1990–91 UC Sampdoria season

UC Sampdoria won their first ever Serie A title, thanks to a remarkable season for a team playing at its absolute peak. Gianluca Vialli was the league top scorer on 19 goals, and Roberto Mancini, Attilio Lombardo, goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca plus centre half Pietro Vierchowod were also instrumental in Sampdoria's success story.

Sampdoria
1990–91 season
ChairmanPaolo Mantovani
ManagerVujadin Boškov
StadiumStadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A1st (in European Cup
European Cup Winners' CupQuarter-finals
Coppa ItaliaRunners-up
European Super CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gianluca Vialli (19)

All:
Gianluca Vialli (23)

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ITA Gianluca Pagliuca
GK   ITA Giulio Nuciari
DF   ITA Moreno Mannini
DF   ITA Pietro Vierchowod
DF   ITA Luca Pellegrini
DF   ITA Marco Lanna
DF   ITA Giovanni Dall'Igna
MF   ITA Ivano Bonetti
MF   ITA Giuseppe Dossena
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   BRA Toninho Cerezo
MF   ITA Attilio Lombardo
MF   ITA Fausto Pari
MF   YUG Srečko Katanec
MF   ITA Giovanni Invernizzi
MF   URS Alexei Mikhailichenko
FW   ITA Gianluca Vialli
FW   ITA Roberto Mancini
FW   ITA Marco Branca
FW   ITA Umberto Calcagno

Transfers

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Competitions

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Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sampdoria (C) 34 20 11 3 57 24 +33 51 Qualification to European Cup
2 Milan[a] 34 18 10 6 46 19 +27 46 Banned from European competition
3 Internazionale 34 18 10 6 56 31 +25 46 Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Genoa 34 14 12 8 51 36 +15 40
5 Torino 34 12 14 8 40 29 +11 38
Source: 1990–91 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ In March 1991, UEFA banned Milan from participating in European competition for one season due to refusing to resume their 1990-91 European Cup quarterfinal match away versus Olympique Marseille. The ban went into effect for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 20 11 3 57 24  +33 71 13 2 2 36 16  +20 7 9 1 21 8  +13

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultWDWDDWWWWLDDWLLDWWWWWWDWWWDDWWWDWD
Position1422221111131355321111111111111111
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = 1991–92 European Cup;   = 1991–92 UEFA Cup

Matches

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9 September 1990 1 Sampdoria 1–0 Cesena Genoa
Invernizzi   49' Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Carlo Sguizzato
16 September 1990 2 Fiorentina 0–0 Sampdoria Florence
Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 32,836
Referee: Carlo Longhi
23 September 1990 3 Sampdoria 2–1 Bologna Genoa
Lombardo   49'
Mikhailichenko   86'
Report Détári   89' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sergio Coppetelli
30 September 1990 4 Juventus 0–0 Sampdoria Turin
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 47,116
Referee: Gianni Beschin
7 October 1990 5 Parma 0–0 Sampdoria Parma
Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 16,840
Referee: Loris Stafoggia
14 October 1990 6 Sampdoria 4–1 Atalanta Genoa
De Patre   26' (o.g.)
Branca   45', 71'
Mancini   85' (pen.)
Report Evair   43' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
21 October 1990 7 Milan 0–1 Sampdoria Milan
Report Cerezo   68' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,897
Referee: Angelo Amendolia
11 November 1990 8 Sampdoria 4–2 Pisa Genoa
Mikhailichenko   8'
Mancini   46'
Vialli   57'
Branca   74'
Report Piovanelli   84', 89' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello
18 November 1990 9 Napoli 1–4 Sampdoria Naples
Incocciati   40' Report Vialli   41', 60'
Mancini   45', 90'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 57,013
Referee: Pierluigi Magni
25 November 1990 10 Sampdoria 1–2 Genoa Genoa
Vialli   49' (pen.) Report Eranio   27'
Branco   74'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 49,058
Referee: Carlo Longhi
2 December 1990 11 Cagliari 0–0 Sampdoria Cagliari
Report Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sergio Coppetelli
16 December 1990 13 Bari 1–1 Sampdoria Bari
Răducioiu   28' Report Lombardo   8' Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 36,462
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello
30 December 1990 14 Sampdoria 3–1 Internazionale Genoa
Vialli   1', 82' (pen.)
Mancini   86'
Report Berti   50' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 42,509
Referee: Loris Stafoggia
6 January 1991 15 Sampdoria 1–2 Torino Genoa
Vialli   89' (pen.) Report Bresciani   21' (pen.), 87' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 31,210
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
13 January 1991 16 Lecce 1–0 Sampdoria Lecce
Pasculli   66' Report Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 16,063
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
20 January 1991 17 Sampdoria 1–1 Lazio Genoa
Vialli   51' Report Sosa   85' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,191
Referee: Gianni Beschin
23 January 1991[2] 12 Sampdoria 2–1 Roma Genoa
Tempestilli   12' (o.g.)
Vialli   55'
Report Tempestilli   13' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
27 January 1991 18 Cesena 0–1 Sampdoria Cesena
Report Branca   45' Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 12.194
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
3 February 1991 19 Sampdoria 1–0 Fiorentina Genoa
Branca   87' Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 27,708
Referee: Werther Cornieti
10 February 1991 20 Bologna 0–3 Sampdoria Bologna
Report Katanec   47'
Vialli   77'
Mikhailichenko   85'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Tullio Lanese
17 February 1991 21 Sampdoria 1–0 Juventus Genoa
Vialli   50' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 39,184
Referee: Angelo Amendolia
24 February 1991 22 Sampdoria 1–0 Parma Genoa
Mancini   90' Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 31,714
Referee: Pierluigi Magni
3 March 1991 23 Atalanta 1–1 Sampdoria Bergamo
Caniggia   78' Report Katanec   16' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 19,030
Referee: Fabio Baldas
10 March 1991 24 Sampdoria 2–0 Milan Genoa
Vialli   52' (pen.)
Mancini   70'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 38,400
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
17 March 1991 25 Pisa 0–3 Sampdoria Pisa
Report Mannini   65'
Vialli   77'
Mancini   79'
Stadium: Stadio Arena Garibaldi
Attendance: 15,276
Referee: Gianni Beschin
24 March 1991 26 Sampdoria 4–1 Napoli Genoa
Cerezo   12'
Vialli   19', 64'
Lombardo   85'
Report Maradona   74' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
30 March 1991 27 Genoa 0–0 Sampdoria Genoa
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 40,161
Referee: Tullio Lanese
7 April 1991 28 Sampdoria 2–2 Cagliari Genoa
Vialli   28'
Mancini   44'
Report Fonseca   72', 88' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 32,274
Referee: Marcello Nicchi
14 April 1991 29 Roma 0–1 Sampdoria Rome
Report Vierchowod   50' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 70 198
Referee: Angelo Amendolia
21 April 1991 30 Sampdoria 3–2 Bari Genoa
Vierchowod   41'
Mancini   45'
Vialli   75' (pen.)
Report Loseto   63'
Cucchi   80'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 29,778
Referee: Luciano Luci
5 May 1991 31 Internazionale 0–2 Sampdoria Milan
Report Dossena   60'
Vialli   76'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 78,912
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
12 May 1991 32 Torino 1–1 Sampdoria Turin
Bresciani   78' (pen.) Report Invernizzi   32' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 41,224
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
19 May 1991 33 Sampdoria 3–0 Lecce Genoa
Cerezo   2'
Mannini   13'
Vialli   30'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 48,487
Referee: Tullio Lanese
26 May 1991 34 Lazio 3–3 Sampdoria Rome
Marchegiani   1', 75'
Riedle   9'
Report Vierchowod   22'
Mancini   38' (pen.), 49'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 34,426
Referee: Massimo Chiesa

Top scorers

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Coppa Italia

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Second round

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5 September 1990 First leg Sampdoria 1–1 Brescia Genoa
Dossena   48' Ganz   45' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
12 September 1990 Second leg Brescia 0–4
(0–5 agg.)
Sampdoria Brescia
Dossena   21'
Mancini   63'
Invernizzi   75'
Lombardo   79'
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: Marcello Nicchi

Round of 16

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14 November 1990 First leg Sampdoria 1–1 Cremonese Genoa
Mancini   71' Dezotti   2' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Vincenzo Fucci
21 November 1990 Second leg Cremonese 2–3
(3–4 agg.)
Sampdoria Cremona
Pari   32' (o.g.)
Garzilli   78'
Vialli   48' (pen.), 80' (pen.)
Invernizzi   86'
Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
Referee: Luciano Luci

Quarter-finals

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6 February 1991 First leg Torino 1–0 Sampdoria Turin
Lentini   1' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 13,621
Referee: Sergio Coppetelli
20 February 1991 Second leg Sampdoria 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(3–2 p)
Torino Genoa
Bonetti   40' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello
Penalties
Vialli  
Vierchowod  
Cerezo  
Mikhailichenko  
Mancini  
Lombardo  
  Cravero
  Policano
  Mussi
  Baggio
  Bresciani
  Lentini

Semi-finals

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12 March 1991 First leg Napoli 1–0 Sampdoria Naples
Maradona   22' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Carlo Sguizzato
3 April 1991 Second leg Sampdoria 2–0
(2–1 agg.)
Napoli Genoa
Vialli   27' (pen.)
Invernizzi   88'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 17,237
Referee: Pierluigi Magni

Final

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30 May 1991 First leg Roma 3–1 Sampdoria Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Pellegrini   12' (o.g)
Berthold   35'
Völler   40'
Katanec   29' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,063
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
9 June 1991 Second leg Sampdoria 1–1
(2–4 agg.)
Roma Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Aldair   79' (o.g.) Völler   56' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

European Cup Winners' Cup

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First round

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19 September 1990 First leg Kaiserslautern   1–0   Sampdoria Kaiserslautern, West Germany
Kuntz   75' Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 32,674
Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)
7 October 1990 Second leg Sampdoria   2–0
(2–1 agg.)
  Kaiserslautern Genoa, Italy
Mancini   6' (pen.)
Branca   75'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 29,994
Referee: Neil Midgley (England)

Second round

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24 October 1990 First leg Olympiacos   0–1   Sampdoria Piraeus, Greece
Katanec   53' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 14,289
Referee: George Courtney (England)
7 November 1990 Second leg Sampdoria   3–1
(4–1 agg.)
  Olympiacos Genoa, Italy
Branca   17', 66'
Lombardo   29'
Drakopoulos   62' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 23,745
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Quarter-finals

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6 March 1991 First leg Legia Warsaw   1–0   Sampdoria Warsaw, Poland
Czykier   44' Stadium: Polish Army Stadium
Attendance: 7.028
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
20 March 1991 Second leg Sampdoria   2–2
(2–3 agg.)
  Legia Warsaw Genoa, Italy
Mancini   67'
Vialli   88'
Kowalczyk   19', 54' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,860
Referee: Wieland Ziller (Germany)

European Super Cup

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10 October 1990 First leg Sampdoria   1–1   Milan Genoa
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Mikhailichenko   31'
Invernizzi  
Mancini  
Evani   39'
Massaro  
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 19,724
Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)
29 November 1990 Second leg Milan   2–0
(3–1 agg.)
  Sampdoria Bologna
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Gullit   44'
Rijkaard   76'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 20,924
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa ECWC
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ITA Pagliuca 49 -37 33 -22 10 -10 6 -5
DF   ITA Mannini 38 2 26 2 7 0 5 0
DF   ITA Lanna 39 0 20+6 0 8 0 5 0
DF   ITA Vierchowod 44 3 30 3 10 0 4 0
DF   YUG Katanec 37 4 26 2 6 1 5 1
MF   ITA Lombardo 46 5 32 3 8 1 6 1
MF   ITA Pari 49 0 32+1 0 10 0 6 0
MF   ITA Invernizzi 44 5 17+14 2 9 3 4 0
MF   ITA Dossena 47 3 34 1 7 2 6 0
FW   ITA Mancini 45 16 29+1 12 10 2 5 2
FW   ITA Vialli 36 23 26 19 7 3 3 1
GK   ITA Nuciari 2 -2 2 -2 0 0 0 0
DF   ITA Pellegrini 19 0 15 0 2 0 2 0
MF   ITA Bonetti 36 1 15+10 0 9 1 2 0
MF   URS Mikhailichenko 37 3 18+6 3 8 0 5 0
MF   BRA Toninho Cerezo 21 3 11+1 3 4 0 5 0
FW   ITA Branca 32 8 8+12 5 7 0 5 3
FW   ITA Calcagno 6 0 1+1 0 4 0 0 0
DF   ITA Dall'Igna 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF   ITA Mignani 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ^ Match suspended due to rain on 9 December 1990.

Sources

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