2022–23 Genoa CFC season

Genoa
2022–23 season
President	Alberto Zangrillo
Head coach	Alexander Blessin; (until 6 December); Alberto Gilardino; (from 6 December)
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie B	2nd (promoted)
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Albert Guðmundsson (11); All: ; Albert Guðmundsson (14)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 129th in the history of Genoa CFC and their first season back in the second division since 2007. The club participated in Serie B and the Coppa Italia.

Players

As of 26 January 2023^[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	CRO	Adrian Šemper
2	DF	ITA	Stefano Sabelli
3	DF	GER	Lennart Czyborra
4	DF	ITA	Domenico Criscito
5	DF	ROU	Radu Drăgușin (on loan from Juventus)
8	MF	NED	Kevin Strootman (on loan from Marseille)
9	FW	ITA	Massimo Coda
11	MF	ISL	Albert Guðmundsson
13	DF	ITA	Mattia Bani
14	DF	ITA	Alessandro Vogliacco
18	FW	GHA	Caleb Ekuban
22	GK	ESP	Josep Martínez (on loan from RB Leipzig)
24	MF	POL	Filip Jagiełło
25	GK	SVN	Rok Vodišek
27	MF	ITA	Stefano Sturaro (Captain)
31	MF	AUT	Stefan Ilsanker


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	MF	DEN	Morten Frendrup
33	DF	URU	Alan Matturro
35	MF	ITA	Luca Lipani
36	DF	SUI	Silvan Hefti
47	MF	CRO	Milan Badelj
50	FW	TUR	Güven Yalçın
57	FW	ROU	George Pușcaș (on loan from Reading)
68	DF	ITA	Brayan Boci
70	MF	ITA	Mattia Aramu (on loan from Venezia)
77	FW	ROU	Denis Drăguș (on loan from Standard Liège)
82	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Agostino
90	MF	ITA	Manolo Portanova
93	DF	CRO	Marko Pajač
94	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Touré
99	MF	CHI	Pablo Galdames

Out on loan

As of 20 January 2023

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
—	DF	ITA	Davide Biraschi (at Karagümrük until 10 July 2023)
—	DF	ITA	Paolo Gozzi (at Cosenza until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ITA	Nicholas Rizzo (at Pro Vercelli until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ITA	Federico Valietti (at Vicenza until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ITA	Kelvin Yeboah (at Augsburg until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	MEX	Johan Vásquez (at Cremonese until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Luca Chierico (at Piacenza until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Patrizio Masini (at Novara until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Filippo Melegoni (at Standard Liège until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Vittorio Parigini (at Como until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Mattia Zennaro (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	POL	Kacper Zielski (at Matera until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Cassata (at Ternana until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Flavio Bianchi (at Brescia until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	POL	Aleksander Buksa (at OH Leuven until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Giacomo Calò (at Cosenza until 30 June 2023, obligation to buy)
—	FW	ITA	Andrea Favilli (at Ternana until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	SLE	Yayah Kallon (at Verona until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Elia Petrelli (at Siena until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

22 July 2022 Friendly	Genoa	0–1	Mallorca	Schwaz, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Junior 72'	Stadium: Silberstadt Arena Schwaz

27 July 2022 Friendly	Lazio	1–4	Genoa	Kössen, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Immobile 14'		Coda 5', 18', 51' Guðmundsson 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Kaiserwinkl Arena Referee: Felix Brych

22 September 2022 Friendly	Monaco	2–3	Genoa	Monaco
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Vogliacco Ilsanker Yalçın	Stadium: Centre de Performance Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	14 August 2022	19 May 2023	Matchday 1	2nd	38	21	11	6	53	28	+25	055.26
Coppa Italia	8 August 2022	12 January 2023	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	066.67
Total					41	23	11	7	57	31	+26	056.10

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Frosinone (C, P)	38	24	8	6	63	26	+37	80	Promotion to Serie A
2	Genoa^[a] (P)	38	21	11	6	53	28	+25	73	Promotion to Serie A
3	Bari	38	17	14	7	58	37	+21	65	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Parma^[b]	38	17	10	11	48	39	+9	60^[c]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Cagliari (O, P)	38	15	15	8	50	34	+16	60^[c]	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0

Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Genoa were deducted one point due to income tax payment irregularities.^[2]
^ Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.^[3]
^ ^a ^b Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.

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	21	11	6	53	28	+25	74	12	6	1	29	10	+19	9	5	5	24	18	+6

Source: Serie B

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W
Position	6	6	2	5	9	5	4	6	5	2	2	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 July 2022.^[5]^[6]

14 August 2022 1	Venezia	1–2	Genoa	Venice
20:45 CET	Zampano 58' Busio 61' Johnsen 68' Ceccaroni 79' Črnigoj 90+6'	Report	Portanova 37' Guðmundsson 54' Yeboah 87' Bani 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 5,263 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

20 August 2022 2	Genoa	0–0	Benevento	Genoa
20:45 CET	Pajač 39' Portanova 62' Yeboah 90+2'	Report	Viviani 15' Capellini 32'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

28 August 2022 3	Pisa	0–1	Genoa	Pisa
20:45 CET	Calabresi 40' 85' Nagy 47' Canestrelli 90'	Report	Pajač 23' Ekuban 29' Coda 37'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 9,842 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

3 September 2022 4	Genoa	3–3	Parma	Genoa
16:15 CET	Frendrup 16' Badelj 27' Guðmundsson 40' 90+2' Hefti 42' Coda 51' (pen.) Bani 63'	Report	Inglese 21' Vázquez 23' Mihăilă 37' Jurić 45' Coulibaly 53' Estévez 89' Circati 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,153 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

9 September 2022 5	Palermo	1–0	Genoa	Palermo
20:30 CET	Matějů 21' Brunori 28' 49' Štulac 56'	Report	Pajač 44' Jagiełło 52' Badelj 64' Galdames 81'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 23,643 Referee: Francesco Cosso

17 September 2022 6	Genoa	1–0	Modena	Genoa
16:15 CET	Jagiełło 44' Drăgușin 76'	Report	Gargiulo 9' Diaw 41' Magnino 45' Silvestri 45+2' Oukhadda 79' Cittadini 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Luca Zufferli

1 October 2022 7	SPAL	0–2	Genoa	Ferrara
14:00 CET	La Mantia 26' Valzania 36' Moncini 60' Meccariello 76'	Report	Vogliacco 11' Coda 19' Ilsanker 31' Josep Martínez 34' Guðmundsson 88'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 12,257 Referee: Andrea Colombo

7 October 2022 8	Genoa	0–0	Cagliari	Genoa
20:30 CET	Frendrup 30' Strootman 67' Portanova 90+4'	Report	Deiola 31' Nández 65' Falco 85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,042 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

15 October 2022 9	Cosenza	1–2	Genoa	Cosenza
14:00 CET	Rispoli 21' Meroni 37' Butić 45+7' (pen.)	Report	Bani 23' 34' Coda 31' (pen.) Strootman 37'	Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 7,434 Referee: Niccolo Baroni

22 October 2022 10	Ternana	1–2	Genoa	Terni
16:15 CET	Favilli 44' 45'	Report	Josep Martínez 44' Coda 76' (pen.) 78'	Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Attendance: 11,059 Referee: Daniele Doveri

29 October 2022 11	Genoa	1–1	Brescia	Genoa
16:15 CET	Jagiełło 31' Badelj 50' 77'	Report	Adorni 36' Olzer 84' Cistana 90+4' 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 27,239 Referee: Andrea Colombo

7 November 2022 12	Reggina	2–1	Genoa	Reggio Calabria
20:30 CET	Canotto 15' Hernani 54' (pen.) Rivas 57' Ravaglia 83'	Report	Aramu 33' Sabelli 40' Bani 40' Guðmundsson 58' Yalçın 81' Strootman 89' Frendrup 90'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 14,005 Referee: Fabio Maresca

13 November 2022 13	Genoa	1–1	Como	Genoa
16:15 CET	Coda 16' 17' (pen.) Sabelli 65' Strootman 73'	Report	Cesc Fàbregas 54' Cerri 67' 68' Parigini 71' Iovine 75' Vignali 85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,747 Referee: Luca Massimi

27 November 2022 14	Perugia	1–0	Genoa	Perugia
15:00 CET	Olivieri 74' 77' Santoro 78' Kouan 84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 7,924 Referee: Federico La Penna

4 December 2022 15	Genoa	0–1	Cittadella	Genoa
15:00 CET	Bani 41' Hefti 68' Yalçın 75'	Report	Magrassi 33' Antonucci 62' Danzi 83'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Luca Pairetto

8 December 2022 16	Genoa	2–0	Südtirol	Genoa
15:00 CET	Guðmundsson 7' Hefti 47' Sabelli 52' Pușcaș 65' Aramu 79' 90+3'	Report	Rover 26' Berra 48' Marconi 53'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Antonio Giua

11 December 2022 17	Ascoli	0–0	Genoa	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CET	Falasco 69'	Report	Hefti 55' Pușcaș 57' Aramu 85'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 7,072 Referee: Daniele Doveri

18 December 2022 18	Genoa	1–0	Frosinone	Genoa
20:45 CET	Guðmundsson 22' Sturaro 74'	Report	Boloca 59' Rohdén 67' Borrelli 71' Ravanelli 78'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Simone Sozza

26 December 2022 19	Bari	1–2	Genoa	Bari
20:30 CET	Cheddira 33' Benedetti 43' Folorunsho 50' Botta 57' Maita 65' Bellomo 90+6'	Report	Pușcaș 2' Aramu 50' Guðmundsson 58' Drăgușin 61'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 48,827 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

16 January 2023 20	Genoa	1–0	Venezia	Genoa
18:45 CET	Pușcaș 62' Coda 85' Strootman 90+1' Sabelli 90+3' Bani 90+4'	Report	Tessmann 80' Haps 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gianpiero Miele

21 January 2023 21	Benevento	1–2	Genoa	Benevento
14:00 CET	Forte 14' Tello 47' 58' Improta 55' Schiattarella 59'	Report	Ilsanker 1' Coda 12' Sabelli 50' Sturaro 72' Pușcaș 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 7,929 Referee: Marco Serra

28 January 2023 22	Genoa	0–0	Pisa	Genoa
16:15 CET	Bani 12' Hefti 32'	Report	Marin 68' 68' Nícolas 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 29,460 Referee: Manuel Volpi

5 February 2023 23	Parma	2–0	Genoa	Parma
16:15 CET	Benedyczak 32' 32' Vázquez 53' (pen.) Zagaritis 89' Adrián Bernabé 90+8'	Report	Sabelli 25' Salcedo 82' Sturaro 90+5' Criscito 90+8'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,281 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

10 February 2023 24	Genoa	2–0	Palermo	Genoa
20:30 CET	Guðmundsson 25' Sabelli 31' Hefti 41' Jagiełło 90+6'	Report	Segre 75' Matějů 84' Nedelcearu 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,185 Referee: Livio Marinelli

19 February 2023 25	Modena	2–2	Genoa	Modena
16:15 CET	Magnino 30' Strizzolo 33' Pușcaș 55' (o.g.) Poli 57' Oukhadda 59'	Report	Drăgușin 6' Josep Martínez 55' Aramu 77' Bani 85'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 14,030 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

25 February 2023 26	Genoa	3–0	SPAL	Genoa
16:15 CET	Sturaro 18' Drăgușin 77' Guðmundsson 90+3' Salcedo 90+7' 90+7'	Report	Rauti 81'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,293 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

1 March 2023 27	Cagliari	0–0	Genoa	Cagliari
20:30 CET	Rog 11' Goldaniga 30' Makoumbou 90'	Report	Drăgușin 22' Sabelli 48' Vogliacco 51'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 13,520 Referee: Paolo Valeri

6 March 2023 28	Genoa	4–0	Cosenza	Genoa
20:30 CET	Drăgușin 33' Guðmundsson 57' Pușcaș 59' Jagiełło 79'	Report	Marras 53' Zilli 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,370 Referee: Antonio Giua

12 March 2023 29	Genoa	1–0	Ternana	Genoa
16:15 CET	Badelj 13'	Report	Partipilo 39' Sørensen 87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,470 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

18 March 2023 30	Brescia	0–3	Genoa	Brescia
14:00 CET				Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

31 March 2023 31	Genoa	1–0	Reggina	Genoa
20:30 CET				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

10 April 2023 32	Como	2–2	Genoa	Como
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

15 April 2023 33	Genoa	2–0	Perugia	Genoa
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

22 April 2023 34	Cittadella	0–1	Genoa	Cittadella
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Referee: Federico Dionisi

Coppa Italia

8 August 2022 Round of 64	Genoa	3–2	Benevento	Genoa
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Guðmundsson 35', 45' Coda 64' (pen.)	Report	Glik 45+3' Karić 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Andrea Colombo

18 October 2022 Round of 32	Genoa	1–0	SPAL	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guðmundsson 45+1' (pen.) Hefti 77' Pușcaș 79'	Report	Zanellato 11' Almici 53'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Antonio Santoro

12 January 2023 Round of 16	Roma	1–0	Genoa	Rome
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bove 35' Zaniolo 57' Dybala 64'	Report	Czyborra 59' Vogliacco 83'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

References

^ "Squadra – GENOA | Lega Serie B". Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
^ "Genoa, un punto di penalizzazione per mancati adempimenti Irpef" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
^ "Serie B: Parma and Reggina docked points" (in Italian). Football Italia. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Serie B, le date della stagione 2022–2023: quando inizia e finisce, calendario, pausa invernale". Stadionews24. 25 June 2022.
^ "Calendario Serie B 2022/2023: Date e Orari, anticipi e posticipi". 15 July 2022.

[table_note_GEN0.69760007583424-3] Genoa were deducted one point due to income tax payment irregularities.^[2]

[table_note_PAR0.69760007583424-5] Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.^[3]

[table_hth_PAR0.69760007583424-6] Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.

[1] "Squadra – GENOA | Lega Serie B". Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-11-06.

[2] "Genoa, un punto di penalizzazione per mancati adempimenti Irpef" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

[4] "Serie B: Parma and Reggina docked points" (in Italian). Football Italia. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[7] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[8] "Serie B, le date della stagione 2022–2023: quando inizia e finisce, calendario, pausa invernale". Stadionews24. 25 June 2022.

[9] "Calendario Serie B 2022/2023: Date e Orari, anticipi e posticipi". 15 July 2022.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	11	6	53	28	+25	74	12	6	1	29	10	+19	9	5	5	24	18	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	11	6	53	28	+25	74	12	6	1	29	10	+19	9	5	5	24	18	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	11	6	53	28	+25	74	12	6	1	29	10	+19	9	5	5	24	18	+6