2025–26 SSC Bari season
| 2025–26 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Fabio Caserta |
| Stadium | Stadio San Nicola |
| Serie B | 19th |
| Coppa Italia | First round |
| Biggest defeat | Milan 2–0 Bari |
The 2025–26 season is the 118th in the history of Società Sportiva Calcio Bari and the club’s fourth consecutive season in Serie B of the Italian football leagues. In addition to participating in the domestic league, the team also competed in the Coppa Italia.
The team's kit for the season was designed by Italian sporting goods manufacturer Erreà and featured the Swedish online gaming company Betsson as the main kit sponsor.[1][2]
Squad
Transfers In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Hemsley Akpa-Chukwu | Novara | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Ismail Achik | Audace Cerignola | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Francesco Lops | Sorrento | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Karlo Lulić | FK Sarajevo | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Filippo Faggi | Gubbio | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| FW | Giacomo Manzari | Carrarese | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| DF | Sheriff Kassama | Trento | Loan | 14 July 2025 | |
| FW | Anthony Partipilo | Parma | Loan | 8 August 2025 | [3] |
| FW | Mirko Antonucci | Spezia | Loan | 21 August 2025 | [4] |
| MF | Gaetano Castrovilli | Lazio | Undisclosed | 21 August 2025 | [5] |
| FW | Leonardo Cerri | Juventus Next Gen | Loan | 27 August 2025 | [6] |
| DF | Andrea Meroni | Reggiana | Undisclosed | 1 September 2025 | [7] |
| DF | Riccardo Burgio | Potenza | Undisclosed | 1 September 2025 | [8] |
| MF | Ebrima Darboe | Roma | Undisclosed | 1 September 2025 | [9] |
| MF | Giulio Maggiore | Salernitana | Free | 1 September 2025 |
Transfers Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Boris Radunović | Cagliari | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| DF | Lorenco Šimić | Maccabi Haifa | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | César Falletti | Cremonese | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Andrea Oliveri | Atalanta U23 | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Giulio Maggiore | Salernitana | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| MF | Ismail Achik | Salernitana | €100,000 | 11 July 2025 | |
| MF | Ahmad Benali | Virtus Entella | Undisclosed | 1 August 2025 | |
| MF | Karlo Lulić | Casarano Calcio | Undisclosed | 8 August 2025 | |
| FW | Aurélien Scheidler | FCV Dender EH | €800,000 | 21 August 2025 | |
| MF | Francesco Lops | Giugliano | Loan | 23 August 2025 | |
| FW | Giacomo Manzari | Perugia | Loan | 28 August 2025 | [10] |
| MF | Filippo Faggi | Pontedera | Loan | 1 September 2025 | |
| DF | Alessandro Tripaldelli | Reggiana | Loan | 1 September 2025 | [11] |
| FW | Hemsley Akpa-Chukwu | RFC Seraing | Free | 8 September 2025 |
Friendlies
| 26 July 2025 | Bari | 1–0 | Campobasso |
| 4 August 2025 | Bari | 2–3 | Casarano |
| 9 August 2025 | Bari | 3–0 | Picerno |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Serie B | 24 August 2025 | 8–10 May 2026 | Matchday 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0.00 | |
| Coppa Italia | 17 August 2025 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0.00 | ||||
Last updated: 19 September 2025
Source: Competitions
Serie B
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Sampdoria | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 34 | |
| 16 | Virtus Entella | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 34 | Qualification for relegation play-out |
| 17 | Bari | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 31 | |
| 18 | Spezia | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 30 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 19 | Reggiana | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 30 |
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. Source: Serie BKT
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[12]
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 |
Last updated: 27 December 2025.
Source:
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 24 August 2025 1 | Venezia | 2–1 | Bari | Venice |
| 19:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Davide Di Marco |
| 31 August 2025 2 | Bari | 1–1 | Monza | Bari |
| 21:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 15,010 Referee: Simone Galipò |
| 13 September 2025 3 | Modena | 3–0 | Bari | Modena |
| 15:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 10,743 Referee: Andrea Calzavara |
| 19 September 2025 4 | Palermo | 2–0 | Bari | Palermo |
| 21:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 32,363 Referee: Daniele Perenzoni |
| 27 September 2025 5 | Bari | 1–1 | Sampdoria | Bari |
| 19:30 UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 8,711 Referee: Matteo Marchetti |
| 30 September 2025 6 | Virtus Entella | 2–2 | Bari | Chiavari |
| 20:30 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 2,126 Referee: Paride Tremolada |
| 4 October 2025 7 | Bari | 2–1 | Padova | Bari |
| 15:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 9,717 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello |
| 18 October 2025 8 | Reggiana | 3–1 | Bari | Reggio Emilia |
| 15:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 9,071 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi |
| 26 October 2025 9 | Bari | 1–0 | Mantova | Bari |
| 18:15 UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 9,866 Referee: Luca Massimi |
| 2 November 2025 10 | Bari | 1–0 | Cesena | Bari |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 9,805 Referee: Francesco Fourneau |
| 7 November 2025 11 | Spezia | 1–1 | Bari | Spezia |
| 21:30 UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 8,836 Referee: Andrea Calzavara |
| 22 November 2025 12 | Bari | 2–3 | Frosinone | Bari |
| 20:30 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 10,816 Referee: Mario Perri |
| 29 November 2025 13 | Empoli | 5–0 | Bari | Empoli |
| 16:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,299 Referee: Fabio Maresca |
| 4 December 2025 14 | Juve Stabia | 0–0 | Bari | Castellammare di Stabia |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 3,501 Referee: Rosario Abisso |
| 8 December 2025 15 | Bari | 1–1 | Pescara | Bari |
| 18:15 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 8,431 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro |
| 13 December 2025 16 | Südtirol | 0–0 | Bari | Bolzano |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio Druso Attendance: 3,586 Referee: Giuseppe Collu |
| 19 December 2025 17 | Bari | 1–2 | Catanzaro | Bari |
| 21:30 UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 9,816 Referee: Antonio Rapuano |
| 27 December 2025 18 | Bari | 1–1 | Avellino | Bari |
| 20:30 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 11,265 Referee: Luca Zufferli |
Coppa Italia
| 17 August 2025 First round | Milan | 2–0 | Bari | Milan |
| 21:15 UTC+2 | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 71,061 Referee: Alberto Ruben Arena |
References
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- ^ "Benvenuto Andrea Meroni ! - SSC Bari". www.sscalciobari.it.
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- ^ "UFFICIALE – Giacomo Manzari ceduto al Perugia. La formula". OneFootball. September 6, 2025.
- ^ "Mercato: Alessandro Tripaldelli passa alla Reggiana - SSC Bari". www.sscalciobari.it.
- ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.