Genoa C.F.C. enjoyed its best season in recent history and finished fifth in Serie A. Topscorer Diego Milito hit the back of the net 24 times, and earned a move to Inter prior to the 2009-10 season. The ex-player and 29-year-old Argentinian Milito, arrived from relegated Spanish side Real Zaragoza, and the returnee performed his best season yet. Thanks to his goals and Thiago Motta's midfield display, Genoa finished in the top 5, and nearly pipped Fiorentina to the final Champions League spot. Motta was also sold to Inter in the summer, which left a huge fold in the Genoa squad. Squad Goalkeepers 1 Eugenio Lamanna 12 Alessio Scarpi 35 Rubinho Defenders 2 Alessandro Potenza 3 Domenico Criscito 4 Matteo Ferrari 5 Sokratis Papastathopoulos 42 Giuseppe Biava 90 Salvatore Bocchetti 95 Davide Brivio Midfielders 13 Nicolás Domingo 7 Marco Rossi 17 Marcel Román 27 Andrea Gasbarroni 30 Matteo Paro 15 Giandomenico Mesto 16 Francesco Modesto 18 Ivan Jurić 31 Stefano Botta 40 Anthony Vanden Borre 9 Omar Milanetto 8 Thiago Motta Attackers 99 Giuseppe Sculli 52 Luciano Figueroa 24 Raffaele Palladino 66 Rubén Olivera 92 Boško Janković 32 Davide Di Gennaro 22 Diego Milito 92 Stephan El Shaarawy Serie A Matches Catania-Genoa 1-0 1-0 Giuseppe Mascara (60) Genoa-Milan 2-0 1-0 Giuseppe Sculli (30) 2-0 Diego Milito (90 + 1 pen) Palermo-Genoa 2-1 1-0 Edinson Cavani (38) 2-0 Cesare Bovo (58) 2-1 Diego Milito (90) Genoa-Roma 3-1 1-0 Giuseppe Sculli (4) 1-1 Daniele De Rossi (28) 2-1 Diego Milito (61) 3-1 Diego Milito (87) Fiorentina-Genoa 1-0 1-0 Alberto Gilardino (61) Genoa-Napoli 3-2 0-1 Ezequiel Lavezzi (1) 1-1 Sokratis Papastathopoulos (44) 2-1 Raffaele Palladino (52) 3-1 Diego Milito (73) 3-2 Germán Denis (75) Genoa-Siena 1-0 1-0 Giuseppe Biava (20) Inter-Genoa 0-0 Genoa-Cagliari 2-1 1-0 Sokratis Papastathopoulos (25) 2-0 Thiago Motta (56) 2-1 Paolo Bianco (66) Udinese-Genoa 2-2 1-0 Gaetano D'Agostino (4 pen) 1-1 Diego Milito (64 pen) 1-2 Giuseppe Sculli (67) 2-2 Fabio Quagliarella (78) Genoa-Reggina 4-0 1-0 Diego Milito (54 pen) 2-0 Diego Milito (74) 3-0 Giuseppe Sculli (81) 4-0 Diego Milito (90) Juventus-Genoa 4-1 1-0 Zdeněk Grygera (6) 2-0 Amauri (26) 3-0 Vincenzo Iaquinta (85) 3-1 Diego Milito (89 pen) 4-1 Sokratis Papastathopoulos (90 + 2 og) Lazio-Genoa 1-1 0-1 Diego Milito (69) 1-1 Ousmane Dabo (80) Genoa-Bologna 1-1 1-0 Giuseppe Sculli (55) 1-1 Marco Di Vaio (63) Sampdoria-Genoa 0-1 0-1 Diego Milito (50) Genoa-Atalanta 1-1 0-1 Sergio Floccari (17)