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Società Sportiva Calcio Venezia is an Italian football club based in Venice, Veneto, which plays in Italian Serie C2. At the end of the 2005-2006 season, the club finished as champions and were promoted to Serie C1.
The new club was formed in 2005, so becoming the direct heir of old A.C. Venezia 1907 (Associazione Calcio Venezia 1907) team, which was declared insolvent because of bankruptcy and relegated from Serie B who finished 21st, to Serie C2. In its history, Venezia has spent a large part of recent years bouncing between Italy's two top divisions (it was last relegated from Serie A in 2002). It was this last season in Serie A which signalled the beginning of the end for the old club. Frustrated with the team and the inability to agree plans for a larger stadium with the council, then President, Maurizio Zamparini, decided to purchase U.S. Città di Palermo, and took with him a large portion of the squad.
The team's colors are black, orange, and green, giving them the nickname Arancioneroverdi (Orange-black-greens). They are also known as the Lagunari (the lagoonal ones).
Their stadium, the Pierluigi Penzo, is the only ground in Italy's top flights to which opposing teams and fans must get a boat to.
Venezia won the Coppa Italia in 1941. That team contained some of the players who went on to form part of the great Torino F.C. side of the 1940s who died tragically in the Superga air disaster in 1949, such as Ezio Loik and Valentino Mazzola.
Notable recent former players include Alvaro Recoba, Filippo Maniero and Christian Vieri.
Current First Team Squad
As of April 12, 2006
Achievements
- Coppa Italia - once
- Serie C2/A Champions - once
External links
- Venezia's official website
- Venezia fan website updated regularly
- Satellite image of Venezia's ground from Google Maps
Italian football clubs | Venice | 1907 establishments
Associazione Calcio Venezia | Società Sportiva Calcio Venezia | SSCヴェネツィア | Società Sportiva Calcio Venezia
"S.S.C. Venezia"