# 2023–24 Genoa CFC season

The 2023–24 season was Genoa CFC's 130th season in existence and first season back in the Serie A after a year of absence. They also competed in the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 February 2024
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 | ESP | Josep Martínez |
| 2 | MF | NOR | Morten Thorsby (on loan from Union Berlin) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Aarón Martín |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Koni De Winter (on loan from Juventus) |
| 5 | MF | NOR | Emil Bohinen (on loan from Salernitana) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman |
| 9 | FW | POR | Vitinha (on loan from Marseille) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Junior Messias |
| 11 | FW | ISL | Albert Guðmundsson |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mattia Bani (vice-captain) |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Vogliacco |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Nicola Leali |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Malinovskyi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | GHA | Caleb Ekuban |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Mateo Retegui |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Stefano Sabelli |
| 22 | DF | MEX | Johan Vásquez |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Cittadini (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 30 | FW | NGA | David Ankeye |
| 32 | MF | DEN | Morten Frendrup |
| 33 | DF | URU | Alan Matturro |
| 39 | GK | ITA | Daniele Sommariva |
| 47 | MF | CRO | Milan Badelj (captain) |
| 55 | DF | SUR | Ridgeciano Haps (on loan from Venezia) |
| 90 | DF | ENG | Djed Spence (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 99 | GK | AUT | Franz Stolz |

### Out on loan

    As of 6 February 2024
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 | ALB | Brayan Boci (at Legnago until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | GER | Lennart Czyborra (at PEC Zwolle until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Paolo Gozzi (at Red Star until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | SUI | Silvan Hefti (at Montpellier until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Marcandalli (at Reggiana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | CRO | Marko Pajač (at Reggiana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Federico Valietti (at Taranto until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Federico Accornero (at Pescara until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Mattia Aramu (at Bari until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Cassata (at Spezia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Chierico (at Gubbio until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | POL | Filip Jagiełło (at Spezia until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Patrizio Masini (at Ascoli until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Filippo Melegoni (at Reggiana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Manolo Portanova (at Reggiana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | POL | Aleksander Buksa (at WSG Tirol until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Massimo Coda (at Cremonese until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Favilli (at Ternana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Seydou Fini (at Standard Liège until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Daniel Fossati (at Sestri Levante until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Elia Petrelli (at Fermana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ROU | George Pușcaș (at Bari until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Güven Yalçın (at Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Kelvin Yeboah (at Standard Liège until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Radu Drăgușin | Juventus | €5,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Josep Martínez | RB Leipzig | €3,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Aarón Martín | Mainz 05 | Undisclosed | 3 July 2023 |
| GK | Daniele Sommariva | Pescara | Undisclosed | 5 July 2023 |
| GK | Nicola Leali | Ascoli | Undisclosed | 5 July 2023 |
| FW | Mateo Retegui | Tigre | €12,000,000 | 26 July 2023 |
| MF | Morten Thorsby | Union Berlin | Loan | 1 August 2023 |
| MF | Junior Messias | Milan | Loan | 11 August 2023 |
| DF | Koni De Winter | Juventus | Loan | 11 August 2023 |
| FW | Ruslan Malinovskyi | Marseille | Loan | 19 August 2023 |
| DF | Djed Spence | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | 11 January 2024 |
| MF | Junior Messias | Milan | €3,000,000 | 13 January 2024 |
| MF | Emil Bohinen | Salernitana | Loan | 17 January 2024 |
| FW | Vitinha | Marseille | Loan | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| GK | Rok Vodišek | Rogaška | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Abdoulaye Touré | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Yayah Kallon | Hellas Verona | €2,800,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Brayan Boci | Lecco | Loan | 17 July 2023 |
| MF | Luca Lipani | Sassuolo | €8,000,000 | 8 August 2023 |
| MF | Stefano Sturaro | Fatih Karagümrük | Free | 21 August 2023 |
| FW | Massimo Coda | Cremonese | Loan | 27 August 2023 |
| MF | Vittorio Parigini | Feralpisalò | Undisclosed | 28 August 2023 |
| DF | Brayan Boci | Legnago Salus | Loan | 5 January 2024 |
| DF | Radu Drăgușin | Tottenham Hotspur | €25,000,000 | 11 January 2024 |
| MF | Pablo Galdames | Vasco da Gama | Undisclosed | 5 February 2024 |

## 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 A | 19 August 2023 | 24 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 45 | +0 | 031.58 |
| Coppa Italia | 11 August 2023 | 5 December 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 034.15 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 53 |
| 10 | Napoli | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 53 |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 49 |
| 12 | Monza | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 45 |
| 13 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 38 |
* 1 2 Torino finished ahead of Napoli on head-to-head points: Torino 3–0 Napoli, Napoli 1–1 Torino.
* ↑ Hellas Verona finished ahead of Lecce on head-to-head points: Hellas Verona 2–2 Lecce, Lecce 0–1 Hellas Verona.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 19 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.