1991–92 UC Sampdoria season

1991–92 European Cup
	Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	17 September 1991 – 20 May 1992
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up	Sampdoria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	73
Goals scored	192 (2.63 per match)
Attendance	1,725,387 (23,635 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sergei Yuran (Benfica); Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille); 7 goals each
	← 1990–91 1992–93; (UEFA Champions League) →

Sampdoria
1991–92 season
Chairman	Enrico Mantovani
Manager	Vujadin Boškov
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	7th
European Cup	Runners-up
Coppa Italia	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	Gianluca Vialli (11)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

U.C. Sampdoria came nowhere to defending its inaugural Serie A title from 1990–91, but was extremely close to an ever bigger honour, only losing out on extra time to Barcelona in the European Cup final. The end result was 1-0 to the Spaniards, thanks to Ronald Koeman's free kick.

In the league, Sampdoria finished tied for sixth with Parma. Due to Sampdoria's failure to secure European football, championship-winning coach Vujadin Boškov left his job.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Results

Supercoppa

24 August 1991	Sampdoria	1–0	Roma	Genoa
20:30 MEST	Mancini 75'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,120 Referee: Tullio Lanesi

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Napoli	34	15	12	7	56	40	+16	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup
5	Roma	34	13	14	7	37	31	+6	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Sampdoria	34	11	16	7	38	31	+7	38
7	Parma	34	11	16	7	32	28	+4	38	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8	Internazionale	34	10	17	7	28	28	0	37

Source: 1991–92 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]

Matches

1 September 1991 1	Cagliari	3-2	Sampdoria	Cagliari
	Francescoli 14'pen Francescoli 50' José Herrera 67'	Report	Paulo Silas 11' Mancini 15'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 22 538 Referee: Beschin

8 September 1991 2	Sampdoria	2-0	Hellas Verona	Genoa
	Toninho Cerezo 11' Vialli 66'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 28 900 Referee: Trentalange

15 September 1991 3	Bari	1-1	Sampdoria	Bari
	Platt 76'	Report	Vialli 7'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 40 000 Referee: Sguizzato

22 September 1991 4	Sampdoria	4-0	Inter	Genoa
	Mancini 34' Lombardo 57' Vialli 65' Lombardo 85'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 37 540 Referee: Amendolia

29 September 1991 5	Sampdoria	4-0	Ascoli	Genoa
	Lombardo 12' Vialli 30'pen Mancini 32' Vialli 40'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 27 093 Referee: Boggi

6 October 1991 6	Parma	2-1	Sampdoria	Parma
	Minotti 13' Grün 59'	Report	Vialli 57'pen	Stadium: Ennio Tardini Stadium Attendance: 23 195 Referee: Lanese

20 October 1991 7	Sampdoria	0-2	Atalanta	Genoa
		Report	Bianchezi 52' Caniggia 67'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 38 700 Referee: Fucci

27 October 1991 8	Genoa	0-0	Sampdoria	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 39 799 Referee: D'Elia

3 November 1991 9	Napoli	2-1	Sampdoria	Napoli
	Gianfranco Zola 3' Careca 38'pen	Report	Laurent Blanc 40'og	Stadium: San Paolo Stadium Attendance: 55 000 Referee: Luci

17 November 1991 10	Sampdoria	0-2	Milan	Genoa
		Report	Gullit 65' Gullit 70'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 37 877 Referee: Lanese

24 November 1991 11	Roma	2-0	Sampdoria	Rome
	Rizzitelli 47' Giannini 77'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 50 670 Referee: Pezzella

1 December 1991 12	Sampdoria	0-0	Torino	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 29 274 Referee: Fabricatore

8 December 1991 13	Foggia	0-0	Sampdoria	Foggia
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 20 300 Referee: Cinciripini

15 December 1991 14	Sampdoria	1-0	Juventus	Genoa
	Katanec 23'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 37 808 Referee: Stafoggia

5 January 1992 15	Fiorentina	1-2	Sampdoria	Firenze
	Pari 77'og	Report	Vierchowod 39' Vialli 71'	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Attendance: 31 563 Referee: Felicani

12 January 1992 16	Sampdoria	1-0	Lazio	Genoa
	Vialli 6'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 29 823 Referee: Baldas

19 January 1992 17	Cremonese	0-1	Sampdoria	Cremona
		Report	Lombardo 7'	Stadium: Giovanni Zini Attendance: 9 216 Referee: Pezzella

26 January 1992 18	Sampdoria	1-1	Cagliari	Genoa
	Katanec 55'	Report	Napoli 22'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 29 319 Referee: Nicchi

2 February 1992 19	Hellas Verona	0-0	Sampdoria	Verona
		Report		Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 23 000 Referee: Amendolia

9 February 1992 20	Sampdoria	1-1	Bari	Genoa
	Mancini 21'pen	Report	Soda 4'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 27 000 Referee: Quartuccio

16 February 1992 21	Inter	0-0	Sampdoria	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 34 673 Referee: Trentalange

23 February 1992 22	Ascoli	0-1	Sampdoria	Ascoli
		Report	Paulo Silas 45'	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 9 175 Referee: Merlino

1 March 1992 23	Sampdoria	2-0	Parma	Genoa
	Orlando 67' Mancini 90'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30 752 Referee: Collina

8 March 1992 24	Atalanta	0-0	Sampdoria	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 22 400 Referee: Fabricatore

15 March 1992 25	Sampdoria	2-2	Genoa	Genoa
	Katanec 15' Mancini 41'	Report	Signorini 3' Bortolazzi 18'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 38 000 Referee: Trentalange

29 March 1992 26	Sampdoria	1-1	Napoli	Genoa
	Lanna 59'	Report	Padovano 47'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30 000 Referee: Felicani

5 April 1992 27	Milan	5-1	Sampdoria	Milano
	Rijkaard 34' Evani 54' van Basten 62' Massaro 82' Albertini 86'	Report	Vialli 84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 73 965 Referee: Mughetti

12 April 1992 28	Sampdoria	1-1	Roma	Genoa
	Paulo Silas 90'	Report	Giuseppe Giannini 89'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 27 121 Referee: Ceccarini

18 April 1992 29	Torino	1-1	Sampdoria	Torino
	Walter Casagrande 17'	Report	Srečko Katanec 39'	Stadium: delle Alpi Attendance: 38 830 Referee: D'Elia

26 April 1992 30	Sampdoria	1-1	Foggia	Genoa
	Gianluca Vialli 69'	Report	Roberto Rambaudi 23'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 28 130 Referee: Bazzoli

3 May 1992 31	Juventus	0-0	Sampdoria	Torino
		Report		Stadium: delle Alpi Attendance: 44 131

10 May 1992 32	Sampdoria	2-0	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Buso 41' Pari 58'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 27 896 Referee: Sguizzato

17 May 1992 33	Lazio	1-2	Sampdoria	Rome
	Thomas Doll 13'	Report	Renato Buso 32' Renato Buso 76'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 30 000 Referee: Luci

24 May 1992 34	Sampdoria	2-2	Cremonese	Genoa
	Vialli 51' Pari 72'pen	Report	Gualco 24' Marcolin 73'pen	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 28 500 Referee: Bettin

Coppa Italia

Second round

28 August 1991 1	Sampdoria	3-1	Modena	Genoa
	Buso 35' Mancini 52' (rig.), 66'		Dionigi 48'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Cinciripini

4 September 1991	Modena	0-3	Sampdoria	Modena
			34' Silas 43', 53' Pari	Stadium: Alberto Braglia Referee: Pairetto

Eightfinals

30 October 1991	Sampdoria	1-1	Bari	Genoa
	Vialli 65' (pen.)		45' Platt	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

4 December 1991	Bari	2-2	Sampdoria	Bari
	Platt 62' (rig.) Soda 102'		80' (rig.) Vialli 118' Cerezo	Stadium: San Nicola

Quarterfinals

12 February 1992	Sampdoria	1-0	Roma	Genoa
	Vialli 89'	Sguizzato		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

26 February 1992	Roma	1-1	Sampdoria	Rome
	Carnevale 23'		74' Vierchowod	Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Pairetto

Semifinals

21 March 1992	Parma	1-0	Sampdoria	Parma
	Brolin 50'			Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Beschin

30 April 1992	Sampdoria	2-2	Parma	Genoa
	Pari 77' Vierchowod 120'		97', 103' Melli	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Amendolia

European Cup

First round

18 September 1991	Sampdoria	5–0	Rosenborg	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
20:30	Lombardo 11', 84' Dossena 26', 57' Silas 76'	Gamesheet

2 October 1991	Rosenborg	1–2	Sampdoria	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
	Strand 83'	Gamesheet	Vialli 85' Mancini 90' (pen.)

Second round

23 October 1991	Budapest Honvéd	2–1	Sampdoria	Bozsik Stadion, Budapest
	Pisont 52' Cservenkai 72'	Gamesheet	Toninho Cerezo 56'

6 November 1991	Sampdoria	3–1	Budapest Honvéd	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
20:30	Lombardo 10' Vialli 27', 46'	Gamesheet	Pari 65' (o.g.)

Group stage

The 1991–92 European Cup was the 37th season of the European Cup football club tournament. It was the first European Cup to have a group stage, from which the winning clubs progressed to the final. 1991–92 was the tournament's last edition before it was re-branded as the UEFA Champions League.

The group stage involved the eight winning clubs from round 2. The clubs were split into two groups of four, playing each other home and away, and the winning club from each group met in the 1992 European Cup Final.

The competition was won for the first time by Barcelona after extra time in the final against Sampdoria, the first victory in the tournament by a team from Spain since 1966. This would mark the first of a total of five European Cup trophies for Barcelona.^[2] The winning goal was scored by Ronald Koeman with a free kick.

The defending champions, Red Star Belgrade, did not have an opportunity to play at their own ground because of the Yugoslav Wars, thereby reducing their chances of defending their title. Red Star were eliminated in the group stage. It was also the final season in which the clubs from that country were able to participate in the primary European football competition since the summer of 1991 Slovenia and Croatia announced their independence.

In addition, it was the last time an East German team competed in the European Cup, Hansa Rostock.

English clubs returned to the European Cup, after their five-year ban from European competitions following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985. The 1990 Football League champions Liverpool had been unable to participate in the 1990–91 European Cup because they had been banned for an additional sixth year. Arsenal represented England in 1991–92, and reached the second round.

Teams

A total of 32 teams participated in the competition, all entering into the first round.

Qualified teams for 1991–92 European Cup
Red Star Belgrade (1st)^TH	Kaiserslautern (1st)^{[Note GER]}	Sampdoria (1st)	Barcelona (1st)
Anderlecht (1st)	Benfica (1st)	Marseille (1st)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)^{[Note URS]}
PSV Eindhoven (1st)	Universitatea Craiova (1st)	Rangers (1st)	IFK Göteborg (1st)
Austria Wien (1st)	Hansa Rostock (1st)^{[Note GER]}	Grasshopper (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)
HJK (1st)	Brøndby (1st)	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1st)	Panathinaikos (1st)
Kispest Honvéd (1st)	Zagłębie Lubin (1st)	Beşiktaş (1st)	Flamurtari (1st)
Rosenborg (1st)	Apollon Limassol (1st)	Portadown (1st)	Fram (1st)
Ħamrun Spartans (1st)	Union Luxembourg (1st)	Dundalk (1st)	Arsenal (1st)

Notes

^
Soviet Union (URS): All matches of Dynamo Kyiv, representing the Football Federation of the Soviet Union as champions of the 1990 Soviet Top League, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26 show the flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).^{[citation needed]}
^
Germany (GER): The original slot allocation of the former West/East Germany still applied. 1. FC Kaiserslautern qualified as champions of the 1990–91 Bundesliga, while Hansa Rostock qualified as champions of the 1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga. Due to the reunification of Germany in October 1990, all flags show Germany instead of East/West Germany. However, Hansa Rostock matches and records were still counted for East Germany, and not for Germany, under UEFA regulations.

First round

The first legs were played on 17 and 18 September, and the second legs on 2 October 1991.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	3–1	Hansa Rostock	3–0	0–1
Kaiserslautern	3–1	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–0	1–1
Union Luxembourg	0–10	Marseille	0–5	0–5
Sparta Prague	2–2 (a)	Rangers	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Ħamrun Spartans	0–10	Benfica	0–6	0–4
Arsenal	6–2	Austria Wien	6–1	0–1
HJK	0–4	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–3
Brøndby	4–2	Zagłębie Lubin	3–0	1–2
Fram	2–2 (a)	Panathinaikos	2–2	0–0
IFK Göteborg	1–1 (a)	Flamurtari	0–0	1–1
Beşiktaş	2–3	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	1–2
Anderlecht	4–1	Grasshopper	1–1	3–0
Red Star Belgrade	8–0	Portadown	4–0	4–0
Universitatea Craiova	2–3	Apollon Limassol	2–0	0–3
Kispest Honvéd	3–1	Dundalk	1–1	2–0
Sampdoria	7–1	Rosenborg	5–0	2–1

Second round

The first legs were played on 23 October, and the second legs on 6 November 1991.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	3–3 (a)	Kaiserslautern	2–0	1–3
Marseille	4–4 (a)	Sparta Prague	3–2	1–2
Benfica	4–2	Arsenal	1–1	3–1 (a.e.t.)
Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	Brøndby	1–1	1–0
Panathinaikos	4–2	IFK Göteborg	2–0	2–2
PSV Eindhoven	0–2	Anderlecht	0–0	0–2
Red Star Belgrade	5–1	Apollon Limassol	3–1	2–0
Kispest Honvéd	3–4	Sampdoria	2–1	1–3

Group stage

Location of teams of the 1991–92 European Cup group stage.

Blue: Group A;

Red: Group B.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SAM	RSB	AND	PAN
1	Sampdoria	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	8	Advance to final	—	2–0	2–0	1–1
2	Red Star Belgrade	6	3	0	3	9	10	−1	6		1–3	—	3–2	1–0
3	Anderlecht	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	6		3–2	3–2	—	0–0
4	Panathinaikos	6	0	4	2	1	4	−3	4		0–0	0–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	PRA	BEN	^[DK] DK
1	Barcelona	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	9	Advance to final	—	3–2	2–1	3–0
2	Sparta Prague	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	6		1–0	—	1–1	2–1
3	Benfica	6	1	3	2	8	5	+3	5		0–0	1–1	—	5–0
4	^{[citation needed]} Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	0	4	3	12	−9	4		0–2	1–0	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Final

20 May 1992

20:15

Sampdoria	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Barcelona
	Report	Koeman 112'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 70,827

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1991–92 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Sergei Yuran	Benfica	7
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille	7
3	Luc Nilis	Anderlecht	6
	Darko Pančev	Red Star Belgrade	6
	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria	6
6	Isaías	Benfica	5
7	Hristo Stoichkov	Barcelona	4
	César Brito	Benfica	4
	Marc Degryse	Anderlecht	4
	Attilio Lombardo	Sampdoria	4
	Roberto Mancini	Sampdoria	4
	Siniša Mihajlović	Red Star Belgrade	4
	Alan Smith	Arsenal	4

References

^ 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.
^ Lewis, Aimee (19 May 2017). "The match that changed football". CNN. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

External links

1991–92 All matches – season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
All scorers 1991–92 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
1991/92 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)

27 November 1991	Sampdoria	2–0	Red Star Belgrade	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
20:30	Nedeljković 7' (o.g.) Vialli 74'	Gamesheet

11 December 1991	Panathinaikos	0–0	Sampdoria	Olympic Stadium, Athens
20:00		Gamesheet

4 March 1992	Anderlecht	3–2	Sampdoria	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
	Degryse 53' Nilis 66', 88'	Gamesheet	Vialli 26', 63'

18 March 1992	Sampdoria	2–0	Anderlecht	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
20:30	Lombardo 33' Mancini 35'	Gamesheet

1 April 1992	Red Star Belgrade	1–3	Sampdoria	Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia^[1]
20:15	Mihajlović 19'	Gamesheet	Katanec 34' Vasilijević 41' (o.g.) Mancini 76'	Attendance: 33,000 Referee: dos Santos

15 April 1992	Sampdoria	1–1	Panathinaikos	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
20:15	Mancini 36'	Gamesheet	Marangos 27'

Final

20 May 1992	Barcelona	1–0	Sampdoria	Wembley Stadium, London
19:15	Koeman 111'	Gamesheet		Attendance: 70,827 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber

Statistics

Top scorers

Serie A

European Cup

References

^ The match was played in Sofia, Bulgaria since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to the deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into the Yugoslav Wars.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1991/92

Warning: Default sort key "1991-92 U.C. Sampdoria season" overrides earlier default sort key "1991-92 European Cup".

[cnote_Note_URS] 
Soviet Union (URS): All matches of Dynamo Kyiv, representing the Football Federation of the Soviet Union as champions of the 1990 Soviet Top League, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26 show the flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).^{[citation needed]}

[cnote_Note_GER] 
Germany (GER): The original slot allocation of the former West/East Germany still applied. 1. FC Kaiserslautern qualified as champions of the 1990–91 Bundesliga, while Hansa Rostock qualified as champions of the 1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga. Due to the reunification of Germany in October 1990, all flags show Germany instead of East/West Germany. However, Hansa Rostock matches and records were still counted for East Germany, and not for Germany, under UEFA regulations.

[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] Lewis, Aimee (19 May 2017). "The match that changed football". CNN. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[3] The match was played in Sofia, Bulgaria since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to the deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into the Yugoslav Wars.

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