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.
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 | [1] |
| FW | Mirko Antonucci | Spezia | Loan | 21 August 2025 | [2] |
| MF | Gaetano Castrovilli | Lazio | Undisclosed | 21 August 2025 | [3] |
| FW | Leonardo Cerri | Juventus Next Gen | Loan | 27 August 2025 | [4] |
| DF | Andrea Meroni | Reggiana | Undisclosed | 1 September 2025 | [5] |
| DF | Riccardo Burgio | Potenza | Undisclosed | 1 September 2025 | [6] |
| MF | Ebrima Darboe | Roma | Undisclosed | 1 September 2025 | [7] |
| 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 | [8] |
| MF | Filippo Faggi | Pontedera | Loan | 1 September 2025 | |
| DF | Alessandro Tripaldelli | Reggiana | Loan | 1 September 2025 | [9] |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Südtirol | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 16 | |
| 15 | Virtus Entella | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 16 | |
| 16 | Bari | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 16 | Qualification for relegation play-out |
| 17 | Sampdoria | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 14 | |
| 18 | Spezia | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 14 | Relegation to Serie C |
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. 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)[10]
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)[10]
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 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
Last updated: 19 September 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 |
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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: 10,761 Referee: Andrea Calzavara |
| 19 September 2025 4 | Palermo | 2–0 | Bari | Palermo |
| 21:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera |
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
- ^ "Bentornato Anthony Partipilo ! - SSC Bari". www.sscalciobari.it.
- ^ "Benvenuto Mirko Antonucci ! - SSC Bari". www.sscalciobari.it.
- ^ "Bentornato Gaetano Castrovilli ! - SSC Bari". www.sscalciobari.it.
- ^ "Benvenuto Leonardo Cerri ! - SSC Bari". www.sscalciobari.it.
- ^ "Benvenuto Andrea Meroni ! - SSC Bari". www.sscalciobari.it.
- ^ "UFFICIALE – Riccardo Burgio è un nuovo difensore del Bari. La formula". OneFootball. September 6, 2025.
- ^ "Benvenuto Ebrima Darboe ! - SSC Bari". www.sscalciobari.it.
- ^ "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.