# 1996–97 UC Sampdoria season

During the 1996-97 season Sampdoria competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

## Summary

Unione Calcio Sampdoria had a decent season, in which it troubled the top three in the Serie A, and at half season even threatening to overhaul Juventus's league title, before losing its form during the spring. Vincenzo Montella, brought in from rivals Genoa to replace the departed Enrico Chiesa, sensationally equalled Chiesa's tally of 22 goals.
During December, Sven-Göran Eriksson agreed to be the new Blackburn Rovers head coach for the next season, however, in February the Swedish manager announced a move to Lazio, and in July 1997 brought both Roberto Mancini and Siniša Mihajlović with him. With playmaker Clarence Seedorf departing for Real Madrid, Sampdoria was once again in a predicament. It still possessed Juan Sebastián Verón's unique qualities, however. The Argentinian was a genuine sensation in his first European season, and stayed on for another year.

## Players

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 | Fabrizio Ferron |
| 2 | DF | ITA | David Balleri |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Pesaresi |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Marco Franceschetti |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Oumar Dieng |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Stefano Sacchetti |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Alberigo Evani |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Pierre Laigle |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Montella |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Roberto Mancini |
| 11 | DF | YUG | Siniša Mihajlović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Matteo Sereni |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Moreno Mannini |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Christian Karembeu |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Fausto Salsano |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Iacopino |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Nicola Zanini |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Mattia Biso |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Simone Vergassola |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Juan Sebastián Verón |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Invernizzi |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Marco Carparelli |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Juan Sebastián Verón | Boca Juniors | €5.70 million |
| FW | Vincenzo Montella | Genoa C.F.C. | €4.39 million |
| GK | Fabrizio Ferron | Atalanta B.C. | - |
| GK | Alessandro Giovinazzo | | - |
| DF | Oumar Dieng | Paris Saint-Germain | - |
| MF | Mattia Biso | Derthona | - |
| MF | Pierre Laigle | RC Lens | - |
| MF | Simone Vergassola | Carrarese Calcio | - |
| MF | Nicola Zanini | Hellas Verona | loan ended |
| FW | Marco Carparelli | Chievo Verona | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Clarence Seedorf | Real Madrid | €8.60 million |
| FW | Enrico Chiesa | Parma F.C. | €0.750 million |
| GK | Angelo Pagotto | A.C. Milan | |
| FW | Filippo Maniero | Hellas Verona | - |
| FW | Claudio Bellucci | S.S.C. Napoli | - |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Nicola Zanini | Hellas Verona | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Lazio | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Udinese | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Sampdoria | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Bologna | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 49 | |
| 8 | Vicenza | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 47 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Worldfootball

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Second round
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Ferron | 33 | -43 | 31 | -39 | 2 | -4 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Mannini | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Balleri | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Pesaresi | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | YUG | Mihajlovic | 29 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Karembeu | 32 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Franceschetti | 28 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Laigle | 30 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Veron | 34 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Montella | 30 | 24 | 26+2 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Mancini | 35 | 15 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Sereni | 6 | -7 | 3+3 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Carparelli | 28 | 6 | 15+13 | 6 |
| 24 | DF | SEN | Dieng | 17 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Sacchetti | 18 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Iacopino | 25 | 1 | 8+15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Evani | 12 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Invernizzi | 17 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Salsano | 25 | 0 | 3+21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Zanini | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Vergassola | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Biso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Giovinazzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Lamonica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Milone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1996/1117/