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Genoa C.F.C.
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| Full name | Genoa Cricket and Football Club SpA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | I rossoblu (The red-blues), Il Grifone (Griffin), Il vecchio balordo (Old Fool) |
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| Founded | 7 September 1893 (mixed sports)[1] 10 April 1897 (football)[2] |
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| Ground | Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy (Capacity 36,536) |
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| Chairman |  Giambattista Pastorello |
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| Manager | Gian Piero Gasperini |
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| League | Serie A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | Serie B, 3rd (promoted) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genoa Cricket and Football Club (pronounced /ˈdʒɛnoʊə/ JEH-noa) is a professional football club based in the city of Genoa in Italy. Although the athletics and cricket club was founded in 1893 by Englishmen;[3] the footballing section of the club was opened in 1897 by James Richardson Spensley making it the oldest of its kind still active in Italy.[4]
During their long history, Genoa have won the Italian Football Championship nine times; the first of which was 1898 during the competition's inaugural season, the last time they won the league was in 1923–24. They have also won the Coppa Italia once. Historically, Genoa are the tenth most successful club in Italian football,[5] however they are the fourth most successful in terms of championships won.[6]
The club has played its home games at the 36,536 capacity Stadio Luigi Ferraris[7] since 1911. Since 1946, the ground has been shared with local rivals Sampdoria. Genoa have often bounced between the top two divisions of Italian football; Serie A and Serie B since the 1960s. After a recent promotion, Genoa are playing in Serie A again for the first time since 1995.
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- For more details on this topic, see History of Genoa C.F.C.
As of 8 September, 2007[8]
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For all transfers and loans pertaining to Genoa for the current season, please see; 2007–08 transfers.
- Main article: Retired numbers in football
6 – Gianluca Signorini, sweeper, 1988–1995[9]
12 – The fans of Gradinata Nord, the twelfth man.[citation needed]
Below is the presidential history of Genoa, from when the club was first founded playing cricket and athletics, until the present day.[10]
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Genoa have had many managers and trainers, some seasons they have had co-managers running the team, here is a chronological list of them from 1896 when they became a football club, onwards.[11]
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As Genoa was founded by Englishmen the first ever colours of the club resembled that of the England national football team.[1] Not long into the club's footballing history, the kit was changed to white and blue stripes in 1899; the blue was chosen to represent the sea as Genoa is a port city. Finally the club settled for their most famous red and blue halves shirt, this gained them the nickname of rossoblu.[12]
One of the nicknames of Genoa is Il Grifone which means "the griffin"; this is derived from the coat of arms belonging to the city of Genoa. The coat of arms features two golden griffins, either side of the cross of St. George.[13] The actual club badge of Genoa Cricket and Football Club is heavily derived from the city coat of arms, but also incorporated the club's red and blue colours.
Genoa have around a million fans in Italy, mostly from Liguria, however they are also popular in Piedmont and the Aosta Valley.[14] The appeal of Genoa has stretched further than just Italy, as there are fan clubs in Amsterdam, Tokyo, Toronto, New York, Iceland and other places.
The most significant and traditional rivalry for Genoa, is the inner-city one with the club whom they share a ground with; Sampdoria. The two clubs compete together in the heated Derby della Lanterna ("Derby of the Lantern"); a reference to the Genoa lighthouse.[15] The ultras of Genoa also have a strong distaste for AC Milan, after a tragedy in January 1995 when Genoa fan Vincenzo Spagnolo was stabbed to death by a Milanese hooligan.[16]
Conversely, the fans of Genoa have a long standing friendship with Napoli[17] which goes back to 1982. On the last day of the 2006–07 season, the clubs drew 0–0 ensuring both were promoted back into Serie A; Genoa ultras could be seen holding up banners saying "benvenuto fratello napoletano", meaning, "Welcome, Neapolitan brothers," and the two sets of fans celebrated together.[18]
Italian Football Championship / Serie A: 9
Coppa Italia: 1
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- Winners: 1936–37
Serie B: 6
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- Champions: 1934–35, 1952–53, 1961–62, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1988–89
- Runners-up: 1980–81
- Promoted: 2006–07
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- Champions: 1970–71
- Runners-up: 2005–06
Palla Dapples: 13
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- Winners: 1903–1909
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- Quarter-finalists: 1929
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- Winners: 1962, 1964, 1991
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- Winners: 1996
Spagnolo Trophy: 5
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- Winners: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006
- ^ a b Genoa Cricket & Football Club - Short Historical Overview 1893-1960. RSSSF.com. Retrieved on August, 2007.
- ^ Storia del Genoa - Part 1. EnciclopediaDelCalcio.com. Retrieved on August, 2007.
- ^ "Genoa", FourFourTwo.com, 23 June 2007.
- ^ "Storia", GenoaCFC.it, 23 June 2007.
- ^ Italy -All-Time Table 1898-2002. RSSSF.com. Retrieved on July 2007.
- ^ Campionato Serie A - Albo D'oro. Lega Calcio. Retrieved on August, 2007.
- ^ Stadio Luigi Ferraris. GenoaCFC.it. Retrieved on August 2007.
- ^ Rosa 2007/2008 (Italian). Genoa CFC. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ The number retirement could not be observed during the 2005–06 season because Serie C1 sides must use traditional 1 to 11 numbers
- ^ "Presidenti Genoa", Genoa 1893, 23 June 2007.
- ^ "Mister Genoani", Genoa1983.org, 27 August 2007.
- ^ "Di Vaio e l'euforia rossoblu", GoalGoal.it, 24 June 2007.
- ^ "Stemma Comune di Genova", Comuni-Italiani, 24 June 2007.
- ^ "L'altra metà del pallone: Supporters of football clubs in Italy", L'Expresso, April 2006.
- ^ "Football Derby matches in Italy", FootballDerbies.com, 29 June 2007.
- ^ "Genoa Fans Milan Fans From Sunday Match", ItalyMag.co.uk, 29 June 2007.
- ^ "Italian Ultras Scene", View from the Terrace, 29 June 2007.
- ^ "Genoa and Napoli", SSCNapoli.it, 29 June 2007.
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