1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

Sampdoria
1997–98 season
President	Enrico Mantovani
Manager	César Luis Menotti
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	9th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Vincenzo Montella (20); All: ; Vincenzo Montella (21)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Unione Calcio Sampdoria finished ninth in Serie A, despite the absence of club stalwart Roberto Mancini, who had followed coach Sven-Göran Eriksson to Lazio. Former Argentine World Cup-winning coach César Luis Menotti took charge, but failed to match the results of Eriksson, and was replaced by the 1991 championship winning coach Vujadin Boškov, who guided the team to a safe mid-table slot.

Players

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Lazio	34	16	8	10	53	30	+23	56	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8	Bologna	34	12	12	10	55	46	+9	48^[a]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round^[1]
9	Sampdoria	34	13	9	12	52	55	−3	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10	Milan	34	11	11	12	37	43	−6	44
11	Bari	34	10	8	16	30	45	−15	38

Source: 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, 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. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[2]
Notes:

^ Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

Matches

31 August 1997 1	Sampdoria	2-1	Vicenza	Genova
	Boghossian 10' Tovalieri 85'	Report	Di Napoli 53'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

13 September 1997 2	Brescia	3-3	Sampdoria	Brescia
	Hübner 4' Hübner 76' Hübner 84'	Report	Boghossian 54' Montella 74' Montella 80'	Stadium: Mario Rigamonti

21 September 1997 3	Atalanta	0-2	Sampdoria	Bergamo
		Report	Laigle 13' Montella 64'	Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

27 September 1997 4	Sampdoria	1-1	Juventus	Genova
	Morales 16'	Report	Inzaghi 92'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

5 October 1997 5	Udinese	3-2	Sampdoria	Udine
	Calori 8' Bierhoff 35' Pierini 47'	Report	Montella 26' Boghossian 39'	Stadium: Friuli

19 October 1997 6	Sampdoria	3-1	Piacenza	Genova
	Tovalieri 44' Montella 52'pen Tovalieri 74'	Report	Dionigi 47'pen	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

2 November 1997 7	Sampdoria	0-3	Milan	Genova
		Report	Weah 75' Weah 81' Ziege 87'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

9 November 1997 8	Lazio	3-0	Sampdoria	Roma
	Marcolin 25'pen Nedved 65' Boksic 87'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

23 November 1997 9	Sampdoria	1-0	Bari	Genova
	Mihajlovic 84'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

30 November 1997 10	Bologna	2-2	Sampdoria	Bologna
	Baggio 15'pen Paramatti 48'	Report	Laigle 57' Klinsmann 76'	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

6 December 1997 11	Sampdoria	1-1	Inter	Genova
	Montella 31'pen	Report	Ronaldo 9'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

14 December 1997 12	Empoli	4-1	Sampdoria	Empoli
	Tonetto 25' Martusciello 40' Martusciello 54' Esposito 65'	Report	Franceschetti 9'

21 December 1997 13	Sampdoria	6-3	Napoli	Genova
	Boghossian 35' Montella 42'pen Montella 61' Laigle 73' Klinsmann 76' Montella 90'pen	Report	Bellucci 15' Protti 70' Rossitto 78'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

4 January 1998 14	Fiorentina	1-1	Sampdoria	Firenze
	Batistuta 7'	Report	Montella 78'	Stadium: Artemio Franchi

11 January 1998 15	Sampdoria	5-2	Parma	Genova
	Montella 5' Signori 26' Vergassola 33' Thuram 49'og Signori 83'	Report	Maniero 54' Maniero 58'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

18 January 1998 16	Lecce	1-3	Sampdoria	Lecce
	Rossi 93'	Report	Montella 12' Montella 51' Signori 77'	Stadium: Via del Mare

25 January 1998 17	Sampdoria	1-1	Roma	Genova
	Mihajlovic 33'	Report	Mannini 26'og	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

1 February 1998 18	Vicenza	1-1	Sampdoria	Vicenza
	Zauli 27'	Report	Veron 18'

8 February 1998 19	Sampdoria	2-1	Brescia	Genova
	Bia 18'og Montella 36'pen	Report	Neri 50'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

11 February 1998 20	Sampdoria	2-0	Atalanta	Genova
	Mihajlovic 65' Boghossian 79'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

15 February 1998 21	Juventus	3-0	Sampdoria	Torino
	Del Piero 5' Inzaghi 11' Fonseca 78'	Report		Stadium: Delle Alpi

22 February 1998 22	Sampdoria	0-3	Udinese	Genova
		Report	Jorgensen 36' Jorgensen 63'pen Statuto 87'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

1 March 1998 23	Piacenza	1-0	Sampdoria	Piacenza
	Murgita 48'	Report

8 March 1998 24	Milan	1-0	Sampdoria	Milano
	Ziege 37'	Report		Stadium: San Siro

14 March 1998 25	Sampdoria	0-4	Lazio	Genova
		Report	Jugovic 1' Nedved 54' Fuser 66' Fuser 81'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

22 March 1998 26	Bari	0-1	Sampdoria	Bari
		Report	Montella 30'

29 March 1998 27	Sampdoria	2-3	Bologna	Genova
	Montella 14' Veron 49'	Report	Andersson 55' Andersson 69' Andersson 82'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

5 April 1998 28	Inter	3-0	Sampdoria	Milano
	Hugo 50'og Sartor 53' Ronaldo 88'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

11 April 1998 29	Sampdoria	3-0	Empoli	Genova
	Montella 41' Montella 85' Laigle 93'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

19 April 1998 30	Napoli	0-2	Sampdoria	Napoli
		Report	Crasson 33'og Laigle 87'	Stadium: San Paolo

26 April 1998 31	Sampdoria	2-0	Fiorentina	Genova
	Montella 38' Montella 77'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

3 May 1998 32	Parma	2-2	Sampdoria	Parma
	Chiesa 35' Sensini 78'	Report	Paco Soares 66' Boghossian 87'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini

10 May 1998 33	Sampdoria	1-1	Lecce	Genova
	Scarchilli 60'	Report	Cozza 73'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

16 May 1998 34	Roma	2-0	Sampdoria	Roma
	Totti 24' Delvecchio 91'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

Coppa Italia

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup
^ 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.

[table_hth_BOL0.93601100376621-2] Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

[1] With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup

[3] 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.

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