# 2021–22 Genoa CFC season

The 2021–22 season was the 129th season in the existence of Genoa CFC and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genoa participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 2 February 2022
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 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Zinho Vanheusden (on loan from Internazionale) |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Andrea Masiello |
| 8 | MF | GER | Nadiem Amiri (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Roberto Piccoli (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Filippo Melegoni (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Albert Guðmundsson |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mattia Bani |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Johan Vásquez |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Calafiori (on loan from Roma) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Lennart Czyborra |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Paolo Ghiglione |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Caleb Ekuban |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sturaro (vice-captain) |
| 32 | MF | DEN | Morten Frendrup |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Hernani (on loan from Parma) |
| 36 | DF | SUI | Silvan Hefti |
| 44 | FW | POL | Aleksander Buksa |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Kelvin Yeboah |
| 47 | MF | CRO | Milan Badelj |
| 50 | MF | ITA | Andrea Cambiaso |
| 52 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maksimović |
| 55 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Salvatore Sirigu |
| 65 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Rovella (on loan from Juventus) |
| 90 | MF | ITA | Manolo Portanova |
| 91 | FW | SLE | Yayah Kallon |
| 99 | MF | CHI | Pablo Galdames |

### Other players under contract

    As of 31 January 2022
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 | SVN | Rok Vodišek |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GAM | Fallou Njie |

### Out on loan

    As of 31 January 2022
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 | ITA | Lorenzo Andrenacci (at Brescia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | ITA | Alberto Paleari (at Benevento until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Davide Biraschi (at Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Candela (at Cesena until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ARG | Marcos Curado (at Perugia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | MDA | Daniel Dumbravanu (at Siena until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | POL | Paweł Jaroszyński (at Salernitana until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ALB | Luis Mukaj (at Torres until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Sabelli (at Brescia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Laurens Serpe (at Crotone until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Federico Valietti (at Pordenone until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Vogliacco (at Benevento until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | COL | Kevin Agudelo (at Spezia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Cassata (at Parma until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | POL | Filip Jagiełło (at Brescia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ALB | Oscar Malltezi (at Prato until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Steeve-Mike Eyango (at Siena until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Vittorio Parigini (at Como until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Touré (at Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Mattia Zennaro (at Pergolettese until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Flavio Bianchi (at Brescia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Nicolas Boiga (at Montevarchi until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ECU | Felipe Caicedo (at Internazionale until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giacomo Calò (at Benevento until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Caso (at Cosenza until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | FRA | Gabriel Charpentier (at Frosinone until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giordano Conti (at Sanremese until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | BRA | Felipe Estrella (at Catania until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Favilli (at Monza until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Elia Petrelli (at Carrarese until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ARG | Claudio Spinelli (at Oleksandriya until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Zinho Vanheusden | Internazionale | Loan | 18 July 2021 |
| 57 | GK | Salvatore Sirigu | Torino | Free | 3 August 2021 |
| 20 | FW | Caleb Ekuban | Trabzonspor | Undisclosed | 7 August 2021 |
| 1 | GK | Adrian Šemper | Chievo | Free | 11 August 2021 |
| 36 | DF | Silvan Hefti | Young Boys | €5M | 3 January 2022 |
| 55 | DF | Leo Skiri Østigård | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan | 5 January 2022 |
| 45 | FW | Kelvin Yeboah | Sturm Graz | €6.5M | 8 January 2022 |
| 16 | DF | Riccardo Calafiori | Roma | Loan | 14 January 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Roberto Piccoli | Atalanta | Loan | 25 January 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Nadiem Amiri | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan | 29 January 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Albert Guðmundsson | AZ | Undisclosed | 31 January 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 14 | FW | Eldor Shomurodov | Roma | €17.5M | 2 August 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Stefano Sabelli | Brescia | Loan | 14 January 2022 |
| 14 | DF | Davide Biraschi | Fatih Karagümrük | Loan | 17 January 2022 |
| 66 | DF | Laurens Serpe | Benevento | Loan | 17 January 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Francesco Cassata | Parma | Loan | 18 January 2022 |
| 94 | MF | Abdoulaye Touré | Fatih Karagümrük | Loan | 21 January 2022 |
| 24 | FW | Flavio Bianchi | Brescia | Loan | 28 January 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Felipe Caicedo | Internazionale | Loan | 29 January 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Valon Behrami | Brescia | Free | 31 January 2022 |
| 19 | FW | Goran Pandev | Parma | Undisclosed | 31 January 2022 |
| 21 | MF | Ivan Radovanović | Salernitana | Free | 31 January 2022 |
* ↑ Initial transfer fee. Includes undisclosed performance-related clauses.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 21 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 19th | 38 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 010.53 |
| Coppa Italia | 13 August 2021 | 13 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 32 | 65 | −33 | 014.63 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Spezia | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 36 | |
| 17 | Salernitana | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 31 | |
| 18 | Cagliari (R) | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 30 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Genoa (R) | 38 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 28 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Venezia (R) | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 27 | 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 |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 20 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.

### 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 | CRO | Adrian Šemper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Salvatore Sirigu | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BEL | Zinho Vanheusden | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito | 13 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Andrea Masiello | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mattia Bani | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Johan Vásquez | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Calafiori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Lennart Czyborra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Paolo Ghiglione | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | SUI | Silvan Hefti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | ITA | Andrea Cambiaso | 13 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | SRB | Nikola Maksimović | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | NOR | Leo Østigård | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | GER | Nadiem Amiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Filippo Melegoni | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Albert Guðmundsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sturaro | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Hernani | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | CRO | Milan Badelj | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Rovella | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | ITA | Manolo Portanova | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | CHI | Pablo Galdames | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Roberto Piccoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Caleb Ekuban | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | POL | Aleksander Buksa | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Kelvin Yeboah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | SLE | Yayah Kallon | 13 | 1 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Stefano Sabelli | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Francesco Cassata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ECU | Felipe Caicedo | 5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Valon Behrami | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Davide Biraschi | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MKD | Goran Pandev | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Flavio Bianchi | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | ITA | Laurens Serpe | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Farès | 7 | 2 | 5+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Touré | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 5 November 2021 Source: Competitions