2021–22 Venezia FC season

Venezia
2021–22 season
ChairmanDuncan L. Niederauer
ManagerPaolo Zanetti
(until 27 April)
Andrea Soncin
(caretaker, from 27 April)
StadiumStadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Serie A20th (relegated)
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Thomas Henry (9)

All:
Thomas Henry (9)

The 2021–22 season was the 115th season in the existence of Venezia F.C. and the club's first season back in the top flight of Italian football since 2001–02. In addition to the domestic league, Venezia participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 3 January 2022

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 Finland FIN Niki Mäenpää
3 DF Italy ITA Cristian Molinaro (vice-captain)
5 MF Italy ITA Antonio Junior Vacca
7 MF Italy ITA Pasquale Mazzocchi
8 MF United States USA Tanner Tessmann
9 FW Italy ITA Francesco Forte
10 MF Italy ITA Mattia Aramu
11 MF Iceland ISL Arnór Sigurðsson (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
12 GK Italy ITA Luca Lezzerini
13 DF Italy ITA Marco Modolo (captain)
14 FW France FRA Thomas Henry
17 FW Norway NOR Dennis Johnsen
18 MF Belgium BEL Daan Heymans
19 FW Iceland ISL Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason
20 MF Portugal POR Nani
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF France FRA Michaël Cuisance
22 DF Nigeria NGA Tyronne Ebuehi (on loan from Benfica)
23 MF Morocco MAR Sofian Kiyine (on loan from Lazio)
27 MF United States USA Gianluca Busio
28 DF Austria AUT David Schnegg
30 DF Austria AUT Michael Svoboda
31 DF Italy ITA Mattia Caldara (on loan from Milan)
32 DF Italy ITA Pietro Ceccaroni (3rd captain)
33 MF Slovenia SVN Domen Črnigoj
42 MF Israel ISR Dor Peretz
44 DF Wales WAL Ethan Ampadu (on loan from Chelsea)
55 DF Suriname SUR Ridgeciano Haps
77 FW Nigeria NGA David Okereke (on loan from Club Brugge)
88 GK Argentina ARG Sergio Romero
91 GK Italy ITA Filippo Neri

Other players under contract

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Include players not registered for current season.

As of 17 October 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
GK Brazil BRA Bruno Bertinato
MF Finland FIN Lauri Ala-Myllymäki
MF Italy ITA Jacopo Dezi
MF Italy ITA Luca Fiordilino
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Italy ITA Riccardo Bocalon
FW Italy ITA Nicolò Simeoni
FW Italy ITA Gianmarco Zigoni

Out on loan

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As of 7 January 2022

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 Italy ITA Riccardo Pigozzo (at Seregno until 30 June 2022)
DF Italy ITA Mario De Marino (at Fidelis Andria until 30 June 2022)
DF Italy ITA Gian Filippo Felicioli (at Ascoli until 30 June 2022)
MF Italy ITA Nicolas Galazzi (at Triestina until 30 June 2022)
MF Italy ITA Domenico Rossi (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Italy ITA Filippo Serena (at Grosseto until 30 June 2022)
MF Scotland SCO Harvey St Clair (at Seregno until 30 June 2022)
FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Mirza Hasanbegovic (at Kallithea until 30 June 2022)
FW Iceland ISL Óttar Magnús Karlsson (at Siena until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

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In

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No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
28 DF Austria David Schnegg Austria LASK Undisclosed 11 June 2021 [1]
42 MF Israel Dor Peretz Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Undisclosed 16 June 2021 [2][3]
22 DF Nigeria Tyronne Ebuehi Portugal Benfica Loan 28 June 2021 [4]
8 MF United States Tanner Tessmann United States FC Dallas Undisclosed 15 July 2021 [5][6]
11 MF Iceland Arnór Sigurðsson Russia CSKA Moscow Loan 30 July 2021 [7][8]
27 MF United States Gianluca Busio United States Sporting Kansas City Undisclosed 9 August 2021 [9][10]
31 DF Italy Mattia Caldara Italy Milan Loan 9 August 2021 [11]
77 FW Nigeria David Okereke Belgium Club Brugge Loan 12 August 2021 [12]
14 FW France Thomas Henry Belgium OH Leuven Undisclosed 24 August 2021 [13]
55 DF Suriname Ridgeciano Haps Netherlands Feyenoord Undisclosed 31 August 2021 [14]
44 DF Wales Ethan Ampadu England Chelsea Loan 31 August 2021 [15]
MF United States Jack de Vries United States Philadelphia Union Loan 31 August 2021 [16]
88 GK Argentina Sergio Romero Unattached[a] 11 October 2021 [17]
21 MF France Michaël Cuisance Germany Bayern Munich €4,500,000 3 January 2022 [18]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

31 July 2021 Friendly Utrecht Netherlands 2–3 Italy Venezia Utrecht, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Hardeman
3 August 2021 Friendly Twente Netherlands 0–1 Italy Venezia Enschede, Netherlands
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
6 August 2021 Friendly Groningen Netherlands 0–0 Italy Venezia Groningen, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Euroborg
4 September 2021 Friendly Brescia Italy 4–0 Italy Venezia Brescia, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
13 November 2021 Friendly Tabor Sežana Slovenia 2–1 Italy Venezia Sežana, Slovenia
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Rajko Štolfa Stadium

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 22 August 2021 22 May 2022 Matchday 1 20th 38 6 9 23 34 69 −35 015.79
Coppa Italia 15 August 2021 12 January 2022 First round Round of 16 3 1 1 1 4 4 +0 033.33
Total 41 7 10 24 38 73 −35 017.07

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 −30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 −45 31
18 Cagliari (R) 38 6 12 20 34 68 −34 30 Relegation to Serie B
19 Genoa (R) 38 4 16 18 27 60 −33 28
20 Venezia (R) 38 6 9 23 34 69 −35 27
Source: Serie A
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)
(R) Relegated

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
38 6 9 23 34 69  −35 27 3 5 11 21 38  −17 3 4 12 13 31  −18

Last updated: 22 May 2022.
Source: Serie A

Results by round

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ResultLLWLLDDWLLDWWLLLDDLLLDLLWDLLLLLLLLLWDD
Position1920141718181715161616151416161616161616171717181818181818191819192020202020
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2022. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.[19]

22 August 2021 1 Napoli 2–0 Venezia Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 18,299
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
27 August 2021 2 Udinese 3–0 Venezia Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 8,274
Referee: Livio Marinelli
11 September 2021 3 Empoli 1–2 Venezia Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
19 September 2021 4 Venezia 1–2 Spezia Venice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 3,688
Referee: Rosario Abisso
22 September 2021 5 Milan 2–0 Venezia Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 26,185
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
27 September 2021 6 Venezia 1–1 Torino Venice
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 4,888
Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni
1 October 2021 7 Cagliari 1–1 Venezia Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 8,135
Referee: Manuel Volpi
18 October 2021 8 Venezia 1–0 Fiorentina Venice
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 8,043
Referee: Luca Massimi
23 October 2021 9 Sassuolo 3–1 Venezia Reggio Emilia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 4,482
Referee: Antonio Di Martino
26 October 2021 10 Venezia 1–2 Salernitana Venice
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,209
Referee: Marco Di Bello
31 October 2021 11 Genoa 0–0 Venezia Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 7,920
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
7 November 2021 12 Venezia 3–2 Roma Venice
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 8,263
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
21 November 2021 13 Bologna 0–1 Venezia Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 15,255
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
27 November 2021 14 Venezia 0–2 Internazionale Venice
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 8,303
Referee: Livio Marinelli
30 November 2021 15 Atalanta 4–0 Venezia Bergamo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 8,667
Referee: Alberto Santoro
5 December 2021 16 Venezia 3–4 Hellas Verona Venice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 7,608
Referee: Alessandro Prontera
11 December 2021 17 Venezia 1–1 Juventus Venice
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 8,350
Referee: Paolo Valeri
19 December 2021 18 Sampdoria 1–1 Venezia Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 5,735
Referee: Rosario Abisso
22 December 2021 19 Venezia 1–3 Lazio Venice
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 7,894
Referee: Fabio Maresca
9 January 2022 21 Venezia 0–3 Milan Venice
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,582
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
16 January 2022 22 Venezia 1–1 Empoli Venice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 3,805
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
22 January 2022 23 Internazionale 2–1 Venezia Milan
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
6 February 2022 24 Venezia 0–2 Napoli Venice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,554
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
12 February 2022 25 Torino 1–2 Venezia Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 6,681
Referee: Antonio Giua
20 February 2022 26 Venezia 1–1 Genoa Venice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 7,566
Referee: Daniele Orsato
27 February 2022 27 Hellas Verona 3–1 Venezia Verona
15:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 14,298
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
6 March 2022 28 Venezia 1–4 Sassuolo Venice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,732
Referee: Luca Pairetto
14 March 2022 29 Lazio 1–0 Venezia Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
20 March 2022 30 Venezia 0–2 Sampdoria Venice
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 7,591
Referee: Daniele Orsato
2 April 2022 31 Spezia 1–0 Venezia La Spezia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 7,993
Referee: Daniele Doveri
10 April 2022 32 Venezia 1–2 Udinese Venice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 10,459
Referee: Marco Guida
16 April 2022 33 Fiorentina 1–0 Venezia Florence
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 31,627
Referee: Rosario Abisso
23 April 2022 34 Venezia 1–3 Atalanta Venice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 6,132
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
1 May 2022 35 Juventus 2–1 Venezia Turin
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 39,203
Referee: Alessandro Prontera
5 May 2022 20 Salernitana 2–1 Venezia Salerno
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 22,200
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 6 January 2022, but was postponed to 5 May 2022 due to COVID-19 outbreaks within the squads.[20]
8 May 2022 36 Venezia 4–3 Bologna Venice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 6,674
Referee: Livio Marinelli
14 May 2022 37 Roma 1–1 Venezia Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 63,243
Referee: Simone Sozza
22 May 2022 38 Venezia 0–0 Cagliari Venice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,654
Referee: Fabio Maresca

Coppa Italia

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14 December 2021 Second round Venezia 3–1 Ternana Venice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,219
Referee: Daniele Minelli
12 January 2022 Round of 16 Atalanta 2–0 Venezia Bergamo
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 2,757
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Finland FIN Niki Mäenpää 6 0 5+1 0 0 0
12 GK Italy ITA Luca Lezzerini 3 0 2 0 1 0
34 GK Italy ITA Bruno Bertinato 1 0 0 0 1 0
88 GK Argentina ARG Sergio Romero 11 0 11 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF Italy ITA Cristian Molinaro 7 0 5+2 0 0 0
7 DF Italy ITA Pasquale Mazzocchi 16 0 12+3 0 1 0
13 DF Italy ITA Marco Modolo 4 0 1+2 0 1 0
22 DF Nigeria NGA Tyronne Ebuehi 11 0 6+4 0 1 0
28 DF Austria AUT David Schnegg 6 0 2+2 0 2 0
30 DF Austria AUT Michael Svoboda 11 0 5+4 0 1+1 0
31 DF Italy ITA Mattia Caldara 15 1 13+1 1 1 0
32 DF Italy ITA Pietro Ceccaroni 17 2 16 2 1 0
44 DF Wales WAL Ethan Ampadu 10 0 8+2 0 0 0
55 DF Suriname SUR Ridgeciano Haps 9 0 8+1 0 0 0
Midfielders
5 MF Italy ITA Antonio Junior Vacca 11 0 8+2 0 0+1 0
6 MF Italy ITA Jacopo Dezi 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
8 MF United States USA Tanner Tessmann 12 0 2+8 0 0+2 0
10 MF Italy ITA Mattia Aramu 15 5 11+3 5 1 0
11 MF Iceland ISL Arnór Sigurdsson 6 0 0+4 0 1+1 0
16 MF Italy ITA Luca Fiordilino 5 0 2+1 0 1+1 0
18 MF Belgium BEL Daan Heymans 9 1 2+5 0 2 1
23 MF Morocco MAR Sofian Kiyine 13 0 4+8 0 0+1 0
27 MF United States USA Gianluca Busio 16 1 15+1 1 0 0
33 MF Slovenia SVN Domen Crnigoj 17 2 9+6 1 1+1 1
38 MF United States USA Jack de Vries 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
42 MF Israel ISR Dor Peretz 11 0 2+7 0 2 0
Forwards
9 FW Italy ITA Francesco Forte 12 1 3+7 0 2 1
14 FW France FRA Thomas Henry 16 2 9+7 2 0 0
17 FW Norway NOR Dennis Johnsen 15 0 11+2 0 1+1 0
19 MF Iceland ISL Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason 1 0 0 0 1 0
77 FW Nigeria NGA David Okereke 14 4 11+3 4 0 0
Player transferred out during the season
20 FW Italy ITA Francesco Di Mariano 2 1 1 0 0+1 1
- FW Italy ITA Nicolas Galazzi 1 0 0+1 0 0 0

Last updated: 14 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Notes

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  1. ^ Most recently played for Manchester United.

References

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