Venezia

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Venezia Foot Ball Club was established on the 14th of December 1907 Venice by a group of about 20 people by combining the football teams of two Venetian clubs of sport which were the Martial Gymnastics Society and Costantino Reyer. The venue selected by the founders of the club to launch the new club was the famous restaurant "Da Nane, in Corte dell'Orso" near Campo San Bortolomio. The founders included Davide Fano, the first president; Walter Aemisseger, from Swiss club FC Winterthur, the first coach and captain. Guido Battisti; Antonio Borella; Gerardo Bortoletti; ; Aldo Federici, referred to by the name of "Baciccia"; Pietro Golzio also called "Pioppa"; Silvio Lorenzetti, Pietro Piccoli; Primo Pitteri Alessandro Santi; Marcello Santi; Luigi Vianello; Pietro Visintin as well as Mario Vivante.

In the early days the matches of the club would be played within the pine forests of Sant'Elena. The first games played by Venezia were with the Veneto teams consisting of Padova, Verona, and Vicenza as well as with the teams of ships that arrived at Venice's port. Venice. The first match played by Venezia took place on the 22nd of December 1907, against Vicenza and ended 1-1.

Venezia was a part of Italy's top division for first time during 1909's Italian Football Championship. Being the sole Veneto Club, Venezia were directly admitted to the semifinals, where they faced those who won the Lombardia group, US Milanese, and were defeated 7-1 in the first leg and the return leg by 11-2.

Venezia was a part of Venezia was a part of the Prima Categoria division, which is Italy's highest division during the 1910-11 season until the 1914-15 season. This would be the last season that was played prior to the time that Italy began World War I.

The 1911-2012 season was when Venezia took the title of the Veneto-Emilian team and advanced to the final of the national championship against Pro Vercelli, losing 7-0 in the first leg. They lost 6-0 6-1 in the next leg.

On the 7th of September 1913, Campo Sportivo Comunale di Sant'Elena The Venetian stadium located on the island of Sant'Elena which was later called Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo was inaugurated, with a covered grandstand that could accommodate over 500 people. 6. Venezia was defeated in the opening game against Genoa by a score of with a score of 0-7.

In 1914-15, Venezia qualified for the semifinals, finishing 4th in the Group A before the league was cancelled due to the war.

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In April 1919 in the Palazzo Gritti-Faccanon, in the then headquarters of Il Gazzettino, the members of Venezia F.B.C. along with The Aurora F.B.C., a minor lagoon club joined forces and change the name of the club to Associazione Calcio Veneto. In celebration, the government supported the relaunch of the club by making an astonishing amount of money of around 40,000 lire in compensation for the use of the stadium as military bases.

For the season 1921-22, Venezia had been relegated from the Seconda Divisione. Venezia was relegated back to the Prima Divisione in the 1926-27 seasons, however after the establishment of the Divisione Nazionale as the new top flight the Prima Divisione was now the second stage of Italian football.

The 1927-1928 Prima Divisione campaign, Venezia finished second in Group A, just behind Atalanta and was automatically accepted into the Divisione Nazionale by resolution of the Italian Football Federation, which made the league bigger to 32 clubs. The league was divided into 2 groups each of 16 teams.

For the 1927-28 Divisione Nazionale season, Venezia placed eleventh within Group B. The team were moved into Serie B, which began operating in 1929-29. Venezia placed seventh place with Serie B that season.

The summer of 1930 saw Venezia became Societa Sportiva Serenissima and the colors of the club were also modified with the introduction of the red color of the flag of the Republic of Venice, while the Lion of Saint Mark was put in the center of the chest.

On May 19, 1931 on celebration of the International Women's Gymnastic Competition, the Venetian stadium in Sant'Elena was named in honor of World War I pilot Pier Luigi Penzo.

Five consecutive seasons in Serie B since 1929-30, S.S. Serenissima finished last in Group B during the 1934-34 Serie B season and were expected to be relegated, but they would remain in the league because of the expansion of 26 teams to 32 teams in the following season.

The club was founded on August 1, 1934. the club reverted to its previous name of Associazione Calcio Venice (albeit with the inclusion, which was inevitable in the current time, of the word Fascista) and its more traditional colors of neroverde (black as well as green) colors.

For the 1934-35 Serie B season, Venezia was 11th in the league and were sent to the newly formed Serie C. But Venezia's time with Serie C would be short and they would finish at the at the top of the table during the 1935-36 season and received the right to return directly into Serie B. Venezia also made it to round 32 in the 35-36 Coppa Italia tournament, where they defeated Padova, Fiumana (now Rijeka) and Pistoiese prior to being defeated in the final round by S.S. Lazio, 2-0. The main strength of that group was its mediana ferro (iron median) consisting of Armando Varini, Aldo Biffi and Attilo Kossovel.

The next seasons, Venezia reached the Round of 16 in the 1936-37 Coppa Italia competition, where they lost against A.C. Milan, 2-0 and surviving the tie-breaker for relegation with Pro Vercelli, Messina, and Catania during The 1936-37 Serie B season to keep their spot on the table.

In 1937, following the rise the arrival of Arnaldo Bennati as the club's President, Venezia began a period of growth. The 1937-1938 Serie B season, Venezia was ranked 8th on the league, and Bennati brought in a number of notable players, including Victor Tortora and Giovanni Alberti.

For the 1938-39 Serie B season, Venezia was second in the league and received promotion into Serie A, which was done in dramatic fashion after beating Atalanta in Bergamo with a score of 0-1, on the final date of the campaign, taking over second place, even though they were tied in points due to an improved goal ratio. The decisive goal, scored in the presence of thousands of Venezia supporters were made from Francesco Pernigo, who is the reigning top scorer for Venezia (45) during Serie A. Venezia's manager was Giuseppe Girani.

The rise of Venezia's team in the ranks of Serie A prompted a new upgrade of Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo, which saw capacity increase from 10,000 to 22,000 after the an expansion of the stands.

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After returning in Serie A after a 12-year absence after a 12 year absence, the Venezia squad was strengthened thanks to the addition of players such as Luigi Busidoni, Silvio Di Gennaro, Sergio Stefanini, and the most important, Valentino Mazzola. Mazzola was stationed in Venice for military duty and, after showcasing his skills playing alongside military officials during the Campo dei Bacini tournament Campo dei Bacini, Venezia invited him to a trial, and later purchased the player for a fee from Serie C club Alfa Romeo Milano. In 1939-41, the Serie A season, Venezia was ranked 10th in the table , aided by a victory against the eventual champions Ambrosiana Inter in Venice -and made a move towards two of the most successful seasons in the history of the club.

The year 1940 saw Venezia appointed Giovanni Battista Rebuffo as their manager. They added more players to the team with the addition of Ezio Loik from A.C. Milan and who would later create a renowned partnership along with Valentino Mazzola at Venice. While they would only finish 12th place in the 1940-1941 Serie A season, Venezia would win their first trophy in 1940 and 1941, the Coppa Italia, which was the first major trophy for the club. Venezia beat MU Borzacchini in the Round of 32, Udinese in the Round of 16 Bologna at quarterfinal stage as well as S.S. Lazio in the semifinals, before facing A.S. Roma in the final. After the draw was 3-3 between the two teams in Rome, Venezia won the second leg on the pitch at Stadio Penzo, 1-0, with a goal scored by Loik.

The next season, Venezia would make a bid for the Scudetto. The 1941-42 Serie A season, the Loik-Mazzola team was sensational and Francesco Pernigo would score 12 league goals. In the final few games before the conclusion of the season Venezia played Roma in a crucial game in the Stadio Penzo, but Venezia was unable to win due to a missed penalty, and Roma would eventually take the title with 42 points and with Torino third on 39 points, and Venezia third with 38 points. The third place finish is still Venezia's greatest ever result on the field in Serie A. The 1941-42 Coppa Italia tournament, Venezia was able to defeat Torino during the round of 32. They also beat Pisa during the Round of 16 in the Round of 16, and Bologna during the quarterfinals but lost against A.C. Milan in the semifinals in a 2-1 loss.

The summer of 1942 saw Venezia was able to sell Loik along with Mazzola to Torino in exchange for an high price of 1,200,000 lire. Venezia would struggle during 1943-44 Serie A season, finishing 14th on the table, and having to beat Bari in a tie-breaker for relegation to stay on the top of Serie A. However, during the season 1942-43 of Coppa Italia season, Venezia reached their second final in just three years. In the final Venezia was defeated by Torino 4-1, with Mazzola scoring against his former team.

After the 1942-43 football season the football tournaments in Italy were halted due to World War II.

After World War II, Venezia reestablished its name as Associazione Calcio Venezia.

In Italy the national team resumed football in the 1945-46 Italian Football Championship, and Venezia was a bit of a mess, finishing 13th in the league. Serie A was restored in the 1946-47 football season, but even with the thirteen goals scored by Valeriano Ottino (the highest number of goals scored in the course of a Serie A season by a Venezia player) Venezia were relegated to Serie B. The same time, Arnaldo Bennati would leave the presidency. After the most significant moment in the history of the club, the period of uncertainty began.

After finishing fourth place in Serie B in the 1947-48 season, the director of sports Giuseppe Girani and manager Mario Villini helped Venezia to return into Serie A in the 1948-49 season. The team finished second, one point clear of Vicenza.

However, Venezia had to contend with financial instability and financial instability to the point where during 1950-49 Serie A season the club was run by an elected local council. Venezia were forced to sell goalie Adriano Zecca Roma and didn't have the ability to compete in the top league which was why they finished last, with just 16 points. The summer of 1950 saw Mario Renosto was sold to A.C. Milan, and immediately took home the Scudetto with the rossoneri in the next season.

When they regressed in Serie B, Venezia would be a mediocre sixth place during the 1950-51 season, despite the 20 goals scored by Pietro Broccini. He was to leave to join Inter Milan in the summer.

In the 1951-52 season Venezia would be dropped into Serie C, and they would play for four seasons in the third division, prior to being promoted into Serie B in the 1956-57 season under the management of Carlo Alberto Quario.

Although they were still playing as a team in Serie B, Venezia would have a great run in the 1958-1959 Coppa Italia tournament, eliminating Roma and Torino before making it to the semifinals where they would be defeated by Inter and then fall in an in-between match against Genoa. After the conclusion this season the manager Carlo Alberto Quario would leave the bench and Venezia was able to avoid a being relegated in Serie C in the 1959-60 season, and averting an relegation tie-breaker against Monza as well as Taranto.

The 1960-61 Serie B season, entrepreneur Anacleto Ligabue assumed the role of an extraordinary club commissioner and immediately summoned Carlo Alberto Quario to the bench. It would prove to be a profitable move that year, as Venezia was ranked first in the table, and was promoted back to Serie A after an 11-year absence. The team that won promotion featured youthful Venetian Gianni Rossi as well as recent additions Virginio De Paoli, Sergio Frascoli, Gianni Grossi, and striker Luigi Raffin, who scored 17 goals throughout the year. The celebrations were capped off by a procession of gondolas that accompanied the bissona Serenissima the traditional Venetian vessel that carried teams to Stadio Penzo, to Piazza San Marco.

When Venezia returned to Serie A in the 1961-62 season, the Count of Misurata, Giovanni Volpi, was elected club president along with Ligabue, and Enrico Linetti as his deputies. While the team was off slow, Venezia would ultimately put an impressive season together winning against Juventus as well as A.C. Milan, and finishing in 12th place in the league. The team was anchored by the midfielder Juan Santisteban who had arrived from Real Madrid, while Raffin scored 11 goals over the entire season.

In the 1962-63 Serie A season, Venezia was 17th in the league and was relegated back into Serie B. After the campaign, there could be many players who would leave which included Carlo Alberto Quario and Gino Raffin who had scored 39 goals over the last three seasons.

After three years with Serie B, Venezia earned the opportunity to move up onto Serie A once again, being as the first team in 1965-1966 Serie B season. However, in 1966/67 Serie A season, Venezia were immediately sent back in Serie B, and they were not able to compete in the top league for over 30 years. The following season, 1968-67 Serie B season, Venezia was relegated into Serie C.

After being relegated to Serie B in 1968, Venezia would remain within Serie C, Serie C1, Serie C2, and Serie D through the 1980s.

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The 1986-87 season was in the rearview mirror, Venezia was acquired by businessman Maurizio Zamparini. He was to lead the team for the following 16 seasons.

In his first season of his charge, Zamparini would merge Venezia with mainland club A.C. Mestre, who were also within Serie C2. The merger was approved on June 26, 1987. Zamparini temporarily changed its names of the club from Calcio VeneziaMestre, though the club was renamed as Associazione Calcio Venecia in November 1989. With the merger, the club's colors changed from neroverde (green-black) to arancioneroverde (orange-black-green). In addition, the home of the team's games were relocated to Stadio Penzo located in Venice in Venice to Stadio Francesco Baracca located in Mestre.

The 1987-88 campaign saw Venezia gained promotion to Serie C2 to Serie C1 which brought them back to the third tier its first time since their 1976-77 campaign.

Over the course of the next 2 seasons the squadcomprising players such as Andrea Poggi, Giancarlo Filippini and Paolo Poggi -- gradually progressed, and was geared towards the possibility of regaining Serie B.

In the 1990-91 campaign, Venezia under manager Alberto Zaccheroni, earned promotion back to Serie B after a 23-year absence. In a match for second place Venezia defeated Como by a score of 2-1. more than 7,000 supporters who came from Venice and Mestre watching the game in Cesena.

Due to the lack of capacity of Stadio Baracca at Mestre in Mestre for Serie B, Venezia would relocate towards Stadio Penzo located in Venice which was renovated and expanded the stadium. This was followed by the removal of the track for athletics.

Venezia would play the following 7 seasons playing with Serie B, before finally being promoted.

For the 1997-98 Serie B season, Venezia under the management of Walter Novellino, finished second in the table and received the right to return in Serie A after a 31-year absence.

In the 1998-1999 Serie A season, sporting director Beppe Marotta would improve the team, with the transfer of forward Filippo Maniero and goalie Massimo Taibi, who was a player from A.C. Milan. The first half of the season, Venezia were bottom of the league, and Maniero had not scored an goal. However, a pivotal moment came in January when the club announced the signing of the young player Alvaro Recoba who was loaned to Inter Milan. Maniero and Recoba were able to form a formidable combination in the attacking department and scored 23 goals each during the second half in the league -the latter with 12, Maniero with 12 goals, Recoba eleven -- gradually taking Venezia from the zone of relegation. In the final month of the campaign Venezia required a victory over the parent team of Recoba's club Inter to keep the club's Serie A status, and Recoba scored a goal and an assist in the 3-1 victory, in which Venezia made a comeback and ended the season in 11th position just four points clear of the zone of relegation.

As of 2000-99 Serie A season, Venezia substituted Novellino in the 1999-2000 season with Luciano Spalletti. However, with no Recoba, Venezia would struggle. In the course of the season they went with three different coachesSpalletti was the first - Spalletti was dismissed in the fall of the year, and then was recalled following Giuseppe Materazzi lasted just 27 days before Francesco Oddo was hired in February. Venezia made a comeback through the 1999-2000 Coppa Italia, eliminating Udinese and Fiorentina along with other teams before making it to the semifinals, and lost to Lazio however, their form did not translate to league games. Venezia was able to finish 16th, and were then relegated into Serie B.

In 2000-01, for the Serie B season, Venezia appointed manager Cesare Prandelli. Prandelli was set to take Venezia back into Serie A. But the plan didn't work out since Prandelli was dismissed at the beginning of the 2001/02 Serie A season, and Venezia was to be last in the league and suffer its second time in the span of three years.

On the 21st of July 2002, Zamparini quit Venezia and assumed control of Palermo. The next day, in a process known as"the furto of Pergine -the "theft of Pergine" Zamparini had 12 players and manager Ezio Glerean was removed by bus from the Venezia's preseason Camp in Pergine Valsugana and transported to Palermo's camp for preseason in Longarone. The mass transfer took place, Palermo took goalkeeper Generoso Rossi as well as defensive players Fabio Bilica Kewullay Conteh, and Francesco Modesto and midfielders Valentino Lai, Antonio Marasco, Stefano Morrone Frank Olivier Ongfiang Mario Santana and Evans Soligo (later returned to Venice) as well as the strikers Arturo Di Napoli and Filippo Maniero. Then, a few days later the striker Igor Budan and the sporting director Rino Foschi also made the move to Venezia in Palermo.

Venezia was at 15th place in 2002/03's Serie B season, then 20th in the 2003-04 Serie B season, surviving the playoff for relegation by beating Bari with a 2-1 aggregate victory. However, the club's financial condition was not able to be rescued.

The end in the season 2004/05 Serie B season, Venezia was cut from the league and declared insolvent.

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At the end of summer 2005 the club was founded as Societa Stricta Venezia Calcio and was then admitted to Serie C2 by Lodo Petrucci. For the 2005-06 Serie C2 season, Venezia received promotion into Serie C1, and would be able to stay for the rest of the season in the third division, however, the club was declared bankrupt at the conclusion of the season of 2008-09.

The summer of 2009 was a time when Venice at risk of becoming a city that did not have a football club, Mayor Massimo Cacciari personally overseen the establishment of a brand new club. The 27th of July, 2009 the club was officially renamed Foot Ball Club Unione Venezia and was recognised to be the legitimate successor to SSC Venezia, and was admitted to Serie D. Venezia won Serie D in the 2011-12 season and gained promotion into Lega Pro Seconda Divisione up to Lega Pro Prima Divisione in the 2012-13 season. However, it was only two years in the second division before becoming bankrupt for the third time in the past 10 years.

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In September of 2015 the group of American investors, headed by lawyer Joe Tacopina moved to acquire the club from bankruptcy and then re-established the club under the name Venezia FC. In the 2015-16 season Venezia was promoted in the league from Serie D to Serie C.

In June 2016, Venezia hired Filippo Inzaghi as manager. 31. Former Italian national team star's prior managerial experience was at A.C. Milan in 2014-15.

In the first season of Inzaghi's career during that of the 2016, 2017 Lega Pro season, Venezia was promoted up to Serie B and won the Coppa Italia Serie C. The Serie C title was clinched on April 19th, 2017, following a win over Parma to the top position.

The 2017-18 Serie B season, Venezia's first season at this level for 12 years the club was a surprising hopeful for the promotion into Serie A, managing to be 5th in the league. It was their best Serie B finish since ending the 2000-01 season in fourth position in the last time they were promoted to the top division. In the opening phase of Serie B promotion playoffs, Venezia defeated Perugia 3-1 on the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo in order to progress towards the quarterfinals. But, the team was defeated by Palermo in an 1-0 loss in the away match but was subsequently eliminated with a score of 2-1 aggregate.

In June of 2018, Inzaghi decided to leave Venezia. He was later to join Bologna.

After the departure of Inzaghi Venezia had three coaches during the 2018-19 Serie B season -- Stefano Vecchi, Walter Zenga, as well as Serse Cosmi. They ended up finishing 15th in the league table. Following the loss of their Serie B relegation play-out to Salernitana, Venezia were set for being relegated into Serie C, but they were spared after Palermo were relegated for "administrative infractions."

Prior to the 2019-20 Serie B season, Venezia appointed Alessio Dionisi manager. In February of 2020, with the team involved in another battle for relegation, Venezia was recapitalized and the ownership of the club eliminated Joe Tacopina as club president.

After the club's reorganization Venezia owners Duncan Niederauer, former CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, was appointed the club's president. The next month was in 2019, Serie B season was suspended because of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy however, it was scheduled to resume in June. As the season began again, Venezia would lose just two of their last 10 games and then beat Perugia on the last game of the year. They remained on the top of Serie B, finishing 11th in the league table, just five points ahead of the play-out to determine relegation.

Then, in August of 2020 Venezia has restructured their technical team by hiring ex-long-time Venezia players as well as the local Venetians Mattia Collauto, and Paolo Poggi as sporting director and technical director, respectively. an aspiring American Alex Menta as analytics director as well as Vicenza's Paolo Zanetti as manager.

The 2020-21 Serie B season, Venezia was fifth in the league, and again qualified in the playoffs for promotion for Serie A. In the first promotion playoff round Venezia won against Chievo Verona with an extra-time strike by Dennis Johnsen, winning the match 3-1. In the first game of the semi-final against Lecce was decided by one goal scored by the club's star forward Francesco Forte, who was essential in the club's push to be promoted having scored 15 goals in the regular season. He also scored a 1-1 draw in the away match allowing the club to progress. In the final, Venezia met A.S. Cittadella for a place in Serie A. A 1-0 victory away at their rivals' Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato, and the subsequent 1-1 draw at home, aided by an late equaliser from the veteran striker Riccardo Bocalon, ensured Venezia's the first time in Serie A in 19 years. The achievement also marked an impressive rise for the club, moving from Serie D to Serie A in just five years.

Venezia was celebrating their return to Serie A with a parade of old boats, rowing clubs and gondolas along the Grand Canal.

In August of 2021 the club broke their record for transfers with the purchase for American midfielder Gianluca Busio for $6.5 million (EUR5.7 million). The first game back in Serie A was a 2-0 defeat to Napoli on the 22nd of August in 2021.

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The Venezia's Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo first was opened in 1913, and gets the name of World War I pilot Pier Luigi Penzo. Stadio Penzo stands as the second-oldest soccer stadium in Italy in the world, following the Genoa's Stadio Luigi Ferraris.

The stadium, which is located in the island Sant'Elena close to the grounds for Venice Biennale. Venice Biennale, is notable because it is accessible only via boat.

The highest attendance of 26,000 was set for the match in 1966 Serie A match against A.C. Milan.

The original structure was made of wood The stadium was improved with a concrete central stadium in 1920s, and more improvements were made in the years that followed.

On the 11th of September, 1970 an EF5 tornado struck Venice and caused major destruction to the venue. This stadium only was partially restored but the capacity was cut to just under 5000.

As the club climbed back into Serie A in 1998, additional stand-ins were constructed to increase capacity to 13,400. However, the capacity was then reduced down to 7,450.

The original colors of Venezia were red and blue. the shirt was adorned with halves in the same colours. The uniform was like that of Genoa. But just one year after the club's founding the club changed its colours to green and black.

Much later, in 1987 when the club merged with local side Associazione Calcio Mestre from Mestre who wore orange and black, orange would also become one of Venezia's official colours, giving them the nickname arancioneroverdi ("orange-black-greens"). Venezia's colors and kit are distinctive. The shorts, shirt and socks typically are black, and the shirt has an orange and green trim.

The emblem for the Venetian club is the winged-lion (see Lion of Venice) often confused with the griffin. The golden winged-lion is the primary symbol of the Venice city and province;[58it has resulted in being one of their most well-known nicknames, which is leoni Alati ("winged-lions").

Since the club was repeatedly renamed throughout its history, the emblem has also been altered several times. The most popular badge has the golden winged lion with the orange and green club colors with a golden border. Since Venice is a city, Venice is located in the Venetian Lagoon, the club is also known as lagunari ("Lagoonal one").

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Serie B

• Champions: 1960–61, 1965–66
• Runners-up: 1938–39, 1948–49, 1997–98
• Promoted: 2000–01, 2020–21

Serie C/Serie C1

• Champions: 1935–36, 1955–56, 2016–17
• Runners-up: 1990–91

Serie C2

• Champions: 2005–06
• Runners-up: 1987–88

Serie D

• Champions: 1982–83, 2011–12
• Runners-up: 1978–79

Coppa Italia

• Winners: 1940–41

Coppa Italia Lega Pro

• Winners: 2016–17