# 2022–23 Genoa CFC season

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
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) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 056.10 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 (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 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 60 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Cagliari (O, P) | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 60 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0 |
* ↑ Genoa were deducted one point due to income tax payment irregularities.
* ↑ Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.
* 1 2 Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.

#### Results summary

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

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 July 2022.