2006–07 UC Sampdoria season

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

Sampdoria
2006–07 season
ManagerItaly Walter Novellino
Serie A9th
Coppa ItaliaSemi-finals

Season summary

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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 Erg.

First-team squad

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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

Left club during season

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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)

Competitions

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Serie A

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


References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Sampdoria - 2006/07".