# 2020–21 Venezia FC season

The 2020–21 season was the 114th season in the existence of Venezia F.C. and the club's fourth consecutive season in Serie B, the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Venezia participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 15 February 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 | ITA | Riccardo Pigozzo |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Ferrarini (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Anthony Taugourdeau |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Antonio Junior Vacca |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Michele Cremonesi |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Pasquale Mazzocchi |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Dezi |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Mattia Aramu |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Francesco Forte |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Luca Lezzerini |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Marco Modolo (Captain) |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Gian Filippo Felicioli |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Antonio Marino |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Luca Fiordilino |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Dennis Johnsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Domenico Rossi |
| 19 | FW | ISL | Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Francesco Di Mariano |
| 21 | MF | FIN | Lauri Ala-Myllymäki |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Alberto Pomini |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Harvey St Clair |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Bocalon |
| 28 | FW | ISL | Óttar Magnús Karlsson |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Youssef Maleh (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 30 | DF | AUT | Michael Svoboda |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Giacomo Ricci (on loan from Parma) |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Pietro Ceccaroni |
| 33 | MF | SVN | Domen Črnigoj |
| 70 | FW | ITA | Sebastiano Esposito (on loan from Inter) |
| — | GK | FIN | Niki Mäenpää |

### 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 | BRA | Bruno Bertinato (at Vis Pesaro) |
| — | DF | ITA | Emanuele Cigagna (at Paganese) |
| — | DF | ITA | Mario De Marino (at Bisceglie) |
| — | MF | ITA | Filippo Serena (at Gubbio) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Nicolas Galazzi (at Piacenza) |
| — | FW | ITA | Yuri Senesi (at Cavese) |
| — | FW | ITA | Nicolò Simeoni (at Grosseto) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianmarco Zigoni (at Mantova) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 26 September 2020 | 10 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 039.47 |
| Serie B promotion play-offs | 13 May 2021 | 27 May 2021 | Preliminary round | Winners | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 060.00 |
| Coppa Italia | 30 September 2020 | 28 October 2020 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 042.22 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Monza | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 64 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Lecce | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 62 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Venezia (O, P) | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 59 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 6 | Cittadella | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 57 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 7 | Brescia | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Brescia 9, Chievo 5, SPAL 2.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Serie B

#### 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 September 2020.