# 1985–86 UC Sampdoria season

UC Sampdoria fell short of repeating its successful 1984–85 season, ending up in 12th position in the league. It did almost defend its cup title successfully, but despite a 2–1 victory in the first leg, it lost to Roma in the return leg. Sampdoria's European adventure did not live up to expectations, it not even reaching the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup.

## 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 | Ivano Bordon |
| — | GK | ITA | Roberto Bocchino |
| — | DF | ITA | Moreno Mannini |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Paganin |
| — | DF | ITA | Roberto Galia |
| — | DF | ITA | Luca Pellegrini |
| — | DF | ITA | Pietro Vierchowod |
| — | DF | ITA | Andrea Veronici |
| — | MF | ITA | Fausto Pari |
| — | MF | ITA | Fausto Salsano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessandro Scanziani |
| — | MF | SCO | Graeme Souness |
| — | MF | ITA | Fiondella |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianfranco Matteoli |
| — | FW | ENG | Trevor Francis |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Mancini |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianluca Vialli |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Lorenzo |
| — | FW | ITA | Fabio Aselli |
| — | FW | ITA | Maurizio Ganz |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| FW | Giuseppe Lorenzo | Catanzaro |
| MF | Gianfranco Matteoli | Como |
| FW | Maurizio Ganz | |
| FW | Fabio Aselli | |
| MF | Fiondella | |
| DF | Andrea Veronici | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to |
| DF | Alessandro Renica | Napoli |
| MF | Evaristo Beccalossi | Monza |
| DF | Enzo Gambaro | Parma |
| MF | Francesco Casagrande | Como |
| MF | Giovanni Picasso | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 28 | |
| 11 | Avellino | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 27 | |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 27 | |
| 13 | Udinese | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 25 | |
| 14 | Pisa (R) | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 23 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | - | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 |

#### Matches
### Topscorers

* Roberto Mancini 6
* Gianluca Vialli 6
* Giuseppe Lorenzo 3
* Graeme Souness 3

### Coppa Italia
#### Group stage (Group 3)

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Atalanta(1) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Sampdoria(1) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 3 | Lazio(2) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| 4 | Monopoli(3) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 |
| 5 | Taranto(3) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 |
| 6 | Catania(2) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |

#### Final
### European Cup Winners' Cup
#### Second round
## 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 | Ivano Bordon | 46 | -39 | 30 | -25 | 12 | -11 | 4 | -3 |
| | DF | ITA | Moreno Mannini | 39 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Pietro Vierchowod | 39 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Luca Pellegrini | 45 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Roberto Galia | 38 | 1 | 17+6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fausto Pari | 45 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Graeme Souness | 38 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fausto Salsano | 40 | 3 | 18+8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Alessandro Scanziani | 39 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Gianluca Vialli | 39 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Roberto Mancini | 37 | 12 | 17+6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| | GK | ITA | Roberto Bocchino | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| | MF | ITA | Gianfranco Matteoli | 37 | 3 | 20+2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Lorenzo | 35 | 8 | 17+6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Trevor Francis | 27 | 2 | 9+5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Antonio Paganin | 22 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Fabio Aselli | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Andrea Veronici | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fiondella | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Maurizio Ganz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1985/919/