1988–89 U.C. Sampdoria season

U.C. Sampdoria had its most successful season ever, winning the Coppa Italia and reaching the final of the Cup Winners' Cup, where it came up short to Barcelona with 2–0. It finished fifth in Serie A with 14 goals from Gianluca Vialli marking the international breakthrough for the striker.

Sampdoria

1988–89 season
Chairman	Paolo Mantovani
Manager	Vujadin Boškov
Serie A	5th
Cup Winners' Cup	Final
Coppa Italia	Champions
Top goalscorer	Gianluca Vialli (14)

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Gianluca Pagliuca
• Guido Bistazzoni

Defenders

• Moreno Mannini
• Pietro Vierchowod
• Luca Pellegrini
• Marco Lanna
• Amedeo Carboni
• Stefano Pellegrini
• Emilio Affuso

Midfielders

• Fulvio Bonomi
• Fausto Pari
• Mirco Gubellini
• Toninho Cerezo
• Fausto Salsano
• Víctor Muñoz
• Giuseppe Dossena
• Roberto Breda

Attackers

• Enrico Chiesa
• Roberto Mancini
• Gianluca Vialli
• Loris Pradella

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Milan[lower-alpha 1]	34	16	14	4	61	25	+36	46	Qualification to European Cup
4	Juventus	34	15	13	6	51	36	+15	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup
5	Sampdoria	34	14	11	9	43	25	+18	39	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
6	Atalanta	34	11	14	9	37	32	+5	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup
7	Fiorentina	34	12	10	12	44	43	+1	34

Source: 1988–89 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[1]
Notes:

1. Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.

Matches

9 October 1988 1	Torino	2–3	Sampdoria	Torino
	Skoro 39' Vierchowod 87' (o.g.)	Report	Bonomi 7' Vierchowod 63' Dossena 83 '	Stadium: Comunale

16 October 1988 2	Sampdoria	2–0	Como	Genoa
	Cerezo 14 ' Mancini 60 '	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

23 October 1988 3	Pisa	1–1	Sampdoria	Pisa
	Brandani 11 '	Report	Vialli 90' (pen )	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi

30 October 1988 4	Sampdoria	1–0	Ascoli	Genoa
	Vialli 63 '	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

6 November 1988 5	Inter	1–0	Sampdoria	Milano
	Berti 1 '	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

20 November 1988 6	Sampdoria	4–1	Bologna	Genoa
	Mancini 4 ' Muñoz 43 ' Dossena 55 ' Vialli 61' (pen )	Report	Poli 78 '	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

27 November 1988 7	Fiorentina	0–2	Sampdoria	Firenze
		Report	Dossena 58 ' Vialli 90 '	Stadium: Comunale

4 December 1988 8	Sampdoria	0–2	Roma	Genoa
		Report	Völler 35 ' Massaro 77 '	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

11 December 1988 9	Juventus	0–0	Sampdoria	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Comunale

18 December 1988 10	Sampdoria	3–0	Lecce	Genoa
	Muñoz 54 ' Vialli 59' Pradella  86'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

31 December 1988 11	Milan	0–0	Sampdoria	Milano
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

8 January 1989 12	Sampdoria	1–1	Atalanta	Genoa
	Vialli  89'	Report	Evair 56'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

15 January 1989 13	Pescara	0–1	Sampdoria	Pescara
		Report	Vialli 38'	Stadium: Adriatico

22 January 1989 14	Sampdoria	0–0	Napoli	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

29 January 1989 15	Hellas Verona	1–1	Sampdoria	Verona
	Bortolazzi 29' (pen )	Report	Vialli 23 '	Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi

5 February 1989 16	Sampdoria	1–0	Lazio	Genoa
	Mancini 44 '	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

12 February 1989 17	Cesena	0–0	Sampdoria	Cesena
		Report

19 February 1989 18	Sampdoria	5–1	Torino	Genoa
	Dossena 27 ' Carboni 30 ' Vialli 45 ' Mancini 60 ' Mancini 64 '	Report	Zago 15 '	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

26 February 1989 19	Como	0–2	Sampdoria	Como
		Report	Bonomi 42 ' Vialli 78' (pen )	Stadium: Mario Sinigaglia

5 March 1989 20	Sampdoria	2–0	Pisa	Genoa
	Vialli 60' (pen ) Vialli 79 '	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

12 March 1989 21	Ascoli	2–2	Sampdoria	Ascoli Piceno
	Aloisi 1 ' Giordano 27 '	Report	Vialli 21' (pen ) Stefano Pellegrini 89 '	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca

19 March 1989 22	Sampdoria	0–1	Inter	Genoa
		Report	Mandorlini 48 '	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

2 April 1989 23	Bologna	0–0	Sampdoria	Bologna
		Report		Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

9 April 1989 24	Sampdoria	1–2	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Dossena 85 '	Report	Pellegrini 19 ' Borgonovo 79 '	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

16 April 1989 25	Roma	1–0	Sampdoria	Roma
	Desideri 59 '	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

30 April 1989 26	Sampdoria	1–2	Juventus	Genoa
	Mancini 20 '	Report	De Agostini 68' (pen ) Galia 86 '	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

6 May 1989 27	Lecce	1–0	Sampdoria	Lecce
	Vanoli 57 '	Report		Stadium: Via del Mare

14 May 1989 28	Sampdoria	1–1	Milan	Genoa
	Pari 36 '	Report	Rijkaard 45 '	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

21 May 1989 29	Atalanta	1–0	Sampdoria	Bergamo
	Fortunato 84 '	Report		Stadium: Comunale

28 May 1989 30	Sampdoria	4–1	Pescara	Genoa
	Vialli 9 ' Salsano 48 ' Ciarlantini 62' (o.g.) Mancini 80 '	Report	Júnior 31 '	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

4 June 1989 31	Napoli	1–1	Sampdoria	Napoli
	Carannante 40 '	Report	Cerezo 75 '	Stadium: San Paolo

11 June 1989 32	Sampdoria	2–1	Hellas Verona	Genoa
	Salsano 64 ' Pradella 86 '	Report	Galderisi 83 '	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

18 June 1989 33	Lazio	1–0	Sampdoria	Roma
	Dezotti 37 '	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

25 June 1989 34	Sampdoria	2–0	Cesena	Genoa
	Mancini 48 ' Mancini 75 '	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

Topscorers

• Gianluca Vialli 14
• Roberto Mancini 9
• Giuseppe Dossena 5

Coppa Italia

First round

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sampdoria	5	4	1	0	14	2	+12	9
2	Lecce	5	2	2	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Modena	5	3	0	2	7	7	0	6
4	Cremonese	5	3	0	2	5	6	−1	6
5	Padova	5	0	2	3	3	9	−6	2
6	Arezzo	5	0	1	4	2	8	−6	1

Source:

Second round

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sampdoria	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
2	Atalanta	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Bari	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	3
4	Monza	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source:

Quarterfinals

Sampdoria

3–0

Fiorentina

	Fiorentina	1–1 (1-4 agg.)	Sampdoria	Firenze
				Stadium: Artemio Franchi

Semifinals

Atalanta

2–3

Sampdoria

Bergamo

Sampdoria

3–1 (6-3 agg.)

Atalanta

Final

19 June 1989	Napoli	1–0	Sampdoria	Napoli
21:00	Renica  55'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Tullio Lanese

28 June 1989	Sampdoria	4–0 (4-1 agg.)	Napoli	Cremona
21:00	Vialli  32' Cerezo  38' Vierchowod  47' Mancini  59' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Supercoppa

14 June 1989	Milan	3–1	Sampdoria	San Siro, Milan, Italy
	Rijkaard  18' Mannari  72' Van Basten  90' (pen)	Report	Vialli  14'	Attendance: 19,412 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

7 September 1988	IFK Norrköping	2–1	Sampdoria	Norrköping
	Andersson  9' Hellström  86'	Report	Carboni  51'	Stadium: Norrköpings Idrottspark Attendance: 13 216 Referee: Allan Gunn

6 October 1988	Sampdoria	2–0 (3-2 agg.)	IFK Norrköping	Cremona
	Salsano  37' Vialli  82'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 17 683 Referee: Rolf Blattmann

Second round

26 October 1988	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–1	Sampdoria	Jena
	Weber  38'	Report	Vialli  83' (pen.)

9 November 1988	Sampdoria	3–1 (4-2 agg.)	Carl Zeiss Jena	Cremona
	Vierchowod  23' Cerezo  42' Vialli  53'	Report	Raab  50'

Quarterfinals

1 March 1989	Dinamo București	1–1	Sampdoria	Bucharest
	Vaișcovici  16' (pen.)	Report	Vialli  89'	Stadium: Stadionul Dinamo Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Horst Brummeier

15 March 1989	Sampdoria	0–0 (1-1 a agg.)	Dinamo București	Cremona
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Lajos Nemeth

Semifinals

5 April 1989	Mechelen	2–1	Sampdoria	Mechelen
	Ohana  11' Deferm  67'	Report	Vialli  74'

19 April 1989	Sampdoria	3–0 (4-2 agg.)	Mechelen	Genoa
	Cerezo  71' Dossena  85' Salsano  88'	Report

Final

10 May 1989	Barcelona	2–0	Sampdoria	Bern
20:15	Salinas  4' López Rekarte  79'	Report		Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 42 707 Referee: George Courtney

References

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.

Sources

• RSSSF - Italy 1988/89