1990–91 UC Sampdoria season

Sampdoria
1990–91 season
Chairman	Paolo Mantovani
Manager	Vujadin Boškov
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	1st (in European Cup
European Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
European Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gianluca Vialli (19); All: ; Gianluca Vialli (23)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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.

Squad

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

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Alexei Mikhailichenko	Dynamo Kyiv
MF	Ivano Bonetti	Bologna F.C.
FW	Marco Branca	Udinese Calcio
FW	Umberto Calcagno
FW	Michele Mignani

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Amedeo Carboni	A.S. Roma
MF	Víctor Muñoz	Real Zaragoza
MF	Roberto Breda	Salernitana
MF	Fausto Salsano	A.S. Roma

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ 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


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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D
Position	1	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	5	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Matches

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

Coppa Italia

Second round

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

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

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

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

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

First round

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

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

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

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

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		ECWC
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/dettagli_giocatore/1990/2758/

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.
^ Match suspended due to rain on 9 December 1990.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1990/91

[table_note_MIL0.4710118805389-1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Match suspended due to rain on 9 December 1990.

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1990–91 UC Sampdoria season

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Top scorers

Coppa Italia

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

European Super Cup

Statistics

Players statistics

References

Sources

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