# 2008–09 UC Sampdoria season

The 2008–09 season was Unione Calcio Sampdoria's 53rd season in Serie A, and their 6th consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.

## Squad

As of August 13, 2008
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 | Luca Castellazzi |
| 3 | MF | SUI | Reto Ziegler |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Pietro Accardi |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Stefano Lucchini |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Andrea Poli (from youth team) |
| 9 | FW | URU | Bruno Fornaroli |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Claudio Bellucci |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Jonathan Bottinelli |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Hugo Campagnaro |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Emiliano Bonazzoli |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Daniele Franceschini |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Marco Padalino |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Paolo Sammarco |
| 23 | MF | LTU | Marius Stankevičius |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | SUI | Jonathan Rossini (from youth team) |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Mattia Mustacchio (from youth team) |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Mirko Eramo (from youth team) |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Daniele Gastaldello |
| 40 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Delvecchio |
| 46 | DF | ITA | Mirko Pieri |
| 83 | GK | ITA | Antonio Mirante |
| 88 | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena |
| 89 | FW | ITA | Guido Marilungo (from youth team) |
| 90 | GK | ITA | Vincenzo Fiorillo (from youth team) |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Antonio Cassano |
| – | GK | ITA | Davide Negretti (from youth team) |
| – | GK | ITA | Daniele Padelli |

## Transfers
### Summer 2008

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore (from Foligno, loan return) |
| 23 | MF | LTU | Marius Stankevičius (from Brescia, €3m) |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Bastrini (from Modena, loan return) |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Marco Padalino (from Piacenza, €2.5m) |
| — | FW | ITA | Francesco Virdis (from Pescara, loan return) |
| 88 | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena (from Parma, €3m co-ownership) |
| — | MF | ITA | Paolo Castellazzi (from Pro Patria, loan return) |
| 9 | FW | URU | Bruno Fornaroli (from Nacional, €5m) |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Jonathan Bottinelli (from San Lorenzo, undisclosed) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Christian Maggio (to Napoli, €9m) |
| — | MF | ITA | Sergio Volpi (to Bologna, Free) |
| — | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Montella (to Roma, loan return) |
| — | DF | ITA | Cristian Zenoni (to Bologna, €1m) |
| — | FW | ITA | Francesco Flachi (to Empoli, Free) |
| — | DF | ITA | Gianluigi Bianco (to Empoli, co-ownership) |
| — | FW | NGA | Ikechukwu Kalu (to Bellinzona, €0.7m) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore (to Triestina) |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Bastrini (to Sassuolo) |
| — | DF | CMR | Solomon Enow (to Legnano) |
| — | FW | ITA | Francesco Virdis (to Legnano) |
| — | DF | URU | Leonardo Martín Migliónico (to Livorno) |
| — | DF | ITA | Simone Ciancio (to Alessandria) |
| — | FW | ITA | Stefano Scappini (to Ternana) |
| — | MF | ITA | Paolo Castellazzi (to Ternana) |
| — | DF | ITA | Luca Calzolaio (to Lumezzane) |
| — | MF | ITA | Danilo Soddimo (to Ancona) |
| — | DF | ITA | Massimo Volta (to Vicenza) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Atalanta | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 47 |
| 12 | Napoli | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 46 |
| 13 | Sampdoria | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 46 |
| 14 | Siena | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 44 |
| 15 | Catania | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 43 |
* 1 2 Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2009. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 13 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STD | STU | SAM | SEV | PTZ |
| 1 | Standard Liège | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | VfB Stuttgart | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 3–0 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Sampdoria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 4 | Sevilla | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | | — | 2–0 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Partizan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | — | — |