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. |
