# 2019–20 Genoa CFC season

The 2019–20 Genoa CFC season was the club's thirteenth consecutive season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A, and was eliminated in the round of 16 in the Coppa Italia.
Former Roma and Empoli coach Aurelio Andreazzoli was hired to replace coach Cesare Prandelli on 14 June 2019.
The 2019–2020 season for Genoa was a challenging one, as the team found themselves embroiled in a relegation battle for the majority of the campaign. The team finished in 17th place in the Serie A standings, just one point above the drop zone, and narrowly avoided relegation to Serie B.
The season started off with Genoa securing a 3–1 victory over Roma in their opening fixture, but then, they failed to win any of their next seven matches. The team struggled to find consistency throughout the season, with their defense in particular proving to be a weakness. They conceded a total of 64 goals over the course of the campaign, the second-highest total in the league.
Despite their struggles, there were a few bright spots for Genoa during the 2019–2020 season. Striker Andrea Pinamonti emerged as a key player for the team, scoring seven goals in 26 league appearances. Midfielder Lasse Schöne also made a positive impact after joining the club from Ajax in the summer. In addition, the team showed resilience in the latter stages of the season, picking up important wins over the likes of Sampdoria and Lecce to secure their Serie A status.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 9 February 2020 Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Mattia Perin | GK | (1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 32) | Juventus | 2020 | 2020 | 6 | 0 | Loan |
| 22 | Federico Marchetti | GK | (1983-02-07) 7 February 1983 (age 41) | Lazio | 2018 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 93 | Jandrei | GK | (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31) | Chapecoense | 2019 | 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Cristián Zapata | CB | (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 38) | Milan | 2019 | 2021 | 12 | 1 | |
| 3 | Antonio Barreca | LB | (1994-08-16) 16 August 1994 (age 30) | Monaco | 2019 | 2020 | 9 | 0 | Loan |
| 4 | Domenico Criscito | LB / LWB / LM / CB | (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 38) | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2018 | 2022 | 204 | 16 | Captain |
| 5 | Edoardo Goldaniga | CB | (1993-11-02) 2 November 1993 (age 31) | Sassuolo | 2019 | 2020 | 3 | 0 | Loan |
| 14 | Davide Biraschi | CB | (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 30) | Avellino | 2016 | 2022 | 72 | 0 | |
| 17 | Cristian Romero | CB | (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26) | Juventus | 2018 | 2020 | 47 | 2 | Loan |
| 18 | Paolo Ghiglione | RB / RM / LM | (1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27) | Frosinone | 2019 | 2021 | 21 | 0 | |
| 32 | Peter Ankersen | RB / LB | (1990-09-22) 22 September 1990 (age 34) | Copenhagen | 2019 | 2021 | 14 | 0 | |
| 55 | Andrea Masiello | CB / RB | (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38) | Atalanta | 2020 | 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 92 | Adama Soumaoro | CB / RB / LB | (1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 32) | Lille | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | Loan |
| 98 | Nicholas Rizzo | CB / LB | (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 24) | Internazionale | 2019 | 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 8 | Lukas Lerager | CM | (1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 31) | Bordeaux | 2019 | 2023 | 25 | 1 | |
| 15 | Filip Jagiełło | CM / AM / DM | (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 27) | Zagłębie Lubin | 2019 | 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 16 | Sebastian Eriksson | DM / CM / CB | (1989-01-31) 31 January 1989 (age 35) | IFK Göteborg | 2020 | | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Lasse Schöne | DM / CM / AM | (1986-05-27) 27 May 1986 (age 38) | Ajax | 2019 | 2021 | 21 | 1 | |
| 21 | Ivan Radovanović | DM / CM | (1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 (age 36) | Chievo | 2019 | 2021 | 31 | 0 | |
| 27 | Stefano Sturaro | CM / RB / DM | (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31) | Juventus | 2019 | 2022 | 14 | 2 | Loan |
| 29 | Francesco Cassata | CM / DM / LM | (1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 27) | Sassuolo | 2019 | 2020 | 14 | 0 | Loan |
| 33 | Marko Pajač | LB / CM / LM | (1993-05-11) 11 May 1993 (age 31) | Cagliari | 2019 | 2020 | 11 | 0 | Loan |
| 65 | Nicolò Rovella | DM | (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector | 2019 | | 1 | 0 | |
| 85 | Valon Behrami | DM / CM / RM | (1985-04-19) 19 April 1985 (age 39) | Unattached | 2020 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Antonio Sanabria | CF | (1996-03-04) 4 March 1996 (age 28) | Real Betis | 2019 | 2020 | 29 | 5 | Loan |
| 10 | Iago Falque | RW / LW / SS | (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 (age 35) | Torino | 2020 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 19 | Goran Pandev | SS / AM / RW | (1983-07-27) 27 July 1983 (age 41) | Galatasaray | 2015 | 2019 | 112 | 19 | Vice-captain |
| 23 | Mattia Destro | CF | (1991-03-20) 20 March 1991 (age 33) | Bologna | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | Loan |
| 30 | Andrea Favilli | ST | (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 27) | Juventus | 2018 | 2023 | 17 | 0 | |
| 56 | Denilho Cleonise | LW / RW | (2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector | 2019 | | 4 | 0 | |
| 99 | Andrea Pinamonti | CF | (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 25) | Internazionale | 2019 | 2021 | 18 | 2 | Loan |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 5 | Rômulo | CM / RM / RB | (1987-05-22) 22 May 1987 (age 37) | Hellas Verona | 2018 | 2020 | 18 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sinan Gümüş | RW / CF / LW | (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30) | Galatasaray | 2019 | 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 11 | Christian Kouamé | ST | (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 27) | Cittadella | 2018 | 2023 | 50 | 9 | |
| 13 | Jawad El Yamiq | CB | (1992-02-29) 29 February 1992 (age 32) | Raja Casablanca | 2018 | 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 23 | Sandro | DM | (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 (age 35) | Benevento | 2018 | 2021 | 13 | 0 | |
| 25 | Rok Vodišek | GK | (1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 (age 26) | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2018 | 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | András Schäfer | LM / LW / CM | (1999-04-13) 13 April 1999 (age 25) | MTK Budapest | 2019 | 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Kevin Agudelo | CM / DM / LM | (1998-11-14) 14 November 1998 (age 26) | Atlético Huila | 2019 | 2023 | 11 | 1 | |
| 88 | Oscar Hiljemark | CM | (1992-06-28) 28 June 1992 (age 32) | Palermo | 2017 | 2020 | 46 | 3 | |
| 91 | Riccardo Saponara | AM | (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 33) | Fiorentina | 2019 | 2020 | 5 | 0 | Loan |
| 97 | Ionuț Radu | GK | (1997-05-28) 28 May 1997 (age 27) | Internazionale | 2018 | 2020 | 51 | 0 | Loan |

## Transfers
### In

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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 42 | |
| 16 | Torino | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 40 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 39 | |
| 18 | Lecce (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 85 | −33 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Brescia (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 79 | −44 | 25 | 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: 2 August 2020. 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 | 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 | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### 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 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | COL | Cristián Zapata | 22 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Antonio Barreca | 19 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito | 28 | 10 | 24+2 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Goldaniga | 14 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Davide Biraschi | 26 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ARG | Cristian Romero | 33 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Paolo Ghiglione | 27 | 1 | 20+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | DEN | Peter Ankersen | 19 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | ITA | Andrea Masiello | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | FRA | Adama Soumaoro | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | DEN | Lukas Lerager | 22 | 1 | 15+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | POL | Filip Jagiełło | 12 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Eriksson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Lasse Schöne | 34 | 3 | 29+3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović | 22 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sturaro | 18 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Francesco Cassata | 26 | 2 | 18+6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | CRO | Marko Pajač | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Rovella | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | SUI | Valon Behrami | 18 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | PAR | Antonio Sanabria | 24 | 6 | 16+8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iago Falque | 10 | 2 | 6+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MKD | Goran Pandev | 35 | 9 | 18+16 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Andrea Favilli | 22 | 1 | 7+13 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 56 | FW | NED | Denilho Cleonise | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Andrea Pinamonti | 34 | 7 | 23+9 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ITA | Rômulo | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Sinan Gümüş | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Christian Kouamé | 12 | 5 | 10+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MAR | Jawad El Yamiq | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | SVN | Rok Vodišek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | COL | Kevin Agudelo | 12 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 93 | GK | BRA | Jandrei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | ROU | Ionuț Radu | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 2 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 4 | DF | | Domenico Criscito | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 19 | FW | | Goran Pandev | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Christian Kouamé | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 99 | FW | | Andrea Pinamonti | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Antonio Sanabria | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | | Lasse Schöne | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Cristián Zapata | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 | DF | | Paolo Ghiglione | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 27 | MF | | Stefano Sturaro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 28 | MF | | Kevin Agudelo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 30 | FW | | Andrea Favilli | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 91 | MF | | Riccardo Saponara | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 24 | 8 | 32 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Mattia Perin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 97 | GK | | Ionuț Radu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Mattia Perin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Federico Marchetti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 97 | GK | | Ionuț Radu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Cristián Zapata | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Domenico Criscito | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Jawad El Yamiq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Davide Biraschi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | | Cristian Romero | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Paolo Ghiglione | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Peter Ankersen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Lukas Lerager | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Lasse Schöne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Ivan Radovanović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Stefano Sturaro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Kevin Agudelo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Francesco Cassata | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Marko Pajač | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | | Valon Behrami | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | | Riccardo Saponara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Antonio Sanabria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Christian Kouamé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Goran Pandev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Andrea Favilli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | FW | | Denilho Cleonise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Andrea Pinamonti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 67 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 3 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020