2020–21 Genoa CFC season

The 2020–21 Genoa C.F.C. season was the club's 128th season in existence and its 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genoa participated in the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Genoa
2020–21 season
ChairmanEnrico Preziosi
Head coachRolando Maran
(until 21 December)
Davide Ballardini
(from 21 December)
StadiumStadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie A11th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mattia Destro (11)

All:
Gianluca Scamacca (12)

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 31 January 2021[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Mattia Perin (3rd captain, on loan from Juventus)
2 DF   COL Cristián Zapata
4 DF   ITA Domenico Criscito (captain)
5 DF   ITA Edoardo Goldaniga (on loan from Sassuolo)
9 FW   ITA Gianluca Scamacca (on loan from Sassuolo)
11 MF   SUI Valon Behrami
14 DF   ITA Davide Biraschi (vice-captain)
16 MF   SVN Miha Zajc (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
17 MF   ITA Manolo Portanova
18 DF   ITA Paolo Ghiglione
19 FW   MKD Goran Pandev
20 MF   NED Kevin Strootman (on loan from Marseille)
21 MF   SRB Ivan Radovanović
22 GK   ITA Federico Marchetti
23 FW   ITA Mattia Destro
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF   ITA Filippo Melegoni (on loan from Atalanta)
25 DF   CMR Jérôme Onguéné (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
29 MF   ITA Francesco Cassata
30 FW   ITA Giuseppe Caso
32 GK   ITA Alberto Paleari (on loan from Cittadella)
37 FW   CRO Marko Pjaca (on loan from Juventus)
38 GK   CZE Lukáš Zima
47 MF   CRO Milan Badelj
55 DF   ITA Andrea Masiello
61 FW   UZB Eldor Shomurodov
65 MF   ITA Nicolò Rovella (on loan from Juventus)
77 DF   ITA Davide Zappacosta (on loan from Chelsea)
88 DF   ITA Luca Pellegrini (on loan from Juventus)
89 MF   FRA Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue
99 MF   GER Lennart Czyborra (on loan from Atalanta)

On loan

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As of 1 February 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   BRA Jandrei (at Athletico Paranaense until 30 June 2021)
GK   SVN Rok Vodišek (at Triglav Kranj until 30 June 2021)
DF   ITA Mattia Bani (at Parma until 30 June 2021)
DF   ITA Giorgio Altare (at Olbia until 30 June 2021)
DF   ITA Antonio Candela (at Pergolettese until 30 June 2021)
DF   ITA Luigi Carillo (at Casertana until 30 June 2021)
DF   ARG Marcos Curado (at Frosinone until 30 June 2021)
DF   POL Paweł Jaroszyński (at Salernitana until 30 June 2021)
DF   GAM Fallou Njie (at Skënderbeu Korce until 30 June 2021)
DF   ITA Enrico Nespoli (at Savoia until 30 June 2021)
DF   ITA Leonardo Raggio (at Lecco until 30 June 2021)
DF   ITA Nicholas Rizzo (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2021)
DF   ITA Federico Valietti (at Carrarese until 30 June 2021)
MF   COL Kevin Agudelo (at Spezia until 30 June 2021)
MF   ITA Andrea Cambiaso (at Empoli until 30 June 2021)
MF   ITA Luca Chierico (at Reggina until 30 June 2021)
MF   DEN Lukas Lerager (at Copenhagen until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ITA Vittorio Parigini (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021)
MF   POL Filip Jagiełło (at Brescia until 30 June 2021)
MF   ITA Patrizio Masini (at Lecco until 30 June 2021)
MF   ROU Claudiu Micovschi (at Reggina until 30 June 2021)
MF   ITA Stefano Sturaro (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2021)
MF   ITA Mattia Zennaro (at Lucchese until 30 June 2021)
FW   ESP Raúl Asencio (at SPAL until 30 June 2021)
FW   ITA Flavio Bianchi (at Lucchese until 30 June 2021)
FW   ITA Giacomo Calò (at Pordenone until 30 June 2021)
FW   ITA Davide Castelli (at Pro Patria until 30 June 2021)
FW   FRA Gabriel Charpentier (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021)
FW   ITA Riccardo Correnti (at Savoia until 30 June 2021)
FW   ITA Nicola Dalmonte (at Vicenza until 30 June 2021)
FW   LTU Augustinas Klimavičius (at Empoli until 30 June 2021)
FW   ITA Andrea Favilli (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2021)
FW   ARG Claudio Spinelli (at FC Koper until 30 June 2021)
FW   ITA Elia Petrelli (at Reggina until 30 June 2021)

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

9 September 2020 Friendly Genoa   2–1   Carpi Genoa, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Favilli   43', 62' (pen.)
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Stadium: Stadio La Sciorba
Attendance: 0
10 September 2020 Friendly Genoa   2–1   Carrarese Genoa, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio La Sciorba
Attendance: 0

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 20 September 2020 22 May 2021 Matchday 1 11th 38 10 12 16 47 58 −11 026.32
Coppa Italia 28 October 2020 13 January 2021 Third round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 066.67
Total 41 12 12 17 54 63 −9 029.27

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 −2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 −2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 −11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 −14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 −12 40
Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[2]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 10 12 16 47 58  −11 42 5 7 7 29 30  −1 5 5 9 18 28  −10

Source: Serie A

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
ResultWLLDLDLLLDLDLWDLWDWWWDDLDLDWDLLDWLLWLW
Position113151116161819191919181918191917161614121111131313141313131314131314141411
Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.[3]

20 September 2020 1 Genoa 4–1 Crotone Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
27 September 2020 2 Napoli 6–0 Genoa Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
19 October 2020 4 Hellas Verona 0–0 Genoa Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
24 October 2020 5 Genoa 0–2 Internazionale Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Davide Massa
1 November 2020 6 Sampdoria 1–1 Genoa Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Federico La Penna
4 November 2020 3 Genoa 1–2 Torino Genoa
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paolo Valeri
Note: The match originally scheduled for 3 October, but postponed due to 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Genoa.[4]
8 November 2020 7 Genoa 1–3 Roma Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
22 November 2020 8 Udinese 1–0 Genoa Udine
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
30 November 2020 9 Genoa 1–2 Parma Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
7 December 2020 10 Fiorentina 1–1 Genoa Florence
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Doveri
13 December 2020 11 Genoa 1–3 Juventus Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
16 December 2020 12 Genoa 2–2 Milan Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Orsato
20 December 2020 13 Benevento 2–0 Genoa Benevento
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antonio Giua
23 December 2020 14 Spezia 1–2 Genoa La Spezia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 0
Referee: Davide Massa
3 January 2021 15 Genoa 1–1 Lazio Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
6 January 2021 16 Sassuolo 2–1 Genoa Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Mapei Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Fabbri
9 January 2021 17 Genoa 2–0 Bologna Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Doveri
17 January 2021 18 Atalanta 0–0 Genoa Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Livio Marinelli
24 January 2021 19 Genoa 1–0 Cagliari Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
31 January 2021 20 Crotone 0–3 Genoa Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida
Attendance: 0
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
6 February 2021 21 Genoa 2–1 Napoli Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
13 February 2021 22 Torino 0–0 Genoa Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua
20 February 2021 23 Genoa 2–2 Hellas Verona Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
28 February 2021 24 Internazionale 3–0 Genoa Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
3 March 2021 25 Genoa 1–1 Sampdoria Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
7 March 2021 26 Roma 1–0 Genoa Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Fabbri
13 March 2021 27 Genoa 1–1 Udinese Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Giacomo Camplone
19 March 2021 28 Parma 1–2 Genoa Parma
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Doveri
3 April 2021 29 Genoa 1–1 Fiorentina Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabio Maresca
11 April 2021 30 Juventus 3–1 Genoa Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
18 April 2021 31 Milan 2–1 Genoa Milan
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
21 April 2021 32 Genoa 2–2 Benevento Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
24 April 2021 33 Genoa 2–0 Spezia Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
2 May 2021 34 Lazio 4–3 Genoa Rome
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
9 May 2021 35 Genoa 1–2 Sassuolo Genoa
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
12 May 2021 36 Bologna 0–2 Genoa Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 0
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
15 May 2021 37 Genoa 3–4 Atalanta Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Livio Marinelli
22 May 2021 38 Cagliari 0–1 Genoa Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

Coppa Italia

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28 October 2020 Third round Genoa 2–1 Catanzaro Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni
26 November 2020 Fourth round Sampdoria 1–3 Genoa Genoa
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
13 January 2021 Round of 16 Juventus 3–2 (a.e.t.) Genoa Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Referee: Daniele Chiffi

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ITA Mattia Perin 32 0 32 0 0 0
22 GK   ITA Federico Marchetti 6 0 4 0 2 0
32 GK   ITA Alberto Paleari 4 0 2+1 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF   COL Cristián Zapata 13 0 12 0 1 0
4 DF   ITA Domenico Criscito 24 1 20+3 1 1 0
5 DF   ITA Edoardo Goldaniga 27 0 19+6 0 2 0
14 DF   ITA Davide Biraschi 14 0 11+2 0 1 0
18 DF   ITA Paolo Ghiglione 26 0 14+9 0 2+1 0
25 DF   CMR Jérôme Onguéné 4 0 1+3 0 0 0
55 DF   ITA Andrea Masiello 32 0 30 0 1+1 0
77 DF   ITA Davide Zappacosta 25 4 23+2 4 0 0
88 DF   ITA Luca Pellegrini 12 0 7+4 0 1 0
90 DF   MDA Daniel Dumbravanu 1 0 0 0 1 0
99 DF   GER Lennart Czyborra 19 2 15+2 1 2 1
Midfielders
11 MF   SUI Valon Behrami 26 0 8+18 0 0 0
16 MF   SVN Miha Zajc 33 1 22+9 1 2 0
17 MF   ITA Manolo Portanova 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
20 MF   NED Kevin Strootman 18 0 18 0 0 0
21 MF   SRB Ivan Radovanović 35 0 24+9 0 1+1 0
24 MF   ITA Filippo Melegoni 17 1 3+11 0 1+2 1
29 MF   ITA Francesco Cassata 9 0 2+6 0 0+1 0
47 MF   CRO Milan Badelj 31 1 29+1 1 0+1 0
65 MF   ITA Nicolò Rovella 22 0 12+8 0 2 0
89 MF   FRA Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0
Forwards
9 FW   ITA Gianluca Scamacca 29 12 13+13 8 3 4
19 FW   MKD Goran Pandev 30 7 15+14 7 0+1 0
23 FW   ITA Mattia Destro 30 11 22+7 11 1 0
30 FW   ITA Giuseppe Caso 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
37 FW   CRO Marko Pjaca 38 3 15+20 3 1+2 0
61 FW   UZB Eldor Shomurodov 32 8 16+15 8 1 0
91 FW   SLE Yayah Kallon 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
8 MF   DEN Lukas Lerager 19 1 13+3 0 2+1 1
13 DF   ITA Mattia Bani 13 0 10+1 0 2 0
15 MF   POL Filip Jagiełło 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   DEN Lasse Schöne 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   ITA Stefano Sturaro 7 1 6 1 1 0
30 FW   ITA Andrea Favilli 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF   DEN Peter Ankersen 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 MF   ITA Vittorio Parigini 5 0 0+4 0 1 0
79 FW   SUI Darian Males 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
99 FW   ITA Andrea Pinamonti 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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As of 22 May 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 9 FW   Gianluca Scamacca 8 4 12
2 23 FW   Mattia Destro 11 0 11
3 61 FW   Eldor Shomurodov 8 0 8
4 19 FW   Goran Pandev 7 0 7
5 77 DF   Davide Zappacosta 4 0 4
6 37 FW   Marko Pjaca 3 0 3
7 8 MF   Lukas Lerager 1 1 2
99 DF   Lennart Czyborra 1 1 2
8 47 MF   Milan Badelj 1 0 1
4 DF   Domenico Criscito 1 0 1
16 MF   Miha Zajc 1 0 1
24 MF   Filippo Melegoni 0 1 1
27 MF   Stefano Sturaro 1 0 1
Totals 47 7 54

References

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  1. ^ "Squadra - GENOA | Lega Serie A".
  2. ^ "RCOMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 52/A" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced". Lega Serie A. 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Serie A: Genoa-Torino postponed". Football Italia. 1 October 2020.
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