# 2019–20 UC Sampdoria season

The 2019–20 season was the 63rd season of Unione Calcio Sampdoria in the Serie A, and their 8th consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
Former Sassuolo and Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco replaced Marco Giampaolo as head coach on 22 June 2019, with Giampaolo moving to Milan on 19 June.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 8 February 2020
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Emil Audero | GK | (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 (age 27) | Juventus | 2018 | | 59 | 0 | |
| 22 | Andrea Seculin | GK | (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34) | Chievo | 2019 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 30 | Wladimiro Falcone | GK | (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29) | Youth Sector | 2014 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Lorenzo Avogadri | GK | (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 23) | Atalanta | 2019 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Tommaso Augello | LB / LM / CB | (1994-08-30) 30 August 1994 (age 30) | Spezia | 2019 | 2020 | 5 | 0 | Loan |
| 5 | Jeff Chabot | CB / DM | (1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 (age 26) | Groningen | 2019 | 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| 12 | Fabio Depaoli | RB / RM / CM | (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27) | Chievo | 2019 | 2024 | 14 | 0 | |
| 15 | Omar Colley | CB | (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 (age 32) | Genk | 2018 | 2022 | 41 | 0 | |
| 21 | Lorenzo Tonelli | CB / RB | (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34) | Napoli | 2020 | 2020 | 3 | 0 | Loan |
| 24 | Bartosz Bereszyński | RB | (1992-07-12) 12 July 1992 (age 32) | Legia Warsaw | 2017 | 2023 | 86 | 0 | |
| 25 | Alex Ferrari | CB | (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 30) | Bologna | 2018 | | 18 | 0 | |
| 29 | Nicola Murru | LB | (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994 (age 30) | Cagliari | 2017 | 2022 | 76 | 0 | |
| 34 | Maya Yoshida | CB / RB | (1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 36) | Southampton | 2020 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Ronaldo Vieira | CM | (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26) | Leeds United | 2018 | 2023 | 33 | 0 | |
| 6 | Albin Ekdal | CM | (1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 35) | Hamburger SV | 2018 | 2021 | 54 | 0 | |
| 7 | Karol Linetty | CM | (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29) | Lech Poznań | 2016 | 2021 | 111 | 9 | |
| 8 | Édgar Barreto | CM | (1984-07-15) 15 July 1984 (age 40) | Palermo | 2015 | 2019 | 104 | 3 | |
| 11 | Gastón Ramírez | AM / LW / RW | (1990-12-02) 2 December 1990 (age 34) | Middlesbrough | 2017 | 2022 | 78 | 12 | |
| 14 | Jakub Jankto | CM / LM | (1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 (age 28) | Udinese | 2018 | 2019 | 42 | 2 | |
| 18 | Morten Thorsby | CM / AM / DM | (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28) | Heerenveen | 2019 | 2023 | 12 | 0 | |
| 20 | Gonzalo Maroni | AM / LW / RW | (1999-03-18) 18 March 1999 (age 25) | Boca Juniors | 2019 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | Loan |
| 26 | Mehdi Léris | CM / RM / RW | (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 26) | Chievo | 2019 | 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| 91 | Andrea Bertolacci | CM / AM | (1991-01-11) 11 January 1991 (age 33) | Unattached | 2019 | 2020 | 6 | 0 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Federico Bonazzoli | CF / SS / RW | (1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 (age 27) | Internazionale | 2015 | 2021 | 15 | 1 | |
| 17 | Antonino La Gumina | CF | (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 28) | Empoli | 2020 | 2021 | 1 | 0 | Loan |
| 23 | Manolo Gabbiadini | ST | (1991-11-26) 26 November 1991 (age 33) | Southampton | 2019 | 2023 | 37 | 9 | |
| 27 | Fabio Quagliarella | ST | (1983-01-31) 31 January 1983 (age 41) | Torino | 2016 | 2019 | 179 | 80 | Captain |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 7 | Jacopo Sala | RB / CM | (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 33) | Hellas Verona | 2016 | 2020 | 59 | 0 | |
| 10 | Emiliano Rigoni | RW / LW / RM | (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 31) | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2019 | 2020 | 8 | 0 | Loan |
| 17 | Gianluca Caprari | SS / AM | (1993-07-30) 30 July 1993 (age 31) | Internazionale | 2017 | 2022 | 73 | 14 | |
| 19 | Vasco Regini | CB / LB / LM | (1990-09-09) 9 September 1990 (age 34) | Empoli | 2013 | 2021 | 124 | 0 | |
| 21 | Jeison Murillo | CB | (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 32) | Valencia | 2019 | 2020 | 10 | 0 | Loan |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 22 June 2019 | DF | Fabio Depaoli | 22 | Chievo | Undisclosed | | |
| 12 August 2019 | MF | Mehdi Léris | 21 | Chievo | €3M | €3M plus bonuses | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 25 June 2019 | MF | Gonzalo Maroni | 20 | Boca Juniors | Loan | Loan with a €15M option to buy |
| 13 July 2019 | DF | Jeison Murillo | 27 | Valencia | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy for €15M |
| 15 July 2019 | GK | Lorenzo Avogadri | 17 | Atalanta | Loan | |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | Emiliano Rigoni | 26 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Loan | Loan with a €10M obligation to buy |
| 2 September 2019 | GK | Andrea Seculin | 29 | Chievo | Loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 12 July 2019 | DF | Joachim Andersen | 23 | Lyon | €24M | |
| 5 August 2019 | GK | Rafael | 29 | Unattached | Free | Contract terminated by mutual consent |
| 8 August 2019 | MF | Dennis Praet | 25 | Leicester City | €20M | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 23 June 2019 | GK | Vid Belec | 29 | APOEL | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |
| 30 June 2019 | FW | Dawid Kownacki | 22 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | Previous loan extended to 2020 |
| 10 August 2019 | MF | Valerio Verre | 25 | Hellas Verona | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 45 |
| 14 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 45 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 42 |
| 16 | Torino | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 40 |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 39 |
* 1 2 Udinese finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Udinese 2–1 Cagliari, Cagliari 0–1 Udinese.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 August 2020. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Emil Audero | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Wladimiro Falcone | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Avogadri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Tommaso Augello | 18 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot | 9 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli | 29 | 0 | 21+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GAM | Omar Colley | 32 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński | 29 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Alex Ferrari | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Nicola Murru | 29 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Maya Yoshida | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ronaldo Vieira | 29 | 0 | 20+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Albin Ekdal | 33 | 0 | 27+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | POL | Karol Linetty | 30 | 4 | 22+6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | PAR | Édgar Barreto | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | URU | Gastón Ramírez | 27 | 7 | 19+7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CZE | Jakub Jankto | 31 | 2 | 25+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Askildsen | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Morten Thorsby | 25 | 1 | 21+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Gonzalo Maroni | 7 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Mehdi Léris | 16 | 1 | 3+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Andrea Bertolacci | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Federico Bonazzoli | 19 | 6 | 7+12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Antonino La Gumina | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Manolo Gabbiadini | 35 | 12 | 24+9 | 11 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella | 29 | 12 | 26+2 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Felice D'Amico | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ARG | Emiliano Rigoni | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Caprari | 20 | 4 | 5+13 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Vasco Regini | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | COL | Jeison Murillo | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 2 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 27 | FW | | Fabio Quagliarella | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 23 | FW | | Manolo Gabbiadini | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | | Gastón Ramírez | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 17 | FW | | Gianluca Caprari | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Karol Linetty | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 14 | MF | | Jakub Jankto | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | | Federico Bonazzoli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 20 | MF | | Gonzalo Maroni | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 25 | 4 | 29 |
Last updated: 8 February 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Emil Audero | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Last updated: 8 February 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 5 | DF | | Jeff Chabot | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Fabio Depaoli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Omar Colley | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Jeison Murillo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Lorenzo Tonelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Bartosz Bereszyński | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Alex Ferrari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Nicola Murru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Ronaldo Vieira | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Albin Ekdal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Karol Linetty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Emiliano Rigoni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Gastón Ramírez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Jakub Jankto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Morten Thorsby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | | Andrea Bertolacci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Federico Bonazzoli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Gianluca Caprari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Manolo Gabbiadini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Fabio Quagliarella | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 8 February 2020