2022–23 SSC Bari season

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.

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Players

As of 31 January 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Bari v San Giovanni Teatino

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

Frosinone v Bari

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
					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

Main article: 2022–23 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
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]
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:

1. Genoa were deducted one point due to income tax payment irregularities.^[7]
2. Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.^[8]
3. 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]

Parma v Bari

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

Bari v Palermo

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

Perugia v Bari

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

Bari v SPAL

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

Cosenza v Bari

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

Cagliari v Bari

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

Bari v Brescia

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

Venezia v Bari

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

Bari v Ascoli

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

Frosinone v Bari

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

Bari v Ternana

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

Benevento v Bari

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

Bari v Südtirol

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

Como v Bari

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

Bari v Pisa

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

Cittadella v Bari

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

Bari v Modena

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

Reggina v Bari

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

Bari v Genoa

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

Bari v Parma

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

Palermo v Bari

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

Bari v Perugia

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

SPAL v Bari

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

Bari v Cosenza

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

Bari v Cagliari

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

Brescia v Bari

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

Bari v Venezia

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

Ascoli v Bari

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

Main article: 2022–23 Coppa Italia

Bari v Padova

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

Hellas Verona v Bari

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

Parma v Bari

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