2020–21 Genoa CFC season

Genoa
2020–21 season
ChairmanEnrico Preziosi
Head coachRolando Maran
(until 21 December)
Davide Ballardini
(from 21 December)
StadiumStadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A11th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mattia Destro (11)

All:
Gianluca Scamacca (12)

The 2020–21 Genoa C.F.C. season was the club's 128th season in existence and its 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genoa participated in the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2021[1]

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 Italy ITA Mattia Perin (3rd captain, on loan from Juventus)
2 DF Colombia COL Cristián Zapata
4 DF Italy ITA Domenico Criscito (captain)
5 DF Italy ITA Edoardo Goldaniga (on loan from Sassuolo)
9 FW Italy ITA Gianluca Scamacca (on loan from Sassuolo)
11 MF Switzerland SUI Valon Behrami
14 DF Italy ITA Davide Biraschi (vice-captain)
16 MF Slovenia SVN Miha Zajc (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
17 MF Italy ITA Manolo Portanova
18 DF Italy ITA Paolo Ghiglione
19 FW North Macedonia MKD Goran Pandev
20 MF Netherlands NED Kevin Strootman (on loan from Marseille)
21 MF Serbia SRB Ivan Radovanović
22 GK Italy ITA Federico Marchetti
23 FW Italy ITA Mattia Destro
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Italy ITA Filippo Melegoni (on loan from Atalanta)
25 DF Cameroon CMR Jérôme Onguéné (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
29 MF Italy ITA Francesco Cassata
30 FW Italy ITA Giuseppe Caso
32 GK Italy ITA Alberto Paleari (on loan from Cittadella)
37 FW Croatia CRO Marko Pjaca (on loan from Juventus)
38 GK Czech Republic CZE Lukáš Zima
47 MF Croatia CRO Milan Badelj
55 DF Italy ITA Andrea Masiello
61 FW Uzbekistan UZB Eldor Shomurodov
65 MF Italy ITA Nicolò Rovella (on loan from Juventus)
77 DF Italy ITA Davide Zappacosta (on loan from Chelsea)
88 DF Italy ITA Luca Pellegrini (on loan from Juventus)
89 MF France FRA Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue
99 MF Germany GER Lennart Czyborra (on loan from Atalanta)

On loan

As of 1 February 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Brazil BRA Jandrei (at Athletico Paranaense until 30 June 2021)
GK Slovenia SVN Rok Vodišek (at Triglav Kranj until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Mattia Bani (at Parma until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Giorgio Altare (at Olbia until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Antonio Candela (at Pergolettese until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Luigi Carillo (at Casertana until 30 June 2021)
DF Argentina ARG Marcos Curado (at Frosinone until 30 June 2021)
DF Poland POL Paweł Jaroszyński (at Salernitana until 30 June 2021)
DF The Gambia GAM Fallou Njie (at Skënderbeu Korce until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Enrico Nespoli (at Savoia until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Leonardo Raggio (at Lecco until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Nicholas Rizzo (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Federico Valietti (at Carrarese until 30 June 2021)
MF Colombia COL Kevin Agudelo (at Spezia until 30 June 2021)
MF Italy ITA Andrea Cambiaso (at Empoli until 30 June 2021)
MF Italy ITA Luca Chierico (at Reggina until 30 June 2021)
MF Denmark DEN Lukas Lerager (at Copenhagen until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Italy ITA Vittorio Parigini (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021)
MF Poland POL Filip Jagiełło (at Brescia until 30 June 2021)
MF Italy ITA Patrizio Masini (at Lecco until 30 June 2021)
MF Romania ROU Claudiu Micovschi (at Reggina until 30 June 2021)
MF Italy ITA Stefano Sturaro (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2021)
MF Italy ITA Mattia Zennaro (at Lucchese until 30 June 2021)
FW Spain ESP Raúl Asencio (at SPAL until 30 June 2021)
FW Italy ITA Flavio Bianchi (at Lucchese until 30 June 2021)
FW Italy ITA Giacomo Calò (at Pordenone until 30 June 2021)
FW Italy ITA Davide Castelli (at Pro Patria until 30 June 2021)
FW France FRA Gabriel Charpentier (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021)
FW Italy ITA Riccardo Correnti (at Savoia until 30 June 2021)
FW Italy ITA Nicola Dalmonte (at Vicenza until 30 June 2021)
FW Lithuania LTU Augustinas Klimavičius (at Empoli until 30 June 2021)
FW Italy ITA Andrea Favilli (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2021)
FW Argentina ARG Claudio Spinelli (at FC Koper until 30 June 2021)
FW Italy ITA Elia Petrelli (at Reggina until 30 June 2021)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 September 2020 Friendly Genoa Italy 2–1 Italy Carpi Genoa, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Favilli 43', 62' (pen.)
Report
Stadium: Stadio La Sciorba
Attendance: 0
10 September 2020 Friendly Genoa Italy 2–1 Italy Carrarese Genoa, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio La Sciorba
Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 20 September 2020 22 May 2021 Matchday 1 11th 38 10 12 16 47 58 −11 026.32
Coppa Italia 28 October 2020 13 January 2021 Third round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 066.67
Total 41 12 12 17 54 63 −9 029.27

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 −2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 −2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 −11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 −14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 −12 40
Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[2]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 10 12 16 47 58  −11 42 5 7 7 29 30  −1 5 5 9 18 28  −10

Source: Serie A

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
ResultWLLDLDLLLDLDLWDLWDWWWDDLDLDWDLLDWLLWLW
Position113151116161819191919181918191917161614121111131313141313131314131314141411
Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.[3]

20 September 2020 1 Genoa 4–1 Crotone Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
27 September 2020 2 Napoli 6–0 Genoa Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
19 October 2020 4 Hellas Verona 0–0 Genoa Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
24 October 2020 5 Genoa 0–2 Internazionale Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Davide Massa
1 November 2020 6 Sampdoria 1–1 Genoa Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Federico La Penna
4 November 2020 3 Genoa 1–2 Torino Genoa
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paolo Valeri
Note: The match originally scheduled for 3 October, but postponed due to 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Genoa.[4]
8 November 2020 7 Genoa 1–3 Roma Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
22 November 2020 8 Udinese 1–0 Genoa Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
30 November 2020 9 Genoa 1–2 Parma Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
7 December 2020 10 Fiorentina 1–1 Genoa Florence
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Doveri
13 December 2020 11 Genoa 1–3 Juventus Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
16 December 2020 12 Genoa 2–2 Milan Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Orsato
20 December 2020 13 Benevento 2–0 Genoa Benevento
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antonio Giua
23 December 2020 14 Spezia 1–2 Genoa La Spezia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 0
Referee: Davide Massa
3 January 2021 15 Genoa 1–1 Lazio Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
6 January 2021 16 Sassuolo 2–1 Genoa Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Fabbri
9 January 2021 17 Genoa 2–0 Bologna Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Doveri
17 January 2021 18 Atalanta 0–0 Genoa Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Livio Marinelli
24 January 2021 19 Genoa 1–0 Cagliari Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
31 January 2021 20 Crotone 0–3 Genoa Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida
Attendance: 0
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
6 February 2021 21 Genoa 2–1 Napoli Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
13 February 2021 22 Torino 0–0 Genoa Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua
20 February 2021 23 Genoa 2–2 Hellas Verona Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
28 February 2021 24 Internazionale 3–0 Genoa Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
3 March 2021 25 Genoa 1–1 Sampdoria Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
7 March 2021 26 Roma 1–0 Genoa Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Fabbri
13 March 2021 27 Genoa 1–1 Udinese Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Giacomo Camplone
19 March 2021 28 Parma 1–2 Genoa Parma
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Doveri
3 April 2021 29 Genoa 1–1 Fiorentina Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabio Maresca
11 April 2021 30 Juventus 3–1 Genoa Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
18 April 2021 31 Milan 2–1 Genoa Milan
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
21 April 2021 32 Genoa 2–2 Benevento Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
24 April 2021 33 Genoa 2–0 Spezia Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
2 May 2021 34 Lazio 4–3 Genoa Rome
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
9 May 2021 35 Genoa 1–2 Sassuolo Genoa
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
12 May 2021 36 Bologna 0–2 Genoa Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 0
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
15 May 2021 37 Genoa 3–4 Atalanta Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Livio Marinelli
22 May 2021 38 Cagliari 0–1 Genoa Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

Coppa Italia

28 October 2020 Third round Genoa 2–1 Catanzaro Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni
26 November 2020 Fourth round Sampdoria 1–3 Genoa Genoa
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
13 January 2021 Round of 16 Juventus 3–2 (a.e.t.) Genoa Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Referee: Daniele Chiffi

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Italy ITA Mattia Perin 32 0 32 0 0 0
22 GK Italy ITA Federico Marchetti 6 0 4 0 2 0
32 GK Italy ITA Alberto Paleari 4 0 2+1 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF Colombia COL Cristián Zapata 13 0 12 0 1 0
4 DF Italy ITA Domenico Criscito 24 1 20+3 1 1 0
5 DF Italy ITA Edoardo Goldaniga 27 0 19+6 0 2 0
14 DF Italy ITA Davide Biraschi 14 0 11+2 0 1 0
18 DF Italy ITA Paolo Ghiglione 26 0 14+9 0 2+1 0
25 DF Cameroon CMR Jérôme Onguéné 4 0 1+3 0 0 0
55 DF Italy ITA Andrea Masiello 32 0 30 0 1+1 0
77 DF Italy ITA Davide Zappacosta 25 4 23+2 4 0 0
88 DF Italy ITA Luca Pellegrini 12 0 7+4 0 1 0
90 DF Moldova MDA Daniel Dumbravanu 1 0 0 0 1 0
99 DF Germany GER Lennart Czyborra 19 2 15+2 1 2 1
Midfielders
11 MF Switzerland SUI Valon Behrami 26 0 8+18 0 0 0
16 MF Slovenia SVN Miha Zajc 33 1 22+9 1 2 0
17 MF Italy ITA Manolo Portanova 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
20 MF Netherlands NED Kevin Strootman 18 0 18 0 0 0
21 MF Serbia SRB Ivan Radovanović 35 0 24+9 0 1+1 0
24 MF Italy ITA Filippo Melegoni 17 1 3+11 0 1+2 1
29 MF Italy ITA Francesco Cassata 9 0 2+6 0 0+1 0
47 MF Croatia CRO Milan Badelj 31 1 29+1 1 0+1 0
65 MF Italy ITA Nicolò Rovella 22 0 12+8 0 2 0
89 MF France FRA Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0
Forwards
9 FW Italy ITA Gianluca Scamacca 29 12 13+13 8 3 4
19 FW North Macedonia MKD Goran Pandev 30 7 15+14 7 0+1 0
23 FW Italy ITA Mattia Destro 30 11 22+7 11 1 0
30 FW Italy ITA Giuseppe Caso 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
37 FW Croatia CRO Marko Pjaca 38 3 15+20 3 1+2 0
61 FW Uzbekistan UZB Eldor Shomurodov 32 8 16+15 8 1 0
91 FW Sierra Leone SLE Yayah Kallon 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
8 MF Denmark DEN Lukas Lerager 19 1 13+3 0 2+1 1
13 DF Italy ITA Mattia Bani 13 0 10+1 0 2 0
15 MF Poland POL Filip Jagiełło 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Denmark DEN Lasse Schöne 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Italy ITA Stefano Sturaro 7 1 6 1 1 0
30 FW Italy ITA Andrea Favilli 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Denmark DEN Peter Ankersen 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 MF Italy ITA Vittorio Parigini 5 0 0+4 0 1 0
79 FW Switzerland SUI Darian Males 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
99 FW Italy ITA Andrea Pinamonti 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 22 May 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 9 FW Italy Gianluca Scamacca 8 4 12
2 23 FW Italy Mattia Destro 11 0 11
3 61 FW Uzbekistan Eldor Shomurodov 8 0 8
4 19 FW North Macedonia Goran Pandev 7 0 7
5 77 DF Italy Davide Zappacosta 4 0 4
6 37 FW Croatia Marko Pjaca 3 0 3
7 8 MF Denmark Lukas Lerager 1 1 2
99 DF Germany Lennart Czyborra 1 1 2
8 47 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 1 0 1
4 DF Italy Domenico Criscito 1 0 1
16 MF Slovenia Miha Zajc 1 0 1
24 MF Italy Filippo Melegoni 0 1 1
27 MF Italy Stefano Sturaro 1 0 1
Totals 47 7 54

References

  1. ^ "Squadra - GENOA | Lega Serie A".
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  3. ^ "Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced". Lega Serie A. 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Serie A: Genoa-Torino postponed". Football Italia. 1 October 2020.