# 1999–2000 UC Sampdoria season

The 1999–2000 UC Sampdoria season saw the club finish 5th in Serie B, a point away from promotion.

## Kit

Sampdoria's kit was manufactured by Japanese company Asics and sponsored by Japanese gaming company Sega, who used their sponsorship to promote their console Dreamcast.

## 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 | Matteo Sereni |
| 2 | DF | URU | Damián Macaluso |
| 3 | DF | POR | Hugo |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Grandoni |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Lussjen Corti |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Marcello Castellini |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Vittorio Tosto |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Gaetano Vasari |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Catê |
| 9 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Pesaresi |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Flachi |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Francesco Palmieri |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Luca Fuselli |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Marco Sgrò |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Simone Sinagra |
| 14 | MF | CMR | Francis Zé |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Simone Vergassola |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Iacopino |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Doriva |
| 18 | MF | YUG | Bratislav Živković |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Stefano Casale |
| 20 | FW | YUG | Zoran Jovičić |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Ficini |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Marco Ambrosio |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Bigliazzi |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Matzuzzi |
| 24 | GK | ITA | Christian Puggioni |
| 24 | FW | BRA | Paco Soares |
| 25 | DF | YUG | Nenad Sakić |
| 26 | FW | ITA | Carmine Esposito |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Marco Sanna |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Davide Dionigi |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Francesco Flachi | Fiorentina | |
| MF | Carmine Esposito | Fiorentina | |
| DF | Damián Macaluso | Racing Montevideo | |
| GK | Matteo Sereni | Empoli FC | loan ended |
| DF | Vittorio Tosto | Salernitana | |
| MF | Gaetano Vasari | Cagliari | |
| MF | Stefano Casale | US Lecce | |
| DF | Emanuele Pesaresi | Napoli | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Moreno Mannini | Nottingham Forest | |
| FW | Vincenzo Montella | AS Roma | |
| FW | Ariel Ortega | Parma | |
| GK | Fabrizio Ferron | Internazionale | |
| MF | Fabio Pecchia | Torino | |
| MF | Pierre Laigle | Lyon | |
| DF | Saliou Lassissi | Parma | loan ended |
| MF | Lee Sharpe | Bradford City | loan |
| DF | Stefano Nava | Pro Sesto | |
| MF | Paco Soares | Carrarese | |
| DF | David Balleri | US Lecce | |
| DF | Marco Franceschetti | Hellas Verona | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Davide Dionigi | Piacenza | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Marco Ambrosio | Lucchese | |
| DF | Alessandro Grandoni | Torino | loan |
| FW | Catê | Flamengo | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 3 | Brescia (P) | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 63 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Napoli (P) | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 63 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 62 | |
| 6 | Genoa | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 57 | |
| 7 | Salernitana | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 52 | |

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Group stage (Group 2)

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sampdoria (B) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 |
| 2 | Cesena (B) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 |
| 3 | Palermo (C1B) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 |
| 4 | Savoia(B) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 |

#### Second round
## Statistics
### Players statitics

| 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 | Matteo Sereni | 37 | -38 | 37 | -38 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Marcello Castellini | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Hugo | 25 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | YUG | Nenad Sakić | 35 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Stefano Casale | 38 | 4 | 32+6 | 4 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Ficini | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Simone Vergassola | 35 | 0 | 32+3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Gaetano Vasari | 35 | 4 | 35 | 4 |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Doriva | 37 | 3 | 36+1 | 3 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Davide Dionigi | 20 | 8 | 18+2 | 8 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Francesco Palmieri | 31 | 6 | 31 | 6 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Bigliazzi | 1 | -2 | 1 | -2 |
| 9 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Pesaresi | 17 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | ITA | Carmine Esposito | 24 | 5 | 13+11 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Vittorio Tosto | 19 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Flachi | 28 | 5 | 12+16 | 5 |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Marco Sgrò | 27 | 0 | 9+18 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Marco Sanna | 16 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | YUG | Bratislav Živković | 17 | 0 | 4+13 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | YUG | Zoran Jovičić | 9 | 2 | 2+7 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Matzuzzi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Caté | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Grandoni | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ITA | Christian Puggioni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Marco Ambrosio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | URU | Damián Macaluso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Iacopino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Lussjen Corti |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Luca Fuselli |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Simone Sinagra |
| 14 | MF | CMR | Francis Zé |
| 24 | FW | BRA | Paco Soares |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1999/2885/