2008–09 Genoa CFC season
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
Defenders
- 2 Alessandro Potenza
- 3 Domenico Criscito
- 4 Matteo Ferrari
- 5 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
- 42 Giuseppe Biava
- 90 Salvatore Bocchetti
- 95 Davide Brivio
Midfielders
- 13 Nicolás Domingo
- 7 Marco Rossi
- 17 Marcel Román
- 27 Andrea Gasbarroni
- 30 Matteo Paro
- 15 Giandomenico Mesto
- 16 Francesco Modesto
- 18 Ivan Jurić
- 31 Stefano Botta
- 40 Anthony Vanden Borre
- 9 Omar Milanetto
- 8 Thiago Motta
Attackers
- 99 Giuseppe Sculli
- 52 Luciano Figueroa
- 24 Raffaele Palladino
- 66 Rubén Olivera
- 92 Boško Janković
- 32 Davide Di Gennaro
- 22 Diego Milito
- 92 Stephan El Shaarawy
Serie A
Matches
Catania-Genoa 1-0- 1-0 Giuseppe Mascara Genoa-Milan 2-0
- 1-0 Giuseppe Sculli
- 2-0 Diego Milito Palermo-Genoa 2-1
- 1-0 Edinson Cavani
- 2-0 Cesare Bovo
- 2-1 Diego Milito Genoa-Roma 3-1
- 1-0 Giuseppe Sculli
- 1-1 Daniele De Rossi
- 2-1 Diego Milito
- 3-1 Diego Milito Fiorentina-Genoa 1-0
- 1-0 Alberto Gilardino Genoa-Napoli 3-2
- 0-1 Ezequiel Lavezzi
- 1-1 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
- 2-1 Raffaele Palladino
- 3-1 Diego Milito
- 3-2 Germán Denis Genoa-Siena 1-0
- 1-0 Giuseppe Biava Inter-Genoa 0-0Genoa-Cagliari 2-1
- 1-0 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
- 2-0 Thiago Motta
- 2-1 Paolo Bianco Udinese-Genoa 2-2
- 1-0 Gaetano D'Agostino
- 1-1 Diego Milito
- 1-2 Giuseppe Sculli
- 2-2 Fabio Quagliarella Genoa-Reggina 4-0
- 1-0 Diego Milito
- 2-0 Diego Milito
- 3-0 Giuseppe Sculli
- 4-0 Diego Milito Juventus-Genoa 4-1
- 1-0 Zdeněk Grygera
- 2-0 Amauri
- 3-0 Vincenzo Iaquinta
- 3-1 Diego Milito
- 4-1 Sokratis Papastathopoulos Lazio-Genoa 1-1
- 0-1 Diego Milito
- 1-1 Ousmane Dabo Genoa-Bologna 1-1
- 1-0 Giuseppe Sculli
- 1-1 Marco Di Vaio Sampdoria-Genoa 0-1
- 0-1 Diego Milito Genoa-Atalanta 1-1
- 0-1 Sergio Floccari
- 1-1 Giuseppe Sculli Chievo-Genoa 0-1
- 0-1 Rubén Olivera Genoa-Torino 3-0
- 1-0 Giuseppe Biava
- 2-0 Boško Janković
- 3-0 Thiago Motta Lecce-Genoa 0-2
- 0-1 Boško Janković
- 0-2 Giuseppe Sculli Genoa-Catania 1-1
- 0-1 Jorge Martínez
- 1-1 Diego Milito Milan-Genoa 1-1
- 1-0 David Beckham
- 1-1 Diego Milito Genoa-Palermo 1-0
- 1-0 Domenico Criscito Roma-Genoa 3-0
- 1-0 Cicinho
- 2-0 Mirko Vučinić
- 3-0 Júlio Baptista Genoa-Fiorentina 3-3
- 1-0 Thiago Motta
- 2-0 Raffaele Palladino
- 3-0 Diego Milito
- 3-1 Adrian Mutu
- 3-2 Adrian Mutu
- 3-3 Adrian Mutu Napoli-Genoa 0-1
- 0-1 Boško Janković Siena-Genoa 0-0Genoa-Inter 0-2
- 0-1 Zlatan Ibrahimović
- 0-2 Mario Balotelli Cagliari-Genoa 0-1
- 0-1 Rubén Olivera Genoa-Udinese 2-0
- 1-0 Giuseppe Sculli
- 2-0 Diego Milito Reggina-Genoa 0-1
- 0-1 Thiago Motta Genoa-Juventus 3-2
- 1-0 Thiago Motta
- 1-1 Alessandro Del Piero
- 2-1 Thiago Motta
- 2-2 Vincenzo Iaquinta
- 3-2 Raffaele Palladino Genoa-Lazio 0-1
- 0-1 Mauro Zárate Bologna-Genoa 2-0
- 1-0 Marco Di Vaio
- 2-0 Claudio Terzi Genoa-Sampdoria 3-1
- 1-0 Diego Milito
- 1-1 Hugo Campagnaro
- 2-1 Diego Milito
- 3-1 Diego Milito Atalanta-Genoa 1-1
- 1-0 Jaime Valdés
- 1-1 Domenico Criscito Genoa-Chievo 2-2
- 0-1 Giampiero Pinzi
- 1-1 Diego Milito
- 2-1 Rubén Olivera
- 2-2 Sergio Pellissier Torino-Genoa 2-3
- 0-1 Diego Milito
- 1-1 Ivan Franceschini
- 1-2 Rubén Olivera
- 2-2 Rolando Bianchi
- 2-3 Diego Milito Genoa-Lecce 4-1
- 1-0 Boško Janković
- 1-1 Simone Tiribocchi
- 2-1 Domenico Criscito
- 3-1 Diego Milito
- 4-1 Diego Milito