# 2002–03 UC Sampdoria season

In the 2002-03 season, UC Sampdoria competed in Serie B for a fourth season. They finished the year second behind Siena and were promoted back to Serie A.

## 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 | Luigi Turci |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Stefano Bettarini |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Sergio Volpi |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Maurizio Domizzi |
| 6 | MF | COL | Jorge Bolaño (on loan from Parma) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Andrea Rabito (on loan from A.C. Milan) |
| 8 | FW | ITA | Corrado Colombo |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Fabio Bazzani |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Flachi |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Davide Pinato |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Mirko Conte |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Francis Zé |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Fabrizio Casazza |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo |
| 18 | DF | SCG | Bratislav Živković |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Massimo Paganin |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Grandoni |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Sid-Ahmed Bouziane |
| 22 | FW | NGA | Ikechukwu Kalu |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Andrea Bernini |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Daniele Perrone |
| 25 | DF | SCG | Nenad Sakić |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Francesco Pedone |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Claudio Labriola |
| 65 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Miceli (on loan from Piacenza) |
| 72 | DF | ITA | Stefano Sacchetti |
| 77 | FW | ITA | Andrea Gasbarroni |
| 83 | DF | ITA | Mattia Cassani (on loan from Juventus) |
| 84 | GK | ITA | Olmo Pozzo |
| 97 | MF | ITA | Fabian Valtolina |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo (to Salernitana) |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Iacopino (on loan to Catania) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Sandro Cois (on loan to Piacenza) |

## Competitions
### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Siena (P, C) | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 67 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Sampdoria (P) | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 67 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Lecce (P) | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 63 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Ancona (P) | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 61 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 5 | Triestina | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 58 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 June 2004. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Group stage (Group 1)

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sampdoria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Genoa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Lucchese | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Siena | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |