The derby of Genoa, but universally known as Derby della Lanterna, is a football match between the two most important football teams in Genoa, Genoa (Griffins) and Sampdoria (Sampdoria). To date, the derby contrasts these two teams, but he has proposed in the first half of the twentieth century, as well as Genoa, although other configurations such as Andrea Doria, Sampierdarenese (in the thirties, when Sampierdarena had already become part of the Municipality of Genoa) Liguria and the dominant, though the latter only in friendly matches because the regulation of the time prevented the inclusion of teams from the same city in the same group stage. Also of note, between 1919 and 1923, the participation of other teams in the qualifying rounds of Genoa Ligurian valid for the ultimate football league, with its exponential increase in the number of derby. For the record it is, in order of appearance, Young Player of Grifone (club disbanded at the end of the 1919-20 season), and Young Player Spes Genoa Genoa (club disbanded at the end of the 1921-22 season FIGC). The derby has lived in Genoa with great passion by fans, who are preparing for the event weeks before and remember it for weeks after. The spectacle of colors and sounds usually proposed by the two tiers of opposing fans (Stairways Stairways South and North Genoa Sampdoria) gives a contribution to the atmosphere of the game rarely faked. The derby between Genoa and Sampdoria at the top of the league derby of the warmest in the world and is the first Italian derby that has been played in series A, series B (similarly to the derby of Verona) and also in Italian Cup. The first derby between Genoa and Sampdoria: November 3, 1946, Sampdoria - Genoa 3-0. The last derby played so far: February 3, 2014, Genoa-Sampdoria 0-1. The next derby is in the program (except for advances or delays) September 28, 2014, for the fifth day of the Serie A 2014-2015 with Genoa host formation. The derby return home of Sampdoria, is scheduled for February 22, 2015. The derby has been held since 1902, the year of foundation of the football section of the Andrea Doria, but the culmination of visibility at the national level there was in the late eighties and early nineties, when the two teams were to top of Italian football due to the Presidents Paolo Mantovani and Aldo Spinelli. The first challenges actually date back to 1898 (friendly with the Pro Liguria Genoa Sampierdarena, won by Genoa 4-2) and 1900 (preliminary rounds of the championship with the Gymnastics Sampierdarenese 7-0 defeat of Genoa Sampierdarena). The season 1957-58 and the calendar year 1958 were the only years where they were played derby 4 (2 of 2 league and Italian Cup). Since the founding of Sampdoria in 1946 from the merger of the Andrea Doria Sampierdarenese with the derby has always been played at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Marassi neighborhood. In the 1994-1995 season, there was a strong risk of dispute for the first time the derby back in a neutral venue, view the disqualification of the field of Genoa landlord. He had been designated the Renato Curi Stadium in Perugia as the venue of the meeting, but the CAF quashed the disqualification as a result of the action of Genoa, and the challenge could contend regularly to Ferraris. Overall, the Genoa derby has competed in 195 (against other teams) and won 85; Genoa played his first derby in 1902, winning it. Sampdoria have competed in 103 (only against Genoa) derby, winning 36 while Genoa has won 28 and ties were 43; since the merger Sampdoria played the first derby in 1946, winning it. Worth noting that Andrea Doria and Sampierdarenese competed in four derby nationals in seasons 1926-27 and 1945-46, with three wins and a draw the circles. The two teams also met in Serie C in 1931-32.
