When soccer and art meet: Venezia FC, which will play in the Serie B championship, enriches its visual identity with an artist’s jersey, through a new chapter of the Home Ground project, born from the collaboration with sportswear brand NOCTA. After the launch of the home and away uniforms, it is now the turn of the goalkeeper jerseys for the 2025/26 season, presented last August 13. It is a collection, designed by designers Diego Moscosoni and Ariel Mojetta, that revisits the bold spirit of the 1990s, a time when goalkeeper uniforms became style statements, characterized because they were colorful and flamboyant. It is through this jersey that the Venice soccer team wants to celebrate the city’s connection with contemporary art.
There is also an artist at the center of the campaign: he is Fabrizio Plessi, a pioneer of video art and a leading figure in the Venetian cultural scene. Plessi embodies the dialogue between art and sport that is at the heart of the Home Ground project: his presence transforms the jersey into a canvas, the goalkeeper into a performer, and the stadium into a cultural stage. Also appearing alongside him are poet and painter Solange Smith and contemporary artists Carlo Braidotti, Red Longo, and Diana Hlushach, while local fans and historic supporters round out the cast, reinforcing the idea of soccer understood as a shared and communal language.
The Home jersey design, for home matches, is distinguished by the dominance of gold, reinterpreted with NOCTA’s star motif and enriched with a subtle constellation pattern, inspired by the night sky above the lagoon. The result is a garment that combines performance and symbolism, with the word “Venezia” in black, the club crest, and the NOCTA logo prominently displayed. Available in lifestyle and match versions, the jersey is long-sleeved, paying homage to the iconic goalkeeper uniforms of the past, and features sponsor Cynar Spritz.
Different is the spirit of the Away jersey, the away jersey, which adopts a vibrant fuchsia base enriched with spray graphics and abstract lion motifs, a reference to street aesthetics and experimental art. Again, the garment is offered in field and leisure variants, strictly with long sleeves. In both versions, Venezia FC and NOCTA have chosen not to limit themselves to a functional approach, but to transform the goalkeeper’s kit into a cultural object, capable of narrating creativity and identity beyond the sports perimeter.
The two designers Diego Moscosoni and Ariel Mojetta have fused aesthetic experimentation and technical features. The jerseys are made of lightweight, high-performance fabrics, the same ones used by players on the field, guaranteeing comfort and durability. The intent is clear: to go beyond the traditional boundaries of soccer merchandising to propose an approach that looks at design, art and urban culture as integral elements of the sports experience.
The official debut of the new uniforms is expected on Saturday, August 16 in the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa match against Mantova. Afterwards, the jerseys will return to prominence on Sunday, August 24 in the first Serie Bkt match against Bari.
Creative direction for the campaign is by NOCTA, with photography by Duncan Loudon and styling by Elisa Voto. The 25/26 goalkeeper jerseys are available from August 13 in the official Venezia FC stores - in Rialto and Santi Apostoli in Venice, and in Ca’ Venezia in Mestre - as well as online at shop.veneziafc.it.
The launch includes not only Home and Away jerseys in lifestyle and match versions, but also matching shorts and socks. In this way, Venezia FC continues a strategy that goes beyond played soccer, transforming its kits into design objects and symbols of belonging, capable of dialoguing with the world of fashion and contemporary art.
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