title: 2018–19 Genoa CFC season
text: # 2018–19 Genoa CFC season
  
  The 2018–19 season was Genoa Cricket and Football Club's twelfth consecutive season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.
  
  The season was coach Davide Ballardini's first full campaign in charge, after taking over from the sacked Ivan Jurić during the 2017–18 season.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Squad information
  
      As of 26 May 2019 Appearances include league matches only
  
  | No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Goalkeepers |||||||||||
  | 1 | Federico Marchetti | GK | (1983-02-07)7 February 1983 (aged 36) | Lazio | 2018 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
  | 23 | Alessandro Russo | GK | (2001-03-31)31 March 2001 (aged 18) | Youth Sector | 2017 | – | 0 | 0 | |
  | 25 | Rok Vodišek | GK | (1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 20) | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2018 | 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
  | 93 | Jandrei | GK | (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 26) | Chapecoense | 2019 | 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
  | 97 | Ionuț Radu | GK | (1997-05-28)28 May 1997 (aged 22) | Internazionale | 2018 | 2019 | 33 | 0 | Loan |
  | Defenders |||||||||||
  | 3 | Koray Günter | CB | (1994-08-16)16 August 1994 (aged 24) | Galatasaray | 2018 | 2021 | 14 | 0 | |
  | 4 | Domenico Criscito | LB / LWB / LM / CB | (1986-12-30)30 December 1986 (aged 32) | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2018 | 2022 | 188 | 11 | Captain |
  | 13 | Giuseppe Pezzella | LB / RB / LM | (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 21) | Udinese | 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 0 | Loan |
  | 14 | Davide Biraschi | CB | (1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 24) | Avellino | 2016 | 2022 | 60 | 0 | |
  | 17 | Cristian Romero | CB | (1998-04-27)27 April 1998 (aged 21) | Belgrano | 2018 | 2023 | 26 | 2 | |
  | 32 | Pedro Pereira | RB / RWB / RM | (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 21) | Benfica | 2018 | 2019 | 32 | 0 | Loan |
  | 33 | Ivan Lakićević | RB | (1993-07-27)27 July 1993 (aged 25) | Vojvodina | 2018 | 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
  | 87 | Ervin Zukanović | CB | (1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 32) | Roma | 2017 | 2021 | 56 | 0 | |
  | Midfielders |||||||||||
  | 8 | Lukas Lerager | CM | (1993-07-12)12 July 1993 (aged 25) | Bordeaux | 2019 | 2019 | 14 | 1 | Loan |
  | 15 | Luca Mazzitelli | CM | (1995-11-15)15 November 1995 (aged 23) | Sassuolo | 2018 | 2019 | 10 | 0 | Loan |
  | 18 | Esteban Rolón | DM / CM | (1995-03-25)25 March 1995 (aged 24) | Málaga | 2018 | 2019 | 19 | 0 | Loan |
  | 21 | Ivan Radovanović | DM / CM | (1988-08-29)29 August 1988 (aged 30) | Chievo | 2019 | 2021 | 12 | 0 | |
  | 22 | Darko Lazović | RM / RW / RWB | (1990-09-15)15 September 1990 (aged 28) | Red Star Belgrade | 2015 | 2020 | 102 | 5 | |
  | 24 | Daniel Bessa | CM / AM / RW | (1993-01-14)14 January 1993 (aged 26) | Hellas Verona | 2018 | 2019 | 41 | 3 | Loan |
  | 27 | Stefano Sturaro | CM / RB / DM | (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 26) | Juventus | 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 1 | Loan |
  | 44 | Miguel Veloso | DM / CM / LB | (1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 33) | Unattached | 2018 | — | 21 | 0 | |
  | 45 | Iuri Medeiros | RW / AM | (1994-07-10)10 July 1994 (aged 24) | Sporting CP | 2018 | 2019 | 13 | 2 | Loan |
  | 88 | Oscar Hiljemark | CM | (1992-06-28)28 June 1992 (aged 27) | Palermo | 2017 | 2020 | 46 | 3 | |
  | Forwards |||||||||||
  | 9 | Antonio Sanabria | CF | (1996-03-04)4 March 1996 (aged 23) | Real Betis | 2019 | 2020 | 15 | 3 | Loan |
  | 10 | Gianluca Lapadula | ST | (1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 29) | Milan | 2017 | 2022 | 36 | 7 | |
  | 11 | Christian Kouamé | ST | (1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 21) | Cittadella | 2018 | 2023 | 38 | 4 | |
  | 19 | Goran Pandev | SS / AM / RW | (1983-07-27)27 July 1983 (aged 35) | Galatasaray | 2015 | 2019 | 92 | 12 | Vice-captain |
  | 26 | Nicola Dalmonte | ST | (1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 21) | Cesena | 2018 | – | 3 | 0 | |
  | 39 | Andrea Favilli | ST | (1997-05-17)17 May 1997 (aged 22) | Juventus | 2018 | 2019 | 6 | 0 | Loan |
  | Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
  | 2 | Nicolás Spolli | CB | (1983-02-20)20 February 1983 (aged 36) | Chievo | 2017 | 2019 | 28 | 0 | |
  | 5 | Lisandro López | CB | (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 29) | Benfica | 2018 | 2019 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
  | 8 | Rômulo | CM / RB / RM | (1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 32) | Hellas Verona | 2018 | 2020 | 17 | 1 | |
  | 9 | Krzysztof Piątek | ST | (1995-07-01)1 July 1995 (aged 23) | Cracovia | 2018 | 2022 | 19 | 13 | |
  | 27 | Lorenzo Callegari | CM | (1998-02-27)27 February 1998 (aged 21) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2018 | 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
  | 30 | Sandro | DM | (1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (aged 30) | Benevento | 2018 | 2021 | 13 | 0 | |
  | 40 | Stéphane Oméonga | CM | (1996-03-27)27 March 1996 (aged 23) | Avellino | 2017 | 2022 | 22 | 0 | |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 23 May 2018 | GK | Rok Vodišek | 19 | Olimpija Ljubljana | Free |
  | 4 June 2018 | DF | Domenico Criscito | 31 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Free |
  | 8 June 2018 | DF | Ivan Lakićević | 24 | Vojvodina | Free |
  | 8 June 2018 | FW | Krzysztof Piątek | 22 | Cracovia | Undisclosed |
  | 29 June 2018 | DF | Federico Valietti | 19 | Internazionale | Undisclosed |
  | 2 July 2018 | GK | Federico Marchetti | 35 | Lazio | Undisclosed |
  | 3 July 2018 | MF | Sandro | 29 | Benevento | Undisclosed |
  | 11 July 2018 | MF | Rômulo | 31 | Hellas Verona | Free |
  
  **Loans in**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 29 June 2018 | GK | Ionuț Radu | 21 | Internazionale | Loan | Loan with compulsory purchase option |
  | 6 July 2018 | MF | Luca Mazzitelli | 22 | Sassuolo | Loan | Loan with compulsory purchase option |
  | 6 February 2019 | MF | Stefano Sturaro | 25 | Juventus | €16.5M | On 24 January 2019, a loan deal was initially done for €1.5M until end of season with an option to buy for €8.5M + €8M variables, however, later made a permanent deal for €16.5M on 6 February 2019. |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 June 2018 | GK | Mattia Perin | 25 | Juventus | €12M | €12M + €3M in bonuses |
  | 1 July 2018 | FW | Riccardo Improta | 24 | Benevento | Undisclosed | |
  | 4 July 2018 | DF | Armando Izzo | 26 | Torino | €8M | €8M + €2M in bonuses |
  
  **Loans out**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Serie A
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 15 | Cagliari | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 41 | |
  | 16 | Fiorentina | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 41 | |
  | 17 | Genoa | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 38 | |
  | 18 | Empoli (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 70 | −19 | 38 | Relegation to Serie B |
  | 19 | Frosinone (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 25 | Relegation to Serie B |
  
  * 1 2 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Parma: 9 pts; Cagliari: 7 pts; Fiorentina: 1 pt.
  * 1 2 Genoa finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Genoa 2–1 Empoli, Empoli 1–3 Genoa.
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 26 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
  
  **Results by round**
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
  | Result | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | D |
  | Position | 11 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 25 | GK | SVN | Rok Vodišek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 93 | GK | BRA | Jandrei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 97 | GK | ROU | Ionuț Radu | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 3 | DF | GER | Koray Günter | 15 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito | 36 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pezzella | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | DF | ITA | Davide Biraschi | 36 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 17 | DF | ARG | Cristian Romero | 27 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 32 | DF | POR | Pedro Pereira | 27 | 0 | 15+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 33 | DF | SRB | Ivan Lakićević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 87 | DF | BIH | Ervin Zukanović | 27 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 8 | MF | DEN | Lukas Lerager | 14 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 15 | MF | ITA | Luca Mazzitelli | 11 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | ARG | Esteban Rolón | 20 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | ITA | Daniel Bessa | 36 | 1 | 25+9 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
  | 27 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sturaro | 5 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 44 | MF | POR | Miguel Veloso | 22 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 88 | MF | SWE | Oscar Hiljemark | 18 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 9 | FW | PAR | Antonio Sanabria | 15 | 3 | 9+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Lapadula | 9 | 2 | 4+4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | FW | CIV | Christian Kouamé | 39 | 4 | 33+5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
  | 19 | FW | MKD | Goran Pandev | 28 | 4 | 12+14 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 22 | FW | SRB | Darko Lazović | 34 | 3 | 30+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
  | 26 | FW | ITA | Nicola Dalmonte | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 39 | FW | ITA | Andrea Favilli | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Spolli | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | ARG | Lisandro López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | ITA | Rômulo | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | POL | Krzysztof Piątek | 21 | 19 | 18+1 | 13 | 2 | 6 |
  | 30 | MF | BRA | Sandro | 14 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 40 | MF | BEL | Stéphane Oméonga | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 45 | MF | POR | Iuri Medeiros | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  
  Last updated: 26 May 2019 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 9 | FW | | Krzysztof Piątek | 13 | 6 | 19 |
  | 2 | 11 | FW | | Christian Kouamé | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | 2 | 19 | FW | | Goran Pandev | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | 4 | 9 | FW | | Antonio Sanabria | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 4 | 22 | FW | | Darko Lazović | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 6 | 4 | DF | | Domenico Criscito | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 6 | 10 | FW | | Gianluca Lapadula | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 6 | 17 | DF | | Cristian Romero | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 9 | 8 | MF | | Lukas Lerager | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | 8 | MF | | Rômulo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | 24 | MF | | Daniel Bessa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | 27 | MF | | Stefano Sturaro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | 88 | MF | | Oscar Hiljemark | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 39 | 7 | 46 |
  
  Last updated: 26 May 2019
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 97 | GK | | Ionuț Radu | 6 | 0 | 6 |
  | 2 | 1 | GK | | Federico Marchetti | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 1 | 8 |
  
  Last updated: 26 May 2019
  
  ### Disciplinary record
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | | Federico Marchetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 2 | DF | | Nicolás Spolli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | | Koray Günter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | | Domenico Criscito | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | DF | | Lisandro López | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | | Giuseppe Pezzella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | DF | | Davide Biraschi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
  | 17 | DF | | Cristian Romero | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
  | 32 | DF | | Pedro Pereira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 87 | DF | | Ervin Zukanović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | | Lukas Lerager | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | | Rômulo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 15 | MF | | Luca Mazzitelli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | | Esteban Rolón | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | | Ivan Radovanović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | | Daniel Bessa | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
  | 27 | MF | | Stefano Sturaro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 30 | MF | | Sandro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 40 | MF | | Stéphane Oméonga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 44 | MF | | Miguel Veloso | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | | Krzysztof Piątek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | | Antonio Sanabria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | | Gianluca Lapadula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | | Christian Kouamé | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | FW | | Goran Pandev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | FW | | Darko Lazović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 92 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 2 | 5 |
  
  Last updated: 26 May 2019
  
  