# 2005–06 UC Sampdoria season

During the 2005–06 season, Sampdoria dropped to 12th position in the Coppa Italia and failed to progress from the UEFA Cup's Group's stage.

## Kit

Sampdoria's kit was manufactured by Kappa and sponsored by Erg.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | Luca Castellazzi |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Luca Calzolaio |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Marco Zamboni (on loan from Reggina) |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Sergio Volpi |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Bruno Mota (on loan from Chiasso) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Andrea Gasbarroni (on loan from Palermo) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Samuele Dalla Bona (on loan from Milan) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Fabio Bazzani |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Flachi |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Mattia Marchesetti (on loan from Cremonese) |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Di Gennaro |
| 13 | FW | BLR | Vitali Kutuzov |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Marcello Castellini |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Luigi Sala |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Danilo Soddimo |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Emiliano Bonazzoli (on loan from Reggina) |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Giulio Falcone |
| 21 | GK | ITA | Francesco Antonioli |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Max Tonetto |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Paolo Castellazzi |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Marco Pisano |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Corrado Colombo |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Mark Iuliano |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Gionata Mingozzi |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Simone Pavan |
| 34 | MF | ITA | Aimo Diana |
| 50 | FW | ITA | Pietro Arnulfo |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Cristian Zenoni |
| 86 | GK | ITA | Michele Mangiapelo |
| 88 | FW | ITA | Salvatore Foti |

### Left club during season

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 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Mark Edusei (on loan to Torino) |
| 7 | MF | CMR | Thomas Job (on loan to Cremonese) |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Marco Borriello (on loan from Milan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Lamberto Zauli (to Bologna) |
| 40 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Delvecchio (on loan to Lecce) |
| 45 | MF | ITA | Ignazio Abate (on loan from Milan) |

## Transfers
### In

* Luca Castellazzi - Brescia, free
* Marco Zamboni - Reggina, loan
* Bruno Mota - Chiasso, loan
* Andrea Gasbarroni - Palermo, loan
* Samuele Dalla Bona - Milan, loan
* Mattia Marchesetti - Cremonese, loan
* Gianluca Di Gennaro - Torino, free
* Luigi Sala - Atalanta
* Emiliano Bonazzoli - Reggina, loan
* Paolo Castellazzi - Torino, free
* Mark Iuliano - Mallorca
* Gionata Mingozzi - Perugia
* Cristian Zenoni - Juventus, free

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Ascoli | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 43 |
| 11 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 43 |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 41 |
| 13 | Reggina | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 41 |
| 14 | Cagliari | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 39 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2006. 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 |