2020–21 Venezia FC season

Venezia F.C. 2020–21 football season
Venezia F.C.
2020–21 season
ChairmanDuncan L. Niederauer
Head coachPaolo Zanetti
StadiumStadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Serie B5th (promoted via play-offs)
Coppa ItaliaThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Francesco Forte
(14 goals)
All:
Francesco Forte
(15 goals)
Home colours
Away colours
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2021.

The 2020–21 season was the 114th season in the existence of Venezia F.C. and the club's fourth consecutive season in Serie B, the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Venezia participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players

First-team squad

As of 15 February 2021

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 Italy ITA Riccardo Pigozzo
2 DF Italy ITA Gabriele Ferrarini (on loan from Fiorentina)
3 DF Italy ITA Cristian Molinaro
4 MF France FRA Anthony Taugourdeau
5 MF Italy ITA Antonio Junior Vacca
6 DF Italy ITA Michele Cremonesi
7 MF Italy ITA Pasquale Mazzocchi
8 MF Italy ITA Jacopo Dezi
10 FW Italy ITA Mattia Aramu
11 FW Italy ITA Francesco Forte
12 GK Italy ITA Luca Lezzerini
13 DF Italy ITA Marco Modolo (Captain)
14 DF Italy ITA Gian Filippo Felicioli
15 DF Italy ITA Antonio Marino
16 MF Italy ITA Luca Fiordilino
17 FW Norway NOR Dennis Johnsen
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Italy ITA Domenico Rossi
19 FW Iceland ISL Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason
20 FW Italy ITA Francesco Di Mariano
21 MF Finland FIN Lauri Ala-Myllymäki
22 GK Italy ITA Alberto Pomini
23 FW Scotland SCO Harvey St Clair
24 FW Italy ITA Riccardo Bocalon
28 FW Iceland ISL Óttar Magnús Karlsson
29 MF Italy ITA Youssef Maleh (on loan from Fiorentina)
30 DF Austria AUT Michael Svoboda
31 DF Italy ITA Giacomo Ricci (on loan from Parma)
32 DF Italy ITA Pietro Ceccaroni
33 MF Slovenia SVN Domen Črnigoj
70 FW Italy ITA Sebastiano Esposito (on loan from Inter)
— GK Finland FIN Niki Mäenpää

Out on loan

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 Brazil BRA Bruno Bertinato (at Vis Pesaro)
— DF Italy ITA Emanuele Cigagna (at Paganese)
— DF Italy ITA Mario De Marino (at Bisceglie)
— MF Italy ITA Filippo Serena (at Gubbio)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Italy ITA Nicolas Galazzi (at Piacenza)
— FW Italy ITA Yuri Senesi (at Cavese)
— FW Italy ITA Nicolò Simeoni (at Grosseto)
— FW Italy ITA Gianmarco Zigoni (at Mantova)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Udinese Italy v Italy Venezia
13 September 2020 Friendly Udinese Italy 0–1 Italy Venezia Manzano, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Comunale Giuseppe Morigi
Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 26 September 2020 10 May 2021 Matchday 1 5th 38 15 14 9 53 39 +14 039.47
Serie B promotion play-offs 13 May 2021 27 May 2021 Preliminary round Winners 5 3 2 0 7 4 +3 060.00
Coppa Italia 30 September 2020 28 October 2020 Second round Third round 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 050.00
Total 45 19 17 9 65 46 +19 042.22

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Monza 38 17 13 8 51 33 +18 64 Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Lecce 38 16 14 8 68 47 +21 62
5 Venezia (O, P) 38 15 14 9 53 39 +14 59 Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6 Cittadella 38 15 12 11 48 35 +13 57
7 Brescia 38 15 11 12 61 53 +8 56[a]
Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian), 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.[1]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head points: Brescia 9, Chievo 5, SPAL 2.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 15 14 9 53 39  +14 59 10 3 6 28 19  +9 5 11 3 25 20  +5

Source: Serie B

Results by round

Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 September 2020.[2]

Venezia v Vicenza
26 September 2020 1 Venezia 1–0 Vicenza Venezia
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Venezia v Frosinone
3 October 2020 2 Venezia 0–2 Frosinone Venezia
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Cremonese v Venezia
17 October 2020 3 Cremonese 0–0 Venezia Cremona
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
Venezia v Pescara
20 October 2020 4 Venezia 4–0 Pescara Venezia
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Virtus Entella v Venezia
14 November 2020 5 Virtus Entella 0–2 Venezia Chiavari
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Comunale Aldo Gastaldi
Venezia v Empoli
1 November 2020 6 Venezia 2–0 Empoli Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Reggiana v Venezia
8 November 2020 7 Reggiana 2–1 Venezia Reggio Emilia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Brescia v Venezia
21 November 2020 8 Brescia 2–2 Venezia Brescia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Venezia v Ascoli
28 November 2020 9 Venezia 2–1 Ascoli Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Lecce v Venezia
5 December 2020 10 Lecce 2–2 Venezia Lecce
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Venezia v Monza
11 December 2020 11 Venezia 0–2 Monza Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Reggina v Venezia
14 December 2020 12 Reggina 1–2 Venezia Reggio Calabria
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Venezia v SPAL
19 December 2020 13 Venezia 0–0 SPAL Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Cosenza v Venezia
22 December 2020 14 Cosenza 0–0 Venezia Cosenza
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla
Venezia v Salernitana
27 December 2020 15 Venezia 1–2 Salernitana Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Chievo v Venezia
30 December 2020 16 Chievo 1–1 Venezia Verona
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Venezia v Pisa
4 January 2021 17 Venezia 1–1 Pisa Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Pordenone v Venezia
16 January 2021 18 Pordenone 2–0 Venezia Pordenone
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil
Venezia v Cittadella
23 January 2021 19 Venezia 1–0 Cittadella Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Vicenza v Venezia
29 January 2021 20 Vicenza 0–0 Venezia Vicenza
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Frosinone v Venezia
6 February 2021 21 Frosinone 1–2 Venezia Frosinone
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe
Venezia v Cremonese
9 February 2021 22 Venezia 3–1 Cremonese Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Pescara v Venezia
13 February 2021 23 Pescara 0–2 Venezia Pescara
CET (UTC+1)
Venezia v Virtus Entella
20 February 2021 24 Venezia 3–2 Virtus Entella Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Empoli v Venezia
26 February 2021 25 Empoli 1–1 Venezia Empoli
CET (UTC+1)
Venezia v Reggiana
1 March 2021 26 Venezia 2–1 Reggiana Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Venezia v Brescia
6 March 2021 27 Venezia 0–1 Brescia Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Ascoli v Venezia
13 March 2021 28 Ascoli 1–1 Venezia Ascoli Piceno
CET (UTC+1)
Venezia v Lecce
16 March 2021 29 Venezia 2–3 Lecce Venezia
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Monza v Venezia
20 March 2021 30 Monza 1–4 Venezia Monza
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Brianteo
Venezia v Reggina
2 April 2021 31 Venezia 0–2 Reggina Venezia
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
SPAL v Venezia
5 April 2021 32 SPAL 1–1 Venezia Ferrara
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza
Venezia v Cosenza
11 April 2021 33 Venezia 3–0 Cosenza Venezia
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Salernitana v Venezia
17 April 2021 34 Salernitana 2–1 Venezia Salerno
CEST (UTC+2)
Venezia v Chievo
1 May 2021 35 Venezia 3–1 Chievo Venezia
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Pisa v Venezia
4 May 2021 36 Pisa 2–2 Venezia Pisa
CEST (UTC+2)
Venezia v Pordenone
7 May 2021 37 Venezia 0–0 Pordenone Venezia
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Cittadella v Venezia
10 May 2021 38 Cittadella 1–1 Venezia Cittadella
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato

Promotion play-offs

Venezia v Chievo
13 May 2021 Preliminary round Venezia 3–2 (a.e.t.) Chievo Venezia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Simone Sozza
Venezia v Lecce
17 May 2021 Semi-finals
First leg		 Venezia 1–0 Lecce Venezia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Forte 47'
 Report Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Valerio Marini
Lecce v Venezia
20 May 2021 Semi-finals
Second leg		 Lecce 1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Venezia Lecce
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 0
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
Cittadella v Venezia
23 May 2021 Finals
First leg		 Cittadella 0–1 Venezia Cittadella
21:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Pier Cesare Tombolato
Venezia v Cittadella
27 May 2021 Finals
Second leg		 Venezia 1–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Cittadella Venice
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo

Coppa Italia

Venezia v Carrarese
30 September 2020 Second round Venezia 2–0 Carrarese Venezia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Riccardo Ros
Hellas Verona v Venezia
28 October 2020 Third round Hellas Verona 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		 Venezia Verona
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Giacomo Camplone
Penalties

References

  1. ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. ^ "E' nata la Serie BKT 2020/2021" (in Italian). Lega B. 9 September 2020.
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