2020–21 Genoa CFC season

Genoa
2020–21 season
Chairman	Enrico Preziosi
Head coach	Rolando Maran; (until 21 December 2020); Davide Ballardini; (from 21 December 2020)
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	16th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mattia Destro (6); All: ; Mattia Destro; Gianluca Scamacca; (6 each)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 17 January 2021.

The 2020–21 Genoa C.F.C. season is 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 covers the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 October 2020^[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	ITA	Mattia Perin (3rd captain, on loan from Juventus)
2	DF	COL	Cristián Zapata
4	DF	ITA	Domenico Criscito (captain)
5	DF	ITA	Edoardo Goldaniga (on loan from Sassuolo)
8	MF	DEN	Lukas Lerager
9	FW	ITA	Gianluca Scamacca (on loan from Sassuolo)
11	MF	SUI	Valon Behrami
13	DF	ITA	Mattia Bani (on loan from Bologna)
14	DF	ITA	Davide Biraschi (vice-captain)
16	MF	SVN	Miha Zajc (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
17	MF	CRO	Petar Brlek
18	DF	ITA	Paolo Ghiglione
19	FW	MKD	Goran Pandev
21	MF	SRB	Ivan Radovanović
22	GK	ITA	Federico Marchetti
23	FW	ITA	Mattia Destro
24	MF	ITA	Filippo Melegoni (on loan from Atalanta)
26	MF	ROU	Claudiu Micovschi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	MF	ITA	Stefano Sturaro
29	MF	ITA	Francesco Cassata
30	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Caso
32	GK	ITA	Alberto Paleari (on loan from Cittadella)
37	FW	CRO	Marko Pjaca (on loan from Juventus)
38	GK	CZE	Lukáš Zima
45	FW	SWE	Joel Asoro (on loan from Swansea City)
47	MF	CRO	Milan Badelj
55	DF	ITA	Andrea Masiello
61	FW	UZB	Eldor Shomurodov
65	MF	ITA	Nicolò Rovella
70	MF	ITA	Vittorio Parigini
77	DF	ITA	Davide Zappacosta (on loan from Chelsea)
79	FW	SUI	Darian Males (on loan from Inter)
88	DF	ITA	Luca Pellegrini (on loan from Juventus)
89	MF	FRA	Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue
99	MF	GER	Lennart Czyborra (on loan from Atalanta)

Other players under contract

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SRB	Ivan Lakićević
—	DF	GAM	Fallou Njie


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	DEN	Lasse Schöne

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 September 2020 Friendly	Genoa	2–1	Carpi	Genoa, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Favilli 43', 62' (pen.)	Report	Fofana 67'	Stadium: Stadio La Sciorba Attendance: 0

10 September 2020 Friendly	Genoa	2–1	Carrarese	Genoa, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bianchi 38' Masiello 90'	Report	Caccavallo 5'	Stadium: Stadio La Sciorba Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	20 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		20	5	6	9	22	30	−8	025.00
Coppa Italia	28 October 2020	13 January 2021	Third round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	066.67
Total					23	7	6	10	29	35	−6	030.43

Last updated: 31 January 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
20	5	6	9	22	30	−8	21	3	2	5	14	16	−2	2	4	4	8	14	−6

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W
Position	1	13	15	11	16	16	18	19	19	19	19	18	19	18	19	19	17	16	16	14

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. 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)	Destro 6' Pandev 9', 44' Zappacosta 34', 37' Zajc 41' Ghiglione 70' Pjaca 75'	Report	Rivière 28' Molina 29' Mazzotta 32'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

27 September 2020 2	Napoli	6–0	Genoa	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lozano 42', 65' Zieliński 46' Mertens 57' Elmas 69' Politano 72' Osimhen 90+1'	Report	Destro 90' Masiello 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

19 October 2020 4	Hellas Verona	0–0	Genoa	Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Tameze 53'	Report	Badelj 11' Pandev 43' Ghiglione 54' Goldaniga 85'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Antonio Rapuano

24 October 2020 5	Genoa	0–2	Internazionale	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bani 86'	Report	Martínez 40' Lukaku 64' D'Ambrosio 79'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Davide Massa

1 November 2020 6	Sampdoria	1–1	Genoa	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Quagliarella 5' Jankto 23', 59' Thorsby 29' Ekdal 38' Bereszyński 86'	Report	Goldaniga 18' Scamacca 28'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Federico La Penna

4 November 2020 3	Genoa	1–2	Torino	Genoa
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Badelj 31' Rovella 51' Scamacca 90+4'	Report	Lukić 10', 90+3' Gojak 23' Pellegrini 26' (o.g.) Rincón 45+3' Singo 68'	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)	Zajc 6' Pjaca 50'	Report	Mkhitaryan 45+2', 67', 85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

22 November 2020 8	Udinese	1–0	Genoa	Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Paul 34' Arslan 65' Musso 76'	Report	Masiello 31' Badelj 63' Scamacca 90+5' Perin 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

30 November 2020 9	Genoa	1–2	Parma	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Shomurodov 50' Badelj 76' Bani 84'	Report	Gervinho 10', 47' Busi 58' Karamoh 67'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

7 December 2020 10	Fiorentina	1–1	Genoa	Florence
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pulgar 15' Valero 90+4' Milenković 90+8'	Report	Sturaro 45+2' Pellegrini 73' Pjaca 89'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Doveri

13 December 2020 11	Genoa	1–3	Juventus	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Goldaniga 15' Sturaro 61' Perin 88' Bani 90+3'	Report	Rabiot 2' Dybala 57' McKennie 77' Ronaldo 78' (pen.), 89' (pen.) Bentancur 83'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Di Bello

16 December 2020 12	Genoa	2–2	Milan	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pellegrini 18' Destro 47', 60' Radovanović 87'	Report	Romagnoli 25' Calabria 52' Castillejo 54' Kalulu 83' Leão 83'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Orsato

20 December 2020 13	Benevento	2–0	Genoa	Benevento
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caprari 43' Insigne 57' Sau 89' (pen.)	Report	Bani 13' Goldaniga 67' Masiello 88'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Giua

23 December 2020 14	Spezia	1–2	Genoa	La Spezia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Erlić 2' Chabot 5' Nzola 10' Terzi 72'	Report	Destro 16', 70' Pandev 33' Ghiglione 43' Criscito 73' (pen.) Zajc 75'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Massa

3 January 2021 15	Genoa	1–1	Lazio	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Destro 58', 59' Czyborra 63'	Report	Immobile 15' (pen.) Patric 43' Milinković-Savić 60' Lucas 69' Escalante 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

6 January 2021 16	Sassuolo	2–1	Genoa	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ayhan 39' Boga 52' Bourabia 59' Raspadori 83' Müldür 87'	Report	Criscito 12' Masiello 23' Shomurodov 64' Goldaniga 85'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Fabbri

9 January 2021 17	Genoa	2–0	Bologna	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zajc 44' Destro 55' Radovanović 66' Ghiglione 87'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Doveri

17 January 2021 18	Atalanta	0–0	Genoa	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gosens 83'	Report	Goldaniga 72' Zappacosta 75'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Livio Marinelli

24 January 2021 19	Genoa	1–0	Cagliari	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Destro 10', 18'	Report	Nández 20' Zappa 85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Di Bello

31 January 2021 20	Crotone	0–3	Genoa	Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Messias 33' Eduardo 85' Reca 90'	Report	Destro 24', 50' Strootman 28' Czyborra 29'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 0 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

6 February 2021 21	Genoa	v	Napoli	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

13 February 2021 22	Torino	v	Genoa	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino

Coppa Italia

28 October 2020 Third round	Genoa	2–1	Catanzaro	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Scamacca 7', 64' Masiello 57'	Report	Di Massimo 38' Fazio 83'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

26 November 2020 Fourth round	Sampdoria	1–3	Genoa	Genoa
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Verre 18' Silva 26' Yoshida 26' Léris 62'	Report	Zapata 13' Sturaro 43' Scamacca 60', 72' Lerager 68' Pellegrini 69' Ghiglione 75'	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)	Kulusevski 2' Morata 23' Bentancur 25' Rafia 105' Bernardeschi 120+1'	Report	Czyborra 28' Dumbravanu 29' Ghiglione 41' Melegoni 74' Goldaniga 90+2' Bani 116' Rovella 119'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Referee: Daniele Chiffi

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 7 December 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	9	FW	Gianluca Scamacca	2	4	6
2	37	FW	Marko Pjaca	3	0	3
3	77	DF	Davide Zappacosta	1	0	1
	8	MF	Lukas Lerager	0	1	1
	19	FW	Goran Pandev	1	0	1
	23	FW	Mattia Destro	1	0	1
	61	FW	Eldor Shomurodov	1	0	1
Totals				9	5	14

References

^ "Genoa C.F.C. squad". legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Serie A. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ "RCOMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 52/A" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ "Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced". Lega Serie A. 2 September 2020.
^ "Serie A: Genoa-Torino postponed". Football Italia. 1 October 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Genoa C.F.C. squad". legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Serie A. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[2] "RCOMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 52/A" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[3] "Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced". Lega Serie A. 2 September 2020.

[4] "Serie A: Genoa-Torino postponed". Football Italia. 1 October 2020.

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