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

Transfers

Summer window

In

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

Loans in

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

Out

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

Loans out

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

Winter window

In

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

Loans in

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

Out

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

Loans out

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

Friendlies

Pre-season

14 July 2024 Friendly ASD Fassa Calcio 1–17 Genoa
20 July 2024 Friendly Venezia 1–3 Genoa
17:00
25 July 2024 Friendly Genoa 3–2 Mantova
17:00
1 August 2024 Friendly Brescia 2–0 Genoa Brescia
18:30 Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
4 August 2024 Friendly AS Monaco FC 1–2 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  63'
  • Messias 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

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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