title: 2002–03 UC Sampdoria season
text: # 2002–03 UC Sampdoria season
  
  In the 2002-03 season, U.C. Sampdoria competed in Serie B for a fourth season. They finished the year second behind Siena and were promoted back to Serie A.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First-team squad
  
  Squad at end of season
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | ITA | Luigi Turci |
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Stefano Bettarini |
  | 4 | MF | ITA | Sergio Volpi |
  | 5 | DF | ITA | Maurizio Domizzi |
  | 6 | MF | COL | Jorge Bolaño (on loan from Parma) |
  | 7 | FW | ITA | Andrea Rabito (on loan from A.C. Milan) |
  | 8 | FW | ITA | Corrado Colombo |
  | 9 | FW | ITA | Fabio Bazzani |
  | 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Flachi |
  | 12 | GK | ITA | Davide Pinato |
  | 14 | DF | ITA | Mirko Conte |
  | 15 | MF | CMR | Francis Zé |
  | 16 | GK | ITA | Fabrizio Casazza |
  | 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo |
  | 18 | DF | SCG | Bratislav Živković |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 19 | DF | ITA | Massimo Paganin |
  | 20 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Grandoni |
  | 21 | MF | FRA | Sid-Ahmed Bouziane |
  | 22 | FW | NGA | Ikechukwu Kalu |
  | 23 | MF | ITA | Andrea Bernini |
  | 24 | FW | ITA | Daniele Perrone |
  | 25 | DF | SCG | Nenad Sakić |
  | 26 | MF | ITA | Francesco Pedone |
  | 33 | DF | ITA | Claudio Labriola |
  | 65 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Miceli (on loan from Piacenza) |
  | 72 | DF | ITA | Stefano Sacchetti |
  | 77 | FW | ITA | Andrea Gasbarroni |
  | 83 | DF | ITA | Mattia Cassani (on loan from Juventus) |
  | 84 | GK | ITA | Olmo Pozzo |
  | 97 | MF | ITA | Fabian Valtolina |
  
  ### Left club during season
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | DF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo (to Salernitana) |
  | 11 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Iacopino (on loan to Catania) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 21 | MF | ITA | Sandro Cois (on loan to Piacenza) |
  