# 2017–18 UC Sampdoria season

The 2017–18 season was Unione Calcio Sampdoria's 61st season in Serie A, and their 6th consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia, finishing 10th in the league after spending most of the campaign in 6th, and being eliminated in the latter competition in the round of 16.
The season was the second in charge for former Empoli manager Marco Giampaolo. Veteran Italian striker Fabio Quagliarella was the club's top scorer, with 19 league goals.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 22 February 2018
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 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Emiliano Viviano |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Joachim Andersen |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Sala |
| 8 | MF | PAR | Édgar Barreto |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Caprari |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ricky Álvarez |
| 12 | GK | LTU | Titas Krapikas |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Gian Marco Ferrari (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 14 | MF | MNE | Ognjen Stijepović |
| 16 | MF | POL | Karol Linetty |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Ivan Strinić |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Dennis Praet |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Vasco Regini (Captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Valerio Verre |
| 24 | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Matías Silvestre |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella (Vice-captain) |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Capezzi |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Nicola Murru |
| 34 | MF | URU | Lucas Torreira |
| 72 | GK | SVN | Vid Belec (on loan from Benevento) |
| 90 | MF | URU | Gastón Ramírez |
| 91 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata (on loan from Napoli) |
| 92 | GK | ITA | Andrea Tozzo |
| 99 | FW | POL | Dawid Kownacki |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | Gianluca Caprari | 23 | Internazionale | €15M | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Nicola Murru | 22 | Cagliari | €7M | €7M + Luca Cigarini |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Federico Bonazzoli | 20 | Brescia | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Leonardo Capezzi | 22 | Crotone | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Francesco Fedato | 24 | Carpi | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Dávid Ivan | 22 | Bari | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Alessandro Martinelli | 24 | Brescia | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Valerio Verre | 23 | Pescara | Loan return | |
| 11 July 2017 | FW | Dawid Kownacki | 20 | Lech Poznań | Undisclosed | |
| 4 August 2017 | MF | Gastón Ramírez | 26 | Middlesbrough | €11M | |
| 25 August 2017 | DF | Joachim Andersen | 21 | Twente | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Božo Mikulić | 20 | RNK Split | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Ivan Strinić | 30 | Napoli | €23M | Fee part of Duván Zapata deal |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 4 August 2017 | DF | Gian Marco Ferrari | 30 | Sassuolo | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Duván Zapata | 26 | Napoli | €23M | Fee part of Ivan Strinić deal; loan with an obligation to buy |
| 31 January 2018 | GK | Vid Belec | 27 | Benevento | Loan | Swapped for Christian Puggioni |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 27 June 2017 | MF | Bruno Fernandes | 22 | Sporting CP | €9M | €9M + bonuses |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Luca Cigarini | 31 | Cagliari | Free | Included as part of Nicola Murru's transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Angelo Palombo | 35 | Retired | Retired | |
| 4 July 2017 | MF | Jakub Hromada | 21 | Slavia Prague | Undisclosed | |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Milan Škriniar | 22 | Internazionale | €18M | €18M + Gianluca Caprari |
| 11 July 2017 | FW | Luis Muriel | 26 | Sevilla | €20M | €20M + 20% of any future transfer fee |
| 31 January 2018 | GK | Christian Puggioni | 37 | Benevento | Undisclosed | Swapped for Vid Belec |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 22 August 2017 | FW | Federico Bonazzoli | 20 | SPAL | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 29 August 2017 | FW | Patrik Schick | 21 | Roma | €5M | €5M + €9M obligation to buy |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Daniel Pavlović | 29 | Crotone | Loan | |
| 18 January 2018 | MF | Filip Đuričić | 25 | Benevento | Loan | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 57 |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 54 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 54 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 43 |
| 12 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 41 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2018. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 |

#### 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 ||||||||||
| 2 | GK | ITA | Emiliano Viviano | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | LTU | Titas Krapikas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | GK | SVN | Vid Belec | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | GK | ITA | Andrea Tozzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | DEN | Joachim Andersen | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Jacopo Sala | 16 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Gian Marco Ferrari | 31 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Ivan Strinić | 18 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Vasco Regini | 17 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński | 31 | 0 | 28+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Matías Silvestre | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Nicola Murru | 23 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | PAR | Édgar Barreto | 30 | 3 | 24+4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ricky Álvarez | 15 | 1 | 2+10 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MNE | Ognjen Stijepović | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | POL | Karol Linetty | 29 | 3 | 21+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Dennis Praet | 35 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Valerio Verre | 19 | 0 | 2+16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Capezzi | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | URU | Lucas Torreira | 38 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | URU | Gastón Ramírez | 40 | 5 | 28+9 | 3 | 1+2 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Caprari | 37 | 7 | 19+15 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella | 36 | 19 | 33+2 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata | 32 | 11 | 24+7 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | POL | Dawid Kownacki | 24 | 8 | 6+16 | 5 | 1+1 | 3 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Christian Puggioni | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Dodô | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Filip Đuričić | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BIH | Daniel Pavlović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | ITA | Federico Bonazzoli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 27 | FW | | Fabio Quagliarella | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | 91 | FW | | Duván Zapata | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 99 | FW | | Dawid Kownacki | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Gianluca Caprari | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 90 | MF | | Gastón Ramírez | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 34 | MF | | Lucas Torreira | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Édgar Barreto | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | | Karol Linetty | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 13 | DF | | Gian Marco Ferrari | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | | Ricky Álvarez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 18 | MF | | Dennis Praet | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 26 | DF | | Matías Silvestre | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 56 | 9 | 65 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 2 | GK | | Emiliano Viviano | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Christian Puggioni | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | GK | | Emiliano Viviano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Jacopo Sala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | Gian Marco Ferrari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Ivan Strinić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Vasco Regini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Bartosz Bereszyński | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Matías Silvestre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Nicola Murru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Édgar Barreto | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Karol Linetty | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Dennis Praet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Valerio Verre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Lucas Torreira | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | | Gastón Ramírez | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Gianluca Caprari | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Fabio Quagliarella | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | | Duván Zapata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 65 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 1 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018