Nickname: Blucerchiati (Blue Hoops) Doria, Samp
Founded: 1 Agust 1946
Address: Piazza Borgo Pila, 39 - 5° Piano, Torre B - 16123 Italy
Phone: +39 010-5316711
Fax: +39 010-5316777
Email: info@sampdoria.it
Website: http://www.sampdoria.it
Club Director(2011): Sergio Gasparin
Chairman: Riccardo Garrone
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy (Capacity: 36,536)
History
Founded in 1946 by the merger of Genoa sides Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria, Unione Calcio Sampdoria wore the latter's blue shirts with a red-and-black band representing the former; their badge, a later addition, depicts a silhouette of a sailor, 'Baciccia', smoking a pipe.
Relegated from Serie A for the first time in 1966, they swiftly returned to the top division; during a later spell in Serie B, in 1979, the club were acquired by oil tycoon Paolo Mantovani, who oversaw their return to Serie A in 1982 and the signing of Italy's brightest young star, Bologna FC's Roberto Mancini.
Forward Mancini set appearance and goalscoring records at the club as well as helping them win the Coppa Italia in 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1994; the first two of those trophies were won under Serbian coach Vujadin Boškov, who also led the club to their only Serie A title in 1991.
As well as Mancini, Boškov's side boasted the likes of Gianluca Pagliuca, Gianluca Vialli, Cerezo and Pietro Vierchowod; they lost 2-0 to FC Barcelona in the 1988/89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final but beat RSC Anderlecht in the following season's showpiece, 2-0 after extra time.
Defeated 1-0 by Barcelona in extra time in the 1991/92 European Champion Clubs' Cup final, Sampdoria went into decline in the late 1990s; relegated in 1999, they did not return to Serie A until 2002, finishing fourth in the top division under coach Luigi Delneri in 2009/10.
Sampdoria Trophy Cabinet
Serie A: 1 Winners: 1990–91Runners-up Serie A(1): 1921–22 (F.I.G.C. as Sampierdarenese)
Serie B: 2 Winners: 1933–34, 1966–67
Runners-up Serie B(2): 1981–82, 2002–03
Coppa Italia: 4 Winners: 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94
Runners-up Coppa Italia(3): 1985–86, 1990–91, 2008–09
Supercoppa Italiana: 1 Winners: 1991
Runners-up Supercoppa Italiana(3): 1988, 1989, 1994
European Cup/Champions League Runners-up (1): 1991–92
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1 Winners: 1989–90
Runners-up UEFA Cup Winners' Cup(1): 1988–89
Sampdoria Records
Most appearances: Roberto Mancini (566)Most goals: Roberto Mancini (171)
Record victory: Sampdoria 7-0 Pro Patria (1 January 1956)
Record defeat: 7-1 twice, most recently at Udinese Calcio (22 January 1961)
