FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Serie A – Sampdoria v Juventus – Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy – August 22, 2022 Sampdoria fans with scarves inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini/File Photo
Former Serie A champions and European Cup finalists Sampdoria have been relegated to the third tier of Italian football for the first time in their 78-year history after being held to a goalless draw at Juve Stabia on Tuesday.
Sampdoria won their sole top-flight title in 1991 during a golden period for the club when ‘The Goal Twins’ Gianluca Vialli and Roberto Mancini terrorized Italian defences.
But they have failed to win a trophy since the Italian Cup in 1994 and after being relegated from the top flight in 2023 they will play in Serie C next season after missing out on the relegation playoffs.
Sampdoria started the season with 2006 World Cup winner Andrea Pirlo in charge but a succession of coaching changes saw former AC Milan midfielder Alberico Evani appointed in April in a last-gasp effort to avoid the drop but he was unable to steer them to safety.
