1997–98 U.C. Sampdoria season

Sampdoria

1997–98 season
Chairman	Enrico Mantovani
Manager	César Luis Menotti
Serie A	9th
Coppa Italia	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Vincenzo Montella (20)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

U.C. Sampdoria finished ninth in Serie A, despite the absence of club stalwart Roberto Mancini, who had followed coach Sven-Göran Eriksson to Lazio. Former Argentine World Cup-winning coach César Luis Menotti took charge, but failed to match the results of Eriksson, and was replaced by the 1991 championship winning coach Vujadin Boškov, who guided the team to a safe mid-table slot.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Fabrizio Ferron
• Marco Ambrosio
• Giovanni Sanino

Defenders

• David Balleri
• Hugo
• Moreno Mannini
• Marcello Castellini
• Emanuele Pesaresi
• Siniša Mihajlović
• Alessandro Lamonica
• Oumar Dieng
• Stefano Nava

Midfielders

• Marco Franceschetti
• Pierre Laigle
• Ángel Morales
• Alain Boghossian
• Fausto Salsano
• Christian Karembeu
• Simone Vergassola
• Juan Sebastián Verón
• Alessio Scarchilli
• Nicola Zanini

Attackers

• Vincenzo Montella
• Sandro Tovalieri
• Jürgen Klinsmann
• Daniele Dichio
• Paco Soares
• Giuseppe Signori
• François Omam-Biyik

Serie A

Matches

• Sampdoria-Vicenza 2-1
• 1-0 Alain Boghossian (10)
• 1-1 Arturo Di Napoli (53)
• 2-1 Sandro Tovalieri (85)

• Brescia-Sampdoria 3-3
• 1-0 Dario Hübner (4)
• 1-1 Alain Boghossian (54)
• 1-2 Vincenzo Montella (74)
• 2-2 Dario Hübner (76)
• 2-3 Vincenzo Montella (80)
• 3-3 Dario Hübner (84)

• Atalanta-Sampdoria 0-2
• 0-1 Pierre Laigle (13)
• 0-2 Vincenzo Montella (64)

• Sampdoria-Juventus 1-1
• 1-0 Ángel Morales (16)
• 1-1 Filippo Inzaghi (90 + 2)

• Udinese-Sampdoria 3-2
• 1-0 Alessandro Calori (8)
• 1-1 Vincenzo Montella (26)
• 2-1 Oliver Bierhoff (35)
• 2-2 Alain Boghossian (39)
• 3-2 Alessandro Pierini (47)

• Sampdoria-Piacenza 3-1
• 1-0 Sandro Tovalieri (44)
• 1-1 Davide Dionigi (47 pen)
• 2-1 Vincenzo Montella (52 pen)
• 3-1 Sandro Tovalieri (74)

• Sampdoria-Milan 0-3
• 0-1 George Weah (75)
• 0-2 George Weah (81)
• 0-3 Christian Ziege (87)

• Lazio-Sampdoria 3-0
• 1-0 Dario Marcolin (25 pen)
• 2-0 Pavel Nedvěd (65)
• 3-0 Alen Bokšić (87)

• Sampdoria-Bari 1-0
• 1-0 Siniša Mihajlović (84)

• Bologna-Sampdoria 2-2
• 1-0 Roberto Baggio (15 pen)
• 2-0 Michele Paramatti (48)
• 2-1 Pierre Laigle (57)
• 2-2 Jürgen Klinsmann (76)

• Sampdoria-Inter 1-1
• 0-1 Ronaldo (9)
• 1-1 Vincenzo Montella (31 pen)

• Empoli-Sampdoria 4-1
• 0-1 Marco Franceschetti (9)
• 1-1 Max Tonetto (25)
• 2-1 Giovanni Martusciello (40)
• 3-1 Giovanni Martusciello (54)
• 4-1 Carmine Esposito (65)

• Sampdoria-Napoli 6-3
• 0-1 Claudio Bellucci (15)
• 1-1 Alain Boghossian (35)
• 2-1 Vincenzo Montella (42 pen)
• 3-1 Vincenzo Montella (61)
• 3-2 Igor Protti (70)
• 4-2 Pierre Laigle (73)
• 5-2 Jürgen Klinsmann (76)
• 5-3 Fabio Rossitto (78)
• 6-3 Vincenzo Montella (90 pen)

• Fiorentina-Sampdoria 1-1
• 1-0 Gabriel Batistuta (7)
• 1-1 Vincenzo Montella (78)

• Sampdoria-Parma 5-2
• 1-0 Vincenzo Montella (5)
• 2-0 Giuseppe Signori (26)
• 3-0 Simone Vergassola (33)
• 4-0 Lilian Thuram (49 og)
• 4-1 Filippo Maniero (54)
• 4-2 Filippo Maniero (58)
• 5-2 Giuseppe Signori (83)

• Lecce-Sampdoria 1-3
• 0-1 Vincenzo Montella (12)
• 0-2 Vincenzo Montella (51)
• 0-3 Giuseppe Signori (77)
• 1-3 Maurizio Rossi (90 + 3)

• Sampdoria-Roma 1-1
• 0-1 Moreno Mannini (26 og)
• 1-1 Siniša Mihajlović (33)

• Vicenza-Sampdoria 1-1
• 0-1 Juan Sebastián Verón (18)
• 1-1 Lamberto Zauli (27)

• Sampdoria-Brescia 2-1
• 1-0 Giovanni Bia (18 og)
• 2-0 Vincenzo Montella (36 pen)
• 2-1 Maurizio Neri (50)

• Sampdoria-Atalanta 2-0
• 1-0 Siniša Mihajlović (65)
• 2-0 Alain Boghossian (79)

• Juventus-Sampdoria 3-0
• 1-0 Alessandro Del Piero (5)
• 2-0 Filippo Inzaghi (11)
• 3-0 Daniel Fonseca (78)

• Sampdoria-Udinese 0-3
• 0-1 Martin Jørgensen (36)
• 0-2 Martin Jørgensen (63 pen)
• 0-3 Francesco Statuto (87)

• Piacenza-Sampdoria 1-0
• 1-0 Roberto Murgita (48)

• Milan-Sampdoria 1-0
• 1-0 Christian Ziege (37)

• Sampdoria-Lazio 0-4
• 0-1 Vladimir Jugović (1)
• 0-2 Pavel Nedvěd (54)
• 0-3 Diego Fuser (66)
• 0-4 Diego Fuser (81)

• Bari-Sampdoria 0-1
• 0-1 Vincenzo Montella (30)

• Sampdoria-Bologna 2-3
• 1-0 Vincenzo Montella (14)
• 2-0 Juan Sebastián Verón (49)
• 2-1 Kennet Andersson (55)
• 2-2 Kennet Andersson (69)
• 2-3 Kennet Andersson (82)

• Inter-Sampdoria 3-0
• 1-0 Hugo (50 og)
• 2-0 Luigi Sartor (53)
• 3-0 Ronaldo (88)

• Sampdoria-Empoli 3-0
• 1-0 Vincenzo Montella (41)
• 2-0 Vincenzo Montella (85)
• 3-0 Pierre Laigle (90 + 3)

• Napoli-Sampdoria 0-2
• 0-1 Bertrand Crasson (33 og)
• 0-2 Pierre Laigle (87)

• Sampdoria-Fiorentina 2-0
• 1-0 Vincenzo Montella (38)
• 2-0 Vincenzo Montella (77)

• Parma-Sampdoria 2-2
• 1-0 Enrico Chiesa (35)
• 1-1 Paco Soares (66)
• 2-1 Néstor Sensini (78)
• 2-2 Alain Boghossian (87)

• Sampdoria-Lecce 1-1
• 1-0 Alessio Scarchilli (60)
• 1-1 Francesco Cozza (73)

• Roma-Sampdoria 2-0
• 1-0 Francesco Totti (24)
• 2-0 Marco Delvecchio (90 + 1)

Topscorers

• Vincenzo Montella 20
• Alain Boghossian 6
• Pierre Laigle 5
• Siniša Mihajlović 3
• Sandro Tovalieri 3

Sources

• RSSSF - Italy 1997/98
• Italian Wikipedia

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