en 2015–16 Genoa CFC season

Genoa
2015–16 season
President	Enrico Preziosi
Manager	Gian Piero Gasperini
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A	11th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Leonardo Pavoletti (14); All: ; Leonardo Pavoletti (15)
Highest home attendance	31,770 vs Sampdoria; (5 January 2016, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	6,973 vs Alessandria; (15 December 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	21,359
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Genoa Cricket and Football Club's ninth consecutive season in Serie A. The club finished in 11th place in Serie A, and was surprisingly eliminated by Lega Pro side Alessandria in the Coppa Italia.

Players

Squad information

As of 2 February 2016

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	Mattia Perin
2	DF	MLI	Alassane També
3	DF	ARG	Cristian Ansaldi (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg)
4	DF	FRA	Sebastian De Maio
5	DF	ITA	Armando Izzo
8	DF	ARG	Nicolás Burdisso (captain)
9	FW	BRA	Bruno Gomes (on loan from Internacional)
11	FW	ITA	Alessio Cerci (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
15	DF	ITA	Giovanni Marchese
16	MF	ESP	Diego Capel
17	MF	ESP	Suso (on loan from Milan)
18	MF	FRA	Olivier Ntcham (on loan from Manchester City)
19	FW	ITA	Leonardo Pavoletti
21	FW	MKD	Goran Pandev


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	SRB	Darko Lazović
23	GK	ITA	Eugenio Lamanna
24	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Muñoz
29	DF	ITA	Riccardo Fiamozzi
30	MF	ITA	Luca Rigoni
31	MF	SUI	Blerim Džemaili (on loan from Galatasaray)
32	GK	ITA	Antonio Donnarumma
34	DF	BRA	Gabriel Silva (on loan from Udinese)
37	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Panico
42	FW	SVN	Tim Matavž (on loan from Augsburg)
77	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Tachtsidis
88	MF	VEN	Tomás Rincón
93	MF	URU	Diego Laxalt (on loan from Internazionale)
98	FW	ESP	Raúl Asencio

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

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
—	GK	CZE	Lukas Zima (at Perugia until 30 June 2016)
—	DF	ITA	Aleandro Rosi (at Frosinone until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ITA	Rolando Mandragora (at Pescara until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ITA	Marco Soprano (at Cosenza until 30 June 2016)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Todisco (at Rimini until 30 June 2016)
—	FW	ITA	Riccardo Improta (at Cesena until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ITA	Michael Ventre (at Cosenza until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	GHA	Moro Alhassan (at Carrarese until 30 June 2016)

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendly

v

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Chievo	38	13	11	14	43	45	−2	50
10	Empoli	38	12	10	16	40	49	−9	46^[a]
11	Genoa	38	13	7	18	45	48	−3	46^[a]
12	Torino	38	12	9	17	52	55	−3	45^[b]
13	Atalanta	38	11	12	15	41	47	−6	45^[b]

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.
^ ^a ^b Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.

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	13	7	18	45	48	−3	46	10	3	6	29	19	+10	3	4	12	16	29	−13

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L
Position	16	9	11	16	17	14	15	12	16	15	14	15	13	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	12	12	10	10	11	10	10	12	10	11

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 August 2015 1	Palermo	1–0	Genoa	Palermo
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vitiello 28' El Kaoutari 90+1'	Report	Marchese 90'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,608 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

30 August 2015 2	Genoa	2–0	Hellas Verona	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pavoletti 57' Izzo 59' Gakpé 76' Rincón 89'	Report	Moras 45+1' Pazzini 73'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,462 Referee: Daniele Orsato

12 September 2015 3	Fiorentina	1–0	Genoa	Florence
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vecino 20' Badelj 33' 64' Tomović 48' Babacar 60'	Report	Capel 12' Rincón 36' Ntcham 54' Costa 55'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,048 Referee: Daniele Doveri

20 September 2015 4	Genoa	0–2	Juventus	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Izzo 26' 44' Džemaili 50'	Report	Evra 17' Lamanna 37' (o.g.) Pogba 60' (pen.), 61' Lemina 61' Zaza 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,115 Referee: Paolo Valeri

23 September 2015 5	Lazio	2–0	Genoa	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cataldi 25' Đorđević 35' Maurício 42' Felipe Anderson 62' Gentiletti 64' Milinković-Savić 76'	Report	Marchese 38' Cissokho 54' 56' Figueiras 78' Pandev 85'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

27 September 2015 6	Genoa	1–0	Milan	Genoa
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Džemaili 10', 67' Pavoletti 58' De Maio 61' Burdisso 89'	Report	Bonaventura 11' Romagnoli 18' 42' Calabria 56' Luiz Adriano 83' Bertolacci 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,294 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

4 October 2015 7	Udinese	1–1	Genoa	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Edenílson 32' Di Natale 47' Danilo 75'	Report	Perotti 76' (pen.) Izzo 89'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 12,704 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

18 October 2015 8	Genoa	3–2	Chievo	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pavoletti 13' Gakpé 17' Džemaili 50' 54' De Maio 56' Tachtsidis 90+3', 90+4'	Report	Paloschi 1' Castro 33' Pellissier 77' Pepe 79'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,207 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

24 October 2015 9	Empoli	2–0	Genoa	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tonelli 35' Krunić 44' Zieliński 57', 64' Livaja 84'	Report	Marchese 29' Muñoz 34' Gakpé 52'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,770 Referee: Domenico Celi

28 October 2015 10	Torino	3–3	Genoa	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maxi López 28' Zappacosta 35' Benassi 54' Bovo 69' Tachtsidis 89' (o.g.)	Report	Laxalt 26', 90+4' Pavoletti 67' Muñoz 82'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 16,226 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

1 November 2015 11	Genoa	0–0	Napoli	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Izzo 36' Ntcham 82' Costa 90+1'	Report	Gabbiadini 85' López 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,292 Referee: Daniele Doveri

8 November 2015 12	Frosinone	2–2	Genoa	Frosinone
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Blanchard 31', 67' Diakité 38' Dionisi 60'	Report	Pavoletti 6' Costa 13' De Maio 32' 36' Figueiras 35' Gakpé 75' Burdisso 88'	Stadium: Stadio Matusa Attendance: 6,450 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

22 November 2015 13	Genoa	2–1	Sassuolo	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rincón 25', 51' Perin 42' Perotti 42' Burdisso 88' Pavoletti 90+5'	Report	Berardi 41' Acerbi 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,347 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

29 November 2015 14	Genoa	1–2	Carpi	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pavoletti 6' Figueiras 8'	Report	Matos 27' Gagliolo 34' Borriello 58', 90+1' Zaccardo 81'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,633 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

5 December 2015 15	Internazionale	1–0	Genoa	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ljajić 59' D'Ambrosio 69' 86' Telles 82'	Report	Costa 29' Ansaldi 89' Perotti 90+1'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 39,485 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

12 December 2015 16	Genoa	0–1	Bologna	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Perotti 81'	Report	Gastaldello 25' Mounier 73' Diawara 81' 90+3' Rossettini 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,594 Referee: Marco Di Bello

20 December 2015 17	Roma	2–0	Genoa	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nainggolan 22' Florenzi 29', 42' Pjanić 35' Džeko 75' Sadiq 89'	Report	Laxalt 9'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 28,133 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

5 January 2016 18	Genoa	2–3	Sampdoria	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Izzo 48' Rigoni 63' Pavoletti 69', 81', 83' Ansaldi 71' Rincón 78' Burdisso 90+3'	Report	Soriano 18', 49' Éder 39' Fernando 72'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 31,770 Referee: Paolo Valeri

10 January 2016 19	Atalanta	0–2	Genoa	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paletta 51' D'Alessandro 90'	Report	Suso 25' Džemaili 79' Pavoletti 81' Izzo 87'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13,946 Referee: Marco Guida

17 January 2016 20	Genoa	4–0	Palermo	Genoa
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Suso 4' Rigoni 58' Pavoletti 71', 88' Burdisso 73' Rincón 75'	Report	Anđelković 22' 65' González 39' Goldaniga 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,387 Referee: Domenico Celi

24 January 2016 21	Hellas Verona	1–1	Genoa	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pisano 25' Pazzini 39' Hallfreðsson 90+2'	Report	Coppola 19' (o.g.) Džemaili 35' De Maio 88'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 15,806 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

31 January 2016 22	Genoa	0–0	Fiorentina	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ansaldi 7' Pavoletti 44'	Report	Roncaglia 32' Vecino 38' Costa 82'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,832 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

3 February 2016 23	Juventus	1–0	Genoa	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Maio 30' (o.g.) Bonucci 39' Zaza 90+1'	Report	Muñoz 34' Capel 64' Rigoni 73'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 37,151 Referee: Carmine Russo

6 February 2016 24	Genoa	0–0	Lazio	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Suso 52' Muñoz 61' Rincón 85'	Report	Parolo 19' Cataldi 72' Lulić 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,670 Referee: Daniele Orsato

14 February 2016 25	Milan	2–1	Genoa	Milan
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bacca 5' Honda 64' Romagnoli 90+2'	Report	Rigoni 67' Cerci 90+2'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 30,547 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

21 February 2016 26	Genoa	2–1	Udinese	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Burdisso 32' Suso 43' Cerci 57' (pen.) Laxalt 70' Izzo 89'	Report	Ali Adnan 33' Guilherme 37' Zapata 56' Hallfreðsson 63'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,061 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

28 February 2016 27	Chievo	1–0	Genoa	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Castro 51' Radovanović 53' Gobbi 88'	Report	Džemaili 48' Ansaldi 62' De Maio 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Michael Fabbri

6 March 2016 28	Genoa	1–0	Empoli	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rigoni 48' Cerci 80'	Report	Zambelli 31' Büchel 42' Paredes 75' Ćosić 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,134 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

13 March 2016 29	Genoa	3–2	Torino	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cerci 20' (pen.), 45+2' (pen.) Rigoni 66' Tachtsidis 90'	Report	Immobile 4', 15' Padelli 45+2' Benassi 49' Moretti 67' Vives 73' Acquah 85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,225 Referee: Daniele Doveri

20 March 2016 30	Napoli	3–1	Genoa	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Koulibaly 31' Jorginho 36' Insigne 45+3' Higuaín 51', 81' El Kaddouri 90+1'	Report	Rincón 10' Fiamozzi 44' Džemaili 89'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 43,917 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

3 April 2016 31	Genoa	4–0	Frosinone	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Suso 43', 59', 76' Perin 61' Rigoni 72'	Report	Gucher 4' Ajeti 33' Gori 45+1' Dionisi 56'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,033 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

9 April 2016 32	Sassuolo	0–1	Genoa	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Duncan 76' Politano 88'	Report	Džemaili 42' Muñoz 55'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,249 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

16 April 2016 33	Carpi	4–1	Genoa	Modena
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gagliolo 22' Lollo 42', 45+5' Di Gaudio 45+4' Pasciuti 49' Poli 53' Mbakogu 67' Sabelli 86'	Report	Izzo 25' 45+1' Pavoletti 34'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 9,243 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

20 April 2016 34	Genoa	1–0	Internazionale	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muñoz 56' De Maio 77' Tachtsidis 80'	Report	Medel 80' Brozović 88'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,781 Referee: Massimililano Irrati

24 April 2016 35	Bologna	2–0	Genoa	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Giaccherini 11' Rossettini 48' Foccari 63'	Report	Rincón 37' Muñoz 42'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 17,099 Referee: Antonio Damato

2 May 2016 36	Genoa	2–3	Roma	Genoa
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tachtsidis 13' Pavoletti 65' Rincón 72' Laxalt 79' Marchese 90+1'	Report	Salah 6' Totti 72', 77' De Rossi 83' El Shaarawy 87' Strootman 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,355 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

8 May 2016 37	Sampdoria	0–3	Genoa	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Viviano 29' Diakité 55' Soriano 58' Fernando 72' Sala 78'	Report	Pavoletti 3' Suso 26', 74', 31' De Maio 35' Rincón 60' Burdisso 68'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 31,375 Referee: Luca Banti

15 May 2016 38	Genoa	1–2	Atalanta	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Laxalt 30' Pavoletti 58' Izzo 60' Rincón 64'	Report	D'Alessandro 52', 53' Brivio 55' Masiello 68' Kurtić 82'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,621 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

Coppa Italia

15 December 2015 Round of 16	Genoa	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Alessandria	Genoa
19:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rincón 70' Pavoletti 90+2' Figueiras 90+3'	Report	Celjak 39' Marras 46' Manfrin 49' Sirri 96' Bocalon 113' Fischnaller 118'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 6,973 Referee: Luca Banti

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Mattia Perin	25	0	25	0	0	0
23	GK	ITA	Eugenio Lamanna	14	0	13	0	1	0
27	GK	KOS	Samir Ujkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	ITA	Antonio Donnarumma	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	MLI	Alassane També	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ARG	Cristian Ansaldi	25	0	23+1	0	1	0
4	DF	FRA	Sebastian De Maio	28	1	25+3	1	0	0
5	DF	ITA	Armando Izzo	34	0	30+3	0	1	0
8	DF	ARG	Nicolás Burdisso	29	0	28	0	1	0
15	DF	ITA	Giovanni Marchese	11	0	7+4	0	0	0
24	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Muñoz	18	0	17+1	0	0	0
29	DF	ITA	Riccardo Fiamozzi	8	0	4+4	0	0	0
34	DF	BRA	Gabriel Silva	11	0	8+3	0	0	0
90	DF	SEN	Issa Cissokho	13	0	6+7	0	0	0
Midfielders
16	MF	ESP	Diego Capel	20	0	5+15	0	0	0
17	MF	ESP	Suso	19	6	15+4	6	0	0
18	MF	FRA	Olivier Ntcham	18	0	11+6	0	1	0
30	MF	ITA	Luca Rigoni	18	2	14+4	2	0	0
31	MF	SUI	Blerim Džemaili	26	3	22+4	3	0	0
77	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	24	2	7+16	2	1	0
88	MF	VEN	Tomás Rincón	33	3	32	3	1	0
93	MF	URU	Diego Laxalt	36	3	35	3	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	BRA	Bruno Gomes	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ITA	Alessio Cerci	11	5	6+5	5	0	0
19	FW	ITA	Leonardo Pavoletti	26	15	22+3	14	1	1
21	FW	MKD	Goran Pandev	16	0	9+6	0	1	0
22	FW	SRB	Darko Lazović	16	0	6+9	0	0+1	0
37	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Panico	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
42	FW	SVN	Tim Matavž	7	0	5+2	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
10	MF	ARG	Diego Perotti	17	1	14+2	1	0+1	0
11	DF	POR	Diogo Figueiras	10	1	7+2	1	1	0
13	FW	TOG	Serge Gakpé	14	3	8+5	3	0+1	0
20	MF	ARG	Tino Costa	12	0	12	0	0	0
27	MF	SVK	Juraj Kucka	1	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	19	FW	Leonardo Pavoletti	14	1	15
2	17	MF	Suso	6	0	6
3	11	FW	Alessio Cerci	5	0	5
4	13	FW	Serge Gakpé	3	0	3
	31	MF	Blerim Džemaili	3	0	3
	88	MF	Tomás Rincón	3	0	3
	93	MF	Diego Laxalt	3	0	3
8	30	MF	Luca Rigoni	2	0	2
8	77	MF	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	2	0	2
10	4	DF	Sebastian De Maio	1	0	1
	10	MF	Diego Perotti	1	0	1
	11	DF	Diogo Figueiras	1	0	1
Own goal				1	0	0
Totals				45	1	46

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Total
1	1	GK	Mattia Perin	8	8
2	23	GK	Eugenio Lamanna	4	4
Totals				12	12

Last updated: 15 May 2016

References

^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
^ "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[table_hth_EMP0.32153158184212-2] Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.

[table_hth_TOR0.32153158184212-3] Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.

[1] "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".

[4] "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

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