Genoa CFC

Genoa
Full nameGenoa Cricket and Football Club S.p.A.
Nickname(s)Il Grifone (The Griffin)
I Rossoblù (The Red and Blues)
Il Vecchio Balordo[1] (The Old Fool)
Founded7 September 1893; 131 years ago (7 September 1893)[2]
GroundStadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Capacity33,205[3]
Owner777 Partners[4]
PresidentAlberto Zangrillo[5]
Head coachPatrick Vieira
LeagueSerie A
2023–24Serie A, 11th of 20
Websitegenoacfc.it
Current season
The performance of Genoa in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929–30). Their Scudetti lie before this era.

Genoa Cricket and Football Club (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒeːnoa]) is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria. The team competes in the Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system.

Established in 1893, Genoa is Italy's oldest existent football team.[6] The club has won the Italian Championship nine times, with their first being Italy's inaugural national championship in 1898 and their most recent coming after the 1923–24 season. They also hold one Coppa Italia title. Overall, Genoa are the fourth most successful Italian club in terms of championships won.[7] Il Grifone have played their home games at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris[8] since 1911, which they share with local rivals Sampdoria. The fixture between the two teams, known as the Derby della Lanterna, was first contested in 1946.

In 2011, Genoa was included in the "International Bureau of Cultural Capitals" (a sort of historical sporting heritage of humanity, in line with that of UNESCO) at the request of President Xavier Tudela. The club was admitted to the "Club of Pioneers" , an association comprising the world's oldest football clubs, in 2013; other members include Sheffield F.C. and Recreativo de Huelva.

  1. ^ "Gianni Brera". Circolo Gianni Brera. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Genoa Cricket & Football Club – Short Historical Overview 1893–1960". RSSSF.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  3. ^ riferimento dal sito web del club reale più accurato rispetto agli altri[clarification needed]
  4. ^ "777 Partners acquisisce la proprietà del Genoa CFC – Genoa Cricket and Football Club – Official Website". 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Da oggi 777 Partners è prorpietaria del Genoa" (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Edoardo Bosio and Soccer in Turin". Life in Italy. 1 June 2012. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Campionato Serie A – Albo D'oro". Lega Calcio. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Stadio Luigi Ferraris". Genoa CFC. Archived from the original on 9 December 2001.