# 2015–16 Genoa CFC 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.

## 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
### 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) |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 46 |
| 12 | Torino | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 45 |
| 13 | Atalanta | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 45 |
* 1 2 Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.
* 1 2 Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 4 | 31 | MF | | Blerim Džemaili | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 88 | MF | | Tomás Rincón | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 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 | 10 | MF | | Diego Perotti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | DF | | Diogo Figueiras | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 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 | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016