 During the season, he made 34 appearances in Seria B, scoring 9 goals (5 of which were penalties).He also made one appearance in Coppa Italia, scoring a goal in 1–2 lose against Cagliari.On 1 July 2013, he moved to Palermo for free, which Spezia write-down his residual contract value fully, Di Gennaro signed a three-year contract for Palermo.