2010–11 Genoa CFC season

During the 2010–11 season, Genoa competed in the Serie A, the top division of Italian football, and the Coppa Italia.

Genoa

2010–11 season
Chairman	Enrico Preziosi
Manager	Gian Piero Gasperini (until 8 November 2010) Davide Ballardini (from 8 November 2010)
Serie A	10th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Antonio Floro Flores (10) All: Antonio Floro Flores (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Fixtures

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POR Eduardo 2 DF  ESP Chico Flores 3 DF  ITA Dario Dainelli 4 DF  ITA Domenico Criscito 5 MF  FRA Abdoulay Konko 7 MF  ITA Marco Rossi (captain) 8 FW  ARG Rodrigo Palacio 9 FW  ARG Mauro Boselli (on loan from Wigan Athletic) 13 DF  GEO Kakha Kaladze 18 DF  BRA Rafinha 20 DF  ITA Giandomenico Mesto 22 FW  ITA Mattia Destro (on loan from Internazionale) 24 DF  ITA Emiliano Moretti

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 FW  GHA Richmond Boakye 29 FW  SVN Enej Jelenič 36 MF  ARG Franco Zuculini (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) 42 MF  POR Miguel Veloso 43 FW  ITA Alberto Paloschi 71 MF  SRB Boško Janković 73 GK  ITA Alessio Scarpi 77 MF  ITA Omar Milanetto 83 FW  ITA Antonio Floro Flores (on loan from Udinese) 88 GK  ITA Mattia Perin — FW  URU Federico Rodríguez

Out on loan from previous season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Eugenio Lamanna (at Gubbio) — DF  ITA Matteo Amico (at Cosenza) — DF  ITA Matteo D'Alessandro (at Reggiana) — DF  ITA Andrea Esposito (at Livorno) — DF  ITA Francesco Modesto (at Bologna) — DF  ITA Andrea Ranocchia (at Bari) — DF  ITA Fabrizio Rondinara (at Gubbio) — DF  ITA Mariano Stendardo (at Salernitana) — DF  DEN Magnus Troest (at Recreativo Huelva) — MF  ITA Francesco Bolzoni (at Frosinone) — MF  ITA Loris Damonte (at Alessandria) — MF  ARG Emmanuel Ledesma (at Novara) — MF  CMR Louisse Parfait (at Piacenza)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SUI Carlo Polli (at Locarno) — MF  ITA Silvano Raggio Garibaldi (at Sorrento) — MF  URU Marcel Román (at Peñarol) — FW  ITA Umberto Eusepi (at Viareggio) — FW  ITA Fernando Forestieri (at Málaga) — FW  ITA Giuseppe Greco (at Cesena) — RW  ITA Gabriele Mazzei (at F.S.Chinese Chuklers 2025) — GK  ITA Archie Lambert (at Chinese Chuklers 2025) — Bench Warmer  FRA Matt Noblet (at Chinese Chuklers 2025) — FW  ITA Vincenzo Rennella (at Grasshoppers) — MF  BIH Goran Galešić (at Lugano)

Out on loan 2010–11

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SLE Rodney Strasser (Co-ownership with Milan) — FW  NGA Nnamdi Oduamadi (Co-ownership with Milan) 22 MF  AUT Robert Gucher (at Frosinone) 27 FW  SVN Dejan Lazarević (at Torino) 31 MF  GHA Isaac Cofie (at Torino) 32 GK  ITA Marco Amelia (at Milan) 33 FW  SRB Danijel Aleksić (at Crotone) — MF  ITA Stephan El Shaarawy (at Padova) — MF  ITA Francesco Bolzoni (at Siena) — DF  DEN Magnus Troest (at Atalanta) — DF  ITA Andrea Esposito (at Bologna) — DF  ITA Matteo D'Alessandro (at Reggiana) — MF  CMR Louisse Essengue Parfait (at Crotone)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ITA Andrea Signorini (at Benevento) — FW  ITA Umberto Eusepi (at Varese) — MF  SUI Carlo Polli (at Chiasso) — FW  ITA Luigi Scotto (at Pergocrema) — MF  ITA Mattia Ferraro (at Fano) — DF  ITA Leonardo Terigi (at Crotone) — FW  ITA Matteo Chinellato (at Reggiana) — MF  ITA Arturo Ymeri (at Savona) — DF  ITA Alessio Grea (at Ravenna) — DF  ITA Matteo Amico (at Giacomense) — DF  TUN Selim Ben Djemia (at Frosinone) — MF  GRE Panagiotis Tachtsidis (at Cesena)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee	Notes
1 February 2010	Gergely Rudolf	Debrecen	Free[1]
21 April 2010	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	AEK Athens	Free[2]
18 May 2010	Diego Ângelo	Naval	Free[3]
24 June 2010	Robert Gucher	Frosinone	Undisclosed	Co-ownership
1 July 2010	Luca Toni	Bayern Munich	Free[4]
26 July 2010	Franco Zuculini	1899 Hoffenheim	Loan[5]	£750,000
10 July 2010	Eduardo	Braga	€4,500,000[6]
30 July 2010	Miguel Veloso	Sporting CP	€9,000,000[7]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee	Notes
14 June 2010	Ivan Jurić	Unattached	Retired[8]
23 June 2010	Sergio Floccari	Lazio	€8,500,000[9]

Out on loan

Date	Player	To	End Date	Notes
23 June 2010	Marco Amelia	Milan	End of season[10]	co-ownership option
24 June 2010	Selim Ben Djemia	Frosinone	End of season[11]	co-ownership option
24 June 2010	Robert Gucher	Frosinone	End of season[11]

Co-ownership

Date	Name	Co-Owner (active)	Passive club (Mother club)	Result	Fee
24 June 2010	Leonardo Bonucci	Bari	Genoa	Bari	€8M[12]
	Riccardo Meggiorini	Bari	Genoa	Genoa	Auction
	Diogo Tavares	Frosinone	Genoa	Frosinone
	Salvatore Aurelio	Frosinone	Genoa	Frosinone
	Alessandro Potenza	Catania	Genoa	Catania
	Fernando Forestieri	Udinese	Genoa	Renewed
	Papa Waigo	Fiorentina	Genoa	Fiorentina
	Santos	Reggina	Genoa	Reggina
	Francesco Renzetti	Padova	Genoa	Padova
	Danilo Russo	Vicenza	Genoa	Renewed
25 June 2010	Raffaele Palladino	Genoa	Juventus	Renewed	[13]
25 June 2010	Domenico Criscito	Genoa	Juventus	Genoa	€6M[13]
24 June 2010	Ivan Fatić	Genoa	Chievo	Renewed	[14]
	Andrea Esposito	Genoa	Lecce	Renewed

Squad stats

As of 15 May

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	POR	Eduardo	37	-45	37	-45	0	0
2	MF	ESP	Chico Flores	16	0	15	0	1	0
3	DF	ITA	Dario Dainelli	34	1	33	1	1	0
4	DF	ITA	Domenico Criscito	36	0	35	0	1	0
5	MF	FRA	Abdoulay Konko	13	0	13	0	0	0
5	DF	SRB	Nenad Tomović	2	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF	ITA	Marco Rossi	31	2	31	2	0	0
8	FW	ARG	Rodrigo Palacio	28	8	26	8	2	0
9	FW	ARG	Mauro Boselli	6	2	6	2	0	0
9	FW	ITA	Luca Toni	18	7	16	3	2	4
10	FW	ITA	Raffaele Palladino	6	0	5	0	1	0
11	MF	MAR	Houssine Kharja	15	1	13	0	2	1
13	DF	GEO	Kakha Kaladze	27	1	25	1	2	0
14	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Sculli	9	1	8	0	1	1
16	DF	ITA	Andrea Ranocchia	17	2	16	2	1	0
17	FW	HUN	Gergely Rudolf	34	2	31	2	3	0
18	DF	BRA	Rafinha	36	2	33	2	3	0
20	MF	ITA	Giandomenico Mesto	37	2	35	2	2	0
22	FW	ITA	Mattia Destro	18	3	16	2	2	1
23	DF	ITA	Luca Antonelli	10	1	10	1	0	0
23	DF	ITA	Francesco Modesto	2	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF	ITA	Emiliano Moretti	20	0	17	0	3	0
25	FW	GHA	Richmond Boakye	5	0	4	0	1	0
29	FW	SVN	Enej Jelenič	3	0	2	0	1	0
33	MF	SVK	Juraj Kucka	17	0	16	0	1	0
35	DF	URU	Diego Polenta	1	0	1	0	0	0
36	MF	ARG	Franco Zuculini	6	0	4	0	2	0
42	MF	POR	Miguel Veloso	22	0	20	0	2	0
43	FW	ITA	Alberto Paloschi	12	2	12	2	0	0
71	MF	SRB	Boško Janković	7	0	6	0	1	0
73	GK	ITA	Alessio Scarpi	3	-5	0	0	3	-5
77	MF	ITA	Omar Milanetto	31	2	30	2	1	0
83	FW	ITA	Antonio Floro Flores	17	8	17	8	0	0

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2010–11 Serie A

Genoa C.F.C finished the season in tenth place on the league table, with 14 wins, 15 losses and 9 draws.^[15]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Palermo	38	17	5	16	58	63	−5	56	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
9	Fiorentina	38	12	15	11	49	44	+5	51[b]
10	Genoa	38	14	9	15	45	47	−2	51[b]
11	ChievoVerona	38	11	13	14	38	40	−2	46[c]
12	Parma	38	11	13	14	39	47	−8	46[c]

Source: Lega Serie A
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.
Notes:

1. As Internazionale won the 2010–11 Coppa Italia and already qualified for the Champions League, Palermo entered the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League third qualification round as the cup runners-up.
2. Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 1–1 Fiorentina.
3. Chievo finished ahead of Parma and Catania on head-to-head points: Chievo: 6 pts, Parma: 5 pts, Catania: 4 pts.

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2010–11 Coppa Italia

Genoa v Grosseto

20 October 2010 Third round	Genoa	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Grosseto	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
18:00 CEST	Toni 81', 119'	Report	52' Freddi	Referee: Peruzzo (Italy)

Genoa v Vicenza

24 November 2010 Fourth round	Genoa	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Vicenza	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
20:30 CET	Toni 87' (pen.), 92' Destro 97'	Report	63' Salifu	Referee: Gervasoni (Italy)

Internazionale v Genoa

12 January 2011 Round of 16	Internazionale	3–2	Genoa	San Siro, Milan
21:00 CET	Eto'o 15' 43' Mariga 59'	Report	Kharja 54' (pen.) Sculli 90+1'	Attendance: 15,254 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli