2014–15 UC Sampdoria season

Sampdoria
2014–15 season
President	Massimo Ferrero
Manager	Siniša Mihajlović
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Éder (9); All: ; Éder (12)
Highest home attendance	30,585 vs Genoa; (24 February 2015, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	3,255 vs Brescia; (4 December 2014, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	21,745
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was Unione Calcio Sampdoria's second season back in Serie A after having been relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season. The team competed in Serie A, finishing seventh and qualifying for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, and the Coppa Italia, finishing in the Round of 16.

Players

Squad information

As of 30 September 2014.^[2]

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	BRA	Angelo da Costa
2	GK	ITA	Emiliano Viviano
3	DF	ALG	Djamel Mesbah
4	MF	ITA	Alessandro De Vitis
5	DF	ITA	Alessio Romagnoli (on loan from Roma)
6	MF	GHA	Alfred Duncan
7	FW	ITA	Francesco Fedato
9	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka
10	MF	SRB	Nenad Krstičić
11	FW	ITA	Manolo Gabbiadini
12	FW	ITA	Gianluca Sansone
14	MF	ESP	Pedro Obiang
17	MF	ITA	Angelo Palombo (vice-captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Bergessio
19	DF	ITA	Vasco Regini
21	MF	ITA	Roberto Soriano
22	MF	ITA	Luca Rizzo
23	FW	BRA	Éder
27	FW	MNE	Luka Đorđević
28	DF	ITA	Daniele Gastaldello (captain)
29	DF	ITA	Lorenzo De Silvestri
32	MF	ITA	Marco Marchionni
33	GK	ARG	Sergio Romero
44	DF	ITA	Michele Fornasier
77	FW	POL	Paweł Wszołek
86	DF	ITA	Fabrizio Cacciatore

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Napoli	38	18	9	11	70	54	+16	63	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Genoa^[b]	38	16	11	11	62	47	+15	59
7	Sampdoria	38	13	17	8	48	42	+6	56	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
8	Internazionale	38	14	13	11	59	48	+11	55
9	Torino	38	14	12	12	48	45	+3	54

Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).^[7]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia (Juventus) qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.
^ Genoa failed to obtain a UEFA license from Italian Football Federation. Therefore, they were barred to participate in European competitions.^[3] Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.^[4]^[5]

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
38	13	17	8	48	42	+6	56	7	10	2	23	15	+8	6	7	6	25	27	−2

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D
Position	8	5	7	5	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	7	6	6	4	6	4	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2014 1	Palermo	1–1	Sampdoria	Palermo
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dybala 7' Rigoni 26'	Report	De Silvestri 30' Regini 33' 41' Okaka 82' Gastaldello 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,064 Referee: Dino Tommasi

14 September 2014 2	Sampdoria	2–0	Torino	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Obiang 24' Gabbiadini 34' De Silvestri 53' Okaka 79' Soriano 85'	Report	Bovo 13' Glik 33' Vives 64' El Kaddouri 72'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,180 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

21 September 2014 3	Sassuolo	0–0	Sampdoria	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Magnanelli 9' Peluso 59' Antei 76'	Report	Gastaldello 34' Gabbiadini 60'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,004 Referee: Marco Di Bello

24 September 2014 4	Sampdoria	2–1	Chievo	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rizzo 3' Gastaldello 45' Romagnoli 80'	Report	Radovanović 38' Zukanović 69' Hetemaj 86' Paloschi 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,346 Referee: Michael Fabbri

28 September 2014 5	Genoa	0–1	Sampdoria	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Burdisso 49' Pinilla 53' Sturaro 78'	Report	Silvestre 38' Éder 50' Gabbiadini 75' Okaka 77' Obiang 80'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Antonio Damato

5 October 2014 6	Sampdoria	1–0	Atalanta	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gabbiadini 35' De Silvestri 57' Soriano 75' Romagnoli 88'	Report	Benalouane 55' Biava 73' Moralez 75'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,050 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

19 October 2014 7	Cagliari	2–2	Sampdoria	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Avelar 59' (pen.), 67' Sau 77' Benedetti 87' Cossu 90+3'	Report	Duncan 19' Gabbiadini 28', 90+3' Obiang 38' Cacciatore 48' 58' Palombo 73' Silvestre 86' Romagnoli 90'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 9,426 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

25 October 2014 8	Sampdoria	0–0	Roma	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Soriano 36' Palombo 90'	Report	De Rossi 28' Astori 59' Holebas 69'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,548 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

29 October 2014 9	Internazionale	1–0	Sampdoria	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kovačić 23' Medel 81' Icardi 90' (pen.)	Report	Gastaldello 21' Palombo 48'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 28,057 Referee: Carmine Russo

2 November 2014 10	Sampdoria	3–1	Fiorentina	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Palombo 27' (pen.), 32' Rizzo 43', 57' Obiang 55' Éder 77'	Report	Richards 17' Cuadrado 42' Savić 45' Rodríguez 58' Babacar 59'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,822 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

8 November 2014 11	Sampdoria	2–2	Milan	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Okaka 45+1' Éder 51' Duncan 56'	Report	El Shaarawy 9' Bonera 27' 84' Mexès 36' Ménez 65' (pen.) De Sciglio 75' De Jong 82'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,893 Referee: Daniele Orsato

23 November 2014 12	Cesena	1–1	Sampdoria	Cesena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brienza 34' Capelli 43' Lucchini 60'	Report	Nica 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 16,184 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

1 December 2014 13	Sampdoria	1–1	Napoli	Genoa
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Obiang 19' Soriano 23' Romagnoli 53' Éder 57', 59'	Report	Britos 7' Koulibaly 35' 85' Inler 56' Zapata 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,033 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

8 December 2014 14	Hellas Verona	1–3	Sampdoria	Verona
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Márquez 26' Toni 37' Agostini 46' Valoti 86'	Report	Éder 28' (pen.) Silvestre 35' Duncan 43' Okaka 57' Gabbiadini 62' De Silvestri 64'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 18,390 Referee: Dino Tommasi

14 December 2014 15	Juventus	1–1	Sampdoria	Turin
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Evra 12' Vidal 49' Bonucci 66'	Report	Regini 10' Gabbiadini 51', 59' Romagnoli 54' Okaka 71' Romero 90+2'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,089 Referee: Daniele Doveri

21 December 2014 16	Sampdoria	2–2	Udinese	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Obiang 15' Soriano 18' Gabbiadini 37', 60' Éder 86'	Report	Widmer 22' Geijo 31' Danilo 34' Heurtaux 43' 88' Pasquale 65' Pinzi 90+4' Kone 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,413 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

5 January 2015 17	Lazio	3–0	Sampdoria	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Parolo 38' Anderson 41' Cana 45+1' Basta 56' Đorđević 66'	Report	Gastaldello 19' Soriano 64'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,322 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

11 January 2015 18	Sampdoria	1–0	Empoli	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Éder 49' Palombo 59'	Report	Mário Rui 24' Hysaj 36'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,931 Referee: Dino Tommasi

18 January 2015 19	Parma	0–2	Sampdoria	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucarelli 43' Paletta 60'	Report	Obiang 38' Bergessio 54' Soriano 70'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,130 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

25 January 2015 20	Sampdoria	1–1	Palermo	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Éder 6' Obiang 60' Soriano 73' De Silvestri 76'	Report	González 21' Vázquez 49' Bolzoni 61' Anđelković 67'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,023 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

1 February 2015 21	Torino	5–1	Sampdoria	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Quagliarella 16', 29' (pen.), 65' Gazzi 17' Amauri 75' Peres 90+3'	Report	Silvestre 29' De Silvestri 41' Obiang 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 14,401 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

8 February 2015 22	Sampdoria	1–1	Sassuolo	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Éder 9' Obiang 12' Okaka 71' De Silvestri 84' Regini 85'	Report	Acerbi 2' Biondini 13' Brighi 16' Lazarević 23' Cannavaro 58' Taïder 83'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,710 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

15 February 2015 23	Chievo	2–1	Sampdoria	Verona
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Izco 2' Meggiorini 39' Hetemaj 82' Bizzarri 90+3' Botta 90+4'	Report	Mesbah 55' Acquah 65' Muriel 90+1' Romagnoli 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

24 February 2015 24	Sampdoria	1–1	Genoa	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Viviano 17' Éder 19', 73' Soriano 40' Obiang 76'	Report	Falque 17' Roncaglia 26'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30,585 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

1 March 2015 25	Atalanta	1–2	Sampdoria	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stendardo 16', 50' D'Alessandro 87'	Report	Regini 24' Muriel 68' Viviano 77' Okaka 81', 82' Eto'o 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 16,180 Referee: Antonio Damato

7 March 2015 26	Sampdoria	2–0	Cagliari	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Silvestri 33' Acquah 41' Romagnoli 49' Eto'o 72'	Report	Avelar 35' 82' Cossu 39'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,127 Referee: Dino Tommasi

16 March 2015 27	Roma	0–2	Sampdoria	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Astori 56' Keita 81' 81' Pjanić 86'	Report	Obiang 24' Silvestre 39' Palombo 51' De Silvestri 60' Muriel 78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,250 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

22 March 2015 28	Sampdoria	1–0	Internazionale	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soriano 17' Romagnoli 20' Éder 65', 86'	Report	Shaqiri 22' Vidić 31' Juan Jesus 44' D'Ambrosio 64' Icardi 68' Medel 69'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,865 Referee: Paolo Valeri

4 April 2015 29	Fiorentina	2–0	Sampdoria	Florence
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonzalo 11' Diamanti 44', 61' Salah 64'	Report	Regini 69'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 33,777 Referee: Luca Banti

12 April 2015 30	Milan	1–1	Sampdoria	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Paletta 52' De Jong 74', 83' Mexès 90+5'	Report	Obiang 43' Soriano 58' Wszołek 90+5'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 30,735 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

18 April 2015 31	Sampdoria	0–0	Cesena	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Silvestre 59' Okaka 71'	Report	Perico 30' Mudingayi 74' Krajnc 77'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,182 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

26 April 2015 32	Napoli	4–2	Sampdoria	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Britos 3' Gabbiadini 31' Higuaín 34', 81' (pen.) Insigne 47'	Report	Albiol 12' (o.g.) Mesbah 24' Muriel 89', 90'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 22,299 Referee: Daniele Doveri

29 April 2015 33	Sampdoria	1–1	Hellas Verona	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acquah 36' 57' De Silvestri 65' Muñoz 80' Obiang 80'	Report	Valoti 16' Sørensen 24' Toni 68' Brivio 82' Rodríguez 89'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,609 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

2 May 2015 34	Sampdoria	0–1	Juventus	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Obiang 44' De Silvestri 83' Soriano 87' Romagnoli 89'	Report	Vidal 32' Sturaro 61'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,083 Referee: Paolo Valeri

10 May 2015 35	Udinese	1–4	Sampdoria	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piris 82' Di Natale 87' (pen.)	Report	Soriano 25', 62', 39' Regini 56' Acquah 80' Viviano 86' Duncan 89' Coda 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 8,492 Referee: Marco Di Bello

16 May 2015 36	Sampdoria	0–1	Lazio	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palombo 16' Silvestre 40'	Report	Gentiletti 54'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,843 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

24 May 2015 37	Empoli	1–1	Sampdoria	Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Valdifiori 41' Pucciarelli 57' Maccarone 90+5' Vecino 90+6'	Report	Acquah 45+3' Muriel 47' Eto'o 90+1' Romagnoli 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,084 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

31 May 2015 38	Sampdoria	2–2	Parma	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Romagnoli 53' De Silvestri 79'	Report	Palladino 75' Jorquera 78' Varela 88'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,913 Referee: Davide Massa

Coppa Italia

24 August 2014 Third round	Sampdoria	4–1	Como	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Éder 6', 57', 74' Gabbiadini 13' Regini 54'		Le Noci 32' (pen.) Fietta 45'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 8,089 Referee: Luca Pairetto

4 December 2014 Fourth round	Sampdoria	2–0	Brescia	Genoa
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gabbiadini 33' (pen.) Regini 44' Obiang 53' Bergessio 58', 82'	Report	Arcari 32' Olivera 50'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 3,255 Referee: Leonardo Baracani

21 January 2015 Round of 16	Internazionale	2–0	Sampdoria	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Andreolli 23' Podolski 42' Shaqiri 63', 71' Icardi 88'	Report	Krstičić 11' Wszołek 36' 77' Romagnoli 60' Gastaldello 78'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 38,497 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Statistics

	Total	Home
Games played	1	1
Games won	1	1
Games drawn
Games lost
Biggest win	4–1	4–1
Biggest loss
Biggest win (League)
Biggest win (Cup)	4–1	4–1
Biggest loss (League)
Biggest loss (Cup)
Clean sheets
Goals scored	4	4
Goals conceded	1	1
Goal difference	+3	+3
Average GF per game	4	4
Average GA per game	1	1
Yellow cards
Red cards
Most appearances
Top scorer	Éder (3)
Worst discipline
Penalties for
Penalties against
League points
Winning rate	100%	100%

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
2	GK	ITA	Emiliano Viviano	29	0	29	0	0	0
33	GK	ARG	Sergio Romero	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
88	GK	ITA	Alberto Frison	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	GK	ITA	Samuele Massolo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ALG	Djamel Mesbah	16	0	12+4	0	0	0
5	DF	ITA	Alessio Romagnoli	30	2	28+2	2	0	0
19	DF	ITA	Vasco Regini	28	0	25+3	0	0	0
20	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Muñoz	17	1	16+1	1	0	0
25	DF	ITA	Andrea Coda	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
26	DF	ARG	Matías Silvestre	29	0	28+1	0	0	0
28	DF	ITA	Daniele Gastaldello	14	2	13+1	2	0	0
29	DF	ITA	Lorenzo De Silvestri	33	4	33	4	0	0
86	DF	ITA	Fabrizio Cacciatore	11	0	8+3	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ITA	Alessandro De Vitis	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	GHA	Alfred Duncan	26	1	13+13	1	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Pedro Obiang	34	3	32+2	3	0	0
17	MF	ITA	Angelo Palombo	36	1	34+2	1	0	0
21	MF	ITA	Roberto Soriano	33	4	29+4	4	0	0
22	MF	ITA	Luca Rizzo	15	1	7+8	1	0	0
30	MF	GHA	Afriyie Acquah	10	1	10	1	0	0
32	MF	ITA	Marco Marchionni	1	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	ARG	Joaquín Correa	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
9	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka	32	4	26+6	4	0	0
18	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Bergessio	23	1	7+16	1	0	0
23	FW	BRA	Éder	30	9	28+2	9	0	0
24	FW	COL	Luis Muriel	16	4	11+5	4	0	0
77	FW	POL	Paweł Wszołek	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
99	FW	CMR	Samuel Eto'o	18	2	13+5	2	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK	BRA	Angelo da Costa	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	ITA	Francesco Fedato	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
10	MF	SRB	Nenad Krstičić	12	0	2+10	0	0	0
11	FW	ITA	Manolo Gabbiadini	13	7	11+2	7	0	0
12	FW	ITA	Gianluca Sansone	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
27	FW	MNE	Luka Đorđević	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
44	DF	ITA	Michele Fornasier	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 31 May 2015
Source: Competitions

References

^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
^ "Rosa" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
^ "Genoa's Failure to Receive UEFA License Shakes Up Italy's Europa League Race". Bleacher Report. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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[table_note_res_ELGS0.50478154211528-3] Since the winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia (Juventus) qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.

[table_note_GEN0.50478154211528-7] Genoa failed to obtain a UEFA license from Italian Football Federation. Therefore, they were barred to participate in European competitions.^[3] Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.^[4]^[5]

[1] "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".

[2] "Rosa" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

[4] "Genoa's Failure to Receive UEFA License Shakes Up Italy's Europa League Race". Bleacher Report. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

[5] "Genoa Fail in Appeal To Obtain UEFA Licence". 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

[6] "Rilasciate le Licenze UEFA a 13 società di Serie A". FIGC. 20 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

[8] "legacalcio.it classification" (in Italian). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[9] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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