2015–16 Genoa C.F.C. season

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.

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[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Squad information

As of 2 February 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

Loans out

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  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	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[lower-alpha 1]
11	Genoa	38	13	7	18	45	48	−3	46[lower-alpha 1]
12	Torino	38	12	9	17	52	55	−3	45[lower-alpha 2]
13	Atalanta	38	11	12	15	41	47	−6	45[lower-alpha 2]

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:

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

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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Mattia Perin	25	0	25	0	0	0
23	GK		Eugenio Lamanna	14	0	13	0	1	0
27	GK		Samir Ujkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Antonio Donnarumma	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Alassane També	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Cristian Ansaldi	25	0	23+1	0	1	0
4	DF		Sebastian De Maio	28	1	25+3	1	0	0
5	DF		Armando Izzo	34	0	30+3	0	1	0
8	DF		Nicolás Burdisso	29	0	28	0	1	0
15	DF		Giovanni Marchese	11	0	7+4	0	0	0
24	DF		Ezequiel Muñoz	18	0	17+1	0	0	0
29	DF		Riccardo Fiamozzi	8	0	4+4	0	0	0
34	DF		Gabriel Silva	11	0	8+3	0	0	0
90	DF		Issa Cissokho	13	0	6+7	0	0	0
Midfielders
16	MF		Diego Capel	20	0	5+15	0	0	0
17	MF		Suso	19	6	15+4	6	0	0
18	MF		Olivier Ntcham	18	0	11+6	0	1	0
30	MF		Luca Rigoni	18	2	14+4	2	0	0
31	MF		Blerim Džemaili	26	3	22+4	3	0	0
77	MF		Panagiotis Tachtsidis	24	2	7+16	2	1	0
88	MF		Tomás Rincón	33	3	32	3	1	0
93	MF		Diego Laxalt	36	3	35	3	1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Bruno Gomes	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Alessio Cerci	11	5	6+5	5	0	0
19	FW		Leonardo Pavoletti	26	15	22+3	14	1	1
21	FW		Goran Pandev	16	0	9+6	0	1	0
22	FW		Darko Lazović	16	0	6+9	0	0+1	0
37	FW		Giuseppe Panico	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
42	FW		Tim Matavž	7	0	5+2	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
10	MF		Diego Perotti	17	1	14+2	1	0+1	0
11	DF		Diogo Figueiras	10	1	7+2	1	1	0
13	FW		Serge Gakpé	14	3	8+5	3	0+1	0
20	MF		Tino Costa	12	0	12	0	0	0
27	MF		Juraj Kucka	1	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	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
	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	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	1	GK		Mattia Perin	8	0	8
2	23	GK		Eugenio Lamanna	4	0	4
Totals					12	0	12

Last updated: 15 May 2016

References

1. http://www.stadiapostcards.com/a15-16.htm
2. "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.