2023–24 Venezia FC season

Venezia FC
2023–24 season
Manager	Paolo Vanoli
Stadium	Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Serie B	2nd
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Christian Gytkjær (6); All: ; Christian Gytkjær; Joel Pohjanpalo; (6 each)
Biggest win	Venezia 3–0 Como; Bari 0–3 Venezia
Biggest defeat	Venezia 1–3 Palermo

The 2023–24 season is 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.

Players

First-team squad

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

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

In

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

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

28 July 2023 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	1–1	Venezia	Zwolle, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Druijf 23'	Report	Okoro 109'	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)	Thomassen 20' Maertzdorf 64'	Report	Pohjanpalo 14', 55' Ellertson 38' Zampano 46'	Stadium: Sportpark Zuid

4 August 2023 Friendly	NEC Nijmegen	3–1	Venezia	Nijmegen, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ogawa 25' Mattsson 51', 64'	Report	Tessmann 55'	Stadium: Goffertstadion

18 November 2023 Friendly	Venezia	4–0	Koper	Caorle
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Olivieri 1' Gytkjær 21' (pen.) Cheryshev 72' Lella 86'			Stadium: Stadio Comunale Giovanni Chiggiato

7 January 2024 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	v	Venezia	Leverkusen, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: BayArena

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	20 August 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1		18	10	4	4	29	18	+11	055.56
Coppa Italia	14 August 2023		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total					19	10	5	4	31	20	+11	052.63

Last updated: 26 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Parma	19	12	5	2	37	17	+20	41	Promotion to Serie A
2	Venezia	19	10	5	4	31	20	+11	35	Promotion to Serie A
3	Como	19	10	5	4	25	21	+4	35	0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Cittadella	19	9	6	4	25	20	+5	33
5	Cremonese	19	9	5	5	28	16	+12	32	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2023. 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.^[5]
Notes:

1 2 If the 3rd-placed team finishes 15 or more points ahead of the 4th-placed team, then the promotion play-offs are not played, and the 3rd-placed team is promoted to Serie A.

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
19	10	5	4	31	20	+11	35	6	2	2	20	14	+6	4	3	2	11	6	+5

Last updated: 26 December 2023.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	D
Position	2	4	3	6	4	4	5	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2023. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

20 August 2023 1	Venezia	3–0	Como	Venice
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pierini 19' 32' Pohjanpalo 54'	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)	Pierini 49' Lella 84'	Report	Voca 38' Tutino 53'	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)	Verre 25' Estanis Pedrola 46' La Gumina 73' Vieira 85' Panada 90+4' Stojanović 90+5'	Report	Gytkjær 76' Tessmann 89'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,438 Referee: Daniele Minelli

3 September 2023 4	Cittadella	0–0	Venezia	Cittadella
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pittarello 46' Branca 71' Frare 74'	Report	Candela 60' Šverko 89'	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)	Zampano 20' Pohjanpalo 56' 73'	Report	Cassata 62' Nikolaou 73' Bertola 85'	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)	Farès 31' Paghera 39' Bisoli 75'	Report	Tessmann 64' Zampano 68'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Luca Zufferli

26 September 2023 7	Venezia	1–3	Palermo	Venice
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Busio 12' Pohjanpalo 45+5'	Report	Brunori 9' (pen.) 62' 90+2' Lucioni 32' Gomes 45+7'	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)	Gerli 30' Bonfanti 48' Oukhadda 57'	Report	Altare 55' 85' Zampano 57' Gytkjær 76' Bjarkason 83'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 9,151 Referee: Paride Tremolada

7 October 2023 9	Venezia	3–2	Parma	Venice
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Busio 46' Tessmann 63' Ellertsson 78'	Report	Hernani 35' Di Chiara 36' Benedyczak 54' (pen.) Čolak 90+3'	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)	Portanova 24' Cigarini 41' Gondo 47' Črnigoj 64'	Report	Zampano 51' 62' Ellertsson 66' Altare 76' Tessmann 88'	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)	Bruno 3' Pierini 31' Johnsen 74' Ali Dembélé 80'	Report	Valoti 6' (pen.) Leverbe 8' Barbieri 17' Hermannsson 50' Moreo 90+3'	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	Busio 43' 74' Johnsen 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Attendance: 3,838 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

10 November 2023 13	Venezia	2–1	Catanzaro	Venice
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pohjanpalo 25' (pen.) Johnsen 45+1' Altare 58' Bjarkason 89' Gytkjær 90+1'	Report	Šitum 5' Ghion 40'	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)	Ahmad Benali 53' Nasti 67' Maita 80'	Report	Pierini 30' Tessmann 90' Ali Dembélé 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 16,458 Referee: Giuseppe Collu

2 December 2023 15	Venezia	3–1	Ascoli	Venice
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gytkjær 26' 89' Altare 30' 59'	Report	Di Tacchio 41' Masini 47' Falasco 57' Millico 90+2'	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)	Majer 34' Antov 51' Ravanelli 80' Castagnetti 85' Pickel 90' Bianchetti 90+4'	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)	Gytkjær 13' 45+5' (pen.) Johnsen 85' Olivieri 90+1' 90+1'	Report	Rauti 9' Silvio Merkaj 52' 55' Casiraghi 76' (pen.) Andrea Giorgini 85' Davì 89'	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)	Johnsen 42' 57' Tessmann 60' 90+4'	Report	Lepore 21' (pen.) Mats Lemmens 63' 90+6' Ioniță 71' Eusepi 87'	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)	Compagnon 38' 54' Kourfalidis 47' Zennaro 65'	Report	Candela 37' Pohjanpalo 45+2' (pen.) Altare 75' Cheryshev 87'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 1,351 Referee: Alberto Santoro

14 January 2024 20	Venezia	–	Sampdoria	Venice
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo

Coppa Italia

14 August 2023 Round of 64	Spezia	2–2 (4–3 p)	Venezia	Cesena
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Antonucci 19' Moro 60' (pen.) Nikolaou 98'	Report	Idzes 26' Pohjanpalo 54' Šverko 62' Gytkjær 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 626 Referee: Niccolò Baroni

References

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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.
↑ "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.

External links

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

[7] "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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