2021–22 Venezia F.C. season

Venezia
2021–22 season
Chairman	Duncan L. Niederauer
Manager	Paolo Zanetti
Stadium	Stadio Pierluigi Penzo
Serie A	16th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: ; Francesco Di Mariano (1)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 14 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is 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 are participating in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 11 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
1	GK	FIN	Niki Mäenpää
3	DF	ITA	Cristian Molinaro (vice-captain)
4	MF	FRA	Anthony Taugourdeau
5	MF	ITA	Antonio Junior Vacca
6	MF	ITA	Jacopo Dezi
7	MF	ITA	Pasquale Mazzocchi
8	MF	USA	Tanner Tessmann
9	FW	ITA	Francesco Forte
10	MF	ITA	Mattia Aramu
11	MF	ISL	Arnór Sigurðsson (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
12	GK	ITA	Luca Lezzerini
13	DF	ITA	Marco Modolo (captain)
14	DF	ITA	Gian Filippo Felicioli
16	MF	ITA	Luca Fiordilino
17	FW	NOR	Dennis Johnsen
18	MF	BEL	Daan Heymans
19	FW	ISL	Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	ITA	Francesco Di Mariano
21	MF	FIN	Lauri Ala-Myllymäki
22	DF	NGA	Tyronne Ebuehi (on loan from Benfica)
23	FW	ISL	Óttar Magnús Karlsson
25	FW	ITA	Nicolas Galazzi
26	GK	ITA	Riccardo Pigozzo
27	MF	USA	Gianluca Busio
28	DF	AUT	David Schnegg
30	DF	AUT	Michael Svoboda
31	DF	ITA	Mattia Caldara (on loan from Milan)
32	DF	ITA	Pietro Ceccaroni
33	MF	SVN	Domen Črnigoj
34	GK	BRA	Bruno Bertinato
39	FW	ITA	Gianmarco Zigoni
42	MF	ISR	Dor Peretz
77	FW	NGA	David Okereke (on loan from Club Brugge)
88	GK	ARG	Sergio Romero
—	FW	FRA	Thomas Henry
—	MF	USA	Jack de Vries (on loan from Philadelphia Union)

Out on loan[]

As of 6 August 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
—	MF	ITA	Domenico Rossi (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Filippo Serena (at Grosseto until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SCO	Harvey St Clair (at Seregno until 30 June 2022)

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
28	DF	David Schnegg	LASK	Undisclosed	11 June 2021	^[1]
42	MF	Dor Peretz	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Undisclosed	16 June 2021	^[2]^[3]
22	DF	Tyronne Ebuehi	Benfica	Loan	28 June 2021	^[4]
8	MF	Tanner Tessmann	FC Dallas	Undisclosed	15 July 2021	^[5]^[6]
11	MF	Arnór Sigurðsson	CSKA Moscow	Loan	30 July 2021	^[7]^[8]
27	MF	Gianluca Busio	Sporting Kansas City	Undisclosed	9 August 2021	^[9]^[10]
31	DF	Mattia Caldara	Milan	Loan	9 August 2021	^[11]
77	FW	David Okereke	Club Brugge	Loan	12 August 2021	^[12]
14	FW	Thomas Henry	OH Leuven	Undisclosed	24 August 2021	^[13]
55	DF	Ridgeciano Haps	Feyenoord	Undisclosed	31 August 2021	^[14]
44	DF	Ethan Ampadu	Chelsea	Loan	31 August 2021	^[15]
	MF	Jack de Vries	Philadelphia Union	Loan	31 August 2021	^[16]
88	GK	Sergio Romero	Unattached^[a]		11 October 2021	^[17]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

31 July 2021 Friendly	Utrecht	2–3	Venezia	Utrecht, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van den Berg Benamar Van der Kust Gustafson 7' (pen.), 75' (pen.)		Aramu , 12' Forte 20' Di Mariano 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Hardeman

3 August 2021 Friendly	Twente	0–1	Venezia	Enschede, Netherlands
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Heymans 65'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

6 August 2021 Friendly	Groningen	0–0	Venezia	Groningen, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Euroborg

4 September 2021 Friendly	Brescia	4–0	Venezia	Brescia, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bisoli 13' Moreo 40' Bajić 83' Jagiełło 87'			Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

13 November 2021 Friendly	Tabor Sežana	2–1	Venezia	Sežana, Slovenia
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stančić 24' 88'		Sigurðsson 9' (pen.)	Stadium: Rajko Štolfa Stadium

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 A	22 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1	19	4	5	10	18	34	−16	021.05
Coppa Italia	15 August 2021		First round	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	050.00
Total				21	5	6	10	22	36	−14	023.81

Last updated: 22 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Udinese	18	4	8	6	26	28	−2	20
15	Sampdoria	19	5	5	9	27	35	−8	20
16	Venezia	19	4	5	10	18	34	−16	17
17	Spezia	19	4	4	11	19	39	−20	16
18	Genoa	19	1	8	10	19	37	−18	11	Relegation to Serie B

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. 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)

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	4	5	10	18	34	−16	17	2	2	5	12	17	−5	2	3	5	6	17	−11

Last updated: 22 December 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round[]

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

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.^[18]

22 August 2021 1	Napoli	2–0	Venezia	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 23' Fabián 52' Insigne 56', 62' (pen.) Elmas 73'	Report	Fiordilino 12' Caldara 30' Heymans 38' Ebuehi 45+1' Forte 50' Ceccaroni 61' Tessmann 75'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

27 August 2021 2	Udinese	3–0	Venezia	Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pussetto 29' Deulofeu 70' Samir 73' Okaka 85' Molina 90+3'	Report	Heymans 52' Vacca 77' Schnegg 90'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Livio Marinelli

11 September 2021 3	Empoli	1–2	Venezia	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ismajli 7' Haas 44' Bajrami 89' (pen.)	Report	Henry 13' Aramu 15' Lezzerini 35' Johnsen 45+3' Okereke 68' Heymans 86' Mäenpää 88'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Antonio Rapuano

19 September 2021 4	Venezia	1–2	Spezia	Ferrara
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mazzocchi 26' Vacca 57' Ceccaroni 59' Busio 69' Heymans 84'	Report	Bastoni 13' Ferrer 47' Bourabia 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Rosario Abisso

22 September 2021 5	Milan	2–0	Venezia	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Brahim 68' Hernandez 82'	Report	Forte 25' Caldara 77'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

27 September 2021 6	Venezia	1–1	Torino	Ferrara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ampadu 59' Aramu 79' (pen.)	Report	Pobega 43' Brekalo 56' Milinković-Savić 59' Djidji 74' 78'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

1 October 2021 7	Cagliari	1–1	Venezia	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita 19' Nández 22' Strootman 50'	Report	Ceccaroni 23' Kiyine 30' Ampadu 52' Johnsen 68' Aramu 70' Busio 90+1'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Referee: Manuel Volpi

18 October 2021 8	Venezia	1–0	Fiorentina	Ferrara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Aramu 36' Ceccaroni 63' Ampadu 72'	Report	Amrabat 24' Odriozola 28' Benassi 61' Sottil 69' 77'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Luca Massimi

23 October 2021 9	Sassuolo	3–1	Venezia	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berardi 37' Henry 50' (o.g.) Frattesi 67' Rogério 78'	Report	Črnigoj 9' Okereke 32' Henry 39'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Referee: Antonio Di Martino

26 October 2021 10	Venezia	1–2	Salernitana	Ferrara
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Busio 10' Aramu 14' Mazzocchi 59' Ampadu 60', 67'	Report	Bonazzoli 45+1', 61' Di Tacchio 80' Zortea 90+3' Schiavone 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Marco Di Bello

31 October 2021 11	Genoa	0–0	Venezia	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Biraschi 37'	Report	Mazzocchi 33' Caldara 43' Aramu 67'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Maurizio Mariani

7 November 2021 12	Venezia	3–2	Roma	Ferrara
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Caldara 3' Kiyine 47' Aramu 65' (pen.) Okereke 74' Romero 90+3'	Report	Karsdorp 16' Shomurodov 43' Abraham 45+2', 78'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

21 November 2021 13	Bologna	0–1	Venezia	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Busio 47' Okereke 61' Haps 73' Romero 87'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Daniele Chiffi

27 November 2021 14	Venezia	0–2	Internazionale	Ferrara
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Aramu 54' Haps 90+6'	Report	Çalhanoğlu 34' Martínez 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Livio Marinelli

30 November 2021 15	Atalanta	4–0	Venezia	Bergamo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pašalić 7', 12', 67' Koopmeiners 57'	Report	Ampadu 81'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Referee: Alberto Santoro

5 December 2021 16	Venezia	3–4	Hellas Verona	Ferrara
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ceccaroni 12', 63' Črnigoj 19' Henry 28', 90+5' Vacca 73'	Report	Magnani 45' Henry 52' (o.g.) Caprari 65' (pen.) Simeone 67', 85', 87'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Alessandro Prontera

11 December 2021 17	Venezia	1–1	Juventus	Ferrara
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Modolo 41' Caldara 51' Aramu 55' Ampadu 62' Kiyine 90'	Report	Pellegrini 16' Morata 32' Bernardeschi 62'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Paolo Valeri

19 December 2021 18	Sampdoria	1–1	Venezia	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gabbiadini 1' Audero 81' Silva 88'	Report	Forte 82' Henry 87'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Rosario Abisso

22 December 2021 19	Venezia	1–3	Lazio	Ferrara
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Forte 30' Črnigoj 55' Ampadu 74' Caldara 86' Tessmann 90+1'	Report	Pedro 3', 54' Luiz Felipe 45' Acerbi 48' Bašić 64' Luis Alberto 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Fabio Maresca

6 January 2022 20	Salernitana	v	Venezia	Salerno
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Arechi

Coppa Italia[]

15 August 2021 First round	Venezia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Frosinone	Ferrara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Di Mariano 101' (pen.)	Report	Gori 93'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Alessandro Prontrera
	Penalties
	Sigurðsson Heymans Di Mariano Tessmann Vacca Ceccaroni Johnses Caldara Ebuehi		Ciano Maiello Zampano Iemmello Vitale Brighenti Szymiński Zerbin Gatti

14 December 2021 Second round	Venezia	3–1	Ternana	Ferrara
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Heymans 49' Črnigoj 66' Forte 81'	Report	Pettinari 53'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Daniele Minelli

12–19 January 2022 Round of 16	Atalanta	v	Venezia	Bergamo
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Gewiss Stadium

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

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

Last updated: 14 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Notes[]

^ Most recently played for Manchester United.

References[]

^ "David Schnegg joins Venezia F.C." Venezia F.C. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ Amir, Raz (16 June 2021). "ישראלי חדש בסרייה א': דור פרץ חתם בוונציה" (in Hebrew). One. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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^ "Tanner Tessmann joins Venezia F.C." 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "Tanner Tessmann joins Venezia FC". 15 July 2021.
^ "FC Dallas Homegrown Tanner Tessmann Joins Venezia FC | FC Dallas". fcdallas.
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^ "Ampadu signs new contract and goes on loan". Chelsea F.C. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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[17] Most recently played for Manchester United.

[1] "David Schnegg joins Venezia F.C." Venezia F.C. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[2] Amir, Raz (16 June 2021). "ישראלי חדש בסרייה א': דור פרץ חתם בוונציה" (in Hebrew). One. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[3] "Dor Peretz joins Venezia F.C." Venezia F.C. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[4] "Tanner Tessmann joins Venezia F.C." 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[5] "Tanner Tessmann joins Venezia FC". 15 July 2021.

[6] "FC Dallas Homegrown Tanner Tessmann Joins Venezia FC | FC Dallas". fcdallas.

[7] "Арнор Сигурдссон проведет сезон-2021/22 в Венеции" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 30 July 2021.

[8] "Arnór Sigurðsson joins Venezia F.C." Venezia F.C. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[9] City, Sporting Kansas. "Sporting KC Academy product Gianluca Busio joins Venezia FC in club-record transfer". Sporting Kansas City.

[10] "Gianluca Busio joins Venezia FC". Venezia F.C. Venezia F.C. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[11] "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: MATTIA CALDARA".

[12] "Venezia sign Okereke". Football Italia. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[13] "Thomas Henry joins Venezia F.C." Venezia F.C. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[14] "Ridgeciano Haps signs for Venezia FC". Feyenoord. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[15] "Ampadu signs new contract and goes on loan". Chelsea F.C. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[16] Bogert, Tom (August 31, 2021). "Philadelphia Union loan midfielder Jack de Vries to Venezia FC". Major League Soccer. Retrieved August 31, 2021.

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