2009–10 Genoa CFC season

Genoa had a mixed season, in which it struggled to replace world-class striker Diego Milito, who moved on to Internazionale, where he was key in winning the treble in 2010. Such a player was difficult to find, and his Argentinian replacements Hernán Crespo and Rodrigo Palacio lacked the final punch. Crespo had it in his younger years, of course, but despite four goals in the autumn, he was offloaded to Parma, as Genoa put its faith in David Suazo for the goalscoring. Sergio Floccari also departed, and the Lazio signing scored more goals for the Roman club in half the year than what any player did for Genoa the whole season, while Suazo became a flop. The defence did not perform at expected level either, and even though the team scored several goals by many players, the defensive holes ensured the team did not repeat the fifth position from the year before.

Genoa

2009–10 season
Chairman	Enrico Preziosi
Manager	Gian Piero Gasperini
Serie A	9th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Rodrigo Palacio (7) All: Rodrigo Palacio (8)
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Squad

Goalkeepers

• Alberto Frison
• Marco Amelia
• Alessio Scarpi

Defenders

• Giuseppe Biava
• Dario Dainelli
• Domenico Criscito
• Ivan Fatić
• Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• Emiliano Moretti
• Salvatore Bocchetti
• Nenad Tomović
• Andrea Esposito

Midfielders

• Houssine Kharja
• Marco Rossi
• Giandomenico Mesto
• Alberto Zapater
• Robert Gucher
• Ivan Jurić
• Omar Milanetto
• Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
• Francesco Modesto
• Matteo Paro

Forwards

• Rodrigo Palacio
• Robert Acquafresca
• Raffaele Palladino
• Stephan El Shaarawy
• Giuseppe Sculli
• Boško Janković
• David Suazo
• Sergio Floccari
• Hernán Crespo
• Luciano Figueroa
• Richmond Boakye

Serie A

Main article: 2009–10 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Juventus	38	16	7	15	55	56	−1	55	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
8	Parma	38	14	10	14	46	51	−5	52
9	Genoa	38	14	9	15	57	61	−4	51
10	Bari	38	13	11	14	49	49	0	50
11	Fiorentina	38	13	8	17	48	47	+1	47

Source: Lega Calcio and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Matches

• Genoa-Roma 3–2
• 1–0 Domenico Criscito (49)
• 1–1 Rodrigo Taddei (54)
• 1–2 Francesco Totti (64)
• 2–2 Alberto Zapater (69)
• 3–2 Giuseppe Biava (83)
• Atalanta-Genoa 0–1
• 0–1 Emiliano Moretti (45 + 1)
• Genoa-Napoli 4–1
• 0–1 Marek Hamšík (41)
• 1–1 Sergio Floccari (45 + 6 (pen.))
• 2–1 Giandomenico Mesto (55)
• 3–1 Hernán Crespo (75)
• 4–1 Houssine Kharja (88)
• Chievo-Genoa 3–1
• 1–0 Michele Marcolini (5 (pen.))
• 2–0 Erjon Bogdani (7)
• 2–1 Sergio Floccari (65 (pen.))
• 3–1 Sergio Pellissier (76)
• Genoa-Juventus 2–2
• 0–1 Vincenzo Iaquinta (6)
• 1–1 Giandomenico Mesto (31)
• 2–1 Hernán Crespo (75)
• 2–2 David Trezeguet (86)
• Udinese-Genoa 2–0
• 1–0 Antonio Di Natale (81)
• 2–0 Simone Pepe (88)
• Bologna-Genoa 1–3
• 0–1 Houssine Kharja (11 (pen.))
• 0–2 Giuseppe Sculli (35)
• 1–2 Marco Di Vaio (85 (pen.))
• 1–3 Alberto Zapater (90)
• Genoa-Internazionale 0–5
• 0–1 Esteban Cambiasso (6)
• 0–2 Mario Balotelli (31)
• 0–3 Dejan Stanković (45 + 4)
• 0–4 Patrick Vieira (66)
• 0–5 Maicon (71)
• Cagliari-Genoa 3–2
• 0–1 Giandomenico Mesto (20)
• 1–1 Davide Biondini (55)
• 1–2 Sergio Floccari (55)
• 2–2 Nenê (78 pen)
• 3–2 Andrea Lazzari (87)
• Genoa-Fiorentina 2–1
• 1–0 Raffaele Palladino (43)
• 1–1 Marco Marchionni (63)
• 2–1 Giandomenico Mesto (73)
• Palermo-Genoa 0–0
• Genoa-Siena 4–2
• 1–0 Hernán Crespo (2)
• 2–0 Hernán Crespo (17)
• 3–0 Raffaele Palladino (34)
• 3–1 Michele Paolucci (80)
• 3–2 Massimo Maccarone (82)
• 4–2 Sergio Floccari (90)
• Livorno-Genoa 2–1
• 1–0 Cristiano Lucarelli (21)
• 1–1 Domenico Criscito (62)
• 2–1 Nico Pulzetti (90 + 2)
• Genoa-Sampdoria 3–0
• 1–0 Omar Milanetto (10 (pen.))
• 2–0 Marco Rossi (53)
• 3–0 Raffaele Palladino (75)
• Genoa-Parma 2–2
• 1–0 Rodrigo Palacio (14)
• 1–1 Jonathan Biabiany (36)
• 1–2 Jonathan Biabiany (59)
• 2–2 Raffaele Palladino (67)
• Lazio-Genoa 1–0
• 1–0 Aleksandar Kolarov (39)
• Genoa-Bari 1–1
• 0–1 Barreto (4)
• 1–1 Omar Milanetto (52)
• Milan-Genoa 5–2
• 0–1 Giuseppe Sculli (25)
• 1–1 Ronaldinho (32 (pen.))
• 2–1 Thiago Silva (38)
• 3–1 Marco Borriello (48)
• 4–1 Marco Borriello (60)
• 5–1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (74 (pen.))
• 5–2 David Suazo (79)
• Genoa-Catania 2–0
• 1–0 Giandomenico Mesto (36)
• 2–0 Giuseppe Sculli (71)
• Roma-Genoa 3–0
• 1–0 Simone Perrotta (17)
• 2–0 Luca Toni (45)
• 3–0 Luca Toni (60)
• Genoa-Atalanta 2–0
• 1–0 Rodrigo Palacio (18)
• 2–0 Hernán Crespo (42)
• Napoli-Genoa 0–0
• Genoa-Chievo 1–0
• 1–0 Marco Rossi (63)
• Juventus-Genoa 3–2
• 0–1 Marco Rossi (16)
• 1–1 Amauri (42)
• 2–1 Alessandro Del Piero (61)
• 2–2 Marco Rossi (63)
• 3–2 Alessandro Del Piero (78 (pen.))
• Genoa-Udinese 3–0
• 1–0 Robert Acquafresca (30)
• 2–0 Robert Acquafresca (53 (pen.))
• 3–0 Rodrigo Palacio (64)
• Genoa-Bologna 3–4
• 1–0 David Suazo (8)
• 1–1 Antonio Buscè (11)
• 2–1 Giuseppe Sculli (18)
• 2–2 Adaílton (28)
• 3–2 David Suazo (38)
• 3–3 Adaílton (56)
• 3–4 Adaílton (79 (pen.))
• Internazionale-Genoa 0–0
• Genoa-Cagliari 5–3
• 0–1 Daniele Dessena (16)
• 1–1 Alberto Zapater (36 (pen.))
• 2–1 Rodrigo Palacio (39)
• 2–2 Daniele Conti (41)
• 3–2 Giuseppe Sculli (42)
• 4–2 Marco Rossi (45)
• 4–3 Alessandro Matri (55 (pen.))
• 5–3 Omar Milanetto (59)
• Fiorentina-Genoa 3–0
• 1–0 Mario Santana (4)
• 2–0 Alberto Gilardino (73 (pen.))
• 3–0 Khouma Babacar (86)
• Genoa-Palermo 2–2
• 0–1 Abel Hernández (35)
• 1–1 Salvatore Bocchetti (75)
• 1–2 Javier Pastore (78)
• 2–2 Houssine Kharja (90 + 8 (pen.))
• Siena-Genoa 0–0
• Genoa-Livorno 1–1
• 1–0 Richmond Boakye (51)
• 1–1 Francesco Tavano (88)
• Sampdoria-Genoa 1–0
• 1–0 Antonio Cassano (23)
• Parma-Genoa 2–3
• 0–1 Rodrigo Palacio (33)
• 0–2 Rodrigo Palacio (51)
• 1–2 Cristian Zaccardo (59)
• 2–2 Salvatore Bocchetti (62 (o.g.))
• 2–3 Ivan Fatić (72)
• Genoa-Lazio 1–2
• 1–0 Rodrigo Palacio (8)
• 1–1 André Dias (25)
• 1–2 Sergio Floccari (32)
• Bari-Genoa 3–0
• 1–0 Riccardo Meggiorini (57)
• 2–0 José Ignacio Castillo (85)
• 3–0 Barreto (89)
• Genoa-Milan 1–0
• 1–0 Giuseppe Sculli (57)
• Catania-Genoa 1–0
• 1–0 Maxi López (65)

Topscorers

• Rodrigo Palacio – 7
• Marco Rossi – 5
• Hernán Crespo – 5
• Raffaele Palladino – 4
• Sergio Floccari – 4

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Genoa v Odense

20 August 2009 First leg	Genoa	3–1	Odense	Genoa, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørensen 9' (o.g.) Biava  17' Bocchetti  45' Figueroa 48', 56'	Report	Helveg  12' Christensen  55' Mesto 59' (o.g.) Sørensen  64' Utaka  85' Djemba-Djemba  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,889[1] Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Odense v Genoa

27 August 2009 Second leg	Odense	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Genoa	Odense, Denmark
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Djemba-Djemba  11' Cacá  39' Figueroa 45+2' (o.g.)	Report	Biava  45+3' Criscito 53' Papastathopoulos  77'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 10,001[2] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Note: Genoa won 4–2 on aggregate.

Group stage

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	LIL	GEN	SLV
1	Valencia	6	3	3	0	12	8	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	3–2	1–1
2	Lille	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6	10			1–1	—	3–0	3–1
3	Genoa	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7			1–2	3–2	—	2–0
4	Slavia Prague	6	0	3	3	5	13	−8	3			2–2	1–5	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Genoa v Slavia Prague

17 September 2009 1	Genoa	2–0	Slavia Prague	Genoa, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zapater 4' Sculli 39'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 17,356[3] Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Valencia v Genoa

1 October 2009 2	Valencia	3–2	Genoa	Valencia, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Silva 52',  86' Žigić 56' Mathieu  63' Villa 82' (pen.) Banega  90'	Report	Floccari 43' Kharja 64' (pen.) Moretti  72' Mesto  74' Esposito  81'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 21,333[4] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Lille v Genoa

22 October 2009 3	Lille	3–0	Genoa	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabaye  23' Obraniak 38',  71' Vittek 63' Hazard 84',  85'	Report	Bocchetti  27' Mesto  35' Esposito  40' Palacio  71'	Stadium: Stadium Lille-Metropole Attendance: 16,518[5] Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

Genoa v Lille

5 November 2009 4	Genoa	3–2	Lille	Genoa, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Palacio 14' Moretti  36' Zapater  43' Crespo 58' Sculli 90+3',  90+3'	Report	Béria  56' Vandam  64' Frau 76' Gervinho 84' Landreau  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 18,587[6] Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Slavia Prague v Genoa

2 December 2009 5	Slavia Prague	0–0	Genoa	Prague, Czech Republic
21:05 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Palladino  87'	Stadium: Synot Tip Arena Attendance: 11,799[7] Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

Genoa v Valencia

17 December 2009 6	Genoa	1–2	Valencia	Genoa, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jurić  25' Sculli  42' Crespo 51' Bocchetti  85'	Report	Villa  20', 85', 90+5' Bruno  33', 45+1' Banega  70' Moyá  74' Albelda  86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,480[8] Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)