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Italian Football Championship \/ Northern League \/ Serie A:
<\/STRONG>Winners (9): 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–00, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1914–15, 1922–23, 1923–24
Runners-up (8): 1900–01, 1904–05, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1921–22, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1929–30<\/P>

Italian Cup:
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1936–37
Runners-up: 1939–40<\/P>

Serie B:
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1934–35, 1952–53, 1961–62, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1988–89
Runners-up: 1980–81
Promoted: 2006–07<\/P>

Serie C \/ Serie C1:
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1970–71
Runners-up : 2005–06<\/P>

Mitropa Cup:
<\/STRONG>Runners-up: 1990<\/P>

Coppa delle Alpi:
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1962, 1964<\/P>

Anglo-Italian Cup:
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Of all the strikers Marcello Lippi has called upon in his time as Italy coach, Alberto Gilardino is without doubt the most technically adroit. While he might lack the aerial presence of Luca Toni and his left foot does not bear comparison with that of Christian Vieri, Gilardino is a genuine all-round forward and can pose a threat to even the best organised of defences.<\/P>

At ease on either flank, the Fiorentina forward has plenty of pace, good heading ability and a fine appreciation of team play.
Of all the strikers Marcello Lippi has called upon in his time as Italy coach, Alberto Gilardino is without doubt the most technically adroit. While he might lack the aerial presence of Luca Toni and his left foot does not bear comparison with that of Christian Vieri, Gilardino is a genuine all-round forward and can pose a threat to even the best organised of defences.<\/P>

At ease on either flank, the Fiorentina forward has plenty of pace, good heading ability and a fine appreciation of team play.<\/P>

Gilardino played his first game in Serie A for Piacenza as a 17-year-old. Three years later he moved to Parma, making an impact at the highest level by scoring 50 goals in 96 appearances spread over three seasons. A first choice for the Italy U-21 side at the time, he struck 19 goals in 30 matches (a scoring record that still stands today) and helped the Azzurrini win the UEFA European Under-21 Championship and the bronze medal at the Athens 2004 Men's Olympic Football Tournament.<\/P>

Lippi promoted him to the full national team in a 2-1 defeat of Norway in September 2004. Having become a regular fixture in the side, he scored against USA in the group phase of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ and set up Alessandro Del Piero for Italy's second goal in their semi-final win over Germany.<\/P>

Despite making Gilardino captain for the first time in an October 2007 meeting with South Africa, Roberto Donadoni left him out of the squad for UEFA EURO 2008 following some unconvincing performances for AC Milan in what turned out to be his final season with the club. Having now switched to Fiorentina he has struck up a formidable partnership with Adrian Mutu, leading to a recall to the national set-up.<\/P>","C0939111B6B9B2A43FCCB75CD7645021":"Italy","8C36798E00E0D688B6705FB6F02CF010":"34","4406E48704A97D6900ACBB46602769C2":"126450000.00","5D47EACB4D5E6DAA3CEC66553FE0120E":"79kg","411CCFA197052F93":"Genoa","E0A04148ADEEA21E":"http:\/\/www.genoacfc.it","DE0C7E7350A48DF5A65F90F776C48D66":"Genoa Youth","66B628A331EE3B62":"26.82","60DC9D976694DF52":"1","D1518711AEB23972F2EDEC88D48D85B0":"","7E5D3E774B9EC62B":"Genoa","94D0847B815EE9D1AA49123A5072B2C7":"

Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa, is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria. Although the athletics and cricket club was founded in 1893 by Englishmen as a British sporting club abroad, whose membership was allowed to British citizens exclusively; the footballing section of the club was opened in 1897 by James Richardson Spensley making it the oldest existing club of its kind in Italy.

During their long history, Genoa have won the Italian Football Championship nine times. Genoa's first title came at the inaugural championship in 1898 and their last was in 1923–24. They also won the Coppa Italia once. Historically, Genoa is the fourth most successful Italian club in terms of championships won.

This slew of early successes may lie at the origin of the love professed for the team by the godfather of Italian sports journalists Gianni Brera (1919–1992), who, despite having been born nowhere near Genoa, always declared himself a supporter of the team. Brera went as far as creating the nickname Vecchio Balordo (Old Fool or Cranky Old One) for Genoa.

The club has played its home games at the 36,536 capacity Stadio Luigi Ferraris since 1911. Since 1946, the ground has been shared with local rivals Sampdoria. Genoa has spent most of its post-war history going up and down between Serie A and Serie B, with also a brief spell in Serie C. After a long story of bad management and an alleged corruption-related scandal, Genoa is now back playing in Serie A, securing a UEFA Europa League placement at the end of the 2008–09 season.<\/P>","8A2C437DD6BF07ECBF73DA968D3B75C4":"Alberto Gilardino","55ED8B411B9B6085":"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Stadio+comunale+Luigi+Ferraris+&sll=44.410716,8.930941&sspn=0.008829,0.018454&ie=UTF8&ll=44.416816,8.953128&spn=0.008828,0.018454&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A","2775A0F6CDE5FA9FEBFF51A9CD3C0BB9":"Genoa Youth,Robur Siena S.S.D.,Pro Vercelli,Rezzato","4406E48704A97D69D6728A5D009266729A239ADB920A5D02":"1","7E907563BF179508":"info@genoacfc.it","E0F6EEE10E22199909912E9167EBFDA2":"Genoa","2EBB7B469EDB7E39":"Alberto Gilardino","622EB7B4B85B2C76":"","C08EDA0A226BF5BFC211B6FCDAE25C17":"Via Garibaldi, 3 - 16124 Genoa","e_index":9};