U.C. Sampdoria

Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria (1891–1927)

The roots of Sampdoria are to be found in two teams born in the late 1890s: Società Ginnastica Sampierdarenese and Società Andrea Doria. The former was founded in 1891 and opened its football section in 1899. The latter, named after Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, was founded in 1895. Andrea Doria did not join the first Italian Football Championship organised by the Italian Federation of Football (FIF) and played on 8 May 1898. Instead, they played in the football tournament organised by the Italian Federation of Ginnastica. The first ancestor of Sampdoria to play in the Italian Football Championship was Sampierdarenese, who joined the third edition in 1900 for their only appearance before World War One. Andrea Doria eventually joined the competition in 1902, but did not win a game until the 1907 edition, when they beat local rivals Genoa 3–1. It was not until 1910–11 that the club began to show promise, finishing above Juventus, Internazionale and Genoa in the main tournament. After the war Sampierdarenese finally began to compete in the Italian Championship replacing another club from Bolzaneto, then an independent town in the province of Genoa, called Associazione del Calcio Ligure. Thus, during the 1919-20 edition Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria met in the championship for the first time. Doria won the first-leg game (4–1 and 1–1) and finished second after Genoa in the Liguria group, qualifying for the National…

Domestic

Serie A Winners (1): 1990–91 Serie B Winners (1): 1966–67 Runners-up (1): 2002–03 Coppa Italia Winners (4): 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94 Runners-up (3): 1985–86, 1990–91, 2008–09 Supercoppa Italiana Winners (1): 1991 Runners-up (3): 1988, 1989, 1994

European

European Cup Runners-up (1): 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): 1989–90 Runners-up (1): 1988–89 European Super Cup Runners-up (1): 1990

Friendly

Wembley International Tournament Winners (3): 1990, 1991, 1992 Trofeo Bortolotti Winners (2): 1998, 2006 Amsterdam Tournament Winners (1): 1988 Joan Gamper Trophy Winners (1): 2012