# 2015–16 UC Sampdoria season

The 2015–16 season was Unione Calcio Sampdoria's fourth season back in Serie A after having been relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season. The team competed in Serie A, finishing a disappointing 15th; in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the Round of 16; and in the UEFA Europa League, where the club was eliminated in the third qualifying round following a shocking 4–0 home defeat to Serbian club Vojvodina, losing the tie 4–2 on aggregate.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2016
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 | ALG | Djamel Mesbah |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Mattia Cassani |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Fernando |
| 8 | MF | PAR | Édgar Barreto |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Alejandro Rodríguez |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Joaquín Correa |
| 11 | DF | BRA | Dodô (on loan from Internazionale) |
| 13 | DF | POR | Pedro Pereira |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Andrea Ranocchia (on loan from Internazionale) |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo (captain) |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Nenad Krstičić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Modibo Diakité |
| 24 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Ricky Álvarez |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Matías Silvestre |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella (on loan from Torino) |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Marco Marchionni |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Alberto Brignoli (on loan from Juventus) |
| 77 | MF | COL | Carlos Carbonero |
| 80 | FW | ITA | Edoardo Oneto |
| 95 | MF | SVK | Dávid Ivan |
| 96 | GK | ITA | Samuele Massolo |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Antonio Cassano |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 25 | MF | Ricky Álvarez | 27 | Non-EU | Free agent | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free |
| 16 | MF | Andrea Ranocchia | 27 | EU | Internazionale | Loan | Winter | | |
| 27 | FW | Fabio Quagliarella | 33 | EU | Torino | Loan | Winter | | |
| | DF | Modibo Diakité | 28 | EU | Frosinone | Transfer | Winter | | |
Total spending: €0.00 million

### Out

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 9 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 25 | EU | Anderlecht | | Summer | $3 million | |
| | ST | | Éder | 28 | EU | Internazionale | Loan | Winter | | |
Total income: €3.00 Million
Total expenditure: €0.00 Million

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Atalanta | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 45 |
| 14 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 42 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 40 |
| 16 | Palermo | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 65 | −27 | 39 |
| 17 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 39 |
* ↑ Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.
* 1 2 Palermo ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points; Palermo 6 points, Udinese 0 points.

#### 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 2016. 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 | 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 |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Christian Puggioni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | ITA | Emiliano Viviano | 40 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Alberto Brignoli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | GK | ITA | Samuele Massolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ALG | Djamel Mesbah | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander | 23 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Mattia Cassani | 28 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | BRA | Dodô | 17 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Pedro Pereira | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Andrea Ranocchia | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Modibo Diakité | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Matías Silvestre | 27 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | SVN | Milan Škriniar | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | BRA | Fernando | 38 | 4 | 34+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | PAR | Édgar Barreto | 32 | 0 | 26+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Joaquín Correa | 25 | 3 | 14+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 11 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Nenad Krstičić | 12 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano | 40 | 8 | 33+4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Sala | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Ricky Álvarez | 13 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | COL | Carlos Carbonero | 15 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | SVK | Dávid Ivan | 23 | 1 | 11+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Serinelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Alejandro Rodríguez | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel | 35 | 7 | 19+13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Fabio Quagliarella | 16 | 3 | 13+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | VEN | Andrés Ponce | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Antonio Cassano | 25 | 2 | 14+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | ITA | Andrea Coda | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Federico Bonazzoli | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Vasco Regini | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | POL | Paweł Wszołek | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Éder | 21 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 87 | DF | BIH | Ervin Zukanović | 19 | 3 | 14+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | ITA | Michele Rocca | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 23 | FW | | Éder | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 21 | MF | | Roberto Soriano | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 24 | FW | | Luis Muriel | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Fernando | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Joaquín Correa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 27 | FW | | Fabio Quagliarella | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 87 | DF | | Ervin Zukanović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 99 | FW | | Antonio Cassano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 18 | MF | | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 25 | MF | | Ricky Álvarez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 29 | DF | | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 95 | MF | | Dávid Ivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 2 | GK | | Emiliano Viviano | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016