2003–04 UC Sampdoria season

Sampdoria
2003–04 season
Chairman	Riccardo Garrone
Manager	Walter Novellino
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Fabio Bazzani (13)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Last updated October 26, 2025

UC Sampdoria returned to Serie A after a four year-absence, and immediately re-established itself as a team on the top half of the domestic championship. Goalkeeper Francesco Antonioli offered crucial experience, but apart from him did the bulk of the squad play in the 2002-03 Serie B, with top goalscorers Fabio Bazzani and Francesco Flachi quickly adjusting themselves to the higher pace of Serie A. Midfielders Sergio Volpi and Angelo Palombo also stood out. Right back Aimo Diana even earned a call-up to the national team following his performances.

Players

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	Luigi Turci
3	DF	ITA	Stefano Bettarini
4	MF	ITA	Sergio Volpi
5	DF	ITA	Moris Carrozzieri
7	FW	ITA	Giacomo Cipriani (on loan from Bologna)
9	FW	ITA	Fabio Bazzani
10	FW	ITA	Francesco Flachi
13	FW	JPN	Atsushi Yanagisawa
14	DF	ITA	Mirko Conte
15	MF	CMR	Francis Zé
17	MF	ITA	Angelo Palombo
18	DF	SCG	Bratislav Živković
19	DF	ITA	Giulio Falcone
20	MF	ITA	Biagio Pagano
21	GK	ITA	Francesco Antonioli


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	ITA	Emanuele Bianchi
23	DF	ITA	Aimo Diana
24	FW	ITA	Antonio Floro Flores (on loan from Napoli)
25	DF	SCG	Nenad Sakić
26	MF	ITA	Francesco Pedone
27	MF	ITA	Cristiano Doni
28	MF	CMR	Thomas Job
29	MF	ITA	Massimo Donati (on loan from AC Milan)
30	MF	ITA	Claudio Costanzo
31	MF	ITA	Giampaolo Calzi=on loan from Castellettese
72	DF	ITA	Stefano Sacchetti
77	DF	ITA	Cristian Zenoni (on loan from Juventus)
82	DF	ITA	Luca Antonini
85	FW	ITA	Francesco Virdis
97	MF	ITA	Fabian Valtolina

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
7	DF	ITA	Maurizio Domizzi (on loan to Modena)
8	FW	ITA	Corrado Colombo (on loan to Piacenza)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	ITA	Massimo Marazzina (on loan from Chievo)
20	DF	ITA	Alessandro Grandoni (to Modena)

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Lazio	34	16	8	10	52	38	+14	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7	Udinese ^[a]	34	13	11	10	44	40	+4	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
8	Sampdoria	34	11	13	10	40	42	−2	46
9	Chievo	34	11	11	12	36	37	−1	44
10	Lecce	34	11	8	15	43	56	−13	41

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker for relevant positions 3) head-to-head points and goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Udinese gained entry to the 2004–05 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia because both finalists Lazio and Juventus qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League through league position, respectively.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	11	13	10	40	42	−2	46	9	4	4	26	23	+3	2	9	6	14	19	−5

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D
Position	6	10	13	9	11	12	12	11	9	9	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2004. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 August 20031	Reggina	2–2	Sampdoria	Reggio Calabria
18:00 CEST	Cozza 5' Di Michele 41'		Bazzani 64' Diana 73'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 21,531 Referee: Massimo De Santis

13 September 20032	Sampdoria	1–2	Lazio	Genoa
18:00 CEST	Bazzani 73'		S. Inzaghi 8' Albertini 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Domenico Messina

21 September 20033	Internazionale	0–0	Sampdoria	Milan
15:00 CEST				Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

28 September 20034	Sampdoria	2–1	Brescia	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Bazzani 88' Flachi 90' (pen.)		Mauri 69'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,461 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

5 October 20035	Parma	1–0	Sampdoria	Parma
15:00 CEST	Adriano 19'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

19 October 20036	Chievo	1–1	Sampdoria	Verona
15:00 CEST	Amauri 24'		Diana 60'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 13,890 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

26 October 20037	Sampdoria	0–3	Milan	Genoa
15:00 CET			Tomasson 38' Shevchenko 59', 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

2 November 20038	Bologna	0–1	Sampdoria	Bologna
15:00 CET			Doni 33'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

8 November 20039	Sampdoria	2–0	Empoli	Genoa
15:00 CET	Bazzani 22' Doni 27'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

23 November 200310	Lecce	0–0	Sampdoria	Lecce
15:00 CET				Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 13,760 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

30 November 200311	Sampdoria	2–0	Ancona	Genoa
15:00 CET	Bazzani 66' Flachi 89'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,259 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

7 December 200312	Sampdoria	2–1	Siena	Genoa
15:00 CET	Flachi 1' Bazzani 73'		D'Aversa 39'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,353 Referee: Christian Brighi

13 December 200313	Perugia	3–3	Sampdoria	Perugia
20:30 CET	Ignoffo 39' Margiotta 55' Gio. Tedesco 58'		Flachi 16', 89' Tardioli 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 23,060 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

21 December 200314	Sampdoria	1–1	Modena	Genoa
15:00 CET	Bazzani 50'		Kamara 22'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,085 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

6 January 200415	Udinese	0–1	Sampdoria	Udine
15:00 CET			Flachi 57'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 16,589 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

11 January 200416	Sampdoria	1–2	Juventus	Genoa
15:00 CET	Flachi 56'		Camoranesi 24' A. Conte 74'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 36,703 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

18 January 200417	Roma	3–1	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CET	Carew 10' Totti 60', 67'		Bazzani 6'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

24 January 200418	Sampdoria	2–0	Reggina	Genoa
20:30 CET	Bazzani 45', 47'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,280 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

1 February 200419	Lazio	1–1	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CET	Fiore 10'		Bazzani 85'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 46,243 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

8 February 200420	Sampdoria	2–2	Internazionale	Genoa
15:00 CET	Cipriani 57' Doni 86' (pen.)		C. Vieri 31', 78'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 35,706 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

15 February 200421	Brescia	1–1	Sampdoria	Brescia
15:00 CET	A. Caracciolo 6'		Doni 57'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 14,577 Referee: Marco Gabriele

21 February 200422	Sampdoria	1–2	Parma	Genoa
18:00 CET	Floro Flores 82'		Gilardino 59' Bresciano 74'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,436 Referee: Stefano Farina

29 February 200423	Sampdoria	1–0	Chievo	Genoa
15:00 CET	Diana 50'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,408 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

7 March 200424	Milan	3–1	Sampdoria	Milan
15:00 CET	Pirlo 17' F. Inzaghi 35' Kaká 49'		Doni 27'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 64,967 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

14 March 200425	Sampdoria	3–2	Bologna	Genoa
15:00 CET	Volpi 9' (pen.) Diana 28' Cipriani 50'		Signori 10' Nervo 69'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,522 Referee: Marco Gabriele

21 March 200426	Empoli	1–1	Sampdoria	Empoli
15:00 CET	Rocchi 90+2'		Belleri 18' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,607 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

28 March 200427	Sampdoria	2–2	Lecce	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Flachi 8', 42'		Chevanton 37' (pen.) Konan 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,852 Referee: Marco Gabriele

4 April 200428	Ancona	0–1	Sampdoria	Ancona
15:00 CEST			Bazzani 19'	Stadium: Stadio del Conero Attendance: 10,199 Referee: Diego Preschern

10 April 200429	Siena	0–0	Sampdoria	Siena
15:00 CEST				Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 11,623 Referee: Antonio Dattilo

18 April 200430	Sampdoria	3–2	Perugia	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Diana 39' Flachi 45', 87'		Zé Maria 47' Ravanelli 85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,060 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

25 April 200431	Modena	1–0	Sampdoria	Modena
15:00 CEST	Kamara 59'			Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 17,031 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

2 May 200432	Sampdoria	1–3	Udinese	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Bazzani 51'		Jankulovski 28' Pizarro 58' (pen.) Iaquinta 87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Luca Palanca

9 May 200433	Juventus	2–0	Sampdoria	Turin
15:00 CEST	Legrottaglie 37' Appiah 44'			Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Attendance: 31,866 Referee: Emidio Morganti

16 May 200434	Sampdoria	0–0	Roma	Genoa
15:00 CEST				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Alberto Castellani

Topscorers

Coppa Italia

Second round

1 October 2003First leg	Pro Patria	0–1	Sampdoria	Busto Arsizio
20:45 CEST			Antonini 27'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Speroni Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Oscar Girardi

29 October 2003Second leg	Sampdoria	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Pro Patria	Genoa
20:30 CET	Marazzina 6' Doni 10' Zenoni 78'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Danilo Nucini

Round of 16

3 December 2003First leg	Sampdoria	0–1	Milan	Genoa
21:10 CET			M. Conte 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

18 December 2003Second leg	Milan	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Sampdoria	Milan
20:45 CET	F. Inzaghi 13'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Antonio Dattilo

References

↑ "FootballSquads - Sampdoria - 2003/04".

External links

RSSSF - Italy 2003/04

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[table_note_UDI0.49726001848339-2] Udinese gained entry to the 2004–05 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia because both finalists Lazio and Juventus qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League through league position, respectively.

[1] "FootballSquads - Sampdoria - 2003/04".

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