Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly known as Sampdoria (Italian spelling: [samp'do'rja"samp'do:rja) is an Italian professional football team based in Genoa.
The club was established in 1946 as a result of the union of two previous sporting clubs whose origins can be traced to the 1940s. Sampierdarenese as well as Andrea Doria.
The name of the team and colors reflect this, with the first an amalgamation of the previous names, while the other combines the colours of the previous teams (blue-white as well as white-red black) in one design. The team is unique in its known home kit that is blue, with red, white, and black stripes across the middle of the shirt. This is why it has the name blucerchiati ("blue-circled"). Sampdoria are based in the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, with a capacity of 36,536,[1] that it shares with Genoa's other team, Genoa Cricket and Football Club. The fierce rivalry between these two teams is known by the name of Derby della Lanterna, and is contested during Serie A for most of its existence.
Sampdoria have been crowned the Scudetto at least once in their history, back in 1991. The club also been awarded the Coppa Italia four times in 1985 1988, 1989, 1994. Then there was in 1989, the Supercoppa Italiana once, in 1991. Their greatest European achievement was when they lifted their Cup Winners' Trophy in the year 1990. They also made it to their first European Cup final in 1992 but lost the final by 1-0 against Barcelona in extra time.
