC Köln	2 – 0	Sampdoria	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
	Novaković  8' Freis  34'	Report		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Christian Bandurski

Verbania v Sampdoria

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

Matches

Sampdoria v Lazio

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

Juventus v Sampdoria

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

Sampdoria v Napoli

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

Cagliari v Sampdoria

22 September 2010 4	Cagliari	0 – 0	Sampdoria	Cagliari
20:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

Sampdoria v Udinese

26 September 2010 5	Sampdoria	0 – 0	Udinese	Genoa
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Bologna v Sampdoria

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

Sampdoria v Fiorentina

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

Internazionale v Sampdoria

24 October 2010 8	Internazionale	1 – 1	Sampdoria	Milan
20:45 CEST	Eto'o  80'	Report	Guberti  62'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Daniele Orsato

Cesena v Sampdoria

31 October 2010 9	Cesena	0 – 1	Sampdoria	Cesena
15:00 CET		Report	Pazzini  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Domenico Celi

Sampdoria v Catania

7 November 2010 10	Sampdoria	0 – 0	Catania	Genoa
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

Parma v Sampdoria

11 November 2010 11	Parma	1 – 0	Sampdoria	Parma
20:45 CET	Bojinov  84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Sampdoria v Chievo

14 November 2010 12	Sampdoria	0 – 0	Chievo	Genoa
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Riccardo Pinzani

Lecce v Sampdoria

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

Sampdoria v Milan

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

Sampdoria v Bari

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

Brescia v Sampdoria

12 December 2010 16	Brescia	1 – 0	Sampdoria	Brescia
15:00 CET	Córdova  13'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

Palermo v Sampdoria

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

Sampdoria v Roma

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

Lazio v Sampdoria

16 January 2011 20	Lazio	1 – 0	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CET	Kozák  84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Sampdoria v Juventus

23 January 2011 21	Sampdoria	0 – 0	Juventus	Genoa
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Paolo Valeri

Napoli v Sampdoria

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

Sampdoria v Cagliari

2 February 2011 23	Sampdoria	0 – 1	Cagliari	Genoa
20:45 CET		Report	Nainggolan  37'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Udinese v Sampdoria

5 February 2011 24	Udinese	2–0	Sampdoria	Udine
18:00 CET	Sánchez  17' Di Natale  40'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

Sampdoria v Bologna

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

Sampdoria v Genoa

16 February 2011 17	Sampdoria	0 – 1	Genoa	Genoa
18:30 CET		Report	Rafinha  55'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Emidio Morganti

Fiorentina v Sampdoria

20 February 2011 26	Fiorentina	0 – 0	Sampdoria	Florence
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Sampdoria v Internazionale

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

Sampdoria v Cesena

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

Catania v Sampdoria

13 March 2011 29	Catania	1 – 0	Sampdoria	Catania
15:00 CET	Llama  78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Sampdoria v Parma

20 March 2011 30	Sampdoria	0 – 1	Parma	Genoa
15:00 CET		Report	Zaccardo  65'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Paolo Valeri

Chievo v Sampdoria

3 April 2011 31	Chievo	0 – 0	Sampdoria	Verona
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Christian Brighi

Sampdoria v Lecce

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

Milan v Sampdoria

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

Bari v Sampdoria

23 April 2011 34	Bari	0 – 1	Sampdoria	Bari
15:00 CEST		Report	Pozzi  59' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Sampdoria v Brescia

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

Genoa v Sampdoria

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

Sampdoria v Palermo

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

Roma v Sampdoria

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

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

Sampdoria v Udinese

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

Sampdoria v Milan

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

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.

Werder Bremen v Sampdoria

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)

Sampdoria v Werder Bremen

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

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

PSV v Sampdoria

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)

Sampdoria v Debrecen

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)

Metalist Kharkiv v Sampdoria

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)

Sampdoria v Metalist Kharkiv

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)

Sampdoria v PSV Eindhoven

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)

Debrecen v Sampdoria

16 December 2010 Round 6	Debrecen	2 – 0	Sampdoria	Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest^1
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

As of 22 May (end of the season)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Coppa Italia		Europe		Total		Discipline^1
			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

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.