2008–09 Genoa CFC season

August 2017 Genoa 2008–09 Enrico Preziosi Gian Piero Gasperini Serie A 5th Diego Milito (24) Diego Milito (26) Coppa Italia Round of 16 2007–08 2009–10 Genoa CFC 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 1 ITA Eugenio Lamanna 12 ITA Alessio Scarpi 35 BRA Rubinho Defenders 2 ITA Alessandro Potenza 3 ITA Domenico Criscito 4 ITA Matteo Ferrari 5 GRE Sokratis Papastathopoulos 42 ITA Giuseppe Biava 90 ITA Salvatore Bocchetti 95 ITA Davide Brivio Midfielders 13 ARG Nicolás Domingo 7 ITA Marco Rossi 17 URU Marcel Román 27 ITA Andrea Gasbarroni 30 ITA Matteo Paro 15 ITA Giandomenico Mesto 16 ITA Francesco Modesto 18 CRO Ivan Jurić 31 ITA Stefano Botta 40 BEL Anthony Vanden Borre 9 ITA Omar Milanetto 8 BRA Thiago Motta Attackers 99 ITA Giuseppe Sculli 52 ARG Luciano Figueroa 24 ITA Raffaele Palladino 66 URU Rubén Olivera 92 Serbia Boško Janković 32 ITA Davide Di Gennaro 22 ARG Diego Milito 92 ITA Stephan El Shaarawy Serie A 2008–09 Serie A GEN 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 ARG Diego Milito 24 BRA Thiago Motta 6 ITA Giuseppe Sculli 5 URU Rubén Olivera 4 ITA Raffaele Palladino 3 External links https://archive.today/20130102211813/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/results?id=3263&season=2008&cc=5739&_league=all 2008–09 Genoa C.F.C. season at ESPN el Category:Genoa CFC seasons Genoa