2021–22 Genoa C.F.C. season

Genoa
2021–22 season
Chairman	Enrico Preziosi
Head coach	Davide Ballardini; (until 6 November 2021); Andriy Shevchenko; (from 7 November 2021)
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	18th
Coppa Italia	Second round
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 1 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 129th season in the existence of Genoa C.F.C. and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genoa are participating in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 13 August 2021^[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
2	DF	ITA	Stefano Sabelli
3	DF	BEL	Zinho Vanheusden (on loan from Inter)
4	DF	ITA	Domenico Criscito (captain)
5	DF	ITA	Andrea Masiello
11	MF	SUI	Valon Behrami
14	DF	ITA	Davide Biraschi (vice-captain)
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)
27	MF	ITA	Stefano Sturaro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	ITA	Francesco Cassata
30	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Caso
35	GK	ITA	Lorenzo Andrenacci
47	MF	CRO	Milan Badelj
50	DF	ITA	Andrea Cambiaso
57	GK	ITA	Salvatore Sirigu
65	MF	ITA	Nicolò Rovella (on loan from Juventus)
89	MF	FRA	Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue
90	MF	ITA	Manolo Portanova
99	DF	GER	Lennart Czyborra (on loan from Atalanta)
-	DF	ITA	Laurens Serpe
-	FW	POL	Aleksander Buksa
-	FW	SLE	Yayah Kallon

Other players under contract[]

As of 31 July 2021

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SVN	Rok Vodišek
—	DF	ITA	Mattia Bani
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Carillo
—	DF	GAM	Fallou Njie
—	DF	ITA	Federico Valietti
—	MF	COL	Kevin Agudelo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POL	Filip Jagiełło
—	MF	ROU	Claudiu Micovschi
—	MF	ITA	Mattia Zennaro
—	FW	ITA	Andrea Favilli
—	FW	ITA	Elia Petrelli

Out on loan[]

As of 31 July 2021

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Alberto Paleari (at Benevento until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ITA	Antonio Candela (at Cesena until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ARG	Marcos Curado (at Perugia until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	POL	Paweł Jaroszyński (at Salernitana until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ALB	(at Torres until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ALB	(at Prato until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Vittorio Parigini (at Como until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Mattia Zennaro (at Pergolettese until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Giacomo Calò (at Benevento until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	FRA	Gabriel Charpentier (at Frosinone until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	(at Siena until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	BRA	(at Catania until 30 June 2022)

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Zinho Vanheusden	Inter Milan	Loan	18 July 2021	^[2]
57	GK	Salvatore Sirigu	Torino	Free	3 August 2021	^[3]
20	FW	Caleb Ekuban	Trabzonspor	Undisclosed	7 August 2021	^[4]^[5]

Out[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
14	FW	Eldor Shomurodov	Roma	€17.5M^[a]	2 August 2021	^[6]

^ Initial transfer fee. Includes undisclosed performance-related clauses.

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 July 2021 Friendly	FC Stubai	0–5	Genoa	Neustift im Stubaital, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Neustift

21 July 2021 Friendly	Wacker Innsbruck	1–4	Genoa	Neustift im Stubaital, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	52'	Report	Destro 4' Shomurodov 21' Agudelo 71' Jagiełło 78'	Stadium: Sportplatz Neustift

24 July 2021 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	Cancelled	Genoa	Orléans, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Source

31 July 2021 Friendly	Mainz 05	3–2	Genoa	Mainz, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Burkardt 8' Boëtius 49' Szalai 96'	Report	Buksa 30' Bianchi 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nicolas Winter
Note: The match was played in four quarters 30 minutes each.

4 September 2021 Friendly	Alessandria	3–2	Genoa	Alessandria, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Corazza 4' Palombi 13', 19'		Criscito 21' Destro 81'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	21 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1	19	1	8	10	19	37	−18	005.26
Coppa Italia	13 August 2021		First round	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Total				21	3	8	10	23	39	−16	014.29

Last updated: 21 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Venezia	19	4	5	10	18	34	−16	17
17	Spezia	19	4	4	11	19	39	−20	16
18	Genoa	19	1	8	10	19	37	−18	11	Relegation to Serie B
19	Cagliari	19	1	7	11	17	40	−23	10
20	Salernitana	18	2	2	14	11	42	−31	8

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. Source: Serie A
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)

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
19	1	8	10	19	37	−18	11	0	4	5	8	17	−9	1	4	5	11	20	−9

Last updated: 21 December 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D
Position	20	19	13	15	16	16	16	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.^[7]

21 August 2021 1	Internazionale	4–0	Genoa	Milan
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Škriniar 6' Çalhanoğlu 14' Vidal 74' Vecino 78' Džeko 88'	Report	Criscito 1' Sturaro 66'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Valerio Marini

29 August 2021 2	Genoa	1–2	Napoli	Genoa
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ekuban 11' Criscito 51' Cambiaso 69'	Report	Fabián 39' Di Lorenzo 45' Politano 49' Petagna 84' Mário Rui 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Marco Di Bello

12 September 2021 3	Cagliari	2–3	Genoa	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	João Pedro 16' (pen.), 62' Ceppitelli 35', 56'	Report	Biraschi 11' Sabelli 15' Kallon 59' Destro 59' Fares 69', 78'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Referee: Luca Pairetto

18 September 2021 4	Genoa	1–2	Fiorentina	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 13' Criscito 15', 90+8' (pen.) Vanheusden 20' Behrami 66'	Report	Odriozola 36' Biraghi 45+3' Martínez Quarta 54' Saponara 60' Kokorin 85' Bonaventura 89'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Livio Marinelli

21 September 2021 5	Bologna	2–2	Genoa	Bologna
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Domínguez 30' Hickey 49' Bonifazi 58' Medel 71' Arnautović 85' (pen.)	Report	Farès 43' Destro 55', 56' Behrami 60' Vanheusden 84' Criscito 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Francesco Fourneau

25 September 2021 6	Genoa	3–3	Hellas Verona	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Maksimović 48' Behrami 54' Pandev 55' Criscito 77' (pen.) Destro 80', 85'	Report	Simeone 8' Barák 49' (pen.) Günter 57' Ilić 62' Kalinić 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Daniele Doveri

2 October 2021 7	Salernitana	1–0	Genoa	Salerno
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Đurić 66' Gyömbér 89' Ribéry 90+1'	Report	Maksimović 75' Cambiaso 84'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Referee: Maurizio Mariani

17 October 2021 8	Genoa	2–2	Sassuolo	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Destro 27', 72' Biraschi 35' Vásquez 90' Sturaro 90+3'	Report	Scamacca 17', 20' Frattesi 32' Chiricheș 36' Harroui 82' Toljan 88'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Daniele Chiffi

22 October 2021 9	Torino	3–2	Genoa	Turin
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanabria 14' Pobega 31', 88' Brekalo 77' Praet 90+3'	Report	Vásquez 64' Destro 70' Farès 78' Caicedo 81' Kallon 85'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Referee: Piero Giacomelli

26 October 2021 10	Spezia	1–1	Genoa	La Spezia
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bastoni 55' Sirigu 66' (o.g.) Provedel 85'	Report	Biraschi 60' Kallon 65' Caicedo 79' Criscito 86' (pen.) Masiello 89'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Simone Sozza

31 October 2021 11	Genoa	0–0	Venezia	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Biraschi 37'	Report	Mazzocchi 33' Caldara 43' Aramu 67'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Maurizio Mariani

5 November 2021 12	Empoli	2–2	Genoa	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Di Francesco 62' Żurkowski 72'	Report	Criscito 13' (pen.) Rovella 27' Sturaro 64' Masiello 74' Vásquez 83' Bianchi 89'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Luca Pairetto

21 November 2021 13	Genoa	0–2	Roma	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cambiaso 32' Badelj 54' Sabelli 78'	Report	Veretout 40' Afena-Gyan 82', 90+4', 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

28 November 2021 14	Udinese	0–0	Genoa	Udine
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Molina 45+2' Makengo 56' Pussetto 86'	Report	Vásquez 40' Sabelli 44' Ghiglione 86' Rovella 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

1 December 2021 15	Genoa	0–3	Milan	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Masiello 67' Rovella 73'	Report	Ibrahimović 10' Gabbia 32' Messias 45+2', 61'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

5 December 2021 16	Juventus	2–0	Genoa	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cuadrado 9' Pellegrini 34' Morata 62' Kean 74' Dybala 82'	Report	Cambiaso 50'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Referee: Daniele Chiffi

10 December 2021 17	Genoa	1–3	Sampdoria	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Destro 78' Ghiglione 84' Sturaro 90'	Report	Gabbiadini 7', 67' Thorsby 34' Caputo 49' Chabot 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Daniele Doveri

17 December 2021 18	Lazio	3–1	Genoa	Rome
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pedro 36' Acerbi 75' Zaccagni 81'	Report	Ghiglione 30' Vásquez 60' Portanova 73' Melegoni 86'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luca Pairetto

21 December 2021 19	Genoa	0–0	Atalanta	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sturaro 19' Badelj 41'	Report	Freuler 23'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Paolo Valeri

6 January 2022 20	Sassuolo	v	Genoa	Reggio Emilia
16:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore

Coppa Italia[]

13 August 2021 First round	Genoa	3–2	Perugia	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Criscito 26' (pen.) Biraschi 38' Chichizola 41' (o.g.) Pandev 56' Kallon 87'	Report	Carretta 2' Lisi 10' Burrai 25' Dell'Orco 30' Curado 40' Vanbaleghem 52'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Antonio Rapuano

14 December 2021 Second round	Genoa	1–0	Salernitana	Genoa
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ekuban 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Marco Serra

12–19 January 2022 Round of 16	Milan	v	Genoa	Milan
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: San Siro

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	GK	ITA	Federico Marchetti	1	0	0	0	1	0
57	GK	ITA	Salvatore Sirigu	12	0	12	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ITA	Stefano Sabelli	5	0	3+1	0	1	0
3	DF	BEL	Zinho Vanheusden	6	0	3+2	0	1	0
4	DF	ITA	Domenico Criscito	13	6	12	5	1	1
5	DF	ITA	Andrea Masiello	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
13	DF	ITA	Mattia Bani	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
14	DF	ITA	Davide Biraschi	10	0	7+2	0	1	0
15	DF	MEX	Johan Vásquez	5	1	5	1	0	0
18	DF	ITA	Paolo Ghiglione	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
50	DF	ITA	Andrea Cambiaso	13	1	11+1	1	1	0
52	DF	SRB	Nikola Maksimovic	5	0	5	0	0	0
66	DF	ITA	Laurens Serpe	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	ITA	Francesco Cassata	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ITA	Filippo Melegoni	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
11	MF	SUI	Valon Behrami	9	0	1+8	0	0	0
21	MF	SRB	Ivan Radovanović	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	ITA	Stefano Sturaro	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
33	MF	BRA	Hernani	5	0	3+1	0	1	0
47	MF	CRO	Milan Badelj	11	0	10	0	1	0
65	MF	ITA	Nicolò Rovella	13	0	12	0	0+1	0
90	MF	ITA	Manolo Portanova	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
93	MF	ALG	Mohamed Fares	7	2	5+2	2	0	0
94	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Touré	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
99	MF	CHI	Pablo Galdames Millán	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ECU	Felipe Caicedo	5	1	1+4	1	0	0
19	FW	MKD	Goran Pandev	12	0	4+7	0	0+1	0
20	FW	GHA	Caleb Ekuban	9	0	3+5	0	1	0
23	FW	ITA	Mattia Destro	9	6	8	6	0+1	0
24	FW	ITA	Flavio Bianchi	4	1	1+2	1	1	0
44	FW	POL		2	0	0+2	0	0	0
91	FW	SLE	Yayah Kallon	13	1	5+7	0	0+1	1
Players transferred out during the season