# 2023–24 Venezia FC season

The 2023–24 season was 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 |
| DF | Jay Idzes | Go Ahead Eagles | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Christian Gytkjær | Unattached | Free | 20 July 2023 |
| FW | Marco Olivieri | Juventus Next Gen | Loan | 18 August 2023 |
| DF | Giorgio Altare | Cagliari | Loan | 24 August 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 B | 20 August 2023 | May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 46 | +23 | 055.26 |
| Coppa Italia | 14 August 2023 | 14 August 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 053.85 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Parma (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 66 | 35 | +31 | 76 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Como (P) | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 73 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Venezia (O, P) | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 46 | +23 | 70 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Cremonese | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 67 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Catanzaro | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 60 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.