2008–09 Genoa CFC season

Genoa C.F.C.
2008–09 season
Chairman	Enrico Preziosi
Manager	Gian Piero Gasperini
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Diego Milito (24); All: ; Diego Milito (26)
	← 2007-08 2009-10 →

Genoa C.F.C. enjoyed its best season in recent history and finished fifth in Serie A. Topscorer Diego Milito hit the back of the net 24 times, and earned a move to Inter prior to the 2009-10 season. The ex-player and 29-year-old Argentinian Milito, arrived from relegated Spanish side Real Zaragoza, and the returnee performed his best season yet. Thanks to his goals and Thiago Motta's midfield display, Genoa finished in the top 5, and nearly pipped Fiorentina to the final Champions League spot. Motta was also sold to Inter in the summer, which left a huge fold in the Genoa squad.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Milan	38	22	8	8	70	35	+35	74^[a]	Qualification to Champions League group stage
4	Fiorentina	38	21	5	12	53	38	+15	68^[b]	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Genoa	38	19	11	8	56	39	+17	68^[b]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[c]
6	Roma	38	18	9	11	64	61	+3	63	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
7	Udinese	38	16	10	12	61	50	+11	58

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
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:

^ Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
^ ^a ^b Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
^ Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

Matches

Catania-Genoa 1-0
1-0 Giuseppe Mascara (60)
Genoa-Milan 2-0
1-0 Giuseppe Sculli (30)
2-0 Diego Milito (90 + 1 pen)
Palermo-Genoa 2-1
1-0 Edinson Cavani (38)
2-0 Cesare Bovo (58)
2-1 Diego Milito (90)
Genoa-Roma 3-1
1-0 Giuseppe Sculli (4)
1-1 Daniele De Rossi (28)
2-1 Diego Milito (61)
3-1 Diego Milito (87)
Fiorentina-Genoa 1-0
1-0 Alberto Gilardino (61)
Genoa-Napoli 3-2
0-1 Ezequiel Lavezzi (1)
1-1 Sokratis Papastathopoulos (44)
2-1 Raffaele Palladino (52)
3-1 Diego Milito (73)
3-2 Germán Denis (75)
Genoa-Siena 1-0
1-0 Giuseppe Biava (20)
Inter-Genoa 0-0
Genoa-Cagliari 2-1
1-0 Sokratis Papastathopoulos (25)
2-0 Thiago Motta (56)
2-1 Paolo Bianco (66)
Udinese-Genoa 2-2
1-0 Gaetano D'Agostino (4 pen)
1-1 Diego Milito (64 pen)
1-2 Giuseppe Sculli (67)
2-2 Fabio Quagliarella (78)
Genoa-Reggina 4-0
1-0 Diego Milito (54 pen)
2-0 Diego Milito (74)
3-0 Giuseppe Sculli (81)
4-0 Diego Milito (90)
Juventus-Genoa 4-1
1-0 Zdeněk Grygera (6)
2-0 Amauri (26)
3-0 Vincenzo Iaquinta (85)
3-1 Diego Milito (89 pen)
4-1 Sokratis Papastathopoulos (90 + 2 og)
Lazio-Genoa 1-1
0-1 Diego Milito (69)
1-1 Ousmane Dabo (80)
Genoa-Bologna 1-1
1-0 Giuseppe Sculli (55)
1-1 Marco Di Vaio (63)
Sampdoria-Genoa 0-1
0-1 Diego Milito (50)
Genoa-Atalanta 1-1
0-1 Sergio Floccari (17)
1-1 Giuseppe Sculli (86)
Chievo-Genoa 0-1
0-1 Rubén Olivera (89)
Genoa-Torino 3-0
1-0 Giuseppe Biava (18)
2-0 Boško Janković (48)
3-0 Thiago Motta (84)
Lecce-Genoa 0-2
0-1 Boško Janković (68)
0-2 Giuseppe Sculli (90 + 2)
Genoa-Catania 1-1
0-1 Jorge Martínez (67)
1-1 Diego Milito (73)
Milan-Genoa 1-1
1-0 David Beckham (33)
1-1 Diego Milito (88)
Genoa-Palermo 1-0
1-0 Domenico Criscito (88)
Roma-Genoa 3-0
1-0 Cicinho (26)
2-0 Mirko Vučinić (47)
3-0 Júlio Baptista (90 + 2)
Genoa-Fiorentina 3-3
1-0 Thiago Motta (12)
2-0 Raffaele Palladino (38)
3-0 Diego Milito (56 pen)
3-1 Adrian Mutu (60 pen)
3-2 Adrian Mutu (80)
3-3 Adrian Mutu (90 + 4)
Napoli-Genoa 0-1
0-1 Boško Janković (69)
Siena-Genoa 0-0
Genoa-Inter 0-2
0-1 Zlatan Ibrahimović (2)
0-2 Mario Balotelli (61)
Cagliari-Genoa 0-1
0-1 Rubén Olivera (85)
Genoa-Udinese 2-0
1-0 Giuseppe Sculli (59)
2-0 Diego Milito (90 + 3)
Reggina-Genoa 0-1
0-1 Thiago Motta (77)
Genoa-Juventus 3-2
1-0 Thiago Motta (29)
1-1 Alessandro Del Piero (45 pen)
2-1 Thiago Motta (45 + 3)
2-2 Vincenzo Iaquinta (84)
3-2 Raffaele Palladino (88)
Genoa-Lazio 0-1
0-1 Mauro Zárate (65)
Bologna-Genoa 2-0
1-0 Marco Di Vaio (15 pen)
2-0 Claudio Terzi (25)
Genoa-Sampdoria 3-1
1-0 Diego Milito (30)
1-1 Hugo Campagnaro (45 + 3)
2-1 Diego Milito (73)
3-1 Diego Milito (90 + 3)
Atalanta-Genoa 1-1
1-0 Jaime Valdés (9)
1-1 Domenico Criscito (90)
Genoa-Chievo 2-2
0-1 Giampiero Pinzi (35)
1-1 Diego Milito (58 pen)
2-1 Rubén Olivera (71)
2-2 Sergio Pellissier (85)
Torino-Genoa 2-3
0-1 Diego Milito (32 pen)
1-1 Ivan Franceschini (40)
1-2 Rubén Olivera (48)
2-2 Rolando Bianchi (49)
2-3 Diego Milito (89)
Genoa-Lecce 4-1
1-0 Boško Janković (22)
1-1 Simone Tiribocchi (32)
2-1 Domenico Criscito (52)
3-1 Diego Milito (56)
4-1 Diego Milito (67)

Topscorers

External links

2008–09 Genoa C.F.C. season at ESPN

[table_hth_JUV0.055471385854982-1] Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.

[table_hth_FIO0.055471385854982-2] Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.055471385854982-3] Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.

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