U.C. Sampdoria is a football club based in Genoa, Italy. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing clubs, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria. Sampdoria currently compete in the Italian Serie A and play their games at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in Genoa. The team's colors are blue, white, red and black. Sampdoria plays at Stadio Luigi Ferraris , capacity 40,122, which it shares with Genoa's other club, Genoa 1893.
Sampdoria won the scudetto in 1991 and the Coppa Italia in 1985, 1988, 1989, and 1994. They also won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990.
Former notable players include Roberto Mancini, Gianluca Pagliuca, Gianluca Vialli, Walter Zenga, Juan Sebastián Verón, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Jurgen Klinsmann, Srecko Katanec, David Platt, Graeme Souness and Hans-Peter Briegel.
Current first team squad
As of March 2005
- 1 Luigi Turci
- 2 Ivan Artipoli
- 4 Sergio Volpi
- 5 Moris Carrozzieri
- 6 Andrea Cittadino
- 8
 Mark Edusei
- 9 Simone Inzaghi
- 10 Francesco Flachi
- 12 Daniele Padelli
- 13 Vitali Kutuzov
- 14 Marcello Castellini
- 16 Danilo Soddimo
- 17 Angelo Palombo
- 18 Sebastiano Zane
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- 19 Giulio Falcone
- 20 Fausto Rossini
- 21 Francesco Antonioli
- 22 Max Tonetto
- 23 Aimo Diana
- 26 Marco Pisano
- 27 Cristiano Doni
- 32 Simone Pavan
- 46 Emanuele Bianchi
- 72 Stefano Sacchetti
- 75 Vincenzo Iacopino
- 77 Cristiano Zenoni
- 81 Andrea Gasbarroni
- 86 Mattia Roselli
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