Genoa

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Rivals	Sampdoria
Club Profile	Club Website Twitter: @GenoaCFC Facebook: @GenoaCFCofficial Address: Luigi Ferraris Stadium, Via Giovanni de Prà, 16139 Genova GE, Italy Nickname: Il Grifone, Il Vecchio Balordo
Stadium	Genoa spent their earliest and most successful playing between Piazza d’Armi del Campasso Ponte Carrega (where the first official game in the whole country took place on January 1898) and San Gottardo. It was the 22nd of January 1911 when they inaugurated the new Marassi Stadium. The arena changed name to Luigi Ferraris in 1933 and is still their home more than a century later. The Stadium was completely reconstructed from the ground up between 1987 and 1989 in preparation for the 1990 World Cup. The only part to remain untouched was the access to the gallery area. During the 26-month-long works, Genoa were still able to play their home games in the stadium. In order to meet UEFA standards, which would allow them to play the European competitions in Genoa, the Stadium underwent further works and its capacity was reduced from 40,000 to the current 36,599.
Recent History	Despite being the oldest and one of the most successful Italian clubs ever, Genoa have not won any relevant silverware over the past 80 years. After reaching the UEFA Cup semifinals in 1991-1992, they faced a dark decade between the late 1990s and the early 2000s. They dropped to Serie B in 1994-1995 and then to Serie C in 2004-2005, after being punished for attempted match-fixing despite achieving promotion back to the top flight. Meanwhile, the toy maker Enrico Preziosi bought the club in 2003: he invested heavily in order to bring Genoa back to the pinnacle of Italian football. Unfortunately success was limited with a 5th place finish in 2008-2009 and 6th place in 2014-2015 which meant Europa League qualification. Failure to be granted a UEFA licence meant they could not play in the competition. For both of those highlights, Gian Piero Gasperini was the man at the helm. Since then, Genoa’s main aim has been to avoid relegation.
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Season Guide

2024/2025

Genoa

In

Vitinha (att)(Olympique Marseille, loan made permanent); Koni De Winter (def)(Juventus, loan made permanent); Morten Thorsby (mid)(Union Berlin, loan made permanent); Emil Bohinen (mid)(Salernitana, loan made permanent); Alessandro Zanoli (def)(Napoli, on loan); Pierluigi Gollini (gk)(Atalanta, on loan); George Pușcaș (att)(Bari, end of loan); Filippo Melegoni (mid)(Reggiana, end of loan); Filip Jagiello (mid)(Spezia, end of loan); Seydou Fini (att)(Standard, end of loan); Manolo Portanova (mid)(Reggiana, end of loan); Andrea Favilli (att)(Ternana, end of loan); Paolo Gozzi (def)(Red Star FC, end of loan); Marko Pajac (def)(Reggiana, end of loan);

Out

Josep Martínez (r)(gk)(Inter); Kelvin Yeboah (att)(Minnesota United); Silvan Hefti (def)(Hamburg SV); Francesco Cassata (mid)(Spezia); Massimo Coda (att)(Sampdoria); Aleksander Buksa (att)(Gornik Zabrze); Mattia Aramu (mid)(Mantova, on loan); Lennart Czyborra (def)(WSG Tirol, on loan); Kevin Strootman (sp)(mid)(released); Djed Spence (sp)(def)(Tottenham United, end of loan); Giorgio Cittadini (def)(Monza, end of loan); Ridgeciano Haps (sp)(def)(Venezia, end of loan); Mateo Retegui (r)(att)(Atalanta);

Returning to the Serie A after just 1 year of absence, Genoa had an excellent last season, achieving an early salvation and finishing just below the top 10. To tell the truth, they had actually started the campaign rather slowly, remaining too close to the bottom standings at least until mid-December. Then, all of a sudden, they turned into a solid team, especially defensively, as they conceded 45 goals only in the end, and marched all the way up, even flirting for some time with the European spots. Coach Alberto Gilardino, who had led them to promotion from the Serie B, was the man in charge last season and he was logically confirmed also for the new campaign despite attracting the interest of bigger clubs. At the moment of writing, Genoa still are a bit of a work in progress: they have not been very active in terms of new signings but, rather, they first made relevant efforts acquiring permanently a few players on loan from other clubs. This was certainly the case of striker Vitinha, who cost them a fortune, although he hardly set foot on the pitch since arriving in town. On the other hand, Starting Centre-back De Winter was also logically confirmed together with Thorsby, a good back-up for the midfield especially now that aging Strootman was released, while Bohinen may be given another chance after leaving no mark last season. In terms of departures, they let Martinez go to Inter, and replaced him with Gollini, who hardly played last season at Napoli but is a skilled player. Since Spence returned to his parent club after some decent performances, they signed from Napoli on loan Zanoli, who will thus fill the hole at right-back. With Retegui signing for Atalanta, it seems unlikely for them to sell also outstanding Gudmundsson, as they would not have the necessary time to find an adequate replacement for their big star.

Target

Genoa are set for another quiet salvation but it will all depend on Gudmundsson permanence at the club. Who will score the goals if he quits, like Retegui?