{"id":17135,"date":"2025-07-23T04:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T04:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/17135\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T04:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T04:27:08","slug":"drakes-nocta-partners-with-soccer-club-venezia-fc-for-home-jerseys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/17135\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake\u2019s Nocta Partners with Soccer Club Venezia FC for Home Jerseys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMILAN \u2014 Drake\u2019s Nocta<\/a> brand is partnering with Italian soccer<\/a> team Venezia FC, based in Venice, decking the 2025-26 season\u2019s home jerseys with its logo.<\/p>\n

\n\tOfficially the team\u2019s technical sponsor, the Nocta logo appears on the short-sleeved, all-black jerseys, which feature a tone-on-tone, cartography-inspired pattern. Colorful accents in the signature soccer<\/a> team\u2019s shades of orange and green run around the shoulder and arm line, while silver details appear throughout.<\/p>\n

\n\tDrake \u2014 who has won many accolades including three Billboard Music Awards in 2024, as well as five Grammy Awards earlier in his career, among others \u2014 is among a pool of investors who injected capital into the Venice-based team in 2024.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe jerseys will make their debut on the field on Aug. 16 at the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa tournament, during the match between Venezia FC and the Mantova soccer team. Fans will be able to purchase them starting Wednesday, alongside matching shorts and socks.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe partnership isn\u2019t just about soccer, it\u2019s about Venice, one of the most historical cities in the world and their passion not only for the club but the city and what it represents,\u201d said Matte Babel, cofounder of Nocta. \u201cWhat\u2019s really exciting, is that while the team\u2019s identity is deeply rooted in their Venetian heritage the organization isn\u2019t afraid to push boundaries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tBuilding on the partnership, Nocta and Venezia FC are also releasing the performance-driven, workout-intended Training collection and the lifestyle Travel range. These include travel outerwear, tracksuits and other sportswear-inflected essentials. Both collections will launch in the upcoming weeks via multiple drops.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis partnership reflects exactly what we want Venezia FC torepresent: a club rooted in tradition, but unafraid to innovate and lead. Nocta brings global relevance, cultural depth and a unique creative sensibility to the world of soccer,\u201d said Tancredi Vitale, managing director of Venezia FC.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe Venezia FC and Nocta 2025-26 home jersey campaign starring Red Longo.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDuncan Loudon\/Courtesy of Venezia FC<\/p>\n

\n\tNocta was established in 2020 by the Canadian rapper, singer and actor with Nike<\/a>, as a premium sub-label of the latter. It has since introduced thematic drops including Nocta Golf and Nocta Basketball, among others.<\/p>\n

\n\tMarking the collaboration with Nocta and the release of the jersey, the soccer team has released a dedicated digital campaign titled \u201cHome Ground,\u201d shot on film by photographer Duncan Loudon.<\/p>\n

\n\tFeaturing street-cast people and soccer fans \u2014 in addition to local creatives including contemporary artists Fabrizio Plessi and Red Longo, painter-poet Solange Smith and emerging musical talents Marrakech Express and Space Idol \u2014 the images shot in Venice celebrates the city\u2019s cultural relevance beyond clich\u00e8s rooted in its past.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe Venezia FC and Nocta 2025-26 home jersey campaign starring Space Idol.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDuncan Loudon\/Courtesy of Venezia FC<\/p>\n

\n\tVenezia FC was established in 1907 and plays its matches at the Pier Luigi Penzo Stadium, the second oldest in Italy, located on Venice\u2019s Sant\u2019Elena island. In recent years Venezia FC has ping-ponged between the Series A and Series B tournaments, Italy\u2019s top two domestic leagues, and currently plays in the latter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN \u2014 Drake\u2019s Nocta brand is partnering with Italian soccer team Venezia FC, based in Venice, decking the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,14924,561,82],"class_list":["post-17135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nike","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}