2015–16 Genoa CFC season
| 2015–16 season | ||||
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| President | Enrico Preziosi | |||
| Manager | Gian Piero Gasperini | |||
| Stadium | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | |||
| Serie A | 11th | |||
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Leonardo Pavoletti (14) All: Leonardo Pavoletti (15)  | |||
| Highest home attendance | 31,770 vs Sampdoria (5 January 2016, Serie A)  | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 6,973 vs Alessandria (15 December 2015, Coppa Italia)  | |||
| Average home league attendance | 21,359[1] | |||
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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
 
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Transfers
In
Loans in
Out
Loans out
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Pre-season and friendlies
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Competitions
Serie A
League table
| Pos | Team | 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[a] | 
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 46[a] | 
| 12 | Torino | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 45[b] | 
| 13 | Atalanta | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 45[b] | 
Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
Notes:
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 
Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 23 August 2015 1 | Palermo | 1–0 | Genoa | Palermo | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vitiello  El Kaoutari  | 
Report | Marchese  | 
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,608 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati  | 
| 30 August 2015 2 | Genoa | 2–0 | Hellas Verona | Genoa | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Pavoletti  Izzo Gakpé Rincón  | 
Report | Moras  Pazzini  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,462 Referee: Daniele Orsato  | 
| 12 September 2015 3 | Fiorentina | 1–0 | Genoa | Florence | 
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vecino  Badelj Tomović Babacar  | 
Report | Capel  Rincón Ntcham Costa  | 
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,048 Referee: Daniele Doveri  | 
| 20 September 2015 4 | Genoa | 0–2 | Juventus | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Izzo  Džemaili  | 
Report | Evra  Lamanna Pogba Lemina Zaza  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,115 Referee: Paolo Valeri  | 
| 23 September 2015 5 | Lazio | 2–0 | Genoa | Rome | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Cataldi  Đorđević Maurício Felipe Anderson Gentiletti Milinković-Savić  | 
Report | Marchese  Cissokho Figueiras Pandev  | 
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli  | 
| 27 September 2015 6 | Genoa | 1–0 | Milan | Genoa | 
| 12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Džemaili  Pavoletti De Maio Burdisso  | 
Report | Bonaventura  Romagnoli Calabria Luiz Adriano Bertolacci  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,294 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento  | 
| 4 October 2015 7 | Udinese | 1–1 | Genoa | Udine | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Edenílson  Di Natale Danilo  | 
Report | Perotti  Izzo  | 
Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 12,704 Referee: Angelo Cervellera  | 
| 18 October 2015 8 | Genoa | 3–2 | Chievo | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Pavoletti  Gakpé Džemaili De Maio Tachtsidis  | 
Report | Paloschi  Castro Pellissier Pepe  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,207 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni  | 
| 24 October 2015 9 | Empoli | 2–0 | Genoa | Empoli | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Tonelli  Krunić Zieliński Livaja  | 
Report | Marchese  Muñoz Gakpé  | 
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,770 Referee: Domenico Celi  | 
| 28 October 2015 10 | Torino | 3–3 | Genoa | Turin | 
| 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Maxi López  Zappacosta Benassi Bovo Tachtsidis  | 
Report | Laxalt  Pavoletti Muñoz  | 
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 16,226 Referee: Daniele Chiffi  | 
| 1 November 2015 11 | Genoa | 0–0 | Napoli | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Izzo  Ntcham Costa  | 
Report | Gabbiadini  López  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,292 Referee: Daniele Doveri  | 
| 8 November 2015 12 | Frosinone | 2–2 | Genoa | Frosinone | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Blanchard  Diakité Dionisi  | 
Report | Pavoletti  Costa De Maio Figueiras Gakpé Burdisso  | 
Stadium: Stadio Matusa Attendance: 6,450 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese  | 
| 22 November 2015 13 | Genoa | 2–1 | Sassuolo | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rincón  Perin Perotti Burdisso Pavoletti  | 
Report | Berardi  Acerbi  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,347 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli  | 
| 29 November 2015 14 | Genoa | 1–2 | Carpi | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Pavoletti  Figueiras  | 
Report | Matos  Gagliolo Borriello Zaccardo  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,633 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci  | 
| 5 December 2015 15 | Internazionale | 1–0 | Genoa | Milan | 
| 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Ljajić  D'Ambrosio Telles  | 
Report | Costa  Ansaldi Perotti  | 
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 39,485 Referee: Piero Giacomelli  | 
| 12 December 2015 16 | Genoa | 0–1 | Bologna | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Perotti  | 
Report | Gastaldello  Mounier Diawara Rossettini  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,594 Referee: Marco Di Bello  | 
| 20 December 2015 17 | Roma | 2–0 | Genoa | Rome | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Nainggolan  Florenzi Pjanić Džeko Sadiq  | 
Report | Laxalt  | 
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 28,133 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni  | 
| 5 January 2016 18 | Genoa | 2–3 | Sampdoria | Genoa | 
| 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Izzo  Rigoni Pavoletti Ansaldi Rincón Burdisso  | 
Report | Soriano  Éder Fernando  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 31,770 Referee: Paolo Valeri  | 
| 10 January 2016 19 | Atalanta | 0–2 | Genoa | Bergamo | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Paletta  D'Alessandro  | 
Report | Suso  Džemaili Pavoletti Izzo  | 
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13,946 Referee: Marco Guida  | 
| 17 January 2016 20 | Genoa | 4–0 | Palermo | Genoa | 
| 12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Suso  Rigoni Pavoletti Burdisso Rincón  | 
Report | Anđelković  González Goldaniga  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,387 Referee: Domenico Celi  | 
| 24 January 2016 21 | Hellas Verona | 1–1 | Genoa | Verona | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Pisano  Pazzini Hallfreðsson  | 
Report | Coppola  Džemaili De Maio  | 
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 15,806 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi  | 
| 31 January 2016 22 | Genoa | 0–0 | Fiorentina | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Ansaldi  Pavoletti  | 
Report | Roncaglia  Vecino Costa  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,832 Referee: Piero Giacomelli  | 
| 3 February 2016 23 | Juventus | 1–0 | Genoa | Turin | 
| 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | De Maio  Bonucci Zaza  | 
Report | Muñoz  Capel Rigoni  | 
Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 37,151 Referee: Carmine Russo  | 
| 6 February 2016 24 | Genoa | 0–0 | Lazio | Genoa | 
| 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Suso  Muñoz Rincón  | 
Report | Parolo  Cataldi Lulić  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,670 Referee: Daniele Orsato  | 
| 14 February 2016 25 | Milan | 2–1 | Genoa | Milan | 
| 12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Bacca  Honda Romagnoli  | 
Report | Rigoni  Cerci  | 
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 30,547 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese  | 
| 21 February 2016 26 | Genoa | 2–1 | Udinese | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Burdisso  Suso Cerci Laxalt Izzo  | 
Report | Ali Adnan  Guilherme Zapata Hallfreðsson  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,061 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni  | 
| 28 February 2016 27 | Chievo | 1–0 | Genoa | Verona | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Castro  Radovanović Gobbi  | 
Report | Džemaili  Ansaldi De Maio  | 
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Michael Fabbri  | 
| 6 March 2016 28 | Genoa | 1–0 | Empoli | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rigoni  Cerci  | 
Report | Zambelli  Büchel Paredes Ćosić  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,134 Referee: Maurizio Mariani  | 
| 13 March 2016 29 | Genoa | 3–2 | Torino | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Cerci  Rigoni Tachtsidis  | 
Report | Immobile  Padelli Benassi Moretti Vives Acquah  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,225 Referee: Daniele Doveri  | 
| 20 March 2016 30 | Napoli | 3–1 | Genoa | Naples | 
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Koulibaly  Jorginho Insigne Higuaín El Kaddouri  | 
Report | Rincón  Fiamozzi Džemaili  | 
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 43,917 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni  | 
| 3 April 2016 31 | Genoa | 4–0 | Frosinone | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Suso  Perin Rigoni  | 
Report | Gucher  Ajeti Gori Dionisi  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,033 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni  | 
| 9 April 2016 32 | Sassuolo | 0–1 | Genoa | Reggio Emilia | 
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Duncan  Politano  | 
Report | Džemaili  Muñoz  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,249 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci  | 
| 16 April 2016 33 | Carpi | 4–1 | Genoa | Modena | 
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Gagliolo  Lollo Di Gaudio Pasciuti Poli Mbakogu Sabelli  | 
Report | Izzo  Pavoletti  | 
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 9,243 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli  | 
| 20 April 2016 34 | Genoa | 1–0 | Internazionale | Genoa | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Muñoz  De Maio Tachtsidis  | 
Report | Medel  Brozović  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,781 Referee: Massimililano Irrati  | 
| 24 April 2016 35 | Bologna | 2–0 | Genoa | Bologna | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Giaccherini  Rossettini Foccari  | 
Report | Rincón  Muñoz  | 
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 17,099 Referee: Antonio Damato  | 
| 2 May 2016 36 | Genoa | 2–3 | Roma | Genoa | 
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Tachtsidis  Pavoletti Rincón Laxalt Marchese  | 
Report | Salah  Totti De Rossi El Shaarawy Strootman  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,355 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni  | 
| 8 May 2016 37 | Sampdoria | 0–3 | Genoa | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Viviano  Diakité Soriano Fernando Sala  | 
Report | Pavoletti  Suso De Maio Rincón Burdisso  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 31,375 Referee: Luca Banti  | 
| 15 May 2016 38 | Genoa | 1–2 | Atalanta | Genoa | 
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Laxalt  Pavoletti Izzo Rincón  | 
Report | D'Alessandro  Brivio Masiello Kurtić  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,621 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano  | 
Coppa Italia
| 15 December 2015 Round of 16 | Genoa | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Alessandria | Genoa | 
| 19:15 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rincón  Pavoletti Figueiras  | 
Report | Celjak  Marras Manfrin Sirri Bocalon Fischnaller  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 6,973 Referee: Luca Banti  | 
Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa Italia | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Mattia Perin | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | GK | Eugenio Lamanna | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 27 | GK | Samir Ujkani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 32 | GK | Antonio Donnarumma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Alassane També | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | DF | Cristian Ansaldi | 25 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | DF | Sebastian De Maio | 28 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | DF | Armando Izzo | 34 | 0 | 30+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | DF | Nicolás Burdisso | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | DF | Giovanni Marchese | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | DF | Ezequiel Muñoz | 18 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | DF | Riccardo Fiamozzi | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 34 | DF | Gabriel Silva | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 90 | DF | Issa Cissokho | 13 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | Diego Capel | 20 | 0 | 5+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | MF | Suso | 19 | 6 | 15+4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | MF | Olivier Ntcham | 18 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 30 | MF | Luca Rigoni | 18 | 2 | 14+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 31 | MF | Blerim Džemaili | 26 | 3 | 22+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 77 | MF | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 24 | 2 | 7+16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 88 | MF | Tomás Rincón | 33 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 93 | MF | Diego Laxalt | 36 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Bruno Gomes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | FW | Alessio Cerci | 11 | 5 | 6+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | FW | Leonardo Pavoletti | 26 | 15 | 22+3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 21 | FW | Goran Pandev | 16 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | FW | Darko Lazović | 16 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
| 37 | FW | Giuseppe Panico | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 42 | FW | Tim Matavž | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | Diego Perotti | 17 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | DF | Diogo Figueiras | 10 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | FW | Serge Gakpé | 14 | 3 | 8+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | MF | Tino Costa | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 27 | MF | 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 | |
| 31 | MF | Blerim Džemaili | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 88 | MF | Tomás Rincón | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 93 | MF | Diego Laxalt | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 30 | MF | Luca Rigoni | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 77 | MF | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 4 | DF | Sebastian De Maio | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | MF | Diego Perotti | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | DF | Diogo Figueiras | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 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 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||
Last updated: 15 May 2016
References
- ^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
 - ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.