The 2017–18 season was Unione Calcio Sampdoria's 61st season in Serie A, and their 6th consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia, finishing 10th in the league after spending most of the campaign in 6th, and being eliminated in the latter competition in the round of 16.
The season was the second in charge for former Empoli manager Marco Giampaolo. Veteran Italian striker Fabio Quagliarella was the club's top scorer, with 19 league goals.
Players
Squad information
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Gianluca Caprari Internazionale €15M Nicola Murru Cagliari €7M €7M + Luca Cigarini Federico Bonazzoli Brescia Loan return Leonardo Capezzi Crotone Loan return Francesco Fedato Carpi Loan return Dávid Ivan Bari Loan return Alessandro Martinelli Brescia Loan return Valerio Verre Pescara Loan return Dawid Kownacki Lech Poznań Undisclosed Gastón Ramírez Middlesbrough €11M Joachim Andersen Twente Undisclosed Božo Mikulić RNK Split Undisclosed Ivan Strinić Napoli €23M Fee part of Duván Zapata deal
Loans in Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Gian Marco Ferrari Sassuolo Loan Loan with an option to buy Duván Zapata Napoli €23M Fee part of Ivan Strinić deal; loan with an obligation to buy Vid Belec Benevento Loan Swapped for Christian Puggioni
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Bruno Fernandes Sporting CP €9M €9M + bonuses Luca Cigarini Cagliari Free Included as part of Nicola Murru's transfer Angelo Palombo Retired Jakub Hromada Slavia Prague Undisclosed Milan Škriniar Internazionale €18M €18M + Gianluca Caprari Luis Muriel Sevilla €20M €20M + 20% of any future transfer fee Christian Puggioni Benevento Undisclosed Swapped for Vid Belec
Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Federico Bonazzoli SPAL Loan Loan with an option to buy Patrik Schick Roma €5M €5M + €9M obligation to buy Daniel Pavlović Crotone Loan Filip Đuričić Benevento Loan
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal127FWFabio Quagliarella19019291FWDuván Zapata11011399FWDawid Kownacki53849FWGianluca Caprari527590MFGastón Ramírez325634MFLucas Torreira40478MFÉdgar Barreto12316MFKarol Linetty303913DFGian Marco Ferrari2021011MFRicky Álvarez10118MFDennis Praet10126DFMatías Silvestre101Own goal000Totals56965
Last updated: 20 May 2018
Clean sheets NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal12GKEmiliano Viviano60621GKChristian Puggioni314Totals9110
Last updated: 20 May 2018
Disciplinary record NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal2GKEmiliano Viviano2000002007DFJacopo Sala10100010113DFGian Marco Ferrari40000040017DFIvan Strinić20010030019DFVasco Regini20000020024DFBartosz Bereszyński50000050026DFMatías Silvestre30000030029DFNicola Murru4000004008MFÉdgar Barreto41010051016MFKarol Linetty80000080018MFDennis Praet40000040021MFValerio Verre20000020034MFLucas Torreira60000060090MFGastón Ramírez9000009009FWGianluca Caprari41000041027FWFabio Quagliarella40000040091FWDuván Zapata100000100Totals65212006721
Last updated: 20 May 2018
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