2025–26 UC Sampdoria season

On 13 July, Sampdoria announced the appointment of Massimo Donati as their new Head Coach.^[1]

On 1 August, Sampdoria announced the season-long loan signing of Marvin Çuni from Rubin Kazan, with an option to make the transfer permanent on a contract until 30 June 2029.^[2]

On 5 August, Sampdoria announced that Melle Meulensteen had been sold to Go Ahead Eagles.^[3]

On 6 August, Sampdoria announced that Samuel Ntanda-Lukisa had been sold to RSC Anderlecht.^[4]

On 7 August, Sampdoria announced the signing of Jordan Ferri from Montpellier and Liam Henderson from Empoli, both on a contracts until 30 June 2027, with options to extended the contract for an additional year.^[5][6] Later the same day, Sampdoria announced that Ronaldo Vieira had been sold to MLS club San Jose Earthquakes.^[7]

On 13 August, Sampdoria announced the signing of Víctor Narro from Gimnàstic, on a contract until 30 June 2028.^[8]

On 19 August, Sampdoria announced the signing of Gaëtan Coucke from Al-Orobah, on a contract until 30 June 2027.^[9]

On 20 August, Sampdoria announced the signing of Oliver Abildgaard from Como, on a contract until 30 June 2028.^[10]

On 21 August, Sampdoria announced the season-long loan signing of Luigi Cherubini from AS Roma, and that Antonino La Gumina had joined Inter Milan on loan to play for their reserve team, Inter U23.^[11][12][13]

On 22 August, Elia Tantalocchi joined Campobasso on loan for the season.^[14] Also on 22 August, Sampdoria announced the loan signing of Simone Pafundi from Udinese, with the option to make the move permanent until 30 June 2030.^[15]

On 29 August, Sampdoria announced that Nicholas Scardigno had joined Virtus Verona, and that Nikola Sekulov had joined Carrarese, both for the season.^[16][17]

On 22 August, Elia Tantalocchi joined Campobasso on loan for the season.^[14] Also on 22 August, Sampdoria announced the loan signing of Simone Pafundi from Udinese, with the option to make the move permanent until 30 June 2030.^[15]

On 30 August, Sampdoria announced the signing of Andrei Coubiș from AC Milan on loan for the season, with an obligation to make the move permanent and Coubiș signing a contract until 30 June 2029.^[18]

On 1 September, Sampdoria announced that Simone Leonardi had left the club to sign for Catania,^[19] and that they had signed a one-year contract with Antonín Barák from Fiorentina and that Dennis Hadžikadunić had joined the club on a year-long loan deal from Rostov after he'd suspended his contract with the Russian club due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[20][21]

On 2 September, Sampdoria announced that they had signed professional contracts with Giuseppe Forte, Lorenzo Paratici, until 30 June 2028 and that they had joined AS Roma on loan for the season, with Francesco Ferrara and Valerio Cinti joining Sampdoria from Roma on loan for the season.^[22]

On 18 October, Sampdoria announced the departure of Massimo Donati as their Head Coach, with Angelo Gregucci being announced as his replacement the following day.^[23][24]

On 2 January, Sampdoria announced that Estanis Pedrola had joined Las Palmas on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the move permanent.^[25]

On 3 January, Sampdoria announced the signing of Matteo Brunori on loan from Palermo until the end of the season.^[26]

On 4 January, Sampdoria announced the signing of Salvatore Esposito on loan from Spezia for the remainder of the season, with an obligation to make the transfer permanent in the summer with Esposito signing a contract until 30 June 2030 with an option for an additional year.^[27]

On 5 January, Sampdoria announced the signing of Tjaš Begić from Parma on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the transfer permanent on a contract until 30 June 2030.^[28]

On 7 January, Sampdoria announced the signing of Tommaso Martinelli on loan from Fiorentina until the end of the season.^[29]

On 9 January, Sampdoria announced the permanent signing of Andrei Coubiș from AC Milan, and at the same time that they had loaned Coubiș out to Universitatea Cluj for the rest of the season, with a conditional obligation to make the move permanent and a potential option if the conditional obligations isn't met.^[30]

On 14 January, Sampdoria announced the signing of Matteo Palma on loan from Udinese until the end of the season.^[31]

On 16 August, Sampdoria announced that Víctor Narro had joined Real Murcia on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the move permanent.^[32]

On 17 January, Sampdoria announced the signing of Mattia Viti on loan from Nice until the end of the season.^[33]

On 22 January, Sampdoria confirmed that Lorenzo Malagrida had left the club in order to sign for Livorno.^[34]

On 26 January, Sampdoria announced that they had mutually agreed with Rubin Kazan to end Marvin Çuni's loan deal early.^[35]

On 28 January, Sampdoria announced that they had extended their contract with Francesco Conti until 30 June 2030, whilst also announcing that Simone Romagnoli had left the club to sign permanently for Empoli, and that they had signed Alessandro Di Pardo from Cagliari on a contract until 30 June 2029.^[36][37][38]

On 29 January, Sampdoria announced that Leonardo Benedetti had left the club in order to sign for Virtus Entella.^[39]

On 30 January, Sampdoria announced the signing of Manuel Cicconi on loan from Carrarese until the end of the season, with an obligation to make the mover permanent and Cicconi signing a contract until 30 June 2029.^[40]

On 31 January, Sampdoria announced that Nikolas Ioannou had left the club in order to sign permanently for Pafos.^[41]

On 2 February, Sampdoria announced the signings of Edoardo Soleri and Nicholas Pierini on loan from Spezia and Sassuolo respectively, both with the option to make the transfers permanent in the summer with Soleri signing until 30 June 2028 and Pierini signing until 30 June 2029. Sampdoria also announced that Alessandro Bellemo had joined Spezia in a similar deal to Soleri's,that Stefano Girelli had joined Casertana on loan until the end of the season, and that they had terminated their loan deal with Venezia for Giorgio Altare.^{[42][43][44][45][46]}

On 5 February, Sampdoria announced that Lorenzo Malanca had signed his first professional contract with the club, until 30 June 2028.^[47]

On 9 March, Sampdoria announced the departure of Angelo Gregucci as their Head Coach, with Attilio Lombardo being announced as his temporary replacement.^[48]

As of match played 1 May 2026

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No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Simone Ghidotti		GK	(2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 26)	Como	2025[49]	2027[49]	32	0
30	Nicola Ravaglia		GK	(1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 (age 37)	Cremonese	2020
50	Tommaso Martinelli		GK	(2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 20)	on loan from Fiorentina	2026[29]	2026[29]	15	0
98	Gaëtan Coucke		GK	(1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 (age 27)	Al-Orobah	2025[9]	2027[9]	2	0
Defenders
2	Mattia Viti		DF	(2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 24)	on loan from Nice	2026[33]	2026[33]	15	0
5	Alessandro Pio Riccio		DF	(2002-02-06) 6 February 2002 (age 24)	Juventus	2025[50]	2027[50]	45	1
13	Matteo Palma		DF	(2008-03-13) 13 March 2008 (age 18)	on loan from Udinese	2026[31]	2026[31]	10	1
17	Dennis Hadžikadunić		DF	(1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 (age 27)	on loan from Rostov	2025[21]	2026[21]	27	0
18	Lorenzo Venuti		DF	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 31)	Lecce	2024[51]	2026[51]	49	2
21	Simone Giordano		DF	(2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 24)	Academy	2021	2026[52]	58	2
23	Fabio Depaoli		DF	(1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 29)	ChievoVerona	2019		138	11
25	Alex Ferrari		DF	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 31)	Bologna	2019		97	1
29	Alessandro Di Pardo		DF	(1999-07-18) 18 July 1999 (age 26)	Cagliari	2026[38]	2029[38]	16	1
31	Stipe Vulikić		DF	(2001-01-23) 23 January 2001 (age 25)	Perugia	2024[53]	2027[53]	28	0
39	Lorenzo Malanca		DF	(2007-01-02) 2 January 2007 (age 19)	Academy	2025	2028[47]	0	0
Midfielders
4	Jordan Ferri		MF	(1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 (age 34)	Montpellier	2025[5]	2027(+1)[5]	6	0
7	Manuel Cicconi		MF	(1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 (age 28)	on loan from Carrarese	2026[40]	2026[40]	15	0
8	Matteo Ricci		MF	(1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 31)	Frosinone	2023[54]	2026[54]	56	1
10	Luigi Cherubini		MF	(2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 22)	on loan from AS Roma	2025[11]	2026[11]	34	2
11	Tjaš Begić		MF	(2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 22)	on loan from Parma	2026[28]	2026[28]	18	3
16	Liam Henderson		MF	(1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 30)	Empoli	2025[6]	2027(+1)[6]	30	3
20	Simone Pafundi		MF	(2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 (age 20)	on loan from Udinese	2025[15]	2026[15]	25	1
28	Oliver Abildgaard		MF	(1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 29)	Como	2025[10]	2028[10]	29	1
33	Francesco Conti		MF	(2004-10-23) 23 October 2004 (age 21)	Academy	2024	2030[36]	28	2
34	Tommaso Casalino		MF	(2007-07-31) 31 July 2007 (age 18)	Academy	2025		3	0
72	Antonín Barák		MF	(1994-12-03) 3 December 1994 (age 31)	Fiorentina	2025[20]	2026[20]	27	1
94	Salvatore Esposito		MF	(2000-10-07) 7 October 2000 (age 25)	on loan from Spezia	2026[27]	2026[27]	10	0
	Francesco Ferrara		MF	(2007-03-10) 10 March 2007 (age 19)	on loan from AS Roma	2025[22]	2026[22]	0	0
Forwards
9	Massimo Coda		FW	(1988-11-10) 10 November 1988 (age 37)	Genoa	2024[55]	2026[55]	64	17
77	Nicholas Pierini		FW	(1998-08-06) 6 August 1998 (age 27)	on loan from Sassuolo	2026[43]	2026[43]	9	2
92	Edoardo Soleri		FW	(1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 28)	on loan from Spezia	2026[42]	2026[42]	12	0
99	Matteo Brunori		FW	(1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 31)	on loan from Palermo	2026[26]	2026[26]	18	3
	Valerio Cinti		FW	(2007-07-10) 10 July 2007 (age 18)	on loan from AS Roma	2025[22]	2026[22]	0	0
Out on loan
3	Andrei Coubiș		DF	(2003-09-29) 29 September 2003 (age 22)	AC Milan	2026[30]	2029[18]	0	0
10	Gennaro Tutino		FW	(1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 29)	Cosenza	2025[56]	2028[56]	24	5
11	Estanis Pedrola		FW	(2003-08-24) 24 August 2003 (age 22)	Barcelona	2024[57]	2027[57]	34	3
14	Alessandro Bellemo		MF	(1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 30)	Como	2025[58]	2027[58]	35	1
19	Stefano Girelli		MF	(2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 25)	Cremonese	2023
20	Antonino La Gumina		FW	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 30)	Empoli	2021[59]	2027[60]	40	3
22	Elia Tantalocchi		GK	(2004-06-30) 30 June 2004 (age 21)	Academy	2021
24	Nikola Sekulov		MF	(2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 24)	Juventus	2025[61]	2028[61]	19	1
70	Víctor Narro		FW	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 26)	Gimnàstic	2025[8]	2028[8]	5	0
	Nicholas Scardigno		GK	(2006-01-24) 24 January 2006 (age 20)	Academy	2025		0	0
	Giuseppe Forte		FW	(2008-10-21) 21 October 2008 (age 17)	Academy	2025[22]	2028[22]	0	0
	Lorenzo Paratici		FW	(2008-07-21) 21 July 2008 (age 17)	Academy	2025[22]	2028[22]	0	0
Left during the season
4	Ronaldo Vieira		MF	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 27)	Leeds United	2018		112	0
6	Simone Romagnoli		DF	(1990-02-09) 9 February 1990 (age 36)	Frosinone	2025[62]	2026[62]	13	0
7	Marvin Çuni		FW	(2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 (age 24)	on loan from Rubin Kazan	2025[2]	2026[2]	16	1
15	Giorgio Altare		DF	(1998-08-09) 9 August 1998 (age 27)	on loan from Venezia	2025[63]	2027[63]	14	0
17	Melle Meulensteen		MF	(1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 26)	Vitesse	2024[64]	2027[64]	29	4
44	Nikolas Ioannou		DF	(1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 30)	Como	2025[65]	2027[65]	47	5
80	Leonardo Benedetti		MF	(2000-06-06) 6 June 2000 (age 25)	Spezia	2019		59	1
92	Simone Leonardi		FW	(2005-07-18) 18 July 2005 (age 20)	Academy	2024
	Samuel Ntanda-Lukisa		MF	(2005-06-30) 30 June 2005 (age 20)	Sint-Truiden	2022		15	1
	Lorenzo Malagrida		MF	(2003-10-24) 24 October 2003 (age 22)	Academy	2023		7	0

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As of match played 1 May 2026

Appearances and goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie B		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Simone Ghidotti	21	0	20	0	1	0
2	DF	ITA	Mattia Viti	15	0	15	0	0	0
4	MF	FRA	Jordan Ferri	6	0	2+3	0	1	0
5	DF	ITA	Alessandro Pio Riccio	18	0	10+7	0	1	0
7	MF	ITA	Manuel Cicconi	15	0	9+6	0	0	0
8	MF	ITA	Matteo Ricci	21	1	9+12	1	0	0
9	FW	ITA	Massimo Coda	28	9	18+9	9	1	0
10	MF	ITA	Luigi Cherubini	35	2	25+10	2	0	0
11	MF	SVN	Tjaš Begić	18	3	14+4	3	0	0
13	DF	GER	Matteo Palma	10	1	8+2	1	0	0
14	MF	ITA	Alessandro Bellemo	11	0	6+4	0	1	0
16	MF	SCO	Liam Henderson	30	3	26+3	2	1	1
17	DF	BIH	Dennis Hadžikadunić	27	0	24+3	0	0	0
18	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Venuti	16	0	13+3	0	0	0
20	FW	ITA	Simone Pafundi	25	1	11+14	1	0	0
21	DF	ITA	Simone Giordano	18	0	12+6	0	0	0
23	DF	ITA	Fabio Depaoli	25	3	17+7	3	1	0
24	MF	ITA	Nikola Sekulov	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	ITA	Alex Ferrari	12	0	8+3	0	1	0
28	MF	DEN	Oliver Abildgaard	29	1	28+1	1	0	0
29	DF	ITA	Alessandro Di Pardo	16	1	16	1	0	0
31	DF	CRO	Stipe Vulikić	14	0	10+3	0	1	0
33	MF	ITA	Francesco Conti	28	2	18+9	2	0+1	0
34	MF	ITA	Tommaso Casalino	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
50	GK	ITA	Tommaso Martinelli	15	0	15	0	0	0
72	MF	CZE	Antonín Barák	27	1	9+18	1	0	0
77	FW	ITA	Nicholas Pierini	9	2	7+2	2	0	0
92	FW	ITA	Edoardo Soleri	12	0	2+10	0	0	0
94	MF	ITA	Salvatore Esposito	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
98	GK	BEL	Gaëtan Coucke	2	0	2	0	0	0
99	FW	ITA	Matteo Brunori	18	3	16+2	3	0	0
Players away on loan:
11	FW	ESP	Estanis Pedrola	8	0	1+6	0	0+1	0
70	FW	ESP	Víctor Narro	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for Sampdoria but left during the season:
7	FW	ALB	Marvin Çuni	16	1	6+9	1	0+1	0
44	DF	CYP	Nikolas Ioannou	19	2	10+8	2	0+1	0
80	MF	ITA	Leonardo Benedetti	14	0	8+5	0	1	0

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