Genoa has fired Alberto Malesani following a protest-filled 4-1 loss to Siena and hired Luigi De Canio for the final five matches of Serie A, marking a record 18th coaching change in the Italian league this season.
It's the second time Genoa has sacked Malesani this campaign.
While Genoa has not made an official announcement, club president Enrico Preziosi confirmed the move to RAI state radio Monday.
Genoa risks a multi-match home stadium ban and could face even harsher measures.
"It's not enough to ban the stadium, we need to stop these delinquents that are damaging football and Genoa," said Maurizio Beretta, the Serie A president.
It's the latest in a long list of crowd trouble at Serie A matches, and Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Petrucci declared Monday that the situation is "beyond the point of no return."
Sunday's match with Siena was suspended for about 45 minutes early in the second half, when Genoa fans threw flares onto the pitch and climbed atop barriers as they were faced by stewards in riot gear.
With their side trailing 4-0, players even removed their shirts in front of the hard-core "ultra" fans to acknowledge they weren't worthy of wearing them.
Genoa has the worst defense in the league and is one point above the relegation zone with a match at AC Milan on Wednesday.
The previous record for coaching changes in Serie A was 15 in 1951-52.
Ten clubs have changed managers at least once, with Cagliari leading the way with three firings.
Malesani was first fired in December after a 6-1 thrashing by Napoli, but Genoa was equal on points with the ninth-place team at the time. Malesani was rehired earlier this month after Pasquale Marino was fired.
Giancarlo Abete, president of the Italian football federation, said the players shouldn't have given in to the fans' demands, but Preziosi said the shirt removals "made good sense, to prevent something worse from happening.
"They were throwing fireworks and small bombs onto the pitch," Preziosi said. "These 60-70 people are not fans, they're just organized delinquents."
Speculation over the home stadium ban that Genoa will likely receive ranged from two to three matches.
Genoa only has two home games remaining this season -- against Cagliari on May 2 and against Palermo on May 13.
There will also likely be an inquiry into why players removed their shirts.
And police have already begun an investigation to identify the fans involved, with possible charges including damage to public property, throwing dangerous objects, violence and interruption of a sports event.
An Italy-Serbia match in the same stadium last season was stopped in similar circumstances -- albeit with Serbian fans causing the violence. There were also massive clashes following the shooting of a Lazio fan by a police officer at a highway rest stop in 2007. And the hard-core "ultra" fans forced the 2004 Rome derby to be suspended after a false rumor spread that a boy had been shot by police outside the stadium.
The latest protests came just a week after all Italian matches were canceled following the death of Piermario Morosini in a Serie B game due to cardiac arrest.
"I'm not sure people realize what is happening to part of the football world," Petrucci said. "A week ago we had a drama and there was dedication to (improve), but yesterday it seemed like nothing had happened at all. We showed how you can ruin the best show in the world.
"Whoever can intervene needs to, and CONI is leading the list," Petrucci added. "I just hope that starting tomorrow we don't go back to just talking about matches with nobody admitting that we should be ashamed of ourselves."
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