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| Full name | Venezia Football ClubS.r.l. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | I Leoni Alati (The Winged Lions) I Lagunari (TheLagoonal Ones) Gli Arancioneroverdi (The Orange-Black-Greens) | |||
| Founded | 14 December 1907; 117 years ago (14 December 1907), (asVenezia Foot Ball Club) 2005; 20 years ago (2005), refounded as (Società Sportiva Calcio Venezia) 2009; 16 years ago (2009), refounded as (Foot Ball Club Unione Venezia) 2015; 10 years ago (2015), refounded as (Venezia Football Club) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo | |||
| Capacity | 12,048 | |||
| Owner | VFC Newco 2020 LLC | |||
| Chairman | Duncan L. Niederauer | |||
| Head coach | Giovanni Stroppa | |||
| League | Serie B | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie A, 19th of 20 (relegated) | |||
| Website | veneziafc.it | |||
 Current season | ||||
Venezia Football Club is an Italian professionalfootballclub based inVenice,Veneto, that currently plays inSerie B, the second tier of Italian football.
Originally founded as Venezia Foot Ball Club in 1907, the club have spent a large part of their history in Italy's top two divisions.
Venezia's biggest achievement to date was winning theCoppa Italia in the1940–41 season. They followed this cup success up with their highestSerie A finish of third place in thefollowing season.
14 December 1907 in Venice by about 20 enthusiasts through the merger of the football sections of two Venetian sports clubs: theMartial Gymnastics Society andCostantino Reyer. The place chosen by the founders to give life to the new football club was the restaurant "Da Nane in Corte dell'Orso" near Campo San Bortolomio. Among the founders were Davide Fano, the first president; Walter Aemissegger, from Swiss clubFC Winterthur, the first coach and captain; Guido Battisti; Antonio Borella; Gerardo Bortoletti; Aldo Federici, known as "Baciccia"; Pietro Golzio, known as "Pioppa"; Silvio Lorenzetti, Pietro Piccoli; Primo Pitteri; Alessandro Santi; Marcello Santi; Luigi Vianello; Pietro Visintin; and Mario Vivante.[1]
In its early years, the club's matches were played in the pine forest ofSant'Elena. Venezia's first matches were played against theVeneto teams ofPadova,Verona, andVicenza, as well as against the crews of the ships arriving at the port of Venice. Venezia's first match was played on 22 December 1907, against Vicenza, ending 1–1.[2]
Venezia participated in Italy's top division for the first time in the1909 Italian Football Championship. As the only Veneto club, Venezia were directly admitted to the semifinals against the winners of theLombardia group,US Milanese, and lost the first leg 7–1 and the return leg 11–2.[3]
Venezia participated in the Prima Categoria, Italy's top division, from the1910–11 season through the1914–15 season, which would be the last season played before Italy enteredWorld War I.
In the1911–12 season, Venezia won the Veneto-Emilian group and reached the national final againstPro Vercelli, losing 7–0 in the first leg and 6–0 in the second leg.[4]
On 7 September 1913,Campo Sportivo Comunale di Sant’Elena, the Venetian stadium on the island of Sant'Elena, later to be namedStadio Pier Luigi Penzo, was opened, complete with a covered grandstand for more than 500 spectators.[5] Venezia lost the inaugural match toGenoa, 0–7.
In the1914–15 season, Venezia qualified for the semifinals, and finished fourth in Group A, before the season was suspended due to the war.
In April 1919, at Palazzo Gritti-Faccanon, in the then headquarters ofIl Gazzettino, the members of Venezia F.B.C. and the Aurora F.B.C., a minor lagoon club, decided to join forces and rename the club asAssociazione Calcio Venezia. On the occasion, the government contributed to the relaunch of the lagoon club with an extraordinary contribution of 40,000 lire, as compensation for having used the sports field as a military base.[4]
In the1921–22 season, Venezia were relegated to theSeconda Divisione. Venezia returned to thePrima Divisione in the1926–27 season, however, following the creation of theDivisione Nazionale as the new top flight, the Prima Divisione had become the second level of Italian football.
In the1927–28 Prima Divisione season, Venezia finished second in Group A behindAtalanta, and were automatically admitted to the Divisione Nazionale by resolution of theItalian Football Federation, which expanded the league to 32 clubs, with two groups of 16 clubs each.
In the1927–28 Divisione Nazionale season, Venezia finished 11th in Group B and were relegated toSerie B, which began operating in the1929–30 season. Venezia finished 7th in Serie B that season.
In the summer of 1930, Venezia was renamedSocietà Sportiva Serenissima, and the club colors were also changed with the adoption of the red of theFlag of the Republic of Venice, while theLion of Saint Mark was placed on the chest.[6]
In May 1931, on the occasion of the International Women's Gymnastic Competition, the Venetian stadium of Sant'Elena was named after World War I pilot Pier Luigi Penzo.[7]
After five consecutive seasons in Serie B since 1929–30, S.S. Serenissima finished last in Group B in the1933–34 Serie B season and were set for relegation, but they would keep their place in the league as a result of an expansion from 26 to 32 teams for the following season.
On 1 August 1934, the club returned to its former nameAssociazione Calcio Venezia (albeit with the addition, inevitable at the time, of the adjectiveFascista) and its traditionalneroverde (black and green) colors.[8]
In the1934–35 Serie B season, Venezia finished tied for 11th and were relegated to the nascentSerie C. But Venezia's stay in Serie C would be short, as they finished top of the table in the1935–36 season and earned direct promotion back to Serie B. Venezia also reached the Round of 32 of the1935–36 Coppa Italia, defeating Padova,Fiumana (now Rijeka), andPistoiese, before being eliminated by S.S. Lazio, 2–0. The strong point of that team was themediana di ferro (iron median) of Armando Varini, Aldo Biffi, and Attilo Kossovel.
The following season, Venezia reached the Round of 16 of the1936–37 Coppa Italia, losing toA.C. Milan, 2–0, and survived a relegation tie-breaker with Pro Vercelli,Messina, andCatania in the1936-37 Serie B season to keep their place in the league.
In 1937, with the emergence of Arnaldo Bennati as club president, Venezia began a period of ascent. In the1937–38 Serie B season, Venezia finished 8th in the table, and Bennati would bring in some important players including Víctor Tortora and Giovanni Alberti.
In the1938–39 Serie B season, Venezia finished second and earned promotion toSerie A, which was achieved in dramatic fashion by defeatingAtalanta in Bergamo, 0–1, on the last day of the season and overtaking them for second place despite being tied on points due to a better goal ratio.[9] The winning goal, coming in front of 5,000 Venezia fans, was scored byFrancesco Pernigo, who is still Venezia's all-time leading scorer (45) in Serie A.[10] Venezia's manager was Giuseppe Girani.
Venezia's rise to Serie A prompted a new renovation ofStadio Pier Luigi Penzo, with capacity increased from 10,000 to 22,000 after expansion of the existing stands.[11]
Upon returning to Serie A after a 12-year absence, the Venezia squad was strengthened, with the arrival of players includingLuigi Busidoni, Silvio Di Gennaro, Sergio Stefanini, and, most importantly,Valentino Mazzola. Mazzola was in Venice for military service, and after having showcased himself playing with military representatives in Campo dei Bacini, Venezia took him on trial and then bought him from Serie C club Alfa Romeo Milano.[12] In the1939–40 Serie A season, Venezia finished 10th in the table — highlighted by a win over eventual championsAmbrosiana Inter in Venice — and took a step towards the two most successful seasons in the club's history.
In 1940, Venezia hired Giovanni Battista Rebuffo as manager and further strengthened the squad with the arrival ofEzio Loik from A.C. Milan, who would form a famous partnership with Valentino Mazzola in Venice. Although they would finish a modest 12th in the1940–41 Serie A season, Venezia would go on to win the1940–41 Coppa Italia — the club's first major trophy. Venezia defeatedMU Borzacchini in the Round of 32,Udinese in the Round of 16,Bologna in the quarterfinals, and S.S. Lazio in the semifinals, meetingA.S. Roma in the final. After a 3–3 draw in Rome, Venezia won the return leg at Stadio Penzo, 1–0, on a goal from Loik.[13]
The following year, Venezia would make a run for the Scudetto. In the1941–42 Serie A season, the Loik-Mazzola duo was outstanding, whileFrancesco Pernigo would score 12 league goals. A few rounds from the end of the season, Venezia faced Roma in a critical match at Stadio Penzo, but Venezia would lose after missing a penalty, and Roma would go on to win the championship on 42 points, withTorino second on 39 points and Venezia third on 38 points. The third-place finish remains Venezia's best-ever result in Serie A. In the1941–42 Coppa Italia, Venezia defeated Torino in the Round of 32,Pisa in the Round of 16, and Bologna in the quarterfinals, but would lose to A.C. Milan in the semifinals, 2–1.
In the summer of 1942, Venezia sold Loik and Mazzola to Torino, for the then exorbitant figure of 1,200,000lira. Venezia would struggle in the1942–43 Serie A season, finishing 14th in the table and needing to defeatBari in a relegation tie-breaker to remain in Serie A. But in the1942–43 Coppa Italia, Venezia would reach their second final in three years. In the final, Venezia would lose to Torino, 4–0, with Mazzola scoring against his former club.[14]
After the 1942–43 season, football competitions in Italy were suspended due toWorld War II.
AfterWorld War II, Venezia reestablished its name asAssociazione Calcio Venezia.
In Italy, national football resumed with the1945–46 Italian Football Championship, and Venezia struggled, finishing 13th in the table. Serie A was restored in the1946–47 season, and despite the 13 goals by Valeriano Ottino (the most goals in a Serie A season by a Venezia player) Venezia were relegated toSerie B. At the same time, Arnaldo Bennati would leave the presidency. Following the highest point in the club's history, a period of uncertainty began.
After finishing in fourth in Serie B in the1947–48 season, sporting director Giuseppe Girani and manager Mario Villini led Venezia to promotion back to Serie A in the1948–49 season, finishing second, just one point ahead of Vicenza.
But Venezia faced serious financial uncertainty, to the point that in the1949–50 Serie A season the club was chaired by a local council. Venezia were forced to sell goalscorerAdriano Zecca to Roma, and did not have the quality to compete in the top flight, finishing last with only 16 points. In the summer of 1950,Mario Renosto was sold to A.C. Milan, and he immediately won the Scudetto with therossoneri the following season.
Upon falling back to Serie B, Venezia would finish a modest sixth in the table in the1950–51 season despite 20 goals fromPietro Broccini, who would leave for Inter Milan in the summer.
In the1951–52 season, Venezia would be relegated to Serie C, and they would spend four seasons in the third tier, before earning promotion back to Serie B in the1956–57 season under managerCarlo Alberto Quario.[15]
Despite still playing in Serie B, Venezia would make an impressive run in the1958–59 Coppa Italia, eliminating Roma and Torino on their way to the semifinals, where they would lose to Inter, and then lose a third place match with Genoa.[16] At the end of the season, manager Carlo Alberto Quario would leave the bench, and Venezia would narrowly avoid another relegation to Serie C in the1959-60 season, surviving a relegation tie-breaker withMonza andTaranto.[17]
In the1960–61 Serie B season, entrepreneur Anacleto Ligabue took over as extraordinary commissioner of the club, and he immediately recalled Carlo Alberto Quario to the bench. It would be a winning move, as Venezia finished top of the table, and returned to Serie A after an 11-year absence. The promotion-winning team featured the young VenetianGianni Rossi plus new arrivalsVirginio De Paoli,Sergio Frascoli, Gianni Grossi, and strikerLuigi Raffin, who scored 17 goals during the year. The triumph was celebrated with a procession of gondolas escorting thebissona Serenissima, the traditional Venetian ship, carrying the players from Stadio Penzo toPiazza San Marco.[18]
On Venezia's return to Serie A in the1961–62 season,Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata became club president, with Ligabue and Enrico Linetti as his deputies. Although the team got off to a slow start, Venezia would ultimately put together a respectable campaign, earning wins overJuventus and A.C. Milan, and finishing 12th in the table. The team featured midfielderJuan Santisteban who had arrived fromReal Madrid, while Raffin would score 11 goals during the season.[19]
But in the1962–63 Serie A season, Venezia finished 17th in the table and were again relegated to Serie B. At the end of the season, there would be several departures, including Carlo Alberto Quario and Gino Raffin, who had scored 39 goals in total in the previous three seasons.
After three seasons in Serie B, Venezia earned promotion to Serie A once again, finishing first in the1965–66 Serie B season. But in the1966–67 Serie A season, Venezia were directly relegated back to Serie B, and they would not see the top flight again for more than 30 years. In the following1967–68 Serie B season, Venezia would be relegated to Serie C.
Following the relegation from Serie B in 1968, Venezia would languish inSerie C,Serie C1,Serie C2, andSerie D through the 1980s.
Ahead of the 1986–87 season, Venezia was acquired by businessmanMaurizio Zamparini, who would lead the club for the next 16 seasons.
After his first season in charge, Zamparini would merge Venezia with mainland clubA.C. Mestre, who were also playing in Serie C2. The merger was executed on 26 June 1987. Zamparini temporarily changed the name of the club toCalcio VeneziaMestre, though the club would be renamedAssociazione Calcio Venezia in November 1989. With the merger, the club's colors changed fromneroverde (green-black) toarancioneroverde (orange-black-green). Further, the team's home matches were moved from Stadio Penzo in Venice to Stadio Francesco Baracca inMestre.[20][21]
In the 1987–88 season, Venezia achieved promotion fromSerie C2 toSerie C1, returning to the third tier for the first time since the 1976–77 season.
Over the next two seasons, the team — featuring players including Andrea Poggi,Giancarlo Filippini, and a youngPaolo Poggi — steadily improved, and built towards a return to Serie B.
In the 1990–91 season, Venezia, under managerAlberto Zaccheroni, earned promotion back to Serie B after a 23-year absence. In a playoff for second place, Venezia defeated Como, 2–1, with 7,000 fans from Venice and Mestre attending the match in Cesena.
Due to the insufficient capacity at Stadio Baracca in Mestre for Serie B, Venezia would move back to Stadio Penzo in Venice, renovating and expanding the stadium, with the elimination of theathleticstrack.
Venezia would spend the next seven seasons in Serie B, before finally achieving promotion.
In the1997–98 Serie B season, Venezia, under managerWalter Novellino, finished second in the table and earned promotion back to Serie A after a 31-year absence.
Ahead of the1998–99 Serie A season, sporting directorBeppe Marotta would strengthen the team, including the double signing of strikerFilippo Maniero and goalkeeperMassimo Taibi from A.C. Milan. Through the first half of the season, though, Venezia were bottom of the table, and Maniero hadn't scored a goal. But a turning point came in January with the arrival of young playmakerÁlvaro Recoba on loan from Inter Milan. Maniero and Recoba would form a prolific partnership in attack, scoring 23 goals between them in the second half of the season — Maniero with 12, Recoba with 11 — and gradually pulling Venezia out of the relegation zone. In the penultimate week of the season, Venezia needed a win against Recoba's parent club Inter to preserve their Serie A status, and Recoba contributed a goal and an assist in a 3–1 win, as Venezia completed the comeback and finished in 11th place, four points above the relegation zone.[22]
Going into the1999–2000 Serie A season, Venezia replaced Novellino withLuciano Spalletti. But without Recoba, Venezia would struggle. During the campaign, they would go through three coaches — Spalletti was sacked in the fall, then recalled afterGiuseppe Materazzi lasted just 27 days, untilFrancesco Oddo was hired in February. Venezia would make a run in the1999–2000 Coppa Italia, eliminating Udinese and Fiorentina among others on their way to the semifinals, where they were finally beaten by Lazio, but that form wouldn't carry over to league play. Venezia ultimately finished 16th and were relegated to Serie B.
For the2000–01 Serie B season, Venezia hired managerCesare Prandelli, and he would lead Venezia right back to Serie A. But it wouldn't last, as Prandelli was let go early into the2001–02 Serie A season, and Venezia would go on to finish last and suffer its second relegation in three years.
On 21 July 2002, Zamparini left Venezia and took over Palermo. The following day, in a move called thefurto di Pergine — the "theft of Pergine" — Zamparini has 12 players plus manager Ezio Glerean withdrawn by bus from Venezia's preseason camp inPergine Valsugana and taken to Palermo's preseason camp inLongarone. In the mass transfer, Palermo took goalkeeperGeneroso Rossi, defendersFabio Bilica,Kewullay Conteh andFrancesco Modesto, midfieldersValentino Lai,Antonio Marasco,Stefano Morrone,Frank Olivier Ongfiang,Mario Santana andEvans Soligo (later returned to Venice), and strikersArturo Di Napoli andFilippo Maniero. A few days later, strikerIgor Budan and the sporting director Rino Foschi also moved from Venezia to Palermo.[23]
Venezia finished 15th in the2002–03 Serie B season, then 20th in the2003–04 Serie B season, surviving a relegation playoff by defeating Bari, 2–1 on aggregate. But the club's financial situation could not be saved.
At the end of the2004–05 Serie B season, Venezia was relegated and declared bankrupt.
In the summer of 2005, the club was re-founded asSocietà Sportiva Calcio Venezia and was admitted toSerie C2 byLodo Petrucci. In the2005–06 Serie C2 season, Venezia earned promotion to Serie C1, and would spend the next three seasons in the third tier, but the club would be declared bankrupt once again by the end of the2008–09 season.[24][25][26][27]
In the summer of 2009, with Venice in danger of being a city without a football club, mayorMassimo Cacciari personally supervised the foundation of a new club. On 27 July 2009, the club was re-founded asFoot Ball Club Unione Venezia, recognized as the legitimate successor of SSC Venezia, and was admitted to Serie D. Venezia won Serie D in the2011–12 season and earned promotion from Lega Pro Seconda Divisione to Lega Pro Prima Divisione in the2012–13 season, but would last just two seasons in the third tier before going bankrupt for the third time in 10 years.
In September 2015, a group of American investors led by attorneyJoe Tacopina moved to acquire the club out of bankruptcy,[28] and re-founded the club asVenezia FC.[29] In the2015–16 season, Venezia earned promotion fromSerie D toSerie C.
In June 2016, Venezia hiredFilippo Inzaghi as manager.[30] The formerItalian national team star's previous managerial experience was with A.C. Milan in2014–15.[31]
In Inzaghi's first season, the2016–17 Lega Pro season, Venezia earned promotion toSerie B and won theCoppa Italia Serie C. The Serie C title was secured on 19 April 2017, after beating Parma to top spot.[32]
In the2017–18 Serie B season, Venezia's first at that level for 12 years, the club was a surprise contender for promotion toSerie A, managing to finish fifth in the table.[33] This was their highest Serie B finish since ending the2000–01 season in fourth place, when they were last promoted to the top-flight. In the first round of the Serie B promotion playoffs, Venezia defeatedPerugia 3–0 at theStadio Pier Luigi Penzo to advance to the semi-finals. However, the club then lost toPalermo due to a 1–0 defeat in the away leg, and was knocked out by a 2–1 aggregate scoreline.[34]
In June 2018, Inzaghi decided to leave Venezia,[35] and he would later joinBologna.[36]
After Inzaghi's departure, Venezia went through three coaches in the2018–19 Serie B season —Stefano Vecchi,[37]Walter Zenga,[38] andSerse Cosmi[39] — and finished 15th in the table. After losing the Serie B relegation play-out toSalernitana, Venezia were set for relegation to Serie C,[40] but they were ultimately spared whenPalermo were punished with relegation due to "administrative non-compliance."[41]
Ahead of the2019–20 Serie B season, Venezia hiredAlessio Dionisi as manager. In February 2020, with the team in another relegation battle, Venezia was recapitalized and the club's ownership removed Joe Tacopina as club president.[42]
Upon the club's reorganization, Venezia ownerDuncan Niederauer, former CEO of theNew York Stock Exchange, took on the role of club president.[42] The following month, the 2019–20 Serie B season was suspended due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Italy, but would resume in June. When the season resumed, Venezia would lose just two of their final 10 matches, and defeatedPerugia on the final day of the season to remain in Serie B, finishing 11th in the league table, five points clear of the relegation play-out.[43][44]
A significant capital raise was announced for the club in July 2024. New investors include APEX Capital, Chiron Sports Group and PSALM Capital.[45][46]
In August 2020, Venezia rebuilt its technical staff, hiring former long-time Venezia players and local Venetians Mattia Collauto andPaolo Poggi as sporting director and technical director, respectively,[47] a young American Alex Menta as analytics director,[48] and Vicenza-bornPaolo Zanetti as manager.[49]
In the2020–21 Serie B season, Venezia finished fifth in the table, again qualifying for the promotion playoffs toSerie A. In the promotion playoff first round, Venezia defeatedChievo Verona thanks to an extra-time goal fromDennis Johnsen, winning the tie 3–2.[50] The first leg of Venezia's semi-final match againstLecce was settled by a single goal from star strikerFrancesco Forte, who was particularly crucial to the club's promotion push with 15 goals in the regular season, with a 1–1 tie in the away leg enabling the club to advance.[51] In the final, Venezia metA.S. Cittadella for a place in Serie A. A 1–0 away win at their opponents'Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato and the following 1–1 result at home, with a late equaliser from veteran forwardRiccardo Bocalon, secured Venezia's first season in Serie A in19 years.[52][44] This achievement also marked a rapid rise for the club fromSerie D toSerie A in only five years.
Venezia celebrated their return to Serie A with a parade of historical boats, rowing clubs, andgondolas on theGrand Canal.[53]
On 9 August 2021, the club broke its transfer record with the signing of American midfielderGianluca Busio for $6.5 million (€5.7 million).[54][44] The club's first match back in Serie A was a 2–0 defeat againstNapoli on 22 August 2021.[55] However, the club's time in Serie A would be short-lived, as they would be again relegated to Serie B at the end of the season.[56]
For the2022–23 Serie B season, the club acquiredIvan Javorčić as the new head coach. They strengthened their roster with a former Bayer Leverkusen strikerJoel Pohjanpalo and formerBrescia goalkeeperJesse Joronen, in hopes of a quick return to top level. The season started slow, and eventually on 31 October 2022, Javorčić was sacked after Venezia had won only two of their 12 first league matches and were near the bottom of the table.Paolo Vanoli, a former assistant coach ofAntonio Conte, was hired. The team progressed and finished in the 8th place at the end of the season, while Pohjanpalo scored 19 goals in Serie B, helping Venezia to qualify to promotion play-offs, where they were knocked out byCagliari. At the end of the next2023–24 season, Vanoli led Venezia to finish 3rd with the captain Pohjanpalo winning the Golden Boot with 22 goals. In thepromotion play-offs, Venezia defeatedPalermo andCremonese and were promoted back to Serie A after two seasons spent in Serie B.[57]
Originally Venezia's colours were blue and red and the shirt featured halves in those colours; the kit was very similar to that ofGenoa.[58] However just a year after the club was founded, it changed colours to black and green.[58]
Much later, in 1987 when the club merged with local sideAssociazione Calcio Mestre fromMestre who wore orange and black,[59] orange would also become one of Venezia's official colours, giving them the nicknamearancioneroverdi ("orange-black-greens").[60] Venezia's colours and kit are very distinctive; the shirt, shorts and socks are usually black with the shirt having a green and orange trim.[44]
The symbol of the Venetian club is a winged-lion (seeLion of Venice), commonly mistaken for agriffin. The golden winged-lion is the official symbol carried by the city ofprovince of Venice;[61] the symbol has led to one of the club's most popular nicknames in the form ofleoni alati ("winged-lions").[60]
As the club has been renamed numerous times during its history, the badge has also changed several times; the most common one features the golden winged lion, along with the green and orange club colours with a golden border.[62] As the city of Venice is situated on theVenetian Lagoon, the club is also nicknamedlagunari ("Lagoonal ones").[63]
Venezia'sStadio Pier Luigi Penzo first opened in 1913 and takes its name fromWorld War I pilot Pier Luigi Penzo. Stadio Penzo is the second-oldest stadium in Italy, afterGenoa'sStadio Luigi Ferraris.[64]
The stadium, located on the island ofSant'Elena, adjacent to the grounds of theVenice Biennale, is notable for being primarily accessible by boat.[citation needed]
The record attendance of 26,000 was for a1966Serie A match againstA.C. Milan.[citation needed]
Originally constructed from wood, the stadium was largely upgraded with a concrete main stand in the 1920s and further improvements were made in the decades that followed.[citation needed]
On 11 September 1970, a tornado hit Venice and caused extensive damage to the stadium. The stadium was only partially reinstated, with the capacity reduced to just over 5,000.[citation needed]
When the club rose back up to Serie A in 1998, additional makeshift stands were added, bringing capacity back up to 13,400, but it has since been reduced again to the current capacity of 7,450.[citation needed]
| Series | Years | Last | Promotions | Relegations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 14 | 2024–25 | — |  8 (1947,1950,1963,1967,2000,2002,2022,2025) |
| B | 38 | 2025–26 |  8 (1939,1949,1961,1966,1998,2001,2021,2024) | 4 (1935,1952,1968,2005✟) |
| C C2 | 23 10 | 2016–17 | 4 (1936,1956,1991,2017) 3 (1988 C2,2006 C2,2013 C2) | 4 (1977,1982,2009✟,2015✟) |
| 84 out of 91 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 | ||||
| D | 7 | 2015–16 | 4 (1979,1983,2012,2016) | Never |
| # | Name | Years | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Gianni Grossi | 1960–1969 | 269 |
| 2 | Mario Tesconi | 1954–1957, 1958–1964 | 255 |
| 3 | Marco Modolo | 2009–2010, 2015–2024 | 241 |
| 4 | Giancarlo Filippini | 1989–1993, 1994–1998 | 220 |
| 5 | Mattia Collauto | 2004–2012 | 218 |
| 6 | Paolo Poggi | 1989–1992, 2002–2003, 2004, 2006–2009 | 217 |
| 7 | Mario Ardizzon | 1956–1963, 1971–1974 | 215 |
| 8 | Roberto Bellinazzi | 1967–1969, 1970–1972, 1973–1974 | 202 |
| 9 |  Francesco Pernigo | 1938–1947 | 197 |
| 10 | Giovanni Bubacco | 1957–1969 | 191 |
| # | Name | Years | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Pernigo | 1938–1947 | 70 |
| 2 | Filippo Maniero | 1998–2002 | 54 |
| 3 | Roberto Bellinazzi | 1967–1969, 1970–1972, 1973–1974 | 52 |
| 4 |  Giovanni Alberti | 1938–1947 | 49 |
| 5 |  Joel Pohjanpalo | 2022–2025 | 48 |
 Emil Zubin | 2010–2012 | 48 | |
| 7 | Paolo Poggi | 1989–1992, 2002–2003, 2004, 2006–2009 | 44 |
| 8 | Gino Raffin | 1960–1963 | 39 |
| 9 | Adriano Zecca | 1947–1949 | 38 |
| 10 | Raffaele Cerbone | 1993–1996 | 35 |
| Luigi Capuzzo | 1982–1987 |
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