U.C. Sampdoria

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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. 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, so far the only time in their history that they have done so, and the club also won the Coppa Italia four times (1985, 1988, 1989, and 1994). They also won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990. Sampdoria also reached the UEFA Champions League final in 1992, only to lose out against Spanish FC Barcelona.

There has not been much success in the club in the last decade since. Sampdoria achieved a place in the UEFA Cup by finishing 5th in the table at the end of the 2004/05 Serie A season, but did narrowly lose out to Udinese Calcio in taking 4th and a UEFA Champions League spot. Sampdoria's appearance in the UEFA Cup was brief as they finished 4th in a group of 5. The team obtained 5 points from one win, two draws and a loss in Group C.

At the time of the club's founding people from the southern regions of Italy were beginning to move into Genoa. It was believed that many of them chose the newly established team as their own, especially in the neighborhoods close to the steel mills and the naval arsenals where they worked. This led supporters of the Genoa Cricket and Football Club to dub all of Sampdoria's supporters with the derogatory term 'Gabibbi' ('Gabibbo', from Cabib/Habib. Which is Genoese for a person of southern or Levantine/North African descent). Another disparaging nickname for Sampdoria's players is 'cyclists', this stems from their horizontally-striped jerseys, resulting from the merging of the original white-blue colours of 'Andrea Doria' and the red-black ones of 'Sampierdarenese' ('SAMPierdarenese + 'Andrea DORIA' = SAMPDORIA), which, in the 1950s did bear a striking resemblance with the attire of professional bicycle riders.

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Honours

Serie A Winners

  • 1990/1991

Coppa Italia Winners

  • 1984/1985
  • 1987/1988
  • 1988/1989
  • 1993/1994

Cup Winners Cup Winners

  • 1989/1990
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Current first team squad

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Famous former players

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External links

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