# 2016–17 Genoa CFC season

The 2016–17 season was Genoa Cricket and Football Club's tenth consecutive season in Serie A.

## Season review

The club competed in Serie A, finishing 16th after a poor league campaign, and in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the round of 16.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2017
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 | MF | BRA | Edenílson (on loan from Udinese) |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Santiago Gentiletti |
| 4 | MF | GHA | Isaac Cofie |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Armando Izzo |
| 8 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Burdisso (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Olivier Ntcham (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Raffaele Palladino |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Davide Biraschi |
| 15 | MF | SWE | Oscar Hiljemark (on loan from Palermo) |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Beghetto |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Adel Taarabt (on loan from Benfica) |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Lucas Orbán |
| 22 | FW | SRB | Darko Lazović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Eugenio Lamanna |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Muñoz |
| 27 | FW | MKD | Goran Pandev |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Davide Brivio |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Luca Rigoni |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Morosini |
| 38 | GK | CZE | Lukáš Zima |
| 44 | MF | POR | Miguel Veloso |
| 51 | FW | CHI | Mauricio Pinilla |
| 64 | FW | ITA | Pietro Pellegri |
| 83 | GK | BRA | Rubinho |
| 93 | MF | URU | Diego Laxalt |
| 94 | MF | ITA | Danilo Cataldi (on loan from Lazio) |
| 99 | MF | SRB | Nikola Ninković |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Francesco Renzetti |
| 18 July 2016 | DF | Santiago Gentiletti | 31 | Lazio | | | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 16th | 21 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
| Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Round of 16 | 12 August 2016 | 18 January 2017 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Chievo | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 43 | |
| 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 41 | |
| 16 | Genoa | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 36 | |
| 17 | Crotone | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 34 | |
| 18 | Empoli (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2017. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches
### 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 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Eugenio Lamanna | 24 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | CZE | Lukáš Zima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | GK | ITA | Diego Faccioli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | GK | BRA | Rubinho | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Edenílson | 17 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Santiago Gentiletti | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Armando Izzo | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Burdisso | 38 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Davide Biraschi | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Lucas Orbán | 13 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Muñoz | 32 | 0 | 25+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Davide Brivio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | GHA | Isaac Cofie | 17 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Olivier Ntcham | 23 | 3 | 10+10 | 3 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SWE | Oscar Hiljemark | 13 | 2 | 10+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Beghetto | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Adel Taarabt | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Luca Rigoni | 32 | 3 | 29+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Morosini | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | POR | Miguel Veloso | 25 | 1 | 22+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 93 | MF | URU | Diego Laxalt | 39 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | ITA | Danilo Cataldi | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | SRB | Nikola Ninković | 19 | 3 | 5+12 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone | 36 | 13 | 29+6 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Raffaele Palladino | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SRB | Darko Lazović | 36 | 2 | 30+3 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | MKD | Goran Pandev | 23 | 7 | 6+14 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 51 | FW | CHI | Mauricio Pinilla | 13 | 1 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | FW | ITA | Pietro Pellegri | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | ARG | Lucas Ocampos | 17 | 3 | 12+2 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | TOG | Serge Gakpé | 8 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Marchese | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti | 11 | 4 | 8+2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Fiamozzi | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | VEN | Tomás Rincón | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Giovanni Simeone | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 27 | FW | | Goran Pandev | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 19 | FW | | Leonardo Pavoletti | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Olivier Ntcham | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | | Lucas Ocampos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 99 | MF | | Nikola Ninković | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 15 | MF | | Oscar Hiljemark | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 30 | MF | | Luca Rigoni | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 13 | FW | | Serge Gakpé | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 22 | FW | | Darko Lazović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 44 | MF | | Miguel Veloso | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 51 | FW | | Mauricio Pinilla | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 93 | MF | | Diego Laxalt | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 32 | 9 | 41 |
Last updated: 23 April 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Mattia Perin | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 23 | GK | | Eugenio Lamanna | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Last updated: 23 April 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Mattia Perin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Edenílson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Santiago Gentiletti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Armando Izzo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | | Nicolás Burdisso | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Davide Biraschi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Lucas Orbán | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | | Ezequiel Muñoz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Isaac Cofie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Olivier Ntcham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Luca Rigoni | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | | Miguel Veloso | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | | Tomás Rincón | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | | Diego Laxalt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | | Danilo Cataldi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | | Nikola Ninković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Giovanni Simeone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Lucas Ocampos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Raffaele Palladino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Serge Gakpé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Leonardo Pavoletti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Darko Lazović | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Goran Pandev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | FW | | Mauricio Pinilla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 82 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 3 | 5 |
Last updated: 23 April 2017