2023–24 Venezia FC season

The 2023–24 season was Venezia FC's 117th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Italian football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Venezia FC
2023–24 season
ManagerPaolo Vanoli
StadiumStadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Serie B3rd
Promotion play-offsWinners
Coppa ItaliaRound of 64
Top goalscorerLeague:
Joel Pohjanpalo (18)

All:
Joel Pohjanpalo (19)
Biggest winVenezia 3–0 Como
Bari 0–3 Venezia
Biggest defeatVenezia 1–3 Palermo

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 2 November 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   FIN Jesse Joronen (3rd captain)
4 DF   IDN Jay Idzes
6 MF   USA Gianluca Busio
7 DF   ITA Francesco Zampano
8 MF   USA Tanner Tessmann
9 FW   DEN Christian Gytkjær
10 FW   ITA Nicholas Pierini
12 GK   BRA Bruno Bertinato
13 DF   ITA Marco Modolo (captain)
15 DF   ITA Giorgio Altare (on loan from Cagliari)
17 FW   NOR Dennis Johnsen
18 MF   BIH Mato Jajalo
19 MF   ISL Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason
20 FW   FIN Joel Pohjanpalo (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF   RUS Denis Cheryshev
23 GK   ITA Matteo Grandi
24 MF   ITA Nunzio Lella
25 DF   FRA Ali Dembélé (on loan from Torino)
27 DF   ITA Antonio Candela
28 FW   ISL Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson
30 DF   AUT Michael Svoboda
31 DF   AUT Maximilian Ullmann
33 DF   CRO Marin Šverko
38 MF   DEN Magnus Kofod Andersen
60 DF   ITA Lorenzo Busato
65 MF   SWE Amin Boudri
77 MF   ISL Mikael Egill Ellertsson
99 FW   ITA Marco Olivieri (on loan from Juventus)

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ITA Filippo Neri (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024)
GK   ITA Tommaso Sperandio (at Treviso until 30 June 2024)
DF   SUR Ridgeciano Haps (at Genoa until 30 June 2024)
DF   ISL Jakob Pálsson (at KR until 31 December 2023)
DF   POR Afonso Peixoto (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024)
DF   ARG Facundo Zabala (at Olimpia until 31 December 2023)
MF   SVN Domen Črnigoj (at Reggiana until 30 June 2024)
MF   FRA Michaël Cuisance (at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2024)
MF   ITA Filippo Mozzo (at Mestre until 30 June 2024)
MF   USA Jack de Vries (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ITA Luca Fiordilino (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2024)
MF   ITA Filippo Mozzo (at Mestre until 30 June 2024)
MF   CAN Damiano Pecile (at KTP until 31 December 2023)
FW   ITA Lorenzo Da Pozzo (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024)
FW   SEN Babacar Diop (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024)
FW   NED Jay Enem (at Ethnikos Achna until 30 June 2024)
FW   ISL Óttar Magnús Karlsson (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024)
FW   USA Andrija Novakovich (at Lecco until 30 June 2024)
FW   SUR Daishawn Redan (at Triestina until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF   Jay Idzes   Go Ahead Eagles Free 1 July 2023 [1]
FW   Christian Gytkjær Unattached Free 20 July 2023 [2]
FW   Marco Olivieri   Juventus Next Gen Loan 18 August 2023 [3]
DF   Giorgio Altare   Cagliari Loan 24 August 2023 [4]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

28 July 2023 Friendly PEC Zwolle   1–1   Venezia Zwolle, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Druijf   23'
Report
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
Note: Match was played in four periods of 30 minutes.
1 August 2023 Friendly De Treffers   2–4   Venezia Groesbeek, Netherlands
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Zuid
4 August 2023 Friendly NEC Nijmegen   3–1   Venezia Nijmegen, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Goffertstadion
18 November 2023 Friendly Venezia   4–0   Koper Caorle
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Giovanni Chiggiato
7 January 2024 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen   4–1   Venezia Leverkusen, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 12,796
Referee: Nico Fuchs (Germany)

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 20 August 2023 May 2024 Matchday 1 3rd 38 21 7 10 69 46 +23 055.26
Coppa Italia 14 August 2023 Round of 64 Round of 64 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
Total 39 21 8 10 71 48 +23 053.85

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Parma (C, P) 38 21 13 4 66 35 +31 76 Promotion to Serie A
2 Como (P) 38 21 10 7 58 40 +18 73
3 Venezia (O, P) 38 21 7 10 69 46 +23 70 0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Cremonese 38 19 10 9 50 32 +18 67
5 Catanzaro 38 17 9 12 59 50 +9 60 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
Source: Soccerway (in English)
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)[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 17 6 7 56 35  +21 57 10 3 2 33 20  +13 7 3 5 23 15  +8

Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWDWDLWWLWWWWWLLDDWLWLWDWWLWW
Position243644533432222222223222222222
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.[6]

20 August 2023 1 Venezia 3–0 Como Venice
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 4,894
Referee:   Ivano Pezzuto
26 August 2023 2 Venezia 1–1 Cosenza Venice
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 4,962
Referee:   Kevin Bonacina
30 August 2023 3 Sampdoria 1–2 Venezia Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 21,438
Referee:   Daniele Minelli
3 September 2023 4 Cittadella 0–0 Venezia Cittadella
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato
Attendance: 5,283
Referee:   Marco Monaldi
15 September 2023 5 Venezia 1–0 Spezia Venice
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,334
Referee:   Francesco Forneau
23 September 2023 6 Brescia 0–0 Venezia Brescia
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee:   Luca Zufferli
26 September 2023 7 Venezia 1–3 Palermo Venice
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 6,748
Referee:   Niccoló Baroni
30 September 2023 8 Modena 1–3 Venezia Modena
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia
Attendance: 9,151
Referee:   Paride Tremolada
7 October 2023 9 Venezia 3–2 Parma Venice
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 9,360
Referee:   Daniele Minelli
22 October 2023 10 Reggiana 1–0 Venezia Reggio Emilia
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 8,791
Referee:   Daniele Rutella
29 October 2023 11 Venezia 2–1 Pisa Venice
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 6,990
Referee:   Davide Ghersini
4 November 2023 12 Ternana 0–1 Venezia Terni
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati
Attendance: 3,838
Referee:   Maurizio Mariani
10 November 2023 13 Venezia 2–1 Catanzaro Venice
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 7,765
Referee:   Alberto Santoro
25 November 2023 14 Bari 0–3 Venezia Bari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 16,458
Referee:   Giuseppe Collu
2 December 2023 15 Venezia 3–1 Ascoli Venice
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,660
Referee:   Giovanni Ayroldi
9 December 2023 16 Cremonese 1–0 Venezia Cremona
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Altare   36'
  • Ali Dembélé   90'
Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
Attendance: 8,286
Referee:   Antonio Giua
16 December 2023 17 Venezia 2–3 Südtirol Venice
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 4,988
Referee:   Paride Tremolada
23 December 2023 18 Venezia 2–2 Lecco Venice
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,976
Referee:   Francesco Cosso
26 December 2023 19 Feralpisalò 2–2 Venezia Piacenza
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 1,351
Referee:   Alberto Santoro
14 January 2024 20 Venezia 5–3 Sampdoria Venice
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 9,030
Referee: Federico Dionisi
20 January 2024 21 Cosenza 4–2 Venezia Cosenza
16:15 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla
27 January 2024 22 Venezia 1–0 Ternana Venice
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
26 April 2024 35 Venezia 2–1 Cremonese Venice
20:30 Report Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Referee: Livio Marinelli
5 May 2024 37 Venezia 2–1 Feralpisalò Venice
15:00
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
10 May 2024 38 Spezia 2–1 Venezia La Spezia
20:30
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco

Promotion play-offs

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20 May 2024 Semi-finals
First leg
Palermo 0–1 Venezia Palermo
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Renzo Barbera
Referee: Antonio Giua
24 May 2024 Semi-finals
Second leg
Venezia 2–1
(3–1 agg.)
Palermo Venice
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Referee: Luca Pairetto

Coppa Italia

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14 August 2023 Round of 64 Spezia 2–2
(4–3 p)
Venezia Cesena
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 626
Referee:   Niccolò Baroni

References

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  5. ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. ^ "È nata la Serie B 23/24: ecco il calendario giornata per giornata". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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