Full name | Venezia Football Club S.r.l. | ||
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Nickname(s) | I Leoni alati (The Winged Lions) I Lagunari (The Lagoonal Ones) Gli Arancioneroverdi (The Orange-Black-Greens) | ||
Founded | 14 December 1907 | , (as Venezia Foot Ball Club)||
Ground | Pier Luigi Penzo | ||
Capacity | 11,150 | ||
Owner | VFC Newco 2020 LLC | ||
Chairman | Duncan L. Niederauer | ||
Head coach | Eusebio Di Francesco | ||
League | Serie A | ||
2023–24 | Serie B, 3rd of 20 (promoted via play-offs) | ||
Website | veneziafc.it | ||
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Venezia Football Club, commonly referred to as Venezia, is a professional Italian football club based in Venice, Veneto, that currently plays in Serie A.
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 the Coppa Italia in the 1940–41 season. They followed this cup success up with their highest Serie A finish of third place in the following season.