2025–26 Venezia FC season
| Venezia FC season | |||
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| Manager | Giovanni Stroppa | ||
| Stadium | Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo | ||
| Serie B | 6th | ||
| Coppa Italia | Second round | ||
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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 | |
| MF | Afonso Peixoto | Torreense | Undisclosed | 7 August 2025 | |
| DF | Jay Idzes | Sassuolo | €8,000,000 | 9 August 2025 | |
| DF | Fali Candé | Sassuolo | €3,000,000 | 10 August 2025 | |
| MF | Kevin Cannavò | Cosenza | Loan | 15 August 2025 | |
| FW | Alvin Okoro | Juventus Next Gen | Loan fee: €250k | 15 August 2025 | |
| DF | Antonio Candela | Spezia | Loan | 16 August 2025 | [3] |
| FW | Andrija Novakovich | Reggiana | 21 August 2025 | ||
| GK | Jesse Joronen | Palermo FC | 21 August 2025 | ||
| FW | Gaetano Oristanio | Parma | Loan | 28 August 2025 | |
| MF | Federico Tavernaro | Vis Pesaro | €100,000 | 28 August 2025 | [4] |
| GK | Filippo Neri | Venezia | Loan | 1 September 2025 | [5] |
| 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 |
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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 | |||||||
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Monza | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 31 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Cesena | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 30 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Venezia | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 29 | |
| 5 | Palermo | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 29 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 6 | Modena | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 29 |
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2025. 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)[6]
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)[6]
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 |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 September 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: Stadio 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 | 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: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 8,076 Referee: Federico Dionisi |
| 20 September 2025 4 | Venezia | 1–2 | Cesena | Venice |
| 15:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo |
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 | v | Venezia | Verona |
| 18:30 |