Genoa C.F.C. had a mixed season, in which it struggled to replace world-class striker Diego Milito, who moved on to Internazionale, where he was key in winning the treble in 2010. Such a player was difficult to find, and his Argentinian replacements Hernán Crespo and Rodrigo Palacio lacked the final punch. Crespo had it in his younger years, of course, but despite four goals in the autumn, he was offloaded to Parma, as Genoa put its faith in David Suazo for the goalscoring. Sergio Floccari also departed, and the Lazio signing scored more goals for the Roman club in half the year than what any player did for Genoa the whole season, while Suazo became a flop. The defence did not perform at expected level either, and even though the team scored several goals by many players, the defensive holes ensured the team did not repeat the fifth position from the year before. Squad Goalkeepers Alberto Frison Marco Amelia Alessio Scarpi Defenders Giuseppe Biava Dario Dainelli Domenico Criscito Ivan Fatić Sokratis Papastathopoulos Emiliano Moretti Salvatore Bocchetti Nenad Tomović Andrea Esposito Midfielders Houssine Kharja Marco Rossi Giandomenico Mesto Alberto Zapater Robert Gucher Ivan Jurić Omar Milanetto Silvano Raggio Garibaldi Francesco Modesto Matteo Paro Forwards Rodrigo Palacio Robert Acquafresca Raffaele Palladino Stephan El Shaarawy Giuseppe Sculli Boško Janković David Suazo Sergio Floccari Hernán Crespo Luciano Figueroa Richmond Boakye Serie A League table Matches Genoa-Roma 3–2 1–0 Domenico Criscito (49) 1–1 Rodrigo Taddei (54) 1–2 Francesco Totti (64) 2–2 Alberto Zapater (69) 3–2 Giuseppe Biava (83) Atalanta-Genoa 0–1 0–1 Emiliano Moretti (45 + 1) Genoa-Napoli 4–1 0–1 Marek Hamšík (41) 1–1 Sergio Floccari (45 + 6 (pen.)) 2–1 Giandomenico Mesto (55) 3–1 Hernán Crespo (75) 4–1 Houssine Kharja (88) Chievo-Genoa 3–1 1–0 Michele Marcolini (5 (pen.)) 2–0 Erjon Bogdani (7) 2–1 Sergio Floccari (65 (pen.)) 3–1 Sergio Pellissier (76) Genoa-Juventus 2–2 0–1 Vincenzo Iaquinta (6) 1–1 Giandomenico Mesto (31) 2–1 Hernán Crespo (75) 2–2 David Trezeguet (86) Udinese-Genoa 2–0 1–0 Antonio Di Natale (81) 2–0 Simone Pepe (88) Bologna-Genoa 1–3 0–1 Houssine Kharja (11 (pen.)) 0–2 Giuseppe Sculli (35) 1–2 Marco Di Vaio (85 (pen.)) 1–3 Alberto Zapater (90) Genoa-Internazionale 0–5 0–1 Esteban Cambiasso (6) 0–2 Mario Balotelli (31) 0–3 Dejan Stanković (45 + 4) 0–4 Patrick Vieira (66) 0–5 Maicon (71) Cagliari-Genoa 3–2 0–1 Giandomenico Mesto (20) 1–1 Davide Biondini (55) 1–2 Sergio Floccari (55) 2–2 Nenê (78 pen) 3–2 Andrea Lazzari