2025–26 Venezia FC season

Venezia
2025–26 season
Chairman	Duncan L. Niederauer
Head coach	Giovanni Stroppa
Stadium	Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Serie B	1st (promoted)
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Andrea Adorante (17); All: ; Andrea Adorante (17)
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 season was 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 also participated in the Coppa Italia.

Transfers

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 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
	Adorante 9' Korać 24' Yeboah 59', 71'	Report	Olonisakin 73', 77'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mazzer

27 July 2025	Venezia	5–0	Torres	Longarone
17:30				Stadium: Stadio comunale di Longarone

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	Weixelbraun 33'	Report	Lella 9'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Referee: Safak Barmaksiz

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	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	025.00
Coppa Italia	16 August 2025			1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Total				5	2	2	1	9	5	+4	040.00

Last updated: 20 September 2025
Source: Competitions

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Venezia (C, P)	38	24	10	4	77	31	+46	82	Promotion to Serie A
2	Frosinone (P)	38	23	12	3	76	34	+42	81	Promotion to Serie A
3	Monza (O, P)	38	22	10	6	61	32	+29	76	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Palermo	38	20	12	6	61	33	+28	72	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Catanzaro	38	15	14	9	62	51	+11	59	Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round

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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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	24	10	4	84	31	+53	82	17	0	2	40	12	+28	7	10	2	44	19	+25

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	D	L
Position	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

24 August 2025 1	Venezia	2–1	Bari	Venice
19:00 UTC+2	Bjarkason 9' Duncan 43' Korać 52'		Dorval 26' Rao 72'	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	Burnete 16' Cacciamani 75'		Yeboah 37' Doumbia 45+1'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 3,943 Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

13 September 2025 3	Pescara	2–2	Venezia	Pescara
15:00 UTC+2	Desplanches 67' Olzer 79' Di Nardo 90+1'		Adorante 20' Fila 66' Haps 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 8,076 Referee: Federico Dionisi

20 September 2025 4	Venezia	1–2	Cesena	Venice
15:00 UTC+2	Busio 63', 83' (pen.) Šverko 90+1' Duncan 90+3' Doumbia 90+9'		Castagnetti 25' Ciervo 54' Mangraviti 72' Bisoli 90+8'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 8,191 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

27 September 2025 5	Venezia	2–0	Spezia	Venice
16:00 UTC+2	Pérez 9' Adorante 29' (pen.) Korać 54'		Vignali 8' Hristov 66' Cassata 89'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 7,126 Referee: Michael Fabbri

30 September 2025 6	Palermo	0–0	Venezia	Palermo
21:30 UTC+2	Pierozzi 15' Augello 31' Bani 37' Ceccaroni 49' 90+2'	Report	Doumbia 33' Busio 86'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 31,933 Referee: Livio Marinelli

4 October 2025 7	Venezia	3–0	Frosinone	Venice
16:00 UTC+2	Compagnon 3' Yeboah 16' Šverko 35' Busio 41' Casas 53', 70'		Palmisani 15' Lhassine Kone 32' Monterisi 70' Cichella 84'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 7,526 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

19 October 2025 8	Empoli	1–1	Venezia	Empoli
18:15 UTC+2	Shpendi 42' Ilie 53' Pellegri 60' Obaretin 85'		Adorante 34' Franjić 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 6,640 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

25 October 2025 9	Carrarese	3–2	Venezia	Carrara
18:15 UTC+2	Illanes 25' Schiavi 31' Abiuso 32' Imperiale 34' Zuelli 41' Rubino 84' Distefano 90+6', 90+7'		Adorante 13', 74' Haps 22' Busio 53' Doumbia 63' Pérez 66'	Stadium: Stadio dei Marmi Attendance: 2,498 Referee: Mario Perri

29 October 2025 10	Venezia	3–0	Südtirol	Venice
21:30 UTC+2	Doumbia 39' Pérez 45+2' Adorante 61' Yeboah 67'		Masiello 5' Kofler 75'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 7,747 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

2 November 2025 11	Catanzaro	2–1	Venezia	Catanzaro
16:00 UTC+2	Iemmello 54' Nuamah 61' Alesi 80'		Pérez 45' Yeboah 59' Svoboda 61' Adorante 74' Hainaut 86'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Attendance: 8,655 Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

8 November 2025 12	Venezia	3–1	Sampdoria	Venice
20:30 UTC+2	Busio 24' Hainaut 34' Haps 46' Fila 77'		Henderson 21', 67' Depaoli 31' Ioannou 42' Giordano 76' Ferri 86'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 9,001 Referee: Claudio Giuseppe Allegretta

22 November 2025 13	Padova	0–2	Venezia	Padua
18:15 UTC+2	Seghetti 54' Fusi 56' Perrotta 79'		Busio 9' Compagnon 37' Pérez 51' Yeboah 67' (pen.) Adorante 90+8'	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Attendance: 8,027 Referee: Fabio Maresca

29 November 2025 14	Venezia	3–0	Mantova	Venice
16:00 UTC+2	Hainaut 36' Svoboda 42' Adorante 57' (pen.), 60' Schingtienne 67'		Bani 29' Radaelli 45+1' 47'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 7,363 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

8 December 2025 15	Avellino	1–1	Venezia	Avellino
16:00 UTC+2	Missori 41' Cancellotti 90+5'		Yeboah 23' Svoboda 51' Haps 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi Attendance: 9,583 Referee: Kevin Bonacina

13 December 2025 16	Venezia	2–0	Monza	Venice
16:00 UTC+2	Pérez 38', 49' Adorante 56' (pen.)		Colombo 10' Azzi 14' Petagna 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 8,866 Referee: Simone Galipò

20 December 2025 17	Modena	1–2	Venezia	Modena
16:00 UTC+2	Santoro 66' Di Mariano 90+4'		Yeboah 38' Schingtienne 50' Busio 63' Hainaut 68' Casas 74'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 11,120 Referee: Giuseppe Mucera

27 December 2025 18	Venezia	1–0	Virtus Entella	Venice
16:00 UTC+2	Svoboda 2' Yeboah 16'		Nichetti 30' Vecchia 87' Portanova 90' Tiritiello 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 10,001 Referee: Davide Di Marco

10 January 2026 19	Reggiana	1–3	Venezia	Reggio Emilia
14:00 UTC+2	Girma 39', 45+4'		Adorante 21' Yeboah 34' (pen.) Svoboda 57' Schingtienne 69' Venturi 90+5'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 8,124 Referee: Niccolò Turrini

17 January 2026 20	Venezia	3–1	Catanzaro	Venice
14:00 UTC+2	Busio 18' Svoboda 50' Adorante 86' (pen.) Casas 90+4'		D'Alessandro 6' Pittarello 62' Verrengia 73' Antonini 84' Cassandro 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 8,894 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

24 January 2026 21	Mantova	2–5	Venezia	Mantua
14:00 UTC+2	Marras 40' Trimboli 45+1' Wieser 55' Mensah 81'		Adorante 25', 74' Yeboah 33' Venturi 53' Doumbia 59' Hainaut 64' Chrisopoulos 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Danilo Martelli Attendance: 7,486 Referee: Marco Piccinini

31 January 2026 22	Venezia	2–1	Carrarese	Venice
14:00 UTC+2	Busio 25' Yeboah 45+1' Schingtienne 82' Duncan 90+4'		Rubino 40' Illanes 45+2' Hasa 53' Calabrese 77' Oliana 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 8,537 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

7 February 2026 23	Frosinone	1–2	Venezia	Frosinone
14:00 UTC+2	Raimondo 43' Oyono 56'		Doumbia 24', 77' Cittadini 63' (o.g.) Pérez 80'	Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe Attendance: 13,395 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

10 February 2026 24	Venezia	0–2	Modena	Venice
19:00 UTC+2	Casas 45+2' Pietrelli 85' Svoboda 90+6'		Tonoli 27' Beyuku 30', 30' Imputato 72' Cotali 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 8,109 Referee: Kevin Bonacina

14 February 2026 25	Cesena	0–4	Venezia	Cesena
18:30 UTC+2	Mangraviti 36' Frobotta 70' Zaro 86'		Busio 38' Adorante 45+1' Hainaut 62' Doumbia 70' Lauberbach 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 9,859 Referee: Simone Galipò

21 February 2026 26	Venezia	3–2	Pescara	Venice
14:00 UTC+2	Adorante 41' Yeboah 45+1' Busio 63' Hainaut 76'		Di Nardo 18', 58' Gravillon 43' Cagnano 68' Brugman 70' Olzer 89'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 11,664 Referee: Alberto Arena

28 February 2026 27	Südtirol	1–1	Venezia	Bolzano
14:00 UTC+2	Bordon 19' Merkaj 47'		Hainaut 54' Pérez 63' Casas 90'	Stadium: Stadio Druso Attendance: 4,328 Referee: Federico La Penna

3 March 2026 28	Venezia	4–0	Avellino	Venice
19:00 UTC+2	Franjić 25' Dagasso 38', 90+1' Reale 40' (o.g.) Busio 44'		Tutino 34' Le Borgne 63' 85'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 7,874 Referee: Giuseppe Mucera

7 March 2026 29	Venezia	2–0	Reggiana	Venice
16:15 UTC+2	Haps 15', 39' Doumbia 71'			Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 10,396 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

14 March 2026 30	Sampdoria	0–0	Venezia	Genoa
19:30 UTC+2	Begić 70' Conti 80'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,441 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

17 March 2026 31	Venezia	3–1	Padova	Venice
21:30 UTC+2	Svoboda 41' Doumbia 46' Pérez 74' Compagnon 89'		Faedo 33' Fusi 39' Perrotta 63' Capelli 82'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 11,081 Referee: Valerio Crezzini

21 March 2026 32	Monza	1–1	Venezia	Monza
18:15 UTC+2	Pessina 51' (pen.) Cuthrone 73'		Haps 26'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Attendance: 8,819 Referee: Marco Guida

6 April 2026 33	Venezia	3–1	Juve Stabia	Venice
15:00 UTC+2	Giorgini 39' (o.g.) Adorante 45+3', 74' Busio 70' Svoboda 71' Sagrado 79'		Giorgini 36' Carissoni 45' Bellich 45+3'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 10,956 Referee: Mario Perri

11 April 2026 34	Virtus Entella	1–1	Venezia	Chiavari
15:00 UTC+2	Guiu 61' Squizzato 74' Cuppone 89' Marconi 90+3'		Haps 13', 60' Hainaut 43' Schingtienne 66' Busio 87' Šverko 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 2,320 Referee: Simone Galipò

18 April 2026 35	Bari	0–3	Venezia	Bari
15:00 UTC+2	Rao 43'		Haps 19', 45+1' Adorante 52'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 10,429 Referee: Federico Dionisi

25 April 2026 36	Venezia	2–0	Empoli	Venice
17:15 UTC+2	Adorante 50' Doumbia 87'		Lovato 56' Elia 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 12,038 Referee: Mario Perri

1 May 2026 37	Spezia	2–2	Venezia	La Spezia
15:00 UTC+2	Valoti 5', 73' Vignali 43' Bandinelli 45+2' Artistico 90' Nagy 90+2'		Yeboah 7' Adorante 14' Sagrado 70' Busio 87'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 4,328 Referee: Andrea Colombo

8 May 2026 38	Venezia	2–0	Palermo	Venice
20:30 UTC+2	Doumbia 46', 74' Compagnon 90+4', 90+5'		Bereszyński 7' Peda 31'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 11,378 Referee: Andrea Zanotti

Coppa Italia

16 August 2025 First round	Venezia	4–0	Mantova	Venice
18:00	Doumbia 15', 45' Yeboah 57', 89'			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
	Kastanos Ebosse Al-Musrati Giovane \ Orban		Fila Yeboah Svoboda Bohinen Lella

3 December 2025 Round of 16	Internazionale	5–1	Venezia	Milan
21:00	Diouf 18' Esposito 20' Thuram 34', 51' Bonny 75'		Sagrado 66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 44,910 Referee: Davide Di Marco

References

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↑ "FC Den Bosch legt aanvallende versterking Jack de Vries vast" [FC Den Bosch signs attacking reinforcement Jack de Vries] (in Dutch). FC Den Bosch. August 2, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
↑ "JAY IDZES, BENVENUTO IN NEROVERDE!" [JAY IDZES, WELCOME TO THE BLACK AND GREEN!]. Sassuolo Calcio (in Italian). 9 August 2025.
↑ "Fali Candé, benvenuto in neroverde!" (in Italian). 10 August 2025.
↑ "KEVIN CANNAVO' AL VENEZIA FC" [KEVIN CANNAVO TO VENEZIA FC] (in Italian). Venezia FC. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
↑ "Next Gen | Alvin Okoro in prestito dal Venezia" [Next Gen | Alvin Okoro on loan from Venezia] (in Italian). Juventus FC. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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↑ "Reggio Emilia dà il benvenuto ad Andrija Novakovich, nuovo attaccante granata" [Reggio Emilia welcomes Andrija Novakovich, the new Granata striker.] (in Italian). AC Reggiana 1919. August 21, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
↑ "Palermo, ecco il finlandese Joronen: depositato il contratto del portiere in Lega B" (in Italian). Tuttomercatoweb. 2025-08-21. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
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↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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[3] "FC Den Bosch legt aanvallende versterking Jack de Vries vast" [FC Den Bosch signs attacking reinforcement Jack de Vries] (in Dutch). FC Den Bosch. August 2, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025.

[4] "JAY IDZES, BENVENUTO IN NEROVERDE!" [JAY IDZES, WELCOME TO THE BLACK AND GREEN!]. Sassuolo Calcio (in Italian). 9 August 2025.

[5] "Fali Candé, benvenuto in neroverde!" (in Italian). 10 August 2025.

[6] "KEVIN CANNAVO' AL VENEZIA FC" [KEVIN CANNAVO TO VENEZIA FC] (in Italian). Venezia FC. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

[7] "Next Gen | Alvin Okoro in prestito dal Venezia" [Next Gen | Alvin Okoro on loan from Venezia] (in Italian). Juventus FC. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.

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[9] "Reggio Emilia dà il benvenuto ad Andrija Novakovich, nuovo attaccante granata" [Reggio Emilia welcomes Andrija Novakovich, the new Granata striker.] (in Italian). AC Reggiana 1919. August 21, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.

[10] "Palermo, ecco il finlandese Joronen: depositato il contratto del portiere in Lega B" (in Italian). Tuttomercatoweb. 2025-08-21. Retrieved 2025-08-21.

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[13] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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