# 2020–21 UC Sampdoria season

The 2020–21 season was the 75th season in existence of Unione Calcio Sampdoria and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sampdoria participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 11 January 2021.
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 | Emil Audero |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Kaique Rocha |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Tommaso Augello |
| 5 | MF | POR | Adrien Silva |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Albin Ekdal |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Valerio Verre |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Ernesto Torregrossa (on loan from Brescia) |
| 10 | FW | SEN | Keita Baldé (on loan from Monaco) |
| 11 | MF | URU | Gastón Ramírez |
| 14 | MF | CZE | Jakub Jankto |
| 15 | DF | GAM | Omar Colley |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Askildsen |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Morten Thorsby |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Vasco Regini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Antonino La Gumina |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Maya Yoshida |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Manolo Gabbiadini |
| 24 | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Alex Ferrari |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Mehdi Léris |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella (captain) |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Nicola Ravaglia |
| 34 | GK | CRO | Karlo Letica (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 35 | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Avogadri (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 38 | MF | DEN | Mikkel Damsgaard |
| 87 | MF | ITA | Antonio Candreva (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 99 | FW | SVN | Nik Prelec |

### Other players under contract

    As of 9 January 2021
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 |

### On loan

    As of 29 January 2021
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 | Wladimiro Falcone (at Cosenza until 30 June 2021) |
| — | GK | ITA | Matteo Raspa (at Ravenna until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Leonardo Benedetti (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot (at Spezia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Axel Campeol (at Grosseto until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli (at Benevento until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Tommaso Farabegoli (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | MNE | Cristian Hadžiosmanović (at Casertana until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | COL | Jeison Murillo (at Celta until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Nicola Murru (at Torino until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Carlo Romei (at Potenza until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonio Palumbo (at Ternana until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Sabattini (at Imolese until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea Tessiore (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ENG | Ronaldo Vieira (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | SEN | Ibourahima Baldé (at Foggia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Federico Bonazzoli (at Torino until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianluca Caprari (at Benevento until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Felice D'Amico (at Pro Sesto until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Antonio Di Nardo (at Arezzo until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Erik Gerbi (at Teramo until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | MNE | Ognjen Stijepović (at Grosseto until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Matteo Stoppa (at Pistoiese until 30 June 2021) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 20 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 039.47 |
| Coppa Italia | 27 October 2020 | 26 November 2020 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 040.00 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 62 | 0Qualification for Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 62 | |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 52 | |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 45 | |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 42 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2021. Source: Serie A

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 20 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.

### 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 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | CRO | Karlo Letica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Avogadri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Kaique Rocha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Tommaso Augello | 38 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GAM | Omar Colley | 30 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Vasco Regini | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli | 24 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Maya Yoshida | 34 | 1 | 25+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński | 32 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Alex Ferrari | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | POR | Adrien Silva | 26 | 1 | 18+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Albin Ekdal | 33 | 2 | 26+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Valerio Verre | 29 | 4 | 12+15 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | URU | Gastón Ramírez | 25 | 0 | 10+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CZE | Jakub Jankto | 37 | 6 | 29+6 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Askildsen | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Morten Thorsby | 35 | 3 | 29+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Mehdi Léris | 22 | 0 | 3+17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | DEN | Mikkel Damsgaard | 37 | 2 | 18+17 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | ITA | Antonio Candreva | 36 | 5 | 28+7 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Ernesto Torregrossa | 6 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SEN | Keita Baldé | 26 | 7 | 12+13 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Antonino La Gumina | 11 | 1 | 4+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Manolo Gabbiadini | 17 | 3 | 10+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella | 33 | 13 | 25+8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ronaldo Vieira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Federico Bonazzoli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Nicola Murru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Andrea Bertolacci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 27 October 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 27 | FW | | Fabio Quagliarella | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | DF | | Tommaso Augello | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 15 | DF | | Omar Colley | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Valerio Verre | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | | Jakub Jankto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | | Morten Thorsby | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 20 | FW | | Antonino La Gumina | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 38 | MF | | Mikkel Damsgaard | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 1 | 11 |