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New Straits Times
3 days ago
- Business
- New Straits Times
Brescia points deduction offers Sampdoria relegation lifeline
ROME: Sampdoria could escape their first ever relegation to Italy's third division after Brescia were hit with a four-point deduction yesterday. Sampdoria drew their final game of the Serie B season 0-0 on May 13 to finish 18th in the 20-team division. The bottom three are all relegated while the teams in 16th and 17th meet in a two-leg playoff. Brescia finished two points and three places above Samp but on Thursday were punished by an Italian Football Federation (FIGC) tribunal for accounting and administrative infractions. Brescia dropped to 18th and face immediate relegation while Samp are heading for a two-legged play-off against Salernitana. The two matches are scheduled for June 15 and 20 June, which gives Brescia time to appeal. Sampdoria were Italian champions in 1991 and European Cup finalists the following year. They are one of seven Italian clubs who have played all their football in Serie A or Serie B and never dropped into Serie C. Sampdoria were relegated to Serie B in 2023. They were close to going bust but were saved by current president Matteo Manfredi and former Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani, who has since exited the club. The club's majority shareholder is Singaporean businessman Joseph Tey. Samp made the promotion playoffs last season but posted a loss of 40.7 million euros in their 2024 accounts. Club icons Alberico Evani and Attilio Lombardo were hired as coaches in April in an attempt to save Samp from the drop after significant transfer market activity both last summer and in January. Evani is Samp's fourth head coach of the season after Andrea Pirlo, Andrea Sottil and Leonardo Semplice.
New Straits Times
14-05-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
Sampdoria relegated to Serie C for first time
ROME: Sampdoria dropped down to the third tier of Italian football for the first time on Tuesday after a goalless draw with Juve Stabia consigned them to the lowest point in their history. Italian champions in 1991 and European Cup finalists the following year, Samp finished 18th and in the direct relegation zone for Serie C after collecting 41 points from 38 games. Tuesday's draw allowed Salernitana to leapfrog Samp into one of two relegation play-off places with a 2-0 win at Cittadella. Samp, who posted a loss of €40.7 million (RM196.5 million) in their 2024 accounts, have spent the last few seasons dealing with serious financial problems and have spent this season sinking towards the drop after making the Serie B play-offs last season. Samp were close to going bust after relegation to Serie B in 2023, but were saved that summer by current president Matteo Manfredi and former Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani, who has since exited the club. The club's majority shareholder is Singaporean businessman Joseph Tey. Club icons Alberico Evani and Attilio Lombardo were hired as coaches in April in an attempt to save Samp from the drop after significant transfer market activity both last summer and in January. Evani is Samp's fourth head coach of the season after Andrea Pirlo, Andrea Sottil and Leonardo Semplice. - AFP
NDTV
14-05-2025
- Business
- NDTV
Former Italian Champions Sampdoria Relegated To Serie C For First Time
Sampdoria dropped down to the third tier of Italian football for the first time on Tuesday after a goalless draw with Juve Stabia consigned them to the lowest point in their history. Italian champions in 1991 and European Cup finalists the following year, Samp finished 18th and in the direct relegation zone for Serie C after collecting 41 points from 38 games. Tuesday's draw allowed Salernitana to leapfrog Samp into one of two relegation play-off places with a 2-0 win at Cittadella. Samp, who posted a loss of 40.7 million euros in their 2024 accounts, have spent the last few seasons dealing with serious financial problems and have spent this season sinking towards the drop after making the Serie B play-offs last season. Samp were close to going bust after relegation to Serie B in 2023, but were saved that summer by current president Matteo Manfredi and former Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani, who has since exited the club. The club's majority shareholder is Singaporean businessman Joseph Tey. Club icons Alberico Evani and Attilio Lombardo were hired as coaches in April in an attempt to save Samp from the drop after significant transfer market activity both last summer and in January. Evani is Samp's fourth head coach of the season after Andrea Pirlo, Andrea Sottil and Leonardo Semplice.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Sampdoria fighting relegation disaster as old heroes ride into town
Sampdoria fans are rallying behind their team and against relegation to Serie C (MIGUEL MEDINA) Sampdoria are fighting for Serie B survival as the 1991 Italian champions and former European Cup finalists flirt dangerously with dropping into Italy's third tier for the first time. Sat in the relegation play-off zone ahead of Monday's match at promotion chasers Juve Stabia, Sampdoria have a huge battle on their hands -- and they have called on some heroes from their golden age of the late 1980s and 1990s to save the day. Advertisement Former Italy midfielder Alberico Evani, flanked by assistant Attilio Lombardo, became Samp's fourth coach of the season earlier this month as the club moved desperately to turn around the team's fortunes and stop a groundswell of fan protests. Evani began with a 1-0 win over fellow strugglers Cittadella at Samp's tense Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa, in which around 27,000 fans roared on their ailing team after a pre-match mass march to the ground in a renewed show of support. A fortnight before the team bus had been pelted with stones and flares by furious supporters following a 3-0 home thumping at the hands of mid-table Frosinone, and the following week's 2-0 loss to fellow Riviera outfit Spezia seemed to signal the beginning of the end. But the atmosphere has changed with the appointment of Evani and Lombardo -- and the arrival of Sampdoria icon Roberto Mancini at a training session -- and the sense of hope was palpable both on the march and in the stands last weekend, when Samp won for just the third time since the end of October. Advertisement "The club have been very good actually," says Emanuele Vassallo, the president of supporters association Federazione Clubs Blucerchiati and one of the organisers of the march. "We've given the club hell over the past few weeks and they've responded in the right way, in my opinion. "Bringing in people who were a part of our golden age has really galvanised the fans and given us hope that we can stay up. It shows that they're listening." Crowds for Samp home fixtures this season average over 22,000, the highest in Serie B, despite a rough few years which have been characterised by serious financial problems and poor performances on the pitch. Advertisement - Doom, gloom and debt - Samp were close to going bust after relegation to Serie B in 2023, but were saved that summer by current president Matteo Manfredi and former Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani, who has since exited the club. Previous owner Massimo Ferrero left Samp in such a parlous state that the incoming owners had to strike a debt restructuring agreement with the Court of Genoa. That deal does not take in account relegation to Serie C, meaning Samp's continued existence would be uncertain should they go down. Samp posted a loss of 29.8 million euros ($34 million) in their most recently published accounts, for 2023, with debts totalling 136.7 million euros even though players went unpaid during their most recent Serie A campaign. Advertisement However, the club's majority shareholder, Singaporean businessman Joseph Tey, said in a recent interview with Channel News Asia that Samp could be worth the investment if promoted back to Serie A. "If you can make it happen, the reward is going to be great, but the risk can be significant. I would not go in if I don't think it was going to be profitable," said Tey, who holds 58 percent of the club. Tey's involvement with Samp was called into question by Norwegian investigative media platform Josimar due to his role with sports gambling operator FUN88, but the Italian Football Federation raised no concerns over his presence. And there has been investment in the team, with 10 players signed in January including some with Serie A experience like former Senegal forward M'Baye Niang, while there is a plan with local rivals Genoa to buy the city-owned Ferraris stadium. Advertisement "All the big Italian clubs are either part-owned or entirely in the hands of investment funds," says Vassallo. "That's the reality for everyone, so it's not what worries us. What worries us is that this type of ownership isn't bringing results on the pitch." td/gj
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Official: Sampdoria hire Evani and Lombardo, but free role for Mancini
Official: Sampdoria hire Evani and Lombardo, but free role for Mancini Official: Sampdoria hire Evani and Lombardo, but free role for Mancini Sampdoria have officially appointed former player Alberico Evani as coach, with Attilio Lombardo as his assistant, but Roberto Mancini will only be an unofficial 'consultant' awaiting other jobs. Sky Sport Italia had reported today that the trio of former Samp heroes would return to Marassi to help save the club, which is at genuine risk of relegation into Serie C, the third tier of Italian football. Advertisement That is partly true, because as expected, this evening the Blucerchiati announced the sacking of coach Leonardo Semplici and his staff, along with technical director Pietro Accardi and his assistant Giuseppe Colucci. A few hours later, another statement confirmed the appointment of Evani as the new coach, with Lombardo as his assistant manager. Angelo Gregucci and Paolo Bertelli complete his coaching staff, with their first training session on Tuesday afternoon. Mancini will not sign Sampdoria contract GENOVA, ITALY: The 'twins of goal' Roberto Mancini (R) and Gianluca Vialli – who are now both coaches, the first of Italy' s Fiorentina team, the second of English First division League team Watford – smile as they pose for photographer late Monday, 07 May 2001 during the feast for the 'goodbye' of Mancini to the played soccer However, there is no mention of Mancini, who Sky Sport Italia had reported would be made the new technical director. Advertisement According to the same source, this is because Mancini wants to leave the door open in case he receives a call for a new role as coach. He therefore is ready to work with Sampdoria as a consultant, but without being tied to a contract. Having Mancini, Evani and Lombardo back at the club had been the dream of Gianluca Vialli, who had tried to lead a conglomerate to purchase Sampdoria before ill health and his death in January 2023.
