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| Full name | Unione Calcio Sampdoria S.p.A. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | I Blucerchiati (The Blue-circled) La Samp Il Doria | ||
| Founded | 12 August 1946, as Unione Calcio Sampdoria | ||
| Ground | Luigi Ferraris | ||
| Capacity | 33,205 | ||
| Owner | Blucerchiati S.p.A. | ||
| Chairman | Matteo Manfredi | ||
| Manager | Vacant | ||
| League | Serie B | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie B, 7th of 20 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (Italian pronunciation: [sampˈdɔːrja, sanˈdɔːrja]), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria. They compete in Serie B, the second division of the Italian football league system.
Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s,[1] Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria. Both the team name and colours reflect this union, the first being a combination of the names, the second taking the form of a unique kit design, predominantly blue (for Andrea Doria) with white, red and black bands (for Sampierdarenese) across the centre of the shirt, hence the nickname blucerchiati ("blue-circled").
Sampdoria play at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, capacity 33,205,[2] which they share with Genoa's older club, Genoa Cricket and Football Club. The fierce rivalry between the two teams is commonly known as the Derby della Lanterna, and has been contested in Serie A for most of its history.
Sampdoria have won the Scudetto once in their history, in 1991. The club has also won the Coppa Italia four times, in 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1994, and the Supercoppa Italiana once, in 1991. Their biggest European success came when they won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990. They also reached the European Cup final in 1992, losing the final 1–0 to Barcelona after extra-time.
- ^ Il Calcio Ginnastico Archived 2010-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "www.genoacfc.it". Archived from the original on 9 December 2001. Retrieved 20 June 2007.