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{{Short description|Professional association football and cricket club in Genoa}}
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| current = 2024–25 Genoa CFC season
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| fullname = Genoa Cricket and Football Club [[Società per azioni|S.p.A.]]
| nickname = ''Il Grifone'' (The [[Griffin]]) <br> ''I Rossoblù'' (The Red and Blues) <br> ''Il Vecchio Balordo''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.circologiannibrera.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=62 |title=Gianni Brera |work=Circolo Gianni Brera |access-date=3 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225083826/http://www.circologiannibrera.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=62 |archive-date=25 February 2009 |df=dmy}}</ref> (The Old Fool)
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|7 September 1893}}<ref name=rsssf>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/genoa.html |title=Genoa Cricket & Football Club&nbsp;– Short Historical Overview 1893–1960 |work=RSSSF.com |access-date=2017-11-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628200709/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/genoa.html |archive-date=28 June 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| ground = [[Stadio Luigi Ferraris]], [[Genoa]]
| capacity = 33,205<ref>riferimento dal sito web del club reale più accurato rispetto agli altri{{clarify|date=May 2019}}</ref>
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = Alberto Zangrillo<ref name=Zangrillo>{{cite web|title=Da oggi 777 Partners è prorpietaria del Genoa|date=15 November 2021 |url=https://genoacfc.it/da-oggi-777-partners-e-proprietaria-del-genoa/|publisher=Genoa C.F.C.|access-date=17 November 2021|language=it}}</ref>
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Alberto Gilardino]]
| league = {{Italian football updater|Genoa}}
| season = {{Italian football updater|Genoa2}}
| position = {{Italian football updater|Genoa3}}
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[[File:Genoa through the ages 2023.jpg|thumb|upright=1.20|The performance of Genoa in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929–30). Their Scudetti lie before this era.]]
'''Genoa Cricket and Football Club''' ({{IPA|it|ˈdʒeːnoa}}) is an Italian professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Genoa]], [[Liguria]]. The team competes in the [[Serie A]], the top division of the Italian football league system.

Established in [[1893]], Genoa is Italy's oldest existent football team.<ref name="turin">{{cite web | url=http://www.lifeinitaly.com/sport/history-italian-soccer.asp | title=Edoardo Bosio and Soccer in Turin | work=Life in Italy |date=1 June 2012| access-date=2017-11-10 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627030348/http://www.lifeinitaly.com/sport/history-italian-soccer.asp | archive-date=27 June 2017 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The club has won the [[Italian Football Championship|Italian Championship]] nine times, with their first being Italy's inaugural national championship in [[1898 Italian Football Championship|1898]] and their most recent coming after the [[1923–24 Prima Divisione|1923–24]] season. They also hold one [[Coppa Italia]] title. Overall, Genoa are the fourth most successful Italian club in terms of championships won.<ref name=officialtitles2>{{cite web| url=http://www.lega-calcio.it/it/Serie-A-TIM/Albo-doro.page| title=Campionato Serie A&nbsp;– Albo D'oro| work=Lega Calcio| access-date=30 March 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830071048/http://www.lega-calcio.it/it/Serie-A-TIM/Albo-doro.page| archive-date=30 August 2011| df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''Il Grifone'' have played their home games at the [[Stadio Luigi Ferraris]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genoacfc.it/stadio.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011209112441/http://www.genoacfc.it/stadio.asp|archive-date=2001-12-09|title=Stadio Luigi Ferraris|publisher=Genoa CFC|url-status=dead}}</ref> since 1911, which they share with local rivals [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]. The fixture between the two teams, known as the [[Derby della Lanterna]], was first contested in 1946.

In 2011, Genoa was included in the "International Bureau of Cultural Capitals" (a sort of historical sporting heritage of humanity, in line with that of [[UNESCO]]) at the request of President Xavier Tudela. The club was admitted to the "[[Club of Pioneers]]" , an association comprising the world's oldest football clubs, in 2013; other members include [[Sheffield F.C.]] and [[Recreativo de Huelva]].

==History==
{{Main|History of Genoa CFC}}
[[File:Genoa act foundation 1893.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Act of foundation of Genoa CFC, dated September 1893]]
The club was founded on 7 September 1893<ref name="rsssf" /> as Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club. In its earliest years, it principally competed in [[Sport of athletics|athletics]] and [[cricket]]. [[Association football]] was only a secondary concern.<ref name="padovano">{{cite web |editor-last=Padovano|editor-first=Aldo | url=http://genoacfc.it/genoa-c-f-c/1893-1897-le-origini/ | title=1893 VS. 1897 Le Origini| website=GenoaCFC.it | access-date=30 May 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627040948/http://genoacfc.it/genoa-c-f-c/1893-1897-le-origini/ | archive-date=27 June 2015 | df=dmy-all |language=it}}</ref> Since the club was set up to represent England abroad, the original shirts worn by the organisation were white, the same colour as the [[England national football team|England national team]] shirt.<ref name="rsssf" /> At first Italians were not permitted to join as it was a British sporting club abroad.<ref name="rsssf" /> Genoa's activities took place in the north-west of the city in the Campasso area, at the ''Piazza d'Armi''. The men who initially handled the management of the club were;<ref name="rsssf" />
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*S. Blake
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*[[Daniel G. Fawcus]]
*Sandys
*E. De Thierry
*Jonathan Summerhill Sr.
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*Jonathan Summerhill Jr.
*[[Charles Alfred Payton|Sir Charles Alfred Payton]]
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On 10 April 1897<ref name="enciclop"/> the footballing section of the club, already in existence since 1893, became predominant thanks to [[James Richardson Spensley]].<ref name="padovano"/> It was among the oldest in [[Football in Italy|Italian football]] at the time, only four other clubs (all in [[Turin]].<ref name=turin/>) had been founded. Italians were allowed to join and found a new ground in the form of ''Ponte Carrega''.
The first friendly match took place at home, against a mixed team of [[Internazionale F.C. Torino|Internazionale Torino]] and [[F.B.C. Torinese]]; Genoa lost 1–0.<ref name="rsssf"/> Not long after, Genoa recorded its first victory away against [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|UPS Alessandria]] winning 2–0. Friendly games also took place against various British sailors such as those from {{HMS|Revenge|1892|6}}.<ref name="rsssf"/>

===Championship dominance===
[[File:Genoa 1893.png|left|thumb|''Genoa CAC'' in 1898, the first ever Italian Championship winners]]

Football in Italy stepped up a level with the creation of the [[Italian Football Federation]] and the [[Italian Football Championship]].<ref name=enciclop>{{cite web| url=http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Genoa1.html| title=Storia del Genoa| work=EnciclopediaDelCalcio.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312013216/http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Genoa1.html| archive-date=12 March 2009| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Genoa competed in the first Italian Championship in [[1898 Italian Football Championship|1898]] at [[Velodrome Humbert I]] in Turin.<ref name="enciclop"/> They defeated [[R.S. Ginnastica Torino|Ginnastica Torino]] 2–1 in their first official game on 8 May, before winning the first championship later that day by beating Internazionale Torino 3–1 after [[extra time|extra-time]].<ref name=league>{{cite book
 | first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena
 | title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio&nbsp;– La Storia 1898–2004
 | year = 2005
 }}</ref>

Genoa returned for the [[1899 Italian Football Championship|following season]], this time with a few changes; the name of the club was altered to '''Genoa Cricket & Football Club''', dropping the ''Athletic'' from its name. A change in shirt colour was also in order, as they changed to white and blue vertical stripes; known in Italy as ''biancoblù''. Genoa won their second title in a one-day tournament which took place on 16 April 1899, by beating Internazionale Torino 3–1 for the second time. On their way to winning their third consecutive title in [[1900 Italian Football Championship|1900]] they also beat local rivals Sampierdarenese 7–0; a winning margin which would not be bettered by any team in the league until 1910. The final was secured with a 3–1 win over [[F.B.C. Torinese]].<ref name="league"/>

The club strip was changed again in [[1901 Italian Football Championship|1901]], Genoa adopted its famous red-navy halves and therefore became known as the ''rossoblù''; these are the colours used even to this day as with many other Italian clubs, such as Cagliari, Bologna, Crotone, Cosenza and an endless list of minor clubs. After a season of finishing runners-up to [[AC Milan|Milan Cricket and Football Club]], things were back on track in [[1902 Italian Football Championship|1902]] with their fourth title. Juventus emerged as serious contenders to Genoa's throne from [[1903 Italian Football Championship|1903]] onwards, when for two seasons in a row Genoa beat the ''Old Lady'' in the national final.<ref name="league"/>
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Genoa 1904.png|thumb|''Genoa CFC'' championship winning side of 1904, their sixth league title]] -->

Notably Genoa became the first Italian football team to play an international match, when they visited France on 27 April 1903 to play [[OGC Nice|FVC Nice]], winning the fixture 3–0. As well as winning the Italian championship in [[1904 Prima Categoria|1904]], the year was also notable for Genoa reserves winning the first ever [[II Categoria]] league season; a proto-[[Serie B]] under the top level. From [[1905 Prima Categoria|1905]] onwards when they were runners-up, Genoa lost their foothold on the Italian championship; other clubs such as Juventus, Milan and [[F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892|Pro Vercelli]] stepped up.<ref name="league"/>

The fall in part during this period can be traced back to [[1908 Italian Football Championship|1908]] when [[Italian Football Federation|FIGC]] agreed to Federal Gymnastics protests forbidding the use of foreign players. Since Genoa's birth they had always had a strong English contingent. They disagreed, as did several other prominent clubs such as Milan, [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] and Firenze; as thus they withdrew from official FIGC competitions that year. The following season the federation reversed the decision and Genoa was rebuilt with players such as [[Luigi Ferraris (footballer)|Luigi Ferraris]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/alltime/genoaxi.html| title=Genoa All-Time XI| work=Channel4.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508054354/http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/alltime/genoaxi.html| archive-date=8 May 2009| df=dmy-all}}</ref> and some from [[Switzerland]], such as [[Daniel Hug]] who came from [[FC Basel]].<ref name="fcb-achiv-hug">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=9345 | title = Daniel Hug | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | access-date = 2018-11-16}}</ref> The rebuilding of the squad also saw the creation of a new ground in the [[Marassi]] area of Genoa, when built it had a capacity of 25,000 and was comparable to British stadiums of the time; it was officially opened on 22 January 1911.

===Garbutt revival===
With the introduction of the [[Italy national football team]], Genoa played an important part, with the likes of [[Renzo De Vecchi]]; who was ''azzurri'' captain for some time, [[Edoardo Mariani]] and [[Enrico Sardi]] earning call-ups.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.homestead.com/forza_azzurri/clubs_prof_F.html| title=Club Profiles&nbsp;– Genoa| work=Forza Azzurri| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819165427/http://www.homestead.com/forza_azzurri/clubs_prof_F.html| archive-date=19 August 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Englishman [[William Garbutt]] was brought in as head coach to help revive the club; Garbutt was the first professional manager in Italy and was renowned for being highly charismatic, and also for constantly smoking his [[tobacco pipe]].<ref name="rsssf"/> He was dubbed "Mister" by the players; since then Italians have referred to coaches in general by the term.<ref name="rsssf"/>

Finally by [[1914–15 Prima Categoria|1914–15]], Genoa had restored themselves as the top club from [[Northern Italy]], winning the final round of the Northern section.<ref name="league"/> However, this particular year, the national final could not be played because of the outbreak of World War I, the finals of the Southern Italian section could not be decided and thus Genoa did not have a team to play. Genoa would be awarded the title in 1919 after the end of the war, it would be their first for eleven seasons.<ref name=leggendario>{{cite web| url=http://web.dsc.unibo.it/~lauri/ig/storia2.html| title=Il Genoa leggendario| work=La storia del Genoa| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://archive.today/20070813044545/http://web.dsc.unibo.it/~lauri/ig/storia2.html| archive-date=13 August 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref> The war took a harsh toll on Genoa as players Luigi Ferraris, Adolfo Gnecco, Carlo Marassi, Alberto Sussone and [[Claudio Casanova]] all died while on military duty in Italy; while footballing founder [[James Richardson Spensley]] was killed in Germany.<ref name="leggendario"/>
[[File:Genoa Cricket and Football Club 1923-24.jpg|left|thumb|The last Genoa side to win the ''Italian Football Championship'', in 1924]]

In the early part of the next decade, Genoa remained strong contenders in the Northern section.<ref name="leggendario"/> Garbutt led Genoa to championship success in [[1922–23 Prima Divisione|1922–23]]; beating [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] 6–1 in the final, over the course of two legs.<ref name="league"/> The [[1923–24 Prima Divisione|following season]], Genoa made their way past [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] in the Northern finals, but not without controversy; after riots in the second leg during the game in [[Bologna]], the game was called off and FIGC awarded Genoa a 2–0 victory.<ref name="leggendario"/> In the national final that season, Genoa beat [[F.C. Savoia 1908|Savoia]] 4–1 over the course of two legs; this would be their ninth and to date final Italian championship.<ref name=officialtitles>{{cite web|url=http://www.lega-calcio.it/ita/atim_albo.shtml |title=Campionato Serie A&nbsp;– Albo D'oro |work=Lega Calcio |access-date=30 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824141336/http://www.lega-calcio.it/ita/atim_albo.shtml |archive-date=24 August 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>

The squad during these two championship victories included; [[Giovanni De Pra|Giovanni De Prà]], [[Ottavio Barbieri]], [[Luigi Burlando]] and [[Renzo De Vecchi]].<ref name="officialtitles"/> With Genoa's championship victory in 1923–24 came the introduction of the ''scudetto'' patch; which means following the season within which a club wins an Italian league championship, they are allowed to wear a [[shield]] shaped patch on their shirt which features the colours of the [[Flag of Italy|Italian flag]].<ref name="rsssf"/> For the rest of the 1920s, the club's highest finish was in second place: the [[1927–28 Divisione Nazionale|1927–28]] season when Genoa finished runners-up to Torino, with striker [[Felice Levratto]] scoring 20 goals in 27 games.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Levratto.html| title=Levratto&nbsp;– Profile| work=Encilopedia Del Calcio| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004026/http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Levratto.html| archive-date=27 September 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Genova 1893 period===
Due to the strongly British connotations attached to the name, Genoa were forced to change it by the [[Italian Fascism|fascist government]] to '''Genova 1893 Circolo del Calcio''' in 1928.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Genoa4.html| title=Storia del Genoa&nbsp;– Part 4| work=EnciclopediaDelCalcio.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819220240/http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Genoa4.html| archive-date=19 August 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref> The club competed in a proto-European Cup in the form of the [[Mitropa Cup]], where they went out in the quarter-finals after losing heavily to [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Vienna]]. They followed this with a runners-up position back at home in the league, they finished behind [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Ambrosiana]] in the [[1929–30 Serie A|1929–30]] season; this would be their last top level championship runners-up spot to date.<ref name="league"/>
[[File:Associazione Calcio Genova 1893 - Coppa Italia 1936-37.jpg|thumb|Genoa ''[[Coppa Italia]]'' winning side of 1937, celebrating in Florence.]]

The club's league form became highly erratic during the early 1930s, with varying league positions; it was during the [[1933–34 Serie A|1933–34]] season that Genova suffered their first ever relegation to [[Serie B]], the second league of Italian football. Thankfully for the club, they were able to bounce back under the management of Vittorio Faroppa, winning promotion by finishing top of their group ahead of [[Novara Calcio|Novara]]. In 1936, the ambitious Juan Culiolo took over as chairman of the club; in [[1936–37 Serie A|1936–37]] they achieved a 6th-place finish and also won the [[Coppa Italia]] by beating [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] 1–0 with a goal from [[Mario Torti]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italcuphistfull.html| title=Italy&nbsp;– Coppa Italia History| work=RSSSF.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012025104/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/italcuphistfull.html| archive-date=12 October 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

During the [[1937–38 Serie A|following season]] Genova finished in third place, this was a particularly tight season with winners [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Ambrosiana-Inter]] finishing only three points ahead of the club. That summer [[Italy national football team|Italy]] competed in the [[1938 FIFA World Cup]] and won, three Genova players formed part of the triumphant squad in the form of [[Sergio Bertoni]], [[Mario Genta]] and [[Mario Perazzolo]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.homestead.com/forza_azzurri/clubs_prof_F.html| title=Genoa&nbsp;– Contributions to the Italian national team| work=Forza Azzurri| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819165427/http://www.homestead.com/forza_azzurri/clubs_prof_F.html| archive-date=19 August 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref> The club finished the decade on a high, maintaining a top five foothold in the top level of the Italian football league system.<ref name="league"/>

World War II affected dramatically the entire Italian football movement, but Genova did not recover as well as other clubs. In 1945, the club chose to revert their name to '''Genoa Cricket and Foot-Ball Club''', the one which they had used in the very early days of the Italian championship.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofil.php?ID=1255&lang=en| title=Genoa| work=Weltfussballarchiv| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025004707/http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofil.php?ID=1255| archive-date=25 October 2007| df=dmy-all|language=de}}</ref> In the years just after the war, the club were still popular with the fans, with people previously associated with the club such as [[Ottavio Barbieri]] and [[William Garbutt]] returning for managerial spells.<ref name="mr">{{cite web|url=http://genoa1893.altervista.org/mister.htm|website=Genoa1983.org|title=Mister Genoani|date=27 August 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510003949/http://genoa1893.altervista.org/mister.htm|archive-date=10 May 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Genoa also had a new rival in the form of Sampdoria, who were founded by a merger of [[Associazione Calcio Andrea Doria]] and [[Sampierdarenese]] in 1946 and would groundshare at [[Stadio Luigi Ferraris]].<ref name="Almanacco2007-97">{{cite book |title=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2007|date=2006 |publisher=Panini S.p.A.|location=Modena, Italy |page=97}}</ref>

===Post-war period===
[[File:Genoa 1956-57.JPG|left|thumb|Genoa side during 1956–57 season]]

After the Second World War the ability of Genoa to finish in the upper ranks of [[Serie A]] declined in a significant manner; throughout the rest of the 1940s the club were middle-table finishers. The [[1948–49 Serie A|1948–49 season]] saw three highly significant results, Genoa beat [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter]] 4–1, the famous ''[[Grande Torino]]'' side 3–0 and [[Calcio Padova|Padova]] 7–1.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital49.html| title=Italy 1948–49| work=RSSSF.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808041922/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ital49.html| archive-date=8 August 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref> The 1950s started in poor fashion for the club, they had bought Argentine [[Mario Boyé]] from [[Boca Juniors]] but he stayed only one season and the club [[1950–51 Serie A|were relegated]] after finishing bottom of the table, but after two seasons they achieved their return after winning Serie B, ahead of [[A.C. Legnano|Legnano]].<ref name="campionati">{{cite web| url=http://www.genoadomani.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=46| title=I campionati| work=GenoaDomani.it| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630004942/http://www.genoadomani.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=46| archive-date=30 June 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Ragnar Larsen|Ragnar Nikolay Larsen]] was a notable player for the club during this period and they sustained mid-table finishes for the rest of the decade.<ref name="campionati"/>

Despite suffering a relegation in [[1959–60 Serie B|1959–60]] and then a promotion back up to Serie A in 1961–62,<ref name="campionati"/> Genoa had a respectable amount of cup success in the first half of the 1960s. The club won the [[Coppa delle Alpi]] in 1962; it was the first time the competition had been competed between club teams instead of international ones, the final was played at home while Genoa beat French club [[Grenoble Foot 38]] by 1–0 with a goal from Nizza.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpi62.html| title=Cup of the Alps 1962| work=RSSSF.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830080235/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/alpi62.html| archive-date=30 August 2008| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Genoa won the same competition again two years later, the final was held at the [[Wankdorf Stadium]] in [[Bern]], Switzerland; Genoa defeated [[Calcio Catania|Catania]] 2–0, with both goals from [[Giampaolo Piaceri]] to take the trophy.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpi64.html| title=Cup of the Alps 1964| work=RSSSF.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001034026/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/alpi64.html| archive-date=1 October 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
[[File:1962 Cup of the Alps - Genoa CFC.jpg|thumb|1962 [[Cup of the Alps]] triumph]]

The celebrations for the club did not last long however, as the year following their last cup success they were relegated down to Serie B again. This time their stay in the second tier of the [[Italian football league system]] would be far longer than previous relegations, the club was unstable as it changed manager each season.<ref name="mr"/> Genoa even experienced their first relegation to [[Serie C]] in 1970, financially the club fell into difficulties and had several ownership changes.<ref name="Presidenti Genoa">{{cite web|url=http://genoa1893.altervista.org/presid.htm|website=Genoa1893.org|title=Presidenti Genoa|date=23 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520221220/http://genoa1893.altervista.org/presid.htm|archive-date=20 May 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=August 2017}}

===Mixed times===
Throughout the 1970s, Genoa would mostly play in the second tier. Under the management of [[Arturo Silvestri]] the club made its way back to Serie A for the [[1973–74 Serie A|1973–74]] season, but they were relegated straight back down. For the return of ''Il Grifone'' to Serie A a couple of seasons later, the squad featured the likes of [[Roberto Rosato]], [[Bruno Conti]] and a young [[Roberto Pruzzo]]. This time they stuck it out in the top division for two seasons before succumbing to relegation in [[1977–78 Serie A|1977–78]]; the relegation was particularly cruel as the side above them [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] survived on goal-difference of just a single goal, the two teams had played each other on the final day of the season ending in a 0–0 draw.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital78.html| title=Italy Championship 1977–78| work=RSSSF.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807203414/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ital78.html| archive-date=7 August 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Genoa 1980-81.jpg|thumb|left|First Genoa side of the 1980s]]

The relegation was bad for the club in more ways than one, they lost some of their top players who could have offered them a swift return; such as Roberto Pruzzo's move to [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] where he would go on to have great success.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=pruzzo.htm| title=Roberto "Bomber" Pruzzo| work=ASR Talenti| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018111927/http://asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=pruzzo.htm| archive-date=18 October 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref> After a couple of middle-table finishes in Serie B, Genoa earned promotion during the [[1980–81 Serie B|1980–81]] season under manager [[Luigi Simoni]], the club finished as runners-up behind only [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]] who had been relegated the previous season for their part in the Totonero betting scandal.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mettout|first=Eric | url=http://www.lexpress.fr/info/quotidien/actu.asp?id=4577| archive-url=https://archive.today/20081008002023/http://www.lexpress.fr/info/quotidien/actu.asp?id=4577| url-status=dead| archive-date=2008-10-08| title=Le foot italien retient son souffle| website=LexPress.fr|date=4 July 2006| access-date=30 August 2007|language=fr}}</ref>

Still with Simoni at the helm as manager, Genoa were able to survive in Serie A for their returning season, finishing just one point ahead of the relegated AC Milan. In a dramatic last day of the season, Genoa were trailing 2–1 to [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] with five minutes left, until on the 85th minute [[Mario Faccenda]] scored the goal that secured the point needed by Genoa, starting an owing friendship between the two club's fans.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.footballdata.it/Anteprima%20Genoa-Napoli.doc| title=Genoa&nbsp;– Napoli| work=FootballData.it| access-date=30 August 2007| format=DOC| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216091346/http://www.footballdata.it/Anteprima%20Genoa-Napoli.doc| archive-date=16 February 2008| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
A couple of seasons later in [[1983–84 Serie A|1983–84]], Genoa would not be so lucky, despite beating champions [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] on the final day of the season, the club were relegated even though they finished the season with the same number of points as surviving [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]; this was because Lazio had recorded better results in matches against Genoa.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital84.html| title=Italy Championship 1983–84| work=RSSSF.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628201036/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ital84.html| archive-date=28 June 2011| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===European experience===
The club was purchased by [[Calabria|Calabrese]] entrepreneur [[Aldo Spinelli]] in 1985 and despite no longer having Simoni as manager, Genoa were finishing in the top half of Serie B. After a slip in form during 1987–88 (failing to be promoted by a mere point in 1986–87, then having to struggle not to be retroceded the following season, being spared that fate again by a mere point), Genoa refocused their energy and were able to achieve promotion back into Serie A in 1988–89, finishing as champions ahead of [[A.S. Bari|Bari]].<ref name="league"/> Genoa, with an experienced trainer as [[Osvaldo Bagnoli]] who knew how to get the best out of underdog teams (he managed to win a championship at the helm of [[Hellas Verona]] in the eighties) and with a team sporting the talents of [[Carlos Aguilera (Uruguayan footballer)|Carlos Aguilera]] and [[Tomáš Skuhravý]] among others achieved highs during the [[1990–91 Serie A|1990–91]] season where they finished fourth, remaining undefeated at home for the entire campaign, winning games against all the big sides including Juventus, [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter]], Milan, [[A.S. Roma|Roma]], Lazio, Fiorentina, Napoli, as well as their local rivals [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] who won the title that season.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital91.html| title=Italy Championship 1990–91| work=RSSSF.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808011313/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ital91.html| archive-date=8 August 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Subsequently, the club gained entry to the [[UEFA Cup]] in the [[1991–92 UEFA Cup|1991–92]] season. Genoa had a good run, making it to the semi-finals before being knocked out by [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]], that season's winners of the competition; notably Genoa did the double over [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in the quarter-finals, becoming the first Italian side to beat the ''Reds'' at [[Anfield]]. Unfortunately for Genoa, this success was soon followed by a 'Dark Age' following the departure of Osvaldo Bagnoli (who chose to move away from Genoa to spend more time with his daughter, whose health was rapidly declining) and the failure of the management to replace key players as they grew old or were ceded to other teams.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.setanta.com/en/TV-and-Entertainment/Entertainment/XI-at-11/XI-at-11-Liverpool-home-defeats-in-Europe/| title=The XI at 11: Liverpool home defeats in Europe| work=Setanta.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514075007/http://www.setanta.com/en/TV-and-Entertainment/Entertainment/XI-at-11/XI-at-11-Liverpool-home-defeats-in-Europe/| archive-date=14 May 2008| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Noted Genoa players during this period included [[Gianluca Signorini]], Carlos Aguilera, [[Stefano Eranio]], [[Roberto Onorati]] and [[John van 't Schip]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.maggioantonio.it/genoa/storia_12.htm| title=Storia del Genoa: 1986–1995| work=MaggioAntonio.it| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218231540/http://www.maggioantonio.it/genoa/storia_12.htm| archive-date=18 February 2008| df=dmy-all|language=it}}</ref><br>
Chairman Spinelli had a very different management approach from that of most businessmen turned football club owners.
While his colleagues saw football as a marketing and [[Public relations|public relation]] investment and were quite ready to siphon funds out of their main business to keep their teams afloat and replenish their player roster Spinelli saw Genoa as another business whose main aim was that of generating revenue for its owner (namely, himself) and so was more than happy to sell esteemed players for hefty revenues of which just a minimal fraction was then re-invested in the team, often for the acquisition of lesser-valued replacements or virtual unknowns. Thus he proved all-too-eager to sell Uruguayan striker [[Carlos Aguilera (Uruguayan footballer)|Carlos Aguilera]] and to replace him with the markedly inferior [[Kazuyoshi Miura]] from Japanese side [[Tokyo Verdy|Yomiuri Verdy]] (a deal that especially pleased him since the Japanese sponsors were actually paying him to let Miura play in Serie A).<br>
The same season as their UEFA Cup run, they finished just one place above the relegation zone; in the seasons following Genoa remained in the lower half of the table.<ref name="league"/>

During the [[1994–95 Serie A|1994–95]] season, Genoa were narrowly relegated; they finished level on points with [[Calcio Padova|Padova]] after the normal season period. This meant a relegation play-out was to be played between the two in [[Florence]]. The game was tied 1–1 at full-time and went to a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]. Genoa eventually lost the shoot-out 5–4.<ref name="league"/> While back down in Serie B, the club had another taste of international cup success when they became the [[1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup|final winners]] of the [[Anglo-Italian Cup]] by beating [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] 5–2 with [[Gennaro Ruotolo]] scoring a [[hat-trick]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/angloit96.html| title=Anglo-Italian Cup 1995–96| work=RSSSF.com| access-date=30 August 2007| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426013339/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/angloit96.html| archive-date=26 April 2010| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Chairman Spinelli sold Genoa in 1997, moving onto other clubs ([[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2000/dicembre/29/Cessione_Alessandria_Trattativa_corso_tra_ga_0_00122910291.shtml| title=Cessione Alessandria Trattativa in corso tra Spinelli e Amisano| work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|date=29 December 2000| access-date=30 January 2009| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216182819/http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2000/dicembre/29/Cessione_Alessandria_Trattativa_corso_tra_ga_0_00122910291.shtml| archive-date=16 December 2013| df=dmy-all|language=it}}</ref> and, then [[A.S. Livorno Calcio|Livorno]]). The late 1990s and early 2000s would be the most trying time in the history of the club, with constant managerial changes, a poor financial situation and little hope of gaining promotion, outside of a decent 6th-place finish in [[1999–2000 Serie B|1999–00]].<ref name="league"/> From 1997 until 2003, Genoa had a total of three different owners and four different chairmen, before the club was passed on to the toys and games [[Business magnate|tycoon]] from [[Irpinia]], [[Enrico Preziosi]], already chairman of Como, a football club he previously owned.<ref name="Presidenti Genoa"/>

===Recent times===
[[File:Genoa Cricket and Football Club 2016-17.jpg|thumb|Genoa side during 2016–17 season]]

Preziosi took over in 2003, when Genoa should have been relegated to C1 series after a dismal season, but was instead "saved" along with Catania and Salernitana by the football federation's controversial decision to extend [[Serie B]] to 24 teams.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2003/agosto/01/calcio_non_puo_attendere_ecco_co_0_030801091.shtml| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722031004/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2003/agosto/01/calcio_non_puo_attendere_ecco_co_0_030801091.shtml| archive-date=2011-07-22| title=Il calcio non-può attendere: ecco i calendari| work=Corriere della Sera |date=1 August 2003|page=39|last=Fabio|first=Monti| url-status=dead|language=it}}</ref> Things started to look up for Genoa; they won Serie B in 2004–05. However, allegations were raised that the club had [[Caso Genoa|fixed a match]] on the last day of the season between themselves and [[S.S.C. Venezia|Venezia]]. The 3–2 victory in the match saw Genoa win the league, with a draw having been good enough to maintain its position in the end. The Disciplinary Committee of [[Italian Football Federation|FIGC]] saw fit to instead place Genoa bottom of the league and relegate them down to [[Serie C1]] with a three-point deduction on 27 July 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2005/g/sezioni/sport/calcio/genovac/genovac/genovac.html|title=Calcio, Genoa retrocesso in C1 Tifosi furibondi, proteste in città|work=La Repubblica|date=27 July 2005|language=it|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307224348/http://www.repubblica.it/2005/g/sezioni/sport/calcio/genovac/genovac/genovac.html|archive-date=7 March 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

For their season in Serie C1 for [[2005–06 Serie C1|2005–06]], Genoa were hit with a six-point penalty from the previous season. After leading for much of the season, they eventually finished as runners-up and were entered into the play-offs, beating [[A.C. Monza Brianza 1912|Monza]] 2–1 on aggregate to achieve promotion back into Serie B.<ref name="campionati"/> During the summer break [[Gian Piero Gasperini]] was brought in as the new manager, he helped the club to gain promotion during the [[2006–07 Serie B|2006–07]] season, it was ensured on the last day of the season where they drew a 0–0 with [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], both clubs were happily promoted back into [[Serie A]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Tabacco|first=Andrea |url=http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/10062007/45/serie-b-playoff-playout-si.html|publisher=Eurosport|via=Yahoo!|title=Serie B&nbsp;– Playoff no, playout sì|date=10 June 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714102448/http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/10062007/45/serie-b-playoff-playout-si.html|archive-date=14 July 2007|df=dmy-all|language=it}}</ref>

The [[2007–08 Serie A|2007–08 season]], the first Serie A championship played by Genoa in 12 years, saw it finishing in a respectable tenth place, right after the "big ones"{{clarify|date=January 2024}} of Italian football.

A careful summer market session saw chairman, Preziosi strengthening the core of the team while parting from some players on favourable economical terms (for example selling striker [[Marco Borriello]] to [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]] for a hefty sum).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marcoborriello.fan-club.it/a_volte_ritornano_borriello_e_abbiati_al_milan_n59200.html|title=A volte ritornano:Borriello e Abbiati al Milan|website=MarcoBorriello.Fan-Club.it|date=29 May 2008|access-date=3 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722033038/http://www.marcoborriello.fan-club.it/a_volte_ritornano_borriello_e_abbiati_al_milan_n59200.html|archive-date=22 July 2011|df=dmy-all|language=it}}</ref> Genoa's aims for the [[2008–09 Serie A|2008–09 season]] were set on a UEFA Cup spot. This was achieved after a strong season which saw the team finish fifth in Serie A, besting traditional powerhouses like [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], [[A.S. Roma|Roma]], and Milan, and winning both Genoa derbies against [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]], with [[Diego Milito]] finishing among the top scorers of the championship. Genoa subsequently lost Milito and midfielder [[Thiago Motta]] to [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]], but were able to bring in striker [[Hernán Crespo]]. Things however did not go as planned, with the injury-plagued team eliminated in the early stages of the Europa League and Coppa Italia and falling to a ninth-place finish in Serie A in [[2009–10 Serie A|2010]].

In the [[2010–11 Serie A|2010–11 season]], Genoa, whose ranks had been revolutionised once again save for some long-serving players, struggled along in the mid-positions of the league; a slew of questionable results early in the season led chairman Preziosi to fire trainer [[Gian Piero Gasperini]], who had led the team since the [[2007–08 Serie A|2007–08 season]], and to select [[Davide Ballardini]] as his successor. The newcomers, despite not securing memorable successes, kept the team steadily afloat in the "left part" of the ranking, managing to win two consecutive derby matches against rivals Sampdoria in December and May.

The [[2011–12 Serie A|2011–12]] and [[2012–13 Serie A|2012–13 seasons]] saw Genoa place in 17th both times, one spot away from relegation to Serie B.

In the [[2014–15 Serie A|2014–15 season]], Genoa, in sixth place and set to qualify for the [[UEFA Europa League]] qualifying round, were denied a UEFA license<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/it/204/2528120/2015/05/News.shtml|title=Rilasciate le Licenze UEFA a 13 società di Serie A|date=20 May 2015|access-date=21 May 2016|website=FIGC.it|publisher=Italian Football Federation|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523013553/http://www.figc.it/it/204/2528120/2015/05/News.shtml|archive-date=2015-05-23}}</ref> because they filed paperwork late and because the [[Stadio Luigi Ferraris]] was not currently up to standard for UEFA competition. The spot was passed on to 7th placed [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2460904-genoas-failure-to-receive-uefa-license-shakes-up-italys-europa-league-race|title=Genoa's Failure to Receive UEFA License Shakes Up Italy's Europa League Race|first=Sam|last=Lopresti|date=11 May 2015|website=Bleacher Report|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20150520064452/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2460904-genoas-failure-to-receive-uefa-license-shakes-up-italys-europa-league-race|archive-date=20 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

This damaged Genoa's momentum, and Genoa coasted to an eleventh-place finish in the [[2015–16 Serie A|2015–16 season]]. In [[2016–17 Serie A|2016–17]], Genoa avoided relegation in 16th-place, and once again finished mid-table in the [[2017–18 Serie A|2017–18 season]]. In the [[2018–19 Serie A|2018–19 season]], Genoa mathematically avoided relegation from Serie A. They were tied on 38 points with [[Empoli F.C.|Empoli]], but Empoli went down due to Genoa's superior head-to-head record.

In the [[2021–22 Serie A|2021–22 season]], Genoa finished 19th in the league table to be relegated after fifteen years in top division. In the [[2022–23 Serie B|2022–23 season]], the club finished second in Serie B, to promote back to Serie A after one season. In the 2023–24 season, Genoa Football Club maintains its position in Serie A and is not facing relegation. The club continues to compete in Italy's top football league, demonstrating resilience and determination to stay at the highest level of Italian football.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

==Players==

===Current squad===
{{updated|28 October 2024}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genoacfc.it/prima-squadra-maschile/|publisher=Genoa CFC|access-date=28 October 2024|title = Genoa CFC squad }}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Nicola Leali]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=[[Morten Thorsby]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=[[Aarón Martín]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=[[Koni De Winter]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=[[Emil Bohinen]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=[[Vitinha (footballer, born March 2000)|Vitinha]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=[[Junior Messias]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=[[Gastón Pereiro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Mattia Bani]]|other=[[vice-captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Alessandro Vogliacco]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Brooke Norton-Cuffy]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Ruslan Malinovskyi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=GHA|pos=FW|name=[[Caleb Ekuban]]}}
{{fs player|no=19|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Andrea Pinamonti]]|other=on loan from [[US Sassuolo Calcio|Sassuolo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Stefano Sabelli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Jeff Ekhator]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=MEX|pos=DF|name=[[Johan Vásquez (footballer, born 1998)|Johan Vásquez]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Fabio Miretti]]|other=on loan from [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Alessandro Marcandalli]]}}
{{fs player|no=30|nat=NGA|pos=FW|name=[[David Ankeye]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=DEN|pos=MF|name=[[Morten Frendrup]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=[[Alan Matturro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Daniele Sommariva]]}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Mario Balotelli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=47|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=[[Milan Badelj]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=53|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=[[Lior Kasa]]|other=on loan from [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=55|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Federico Accornero]]}}
{{Fs player|no=59|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Alessandro Zanoli]]|other=on loan from [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=69|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Honest Ahanor]]}}
{{Fs player|no=72|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Filippo Melegoni]]}}
{{Fs player|no=73|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Patrizio Masini]]}}
{{Fs player|no=95|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Pierluigi Gollini]]|other=on loan from [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]]}}
{{fs player|no=99|nat=AUT|pos=GK|name=[[Franz Stolz]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Primavera===
{{main|Genoa CFC Youth Sector|l1 = Genoa Youth Sector}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=40|nat=DEN|pos=FW|name=[[Ifenna Dorgu]]|other=on loan from [[HB Køge]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{updated|2 September 2024}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Simone Calvani]]|other= at [[U.S. Città di Pontedera|Pontedera]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Gabriele Calvani]]|other= at [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=[[Lennart Czyborra]]|other= at [[WSG Tirol|Tirol]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Lorenzo Gagliardi]]|other= at [[U.S. Città di Pontedera|Pontedera]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Alessio Sarpa]]|other= at [[U.S. Città di Pontedera|Pontedera]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Federico Valietti]]|other=at [[FC Trapani 1905|Trapani]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Tommaso Pittino]]|other=at [[US Sestri Levante 1919|Sestri Levante]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Mattia Aramu]]|other= at [[Mantova 1911|Mantova]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=[[Christos Papadopoulos (footballer)|Christos Papadopoulos]]|other=at [[Juventus Next Gen]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Manolo Portanova]]|other= at [[AC Reggiana|Reggiana]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Andrea Favilli (footballer)|Andrea Favilli]]|other= at [[SSC Bari|Bari]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Seydou Fini]]|other= at [[Excelsior Rotterdam]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Daniel Fossati]]|other= at [[AS Gubbio 1910|Gubbio]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISL|pos=FW|name=[[Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1997)|Albert Guðmundsson]]|other= at [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Elia Petrelli]]|other= at [[Forlì FC|Forlì]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=TUR|pos=FW|name=[[Güven Yalçın]]|other= at [[FC Arouca|Arouca]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Alessandro Debenedetti]]|other= at [[Mantova 1911|Mantova]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

===Retired numbers===
{{main|List of retired numbers in association football|l1=Retired numbers in football}}
* '''6''' – {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Gianluca Signorini]], [[Libero (football)|sweeper]], 1988–95<ref group=nb>The retirement could not be observed during the 2005–06 season because Serie C1 sides must use traditional 1 to 11 numbers.</ref>
* '''7''' – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Rossi (footballer, born 1978)|Marco Rossi]], [[midfielder]], 2003–04, 2005–13<ref>{{cite web|last= Kelly|first=Ryan |url=https://www.goal.com/en-kw/news/retired-shirt-numbers-players-clubs-give-receive-honour/dskkpaaj6a891rzoqd117olrz |title=Retired shirt numbers: Clubs and players to give & receive honour |website=Goal.com |date=23 November 2018|access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref>
* '''12''' – The fans of ''Gradinata Nord'', "[[12th man (football)|the twelfth man]]"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://web.dsc.unibo.it/~lauri/ig/gallery.html|publisher=La storia del Genoa|title=La Gradinata Nord|date=23 June 2007}}{{dead link|date=May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hall|first=Richard|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-gentleman-ultra/2014/apr/10/genoa-serie-a-alternative-club-guide |title=Genoa: Serie A alternative club guide|work=The Guardian|date=10 April 2014|access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref>

===Notable players===
{{main|List of Genoa CFC players}}

{{For|a list of all former and current Genoa players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Genoa CFC players}}

==Chairmen history==
Below is the chairmen ({{langx|it|presidenti|lit=presidents}} or {{langx|it|presidenti del consiglio di amministrazione|lit=chairmen of the board of directors}}) history of Genoa, from when the club was first founded playing cricket and athletics, until the present day.<ref name="Presidenti Genoa"/>
<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|-
|width="10"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!|Name
!|Years
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|England}} Charles De Grave Sells
|align=left|1893–97
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Hermann Bauer
|align=left|1897–99
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|England}} [[Dan Fawcus|Daniel G. Fawcus]]
|align=left|1899–04
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Edoardo Pasteur
|align=left|1904–09
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Vieri Arnaldo Goetzlof
|align=left|1909–10
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Edoardo Pasteur
|align=left|1910–11
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Luigi Aicardi
|align=left|1911–13
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} George Davidson
|align=left|1913–20
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Guido Sanguineti
|align=left|1920–26
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Vincent Ardissone
|align=left|1926–33
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Alessandro Tarabini
|align=left|1933–34
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Alfredo Costa
|align=left|1934–36
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Juan Culiolo
|align=left|1936–41
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Giovanni Battista Bertoni
|align=left|1941–42
|}
|width="30"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!|Name
!|Years
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Giovanni Gavarone
|align=left|1942–43
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Giovanni Battista Bertoni
|align=left|1943–44
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Aldo Mairano
|align=left|1944–45
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Antonio Lorenzo
|align=left|1945–46
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Edoardo Pasteur
|align=left|1946
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Giovanni Peragallo
|align=left|1946
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Massimo Poggi
|align=left|1946–50
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Ernesto Cauvin
|align=left|1951–53
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Ugo Valperga
|align=left|1953–54
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} ''Presidential Committee''
|align=left|1954–58
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Fausto Gadolla
|align=left|1958–60
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} ''Presidential Committee''
|align=left|1960–63
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Giacomo Berrino
|align=left|1963–66
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Ugo Maria Failla
|align=left|1966–67
|}
|width="30"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!|Name
!|Years
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Renzo Fossati
|align=left|1967–70
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Virgilio Bazzani
|align=left|1970
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Angelo Tongiani
|align=left|1970–71
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Gianni Meneghini
|align=left|1971–72
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Giacomo Berrino
|align=left|1972–74
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Renzo Fossati
|align=left|1974–85
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Aldo Spinelli
|align=left|1985–97
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Massimo Mauro]]
|align=left|1997–99
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Gianni Scerni
|align=left|1999–01
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Luigi Dalla Costa
|align=left|2001–02
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Nicola Canal
|align=left|2002–03
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Stefano Campoccia
|align=left|2003
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Enrico Preziosi]]
|align=left|2003–2021
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Alberto Zangrillo<ref name=Zangrillo />
|align=left|2021–
|}
|}
</div>

==Coaching staff==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Manager || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alberto Gilardino]]
|-
| Assistant manager || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gaetano Caridi]]
|-
| Technical collaborator || {{flagicon|GER}} Tonda Eckert <br/> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[:it:Roberto Murgita|Roberto Murgita]]
|-
| Goalkeeper coach || {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Raggio Garibaldi <br/> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessio Scarpi]]
|-
| Athletic coach || {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Pilati <br/> {{flagicon|ITA}} Gaspare Picone
|-
| Head of Medical || {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Corsini
|-
| Club doctor || {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Stellatelli
|-
| Physiotherapist || {{flagicon|ITA}} Federico Campofiorito <br/> {{flagicon|ITA}} Pietro Cistaro
|-
| Medical director physiotherapy || {{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Perasso
|-
| Sporting Director || {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Ottolini
|-
| Technical Director || {{flagicon|GER}} Marcel Klos
|-
| Chief Scout || {{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Arenz
|-
| Scout || {{flagicon|SWE}} Nikola Ladan
|-
| Team Manager || {{flagicon|ITA}} Christian Vecchia
|}

==Managerial history==
Genoa have had many managers and trainers, some seasons they have had co-managers running the team, here is a chronological list of them from 1896 when they became a football club, onwards.<ref name="mr"/>
<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|-
|width="10"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!|Name
!|Years
|-
|align=left|''Technical Commission''
|align=left|1893–1896
|-
|align=left|[[James Richardson Spensley]]
|align=left|1896–1907
|-
|align=left|''Technical Commission''
|align=left|1907–1912
|-
|align=left|[[William Garbutt]]
|align=left|1912–1927
|-
|align=left|[[Renzo De Vecchi]]
|align=left|1927–1930
|-
|align=left|{{ill|Géza Székány|it}}
|align=left|1930–1931
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Burlando]]<br />[[Guillermo Stábile]]
|align=left|1931–1932
|-
|align=left|Karl Rumbold
|align=left|1932–1933
|-
|align=left|[[József Nagy (footballer, born 1892)|József Nagy]]
|align=left|1933–1934
|-
|align=left|[[Vittorio Faroppa]]<br />then [[Renzo De Vecchi]]
|align=left|1934–1935
|-
|align=left|[[György Orth]]
|align=left|1935–1936
|-
|align=left|[[Hermann Felsner]]
|align=left|1936–1937
|-
|align=left|[[William Garbutt]]
|align=left|1937–1939
|-
|align=left|[[Ottavio Barbieri]]<br />[[William Garbutt]]
|align=left|1939–1940
|-
|align=left|[[Ottavio Barbieri]]
|align=left|1940–1941
|-
|align=left|[[Guido Ara]]
|align=left|1941–1943
|-
|align=left|[[Ottavio Barbieri]]<br />then [[József Viola]]
|align=left|1945–1946
|-
|align=left|[[William Garbutt]]
|align=left|1946–1948
|-
|align=left|[[Federico Allasio]]
|align=left|1948–1949
|-
|align=left|[[Dai Astley|David John Astley]]<br /> then [[Dai Astley|David John Astley]] and [[Federico Allasio]]<br /> then [[Manlio Bacigalupo]]
|align=left|1949–1950
|-
|align=left|[[Manlio Bacigalupo]]
|align=left|1950–1951
|-
|align=left|[[Imre Senkey]]<br />then [[Valentino Sala]] and Giacinto Ellena
|align=left|1951–1952
|-
|align=left|Giacinto Ellena
|align=left|1952–1953
|-
|align=left|[[György Sárosi]]<br />then Ermelindo Bonilauri
|align=left|1953–1955
|-
|align=left|Renzo Magli
|align=left|1955–1958
|-
|align=left|[[Annibale Frossi]]
|align=left|1958–1959
|-
|align=left|[[Antonio Busini]]<br />[[Matteo Poggi|Gipo Poggi]]<br />then [[Jesse Carver]]<br />then [[Annibale Frossi]]
|align=left|1959–1960
|-
|align=left|[[Annibale Frossi]]
|align=left|1960–1961
|-
|align=left|[[Renato Gei]]
|align=left|1961–1963
|-
|align=left|{{ill|Beniamino Santos|it|Benjamín Santos}}
|align=left|1963–1964
|-
|align=left|[[Paulo Amaral]]<br />then [[Roberto Lerici]]
|align=left|1964–1965
|-
|align=left|Luigi Bonizzoni
|align=left|1965–1966
|-
|align=left|[[Giorgio Ghezzi]]<br />then Paolo Tabanelli
|align=left|1966–1967
|-
|align=left|[[Livio Fongaro]]<br />then [[Aldo Campatelli]]
|align=left|1967–1968
|-
|align=left|[[Aldo Campatelli]]<br />then [[Aldo Campatelli]] and Maurizio Bruno
|align=left|1968–1969
|-
|align=left|Franco Viviani<br />then Maurizio Bruno and Ermelindo Bonilauri<br />then [[Aredio Gimona]] and Ermelindo Bonilauri
|align=left|1969–1970
|-
|align=left|[[Arturo Silvestri]]
|align=left|1970–1974
|-
|align=left|[[Guido Vincenzi]]
|align=left|1974–1975
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Simoni|Gigi Simoni]]
|align=left|1975–1978
|-
|align=left|Pietro Maroso<br />then [[Ettore Puricelli]]<br />then [[Gianni Bui]]
|align=left|1978–1979
|-
|align=left|Gianni Di Marzio
|align=left|1979–1980
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Simoni|Gigi Simoni]]
|align=left|1980–1984
|-
|align=left|[[Tarcisio Burgnich]]
|align=left|1984–1986
|-
|align=left|Attilio Perotti
|align=left|1986–1987
|}
|width="30"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!|Name
!|Years
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Simoni|Gigi Simoni]]<br />then Attilio Perotti
|align=left|1987–1988
|-
|align=left|[[Franco Scoglio]]
|align=left|1988–1990
|-
|align=left|[[Osvaldo Bagnoli]]
|align=left|1990–1992
|-
|align=left|[[Bruno Giorgi (footballer)|Bruno Giorgi]]<br />then [[Luigi Maifredi]]<br />then [[Claudio Maselli]]
|align=left|1992–1993
|-
|align=left|[[Claudio Maselli]]<br />then [[Franco Scoglio]]
|align=left|1993–1994
|-
|align=left|[[Franco Scoglio]]<br />then [[Giuseppe Marchioro]]<br />then [[Claudio Maselli]]
|align=left|1994–1995
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Radice|Gigi Radice]]<br />then [[Gaetano Salvemini (football manager)|Gaetano Salvemini]]
|align=left|1995–1996
|-
|align=left|Attilio Perotti
|align=left|1996–1997
|-
|align=left|[[Gaetano Salvemini (football manager)|Gaetano Salvemini]]
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|[[Claudio Maselli]]
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|[[Tarcisio Burgnich]]
|align=left|1997–1998
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Pillon]]
|align=left|1998
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Cagni]]
|align=left|1998–1999
|-
|align=left|[[Delio Rossi]]
|align=left|1999–2000
|-
|align=left|[[Bruno Bolchi]]
|align=left|2000
|-
|align=left|[[Guido Carboni]]<br />Alfredo Magni
|align=left|2000
|-
|align=left|[[Bruno Bolchi]]
|align=left|2001
|-
|align=left|Claudio Onofri
|align=left|2001
|-
|align=left|[[Franco Scoglio]]
|align=left|2001
|-
|align=left|[[Edoardo Reja]]
|align=left|2001–2002
|-
|align=left|Claudio Onofri
|align=left|2002
|-
|align=left|[[Vincenzo Torrente]]<br />Rino Lavezzini
|align=left|2002–2003
|-
|align=left|[[Roberto Donadoni]]
|align=left|2003
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi De Canio]]
|align=left|2003
|-
|align=left|[[Serse Cosmi]]
|align=left|2004–2005
|-
|align=left|[[Francesco Guidolin]]
|align=left|2005
|-
|align=left|[[Giovanni Vavassori]]<br />then Attilio Perotti<br />then [[Giovanni Vavassori]]
|align=left|2005–2006
|-
|align=left|[[Gian Piero Gasperini]]
|align=left|2006–2010
|-
|align=left|[[Davide Ballardini]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Genoa/08-11-2010/preziosi-esonera-gasperini-711744783778.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |access-date=8 November 2010 |date=8 November 2010 |title=Preziosi esonera Gasperini Al Genoa arriva Ballardini}}</ref>
|align=left|2010–2011
|-
|align=left|[[Alberto Malesani]]
|align=left|2011<ref name="SBN-Malesani">{{cite web |last=Schlewitz |first=Kirsten |date=22 December 2011 |title=Genoa Fire Alberto Malesani, Appoint Pasquale Marino |url=https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2011/12/22/2655477/genoa-fire-alberto-malesani-appoint-pasquale-marino |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=SB Nation}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Pasquale Marino]]
|align=left|2011–2012<ref name="SBN-Malesani"/>
|-
|align=left|[[Alberto Malesani]]
|align=left|2012<ref>{{cite news |date=2 April 2012 |title=Genoa recall Malesani and sack Marino |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/genoa-recall-malesani-and-sack-marino |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=FourFourTwo}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi De Canio]]
|align=left|2012<ref name="SBN-De Canio">{{cite web |last=McCauley |first=Kim |date=22 October 2012 |title=Genoa swap Gigis: Delneri in for De Canio |url=https://www.sbnation.com/seriea/2012/10/22/3538294/luigi-de-canio-sacked-genoa-delneri |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=SB Nation}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Delneri]]
|align=left|2012–2013<ref name="SBN-De Canio" />
|-
|align=left|[[Davide Ballardini]]
|align=left|2013<ref>{{cite web |last=Best |first=Shaun |date=27 May 2013 |title=Genoa manage to avoid the relegation trap door |url=https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2013/5/27/4370844/serie-a-2012-13-season-review-genoa |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=SB Nation}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Fabio Liverani]]
|align=left|2013<ref name="SBN-Liverani">{{cite web |last=Schlewitz |first=Kirsten |date=29 September 2013 |title=Liverani lasts just six games at Genoa |url=https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2013/9/29/4783872/fabio-liverani-out-gian-piero-gasperini-in-at-genoa |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=SB Nation}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Gian Piero Gasperini]]
|align=left|2013–2016<ref name="SBN-Liverani" />
|-
|align=left|[[Ivan Jurić]]
|align=left|2016–2017<ref name="AP-Juric">{{Cite web |date=10 April 2017 |title=Genoa fires coach Andrea Mandorlini, rehires Ivan Juric |url=https://apnews.com/b4c7b05dce754ccfafc352e4a90ae52e |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=AP NEWS}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Andrea Mandorlini]]
|align=left|2017<ref name="AP-Juric" />
|-
|align=left|[[Ivan Jurić]]
|align=left|2017<ref name="AP-Juric" />
|-
|align=left|[[Davide Ballardini]]
|align=left|2017–2018<ref name="AS-Ballardini">{{cite web |last=AS |first=Diario |date=9 October 2018 |title=Genoa sack Ballardini and appoint Juric for third time |url=https://en.as.com/en/2018/10/09/football/1539101832_078896.html |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=AS.com |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920044232/https://en.as.com/en/2018/10/09/football/1539101832_078896.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Ivan Jurić]]
|align=left|2018<ref name="AS-Ballardini" />
|-
|align=left|[[Cesare Prandelli]]
|align=left|2018–19<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2018 |title=Prandelli in after Genoa sack Juric for third time |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/genoa/story/3720711/cesare-prandelli-takes-over-after-genoa-sack-ivan-juric-for-third-time |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=ESPN}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Aurelio Andreazzoli]]
|align=left|2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andreazzoli takes over at Genoa after Serie A escape |url=https://www.thescore.com/ita_fed/news/1785908 |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=theScore.com|date=14 June 2019 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Thiago Motta]]
|align=left|2019<ref name="France24-Nicola">{{cite web |date=28 December 2019 |title=Genoa sack coach Motta, appoint Nicola |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20191228-genoa-sack-coach-motta-appoint-nicola |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=France 24}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Davide Nicola]]
|align=left|2019–2020<ref name="France24-Nicola" />
|-
|align=left|[[Rolando Maran]]
|align=left|2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 2020 |title=Rolando Maran replaces Davide Nicola as Genoa coach  |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/rolando-maran-replaces-davide-nicola-as-genoa-coach/articleshow/77777783.cms |access-date=6 September 2020 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Davide Ballardini]]
|align=left|2020–2021<ref>{{cite news|title=Official: Genoa sack Maran|url=https://www.football-italia.net/163827/official-genoa-sack-maran|website=Football Italia|date=21 December 2020|access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Andriy Shevchenko]]
|align=left|2021–2022
|-
|align=left|[[Alexander Blessin]]
|align=left|2022<ref>{{cite web |title=COMUNICATO STAMPA |url=https://genoacfc.it/comunicato-stampa-7/ |website=Genoa Cricket and Football Club |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206162254/https://genoacfc.it/comunicato-stampa-7/ |archive-date=6 December 2022 |language=it |date=6 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Alberto Gilardino]]
|align=left|2022–
|}
|}
</div>

==Colours, badge and nicknames==
As Genoa was a British-run club, the first ever colours were those of the [[England national football team]].<ref name="rsssf"/> Not long into the club's footballing history, the kit was changed to white and blue stripes in 1899; the blue was chosen to represent the sea as Genoa is a [[port city]]. In 1901 the club finally settled for their most famous red and blue halves shirt, this gained them the nickname of ''rossoblù''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goalgoal.it/calcio/1001038/Genoa/1001038-Di-Vaio-e-leuforia-rossoblu.html|website=GoalGoal.it|title=Di Vaio e l'euforia rossoblù|date=24 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722034650/http://www.goalgoal.it/calcio/1001038/Genoa/1001038-Di-Vaio-e-leuforia-rossoblu.html|archive-date=22 July 2011|df=dmy-all|language=it|access-date=10 September 2007}}</ref>

One of the nicknames of Genoa is ''Il Grifone ''which means "the [[griffin]]"; this is derived from the [[coat of arms]] belonging to the city of Genoa. The coat of arms features two golden griffins, either side of the [[Saint George's Cross]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.comuni-italiani.it/010/025/stemma.html|website=Comuni-Italiani.it|title=Stemma Comune di Genova|date=24 June 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101100911/http://www.comuni-italiani.it/010/025/stemma.html|archive-date=1 November 2007|df=dmy-all|language=it}}</ref> As well as being present on both the flag and coat of arms of the city of Genoa, the cross is evocative of the club's English founders. St. George was also the patron saint of the former [[Republic of Genoa]]. The actual club badge of ''Genoa Cricket and Football Club'' is heavily derived from the city coat of arms, but also incorporated the club's red and blue colours.

==Supporters and rivalries==
{{main|Derby della Lanterna}}
Genoa CFC has the bulk of its fans in [[Liguria]], however they are also popular in [[Piedmont]] and the [[Aosta Valley]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dotto|first=Giancarlo |url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio-archivio/163496 |work=L'Expresso |title=L'altra metà del pallone |date=April 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711001409/http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio-archivio/163496 |archive-date=11 July 2007|language=it}}</ref> The seafaring traditions of the Genoese and the presence of Genoese communities in distant countries did much to spread the appeal of Genoa some further than just Italy, and immigrants founded fan clubs in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Amsterdam]], [[Tokyo]], [[Toronto]], [[New York City|New York]], [[San Francisco]], [[Barcelona]], [[Iceland]] and other places.
[[File:Genova-Genoa in A-2007-DSCF0461.JPG|thumb|Genoa fans in June 2007 at [[Piazza De Ferrari (Genoa)|Piazza de Ferrari]], celebrating their return to ''Serie A''.]]

The most significant and traditional rivalry for Genoa, is the inner-city one with the club with whom they share a ground; [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]. The two clubs compete together in the heated ''[[Derby della Lanterna]]'' ("Derby of the Lantern"); a reference to the [[Lighthouse of Genoa]].<ref name="rival">{{cite news|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/index.php?country=2|website=FootballDerbies.com|title=Football Derby matches in Italy|date=29 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327170654/http://footballderbies.com/index.php?country=2|archive-date=27 March 2014|df=dmy-all|access-date=1 September 2007}}</ref> Genoa's supporters also have a strong distaste for [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]]. A clash between opposing supporters in January 1995 resulted in the death of Genoese Vincenzo Spagnolo, who was stabbed to death by Milanese Simone Barbaglia. The assailant was a member of an informal group of [[football hooligans]] dubbed "The Barbour Ones", who used to routinely carry bladed weapons to matches, a practice made possible by the lax security measures of the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy_regions/liguria_emilia_romagna/2007/sports/genoa-bans-milan-fans-from-sunday-match/|website=ItalyMag.co.uk|title=Genoa bans Milan fans from Sunday match|date=23 August 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011164731/http://italymag.co.uk/italy_regions/liguria_emilia_romagna/2007/sports/genoa-bans-milan-fans-from-sunday-match/|archive-date=11 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Conversely, the fans of Genoa have long standing friendships with [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] (which goes back to the 1982 last match of the season).<ref name="fans">{{cite news
 |url=http://website.lineone.net/~view_from_the_terrace/italsce.html 
 |publisher=View from the Terrace 
 |title=Italian Ultras Scene 
 |date=29 June 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508122124/http://website.lineone.net/~view_from_the_terrace/italsce.html 
 |archive-date=8 May 2009 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref> On the last day of the [[2006–07 Serie B|2006–07]] season, Genoa and [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] drew a practical 0–0 ensuring both were promoted back into Serie A; Genoa [[ultras]] could be seen holding up banners saying "Benvenuto fratello napoletano", meaning, "Welcome, Neapolitan brother," and the two sets of fans celebrated together in a warm and ever-co-operating manner.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sscnapoli.it/UserFiles/File/photogallery/stagione_06_07/070610_genoa_napoli/index.html|website=SSCNapoli.it|title=Genoa and Napoli|date=29 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911184830/http://www.sscnapoli.it/UserFiles/File/photogallery/stagione_06_07/070610_genoa_napoli/index.html|archive-date=11 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On the other hand, the amicable relationship with the red-and-yellow supporters of [[A.S. Roma|Roma]], fostered by the cession of striker [[Roberto Pruzzo]] in 1979 and lasting for most of the 80's has, in recent years, cooled up a bit while another strong fraternity, which saw Genoese football fans on friendly terms with [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] (since the exchange of [[Gigi Meroni]] between the two clubs at the end of the [[1963–64 Serie A|1963–64]] season and his untimely death on 15 October 1967<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.grifoni.org/node/2581|publisher=Grifoni in Rete|title=Nascita di un gemellaggio|date=25 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528071848/http://www.grifoni.org/node/2581|archive-date=28 May 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>) has perhaps broken-down for good after the Torino-Genoa match of season 2008–09.

Starved for points and risking a humiliating relegation (one of many in a troubled recent history) the Turinese fans expected a ''friendly'' treatment from Genoa, which, in the heat of a pitched battle with [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] for the fourth place (which could have won a [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] spot for the team) did not comply, soundly beating Torino and to many effects sealing its fate. When during early August 2009 Genoa scheduled a friendly match with [[OGC Nice|Nice]] in southern [[Piedmont]], many Turinese hooligans travelled to the match location with the precise intention of starting trouble and disorder to "get even" with Genoa and its fans.

==Ownership and structure==
===777 Partners===
On 23 September 2021, it was announced that Genoa had been acquired by [[777 Partners]], a [[US]]-based private investment firm founded by Steven W. Pasko and Josh Wander. While terms were not publicly released, sources close to the deal revealed that the team was acquired for its enterprise value of $175 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=777 Partners Acquires Serie A's Genoa C.F.C. for $175 Million|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/777-partners-acquires-serie-genoa-094523645.html|access-date=2021-09-23|website=sports.yahoo.com|date=23 September 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite being relegated to Serie B in their very first season under 777 Partners ownership, Genoa immediately made it back to [[Serie A]] the following year.

===Cricket===
Early on, the club transformed from a multi-sport club to one exclusively focused on football. In 2007, a group of club supporters formed a section dedicated to cricket. It currently competes under the name Genoa Cricket Club 1893 in Serie A of the Italian cricket league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genoacfc.it/sede/genoa-cricket-club/|title=Genoa Cricket 1893 << Genoa CFC|website=genoacfc.it|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913181923/http://genoacfc.it/sede/genoa-cricket-club/|archive-date=13 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==In Europe==

=== UEFA Cup/Europa League ===
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=52972/profile/history/index.html|title=Genoa CFC|website=UEFA.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919015053/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=52972/profile/history/index.html|archive-date=19 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Round
! Opponent
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
|rowspan="5"| [[1991–92 UEFA Cup|1991–92]]
| First round
| {{fbaicon|Spain}} [[Real Oviedo|Oviedo]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–1
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–2'''
|-
| Second round
| {{fbaicon|Romania}} [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–1
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 2–2
| style="text-align:center;"| '''5–3'''
|-
| Third round
| {{fbaicon|Romania}} [[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2–0'''
|-
| Quarter-finals
| {{fbaicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–1'''
|-
| Semi-finals
| {{fbaicon|Netherlands}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 2–3
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 1–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–4'''
|-
| rowspan=5|[[2009–10 UEFA Europa League|2009–10]]
|-
| Play-off round
| {{fbaicon|Denmark}} [[Odense Boldklub|Odense]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–1
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 1–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–2'''
|-
| rowspan=3|Group B
| {{fbaicon|Spain}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 1–2
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 2–3
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3| '''3rd'''
|-
| {{fbaicon|France}} [[Lille OSC|Lille]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–2
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–3
|-
| {{fbaicon|Czech Republic}} [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 0–0
|}

==Honours==

===National titles===

===League===
* '''[[Italian Football Championship]]''' / '''[[Prima Divisione|Northern League]]''' / '''[[Serie A]]''':
** '''Winners (9)''': [[1898 Italian Football Championship|1898]], [[1899 Italian Football Championship|1899]], [[1900 Italian Football Championship|1900]], [[1902 Italian Football Championship|1902]], [[1903 Italian Football Championship|1903]], [[1904 Prima Categoria|1904]], [[1914–15 Prima Categoria|1914–15]], [[1922–23 Prima Divisione|1922–23]], [[1923–24 Prima Divisione|1923–24]]
* '''[[Serie B]]''':
** '''Winners (6)''': [[1934–35 Serie B|1934–35]], [[1952–53 Serie B|1952–53]], [[1961–62 Serie B|1961–62]], [[1972–73 Serie B|1972–73]], [[1975–76 Serie B|1975–76]], [[1988–89 Serie B|1988–89]]
* '''[[Serie C]]''' / '''[[Serie C1]]''' (North):
** '''Winners (1)''': [[1970–71 Serie C|1970–71]]

===Cups===
* '''[[Coppa Italia]]: 1'''
** '''Winners''': [[1936–37 Coppa Italia|1936–37]]
** Runners-up: [[1939–40 Coppa Italia|1939–40]]

===Other Titles===
* '''[[Coppa delle Alpi]]: 2'''
** '''Winners''': 1962, 1964
* '''[[Anglo-Italian Cup]]: 1'''
** '''Winners''': [[1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup|1996]]

=== Youth titles ===
* '''[[Campionato Nazionale Primavera]]: 1'''
** '''Winners''': 2009–10

* '''[[Coppa Italia Primavera]]: 1'''
:*'''Winners''': 2008–09

* '''[[Primavera Super Cup]]: 2'''
** '''Winners''': 2009, 2010

* '''[[Torneo di Viareggio]]: 2'''
:*'''Winners''': 1965, 2007

* '''Campionato Nazionale Under-18: 2''' 
** '''Winners''': 2020–21, 2023-24 

* '''Campionato Nazionale Under-17:'''
** Runners-up: 2020–21

* '''Campionato Nazionale giovanile: 2'''
** '''Winners''': 1939, 1942

==Divisional movements==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!Series!!Years!!Last!!Promotions!!Relegations
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie A|A]]'''
|'''57'''||[[2024–25 Serie A|2024–25]]|| – ||{{decrease}} 9 ([[1933–34 Serie A|1934]], [[1950–51 Serie A|1951]], [[1959–60 Serie A|1960]], [[1964–65 Serie A|1965]], [[1973–74 Serie A|1974]], [[1977–78 Serie A|1978]], [[1983–84 Serie B|1984]], [[1994–95 Serie B|1995]], [[2021–22 Serie A|2022]])
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie B|B]]'''
|'''34'''||[[2022–23 Serie B|2022–23]]||{{increase}} 9 ([[1934–35 Serie B|1935]], [[1952–53 Serie B|1953]], [[1961–62 Serie B|1962]], [[1972–73 Serie B|1973]], [[1975–76 Serie B|1976]], [[1980–81 Serie B|1981]], [[1988–89 Serie B|1989]], [[2006–07 Serie B|2007]], [[2022–23 Serie B|2023]])||{{decrease}} 2 ([[1969–70 Serie B|1970]], [[2004–05 Serie B|2005]])
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie C|C]]'''
|'''2'''||[[2005–06 Serie C1|2005–06]]||{{increase}} 2 ([[1970–71 Serie C|1971]], [[2005–06 Serie C1|2006]]|| never
|-
! colspan=5 |93 years of professional football in Italy
|-
!colspan=5|Founding member of the [[Lega Nord (football)|Football League]]’s [[Prima Divisione|First Division]] in 1921 
|}
<!-- COMPREHENSIVE RECAP --><small>The total from [[1897]]–[[1898|98]] includes 105 seasons at a national level from the inception of the Italian football league, including 27 seasons of [[Prima Categoria]] and [[Prima Divisione]] (from 1898 to 1922 the name of the Italian Football Championship was Prima Categoria). Seasons included Prima Categoria 1907–1908, where Genoa didn't enter the tournament.</small>

==Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors==
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2020}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
! colspan="2" |Shirt sponsor
|-
|1978–1980
|[[Puma (brand)|Puma]]
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |n.a.
|-
|1980–1981
| rowspan="2" |Mauri Sport
|-
|1981–1982
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Seiko]]
|-
|1982–1983
| rowspan="4" |[[Adidas]]
|-
|1983–1984
| colspan="2" |Elah
|-
|1984–1985
| colspan="2" |Carrera
|-
|1985–1988
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Levante Assicurazioni
|-
|1988–1989
| rowspan="7" |[[Erreà]]
|-
|1989–1992
| colspan="2" |[[Mita Industrial Co.|Mita]]
|-
|1992–1994
| colspan="2" |[[Nabisco|Saiwa]]
|-
|1994–1995
| colspan="2" |[[Kenwood Corporation|Kenwood]]
|-
|1995–1996
| colspan="2" |Giocheria
|-
|1996–1997
| colspan="2" |Santal
|-
|1997–1998
| colspan="2" |[[Costa Cruises|Costa Crociere]]
|-
|1998–2000
| rowspan="2" |[[Kappa (company)|Kappa]]
| colspan="2" |[[Festival Cruises|Festival Crociere]] 2024
|-
|2000–2001
| colspan="2" |Nube che Corre
|-
|2001–2003
| rowspan="4" |[[Kappa (company)|Erreà]]
| colspan="2" |n.a.
|-
|2003–2005
| colspan="2" |[[Costa Cruises|Costa Crociere]]
|-
|2005–2007
| colspan="2" |n.a.
|-
|2007–2008
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Eurobet]]
|-
|2008–2009
| rowspan="3" |[[Asics]]
|-
|2009–2010
| colspan="2" |Gaudi
|-
|2010–2012
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |iZi Play
|-
|2012–2014
| rowspan="6" |[[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
|-
|2014–2015
| rowspan="2" |n.a.
| [[McVitie's]]
|-
|2015–2016
|AT.P.CO/LeasePlan
|-
|2016–2017
|Prénatal
| rowspan="4" |Zenitiva, LeasePlan
|-
|2017–2018
|Eviva
|-
|2018–2019
|Giocheria
|-
|2019–2022
|[[Kappa (company)|Kappa]]
|n.a.
|-
|2022–2023
|[[Castore (brand)|Castore]]
| colspan="2" |[[Radio 105]], [[MSC Crociere]]
|-
|2023–2027
|[[Kappa (company)|Kappa]]
|colspan="2" |[[Axpo Holding|Pulsee]], [[MSC Crociere]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Dynasty (sports)#Professional|Dynasties in Italian football]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-04-20|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Dynasty (sports)#Professional|reason= The anchor (Professional) [[Special:Diff/1219941505|has been deleted]].}}
* [[Club of Pioneers]]
* [[Genoa CFC Women]]
* [[Scudetto of the Pistols]]

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|title=La leggenda genoana|location=Genova|publisher=De Ferrari|year=2006–2007}}
* {{cite book|title=Sotto il segno del Grifone|location=Genova|publisher=Fratelli Frilli Editori|year=2005}}
* {{cite book|title=Genoa – La nostra favola|location=Milano|author=Santina Barrovecchio|publisher=MD Edizioni|year=2002|isbn=88-89370-03-3}}
* {{cite book|title=Caro Vecchio Balordo|location=Genova|author=Gianni Brera|publisher=De Ferrari|year=2005}}
* {{cite book|author=Gianni Brera & Franco Tomati|title=Genoa, amore mio|location=Milano|publisher=Ponte alle Grazie|year=1992}}
* {{cite book|author=Tonino Cagnucci|title=Il Grifone fragile|location=Lìmina|publisher=Brezzo di Bedero|year=2013}}
* {{cite book|author=Manlio Fantini|title=FC Genoa: ieri, oggi, domani|location=Firenze|publisher=Edi-Grafica|year=1977}}
* {{cite book|title=Più mi tradisci Più ti amo|location=Genova|author =Alberto Isola|publisher=Fratelli Frilli Editori|year=2003}}
* {{cite book|author=Carlo Isola e Alberto Isola|title=Dizionario del Genoano – amoroso e furioso|location=Genova|publisher=De Ferrari|year=2007}}
* {{cite book|author=Giancarlo Rizzoglio|title=La grande storia del Genoa|location=Genova|publisher=Nuova Editrice Genovese}}
* {{cite book|author=Renzo Parodi e Giulio Vignolo|title=Genoa|location=Genova|publisher=Il Secolo XIX|year=1991}}
* {{Cite book|title=Dizionario illustrato dei giocatori genoani|year=2008|publisher=De Ferrari|location=Genova|isbn=978-88-6405-011-9}}
* {{Cite book|author=Aldo Padovano|title=Accadde domani... un anno con il Genoa|year=2005|publisher=De Ferrari|location=Genova|isbn=88-7172-689-8}}
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==Footnotes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Genoa CFC}}
* {{Official website|http://www.genoacfc.it}} {{in lang|it}}
* [https://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a/teams/genoa Genoa CFC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110172842/https://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a/teams/genoa |date=10 November 2021 }} at [[Serie A]] {{in lang|en|it}}
* [https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/teams/52972--genoa/ Genoa CFC] at UEFA.com

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