# 2016–17 UC Sampdoria season

The 2016–17 season was Unione Calcio Sampdoria's 60th season in Serie A, and their 5th consecutive season in the top-flight. Sampdoria competed in Serie A, finishing 10th, and in the Coppa Italia, where the club was eliminated in the round of 16 by Roma.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 3 February 2017
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 | Christian Puggioni |
| 2 | GK | ITA | Emiliano Viviano |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Stanley Amuzie |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Lorenco Šimić |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Dodô |
| 8 | MF | PAR | Édgar Barreto |
| 9 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel |
| 10 | MF | POR | Bruno Fernandes |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ricky Álvarez |
| 12 | GK | LTU | Titas Krapikas |
| 14 | FW | CZE | Patrik Schick |
| 16 | MF | POL | Karol Linetty |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Dennis Praet |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Vasco Regini |
| 20 | DF | SUI | Daniel Pavlović |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Sala |
| 23 | MF | SRB | Filip Đuričić |
| 24 | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Matías Silvestre |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella |
| 34 | MF | URU | Lucas Torreira |
| 37 | DF | SVK | Milan Škriniar |
| 47 | FW | CRO | Ante Budimir |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 24 June 2016 | FW | Ante Budimir | 24 | Crotone | €1.8M | |
| 13 July 2016 | FW | Patrik Schick | 20 | Sparta Prague | €4M | |
| 19 July 2016 | DF | Daniel Pavlović | 28 | Grasshopper | Free | |
| 20 July 2016 | MF | Luca Cigarini | 30 | Atalanta | €3.5M | |
| 29 July 2016 | MF | Karol Linetty | 21 | Lech Poznań | €3.2M | |
| 16 August 2016 | MF | Bruno Fernandes | 21 | Udinese | €6M | 1-year loan with obligation to buy |
| 24 August 2016 | MF | Dennis Praet | 22 | Anderlecht | €10M | |
| 4 January 2017 | DF | Bartosz Bereszyński | 24 | Legia Warsaw | €2M | |
| 31 January 2017 | DF | Lorenco Šimić | 21 | Hajduk Split | €1.4M | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 18 August 2016 | DF | Dodô | 24 | Internazionale | Loan | 2-year loan with an option to buy | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| 22 June 2016 | MF | Paweł Wszołek | 24 | Hellas Verona | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2016 | DF | Niklas Moisander | 30 | Werder Bremen | €1.8M |
| 12 July 2016 | MF | Joaquín Correa | 21 | Sevilla | €13M |
| 13 July 2016 | FW | Gianluca Sansone | 29 | Novara | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2016 | MF | Fernando | 24 | Spartak Moscow | €12.5M |
| 18 July 2016 | MF | Nenad Krstičić | 26 | Free agent | |
| 26 July 2016 | DF | Mattia Cassani | 32 | Bari | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2016 | MF | Roberto Soriano | 25 | Villarreal | €14.1M |
| 18 August 2016 | DF | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 28 | Torino | €3.6M |
| 3 January 2017 | MF | Mirko Eramo | 27 | Benevento | Undisclosed |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 60 |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 66 | +5 | 53 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 48 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 55 | 76 | −21 | 47 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 46 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2017. 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 | A | H | A | 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 |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 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 ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Christian Puggioni | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | ITA | Emiliano Viviano | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | LTU | Titas Krapikas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | NGA | Stanley Amuzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Lorenco Šimić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Dodô | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Vasco Regini | 37 | 0 | 30+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SUI | Daniel Pavlović | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński | 14 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Matías Silvestre | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | SVK | Milan Škriniar | 35 | 0 | 34+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | PAR | Édgar Barreto | 33 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Bruno Fernandes | 35 | 5 | 22+11 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ricky Álvarez | 23 | 3 | 11+10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | POL | Karol Linetty | 38 | 1 | 27+8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Dennis Praet | 34 | 1 | 19+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Sala | 21 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SRB | Filip Đuričić | 21 | 0 | 3+16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | URU | Lucas Torreira | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel | 33 | 13 | 25+6 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | CZE | Patrik Schick | 35 | 13 | 14+18 | 11 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella | 38 | 12 | 35+2 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | CRO | Ante Budimir | 14 | 1 | 2+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Mirko Eramo | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Pedro Pereira | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SVN | Luka Krajnc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Luis Muriel | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 1 | 14 | FW | | Patrik Schick | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 27 | FW | | Fabio Quagliarella | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Bruno Fernandes | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Ricky Álvarez | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Édgar Barreto | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | | Karol Linetty | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 | MF | | Dennis Praet | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 47 | FW | | Ante Budimir | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 49 | 6 | 55 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Christian Puggioni | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | GK | | Emiliano Viviano | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Christian Puggioni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | | Emiliano Viviano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Titas Krapikas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | GK | | Andrea Tozzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Stanley Amuzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Dodô | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Pedro Pereira | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Luka Krajnc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Vasco Regini | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Daniel Pavlović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Bartosz Bereszyński | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Matías Silvestre | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Milan Škriniar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Mirko Eramo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Carlos Carbonero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Édgar Barreto | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Bruno Fernandes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Ricky Álvarez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Karol Linetty | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Angelo Palombo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Dennis Praet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Luca Cigarini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Jacopo Sala | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Filip Đuričić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Lucas Torreira | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Luis Muriel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Patrik Schick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Fabio Quagliarella | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | | Ante Budimir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 73 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 3 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017