2002–03 UC Sampdoria season

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U.C. Sampdoria
2002–2003 season
Manager Walter Novellino
Serie B 2nd (promoted)
Coppa Italia Round of 16
  2001–02
2003–04  

In the 2002-03 season, U.C. Sampdoria competed in Serie B for a fourth season. They finished the year second behind Siena and were promoted back to Serie A.

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Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season [1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Luigi Turci
3 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Stefano Bettarini
4 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sergio Volpi
5 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Maurizio Domizzi
6 MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Jorge Bolaño (on loan from Parma)
7 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andrea Rabito (on loan from A.C. Milan)
8 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Corrado Colombo
9 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Bazzani
10 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesco Flachi
12 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Davide Pinato
14 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Mirko Conte
15 MF Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Francis Zé
16 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabrizio Casazza
17 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Angelo Palombo
18 DF Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  SCG Bratislav Živković
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Massimo Paganin
20 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Grandoni
21 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Sid-Ahmed Bouziane
22 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ikechukwu Kalu
23 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andrea Bernini
24 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Daniele Perrone
25 DF Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  SCG Nenad Sakić
26 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesco Pedone
33 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Claudio Labriola
65 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Salvatore Miceli (on loan from Piacenza)
72 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Stefano Sacchetti
77 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andrea Gasbarroni
83 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Mattia Cassani (on loan from Juventus)
84 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Olmo Pozzo
97 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabian Valtolina

Left club during season

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Guglielmo Stendardo (to Salernitana)
11 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Vincenzo Iacopino (on loan to Catania)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
21 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sandro Cois (on loan to Piacenza)

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References

  1. "FootballSquads - Sampdoria - 2002/03".