2022–23 SSC Bari season

SSC Bari
2022–23 season
Owner	Filmauro S.r.l.
Chairman	Luigi De Laurentiis
Manager	Michele Mignani
Stadium	Stadio San Nicola
Serie B	3rd
Coppa Italia	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Walid Cheddira (14); All: ; Walid Cheddira (19)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 115th in the history of SSC Bari and their first season back in the second division since 2018. The club participated in Serie B and the Coppa Italia.

Players

As of 31 January 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Pierluigi Frattali
4	MF	ITA	Mattia Maita
5	DF	ITA	Emmanuele Matino (on loan from Potenza)
6	DF	ITA	Valerio Di Cesare (Captain)
7	FW	ITA	Mirco Antenucci
8	MF	LBY	Ahmad Benali
9	FW	ITA	Sebastiano Esposito (on loan from Inter Milan)
10	MF	ARG	Rubén Botta
11	FW	MAR	Walid Cheddira
14	FW	ITA	Gregorio Morachioli
17	MF	ITA	Raffaele Maiello
18	GK	ITA	Elia Caprile
19	FW	ITA	Cristian Galano
21	DF	SVN	Žan Žužek
22	GK	ITA	Edoardo Sarri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	ITA	Francesco Vicari
25	DF	ITA	Raffaele Pucino
26	FW	FRA	Aurélien Scheidler
27	DF	ITA	Antonio Mazzotta
30	FW	COL	Damir Ceter
31	DF	ITA	Giacomo Ricci
44	DF	ITA	Marco Bosisio
63	MF	ITA	Nicola Bellomo
79	MF	ITA	Salvatore Molina
80	DF	ITA	Leonardo Benedetti (on loan from Sampdoria)
90	MF	ITA	Michael Folorunsho (on loan from Napoli)
93	DF	FRA	Mehdi Dorval
99	MF	ITA	Alessandro Mallamo (on loan from Atalanta)
—	FW	MNE	Matteo Ahmetaj

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Emanuele Polverino (at Fidelis Andria)
—	DF	ITA	Daniele Celiento (at Cesena)
—	DF	ITA	Marco Perrotta (at Pro Vercelli)
—	MF	ITA	Moussa Manè (at Montevarchi)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Andrea D'Errico (at Crotone)
—	MF	ITA	Matteo Rossetti (at Rimini)
—	FW	ITA	Manuel Marras (at Cosenza)
—	FW	ITA	Simone Simeri (at Imolese)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Walid Cheddira	Parma	Undisclosed	1 July 2022	^[2]
FW	Aurélien Scheidler	Dijon	Undisclosed	1 September 2022	^[3]
GK	Edoardo Sarri	Juve Stabia	Undisclosed	27 January 2023	^[4]
FW	Sebastiano Esposito	Internazionale	Loan	31 January 2023	^[5]
MF	Ahmad Benali	Brescia	Undisclosed	31 January 2023	^[6]

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 July 2022 Friendly	Bari	15–0	San Giovanni Teatino	Roccaraso
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Campo Sportivo di Piazzale Meazza

23 July 2022 Friendly	Frosinone	1–0	Bari	Frosinone
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	12 August 2022	19 May 2023	Matchday 1	3rd	38	17	14	7	58	37	+21	044.74
Coppa Italia	31 July 2022	19 October 2023	Preliminary round	Round of 32	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	066.67
Total					41	19	14	8	65	39	+26	046.34

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Frosinone (C, P)	38	24	8	6	63	26	+37	80	Promotion to Serie A
2	Genoa^[a] (P)	38	21	11	6	53	28	+25	73	Promotion to Serie A
3	Bari	38	17	14	7	58	37	+21	65	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Parma^[b]	38	17	10	11	48	39	+9	60^[c]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Cagliari (O, P)	38	15	15	8	50	34	+16	60^[c]	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0

Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[9]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Genoa were deducted one point due to income tax payment irregularities.^[7]
^ Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.^[8]
^ ^a ^b Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.

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
30	13	11	6	45	28	+17	50	5	7	3	24	16	+8	8	4	3	21	12	+9

Last updated: 19 March 2023.
Source: Serie B

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L
Position	10	13	7	9	5	4	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 July 2022.^[10]^[11]

12 August 2022 1	Parma	2–2	Bari	Parma
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Man 3' Estévez 8' Valenti 38' Mihăilă 45+2' 45+2' Adrián Bernabé 54' Del Prato 90'	Report	Terranova 3' Antenucci 11' (pen.) Folorunsho 35' Cheddira 38' Mallamo 79'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 11,459 Referee: Davide Massa

19 August 2022 2	Bari	1–1	Palermo	Bari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Maita 24' Cheddira 68' Di Cesare 77'	Report	Buttaro 18' Valente 37' 50' Marconi 87'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 35,377 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

28 August 2022 3	Perugia	1–3	Bari	Perugia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dell'Orco 5' Kouan 42' Sgarbi 55' 63' Strizzolo 57' Olivieri 61' Casasola 65'	Report	Folorunsho 10' Ricci 33' 65' Cheddira 54' Di Cesare 67' D'Errico 68' Antenucci 69'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 5,534 Referee: Simone Sozza

3 September 2022 4	Bari	2–2	SPAL	Bari
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cheddira 4' Maita 36' Antenucci 45+2' Bellomo 47'	Report	Dalle Mura 12' Dickmann 44' Meccariello 55' La Mantia 63' Rabbi 69'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 18,103 Referee: Andrea Rapuano

10 September 2022 5	Cosenza	0–1	Bari	Cosenza
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Florenzi 61' 89' Zilli 85' Väisänen 90+4' Brignola 90+6'	Report	Cheddira 45+4' Di Cesare 73' Cangiano 90+1' Folorunsho 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 9,149 Referee: Matteo Gariglio

17 September 2022 6	Cagliari	0–1	Bari	Cagliari
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rog 29' Carboni 58' Millico 90+3'	Report	Ricci 35' Cheddira 77' Pucino 84'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 14,087 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

1 October 2022 7	Bari	6–2	Brescia	Bari
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Folorunsho 7' 24' Bellomo 26' Cheddira 43' 55' D'Errico 64' Antenucci 68' Scheidler 77'	Report	Mangraviti 23' Bertagnoli 45' Ahmad Benali 46' Ndoj 67' Karačić 70' Olzer 86' Moreo 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 23,926 Referee: Emanno Feliciani

8 October 2022 8	Venezia	1–2	Bari	Venice
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haps 59' Ceccaroni 70' Joronen 81' Modolo 90+5'	Report	Antenucci 46' 49' Di Cesare 56' Pucino 59' Cheddira 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 6,473 Referee: Antonio Giua

15 October 2022 9	Bari	0–2	Ascoli	Bari
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Di Cesare 15' Folorunsho 35' Benedetti 64' D'Errico 87'	Report	Giovane 18' Quaranta 52' Dionisi 55' 89' Gondo 60' 90+2' Šimić 78'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 31,582 Referee: Daniele Rutella

22 October 2022 10	Frosinone	1–0	Bari	Frosinone
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mazzitelli 32' Moro 61' Frabotta 71' Rohdén 80' Borrelli 90+2' 90+4'	Report	Bellomo 21' Folorunsho 25' Mallamo 39' Ricci 44'	Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe Attendance: 11,239 Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

28 October 2022 11	Bari	0–0	Ternana	Bari
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maiello 33' Maita 69' Di Cesare 89'	Report	Di Tacchio 35' Favilli 79'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 38,800 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

5 November 2022 12	Benevento	1–1	Bari	Benevento
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Forte 31' Improta 37' Pastina 41' 79' Capellini 79' Letizia 85'	Report	Folorunsho 13' Maita 41' Maiello 43' Di Cesare 51' Cheddira 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 9,018 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

12 November 2022 13	Bari	2–2	Südtirol	Bari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Di Cesare 43' Salcedo 65' Maita 90+2'	Report	Tait 21' Odogwu 37' De Col 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 18,493 Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

27 November 2022 14	Como	1–1	Bari	Como
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cagnano 32' Cerri 36' 45+2' (pen.) Mancuso 82'	Report	Antenucci 14' Folorunsho 32' Pucino 85' Botta 90' (pen.) Ceter 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 4,870 Referee: Egidio Marchetti

4 December 2022 15	Bari	0–0	Pisa	Bari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vicari 34' Scheidler 45' Maiello 70'	Report	Rus 28' 76'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 16,278 Referee: Francesco Cosso

8 December 2022 16	Cittadella	0–3	Bari	Cittadella
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lores 39' Mastrantonio 45+2' Carriero 84'	Report	Scheidler 13' Folorunsho 32' Maita 68' Maiello 84'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 3,539 Referee: Marco Piccinini

11 December 2022 17	Bari	4–1	Modena	Bari
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Botta 6' Folorunsho 21' Maiello 26' 29' Cittadini 54' (o.g.) Caprile 68' Mallamo 90' Di Cesare 90+1'	Report	Cittadini 25' Gerli 35' Diaw 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 18,115 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

17 December 2022 18	Reggina	0–0	Bari	Reggio Calabria
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Majer 26'	Report	Di Cesare 24' Bellomo 45+5' Maita 49' Pucino 70'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 15,657 Referee: Michael Fabbri

26 December 2022 19	Bari	1–2	Genoa	Bari
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cheddira 33' Benedetti 43' Folorunsho 50' Botta 57' Maita 65' Bellomo 90+6'	Report	Pușcaș 2' Aramu 50' Guðmundsson 58' Drăgușin 61'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 48,827 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

14 January 2023 20	Bari	4–0	Parma	Bari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Balogh 5' (o.g.) Cheddira 13' (pen.) 43' (pen.) Salcedo 90+3'	Report	Camara 64' Valenti 70'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 17,232 Referee: Niccolo Baroni

20 January 2023 21	Palermo	1–0	Bari	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Damiani 44' Šarić 53' Marconi 82' Sala 86' Nedelcearu 90+6'	Report	Maita 24' Mazzotta 81' Cheddira 86' 89' Benedetti 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 15,747 Referee: Luca Massimi

28 January 2023 22	Bari	0–2	Perugia	Bari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Antenucci 33'	Report	Dell'Orco 19' Paz 26' Curado 44' Di Serio 67' 75' 81'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 13,717 Referee: Luca Zufferli

4 February 2023 23	SPAL	3–4	Bari	Ferrara
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moncini 62' Nainggolan 81' Celia 83'	Report	Folorunsho 20' 45+1' Esposito 26' Cheddira 56' Antenucci 67' Bellomo 90' Mazzotta 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 8,773 Referee: Rosario Abisso

12 February 2023 24	Bari	2–1	Cosenza	Bari
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Esposito 3' 45+3' Cheddira 69' Maita 74' Ahmad Benali 79' Mazzotta 90+6'	Report	Rispoli 24' 90+4' Väisänen 28' Rigione 45' Marras 45+3' Micai 59'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Daniele Rutella

18 February 2023 25	Bari	1–1	Cagliari	Bari
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Botta 35' Antenucci 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Lapadula 2' 34' 56' Goldaniga 32' Zappa 77' Millico 90'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 20,260 Referee: Davide Massa

25 February 2023 26	Brescia	0–2	Bari	Brescia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ndoj 71' van de Looi 77'	Report	Benedetti 21' Maita 84' Scheidler 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 4,648 Referee: Antonio Giua

1 March 2023 27	Bari	1–0	Venezia	Bari
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Di Cesare 5' Bellomo 63'	Report	Carboni 26' Svoboda 83'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 20,430 Referee: Luca Massimi

5 March 2023 28	Ascoli	0–1	Bari	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Falasco 13' 42' Giovane 17'	Report	Cheddira 45+3' (pen.) Maita 61'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 8,857 Referee: Rosario Abisso

Coppa Italia

31 July 2022 Preliminary round	Bari	3–0	Padova	Salerno
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Botta 8' Cheddira 16', 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Federico Dionisi

7 August 2022 Round of 64	Hellas Verona	1–4	Bari	Verona
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lasagna 16' Lazovic 47' Faraoni 69'	Report	Di Cesare 24' Folorunsho 30' Cheddira 44', 53' (pen.), 78' Bellomo 85'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 6,576 Referee: Niccolò Baroni

19 October 2022 Round of 32	Parma	1–0	Bari	Parma
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benedyczak 29'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 4,690 Referee: Marco Serra

References

^ "BARI - ROSA" (in Italian). Lega Serie B. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "Bentornato Walid 'Walo' Cheddira !" (in Italian). Bari. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Benvenuto Aurélien Scheidler" (in Italian). S.S.C. Bari. 1 September 2022.
^ "UFFICIALE - Bari, ingaggiato Edoardo Sarri - TuttoB.com". www.tuttob.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-23.
^ "Benvenuto Sebastiano Esposito !" (in Italian). S.S.C. Bari. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Benvenuto Ahmad Benali !" (in Italian). S.S.C. Bari. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Genoa, un punto di penalizzazione per mancati adempimenti Irpef" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
^ "Serie B: Parma and Reggina docked points" (in Italian). Football Italia. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Serie B, le date della stagione 2022-2023: quando inizia e finisce, calendario, pausa invernale". Stadionews24. 25 June 2022.
^ "Calendario Serie B 2022/2023: Date e Orari, anticipi e posticipi". 15 July 2022.

[table_note_GEN0.96294485496494-8] Genoa were deducted one point due to income tax payment irregularities.^[7]

[table_note_PAR0.96294485496494-10] Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.^[8]

[table_hth_PAR0.96294485496494-11] Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.

[1] "BARI - ROSA" (in Italian). Lega Serie B. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[2] "Bentornato Walid 'Walo' Cheddira !" (in Italian). Bari. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[3] "Benvenuto Aurélien Scheidler" (in Italian). S.S.C. Bari. 1 September 2022.

[4] "UFFICIALE - Bari, ingaggiato Edoardo Sarri - TuttoB.com". www.tuttob.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-23.

[5] "Benvenuto Sebastiano Esposito !" (in Italian). S.S.C. Bari. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[6] "Benvenuto Ahmad Benali !" (in Italian). S.S.C. Bari. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[7] "Genoa, un punto di penalizzazione per mancati adempimenti Irpef" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

[9] "Serie B: Parma and Reggina docked points" (in Italian). Football Italia. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[12] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[13] "Serie B, le date della stagione 2022-2023: quando inizia e finisce, calendario, pausa invernale". Stadionews24. 25 June 2022.

[14] "Calendario Serie B 2022/2023: Date e Orari, anticipi e posticipi". 15 July 2022.

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