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Club Focus – Genoa

Club Statistics
City (Population): Genoa (615,686)
Founded: 1893
President: Giambattista Pastorello
Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini
Club Address: Centro Sportivo Pio XIII,,
Via Ronchi 67, 16155 Genoa/Pegli
(Tel 0039-010-612831/Fax 6128344)
Website: www.genoacfc.it
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
Address: Corso De Stefanis, 16139, Genoa
Capacity: 36,536; Average Attendance 2006-07: 19,934
Pitch dimensions: 107m x 67m
Training Ground: Centro Sportivo Pio XII,
Via Ronchi 67, 16155 Genoa/Pegli
Most capped Italian: Renzo De Vecchi - 31
Transfer record paid: Luciano Figueroa - £8.5 million from River Plate (2006)
Transfer record recieved: Diego Milito - £3.2 million to Real Zaragoza (2005)
Club nicknames: Rossublu (the Red-blues); Grifone (Griffin); Vecchio balordo (old fool)
Team strip Home: Red and blue halved jersey, blue shorts and socks
Away: White jersey with red and blue stripe across torso, white shorts and socks
Shirt sponsor: Eurobet
Kit manufacturer: Errea

Serie A Records
P 1328 W 415 D 417 L 496 F 1679 A 1857(*)
Debut season: 1929-30
Seasons: 40
Most appearances: Fosco Becattini - 338
All-time top sorer: Thomas Skuhravy - 57
Season's top scorer: Roberto Pruzzo – 18 (1976-77)
Most/Least points: 48 (1929-30) / 17 (1973-74)
Biggest home win: 7-1 v Padova (1948-49)
Biggest home defeat: 0-8 v AC Milan (1954-55)
Biggest away win: 5-1 v AC Milan (1957-58)
Biggest away defeat: 1-9 v Inter Milan (1945-46)
Most/Least wins: 22 (1930-31) / 4 (1959-60/73-74)
Most/Least defeats: 20 (1950-51/59-60) / 6 (1929-30/51-52)
Most/Least goals: 68 (1947-48) / 16 (1973-74)
Most/Least conceded: 72 (1950-51) / 29 (1981-82)

Genoa Squad 2007-08
90 Mirko Lamantia (G) DOB: 01.03.90
83 Rubinho (G) DOB: 04.08.83
73 Alessio Scarpi (G) DOB: 19.04.73
4 Francesco Bega (D) DOB: 26.10.74
3 Cesare Bovo (D) DOB: 14.01.83
33 Gaetano De Rosa (D) DOB: 10.05.73
24 Alessandro Di Maio (D) DOB: 04.04.87
34 Andrea Masiello(D) DOB: 05.02.86
27 Cristian Stellini(D) DOB: 27.04.74
87 Tiago Pires (D) DOB: 02.01.87
29 Fabiano (D) DOB: 27.06.79
5 Manuel Coppola (M) DOB: 11.05.82
28 Ivan Juric (M) DOB: 25.08.75
24 Abdoulay Konko (M) DOB: 09.03.84
11 Julio Leon (M/F) DOB 13.09.79
77 Omar Milanetto (M) DOB: 30.11.75
19 Matteo Paro (M) DOB: 17.03.83
15 Silvano Raggio Garibaldi (M) DOB: 27.03.89
7 Marco Rossi (M) DOB: 01.04.78
10 Martins Adailton (F) DOB: 24.01.77
22 Marco Borriello (F) DOB: 18.06.82
21 Marco Di Vaio (F) DOB: 15.07.76
30 Mirco Gasparetto (F) DOB: 02.02.80
23 Guiseppe Greco (F) DOB: 06.08.83
9 Lucho Figueroa (F) DOB: 19.05.81
20 Ndiaye Papa Waigo (F) DOB: 20.01.84
14 Giuseppe Sculli (F) DOB: 23.03.81

History
Genoa Cricket and Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Genoa in Italy. Although the athletics and cricket club was founded in 1893 by Englishmen; the footballing section of the club was opened in 1897 by James Richardson Spensley making it the oldest of its kind still active in Italy. During their long history, Genoa have won the Italian Football Championship nine times; the first of which was 1898 during the competition's inaugural season, the last time they won the league was in 1923–24. They have also won the Coppa Italia once. Historically, Genoa are the tenth most successful club in Italian football, however they are the fourth most successful in terms of championships won.

The club has played its home games at the 36,536 capacity Stadio Luigi Ferraris since 1911. Since 1946, the ground has been shared with local rivals Sampdoria. Genoa have often bounced between the top two divisions of Italian football; Serie A and Serie B since the 1960s. After a recent promotion, Genoa are playing in Serie A again for the first time since 1995.

2007-2008 Season
Home of Christopher Colombus, Genoa will be hoping to make there very own discoveries this term. After a 12 year wait for top-flight football, Genoa finally have there opportunity. Record signing Luciano Figueroa has still yet to play for a club he joined last summer in an £8.5 million switch from Villarreal spending the whole of the 2006-07 season on the sidelines with a knee injury. The Argentine is due back in mid-october and should fire enough goals in along with Marc Di Vaio and 23 year-old Senagalese forward Ndiaye Papa Waigo to claim a position just hovering below mid-table. Defender Gaetano De Rosa is also capable of contributing to the club's goal tally scoring 8 goals last season; not bad for a centre-back. Genoa so far this campaign have yet to score a goal in their opening two games but have played reasonably well. All in all, if they remain a solid unit at the back, they can enjoy quite a happy reunion in Serie A.
Woody's prediction: Should be capable of a modest campaign by finishing in 14th position.

(*) = Serie A record up to and including 2 September 2007

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Edited by stephen_woodside (11/09/2007 17:36)

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