# 1998–99 UC Sampdoria season

The 1998–99 UC Sampdoria season ended with the club's relegation to Serie B just eight years after winning the Serie A title in 1990–91. Similarly to Napoli the year prior, the club was no longer a financial power when it came to signing players, while its high-profile signing, Ariel Ortega, did not deliver to the degree Sampdoria had hoped for.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Fabrizio Ferron |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Marcello Castellini |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Stefano Nava |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Marco Franceschetti |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Moreno Mannini |
| 6 | DF | ITA | David Balleri |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Pesaresi |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Fabio Pecchia |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Pierre Laigle |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Montella |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Ariel Ortega |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Francesco Palmieri |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Luca Fuselli |
| 13 | MF | YUG | Bratislav Živković |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Iacopino |
| 15 | DF | POR | Hugo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Fernando Gastón Córdoba |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Catê |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Marco Sgrò |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Simone Vergassola |
| 20 | FW | YUG | Zoran Jovičić |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Matteo Solari |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Marco Ambrosio |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Grandoni |
| 24 | DF | CIV | Saliou Lassissi |
| 25 | DF | YUG | Nenad Sakić |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Ficini |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Piredda |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Simone Aloe |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Lee Sharpe |
| 32 | MF | BRA | Doriva |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Ariel Ortega | Valencia | |
| MF | Fabio Pecchia | Juventus | |
| DF | Saliou Lassissi | Parma | loan |
| FW | Francesco Palmieri | US Lecce | |
| DF | Alessandro Grandoni | SS Lazio | |
| DF | Nenad Sakić | US Lecce | |
| MF | Bratislav Živković | Crvena Zvezda | |
| MF | Vincenzo Iacopino | Hellas Verona | loan ended |
| FW | Catê | Universidad Catolica | |
| FW | Zoran Jovičić | Crvena Zvezda | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Juan Sebastián Verón | Parma F.C. | |
| MF | Alain Boghossian | Parma F.C. | |
| DF | Siniša Mihajlović | S.S. Lazio | |
| FW | Giuseppe Signori | Bologna F.C. | loan ended |
| MF | Fausto Salsano | Spezia Calcio | |
| FW | François Omam-Biyik | Atlante F.C. | |
| MF | Alessio Scarchilli | Torino FC | loan ended |
| FW | Daniele Dichio | Sunderland A.F.C. | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Doriva | Porto | |
| MF | Lee Sharpe | Bradford City | loan |
| DF | Stefano Nava | Servette | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Paco Soares | Empoli | loan |
| DF | Emanuele Pesaresi | Napoli | loan |
| DF | Oumar Dieng | Auxerre | |
| MF | Mattia Biso | Parma F.C. | |
| MF | Gastón Córdoba | Colón | |
| FW | Fabrizio Ficini | Fiorentina | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Perugia | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 39 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 15 | Salernitana (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 38 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Sampdoria (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 37 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Vicenza (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 33 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 18 | Empoli (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 20 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Perugia gained entry to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round after the renounce of several teams.
* ↑ Empoli were docked two points due to attempted bribery of referee during a match against Sampdoria on 25 October 1998.

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Topscorers

* Vincenzo Montella – 12
* Ariel Ortega – 8
* Francesco Palmieri – 7

### UEFA Intertoto Cup
#### Second round
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | Intertoto | Intertoto |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Ferron | 39 | -44 | 31 | -44 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Balleri | 38 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Grandoni | 41 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | YUG | Sakic | 33 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Franceschetti | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Laigle | 38 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Doriva | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| | AM | ITA | Pecchia | 26 | 3 | 26 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Montella | 29 | 16 | 21+1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| | FW | ARG | Ortega | 31 | 9 | 25+2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Palmieri | 42 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| | GK | ITA | Ambrosio | 9 | -11 | 3+4 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Castellini | 31 | 0 | 19+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | CIV | Lassissi | 20 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Vergassola | 23 | 0 | 8+11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mannini | 17 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | POR | Hugo | 15 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Nava | 14 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Ficini | 17 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Sgro | 23 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Iacopino | 17 | 11 | 4+13 | 1 |
| | FW | BRA | Catê | 23 | 2 | 1+14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | MF | ENG | Sharpe | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | MF | YUG | Zivkovic | 10 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Solari | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | YUG | Jovicic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Aloe | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Fuselli | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| | MF | ITA | Mattia Biso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SEN | Dieng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Cordoba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Pesaresi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Piredda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Paco Soares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1998/1159/