2022–23 Genoa CFC season

The 2022–23 season was the 129th in the history of Genoa CFC and their first season back in the second division since 2007. The club participated in Serie B and the Coppa Italia.

Genoa

2022–23 season
President	Alberto Zangrillo
Head coach	Alexander Blessin (until 6 December) Alberto Gilardino (from 6 December)
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie B	2nd (promoted)
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Albert Guðmundsson (11) All: Albert Guðmundsson (14)
colours colours colours
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Players

As of 26 January 2023^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRO Adrian Šemper 2 DF  ITA Stefano Sabelli 3 DF  GER Lennart Czyborra 4 DF  ITA Domenico Criscito 5 DF  ROU Radu Drăgușin (on loan from Juventus) 8 MF  NED Kevin Strootman (on loan from Marseille) 9 FW  ITA Massimo Coda 11 MF  ISL Albert Guðmundsson 13 DF  ITA Mattia Bani 14 DF  ITA Alessandro Vogliacco 18 FW  GHA Caleb Ekuban 22 GK  ESP Josep Martínez (on loan from RB Leipzig) 24 MF  POL Filip Jagiełło 25 GK  SVN Rok Vodišek 27 MF  ITA Stefano Sturaro (Captain) 31 MF  AUT Stefan Ilsanker

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 MF  DEN Morten Frendrup 33 DF  URU Alan Matturro 35 MF  ITA Luca Lipani 36 DF  SUI Silvan Hefti 47 MF  CRO Milan Badelj 50 FW  TUR Güven Yalçın 57 FW  ROU George Pușcaș (on loan from Reading) 68 DF  ITA Brayan Boci 70 MF  ITA Mattia Aramu (on loan from Venezia) 77 FW  ROU Denis Drăguș (on loan from Standard Liège) 82 GK  ITA Giuseppe Agostino 90 MF  ITA Manolo Portanova 93 DF  CRO Marko Pajač 94 MF  FRA Abdoulaye Touré 99 MF  CHI Pablo Galdames

Out on loan

As of 20 January 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ITA Davide Biraschi (at Karagümrük until 10 July 2023) — DF  ITA Paolo Gozzi (at Cosenza until 30 June 2023) — DF  ITA Nicholas Rizzo (at Pro Vercelli until 30 June 2023) — DF  ITA Federico Valietti (at Vicenza until 30 June 2024) — FW  ITA Kelvin Yeboah (at Augsburg until 30 June 2023) — DF  MEX Johan Vásquez (at Cremonese until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Luca Chierico (at Piacenza until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Patrizio Masini (at Novara until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Filippo Melegoni (at Standard Liège until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Vittorio Parigini (at Como until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Mattia Zennaro (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2023) — MF  POL Kacper Zielski (at Matera until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Francesco Cassata (at Ternana until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Flavio Bianchi (at Brescia until 30 June 2023) — FW  POL Aleksander Buksa (at OH Leuven until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Giacomo Calò (at Cosenza until 30 June 2023, obligation to buy) — FW  ITA Andrea Favilli (at Ternana until 30 June 2023) — FW  SLE Yayah Kallon (at Verona until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Elia Petrelli (at Siena until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Genoa v Mallorca

22 July 2022 Friendly	Genoa	0–1	Mallorca	Schwaz, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Junior 72'	Stadium: Silberstadt Arena Schwaz

Lazio v Genoa

27 July 2022 Friendly	Lazio	1–4	Genoa	Kössen, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Immobile 14'		Coda 5', 18', 51' Guðmundsson 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Kaiserwinkl Arena Referee: Felix Brych

Monaco v Genoa

22 September 2022 Friendly	Monaco	2–3	Genoa	Monaco
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Vogliacco Ilsanker Yalçın	Stadium: Centre de Performance Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	14 August 2022	19 May 2023	Matchday 1	2nd	38	21	11	6	53	28	+25	055.26
Coppa Italia	8 August 2022	12 January 2023	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	066.67
Total					41	23	11	7	57	31	+26	056.10

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

Main article: 2022–23 Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Frosinone (C, P)	38	24	8	6	63	26	+37	80	Promotion to Serie A
2	Genoa[a] (P)	38	21	11	6	53	28	+25	73
3	Bari	38	17	14	7	58	37	+21	65	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Parma[b]	38	17	10	11	48	39	+9	60[c]
5	Cagliari (O, P)	38	15	15	8	50	34	+16	60[c]	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0

Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Genoa were deducted one point due to income tax payment irregularities.^[2]
2. Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.^[3]
3. Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.

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	21	11	6	53	28	+25	74	12	6	1	29	10	+19	9	5	5	24	18	+6

Source: Serie B

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	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W
Position	6	6	2	5	9	5	4	6	5	2	2	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 July 2022.^[5][6]

Venezia v Genoa

14 August 2022 1	Venezia	1–2	Genoa	Venice
20:45 CET	Zampano  58' Busio  61' Johnsen 68' Ceccaroni  79' Črnigoj  90+6'	Report	Portanova 37' Guðmundsson  54' Yeboah 87' Bani  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 5,263 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Genoa v Benevento

20 August 2022 2	Genoa	0–0	Benevento	Genoa
20:45 CET	Pajač  39' Portanova  62' Yeboah  90+2'	Report	Viviani  15' Capellini  32'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Pisa v Genoa

28 August 2022 3	Pisa	0–1	Genoa	Pisa
20:45 CET	Calabresi  40'  85' Nagy  47' Canestrelli  90'	Report	Pajač  23' Ekuban 29' Coda  37'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 9,842 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

Genoa v Parma

3 September 2022 4	Genoa	3–3	Parma	Genoa
16:15 CET	Frendrup 16' Badelj  27' Guðmundsson  40'  90+2' Hefti 42' Coda 51' (pen.) Bani  63'	Report	Inglese 21' Vázquez  23' Mihăilă 37' Jurić  45' Coulibaly  53' Estévez 89' Circati  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,153 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

Palermo v Genoa

9 September 2022 5	Palermo	1–0	Genoa	Palermo
20:30 CET	Matějů  21' Brunori  28' 49' Štulac  56'	Report	Pajač  44' Jagiełło  52' Badelj  64' Galdames  81'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 23,643 Referee: Francesco Cosso

Genoa v Modena

17 September 2022 6	Genoa	1–0	Modena	Genoa
16:15 CET	Jagiełło 44' Drăgușin  76'	Report	Gargiulo  9' Diaw  41' Magnino  45' Silvestri  45+2' Oukhadda  79' Cittadini  90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Luca Zufferli

SPAL v Genoa

1 October 2022 7	SPAL	0–2	Genoa	Ferrara
14:00 CET	La Mantia  26' Valzania  36' Moncini  60' Meccariello  76'	Report	Vogliacco  11' Coda 19' Ilsanker  31' Josep Martínez  34' Guðmundsson 88'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 12,257 Referee: Andrea Colombo

Genoa v Cagliari

7 October 2022 8	Genoa	0–0	Cagliari	Genoa
20:30 CET	Frendrup  30' Strootman  67' Portanova  90+4'	Report	Deiola  31' Nández  65' Falco  85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,042 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

Cosenza v Genoa

15 October 2022 9	Cosenza	1–2	Genoa	Cosenza
14:00 CET	Rispoli  21' Meroni  37' Butić 45+7' (pen.)	Report	Bani  23'  34' Coda 31' (pen.) Strootman 37'	Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 7,434 Referee: Niccolo Baroni

Ternana v Genoa

22 October 2022 10	Ternana	1–2	Genoa	Terni
16:15 CET	Favilli 44'  45'	Report	Josep Martínez  44' Coda 76' (pen.) 78'	Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Attendance: 11,059 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Genoa v Brescia

29 October 2022 11	Genoa	1–1	Brescia	Genoa
16:15 CET	Jagiełło 31' Badelj  50'  77'	Report	Adorni  36' Olzer  84' Cistana 90+4'  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 27,239 Referee: Andrea Colombo

Reggina v Genoa

7 November 2022 12	Reggina	2–1	Genoa	Reggio Calabria
20:30 CET	Canotto 15' Hernani 54' (pen.) Rivas  57' Ravaglia  83'	Report	Aramu 33' Sabelli  40' Bani  40' Guðmundsson  58' Yalçın  81' Strootman  89' Frendrup  90'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 14,005 Referee: Fabio Maresca

Genoa v Como

13 November 2022 13	Genoa	1–1	Como	Genoa
16:15 CET	Coda  16' 17' (pen.) Sabelli  65' Strootman  73'	Report	Cesc Fàbregas  54' Cerri 67'  68' Parigini  71' Iovine  75' Vignali  85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,747 Referee: Luca Massimi

Perugia v Genoa

27 November 2022 14	Perugia	1–0	Genoa	Perugia
15:00 CET	Olivieri 74'  77' Santoro  78' Kouan  84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 7,924 Referee: Federico La Penna

Genoa v Cittadella

4 December 2022 15	Genoa	0–1	Cittadella	Genoa
15:00 CET	Bani  41' Hefti  68' Yalçın  75'	Report	Magrassi  33' Antonucci 62' Danzi  83'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Luca Pairetto

Genoa v Südtirol

8 December 2022 16	Genoa	2–0	Südtirol	Genoa
15:00 CET	Guðmundsson  7' Hefti  47' Sabelli  52' Pușcaș 65' Aramu  79' 90+3'	Report	Rover  26' Berra  48' Marconi  53'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Antonio Giua

Ascoli v Genoa

11 December 2022 17	Ascoli	0–0	Genoa	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CET	Falasco  69'	Report	Hefti  55' Pușcaș  57' Aramu  85'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 7,072 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Genoa v Frosinone

18 December 2022 18	Genoa	1–0	Frosinone	Genoa
20:45 CET	Guðmundsson 22' Sturaro  74'	Report	Boloca  59' Rohdén  67' Borrelli  71' Ravanelli  78'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Simone Sozza

Bari v Genoa

26 December 2022 19	Bari	1–2	Genoa	Bari
20:30 CET	Cheddira 33' Benedetti  43' Folorunsho  50' Botta  57' Maita  65' Bellomo  90+6'	Report	Pușcaș 2' Aramu  50' Guðmundsson 58' Drăgușin  61'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 48,827 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Genoa v Venezia

16 January 2023 20	Genoa	1–0	Venezia	Genoa
18:45 CET	Pușcaș  62' Coda 85' Strootman  90+1' Sabelli  90+3' Bani  90+4'	Report	Tessmann  80' Haps  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gianpiero Miele

Benevento v Genoa

21 January 2023 21	Benevento	1–2	Genoa	Benevento
14:00 CET	Forte  14' Tello  47' 58' Improta  55' Schiattarella  59'	Report	Ilsanker  1' Coda 12' Sabelli  50' Sturaro  72' Pușcaș 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 7,929 Referee: Marco Serra

Genoa v Pisa

28 January 2023 22	Genoa	0–0	Pisa	Genoa
16:15 CET	Bani  12' Hefti  32'	Report	Marin  68'  68' Nícolas  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 29,460 Referee: Manuel Volpi

Parma v Genoa

5 February 2023 23	Parma	2–0	Genoa	Parma
16:15 CET	Benedyczak 32'  32' Vázquez 53' (pen.) Zagaritis  89' Adrián Bernabé  90+8'	Report	Sabelli  25' Salcedo  82' Sturaro  90+5' Criscito  90+8'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,281 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Genoa v Palermo

10 February 2023 24	Genoa	2–0	Palermo	Genoa
20:30 CET	Guðmundsson 25' Sabelli  31' Hefti  41' Jagiełło 90+6'	Report	Segre  75' Matějů  84' Nedelcearu  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,185 Referee: Livio Marinelli

Modena v Genoa

19 February 2023 25	Modena	2–2	Genoa	Modena
16:15 CET	Magnino  30' Strizzolo 33' Pușcaș 55' (o.g.) Poli  57' Oukhadda  59'	Report	Drăgușin 6' Josep Martínez  55' Aramu  77' Bani 85'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 14,030 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Genoa v SPAL

25 February 2023 26	Genoa	3–0	SPAL	Genoa
16:15 CET	Sturaro  18' Drăgușin 77' Guðmundsson 90+3' Salcedo 90+7'  90+7'	Report	Rauti  81'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,293 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Cagliari v Genoa

1 March 2023 27	Cagliari	0–0	Genoa	Cagliari
20:30 CET	Rog  11' Goldaniga  30' Makoumbou  90'	Report	Drăgușin  22' Sabelli  48' Vogliacco  51'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 13,520 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Genoa v Cosenza

6 March 2023 28	Genoa	4–0	Cosenza	Genoa
20:30 CET	Drăgușin 33' Guðmundsson 57' Pușcaș 59' Jagiełło 79'	Report	Marras  53' Zilli  86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,370 Referee: Antonio Giua

Genoa v Ternana

12 March 2023 29	Genoa	1–0	Ternana	Genoa
16:15 CET	Badelj 13'	Report	Partipilo  39' Sørensen  87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,470 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

Brescia v Genoa

18 March 2023 30	Brescia	0–3	Genoa	Brescia
14:00 CET				Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

Genoa v Reggina

31 March 2023 31	Genoa	1–0	Reggina	Genoa
20:30 CET				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Como v Genoa

10 April 2023 32	Como	2–2	Genoa	Como
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Genoa v Perugia

15 April 2023 33	Genoa	2–0	Perugia	Genoa
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Cittadella v Genoa

22 April 2023 34	Cittadella	0–1	Genoa	Cittadella
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Referee: Federico Dionisi

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2022–23 Coppa Italia

Genoa v Benevento

8 August 2022 Round of 64	Genoa	3–2	Benevento	Genoa
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Guðmundsson 35', 45' Coda 64' (pen.)	Report	Glik 45+3' Karić 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Andrea Colombo

Genoa v SPAL

18 October 2022 Round of 32	Genoa	1–0	SPAL	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guðmundsson 45+1' (pen.) Hefti  77' Pușcaș  79'	Report	Zanellato  11' Almici  53'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Antonio Santoro

Roma v Genoa

12 January 2023 Round of 16	Roma	1–0	Genoa	Rome
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bove  35' Zaniolo  57' Dybala 64'	Report	Czyborra  59' Vogliacco  83'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Ermanno Feliciani