2012–13 Genoa C.F.C. season
# 2012–13 Genoa C.F.C. season

The 2012–13 Genoa C.F.C. season is the club's sixth consecutive Serie A season of the football. This article lists its season results, transfers and statistics.

## Current squad

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 | FRA | Sébastien Frey |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cesare Bovo |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Damiano Ferronetti |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Andreas Granqvist |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Marco Rossi |
| 8 | MF | PER | Juan Manuel Vargas |
| 9 | FW | URU | Leonardo Melazzi |
| 10 | MF | URU | Rubén Olivera |
| 11 | FW | SRB | Boško Janković |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Luca Antonelli |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Marco Rigoni |
| 15 | DF | SVN | Luka Krajnc |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Linus Hallenius |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Ciro Immobile |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Giammario Piscitella |
| 19 | FW | CHI | Cristóbal Jorquera |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Alberto Marchiori |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Thomas Manfredini |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Marco Borriello |
| 23 | FW | GHA | Said Ahmed Said |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Mattia Cassani |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Matuzalém |
| 28 | MF | HUN | Dániel Tőzsér |
| 29 | FW | BIH | Enis Nadarević |
| 30 | GK | GRE | Alexandros Tzorvas |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Antonio Donnarumma |
| 33 | MF | SVK | Juraj Kucka |
| 83 | FW | ITA | Antonio Floro Flores |
| 87 | DF | ITA | Eros Pisano |
| 90 | DF | ITA | Daniele Portanova |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Andrea Bertolacci |
| -- | MF | GER | Alexander Merkel |

## Main transfers and loans

### Summer 2012

**In**

| Name | Nationality | Moving from | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| Antonio Donnarumma | Italy | Milan | Undisclosed |
| Damiano Ferronetti | Italy | Torino | Free transfer |
| Massimo Bonanni | Italy | Lugano | £1,232,000 |
| Ahmed Barusso | Ghana | Roma | Free transfer |
| Alexandros Tzorvas | Greece | Palermo | Undisclosed |
| Giammario Piscitella | Italy | Roma | £1,320,000 |
| Andrea Bertolacci | Italy | Roma | £1,056,000 |
| Michele Canini | Italy | Cagliari | £2,200,000 |
| Ciro Immobile | Italy | Juventus | £3,520,000 |
| Dániel Tőzsér | Hungary | Genk | Free transfer |

**Out**

| Name | Nationality | Moving to | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| Nenad Tomović | Montenegro | Fiorentina | £3,696,000 |
| Giandomenico Mesto | Italy | Napoli | £1,320,000 |
| Steve von Bergen | Switzerland | Palermo | £968,000 |
| Antonino Ragusa | Italy | Pescara | £1,320,000 |
| Dario Dainelli | Italy | Chievo | Free transfer |
| Panagiotis Tachtsidis | Greece | Roma | £2,200,000 |
| Richmond Boakye | Ghana | Juventus | £3,520,000 |
| Cristiano Lupatelli | Italy | Fiorentina | Free transfer |
| Isaac Cofie | Ghana | Chievo | Undisclosed |
| Miguel Veloso | Portugal | Dynamo Kyiv | £6,600,000 |
| Rodrigo Palacio | Argentina | Internazionale | £9,240,000 |
| Andrea Caracciolo | Italy | Brescia | £176,000 |
| Louisse Parfait | Cameroon | Cesena | Undisclosed |
| Magnus Troest | Denmark | Varese | Undisclosed |
| Louisse Parfait | Cameroon | Cesena | Undisclosed |
| Alessio Scarpi | Cameroon | -- | Retired |

### Winter 2012–13

**In**

| Name | Nationality | Moving from | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Manfredini | Italy | Atalanta | Undisclosed |
| Antonio Floro Flores | Italy | Udinese | Undisclosed |
| Francesco Acerbi | Italy | Milan | £3,520,000 |
| Daniele Portanova | Italy | Bologna | Undisclosed |
| Enis Nadarević | Serbia | Varese | £220,000 |
| Eros Pisano | Italy | Palermo | Undisclosed |
| Rubén Olivera | Uruguay | Fiorentina | Loan |

**Out**

| Name | Nationality | Moving to | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kévin Constant | Guinea | Milan | £3,520,000 |
| Lucas Pratto | Argentina | Vélez Sarsfield | £1,760,000 |
| Michele Canini | Italy | Atalanta | Undisclosed |
| Alexander Merkel | Germany | Udinese | Undisclosed |
| Francesco Acerbi | Italy | Chievo | Loan |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Atalanta | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 40 | |
| 16 | Torino | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 39 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 38 | |
| 18 | Palermo (R) | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Siena (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 30 | Relegation to Serie B |

* ↑ Atalanta was docked 2 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
* ↑ Sampdoria and Torino were docked 1 point due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
* ↑ Siena was docked 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

**Matches**

| Competition | Round | Date and time | Opponent team | H/A | Result | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Serie A | Week 1 | 26 August 2012 – 18:45 | Cagliari | H | 2–0 | Merkel 51', Immobile 85' |
| Serie A | Week 2 | 2 September 2012 – 18:45 | Catania | A | 2–3 | Kucka 26', Janković 82' |
| Serie A | Week 3 | 16 September 2012 – 13:00 | Juventus | H | 1–3 | Immobile 18' |
| Serie A | Week 4 | 23 September 2012 – 18:45 | Lazio | A | 1–0 | Borriello 79' |
| Serie A | Week 5 | 26 September 2012 – 18:45 | Parma | H | 1–1 | Borriello 87' |
| Serie A | Week 6 | 30 September 2012 – 10:30 | Udinese | A | 0–0 | |
| Serie A | Week 7 | 6 October 2012 – 18:45 | Palermo | H | 1–1 | Borriello 52' |
| Serie A | Week 8 | 21 October 2012 – 18:45 | Roma | H | 2–4 | Kucka 7', Janković 15' |
| Serie A | Week 9 | 27 October 2012 – 18:45 | Milan | A | 0–1 | |
| Serie A | Week 10 | 1 November 2012 – 18:45 | Fiorentina | H | 0–1 | |
| Serie A | Week 11 | 4 November 2012 – 13:00 | Siena | A | 0–1 | |
| Serie A | Week 12 | 11 November 2012 – 13:00 | Napoli | H | 2–4 | Immobile 23', Bertolacci 55' |
| Serie A | Week 13 | 18 November 2012 – 18:45 | Sampdoria | A | 1–3 | Immobile 73' |
| Serie A | Week 14 | 25 November 2012 – 13:00 | Atalanta | A | 1–0 | Bertolacci 39' |
| Serie A | Week 15 | 2 December 2012 – 13:00 | Chievo | H | 2–4 | Said 40', Janković 56' |
| Serie A | Week 16 | 9 December 2012 – 13:00 | Pescara | A | 0–2 | |
| Serie A | Week 17 | 16 December 2012 – 13:00 | Torino | H | 1–1 | Granqvist 29' |
| Serie A | Week 18 | 22 December 2012 – 10:30 | Internazionale | A | 1–1 | Immobile 75' |
| Serie A | Week 19 | 6 January 2013 – 13:00 | Bologna | H | 2–0 | Borriello 57', 73' |
| Serie A | Week 20 | 13 January 2013 – 13:00 | Cagliari | A | 1–2 | Pisano 48' |
| Serie A | Week 21 | 20 January 2013 – 13:00 | Catania | H | 0–2 | |
| Serie A | Week 22 | 26 January 2013 – 18:45 | Juventus | A | 1–1 | Borriello 68' |
| Serie A | Week 23 | 3 February 2013 – 13:00 | Lazio | H | 3–2 | Borriello 16', Bertolacci 22', Rigoni 90+5' |
| Serie A | Week 24 | 10 February 2013 – 10:30 | Parma | A | 0–0 | |
| Serie A | Week 25 | 17 February 2013 – 13:00 | Udinese | H | 1–0 | Kucka '33 |
| Serie A | Week 26 | 23 February 2013 – 18:45 | Palermo | A | 0–0 | |
| Serie A | Week 27 | 3 March 2013 – 18:45 | Roma | A | 1–3 | Borriello 42' |
| Serie A | Week 28 | 8 March 2013 – 18:45 | Milan | H | 0–2 | |
| Serie A | Week 29 | 17 March 2013 – 13:00 | Fiorentina | A | 2–3 | Portanova 58', Antonelli 69' |
| Serie A | Week 30 | 30 March 2013 – 13:00 | Siena | H | 2–2 | Borriello 6', Janković 71' |
| Serie A | Week 31 | 7 April 2013 – 18:45 | Napoli | A | 0–2 | |
| Serie A | Week 32 | 14 April 2013 – 13:00 | Sampdoria | H | 1-1 | Matuzalém 80' |
| Serie A | Week 33 | 20 April 2013 – 16:00 | Atalanta | H | 1–1 | Floro Flores 62' |
| Serie A | Week 34 | 28 April 2013 – 13:00 | Chievo | A | 1–0 | Borriello 73' |
| Serie A | Week 35 | 5 May 2013 – 13:00 | Pescara | H | 4–1 | Floro Flores 19', Borriello 30', 54', Bertolacci 70' |
| Serie A | Week 36 | 8 May 2013 – 18:45 | Torino | A | 0–0 | |
| Serie A | Week 37 | 12 May 2013 – 10:30 | Internazionale | H | 0–0 | |
| Serie A | Week 38 | 19 May 2013 – 13:00 | Bologna | A | 0–0 | |

### 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 | FRA | Sébastien Frey | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GRE | Alexandros Tzorvas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Antonio Donnarumma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cesare Bovo | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Damiano Ferronetti | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Andreas Granqvist | 36 | 1 | 32+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Luca Antonelli | 34 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SVN | Luka Krajnc | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Thomas Manfredini | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti | 34 | 0 | 26+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Mattia Cassani | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Mario Sampirisi | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | ITA | Eros Pisano | 10 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | ITA | Daniele Portanova | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ITA | Marco Rossi | 15 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | PER | Juan Manuel Vargas | 20 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | URU | Ruben Olivera | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Marco Rigoni | 13 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CHI | Cristóbal Jorquera | 13 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Matuzalém | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | HUN | Dániel Tőzsér | 22 | 0 | 16+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | BIH | Enis Nadarević | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SVK | Juraj Kucka | 33 | 3 | 32+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Andrea Bertolacci | 29 | 4 | 24+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | SRB | Bosko Jankovic | 20 | 4 | 16+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Linus Hallenius | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Ciro Immobile | 34 | 5 | 21+12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Marco Borriello | 28 | 12 | 26+2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Ahmed Said | 5 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | ITA | Antonio Floro Flores | 11 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | GER | Alexander Merkel | 7 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Felipe Seymour | 16 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Giandomenico Mesto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Michele Canini | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

Last updated: 28 October 2012 Source: Competitions

### Goal scorers

12 goals

* Marco Borriello

5 goals

* Ciro Immobile

4 goals

* Boško Janković
* Andrea Bertolacci

3 goals

* Juraj Kucka

2 goals

* Antonio Floro Flores

1 goal

* Marco Rigoni
* Daniele Portanova
* Alexander Merkel
* Andreas Granqvist
* Matuzalém
* Luca Antonelli
* Eros Pisano
* Said Ahmed Said
