2016–17 U.C. Sampdoria season

Sampdoria

2016–17 season
President	Massimo Ferrero
Manager	Marco Giampaolo
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Luis Muriel (6) All: Luis Muriel (8)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2016–17 season is Unione Calcio Sampdoria's 60th season in Serie A, and their 5th consecutive season in the top-flight. Having finished 15th the previous season, Sampdoria are competing in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 September 2016^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Christian Puggioni 2 GK Emiliano Viviano 3 DF Stanley Amuzie 5 DF Dodô 6 MF Mirko Eramo 7 MF Carlos Carbonero (on loan from Fénix) 8 MF Édgar Barreto 9 FW Luis Muriel 10 MF Bruno Fernandes 11 MF Ricky Álvarez 12 GK Titas Krapikas 13 DF Pedro Pereira 14 FW Patrik Schick 15 DF Luka Krajnc (on loan from Cagliari)

No. Position Player 16 MF Karol Linetty 17 MF Angelo Palombo (captain) 18 MF Dennis Praet 19 DF Vasco Regini 20 DF Daniel Pavlović 21 MF Luca Cigarini 22 MF Jacopo Sala 23 MF Filip Đuričić (on loan from Benfica) 26 DF Matías Silvestre 27 FW Fabio Quagliarella 34 MF Lucas Torreira 37 DF Milan Škriniar 47 MF Ante Budimir 92 GK Andrea Tozzo

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
24 June 2016	c FW	Ante Budimir	24	Crotone	€1.8M		[2]
13 July 2016	c FW	Patrik Schick	20	Sparta Prague	€4M		[3]
19 July 2016	c DF	Daniel Pavlović	28	Grasshopper	Free		[4]
20 July 2016	c MF	Luca Cigarini	30	Atalanta	€3.5M		[5]
29 July 2016	c MF	Karol Linetty	21	Lech Poznań	€3.2M		[6]
16 August 2016	c MF	Bruno Fernandes	21	Udinese	€6M	1-year loan with obligation to buy	[7]
24 August 2016	c MF	Dennis Praet	22	Anderlecht	€10M		[8]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
18 August 2016	c DF	Dodô	24	Internazionale	Loan	2-year loan with an option to buy	[9]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
22 June 2016	c MF	Paweł Wszołek	24	Hellas Verona	Undisclosed		[10]
9 July 2016	c DF	Niklas Moisander	30	Werder Bremen	€1.8M		[11]
12 July 2016	c MF	Joaquín Correa	21	Sevilla	€13M		[12]
13 July 2016	c FW	Gianluca Sansone	29	Novara	Undisclosed
18 July 2016	c MF	Fernando	24	Spartak Moscow	€12.5M		[13]
18 July 2016	c MF	Nenad Krstičić	26	Free agent			[14]
26 July 2016	c DF	Mattia Cassani	32	Bari	Undisclosed
2 August 2016	c MF	Roberto Soriano	25	Villarreal	€14.1M		[15]
18 August 2016	c DF	Lorenzo De Silvestri	28	Torino	€3.6M		[16]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

v

Friendly		v

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	8th	—	21 August 2016	28 May 2017
Coppa Italia	Third round	Round of 16	—	14 August 2016	—

Last updated: 4 December 2016

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Torino	15	7	4	4	31	19	+12	25
8	Fiorentina	14	6	5	3	22	16	+6	23
9	Sampdoria	15	6	4	5	19	20	−1	22
10	Internazionale	15	6	3	6	22	21	+1	21
11	Cagliari	15	6	2	7	23	32	−9	20

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[17]

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
15	6	4	5	19	20	−1	22	5	1	1	11	6	+5	1	3	4	8	14	−6

Last updated: 4 December 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W
Position	7	2	5	9	12	17	15	15	15	16	14	14	11	11	8

Last updated: 4 December 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Empoli v Sampdoria

21 August 2016 1	Empoli	0–1	Sampdoria	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Büchel  77' Maccarone  84' Saponara  86'	Report	Muriel  37' Linetty  61' Barreto  68' Pavlović  75' Viviano  83'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,047 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Sampdoria v Atalanta

28 August 2016 2	Sampdoria	2–1	Atalanta	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Quagliarella  35' (pen.) Barreto  45' Pavlović  90+1'	Report	Carmona  21', 42' Kessié  27',  40' Raimondi  34' Kurtić  62' Gómez  85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,045 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Roma v Sampdoria

11 September 2016 3	Roma	3–2	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Salah  8' Džeko  61' De Rossi  70' Juan Jesus  78' Totti  90+3' (pen.),  90+4'	Report	Muriel  18' Quagliarella  41' Sala  63' Álvarez  90+3', 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 27,630 Referee: Piero Giacomelli
Note: The match was interrupted for 80 minutes during half-time due to rain.

Sampdoria v Milan

16 September 2016 4	Sampdoria	0–1	Milan	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pereira  71' Muriel  84'	Report	Lapadula  39' Bonaventura  47' Bacca  85' Donnarumma  90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,708 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Bologna v Sampdoria

21 September 2016 5	Bologna	2–0	Sampdoria	Bologna
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verdi  27',  45' Destro  50' Di Francesco  90+2'	Report	Pereira  67' Barreto  69' Praet  87' Linetty  89'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 16,998 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Cagliari v Sampdoria

26 September 2016 6	Cagliari	2–1	Sampdoria	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	João Pedro  37' Isla  69' Melchiorri  88' Padoin  90+1'	Report	Muriel  19' Škriniar  49' Cigarini  65' Fernandes  86'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 14,117 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

Sampdoria v Palermo

2 October 2016 7	Sampdoria	1–1	Palermo	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Álvarez  21' Viviano  60' Fernandes  90+5'	Report	Hiljemark  28' Gazzi  46', 90+2' González  52' Nestorovski  60',  61' Diamanti  75' Posavec  82'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 18,093 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Pescara v Sampdoria

15 October 2016 8	Pescara	1–1	Sampdoria	Pescara
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Campagnaro  23' Coda  30', 45' Aquilani  39'	Report	Campagnaro  12' (o.g.) Viviano  76'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 13,307 Referee: Domenico Celi

Sampdoria v Genoa

22 October 2016 9	Sampdoria	2–1	Genoa	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muriel  12' Izzo  47' (o.g.) Linetty  49' Puggioni  79'	Report	Rigoni  24' Perin  45+1' Orbán  56' Laxalt  68'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 29,824 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Juventus v Sampdoria

26 October 2016 10	Juventus	4–1	Sampdoria	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mandžukić  4' Chiellini  9', 87' Pjanić  65'	Report	Silvestre  42' Schick  57' Barreto  62' Cigarini  89'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 38,417 Referee: Carmine Russo

Sampdoria v Internazionale

30 October 2016 11	Sampdoria	1–0	Internazionale	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Quagliarella  44' Sala  84'	Report	Ansaldi  74' Miranda  75' João Mário  83'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,906 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Fiorentina v Sampdoria

6 November 2016 12	Fiorentina	1–1	Sampdoria	Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bernardeschi  37' Gonzalo  45' Milić  62' Badelj  71'	Report	Fernandes  54' Muriel  57' Pereira  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 23,559 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Sampdoria v Sassuolo

20 November 2016 13	Sampdoria	3–2	Sassuolo	Genoa
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sala  18' Škriniar  30' Silvestre  52' Torreira  76' Quagliarella  84' Muriel  85', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Antei  21' Missiroli  53' Peluso  62' Ricci  64' Ragusa  74'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,052 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Crotone v Sampdoria

27 November 2016 14	Crotone	1–1	Sampdoria	Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rosi  5' Trotta  37' Falcinelli  43' Ferrari  90+4'	Report	Fernandes  71'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 7,508 Referee: Fabio Maresca

Sampdoria v Torino

4 December 2016 15	Sampdoria	2–0	Torino	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Barreto  29',  51' Schick  90+5'	Report	Rossettini  22' Benassi  58' Barreca  58' Baselli  72'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Daniele Orsato

Sampdoria v Lazio

10 December 2016 16	Sampdoria	v	Lazio	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Chievo v Sampdoria

18 December 2016 17	Chievo	v	Sampdoria	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

Sampdoria v Udinese

22 December 2016 18	Sampdoria	v	Udinese	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Napoli v Sampdoria

19	Napoli	v	Sampdoria	Naples
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

Sampdoria v Empoli

20	Sampdoria	v	Empoli	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Atalanta v Sampdoria

21	Atalanta	v	Sampdoria	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

Sampdoria v Roma

22	Sampdoria	v	Roma	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Milan v Sampdoria

23	Milan	v	Sampdoria	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

Sampdoria v Bologna

24	Sampdoria	v	Bologna	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Sampdoria v Cagliari

25	Sampdoria	v	Cagliari	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Palermo v Sampdoria

26	Palermo	v	Sampdoria	Palermo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

Sampdoria v Pescara

27	Sampdoria	v	Pescara	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Genoa v Sampdoria

28	Genoa	v	Sampdoria	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Sampdoria v Juventus

29	Sampdoria	v	Juventus	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Internazionale v Sampdoria

30	Internazionale	v	Sampdoria	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

Sampdoria v Fiorentina

31	Sampdoria	v	Fiorentina	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Sassuolo v Sampdoria

32	Sassuolo	v	Sampdoria	Reggio Emilia
		Report		Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore

Sampdoria v Crotone

33	Sampdoria	v	Crotone	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Torino v Sampdoria

34	Torino	v	Sampdoria	Turin
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino

Lazio v Sampdoria

35	Lazio	v	Sampdoria	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Sampdoria v Chievo

36	Sampdoria	v	Chievo	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Udinese v Sampdoria

37	Udinese	v	Sampdoria	Udine
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli

Sampdoria v Napoli

38	Sampdoria	v	Napoli	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Coppa Italia

Sampdoria v Bassano Virtus

14 August 2016 Third round	Sampdoria	3–0	Bassano Virtus	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torreira  19' Muriel  22', 63' Budimir  68'		Maistrello  26'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Michael Fabbri

Sampdoria v Cagliari

30 November 2016 Fourth round	Sampdoria	3–0	Cagliari	Genoa
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Álvarez  13' Regini  27' Cigarini  56' Schick  71', 90'	Report	Melchiorri  87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Michael Fabbri

Roma v Sampdoria

January 2017 Round of 16	Roma	v	Sampdoria	Rome
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Christian Puggioni	8	0	7	0	1	0
2	GK		Emiliano Viviano	9	0	8	0	1	0
12	GK		Titas Krapikas	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	GK		Andrea Tozzo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Stanley Amuzie	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Dodô	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
13	DF		Pedro Pereira	7	0	4+3	0	0	0
15	DF		Luka Krajnc	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	DF		Vasco Regini	17	0	15	0	2	0
20	DF		Daniel Pavlović	3	0	3	0	0	0
26	DF		Matías Silvestre	16	0	15	0	1	0
37	DF		Milan Škriniar	13	0	12+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Mirko Eramo	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
7	MF		Carlos Carbonero	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Édgar Barreto	15	2	14	2	1	0
10	MF		Bruno Fernandes	13	3	5+7	3	0+1	0
11	MF		Ricky Álvarez	13	1	8+3	0	2	1
16	MF		Karol Linetty	16	0	13+1	0	2	0
17	MF		Angelo Palombo	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
18	MF		Dennis Praet	12	0	5+6	0	0+1	0
21	MF		Luca Cigarini	5	0	2+1	0	1+1	0
22	MF		Jacopo Sala	12	0	11	0	1	0
23	MF		Filip Đuričić	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
34	MF		Lucas Torreira	14	0	13	0	1	0
47	MF		Ante Budimir	10	1	2+6	0	1+1	1
Forwards
9	FW		Luis Muriel	16	8	13+2	6	1	2
14	FW		Patrik Schick	11	4	1+8	2	1+1	2
27	FW		Fabio Quagliarella	16	4	14+1	4	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
29	DF		Lorenzo De Silvestri	1	0	0	0	1	0

Last updated: 4 December 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	9	FW		Luis Muriel	6	2	8
2	27	FW		Fabio Quagliarella	4	0	4
3	14	FW		Patrik Schick	2	2	4
4	10	MF		Bruno Fernandes	3	0	3
5	8	MF		Édgar Barreto	2	0	2
6	11	MF		Ricky Álvarez	0	1	1
	47	MF		Ante Budimir	0	1	1
Own goal					2	0	2
Totals					19	6	25

Last updated: 4 December 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	1	GK		Christian Puggioni	2	1	3
	2	GK		Emiliano Viviano	1	1	2
Totals					3	2	5

Last updated: 4 December 2016

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Serie A			Coppa Italia			Total
1	GK		Christian Puggioni	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	GK		Emiliano Viviano	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	GK		Titas Krapikas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	GK		Andrea Tozzo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Stanley Amuzie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Dodô	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Pedro Pereira	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	DF		Luka Krajnc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Vasco Regini	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
20	DF		Daniel Pavlović	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
26	DF		Matías Silvestre	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
37	DF		Milan Škriniar	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	MF		Mirko Eramo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Carlos Carbonero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Édgar Barreto	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1
10	MF		Bruno Fernandes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	MF		Ricky Álvarez	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
16	MF		Karol Linetty	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	MF		Angelo Palombo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Dennis Praet	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF		Luca Cigarini	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
22	MF		Jacopo Sala	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
23	MF		Filip Đuričić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Lucas Torreira	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
47	MF		Ante Budimir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Luis Muriel	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	FW		Patrik Schick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Fabio Quagliarella	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				31	0	2	3	0	0	34	0	2

Last updated: 4 December 2016

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