# 2021–22 Venezia FC season

The 2021–22 season was 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 participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 January 2022
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) |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Antonio Junior Vacca |
| 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 | FW | FRA | Thomas Henry |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Dennis Johnsen |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Daan Heymans |
| 19 | FW | ISL | Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason |
| 20 | MF | POR | Nani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Michaël Cuisance |
| 22 | DF | NGA | Tyronne Ebuehi (on loan from Benfica) |
| 23 | MF | MAR | Sofian Kiyine (on loan from Lazio) |
| 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 (3rd captain) |
| 33 | MF | SVN | Domen Črnigoj |
| 42 | MF | ISR | Dor Peretz |
| 44 | DF | WAL | Ethan Ampadu (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 55 | DF | SUR | Ridgeciano Haps |
| 77 | FW | NGA | David Okereke (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 88 | GK | ARG | Sergio Romero |
| 91 | GK | ITA | Filippo Neri |

### Other players under contract

Include players not registered for current season.
    As of 17 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 |
| — | GK | BRA | Bruno Bertinato |
| — | MF | FIN | Lauri Ala-Myllymäki |
| — | MF | ITA | Jacopo Dezi |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Fiordilino |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Riccardo Bocalon |
| — | FW | ITA | Nicolò Simeoni |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianmarco Zigoni |

### Out on loan

    As of 7 January 2022
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 | Riccardo Pigozzo (at Seregno until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Mario De Marino (at Fidelis Andria until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Gian Filippo Felicioli (at Ascoli until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Nicolas Galazzi (at Triestina until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Domenico Rossi (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Filippo Serena (at Grosseto until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | SCO | Harvey St Clair (at Seregno until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | BIH | Mirza Hasanbegovic (at Kallithea until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ISL | Óttar Magnús Karlsson (at Siena until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 28 | DF | David Schnegg | LASK | Undisclosed | 11 June 2021 |
| 42 | MF | Dor Peretz | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Undisclosed | 16 June 2021 |
| 22 | DF | Tyronne Ebuehi | Benfica | Loan | 28 June 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Tanner Tessmann | FC Dallas | Undisclosed | 15 July 2021 |
| 11 | MF | Arnór Sigurðsson | CSKA Moscow | Loan | 30 July 2021 |
| 27 | MF | Gianluca Busio | Sporting Kansas City | Undisclosed | 9 August 2021 |
| 31 | DF | Mattia Caldara | Milan | Loan | 9 August 2021 |
| 77 | FW | David Okereke | Club Brugge | Loan | 12 August 2021 |
| 14 | FW | Thomas Henry | OH Leuven | Undisclosed | 24 August 2021 |
| 55 | DF | Ridgeciano Haps | Feyenoord | Undisclosed | 31 August 2021 |
| 44 | DF | Ethan Ampadu | Chelsea | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| | MF | Jack de Vries | Philadelphia Union | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| 88 | GK | Sergio Romero | Unattached | Unattached | 11 October 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Michaël Cuisance | Bayern Munich | €4,500,000 | 3 January 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 22 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 015.79 |
| Coppa Italia | 15 August 2021 | 12 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 73 | −35 | 017.07 |
Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Spezia | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 36 | |
| 17 | Salernitana | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 31 | |
| 18 | Cagliari (R) | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 30 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Genoa (R) | 38 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 28 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Venezia (R) | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 27 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2022. 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 19 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.

### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | 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 | Bruno Bertinato | 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