# 1987–88 UC Sampdoria season

UC Sampdoria won its second cup trophy in just three years, defeating Torino in the final, thanks to a 3-2 aggregate victory. Gianluca Vialli scored ten goals to become club top scorer, as Sampdoria finished fourth in the domestic league.

## Squad

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 |
| — | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pagliuca |
| — | GK | ITA | Guido Bistazzoni |
| — | DF | ITA | Moreno Mannini |
| — | DF | ITA | Pietro Vierchowod |
| — | DF | ITA | Luca Pellegrini |
| — | DF | ITA | Fausto Pari |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Paganin |
| — | DF | ITA | Michele Zanutta |
| — | DF | FRG | Hans-Peter Briegel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco Lanna |
| — | MF | BRA | Toninho Cerezo |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Fusi |
| — | MF | ITA | Fausto Salsano |
| — | MF | ITA | Fulvio Bonomi |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Mancini |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianluca Vialli |
| — | FW | ITA | Marco Branca |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| FW | Marco Branca | Udinese |
| MF | Fulvio Bonomi | Ascoli |
| DF | Marco Lanna | |
| MF | Roberto Breda | |
| FW | Enrico Chiesa | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | Type |
| DF | Enzo Gambaro | Parma | |
| FW | Giuseppe Lorenzo | Cesena | loan |
| GK | Roberto Bocchino | Casale FBC | loan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Napoli | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Roma | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 37 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | Internazionale | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 32 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Juventus | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 31 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
* ↑ Juventus won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Torino 0–0*(4:2) then qualified to 1988–89 UEFA 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Group stage (Group 7)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sampdoria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 15 |
| 2 | Torino | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Vicenza | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
| 5 | Cosenza | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 |
| 6 | Arezzo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 |

#### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1987–88 Serie A | 1987–88 Serie A | 1987–88 Coppa Italia | 1987–88 Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Guido Bistazzoni | 36 | -33 | 28 | -29 | 8 | -4 |
| | DF | ITA | Moreno Mannini | 42 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Pietro Vierchowod | 40 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| | DF | ITA | Luca Pellegrini | 41 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Hans-Peter Briegel | 39 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| | MF | ITA | Fausto Pari | 42 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| | MF | BRA | Toninho Cerezo | 41 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| | MF | ITA | Luca Fusi | 43 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fulvio Bonomi | 42 | 8 | 23+6 | 5 | 13 | 3 |
| | FW | ITA | Roberto Mancini | 43 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 13 | 3 |
| | FW | ITA | Gianluca Vialli | 43 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 3 |
| | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pagliuca | 7 | -5 | 2 | -1 | 5 | -4 |
| | MF | ITA | Fausto Salsano | 41 | 4 | 12+16 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Antonio Paganin | 17 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Marco Lanna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Marco Branca | 18 | 2 | 0+9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Maurizio Ganz | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Michele Zanutta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Roberto Breda |
| | FW | ITA | Enrico Chiesa |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/formazioni/1987/960/