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Genoa

Name: Genoa Cricket and Football Club
League: Serie A
Location: Genoa, Italy
Nickname: I rossoblu
Founded: 1893
Team Colours
- Home: red/blue
- Away: white/red/blue stripe
Joined the League: 1897
Manager: Gian Piero Gasperini
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Club Honours
Serie A: 1898; 1899; 1900; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1914–15; 1922–23; 1923–24
Coppa Italia: 1936–37
UEFA Super Cup Semifinalists:1991-92

After 1897, the team has always been focused on next generation football and making a difference against opposite teams.

The period between 1922 and 1960 marked the team with competition successes between Serie B and C.

Early 2007 was Genoa’s first period in Serie A since the mid-90’s and they didn’t let down their fans.

Led by the goalscoring of Marco Borriello, the squad exceeded expectations and finished in the top half of the table.

They had a 08-09 good season, the team finished in the 5th position.

Genoa Current Squad

No.	Pos	Player	No.	Pos	Player
1	GK	Marco Amelia	18	FW	Sergio Floccari
2	DF	Andrea Esposito	20	MF	Giandomenico Mesto
3	DF	Emiliano Moretti	21	DF	Magnus Troest
4	DF	Domenico Criscito	23	MF	Francesco Modesto
5	MF	Francesco Bolzoni	25	DF	Giuseppe Biava
7	MF	Marco Rossi (captain)	26	DF	Salvatore Bocchetti
8	MF	Alberto Zapater	28	MF	Ivan Jurić
9	FW	Hernan Crespo	30	GK	Mattia Perin
10	FW	Raffaele Palladino	34	DF	Andrea Signorini
11	MF	Houssine Kharja	44	FW	Rodrigo Palacio
13	DF	Nenad Tomović	73	GK	Alessio Scarpi
14	FW	Giuseppe Sculli	77	MF	Omar Milanetto
15	DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos
17	MF	Boško Janković