# 1988–89 UC Sampdoria season

UC Sampdoria had its most successful season ever, winning the Coppa Italia and reaching the final of the Cup Winners' Cup, where it came up short to Barcelona with 2–0. It finished fifth in Serie A with 14 goals from Gianluca Vialli marking the international breakthrough for the striker.

## 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 | Marco Lanna |
| — | DF | ITA | Amedeo Carboni |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Pellegrini |
| — | DF | ITA | Emilio Affuso |
| — | MF | ITA | Fulvio Bonomi |
| — | MF | ITA | Fausto Pari |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Mirco Gubellini |
| — | MF | BRA | Toninho Cerezo |
| — | MF | ITA | Fausto Salsano |
| — | MF | ESP | Víctor Muñoz |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Dossena |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Breda |
| — | FW | ITA | Enrico Chiesa |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Mancini |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianluca Vialli |
| — | FW | ITA | Loris Pradella |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Víctor Muñoz | FC Barcelona |
| DF | Amedeo Carboni | Parma |
| DF | Stefano Pellegrini | Monza |
| MF | Giuseppe Dossena | Udinese |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to |
| DF | Hans-Peter Briegel | 1.FC Kaiserslautern |
| DF | Antonio Paganin | Udinese |
| MF | Luca Fusi | SSC Napoli |
| FW | Maurizio Ganz | Monza |
| FW | Marco Branca | Udinese |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Milan | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 61 | 25 | +36 | 46 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 39 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 6 | Atalanta | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
* ↑ Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.
* ↑ AC Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup qualification match against AS Roma then qualified to 1989–90 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | 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 | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Topscorers

* Gianluca Vialli 14
* Roberto Mancini 9
* Giuseppe Dossena 5

### Coppa Italia
#### First round (Group 8)

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sampdoria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 |
| 2 | Lecce | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| 3 | Modena | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Cremonese | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
| 5 | Padova | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
| 6 | Arezzo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |

#### Second round (Group 4)

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sampdoria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Bari | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | Monza | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |

#### Final
### European Cup Winners' Cup
#### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | ECWC | ECWC |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pagliuca | 53 | -41 | 33 | -25 | 11 | -7 | 9 | -9 |
| | DF | ITA | Moreno Mannini | 31 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Pietro Vierchowod | 51 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Luca Pellegrini | 42 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Amedeo Carboni | 48 | 2 | 30+1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Víctor Muñoz | 53 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fausto Pari | 52 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Toninho Cerezo | 52 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Dossena | 57 | 8 | 32+2 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Roberto Mancini | 48 | 14 | 28+1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Gianluca Vialli | 51 | 32 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 |
| | GK | ITA | Guido Bistazzoni | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Marco Lanna | 36 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fulvio Bonomi | 44 | 2 | 17+8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fausto Salsano | 46 | 5 | 14+15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| | DF | ITA | Stefano Pellegrini | 17 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Loris Pradella | 32 | 3 | 4+16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Roberto Breda | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Enrico Chiesa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Sergio Marcon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Emilio Affuso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Filippo Dal Moro |
| | MF | ITA | Mirco Gubellini |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1988/977/