Buy Genoa vs Venezia FC tickets for the 2026/27 Season and take a seat inside the Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Sunday 25 October 2026, kick-off 16:00 local time. Marassi is one of the oldest grounds in Italian football still in weekly use, opened in January 1911 and rebuilt in the English style for the 1990 World Cup. Very few stadiums in Serie A put you this close to the pitch on three sides.
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Genoa survived last season by a narrower margin than anyone in the city enjoyed, finishing sixteenth on 41 points. Venezia arrive as Serie B champions on 82 points, their third second-tier title, back in the top flight at the first attempt. Anyone weighing up Genoa tickets for the autumn should read this as a genuine six-pointer rather than a routine home banker.
The record between them says the same thing. Four Serie A meetings, one win each, two draws and three goals apiece. There is nothing in the head-to-head that tells the home crowd this is comfortable, and that is exactly why Marassi will be loud from the first whistle.
Genoa's support does not calibrate itself to the opponent. The Gradinata Nord fills for everything, and a 36,599-capacity ground in a city of this size means the ratio of demand to seats is unusually tight for a club that finished sixteenth. Add a season that started with survival as the stated aim and every home fixture against a side in similar territory takes on weight.
Venezia bring their own pull. Promoted sides sell strongly on the road in the first half of a season, and the Venezia support has done this before: they came up in 2021, went down, came up again in 2024, went down again, and are back for a third crack. Supporters chasing Venezia FC tickets for the trip know the away sector at Marassi is modest and moves early.
The stadium itself is a draw independent of the fixture. Marassi is shared with Sampdoria, so it hosts football most weekends and has a following among travelling supporters who come for the ground rather than the teams. Buyers curious about the other tenant will find Sampdoria tickets priced on an entirely separate calendar, but the seats are the same seats.
Timing plays its part. A 16:00 Sunday kick-off is the most usable slot in the Italian week for anyone travelling: it leaves the morning free in the city and gets you back to a station or an airport the same evening. Serie A can still move a fixture for broadcast, so confirm the slot before booking, but the Sunday afternoon window is the one this match currently sits in.
For most of the ground, yes. Italian clubs run loyalty schemes that give members priority windows and discounts, and Genoa are no exception, but the general sale for a fixture like this is real rather than notional. The constraint is that Italian tickets are personalised: the name on the ticket must match the identification you carry, and that requirement is enforced at the turnstile rather than waved through.
Face value at Marassi is modest by Serie A standards, running from around fifteen euros for the ends to roughly thirty to fifty euros along the sides, with a premium on the marquee visitors. Venezia sit in the lower band of that scale, which is why the entry price on this fixture is one of the more approachable of Genoa's season.
The away sector is the exception and it is a strict one. Italian away allocations are frequently limited to holders of the visiting club's own loyalty card, sold through that club's channels and closed to the general public. The sector used varies by fixture and by which club is at home, so visiting buyers should work from Venezia's own announcement rather than assuming a block.
For anyone outside Italy the resale market is the practical route, and the name-matching rule is the thing to plan around. Confirm with the seller how the ticket will be issued and in whose name before you book flights, because a seat you cannot enter on is worse than no seat at all.
Five things move the price here. Where the seat sits comes first, and the spread between the ends and the central Tribuna at Marassi is wide. Opponent profile comes second, and Venezia sit well below Juventus or Milan on that scale, which works in a buyer's favour.
Timing is third, and Genoa prices tend to firm up in the last ten days rather than soften. Competition context is fourth, with Serie A pricing sitting above the Coppa Italia dates on the same pitch. Hospitality tier is fifth and moves on a scale of its own.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gradinata, behind the goal | £60 – £95 | Lower-priced entry and the loudest part of the ground | The Nord is where the Genoa support gathers. Expect standing and singing for most of the ninety minutes |
| Distinti, side stand | £85 – £140 | Side-on viewing without a premium price | The three-tiered stand that gives Marassi its English character. Good value in the middle tier |
| Tribuna, side positions | £130 – £210 | Comfort and cover along the main side | The deepest pool of seated inventory once the ends have gone |
| Tribuna, central | £200 – £330+ | Halfway-line viewing and the quickest access | The balanced view across the pitch, and the bracket that clears first among seated buyers |
| Hospitality and VIP | £330 – £650+ | Corporate guests and buyers wanting catering included | Inventory is limited in absolute terms at a ground built in 1911 and rebuilt within its original footprint |
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift closer to the match.
Marassi is a classic four-stand ground with no running track and steep tiers, rebuilt for Italia 90 within the footprint it has occupied since 1911. The two ends are the Gradinata Nord and the Gradinata Sud, the main side is the Tribuna and the opposite side is the tall three-tiered Distinti. Fuller background on the ground sits on the Stadio Luigi Ferraris tickets listing.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gradinata Nord | Supporters who want the noise and the flags | Lower | The home of the Genoa ultras and the source of the singing. Standing throughout is the norm, not the exception |
| Gradinata Sud | Lower-priced seats behind the other goal | Lower | Sampdoria's end on their own matchdays. Quieter for a Genoa fixture and priced accordingly |
| Distinti, middle tier | Side-on viewing at a sensible price | Mid | The strongest value bracket in the ground. Steep enough for a clean view over the row in front |
| Tribuna, central | The balanced view and the fullest facilities | Upper | The main stand, holding the premium seating and the shortest walk to the concourse services |
| Visiting supporters' sector | Venezia supporters travelling from the Veneto | Set by allocation, not by market | The sector used varies by fixture and by which club is at home, so check Venezia's own announcement rather than assuming a block |
| Accessible positions | Wheelchair users and supporters with restricted mobility | Concession pricing applies | Provision exists but the number of spaces is finite in a ground of this age. Arrange these well ahead of the date |
The Distinti rewards a little care over the tier you pick. The lower tier puts you close to the touchline but loses depth on far-side play, the middle tier is the sweet spot for height against price, and the upper tier gives the fullest view of the shape of the game at the cost of some detail. Listings often quote the stand without the tier, so ask before you buy if the difference matters to you.
For a neutral or a first-time visitor, the middle tier of the Distinti is the honest recommendation. You get the height that makes the pitch readable, you sit clear of both ends and you pay materially less than the Tribuna for a view many people prefer. Buyers bringing children should avoid the Nord entirely, and the block-level detail on the Stadio Luigi Ferraris seating plan is worth reading before you settle on a row.
Hospitality at Marassi runs out of the Tribuna and is modest in scale, which is a function of the building rather than the club's ambition. A ground rebuilt inside its 1911 footprint has limited room for lounges and boxes, and what exists tends to be sold across the whole season rather than fixture by fixture.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Private box | Companies hosting clients, or groups travelling together | Enclosed space with catering and a separate entrance, away from the general concourse |
| Lounge seat with dining | Couples and small groups marking the trip | Central Tribuna seating with a meal before kick-off and lounge access at the interval |
| Premium seat with lounge access | Buyers wanting comfort without a full dining package | Better seat, sheltered position and faster service at a lower price than the catered tiers |
| Group package | Larger parties and corporate days out | Blocks of premium seating with shared catering, usually flexible on numbers until a set cut-off |
Two things to confirm before you commit. Hospitality entry opens well ahead of general admission, often ninety minutes or more, which matters at a ground where the approach roads narrow close to kick-off. And check what a listing actually includes, because packages sold as hospitality here range from a padded seat with lounge access to a full catered afternoon.
Dress codes in Italian football are relaxed at this level. Club colours are fine across the premium seating, though the dining rooms lean towards smart casual.
Italy has the strictest entry rules of the major European leagues, and they shape how a seat can change hands. Tickets are personalised, the name is checked against identification at the turnstile and a mismatch is refused rather than negotiated. Read the listing notes properly and confirm the issuing arrangement before you pay.
| Delivery Type | What to Check |
|---|---|
| Mobile transfer | Whether the transfer re-issues the ticket in your name, and when the seller expects to send. Italian transfers commonly land in the final 48 to 72 hours |
| Named e-ticket | That the name on the ticket matches the identification you will carry. This is the single most common reason a buyer is turned away at Marassi |
| Collection in Genoa | The exact meeting point, the collection window and what identification the seller expects. Allow time, the streets around the ground get busy early |
| Physical ticket or courier | The delivery address and the cut-off date. Courier to a hotel needs the booking name to match, so confirm with the property first |
Bring a passport or national identity card whichever method applies, charge your phone before you set off and screenshot any transfer confirmation. Segregation is enforced firmly in Serie A, and visiting colours outside the designated sector will not get you through the gate.
Arrival timing repays planning at Marassi more than at a modern ground. The stadium sits in a dense residential district with narrow approach streets and no large concourse to absorb a late crowd, so the final twenty minutes before kick-off are slow at every turnstile. Getting there an hour early gives you time to clear the identity check without pressure, find the right entrance for your sector and use the bars along the Bisagno rather than queueing inside. It matters more here than most places because the identity check is a genuine stop rather than a glance at a barcode.
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Step1
Start on the fixture listing
Work from this fixture rather than a general Genoa listing, so every seat you compare is for 25 October and none belongs to a Sampdoria match at the same ground.
Step2
Set up your account first
Take a minute to create an account before you start comparing. Italian fixtures need accurate holder details at checkout, and having them stored saves a scramble later.
Step3
Choose your stand before your price
Decide between the Tribuna, the Distinti and the two ends first. Working from price alone is how buyers end up in an ultras section they did not want.
Step4
Set your exact quantity
Filter by the number of seats you need. Inventory splits unevenly across three tiers in the Distinti, and a pair will often price better per seat than three or five.
Step5
Read the listing notes properly
Restricted view, seats not together, delivery method and the naming arrangement are all declared here. Two listings at the same price are rarely the same product in Italy.
Step6
Confirm the total at checkout
Check the full amount including fees and any currency conversion before committing, so what lands on your statement matches what you expected to pay.
Step7
Complete the purchase
Pay through the secure checkout and keep the confirmation email. It carries the order reference you will need for any question about delivery.
Step8
Follow the order through
Use track order to watch the status move from confirmed to delivered, and to see exactly when your seats are released to you.
Genoa is an easier weekend than its reputation suggests. Cristoforo Colombo airport sits just west of the city, Milan is under two hours away by train and the Ligurian coast line puts Genoa within reach of Turin, Pisa and the Cinque Terre without a car. The ground is the simplest part: Marassi is about 1.5 kilometres from the historic centre, roughly twenty minutes on foot, and Brignole is the station to aim for rather than Principe. From Brignole you can follow the Bisagno river inland for about a kilometre or take bus 480 or 482 towards S. Eusebio, which reaches the stadium stop in around seven minutes, and buyers comparing this against other football tickets this autumn will find Liguria kinder on the accommodation budget than Milan or Rome.
Two points matter more than the route. First, the naming rule: buying from abroad, confirm how the ticket will be issued and in whose name before booking non-refundable travel, because Italian entry checks are the strictest of the major leagues. Second, seats together: ask explicitly at the point of purchase rather than assuming, since a three-tiered stand splits inventory in ways that scatter groups. Keep an eye on the fixture slot too, as Serie A confirms kick-off times for broadcast and a shift within the weekend would leave a fixed booking awkward.
These clubs have only shared a top-flight division twice this century, in 2021/22 and 2024/25, and both seasons ended badly for at least one of them. The four Serie A meetings that came out of those campaigns are as evenly matched as a head-to-head gets: one win each, two draws, three goals apiece. Neither side has managed more than two goals in a match against the other at this level.
The pattern is worth reading before you buy. Both 2021/22 fixtures were cagey, a goalless afternoon at Marassi and a 1-1 in the lagoon, played between two sides who would both go down that season. The 2024/25 pair were the opposite: each home team won 2-0, and each did it comfortably. Whatever the table says, this fixture has produced tight, low-scoring football far more often than it has produced a rout.
What makes this meeting distinctive is how differently the two clubs arrived at it. Genoa spent last season scrapping for survival and got there with 41 points and little to spare. Venezia spent it winning a division, taking the Serie B title on 82 points ahead of Frosinone and Monza, and they come up with momentum rather than fear. A promoted champion against a survivor is a fixture with two nervous crowds rather than one, and Marassi tends to reward that with an atmosphere out of proportion to the names involved.
Only two Serie A meetings have been played at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, which is below the threshold for a venue-specific record, so the figures below widen to all Serie A meetings between the clubs across both grounds. Serie B meetings and pre-season friendlies are excluded.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 4 |
| Genoa wins | 1 |
| Venezia wins | 1 |
| Draws | 2 |
| Genoa goals | 3 |
| Venezia goals | 3 |
| Biggest Genoa win | 2-0 |
| Biggest Venezia win | 2-0 |
| First Serie A meeting in scope | 31 October 2021 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 17 February 2025 |
Totals compiled from the match-by-match results below, each cross-checked against two independent records.
Newest first, covering all Serie A meetings between the clubs across both grounds. Scores are given home team first, and the venue column shows where each was played.
| Date | Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb 2025 | 2-0 | Luigi Ferraris |
| 21 Sep 2024 | 2-0 | Pierluigi Penzo |
| 20 Feb 2022 | 1-1 | Pierluigi Penzo |
| 31 Oct 2021 | 0-0 | Luigi Ferraris |
Scores verified against Italian league match records and independent results databases, with matchday, venue and attendance confirmed for each. The clubs also met twice in Serie B during 2022/23 and twice in pre-season friendlies, and those results sit outside this scope because they belong to different competitions.
Yes. Italian tickets are personalised and checked against a passport or national identity card at the turnstile. Confirm the issuing arrangement with the seller before you book travel.
The softest pricing usually appears shortly after general sale opens, when season card holders release seats they cannot use. Prices at Marassi firm up rather than fall in the last ten days.
In a designated visiting sector whose location varies by fixture and by which club is at home. Those seats are sold through Venezia's own channels and are often limited to their loyalty card holders.
Aim for Brignole station rather than Principe. From there it is about a kilometre along the Bisagno river on foot, or roughly seven minutes on bus 480 or 482 towards S. Eusebio.
The middle tier of the Distinti or the Gradinata Sud. Both sit well away from the Genoa ultras in the Nord and from the visiting sector, and the Distinti gives the better view of the two.
Sources: Italian league match records and independent results databases for every result in scope, each score, matchday, venue and attendance cross-checked against two records including national match reports; the official Stadio Luigi Ferraris venue information for capacity, stand naming and the 1990 reconstruction; established stadium guides for published ticket prices, supporter sections and transport routes into Marassi; published Serie A and Serie B tables for 2025/26 final standings and promotion.