2025–26 Venezia FC season
| 2025–26 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Duncan L. Niederauer | |||
| Head coach | Giovanni Stroppa | |||
| Stadium | Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo | |||
| Serie B | 1st | |||
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Andrea Adorante (13) All: Andrea Adorante (13) | |||
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The 2025–26 season is the 119th season in the history of Venezia Football Club and the club’s first season back in Serie B following relegation from the top division. In addition to competing in the domestic league, Venezia is also participating in the Coppa Italia.
Squad
Transfers In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Jay Enem | PAC Omonia 29M | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| FW | Alvin Okoro | Vis Pesaro | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| GK | Filippo Neri | Campobasso | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Afonso Peixoto | Vis Pesaro | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| DF | Michael Venturi | Cosenza | €300,000 | 13 August 2025 | |
| MF | Alessandro Pietrelli | Juventus Next Gen | Loan | 14 August 2025 | |
| MF | Antoine Hainaut | Parma | Undisclosed | 15 August 2025 | |
| DF | Ahmed Franck Sidibé | FC Koper | €1,000,000 | 27 August 2025 | [1] |
| MF | Emil Bohinen | Genoa | Loan | 1 September 2025 | [2] |
Transfers out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Jay Enem | OFK Beograd | Undisclosed | 25 July 2025 | |
| MF | Jack De Vries | Den Bosch | Undisclosed | 2 August 2025 | [3] |
| MF | Afonso Peixoto | Torreense | Undisclosed | 7 August 2025 | |
| DF | Jay Idzes | Sassuolo | €8,000,000 | 9 August 2025 | [4] |
| DF | Fali Candé | Sassuolo | €3,000,000 | 10 August 2025 | [5] |
| MF | Kevin Cannavò | Cosenza | Loan | 15 August 2025 | [6] |
| FW | Alvin Okoro | Juventus Next Gen | Loan fee: €250k | 15 August 2025 | [7] |
| DF | Antonio Candela | Spezia | Loan | 16 August 2025 | [8] |
| FW | Andrija Novakovich | Reggiana | 21 August 2025 | [9] | |
| GK | Jesse Joronen | Palermo FC | 21 August 2025 | [10] | |
| FW | Gaetano Oristanio | Parma | Loan | 28 August 2025 | |
| MF | Federico Tavernaro | Vis Pesaro | €100,000 | 28 August 2025 | [11] |
| GK | Filippo Neri | Venezia | Loan | 1 September 2025 | [12] |
| DF | Lorenzo Busato | Club Milano | Loan | 1 September 2025 | |
| FW | Babacar Diop | Crema | Free | 1 September 2025 |
Friendlies
| 19 July 2025 | Venezia | 8–0 | Real Vicenza |
| 23 July 2025 | Venezia | 4–2 | Dolomiti Bellunesi | Falcade |
| Report |
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Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mazzer |
| 2 August 2025 | Beerschot | 1–1 | Venezia |
| 6 August 2025 | Lille | 3–0 | Venezia |
| 9 August 2025 | Tubize-Braine | 2–2 | Venezia |
| 5 September 2025 | Rapid Wien | 1–1 | Venezia | Vienna, Austria |
| 18:00 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Allianz Stadion Referee: Safak Barmaksiz |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Serie B | 24 August 2025 | 8-10 May 2026 | Matchday 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 25.00 |
| Coppa Italia | 16 August 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 | ||
| Total | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 40.00 | |||
Last updated: 20 September 2025
Source: Competitions
Serie B
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezia (Y) | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 68 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Monza (Y) | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 65 | |
| 3 | Frosinone (Y) | 31 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 62 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Palermo (Y) | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 61 | |
| 5 | Catanzaro | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. Source: Serie BKT
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[13]
(Y) Assured of at least promotion play-offs preliminary round
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[13]
(Y) Assured of at least promotion play-offs preliminary round
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 |
Last updated: 27 December 2025.
Source:
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 24 August 2025 1 | Venezia | 2–1 | Bari | Venice |
| 19:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Davide Di Marco |
| 30 August 2025 2 | Juve Stabia | 0–0 | Venezia | Castellammare di Stabia |
| 19:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 3,943 Referee: Daniele Perenzoni |
| 13 September 2025 3 | Pescara | 2–2 | Venezia | Pescara |
| 15:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 8,076 Referee: Federico Dionisi |
| 20 September 2025 4 | Venezia | 1–2 | Cesena | Venice |
| 15:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 8,191 Referee: Matteo Marchetti |
| 27 September 2025 5 | Venezia | 2–0 | Spezia | Venice |
| 16:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 7,126 Referee: Michael Fabbri |
| 30 September 2025 6 | Palermo | 0–0 | Venezia | Palermo |
| 21:30 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 31,933 Referee: Livio Marinelli |
| 4 October 2025 7 | Venezia | 3–0 | Frosinone | Venice |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 7,526 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi |
| 19 October 2025 8 | Empoli | 1–1 | Venezia | Empoli |
| 18:15 UTC+2 | Stadium: Carlo Castellani Attendance: 6,640 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto |
| 25 October 2025 9 | Carrarese | 3–2 | Venezia | Carrara |
| 18:15 UTC+2 | Stadium: dei Marmi Attendance: 2,498 Referee: Mario Perri |
| 29 October 2025 10 | Venezia | 3–0 | Südtirol | Venice |
| 21:30 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 7,747 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani |
| 2 November 2025 11 | Catanzaro | 2–1 | Venezia | Catanzaro |
| 16:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Nicola Ceravolo Attendance: 8,655 Referee: Daniele Perenzoni |
| 8 November 2025 12 | Venezia | 3–1 | Sampdoria | Venice |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 9,001 Referee: Claudio Giuseppe Allegretta |
| 22 November 2025 13 | Padova | 0–2 | Venezia | Padua |
| 18:15 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Euganeo Attendance: 8,027 Referee: Fabio Maresca |
| 29 November 2025 14 | Venezia | 3–0 | Mantova | Venice |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 7,363 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto |
| 8 December 2025 15 | Avellino | 1–1 | Venezia | Avellino |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Partenio-Adriano Lombardi Attendance: 9,583 Referee: Kevin Bonacina |
| 13 December 2025 16 | Venezia | 2–0 | Monza | Venice |
| 16:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 8,866 Referee: Simone Galipò |
| 20 December 2025 17 | Modena | 1–2 | Venezia | Modena |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Alberto Braglia Attendance: 11,120 Referee: Giuseppe Mucera |
| 27 December 2025 18 | Venezia | 1–0 | Virtus Entella | Venice |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Davide Di Marco |
Coppa Italia
| 16 August 2025 First round | Venezia | 4–0 | Mantova | Venice |
| 18:00 | Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Claudio Allegretta |
| 24 September 2025 Second round | Hellas Verona | 0–0 (4–5 p) | Venezia | Verona |
| 18:30 | Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 7,021 Referee: Andrea Calzavara | |||
| Penalties | ||||
| 3 December 2025 Round of 16 | Internazionale | 5–1 | Venezia | Milan |
| 21:00 |
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Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 44,910 Referee: Davide Di Marco |
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