1994–95 UC Sampdoria season

Sampdoria
1994–95 season
President	Enrico Mantovani
Manager	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Semi-finals
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ruud Gullit,; Roberto Mancini (9); All: ; Roberto Mancini (11)
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

Unione Calcio Sampdoria spent the 1994-95 season mired in the midfield, since its remarkable offensive play from the 1993-94 season failed to occur. Despite this, it came close to another European final, but stumbled at Arsenal following penalties in the semi-finals. Following the end of the season, creative midfielders David Platt, Attilio Lombardo and Vladimir Jugović all left the club, bringing further uncertainty of the future direction of the club.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Walter Zenga
—	GK	ITA	Giulio Nucari
—	DF	ITA	Moreno Mannini
—	DF	ITA	Riccardo Ferri
—	DF	ITA	Pietro Vierchowod
—	DF	ITA	Stefano Sacchetti
—	DF	ITA	Michele Serena
—	DF	YUG	Siniša Mihajlović
—	DF	ITA	Marco Rossi
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Invernizzi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Attilio Lombardo
—	MF	YUG	Vladimir Jugović
—	MF	ENG	David Platt
—	MF	ITA	Riccardo Maspero
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Salsano
—	MF	ITA	Alberigo Evani
—	FW	ITA	Roberto Mancini
—	FW	NED	Ruud Gullit
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Melli
—	FW	ITA	Claudio Bellucci
—	FW	ITA	Mauro Bertarelli
—	FW	ITA	Maurizio Sala

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Alessandro Melli	Parma F.C.	-
DF	Sinisa Mihajlovic	A.S. Roma	-
GK	Walter Zenga	Inter Milan	-
DF	Riccardo Ferri	Inter	-
MF	Riccardo Maspero	U.S. Cremonese	-

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Enrico Chiesa	U.S. Cremonese	loan
FW	Ruud Gullit	A.C. Milan	loan ended
MF	Srecko Katanec		released
GK	Gianluca Pagliuca	Inter	-
FW	Nicola Amoruso	Fidelis Andria	loan

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Ruud Gullit	A.C. Milan	loan

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Alessandro Melli	A.C. Milan	loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Internazionale	34	14	10	10	39	34	+5	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup
7	Napoli	34	13	12	9	40	45	−5	51
8	Sampdoria	34	13	11	10	51	37	+14	50
9	Cagliari	34	13	10	11	40	39	+1	49
10	Fiorentina	34	12	11	11	61	57	+4	47

Source: Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[1]

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	W
Position	1	1	2	4	9	6	7	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	6	7	7	5	4	5	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	10	9	7	9	9	8

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1995–96 UEFA Champions League; = 1995–96 UEFA Cup

Matches

4 September 1994 1	Sampdoria	5–0	Padova	Genoa
	R. Mancini 13' Evani 42' Platt 52' Mihajlović 67' Melli 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

11 September 1994 2	Reggiana	0–2	Sampdoria	Reggio Emilia
		Report	R. Mancini 85' Lombardo 90'	Stadium: Stadio Giglio Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

18 September 1994 3	Sampdoria	1–1	Foggia	Genoa
	Bertarelli 43'	Report	Bianchini 81' Di Biagio 86' F. Mancini 88'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Marcello Cardona

25 September 1994 4	Juventus	1–0	Sampdoria	Turin
	Di Livio 34'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Angelo Amendolia

2 October 1994 5	Roma	1–0	Sampdoria	Rome
	Balbo 56'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

16 October 1994 6	Sampdoria	3–1	Parma	Genoa
	Maspero 75', 81' R. Mancini 87' (pen.)	Report	Zola 43' Di Chiara 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Gianni Beschin

23 October 1994 7	Milan	0–0	Sampdoria	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

30 October 1994 8	Sampdoria	0–0	Napoli	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Marcello Nicchi

6 November 1994 9	Cremonese	2–0	Sampdoria	Cremona
	Tentoni 43' Florijančič 82'	Report	Mihajlović 45'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

20 November 1994 10	Sampdoria	1–1	Torino	Genoa
	Jugović 50'	Report	Osio 72' Torrisi 74'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

27 November 1994 11	Fiorentina	2–2	Sampdoria	Florence
	Batistuta 60' (pen.) Luppi 71' Vierchowod 73' (o.g.)	Report	Platt 39' (pen.) Gullit 88'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Roberto Bettin

4 December 1994 12	Sampdoria	3–2	Genoa	Genoa
	Vierchowod 15' Lombardo 24' Maspero 83'	Report	Miura 14' Galante 87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Piero Ceccarini

11 December 1994 13	Brescia	0–0	Sampdoria	Brescia
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Giuseppe Rosica

18 December 1994 14	Sampdoria	5–0	Cagliari	Genoa
	Lombardo 8' Gullit 14', 19' R. Mancini 45' Bellucci 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Stefano Braschi

8 January 1995 15	Sampdoria	3–1	Lazio	Genoa
	Mihajlović 8' Platt 35' (pen.), 50'	Report	Signori 12', 57'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Angelo Amendolia

15 January 1995 16	Internazionale	2–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Festa 57' Fontolan 67'	Report	Vierchowod 55'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

22 January 1995 17	Sampdoria	1–1	Bari	Genoa
	Platt 28' Lombardo 79'	Report	Tovalieri 8'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

29 January 1995 18	Padova	1–4	Sampdoria	Padua
	Zattarin 88'	Report	Platt 14' Maspero 48' R. Mancini 69' Jugović 75'	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Referee: Marcello Nicchi

12 February 1995 19	Sampdoria	2–1	Reggiana	Genoa
	Sgarbossa 45' (o.g.) Lombardo 89'	Report	Padovano 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Gennaro Borriello

19 February 1995 20	Foggia	1–1	Sampdoria	Foggia
	Bresciani 44'	Report	Gullit 64'	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Pierluigi Collina

26 February 1995 21	Sampdoria	0–1	Juventus	Genoa
		Report	Vialli 80'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

5 March 1995 22	Sampdoria	3–0	Roma	Genoa
	Rossi 26' Gullit 47', 77'	Report	Moriero 37'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

12 March 1995 23	Parma	3–2	Sampdoria	Parma
	Zola 19', 75', 67' Asprilla 22'	Report	Lombardo 55' (pen.) Gullit 64' Mannini 77'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Livio Bazzoli

19 March 1995 24	Sampdoria	0–3	Milan	Genoa
	Mannini 52'	Report	Simone 11' Albertini 71', 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Roberto Bettin

2 April 1995 25	Napoli	2–0	Sampdoria	Naples
	Carbone 32' Agostini 43'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Stefano Braschi

9 April 1995 26	Sampdoria	2–1	Cremonese	Genoa
	R. Mancini 13' Jugović 87'	Report	Chiesa 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Angelo Amendolia

15 April 1995 27	Torino	0–0	Sampdoria	Turin
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Referee: Daniele Tombolini

23 April 1995 28	Sampdoria	2–2	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Gullit 9', 72'	Report	Batistuta 75' Baiano 79'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

30 April 1995 29	Genoa	2–1	Sampdoria	Genoa
	van 't Schip 68' Skuhravý 76' (pen.)	Report	Platt 53'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Piero Ceccarini

7 May 1995 30	Sampdoria	2–1	Brescia	Genoa
	Platt 86' (pen.), 90'	Report	Baronchelli 2' Corini 51'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Massimo De Santis

14 May 1995 31	Cagliari	0–2	Sampdoria	Cagliari
	Herrera 70' Oliveira 90'	Report	R. Mancini 62', 73'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Roberto Bettin

21 May 1995 32	Lazio	1–0	Sampdoria	Rome
	Winter 81'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

28 May 1995 33	Sampdoria	2–2	Internazionale	Genoa
	Vierchowod 25' Platt 57' Bellucci 66'	Report	Festa 5' Bergkamp 57' Bianchi 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

4 June 1995 34	Bari	1–2	Sampdoria	Bari
	Amoruso 69'	Report	Mihajlović 28' R. Mancini 43'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Loris Stafoggia

Coppa Italia

Second round

31 August 1994 First leg	Sampdoria	5–1	Vicenza	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	R. Mancini 10' Lopez 23' (o.g.), 77' (o.g.) Lombardo 55' Bertarelli 89'		Briaschi 49'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

21 September 1994 Second leg	Vicenza	2–1	Sampdoria	Vicenza
	Capecchi 26' Beghetto 76'		Lombardo 52'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Massimo De Santis

Round of 16

12 October 1994 First leg	Fiorentina	2–1	Sampdoria	Florence
	Robbiati 72' Batistuta 87'		Melli 4' Invernizzi 89'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Giuseppe Rosica

26 October 1994 Second leg	Sampdoria	1–1	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Melli 77' (pen.)		Batistuta 54'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

15 September 1994 First leg	Bodø/Glimt	3–2	Sampdoria	Oslo, Norway
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Staurvik 2' Johnsen 32', 58'	Report	Bertarelli 47' Platt 67'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 2,015 Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)

29 September 1994 Second leg	Sampdoria	2–0	Bodø/Glimt	Genoa, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Platt 13' Lombardo 37'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 28,656 Referee: Vladimir Hrinak (Slovakia)

Second round

20 October 1994 First leg	Sampdoria	3–0	Grasshopper	Genoa, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Melli 45' Mihajlović 76' Maspero 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,316 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

3 November 1994 Second leg	Grasshopper	3–2	Sampdoria	Zürich, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Willems 13' Bickel 52' Koller 55'	Report	Melli 17' Lombardo 40'	Stadium: Hardturm Attendance: 12,100 Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

Quarter-finals

2 March 1995 First leg	Sampdoria	0–1	Porto	Genoa, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Yuran 65'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,004 Referee: David Elleray (England)

16 March 1995 Second leg	Porto	0–1 (3–5 p)	Sampdoria	Porto, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	R. Mancini 48' Platt 117'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 35,076 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	Penalties
	Emerson Latapy Domingos Folha		Mihajlović Jugović Maspero Salsano Lombardo

Semi-final

6 April 1995 First leg	Arsenal	3–2	Sampdoria	London, England
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bould 34', 37' Wright 69'	Report	Jugović 51', 78'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Jaap Uilenberg (Netherlands)

20 April 1995 Second leg	Sampdoria	3–2 (2–3 p)	Arsenal	Genoa, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	R. Mancini 14' Bellucci 85', 86'	Report	Wright 60' Schwarz 89'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)
	Penalties
	Mihajlović Jugović Maspero Mannini Lombardo		Dixon McGoldrick Hartson Adams Merson

Supercoppa Italiana

28 August 1994	Milan	1–1 (4–3 p)	Sampdoria	Milan
	Gullit 83'		Mihajlović 36'	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 26,767 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
	Penalties
	Albertini Boban Simone Costacurta		Platt Vierchowod Evani Jugović Mihajlović

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UCWC
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Zenga	46	-55	34	-37	4	-6	8	-12
	DF	ITA	Mannini	36	0	28	0	2	0	6	0
	DF	ITA	Vierchowod	40	2	31	2	4	0	5	0
	DF	YUG	Mihajlovic	33	4	25	3	2	0	6	1
	DF	ITA	Serena	38	0	25+2	0	3	0	8	0
	MF	ITA	Lombardo	45	10	33	6	4	2	8	2
	MF	ITA	Evani	35	1	20+3	1	4	0	8	0
	MF	ENG	Platt	33	10	26	8	2	0	5	2
	MF	YUG	Jugovic	31	5	21	3	4	0	6	2
	FW	NED	Gullit	22	9	21+1	9
	FW	ITA	Mancini	37	12	31	9	2	1	4	2
	GK	ITA	Nuciari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Ferri	28	0	19+1	0	3	0	5	0
	DF	ITA	Sacchetti	17	0	4+6	0	4	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Rossi	15	1	6+3	1	1	0	5	0
	MF	ITA	Invernizzi	30	0	14+8	0	2	0	6	0
	MF	ITA	Maspero	28	5	10+11	4	1	0	6	1
	MF	ITA	Salsano	29	0	6+14	0	3	0	6	0
	FW	ITA	Melli	14	5	8	1	3	2	3	2
	FW	ITA	Bellucci	24	4	9+12	2	1	0	2	2
	FW	ITA	Bertarelli	6	3	1+1	1	2	1	2	1
	FW	ITA	Sala	2	0	0+1	0	1	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/formazioni/1994/1084/

References

^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[1] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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