uc_sampdoria | league | serie_a <sep> unione calcio sampdoria, commonly referred to as sampdoria (italian pronunciation: [sampˈdɔːrja]), is an italian professional football club based in genoa the club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, sampierdarenese and andrea doria both the team name and colours reflect this union, the first being a combination of the names, the second taking the form of a unique kit design, predominantly blue (for andrea doria) with white, red and black bands (for sampierdarenese) across the centre of the shirt, hence the nickname blucerchiati ('blue-circled') sampdoria play at stadio luigi ferraris, capacity 36,536, which it shares with genoa's other club, genoa cricket and football club the fierce rivalry between the two teams is commonly known as the derby della lanterna, and has been contested in serie a for most of its history 
u.c. sampdoria is in the serie a league.sampdoria play at stadio luigi ferraris in the fierce rivalry between the two teams is known as the derby della lanterna