2006–07 UC Sampdoria season

Sampdoria

2006–07 season
Manager	Walter Novellino
Serie A	9th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals

During the 2006–07 Italian football season, Sampdoria competed in Serie A.

Season summary

Sampdoria finished 9th, which was sufficient to qualify for the Intertoto Cup. Manager Walter Novellino left at the end of the season to join Torino, and was replaced by Reggina coach Walter Mazzarri.

Kit

Sampdoria's kit was manufactured by Kappa and sponsored by Genovese energy company Erg.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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 2 DF  ITA Simone Ciancio 3 DF  SUI Reto Ziegler (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 4 MF  ITA Sergio Volpi 5 DF  ITA Pietro Accardi 6 MF  HUN Vladimir Koman 7 DF  ITA Christian Maggio 8 MF  URU Rubén Olivera (on loan from Juventus) 9 FW  ITA Fabio Bazzani 10 FW  ITA Francesco Flachi 11 FW  LBY Al-Saadi Gaddafi 12 GK  ITA Vincenzo Fiorillo 14 DF  ITA Luigi Sala 15 GK  ITA Carlo Zotti (on loan from Roma) 16 MF  ITA Danilo Soddimo 17 MF  ITA Angelo Palombo 18 MF  ITA Andrea Parola 19 DF  ITA Giulio Falcone 20 FW  ITA Emiliano Bonazzoli 21 MF  ITA Daniele Franceschini

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  ITA Gianluca Di Gennaro 23 DF  ITA Christian Terlizzi 25 FW  USA Gabriel Ferrari 26 DF  SCG Ivan Živanović 27 FW  ITA Fabio Quagliarella 31 DF  CMR Solomon Enow 33 DF  ITA Alessandro Bastrini 40 MF  ITA Gennaro Delvecchio 46 DF  ITA Mirko Pieri 50 FW  ITA Pietro Arnulfo 52 DF  ITA Nicola Donato 53 DF  ITA Matteo Lanzoni 54 DF  ITA Luca Calzolaio 55 FW  ITA Alessandro Romeo 56 MF  ITA Carmine Cucciniello 66 MF  SUI Bruno Mota 77 DF  ITA Cristian Zenoni 87 MF  ITA Paolo Castellazzi 99 GK  ITA Gianluca Berti

Left club during season

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 11 MF  ITA Massimo Bonanni (on loan to Ascoli) 88 FW  ITA Salvatore Foti (on loan to Vicenza)

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Daniele Padelli (on loan to Liverpool) — FW  ITA Corrado Colombo (to Spezia)

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2006–07 Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Empoli	38	14	12	12	42	43	−1	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
8	Atalanta	38	12	14	12	56	54	+2	50
9	Sampdoria	38	13	10	15	44	48	−4	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[a]
10	Udinese	38	12	10	16	49	55	−6	46
11	Livorno	38	10	13	15	41	54	−13	43

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Sampdoria gained entry to the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Atalanta renounced. Sampdoria then qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup first round.

References

1. "FootballSquads - Sampdoria - 2006/07".