2010–11 UC Sampdoria season

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)

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.

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]

14 July 2010 Friendly Monti Pallidi 0–15 Sampdoria Moena, Italy
Report Cacciatore 9'
Cassano 30', 32'
Marilungo 35' (pen.)
Obiang 36', 40'
Foti 50', 58'
Zaza 55', 86'
Koman 59'
Pozzi 65', 77', 84', 88'
Stadium: Stadio Cesare Benatti
Attendance: 900
Referee: Giacomo Frisanco
17 July 2010 Friendly Bolzano 0–17 Sampdoria Moena, Italy
Report Pozzi 7', 28', 29', 34'
Cassano 13', 45'
Dessena 31'
Cacciatore 49', 76', 77'
Foti 52', 60', 80', 85'
Marilungo 58', 90'
Bradiani 83' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadio Cesare Benatti
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Pederzoli
20 July 20101 Friendly Sampdoria 4–0 Bőcs Moena, Italy
Koman 17', 25'
Cassano 32'
Foti 85'
Report Stadium: Stadio Cesare Benatti
Attendance: 500
Referee: Andrea Saggese
25 July 2010 Friendly Porto 2–1 Sampdoria Porto, Portugal
Fernando 21'
Hulk 24',  38'
Report Mannini  19'
Cassano 28' (pen.)
Gastaldello  85'
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
4 August 2010 Friendly Sampdoria 2–0 Südtirol Moena, Italy
Palombo 73'
Pozzi 82'
Report Romano  90' Stadium: Stadio Cesare Benatti
Referee: Andrea Saggese
7 August 2010 Friendly 1. FC Köln 2–0 Sampdoria Cologne, Germany
Novaković 8'
Freis 34'
Report Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Christian Bandurski (Germany)
12 August 2010 Friendly Verbania 0–10 Sampdoria Verbania, Italy
Report Gastaldello 7'
Marilungo 23', 49', 54'
Pazzini 26'
Guberti 35'
Mannini 60'
Galuppini 71'
Rizzo 77'
Foti 82'
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Pedroli
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Beatrice Archesso

1 Match played in three 30-minute segments.

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Bologna 38 11 12 15 35 52 −17 42[a]
17 Lecce 38 11 8 19 46 66 −20 41
18 Sampdoria (R) 38 8 12 18 33 49 −16 36 Relegation to Serie B
19 Brescia (R) 38 7 11 20 34 52 −18 32
20 Bari (R) 38 5 9 24 27 56 −29 24
Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bologna were deducted a total 3 points: 1 point because of unpaid taxes,[2] plus 2 points because of unpaid wages.[3]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 8 12 18 33 50  −17 36 5 6 8 21 20  +1 3 6 10 12 30  −18

Last updated: 22 May 2011.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWDLDDDWDWDLDWDWLLLWLDLLLWDLLLLDLLWDLLL
Position33119121478667108868910910101314141414141415161516181717181818
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2011. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 August 2010 1 Sampdoria 2–0 Lazio Genoa
20:45 CEST Cassano 60' (pen.)
Guberti 71'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 21,504
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
Attendance: 23,949
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
19 September 2010 3 Sampdoria 1–2 Napoli Genoa
CEST Cassano 78' (pen.) Report Hamšík 83'
Cavani 86'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 23,566
Referee: Paolo Valeri
22 September 2010 4 Cagliari 0–0 Sampdoria Cagliari
20:45 CEST Report Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
26 September 2010 5 Sampdoria 0–0 Udinese Genoa
15:00 CEST Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 21,478
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
Attendance: 15,431
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
Attendance: 22,738
Referee: Christian Brighi
24 October 2010 8 Internazionale 1–1 Sampdoria Milan
20:45 CEST Eto'o 80' Report Guberti 62' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 56,415
Referee: Daniele Orsato
31 October 2010 9 Cesena 0–1 Sampdoria Cesena
15:00 CET Report Pazzini 90+2' Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 12,541
Referee: Domenico Celi
7 November 2010 10 Sampdoria 0–0 Catania Genoa
15:00 CET Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 20,778
Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro
11 November 2010 11 Parma 1–0 Sampdoria Parma
20:45 CET Bojinov 84' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 16,009
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
14 November 2010 12 Sampdoria 0–0 Chievo Genoa
15:00 CET Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 20,526
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
Attendance: 6,609
Referee: Gabriele Gava
27 November 2010 14 Sampdoria 1–1 Milan Genoa
18:00 CET Pazzini 59' Report Robinho 43' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 26,820
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
5 December 2010 15 Sampdoria 3–0 Bari Genoa
15:00 CET Pazzini 17' (pen.)
Guberti 56', 61'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 20,877
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
12 December 2010 16 Brescia 1–0 Sampdoria Brescia
15:00 CET Córdova 13' Report Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 11,403
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
Attendance: 26,020
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
Attendance: 22,802
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
16 January 2011 20 Lazio 1–0 Sampdoria Rome
15:00 CET Kozák 84' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 21,833
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
23 January 2011 21 Sampdoria 0–0 Juventus Genoa
15:00 CET Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,933
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
Attendance: 48,084
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
2 February 2011 23 Sampdoria 0–1 Cagliari Genoa
20:45 CET Report Nainggolan 37' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 20,494
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
5 February 2011 24 Udinese 2–0 Sampdoria Udine
18:00 CET Sánchez 17'
Di Natale 40'
Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 14,383
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
Attendance: 20,924
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
16 February 2011 17 Sampdoria 0–1 Genoa Genoa
18:30 CET Report Rafinha 55' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Emidio Morganti
20 February 2011 26 Fiorentina 0–0 Sampdoria Florence
15:00 CET Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 21,723
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
27 February 2011 27 Sampdoria 0–2 Internazionale Genoa
20:45 CET Report Sneijder 73'
Eto'o 90+4'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 24,417
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
Attendance: 21,215
Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli
13 March 2011 29 Catania 1–0 Sampdoria Catania
15:00 CET Llama 78' Report Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 12,541
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
20 March 2011 30 Sampdoria 0–1 Parma Genoa
15:00 CET Report Zaccardo 65' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 21,895
Referee: Paolo Valeri
3 April 2011 31 Chievo 0–0 Sampdoria Verona
15:00 CEST Report Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 14,456
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
Attendance: 26,531
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
Attendance: 60,028
Referee: Domenico Celi
23 April 2011 34 Bari 0–1 Sampdoria Bari
15:00 CEST Report Pozzi 59' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 14,881
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
Attendance: 25,055
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
Attendance: 29,465
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
Attendance: 24,221
Referee: Paolo 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
Attendance: 28,944
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.

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

UEFA 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.[4]

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.

Play-off round

18 August 2010 First leg Werder Bremen 3–1 Sampdoria Bremen, Germany
20:45 CEST Fritz 51',  53'
Frings 67' (pen.)
Pizarro 69'
Report Volta  18'
Ziegler  52'
Lucchini  61'  66'
Cassano  81'
Pazzini 90'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 25,276
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
24 August 2010 Second leg Sampdoria 3–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 agg.)
Werder Bremen Genoa, Italy
20:45 CEST Pazzini 8', 13'
Dessena  23'
Gastaldello  77'
Cassano 85'
Palombo  88'
Report Prödl  13'
Arnautović  79'
Rosenberg 90+3'
Pizarro  93', 100'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 27,574
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

UEFA 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.[5]

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSV MET SAM DEB
1 PSV Eindhoven 6 4 2 0 10 3 +7 14 Advance to knockout phase 0–0 1–1 3–0
2 Metalist Kharkiv 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 0–2 2–1 2–1
3 Sampdoria 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 1–2 0–0 1–0
4 Debrecen 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 3 1–2 0–5 2–0
Source: Soccerway
16 September 2010 1 PSV 1–1 Sampdoria Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:05 Dzsudzsák  71', 90' Report Semioli  12'
Cacciatore 25',  63'
Mannini  35'
Koman  41'
Padalino  89'
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
30 September 2010 2 Sampdoria 1–0 Debrecen Genoa, Italy
19:00 Pazzini 18' (pen.)
Lucchini  58'
Report Mijadinoski  18'
Laczkó  18'
Kiss  62'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 12,159
Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)
21 October 2010 3 Metalist Kharkiv 2–1 Sampdoria Kharkiv, Ukraine
19:00 Taison 38',  56'
Dević  46'
Fininho  50'
Xavier 73'
Report Cacciatore  26'
Koman 32'
Gastaldello  52'
Volta  56'
Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Attendance: 34,580
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
4 November 2010 4 Sampdoria 0–0 Metalist Kharkiv Genoa, Italy
21:05 Gastaldello  42' Report Gueye  45'
Dišljenković  89'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 13,259
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)
1 December 2010 5 Sampdoria 1–2 PSV Eindhoven Genoa, Italy
19:00 Pazzini 45+3'
Gastaldello  70'
Poli  75'
Marilungo  76'  89'
Dessena  90+3'
Report Toivonen  45+2', 51', 90'
Marcelo  63'
Pieters  76'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 12,131
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
16 December 2010 6 Debrecen 2–0 Sampdoria Budapest, Hungary1
21:05 Kabát 48'
Bódi  78'
Volta 86' (o.g.)
Report Rossini  81' Stadium: Ferenc Puskás Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

Note 1: Debrecen played their group matches in Budapest at Ferenc Puskás Stadium 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 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

  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. ^ "Bologna deducted one point for unpaid taxes". FourFourTwo. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Bologna docked more points". Sky Sports. 13 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Play-off round". UEFA. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Standings: Group I". UEFA. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.