Genoa, the capital of Liguria, Italy's largest port, with a population of about 665,438+0 million, is the hometown of Columbus, the navigator, and is known as "the cultural capital of Europe". Genoa is located in the northwest of Italy, near the Ligurian Bay, and at the corner extending to the sea in the direction of Genoa Newport, there is a 1 17 meter high, built at 65438.

Genoa, founded on September 7th, 1893, is the oldest club in Italian football. Another new force, Sampdoria, was founded in 1 August 9461. It is composed of Sampdoria and doria, and is named Sampdoria.

19 At the end of the 20th century, Genoa was the strongest team in Italy. However, after 1920s, Genoa never won the top league title in Serie A again, and its performance fluctuated, but most of the time it suppressed its rivals in the same city (Sampdoria, doria and Liguria). Sampdoria was formed by the merger of two teams in Genoa after World War II. It was not until 199 1 that he won the Serie A championship and entered the final of the European Champions League the following year (losing to the Barcelona Dream Team in overtime). During this period, Genoa can only live in the shadow of its rivals in the same city and was downgraded at 1994. But then Sampdoria gradually declined and was downgraded at 1999. It was not until Genoa returned to Serie A in 2007 that the Lighthouse Derby reappeared in Serie A after 13. Sampdoria, after experiencing the glory in the early 1990s, has matured and become a force to be reckoned with in Italian football.

Genoa has won 9 league titles in history, 1 Italian Cup.

Sampdoria has 1 Serie A champions, 4 Italian Cup champions, 1 European Winners Cup champions and 1 Italian Super Cup champions.

From the first derby between the two teams in the 1946/47 season to the 2009/ 10 season, Genoa and Sampdoria played 84 times in official competitions such as Serie A, Serie B and Coppa Italia (excluding the records of Sampdoria's two former teams), of which Sampdoria won 3 1 0, Genoa won 20, and Genoa won 20.