2023–24 SSC Bari season

SSC Bari
2023–24 season
Manager	Michele Mignani; (until 9 October); Pasquale Marino; (from 10 October to 5 February); Giuseppe Iachini; (from 6 February to 15 April); Federico Giampaolo; (from 15 April)
Stadium	Stadio San Nicola
Serie B	16th
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Biggest defeat	Bari 0–3 Parma
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 29 October 2023.

The 2023–24 season is SSC Bari's 116th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Bari participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 September 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	Alessandro Farroni (on loan from Vis Pesaro)
4	MF	ITA	Mattia Maita
5	DF	ITA	Emmanuele Matino
6	DF	ITA	Valerio Di Cesare (Captain)
7	FW	FRA	Jérémy Ménez
8	MF	LBY	Ahmad Benali
9	FW	ITA	Marco Nasti (on loan from Milan)
10	MF	ITA	Nicola Bellomo
11	FW	MAR	Ismail Achik
16	MF	ITA	Andrea Astrologo
17	MF	ITA	Raffaele Maiello
18	FW	ITA	Davide Diaw (on loan from Monza)
19	MF	ITA	Filippo Faggi
20	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Sibilli (on loan from Pisa)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	SVN	Žan Žužek
22	GK	BRA	Brenno (on loan from Grêmio)
23	DF	ITA	Francesco Vicari
24	MF	FRA	Malcom Edjouma (on loan from FCSB)
25	DF	ITA	Raffaele Pucino
26	MF	GRE	Ilias Koutsoupias (on loan from Benevento)
31	DF	ITA	Giacomo Ricci
44	MF	ITA	Gennaro Acampora (on loan from Benevento)
49	MF	ITA	Mattia Aramu (on loan from Genoa)
74	FW	MNE	Matteo Ahmetaj
77	FW	ITA	Gregorio Morachioli
93	DF	ALG	Mehdi Dorval
99	DF	ITA	Gianluca Frabotta (on loan from Juventus)

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
—	DF	ITA	Daniele Celiento (at Casertana until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	ITA	Moussa Mané (at Recanatese until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	ITA	Andrea D'Errico (at Crotone until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Francesco Scafetta (at Messina until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	FRA	Aurélien Scheidler (at Andorra until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ITA	Simone Simeri (at Carrarese until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
GK	Brenno	Grêmio	Loan fee €500k	1 July 2023
FW	Ismail Achik	Cerignola	€300k	1 July 2023
MF	Malcom Edjouma	FCSB	Loan fee €200k	1 July 2023
FW	Giuseppe Sibilli	Pisa	Loan fee €200k	1 July 2023
MF	Andrea Astrologo	Vis Pesaro	€100k	1 July 2023
FW	Jérémy Ménez	Reggina	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Filippo Faggi	Imolese	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Francesco Scafetta	Vibonese	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Mattia Aramu	Genoa	Loan	1 July 2023
FW	Davide Diaw	Monza	Loan	1 July 2023
DF	Gianluca Frabotta	Juventus	Loan	1 July 2023
MF	Ilias Koutsoupias	Benevento	Loan	1 July 2023
FW	Marco Nasti	Milan	Loan	1 July 2023
MF	Gennaro Acampora	Benevento	Loan	1 July 2023
GK	Alessandro Farroni	Vis Pesaro	Loan	1 July 2023
GK	Marco Pissardo	Unnattached	Free	1 July 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
MF	Salvatore Molina	Released		1 July 2023
FW	Damir Cetir	Released		1 July 2023
GK	Edoardo Sarri	Released		1 July 2023
FW	Mirco Antenucci	SPAL	Free	13 July 2023
FW	Simone Simeri	Carrarese	Loan	14 July 2023
DF	Antonio Mazzotta	Catania	Free	21 July 2023
DF	Marco Bosisio	Renate	Undisclosed	22 July 2023
GK	Elia Caprile	Napoli	€7.00m	24 July 2023
MF	Francesco Scafetta	Messina	Loan	26 July 2023
MF	Rubén Botta	Club Atlético Colón	Free	4 August 2023
MF	Manuel Marras	Cosenza	Undisclosed	11 August 2023
FW	Walid Cheddira	Napoli	€7.00m	21 August 2023
DF	Marco Perrotta	Padova	Undisclosed	26 August 2023
GK	Pierluigi Frattali	Frosinone	Undisclosed	29 August 2023
GK	Emanuele Polverino	Vis Pesaro	Free	1 September 2023
MF	Matteo Rossetti	Vis Pesaro	Free	1 September 2023
FW	Aurélien Scheidler	FC Andorra	Loan	1 September 2023
MF	Andrea D'Errico	Crotone	Loan	1 September 2023
DF	Daniele Celiento	Casertana	Loan	7 September 2023
MF	Cristian Galano	Brindisi	Free	15 September 2023

Competitions

Overview

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	18 August 2023	10 May 2024	Matchday 1		12	3	8	1	12	10	+2	025.00
Coppa Italia	12 August 2023		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total					13	3	8	2	12	13	−1	023.08

Last updated: 4 November 2023
Source: Competitions

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
15	Spezia	38	9	17	12	36	49	−13	44
16	Ternana (R)	38	11	10	17	43	50	−7	43	0Qualification for relegation play-out
17	Bari (O)	38	8	17	13	38	49	−11	41^[a]	0Qualification for relegation play-out
18	Ascoli (R)	38	9	14	15	38	42	−4	41^[a]	Relegation to Serie C
19	Feralpisalò (R)	38	8	9	21	44	65	−21	33	Relegation to Serie C

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.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Bari finished ahead of Ascoli on head-to-head points: Bari 1–0 Ascoli, Ascoli 2–2 Bari.

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
22	5	12	5	23	25	−2	27	3	6	2	11	12	−1	2	6	3	12	13	−1

Last updated: 27 January 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	L
Position	11	9	8	7	10	9	12	12	12	14	10	9	10	10	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.^[3]

18 August 2023 1	Bari	0–0	Palermo	Bari
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Fabio Maresca

26 August 2023 2	Cremonese	0–1	Bari	Cremona
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

30 August 2023 3	Bari	1–1	Cittadella	Bari
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

3 September 2023 4	Ternana	0–0	Bari	Terni
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)

16 September 2023 5	Pisa	1–1	Bari	Pisa
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Arena Garibaldi

24 September 2023 6	Bari	2–2	Catanzaro	Bari
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

27 September 2023 7	Parma	2–1	Bari	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

1 October 2023 8	Bari	1–1	Como	Bari
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

7 October 2023 9	Reggiana	1–1	Bari	Reggio Calabria
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore

21 October 2023 10	Bari	1–1	Modena	Bari
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

29 October 2023 11	Brescia	1–2	Bari	Brescia
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

4 November 2023 12	Bari	1–0	Ascoli	Bari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sibilli 80'			Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Daniele Rutella

11 November 2023 13	Feralpisalò	3–3	Bari	Piacenza
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pizzignacco 11' Di Cesare 51' (o.g.) Compagnon 62' Zennaro 65' 67' Sau 73'	Report	Nasti 7' Di Cesare 22' Diaw 42' Sibilli 49' Vicari 61' Brenno 73' Ismail Achik 79' 87'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 2,397 Referee: Kevin Bonacina

25 November 2023 14	Bari	0–3	Venezia	Bari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ahmad Benali 53' Nasti 67' Maita 80'	Report	Pierini 30' Tessmann 90' Dembélé 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 16,458 Referee: Giuseppe Collu

3 December 2023 15	Lecco	1–0	Bari	Lecco
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Celjak 9' Novakovich 22' Degli Innocenti 29' Nicolò Buso 70' Lorenzo Di Stefano 73' Mats Leentje Lemmens 88'	Report	Nasti 40' Vicari 64' Dorval 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi Attendance: 4,878 Referee: Niccoló Baroni

9 December 2023 16	Bari	2–1	Südtirol	Bari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Acampora 20' Sibilli 25' (pen.) 75' Di Cesare 71' Ricci 84'	Report	Ghiringhelli 13' Cuomo 15' Vinetot 36' 61' Peeters 39' Davì 75'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 13,583 Referee: Francesco Cosso

15 December 2023 17	Spezia	1–0	Bari	La Spezia
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Esposito 19' Verde 84' 85' Żurkowski 87' 90+4' Elia 90'	Report	Ismail Achik 21' Koutsoupias 40' Maita 69' Di Cesare 87'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 7,205 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

23 December 2023 18	Bari	0–0	Cosenza	Bari
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Di Cesare 12' Ricci 16' Ahmad Benali 31' Nasti 48' Sibilli 69'	Report	Florenzi 36' Baldovino Cimino 58' Praszelik 81' 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 17,646 Referee: Matteo Gualtieri

26 December 2023 19	Sampdoria	1–1	Bari	Genoa
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	González 54' Esposito 90+2'	Report	Maita 28' Di Cesare 45+1' Edjouma 72' Sibilli 79' Ménez 90+5' 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 22,978 Referee: Livio Marinelli

13 January 2024 20	Bari	3–1	Ternana	Bari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kallon 17' Ricci 41' Nasti 43' Dorval 83'	Report	Łabojko 55' Lorenzo Lucchesi 71' Raimondo 81' Diakité 86'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 13,928 Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

21 January 2024 21	Ascoli	2–2	Bari	Ascoli Piceno
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Falasco 30' Di Tacchio 33' Eric Botteghin 71' Pedro Mendes 72' (pen.) 79' Masini 90+2'	Report	Sibilli 9' (pen.) Nasti 15' Edjouma 20' 37' Kallon 39' Ahmad Benali 64' Dorval 71'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 7,689 Referee: Davide Ghersini

27 January 2024 22	Bari	0–2	Reggiana	Bari
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Ahmad Benali 61' Nasti 89'	Report	Fiamozzi 23' Antiste 39' Bianco 40' 83'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 16,030 Referee: Davide Di Marco

2 February 2024 23	Palermo	3–0	Bari	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Filippo Ranocchia 44' Federico Di Francesco 68' Pietro Ceccaroni 71' Jacopo Segre 80' Simon Graves 85' Aljosa Vasic 90'	Report	Gennaro Acampora 27' Raffaele Pucino 74'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

10 February 2024 24	Bari	3–1	Lecco	Bari
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Benali 26' Pușcaș 53' Sibilli 69'		Novakovich 81'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Francesco Cosso

17 February 2024 25	Bari	v	Feralpisalò	Bari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

24 February 2024 26	Südtirol	v	Bari	Bolzano
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Druso

27 February 2024 27	Catanzaro	v	Bari	Catanzaro
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

2 March 2024 28	Bari	v	Spezia	Bari
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

16 March 2024 30	Bari	v	Sampdoria	Bari
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

6 April 2024 32	Bari	v	Cremonese	Bari
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

20 April 2024 34	Bari	v	Pisa	Bari
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

1 May 2024 36	Bari	v	Parma	Bari
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

10 May 2024 38	Bari	v	Brescia	Bari
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

Coppa Italia

12 August 2023 Round of 64	Bari	0–3	Parma	Bari
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

References

^ "BARI – ROSA" (in Italian). Lega Serie B. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "È nata la Serie B 23/24: ecco il calendario giornata per giornata". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_BAR0.2788463115128-2] Bari finished ahead of Ascoli on head-to-head points: Bari 1–0 Ascoli, Ascoli 2–2 Bari.

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

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

[4] "È nata la Serie B 23/24: ecco il calendario giornata per giornata". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

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