Sampdoria
Tier 2Serie BGenova, Liguria, ItalyOn the globe
- Founded
- 1946
- Ground
- Stadio Luigi Ferraris33,205 seats · opened 1911
- Full name
- Unione Calcio Sampdoria
- Website
- sampdoria.it
Who owns Sampdoria
Sampdoria is controlled by Joseph Tey, through Blucerchiati S.p.A (100%).
Owned by investorsOwner based abroad: Singapore
From the pitch to the top
The company that fields the team, then each holder above it.
- 100%controlsBlucerchiati S.p.A.Since 2023, figure as of October 2026Named as owner ('Proprietario') by the it.wikipedia infobox; no primary or press source read for the stake.Low confidenceSource: Wikipedia (it)
What the source says
Blucerchiati SpA detiene il 99,96% delle azioni del club
- Stake not knowncontrolsJoseph TeyFigure as of April 2026In February 2026 Calcio e Finanza reported Tey with 58% (52% in another passage) and Matteo Manfredi with 42% through Gestio, holding the voting A shares.Low confidenceSources: Wikipedia (it), Calcio e Finanza
What the source says
Nell'aprile 2026 il presidente Manfredi ha ceduto le sue quote a Joseph Tey, divenuto unico investitore di Blucerchiati SpA
Sampdoria’s finances
From its published accounts and league records. Figures compare only with clubs at the tier it played that season.
- Equity
- −€33.5m
- accounts, 2025-26
- Public money
- €752k
- awarded, 2023, 1 records
The accounts
U.C. Sampdoria S.p.A., the entity that fields the team · 2020-21 to 2025-26
| Line | 2025-26Tier 2 · from filed accounts | 2024-25Tier 2 · from filed accounts | 2023-24Tier 2 · from filed accounts | 2021-22Tier 1 · audited | 2020-21Tier 1 · audited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit and loss | |||||
| Value of production | — | €44.0m1 | €55.3m2 | €76.3m | €75.7m |
| TV money | — | — | €18.9m | €52.2m3 | €36.9m4 |
| League and federation distributions | — | — | €12.5m5 | €578k6 | €1.56m7 |
| Matchday | — | — | €4.90m | €1.02m8 | €1.65m9 |
| Sponsorship | — | — | — | €3.26m10 | €2.15m11 |
| Commercial | — | — | €6.20m12 | €983k13 | — |
| Other revenue | — | — | €5.90m | €5.79m14 | — |
| Player sales | — | — | €6.80m15 | €3.39m16 | €14.7m16 |
| Staff costs | — | — | €48.7m | €59.5m | €53.6m17 |
| Wage bill | — | — | — | €56.1m18 | €50.1m18 |
| Players' wages | — | — | €44.0m19 | — | — |
| Player amortisation | — | — | — | €6.75m20 | €1.25m20 |
| Total spending | — | — | €135.7m21 | €100.4m22 | €90.0m22 |
| Operating result | — | — | — | −€24.1m | −€14.3m |
| Financial result | — | — | — | −€4.14m | −€2.91m |
| Result before tax | — | — | — | −€28.2m | −€17.2m |
| Income tax | — | — | — | −€3.82m23 | −€2.52m24 |
| Net result | −€45.4m25 | −€40.6m | −€29.8m | −€24.4m | −€14.7m |
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Total assets | — | — | — | €298.9m | €305.2m |
| Non-current assets | — | — | — | €220.5m | €219.4m |
| Player registrations (book value) | — | — | — | €119.0m | €120.6m |
| Property and equipment | — | — | — | €16.8m | €16.7m |
| Current assets | — | — | — | €76.6m | €80.0m |
| Transfer fees receivable | — | — | — | €31.6m26 | €39.5m27 |
| Cash | — | — | — | €5.17m | €8.01m |
| Equity | −€33.5m28 | — | — | €49.5m | €73.9m29 |
| Share capital | — | — | — | €14.0m | €14.0m |
| Liabilities | €169.9m30 | — | €136.7m31 | €249.4m32 | €231.3m33 |
| Provisions | — | — | — | €27.6m34 | €27.2m35 |
| Financial debt | — | — | — | €95.5m36 | €66.9m37 |
| Tax and social security debt | — | — | — | €25.3m38 | €17.3m39 |
| Transfer fees payable | — | — | — | €47.7m40 | €53.5m41 |
| Shareholder loans | €46.5m42 | — | — | — | — |
| Cash flow | |||||
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | −€22.7m43 | −€9.41m44 |
| Cash from investing | — | — | — | −€8.80m | −€2.24m |
| Cash from financing | — | — | — | €28.6m | €14.7m |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | −€2.84m | €3.01m |
| Transfers and people | |||||
| Employees | 17345 | — | — | 16046 | 16947 |
Notes on 47 figures, in the accounts’ own words
- Value of production: printed as 'circa 44 milioni'; Calcio e Finanza's headline figure, which includes player-sale gains (it equals the value of production wherever the club's filed accounts allow the check)
- Value of production: Calcio e Finanza's headline figure, which includes player-sale gains (it equals the value of production wherever the club's filed accounts allow the check)
- TV money: proventi da cessione diritti audiovisivi
- TV money: diritti radiotelevisivi e proventi media (notes)
- League and federation distributions: Serie A relegation parachute
- League and federation distributions: contributi in conto esercizio
- League and federation distributions: contributi federali (notes)
- Matchday: ricavi da gare (no season tickets)
- Matchday: ricavi delle vendite e delle prestazioni: gate receipts and season tickets (notes)
- Sponsorship: proventi da sponsorizzazioni
- Sponsorship: proventi da sponsorizzazioni (notes)
- Commercial: sponsorship, advertising and commercial
- Commercial: proventi commerciali e royalties
- Other revenue: ricavi e proventi diversi
- Player sales: of which €4.4m gains on disposals
- Player sales: plusvalenze: gains on disposal of players' registrations
- Staff costs: read from the page image
- Wage bill: salari e stipendi
- Players' wages: pay of registered personnel ('retribuzioni del personale tesserato', printed as 44 milioni, 'quasi 44' in the text)
- Player amortisation: from the cash-flow statement; most of the year's amortisation was suspended
- Total spending: total costs including amortisation and write-downs (€31.3m)
- Total spending: totale costi della produzione, including amortisation
- Income tax: summed: current taxes (392,825), prior years (104,879), deferred taxes (1,993,230), prepaid taxes (118,679), tax-consolidation income 6,427,568; a net tax income
- Income tax: summed: current taxes (132,504), prior years 182,062, deferred and prepaid taxes (2,723,487), tax-consolidation income 5,192,584; a net tax income
- Net result: ReportAziende
- Transfer fees receivable: summed: crediti verso enti-settore specifico within one year €23,171,990 + beyond €8,426,936
- Transfer fees receivable: crediti verso società calcistiche, within receivables from others (notes)
- Equity: Calcio e Finanza
- Equity: read from the page image
- Liabilities: Calcio e Finanza: total indebtedness, of which about €63m to banks and €46.5m shareholder loans
- Liabilities: debiti
- Liabilities: summed: fondi €27,575,781 + TFR €191,675 + debiti €205,989,174 + ratei e risconti €15,607,393
- Liabilities: summed: fondi €27,203,205 + TFR €232,702 + debiti €176,399,011 + ratei e risconti €27,453,185
- Provisions: of which €25,420,630 for deferred taxes
- Provisions: of which €23,427,400 for deferred taxes
- Financial debt: summed: debiti verso banche €71,573,862 + debiti verso altri finanziatori €23,965,742
- Financial debt: summed: debiti verso banche €44,235,580 + debiti verso altri finanziatori €22,691,560
- Tax and social security debt: summed: debiti tributari €23,806,622 + social security €1,512,207
- Tax and social security debt: summed: debiti tributari €16,128,074 + social security €1,138,687
- Transfer fees payable: summed: debiti verso enti-settore specifico within one year €34,142,188 + beyond €13,596,610
- Transfer fees payable: summed: debiti verso enti-settore specifico within one year €30,595,098 + beyond €22,891,657
- Shareholder loans: Calcio e Finanza: after €37.6m of loans were waived into equity; €16.8m lent during the year
- Cash from operations: flusso di cassa dalla gestione corrente (A+D)
- Cash from operations: flusso di cassa dalla gestione corrente (E)
- Employees: ReportAziende: 'Dipendenti' as shown by ReportAziende
- Employees: average: 39 players, 59 coaches, 11 other technical staff, 32 clerks, 19 workers
- Employees: average headcount: players, coaches, technical staff, clerks and workers
2025-26: Sources: Calcio e Finanza, ReportAziende (Media Asset S.p.A.)2024-25: Source: Calcio e Finanza2023-24: Source: Calcio e Finanza2021-22: Source: U.C. Sampdoria S.p.A.2020-21: Source: U.C. Sampdoria S.p.A.
League figures, wage bills, budgets and public money 6 records
| Season | Tier | Contracted pay | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 2 | €25.5mcontracted | Source: Calcio e Finanza |
| 2024-25 | 2 | €24.7mcontracted | Source: Calcio e Finanza |
| 2023-24 | 2 | €27.4mcontracted | Source: Calcio e Finanza |
| Public money, season or year | Total | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | €752kawarded | 1 |
| 2022 | €401kpaid | 2 |
- 2 April 2023€752kawarded from Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per lo Sport: Refund of COVID-19 health and sanitising costs to sports clubs ('contributo a rimborso delle spese sanitarie e di sanificazione', DPCM 3 ottobre 2022), list of clubs affiliated to FIGC; matched to the club's operator by tax code.. Source: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per lo Sport
- 28 October 2022€396kpaid from Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per lo Sport: Refund of COVID-19 health, sanitising and testing costs to sports clubs ('contributo per le spese di sanificazione', DPCM 16 settembre 2021), list of clubs affiliated to FIGC Professionisti; matched to the club's operator by tax code.. Source: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per lo Sport
- 28 October 2022€5,413paid from Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per lo Sport: Refund of COVID-19 health, sanitising and testing costs to sports clubs ('contributo per le spese di sanificazione', DPCM 16 settembre 2021), list of clubs affiliated to FIGC Dilettanti; matched to the club's operator by tax code.. Source: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per lo Sport
Where Sampdoria has played
Not yet established
What we looked for and could not find in public sources. If you know, send a correction with a source.
- Who the shareholders areJoseph Tey's April 2026 purchase of Matteo Manfredi's stake is known only from it.wikipedia; Calcio e Finanza (July 2026) still describes a dispute between them over the sale of the club.
Sources9
- Sito ufficiale (footer) U.C. Sampdoria, Club. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Serie BKT: squadre Lega B, League, 2026. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Sampdoria, braccio di ferro tra Manfredi e Tey: al centro il futuro del club Calcio e Finanza, News, 19 February 2026. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Unione Calcio Sampdoria Wikipedia (it), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Serie A 2026-2027 Wikipedia (it), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Stadio Luigi Ferraris Wikipedia (it), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Serie B 2026-2027 Wikipedia (it), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
Also on Wikidata (Q1457).
