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Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa ((:ˈd͡ʒɛːnoa)), is a professional Italian football and cricket club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria. Established on 7 September 1893, it is Italy's first official football team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Edoardo Bosio and Football in Turin )〕 During their long history, Genoa have won the Serie A 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Campionato Serie A – Albo D'oro )〕 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 (1919–92), 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〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=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 two brief spells in Serie C. ==History== :''For more details on this topic, see History of Genoa C.F.C.'' The club was founded on 7 September 1893〔 as Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club. In its earliest years, it principally competed in athletics and cricket. Association football was secondarily practised.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=1893 VS. 1897 Le Origini (a cura di Aldo Padovano) )〕 Since the club was set up to represent England abroad, the original shirts worn by the organisation were white, the same colour as the England national team shirt.〔 At first Italians were not permitted to join as it was a British sporting club abroad.〔 Genoa's activities took place in the north-west of the city in the Campasso area, at the ''Piazza d'Armi''. The men who initially handled the management of the club were;〔 On 10 April 1897〔 the footballing section of the club, already existing from 1893, became predominant thanks to James Richardson Spensley.〔 It was among the oldest in Italian football at the time, the only other founded clubs were four in Turin.〔 Italians were allowed to join and found a new ground in the form of ''Ponte Carrega''. The first friendly match took place at home, against a mixed team of Internazionale Torino and FBC Torinese; Genoa lost 1–0.〔 Not long after, Genoa recorded its first victory away against UPS Alessandria winning 2–0. Friendly games also took place against various British sailors such as those from HMS ''Revenge''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Genoa C.F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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