1998–99 U.C. Sampdoria season

U.C. Sampdoria completed its fall from grace by being relegated to Serie B, just eight years after its league title in 1990-91. Similarly to Napoli the year before, the club was no longer a financial power when it came to signing players, and its star player Ariel Ortega did not deliver to the degree Sampdoria had hoped for.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Fabrizio Ferron
• Luca Fuselli
• Marco Ambrosio

Defenders

• Marcello Castellini
• Stefano Nava
• Moreno Mannini
• David Balleri
• Hugo Vieira
• Alessandro Grandoni
• Saliou Lassissi
• Nenad Sakić

Midfielders

• Marco Franceschetti
• Fabio Pecchia
• Pierre Laigle
• Bratislav Živković
• Marco Sgrò
• Simone Vergassola
• Vincenzo Iacopino
• Matteo Solari
• Lee Sharpe
• Doriva

Attackers

• Vincenzo Montella
• Ariel Ortega
• Francesco Palmieri
• Catê
• Zoran Jovičić
• Simone Aloe

Serie A

Matches

• Udinese-Sampdoria 2-2
• 1-0 Jonathan Bachini (15)
• 1-1 Valerio Bertotto (32 og)
• 1-2 Vincenzo Montella (37)
• 2-2 Márcio Amoroso (42)

• Sampdoria-Perugia 1-1
• 1-0 Pierre Laigle (21)
• 1-1 Renato Olive (48)

• Cagliari-Sampdoria 5-0
• 1-0 Mohamed Kallon (7)
• 2-0 Roberto Muzzi (10)
• 3-0 Gaetano Vasari (69)
• 4-0 Mohamed Kallon (76)
• 5-0 Daniele Berretta (78)

• Sampdoria-Roma 2-1
• 0-1 Marco Delvecchio (26)
• 1-1 Francesco Palmieri (61)
• 2-1 Vincenzo Iacopino (69)

• Piacenza-Sampdoria 4-1
• 1-0 Pietro Vierchowod (3)
• 1-1 Ariel Ortega (28 pen)
• 2-1 Simone Inzaghi (42 pen)
• 3-1 Gian Paolo Manighetti (72)
• 4-1 Massimo Rastelli (87)

• Sampdoria-Empoli 3-0
• 1-0 Francesco Palmieri (19)
• 2-0 Ariel Ortega (70)
• 3-0 Francesco Palmieri (73)

• Juventus-Sampdoria 2-0
• 1-0 Filippo Inzaghi (44)
• 2-0 Filippo Inzaghi (59)

• Sampdoria-Salernitana 1-0
• 1-0 Ariel Ortega (50 pen)

• Inter-Sampdoria 3-0
• 1-0 Youri Djorkaeff (6 pen)
• 2-0 Youri Djorkaeff (17 pen)
• 3-0 Iván Zamorano (80)

• Sampdoria-Vicenza 0-0

• Venezia-Sampdoria 0-0

• Sampdoria-Parma 0-2
• 0-1 Enrico Chiesa (45)
• 0-2 Enrico Chiesa (47)

• Lazio-Sampdoria 5-2
• 1-0 Siniša Mihajlović (29)
• 1-1 Francesco Palmieri (37 pen)
• 2-1 Siniša Mihajlović (45)
• 3-1 Siniša Mihajlović (52)
• 3-2 Francesco Palmieri (56 pen)
• 4-2 Dejan Stanković (82)
• 5-2 Marcelo Salas (90)

• Sampdoria-Milan 2-2
• 0-1 Leonardo (39)
• 1-1 Francesco Palmieri (58)
• 1-2 Oliver Bierhoff (73)
• 2-2 Ariel Ortega (86)

• Fiorentina-Sampdoria 1-0
• 1-0 Rui Costa (28)

• Sampdoria-Bologna 1-1
• 0-1 Giuseppe Signori (13)
• 1-1 Francesco Palmieri (62)

• Bari-Sampdoria 3-1
• 1-0 Phil Masinga (35)
• 2-0 Gaetano De Rosa (47)
• 2-1 Pierre Laigle (66)
• 3-1 Davide Olivares (70)

• Sampdoria-Udinese 1-1
• 0-1 Roberto Sosa (3)
• 1-1 Ariel Ortega (52)

• Perugia-Sampdoria 2-0
• 1-0 Iván Kaviedes (21)
• 2-0 Salvatore Matrecano (26)

• Sampdoria-Cagliari 0-0

• Roma-Sampdoria 3-1
• 1-0 Fábio Júnior (10)
• 1-1 Saliou Lassissi (15)
• 2-1 Paulo Sérgio (85)
• 3-1 Paulo Sérgio (88)

• Sampdoria-Piacenza 3-2
• 1-0 Vincenzo Montella (23 pen)
• 2-0 Pierre Laigle (34)
• 3-0 Ariel Ortega (57)
• 3-1 Gianpietro Piovani (70)
• 3-2 Davide Dionigi (82 pen)

• Empoli-Sampdoria 0-1
• 0-1 Fabio Pecchia (31)

• Sampdoria-Juventus 1-2
• 1-0 Ariel Ortega (64)
• 1-1 Nicola Amoruso (74)
• 1-2 Filippo Inzaghi (90)

• Salernitana-Sampdoria 2-0
• 1-0 Václav Koloušek (62)
• 2-0 Salvatore Fresi (84)

• Sampdoria-Inter 4-0
• 1-0 Vincenzo Montella (12)
• 2-0 Vincenzo Montella (52 pen)
• 3-0 Vincenzo Montella (66)
• 4-0 Ariel Ortega (69)

• Vicenza-Sampdoria 1-0
• 1-0 Marcelo Otero (33)

• Sampdoria-Venezia 2-1
• 1-0 Vincenzo Montella (6 pen)
• 1-1 Fabian Valtolina (52)
• 2-1 Catê (71)

• Parma-Sampdoria 1-1
• 1-0 Néstor Sensini (43)
• 1-1 Vincenzo Montella (53 pen)

• Sampdoria-Lazio 0-1
• 0-1 Christian Vieri (60)

• Milan-Sampdoria 3-2
• 1-0 Massimo Ambrosini (17)
• 1-1 Vincenzo Montella (60)
• 2-1 Leonardo (79)
• 2-2 Marco Franceschetti (86)
• 3-2 Marcello Castellini (90 og)

• Sampdoria-Fiorentina 3-2
• 0-1 Rui Costa (20 pen)
• 1-1 Vincenzo Montella (29)
• 1-2 Jörg Heinrich (41)
• 2-2 Vincenzo Montella (51)
• 3-2 Francesco Palmieri (78)

• Bologna-Sampdoria 2-2
• 0-1 Vincenzo Montella (5)
• 1-1 Klas Ingesson (28)
• 1-2 Vincenzo Montella (39)
• 2-2 Klas Ingesson (90 + 5 pen)

• Sampdoria-Bari 1-0
• 1-0 Doriva (33)

Topscorers

• Vincenzo Montella 12
• Ariel Ortega 8
• Francesco Palmieri 7