Genoa CFC Women

Genoa CFC
Full name	Genoa Cricket and Football Club
Founded	2015
Ground	Campo Nazario Gambino, Arenzano, Italy
Capacity	7,000
Manager	Fabio Fossati
League	Serie B
2023–24	Serie B, 7th of 16
Website	Club website

Genoa CFC Women is an Italian women's football club from Genoa that competes in Serie B.^[2]

History

Starting from 2015, following the obligations established by the FIGC for the teams participating in the men's Serie A and Serie B,^[3] Genoa started its own women's football section.

Only the youth sector was active until 2018, when Genoa acquired the Lavagnese women's team that was competing in the Serie B.^[4] They got relegated to the Eccellenza, the Italian fourth division, at the end of the 2018/19 season^[5] and, in 2020, they got promoted back to the Serie C.^[6] After playing in the women's third division for two seasons, they acquired the sporting title of the women's Serie B from Cortefranca in the summer of 2022 and with it the right to register for Serie B 2022/23.^[7]

Current squad

As of 2 September 2024^[8]

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	ITA	Lisa Marchetti
2	DF	MLT	Emma Lipman
3	DF	ITA	Martina Di Bari
4	MF	ITA	Giorgia Bettalli
5	MF	ITA	Giada Abate (captain)
8	MF	ITA	Emma Errico
9	FW	ITA	Claudia Ferrato
10	MF	MLT	Rachel Cuschieri
11	FW	ITA	Alison Rigaglia
14	MF	ITA	Anastasia Ferrara (on loan from Roma)
15	DF	ITA	Federica Di Criscio


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	ITA	Arianna Acuti
19	DF	CAN	Heidi Giles
20	MF	ITA	Alice Campora
21	GK	ITA	Camilla Forcinella (on loan from Juventus)
22	FW	ITA	Caterina Bargi
23	DF	ITA	Eleonora Oliva
28	DF	ITA	Lucrezia Parolo
30	MF	ITA	Giulia Giacobbo (on loan from Fiorentina)
44	DF	ITA	Chiara Mele
45	DF	ITA	Alessandra Massa
71	GK	ITA	Matilde Macera
74	DF	ITA	Sara Lucafò

Club staff

As of 1 September 2024^[9]

Position	Staff
Manager	Fabio Fossati
Assistant Manager	Simone Zullo
Sporting Director	Marta Carissimi
Team Manager	Manuel Scalese
Goalkeeping Coach	Dimitri Ostorero
Athletic Manager	Giuseppe Morelato
Match analyst	Marco Marino
Social Doctors	Gian Maria Vassallo and Matteo Guelfi
Physiotherapist	Francesco Orlando, Ottavia Maffei and Erica Dellisanti
Nutritionist	Giacomo Carabello and Elena Marchi

Honours

Eccellenza:

Winners (1): 2019-20

References

^ "Genoa Cricket and Football Club". figc.it. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Serie B". figc.it. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Development of women's football" (PDF). FIGC Annual Management Report (2015): 8–9. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Genoa Women". instagram.com. @genoa_women. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Risultati Femminile - Serie B". tuttocampo.it. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Femminile Dilettanti - Eccellenza - Girona A". tuttocampo.it. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Il Genoa acquisisce il titolo del Cortefranca". calciofemminileitalia.it. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "GENOA PRIMA SQUADRA FEMMINILE". genoacfc.it. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "GENOA PRIMA SQUADRA FEMMINILE". genoacfc.it. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

External links

[1] "Genoa Cricket and Football Club". figc.it. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[2] "Serie B". figc.it. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[3] "Development of women's football" (PDF). FIGC Annual Management Report (2015): 8–9. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[4] "Genoa Women". instagram.com. @genoa_women. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[5] "Risultati Femminile - Serie B". tuttocampo.it. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[6] "Femminile Dilettanti - Eccellenza - Girona A". tuttocampo.it. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[7] "Il Genoa acquisisce il titolo del Cortefranca". calciofemminileitalia.it. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[8] "GENOA PRIMA SQUADRA FEMMINILE". genoacfc.it. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[9] "GENOA PRIMA SQUADRA FEMMINILE". genoacfc.it. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

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