# 2020–21 Genoa CFC season

The 2020–21 Genoa C.F.C. season was the club's 128th season in existence and its 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genoa participated in the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 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 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Mattia Perin (3rd captain, on loan from Juventus) |
| 2 | DF | COL | Cristián Zapata |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Goldaniga (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Scamacca (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Valon Behrami |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Davide Biraschi (vice-captain) |
| 16 | MF | SVN | Miha Zajc (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Manolo Portanova |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Paolo Ghiglione |
| 19 | FW | MKD | Goran Pandev |
| 20 | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman (on loan from Marseille) |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Filippo Melegoni (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 25 | DF | CMR | Jérôme Onguéné (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Francesco Cassata |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Caso |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Alberto Paleari (on loan from Cittadella) |
| 37 | FW | CRO | Marko Pjaca (on loan from Juventus) |
| 38 | GK | CZE | Lukáš Zima |
| 47 | MF | CRO | Milan Badelj |
| 55 | DF | ITA | Andrea Masiello |
| 61 | FW | UZB | Eldor Shomurodov |
| 65 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Rovella (on loan from Juventus) |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Davide Zappacosta (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 88 | DF | ITA | Luca Pellegrini (on loan from Juventus) |
| 89 | MF | FRA | Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue |
| 99 | MF | GER | Lennart Czyborra (on loan from Atalanta) |

### On loan

    As of 1 February 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 | BRA | Jandrei (at Athletico Paranaense until 30 June 2021) |
| — | GK | SVN | Rok Vodišek (at Triglav Kranj until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Mattia Bani (at Parma until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Giorgio Altare (at Olbia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Candela (at Pergolettese until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Luigi Carillo (at Casertana until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ARG | Marcos Curado (at Frosinone until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | POL | Paweł Jaroszyński (at Salernitana until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GAM | Fallou Njie (at Skënderbeu Korce until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Enrico Nespoli (at Savoia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Leonardo Raggio (at Lecco until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Nicholas Rizzo (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Federico Valietti (at Carrarese until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | COL | Kevin Agudelo (at Spezia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea Cambiaso (at Empoli until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Chierico (at Reggina until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | DEN | Lukas Lerager (at Copenhagen until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Vittorio Parigini (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | POL | Filip Jagiełło (at Brescia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Patrizio Masini (at Lecco until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ROU | Claudiu Micovschi (at Reggina until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Sturaro (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Mattia Zennaro (at Lucchese until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Raúl Asencio (at SPAL until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Flavio Bianchi (at Lucchese until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giacomo Calò (at Pordenone until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Davide Castelli (at Pro Patria until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | FRA | Gabriel Charpentier (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Riccardo Correnti (at Savoia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Nicola Dalmonte (at Vicenza until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | LTU | Augustinas Klimavičius (at Empoli until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Favilli (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ARG | Claudio Spinelli (at FC Koper until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Elia Petrelli (at Reggina until 30 June 2021) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 20 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 026.32 |
| Coppa Italia | 28 October 2020 | 13 January 2021 | Third round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 029.27 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 52 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 45 |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 42 |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 41 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 40 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.

### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Mattia Perin | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Alberto Paleari | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | COL | Cristián Zapata | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito | 24 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Goldaniga | 27 | 0 | 19+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Davide Biraschi | 14 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Paolo Ghiglione | 26 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CMR | Jérôme Onguéné | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | ITA | Andrea Masiello | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Davide Zappacosta | 25 | 4 | 23+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | ITA | Luca Pellegrini | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | MDA | Daniel Dumbravanu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | GER | Lennart Czyborra | 19 | 2 | 15+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | SUI | Valon Behrami | 26 | 0 | 8+18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SVN | Miha Zajc | 33 | 1 | 22+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Manolo Portanova | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović | 35 | 0 | 24+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Filippo Melegoni | 17 | 1 | 3+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Francesco Cassata | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | CRO | Milan Badelj | 31 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 65 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Rovella | 22 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | FRA | Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Scamacca | 29 | 12 | 13+13 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | FW | MKD | Goran Pandev | 30 | 7 | 15+14 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro | 30 | 11 | 22+7 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Caso | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | CRO | Marko Pjaca | 38 | 3 | 15+20 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 61 | FW | UZB | Eldor Shomurodov | 32 | 8 | 16+15 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | SLE | Yayah Kallon | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | DEN | Lukas Lerager | 19 | 1 | 13+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mattia Bani | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | POL | Filip Jagiełło | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Lasse Schöne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sturaro | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Andrea Favilli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | DEN | Peter Ankersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | ITA | Vittorio Parigini | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | SUI | Darian Males | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Andrea Pinamonti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 22 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Gianluca Scamacca | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | 23 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 61 | FW | | Eldor Shomurodov | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 19 | FW | | Goran Pandev | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 77 | DF | | Davide Zappacosta | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 37 | FW | | Marko Pjaca | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Lukas Lerager | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 99 | DF | | Lennart Czyborra | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 47 | MF | | Milan Badelj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Domenico Criscito | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 16 | MF | | Miha Zajc | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | MF | | Filippo Melegoni | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Stefano Sturaro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 47 | 7 | 54 |