2024–25 Genoa CFC season

Genoa
2024–25 season
PresidentAlberto Zangrillo
(until 17 December)
Dan Șucu
(from 18 December)
Head coachAlberto Gilardino
(until 19 November)
Patrick Vieira
(from 20 November)
StadiumStadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A13th
Coppa ItaliaSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Andrea Pinamonti
(8)

All: Andrea Pinamonti
(9)
Highest home attendance33,435 vs Napoli
21 December 2024, Serie A
Lowest home attendance21,070 vs Cagliari
24 November 2024, Serie A
Average home league attendance30,714
Biggest win0–2 vs Udinese (A)
1 December 2024, Serie A
2–0 vs Monza (H)
27 January 2025, Serie A
0–2 vs Venezia (H)
17 February 2025, Serie A
Biggest defeat5–1 vs Atalanta (H)
5 October 2024, Serie A
All statistics correct as of 14 March 2025.

The 2024–25 season was the 132nd season in the history of the Genoa CFC, and it will also be the second consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Coppa Italia.

Squad

As of 4 February 2025[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 Italy ITA Nicola Leali
2 MF Norway NOR Morten Thorsby
3 DF Spain ESP Aarón Martín
4 DF Belgium BEL Koni De Winter
5 MF Cameroon CMR Jean Onana (on loan from Beşiktaş)
9 FW Portugal POR Vitinha
10 MF Brazil BRA Junior Messias
13 DF Italy ITA Mattia Bani (vice-captain)
15 DF England ENG Brooke Norton-Cuffy
17 MF Ukraine UKR Ruslan Malinovskyi
18 FW Ghana GHA Caleb Ekuban
19 FW Italy ITA Andrea Pinamonti (on loan from Sassuolo)
20 DF Italy ITA Stefano Sabelli
21 FW Italy ITA Jeff Ekhator
22 DF Mexico MEX Johan Vásquez
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Italy ITA Fabio Miretti (on loan from Juventus)
30 FW Paraguay PAR Hugo Cuenca
31 GK Switzerland SUI Benjamin Siegrist (on loan from Rapid Bucharest)
32 MF Denmark DEN Morten Frendrup
33 DF Uruguay URU Alan Matturro
34 DF Denmark DEN Sebastian Otoa
39 GK Italy ITA Daniele Sommariva
45 FW Italy ITA Mario Balotelli
47 MF Croatia CRO Milan Badelj (captain)
53 MF Israel ISR Lior Kassa (on loan from Maccabi Haifa)
59 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Zanoli (on loan from Napoli)
69 DF Italy ITA Honest Ahanor
70 FW Ivory Coast CIV Maxwel Cornet (on loan from West Ham United)
73 MF Italy ITA Patrizio Masini

Transfers

Summer window

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Notes Ref.
30 June 2024 FW Italy Federico Accornero Italy Pescara End of loan
30 June 2024 DF Italy Alessandro Marcandalli Italy Reggiana End of loan
30 June 2024 MF Italy Patrizio Masini Italy Ascoli End of loan
30 June 2024 MF Italy Filippo Melegoni Italy Reggiana End of loan
1 July 2024 DF Belgium Koni De Winter Italy Juventus €8,000,000 Loan transfer made permanent [2]
1 July 2024 MF Norway Emil Bohinen Italy Salernitana €2,000,000 Loan transfer made permanent [3]
1 July 2024 MF Norway Morten Thorsby Germany Union Berlin €4,000,000 Loan transfer made permanent [4]
1 July 2024 FW Portugal Vitinha France Marseille €16,000,000 Loan transfer made permanent [5]
14 August 2024 DF England Brooke Norton-Cuffy England Arsenal €2,000,000 [6]
14 October 2024 MF Uruguay Gastón Pereiro Unattached Free [7]
28 October 2024 FW Italy Mario Balotelli Unattached Free [8]

Loans in

Date Pos. Player From Fee Notes Ref.
11 July 2024 DF Italy Alessandro Zanoli Italy Napoli Free Option to buy for €7,000,000 obligation to buy under certain conditions [9]
30 July 2024 GK Italy Pierluigi Gollini Italy Atalanta Free Option to buy for €3,000,000 [10]
16 August 2024 FW Italy Andrea Pinamonti Italy Sassuolo €2,000,000 Option to buy for €14,000,000 [11]
25 August 2024 MF Italy Fabio Miretti Italy Juventus Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee [12]
25 August 2024 MF Israel Lior Kasa Israel Maccabi Haifa €250,000 Option to buy for €2,500,000

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Notes Ref.
30 June 2024 MF Netherlands Kevin Strootman Retired
30 June 2024 DF Italy Giorgio Cittadini Italy Atalanta End of loan
30 June 2024 DF Suriname Ridgeciano Haps Italy Venezia End of loan
30 June 2024 MF England Djed Spence England Tottenham Hotspur End of loan
1 July 2024 FW Poland Aleksander Buksa Poland Górnik Zabrze Undisclosed
1 July 2024 MF Italy Francesco Cassata Italy Spezia €590,000 Loan transfer made permanent
9 July 2024 GK Spain Josep Martínez Italy Inter Milan €13,500,000 [13]
12 July 2024 FW Italy Massimo Coda Italy Sampdoria €500,000 [14]
17 July 2024 DF Albania Brayan Boci Italy Feralpisalò Undisclosed
27 July 2024 FW Italy Kelvin Yeboah United States Minnesota United €3,000,000 [15]
4 August 2024 DF Switzerland Silvan Hefti Germany Hamburger SV €1,20,000 [16]
8 August 2024 FW Italy Mateo Retegui Italy Atalanta €20,900,000
13 August 2024 MF Poland Filip Jagiełło Poland Lech Poznań Free
14 August 2024 FW Romania George Pușcaș Turkey Bodrumspor Undisclosed
30 August 2024 MF Italy Luca Chierico Italy Arezzo Free
30 August 2024 DF Italy Paolo Gozzi France Troyes Undisclosed
3 September 2024 DF Croatia Marko Pajač Croatia Lokomotiva Zagreb Free Contract solved by mutual consent

Loans out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Notes Ref.
8 July 2024 GK Italy Simone Calvani Italy Pontedera Free
19 July 2024 DF Germany Lennart Czyborra Austria WSG Tirol Free [17]
25 July 2024 MF Italy Mattia Aramu Italy Mantova Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee
8 August 2024 MF Italy Manolo Portanova Italy Reggiana Free Obligation to buy for an undisclosed fee
9 August 2024 DF Italy Gabriele Calvani Italy Brescia Free Until 2025–26 season, option to buy for an undisclosed fee with a buy-back option
12 August 2024 FW Italy Elia Petrelli Italy Forlì Free
16 August 2024 MF Iceland Albert Guðmundsson Italy Fiorentina €5,850,000 Option to buy for €17,000,000
22 August 2024 FW Italy Seydou Fini Netherlands Excelsior Free
22 August 2024 MF Greece Christos Papadopoulos Italy Juventus Next Gen Free Option to buy for €2,500,000 [18]
22 August 2024 DF Italy Federico Valietti Italy Trapani Free Obligation to buy for an undisclosed fee
30 August 2024 FW Italy Andrea Favilli Italy Bari Free Obligation to buy for an undisclosed fee
30 August 2024 FW Italy Daniel Fossati Italy Gubbio Free
1 September 2024 FW Turkey Güven Yalçın Portugal Arouca Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee [19]

Winter window

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Notes Ref.
8 January 2025 DF Italy Tommaso Pittino Italy Sestri Levante Free Loan terminated early
16 January 2025 DF Denmark Sebastian Otoa Denmark Aalborg €2,750,000 [20]
21 January 2025 DF Italy Lorenzo Gagliardi Italy Pontedera Free Loan terminated early
30 January 2025 MF Iceland Mikael Egill Ellertsson Italy Venezia €3,500,000 [21]
31 January 2025 FW Italy Daniel Fossati Italy Gubbio Free Loan terminated early
3 February 2025 MF Paraguay Hugo Cuenca Italy Milan Futuro Free [22]

Loans in

Date Pos. Player From Fee Notes Ref.
20 January 2025 FW Ivory Coast Maxwel Cornet England West Ham United Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee [23]
28 January 2025 GK Switzerland Benjamin Siegrist Romania Rapid București Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee [24]
30 January 2025 MF Cameroon Jean Onana Turkey Beşiktaş Free Option to buy for €1,200,000 [25]

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Notes Ref.
23 January 2025 GK Italy Pierluigi Gollini Italy Atalanta Free Loan terminated early
24 January 2025 MF Italy Filippo Melegoni Italy Carrarese Undisclosed
1 February 2024 MF Uruguay Gastón Pereiro Italy Bari Undisclosed

Loans out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Notes Ref.
9 January 2025 DF Italy Tommaso Pittino Italy Lumezzane Free
15 January 2025 DF Italy Alessandro Vogliacco Italy Parma Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee
17 January 2025 FW Italy Federico Accornero Italy Trento Free
20 January 2025 FW Nigeria David Ankeye Romania Rapid București Free
22 January 2025 DF Italy Lorenzo Gagliardi Italy Novara Free
29 January 2025 DF Italy Alessandro Marcandalli Italy Venezia Free
29 January 2025 GK Austria Franz Stolz Romania Rapid București Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee
31 January 2025 MF Iceland Mikael Egill Ellertsson Italy Venezia Free
1 February 2025 FW Italy Daniel Fossati Italy Carpi Free
3 February 2025 MF Norway Emil Bohinen Italy Frosinone Free

Friendlies

Pre-season

14 July 2024 Friendly ASD Fassa Calcio Italy 1–17 Italy Genoa
20 July 2024 Friendly Venezia Italy 1–3 Italy Genoa
17:00
25 July 2024 Friendly Genoa Italy 3–2 Italy Mantova
17:00
1 August 2024 Friendly Brescia Italy 2–0 Italy Genoa Brescia
18:30 Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
4 August 2024 Friendly AS Monaco FC Monaco 1–2 Italy Genoa
11:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 17 August 2024 24–25 May 2025 Matchday 1 31 9 11 11 29 38 −9 029.03
Coppa Italia 9 August 2024 25 September 2024 First round Second round 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 050.00
Total 33 10 12 11 31 39 −8 030.30

Last updated: 9 April 2025
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Torino 38 10 14 14 39 45 −6 44[a]
12 Udinese 38 12 8 18 41 56 −15 44[a]
13 Genoa 38 10 13 15 37 49 −12 43
14 Hellas Verona 38 10 7 21 34 66 −32 37
15 Cagliari 38 9 9 20 40 56 −16 36[b]
Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[26]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Torino finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Udinese 2–2 Torino, Torino 2–0 Udinese.
  2. ^ Cagliari finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: Parma 2–3 Cagliari, Cagliari 2–1 Parma.

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
31 9 11 11 29 38  −9 38 5 7 4 18 18  0 4 4 7 11 20  −9

Last updated: 9 April 2025.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

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GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWLDLLLDLLWDDWDDLWDWLWLDWLDDWLW
Position841011161618181820171717141413131212111210121211121212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.[27]

17 August 2024 1 Genoa 2–2 Internazionale Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Vogliacco 20'
  • Gollini Yellow card 63'
  • Messias soccer ball with red X 90+5', 90+5'
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 33,300
Referee: Ermanno Feliciani
24 August 2024 2 Monza 0–1 Genoa Monza
20:45
Report
Stadium: Stadio Brianteo
Attendance: 10,394
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
1 September 2024 3 Genoa 0–2 Hellas Verona Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 30,747
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
15 September 2024 4 Genoa 1–1 Roma Genoa
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 33,009
Referee: Antonio Giua
21 September 2024 5 Venezia 2–0 Genoa Venice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 10.502
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
28 September 2024 6 Genoa 0–3 Juventus Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Andrea Colombo
5 October 2024 7 Atalanta 5–1 Genoa Bergamo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 23,138
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
19 October 2024 8 Genoa 2–2 Bologna Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 30,952
Referee: Daniele Doveri
27 October 2024 9 Lazio 3–0 Genoa Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Marco Piccinini
31 October 2024 10 Genoa 0–1 Fiorentina Genoa
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 30,254
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
4 November 2024 11 Parma 0–1 Genoa Parma
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 16,151
Referee: Marco Guida
7 November 2024 12 Genoa 1–1 Como Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 30,708
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
24 November 2024 13 Genoa 2–2 Cagliari Genoa
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 21.070
Referee: Simone Sozza
1 December 2024 14 Udinese 0–2 Genoa Udine
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 21.995
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
7 December 2024 15 Genoa 0–0 Torino Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 32.363
Referee: Livio Marinelli
15 December 2024 16 Milan 0–0 Genoa Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 70,078
Referee: Marco Guida
21 December 2024 17 Genoa 1–2 Napoli Genoa
18:00
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 33.435
Referee: Federico La Penna
28 December 2024 18 Empoli 1–2 Genoa Empoli
15:00
Report
Stadium: Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 12.657
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
5 January 2025 19 US Lecce 0–0 Genoa Lecce
12 January 2025 20 Genoa 1–0 SSD Parma Calcio 1913 Genoa
17 January 2025 21 AS Roma 3–1 Genoa Roma
27 January 2025 22 Genoa 2–0 AC Monza Genoa
2 February 2025 23 ACF Fiorentina 2–1 Genoa Florence
8 February 2025 24 Torino FC 1–1 Genoa Turin
17 February 2025 25 Genoa 2–0 Venezia FC Genoa
22 February 2025 26 FC Internazionale Milano 1–0 Genoa Milan
2 March 2025 27 Genoa 1–1 Empoli FC Genoa
7 March 2025 28 Cagliari Calcio 1–1 Genoa Cagliari
14 March 2025 29 Genoa 2–1 US Lecce Genoa
29 March 2025 30 Juventus FC 1–0 Genoa Turin
4 April 2025 31 Genoa 1–0 Udinese Calcio Genoa
13 April 2025 32 Hellas Verona FC 0–0 Genoa Verona
23 April 2025 33 Genoa 0–2 SS Lazio Genoa
27 April 2025 34 Como 1907 1–0 Genoa Como
5 May 2025 35 Genoa 1–2 AC Milan Genoa
11 May 2025 36 SSC Napoli 2–2 Genoa Naples
17 May 2025 37 Genoa 2–3 Atalanta BC Genoa
24 May 2025 38 Bologna FC 1–3 Genoa Bologna

Coppa Italia

9 August 2024 Round of 64 Genoa 1–0 Reggiana Genoa
20:45
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Davide Di Marco

Notes

  1. ^ The match was played behind closed doors following violent clashes after Genoa and Sampdoria met in the second round of the 2024–25 Coppa Italia on 25 September 2024.[28]

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