# 2006–07 UC Sampdoria season

During the 2006–07 Italian football season, Sampdoria competed in Serie A.

## Season summary

Sampdoria finished 9th, which was sufficient to qualify for the Intertoto Cup. Manager Walter Novellino left at the end of the season to join Torino, and was replaced by Reggina coach Walter Mazzarri.

## Kit

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

## 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 | Simone Ciancio |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Reto Ziegler (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Sergio Volpi |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Pietro Accardi |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Vladimir Koman |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Christian Maggio |
| 8 | MF | URU | Rubén Olivera (on loan from Juventus) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Fabio Bazzani |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Flachi |
| 11 | FW | LBY | Al-Saadi Gaddafi |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Vincenzo Fiorillo |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Luigi Sala |
| 15 | GK | ITA | Carlo Zotti (on loan from Roma) |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Danilo Soddimo |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Andrea Parola |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Giulio Falcone |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Emiliano Bonazzoli |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Daniele Franceschini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Di Gennaro |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Christian Terlizzi |
| 25 | FW | USA | Gabriel Ferrari |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Ivan Živanović |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella |
| 31 | DF | CMR | Solomon Enow |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Bastrini |
| 40 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Delvecchio |
| 46 | DF | ITA | Mirko Pieri |
| 50 | FW | ITA | Pietro Arnulfo |
| 52 | DF | ITA | Nicola Donato |
| 53 | DF | ITA | Matteo Lanzoni |
| 54 | DF | ITA | Luca Calzolaio |
| 55 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Romeo |
| 56 | MF | ITA | Carmine Cucciniello |
| 66 | MF | SUI | Bruno Mota |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Cristian Zenoni |
| 87 | MF | ITA | Paolo Castellazzi |
| 99 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Berti |

### 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 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Massimo Bonanni (on loan to Ascoli) |
| 88 | FW | ITA | Salvatore Foti (on loan to Vicenza) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Daniele Padelli (on loan to Liverpool) |
| — | FW | ITA | Corrado Colombo (to Spezia) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Empoli | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Atalanta | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 50 | |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 10 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 46 | |
| 11 | Livorno | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 43 | |
* ↑ Sampdoria gained entry to the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta renounced. Sampdoria then qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup first round.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2007. 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 | 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 |
| Result | L | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |