2025–26 Serie B

2025–26 Serie B

The 2025–26 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) is the 94th season of the second tier of Italian football, Serie B, since its establishment in 1929. The season commenced on 22 August 2025 and will end on 8 May 2026.

Teams

Team changes

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2024–25 season:

Padova, Virtus Entella, Avellino, and Pescara (via the play-offs) return to Serie B after six, four, seven, and four years, respectively.

Monza, Venezia and Empoli were relegated back to Serie B after three, one and four years in the top flight, respectively.

Cosenza, Cittadella, Brescia and Salernitana were relegated back to the third level after six, nine, forty and eleven years, respectively.

Number of teams by regions

No. of teams	Region	Team(s)
3
Emilia-Romagna	Cesena, Modena and Reggiana
Liguria	Sampdoria, Spezia and Virtus Entella
2
Campania	Avellino and Juve Stabia
Lombardy	Mantova and Monza
Tuscany	Carrarese and Empoli
Veneto	Padova and Venezia
1
Abruzzo	Pescara
Apulia	Bari
Calabria	Catanzaro
Lazio	Frosinone
Sicily	Palermo
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	Südtirol

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Avellino	Avellino	Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi	26,000
Bari	Bari	Stadio Comunale San Nicola	58,270
Carrarese	Carrara	Stadio dei Marmi - IV Olimpionici Azzurri	4,194
Catanzaro	Catanzaro	Stadio Nicola Ceravolo	14,650
Cesena	Cesena	Orogel Stadium - Dino Manuzzi	20,194
Empoli	Empoli	Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena	16,284
Frosinone	Frosinone	Stadio Benito Stirpe	16,227
Juve Stabia	Castellammare di Stabia	Stadio Comunale Romeo Menti	7,642
Mantova	Modena	Stadio Danilo Martelli	14,884
Modena	Mantua	Stadio Alberto Braglia	21,151
Monza	Monza	U-Power Stadium	17,102
Padova	Padua	Stadio Comunale Euganeo	32,420
Palermo	Palermo	Stadio Renzo Barbera	36,365
Pescara	Pescara	Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia	20,476
Reggiana	Reggio Emilia	MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore	21,525
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris	33,205
Spezia	La Spezia	Stadio Alberto Picco	12,273
Südtirol	Bolzano	Stadio Marco Druso	5,539
Venezia	Venice	Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo	12,048
Virtus Entella	Chiavari	Stadio Enrico Sannazzari	5,587

Personnel and kits

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Main</td><td>Other(s)0</td></tr><tr><td>Avellino</td><td>Davide Ballardini</td><td>Marco Armellino</td><td>Magma</td><td>Provincia di Avellino</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Bari</td><td>Moreno Longo</td><td>Raffaele Pucino</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Betsson.sport</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Carrarese</td><td>Antonio Calabro</td><td>Marco Imperiale</td><td>Givova</td><td>Sagevan</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Catanzaro</td><td>Alberto Aquilani</td><td>Pietro Iemmello</td><td>EYE Sport</td><td>Coop</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Cesena</td><td>Ashley Cole</td><td>Andrea Ciofi</td><td>Erreà</td><td>E.CO Energia Corrente</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Empoli</td><td>Fabio Caserta</td><td>Matteo Lovato</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Computer Gross (Home) / Kühner Motorini e Alternatori (Away)</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Frosinone</td><td>Massimiliano Alvini</td><td>Riccardo Marchizza</td><td>Zeus</td><td>MeglioBanca</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Juve Stabia</td><td>Ignazio Abate</td><td>Leonardo Candellone</td><td>Givova</td><td>Guerri Energia</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Mantova</td><td>Francesco Modesto</td><td>Marco Festa</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Sinergy Luce e Gas</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Modena</td><td>Andrea Sottil</td><td>Fabio Gerli</td><td>New Balance</td><td>Kerakoll</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Monza</td><td>Paolo Bianco</td><td>Matteo Pessina</td><td>Lotto</td><td>Ford Pro</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Padova</td><td>Roberto Breda</td><td>Papu Gómez</td><td>Macron</td><td>Servizio Energetico Italiano / Gruppo Nazionale Energetico</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Palermo</td><td>Filippo Inzaghi</td><td>Mattia Bani</td><td>Puma</td><td>Sicily by Car</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Pescara</td><td>Giorgio Gorgone</td><td>Filippo Pellacani</td><td>Joma</td><td>Sapori dal Forno</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Reggiana</td><td>Pierpaolo Bisoli</td><td>Paolo Rozzio</td><td>Macron</td><td>Immergas</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Sampdoria</td><td>Attilio Lombardo (caretaker)</td><td>Alex Ferrari</td><td>Macron</td><td>Ifis Sport</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Spezia</td><td>Luca D'Angelo</td><td>Petko Hristov</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Spigas Clienti / Segnoverde</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Südtirol</td><td>Fabrizio Castori</td><td>Fabian Tait</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Südtirol</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Venezia</td><td>Giovanni Stroppa</td><td>Michael Svoboda</td><td>Nocta</td><td>Cynar Spritz</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Virtus Entella</td><td>Andrea Chiappella</td><td>Luca Parodi</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Duferco Energia</td><td>List</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial changes

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Position in table</th><th>Incoming manager</th><th>Date of appointment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Monza</td><td>Alessandro Nesta</td><td>End of contract</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Paolo Bianco</td><td>1 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Frosinone</td><td>Paolo Bianco</td><td>Signed by Monza</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Massimiliano Alvini</td><td>2 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Catanzaro</td><td>Fabio Caserta</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Alberto Aquilani</td><td>1 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Juve Stabia</td><td>Guido Pagliuca</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Ignazio Abate</td><td>1 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Modena</td><td>Paolo Mandelli</td><td>Appointed as Under-19 coach</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Andrea Sottil</td><td>1 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Palermo</td><td>Alessio Dionisi</td><td>Sacked</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Filippo Inzaghi</td><td>1 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Empoli</td><td>Roberto D'Aversa</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Guido Pagliuca</td><td>1 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Bari</td><td>Moreno Longo</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Fabio Caserta</td><td>1 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Pescara</td><td>Silvio Baldini</td><td>Resigned</td><td>19 June 2025</td><td>Vincenzo Vivarini</td><td>2 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Virtus Entella</td><td>Fabio Gallo</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Andrea Chiappella</td><td>3 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Venezia</td><td>Eusebio Di Francesco</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Giovanni Stroppa</td><td>1 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sampdoria</td><td>Alberico Evani</td><td>End of contract</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Massimo Donati</td><td>13 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Empoli</td><td>Guido Pagliuca</td><td>Sacked</td><td>14 October 2025</td><td>12th</td><td>Alessio Dionisi</td><td>16 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sampdoria</td><td>Massimo Donati</td><td>18 October 2025</td><td>18th</td><td>Angelo Gregucci</td><td>19 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Spezia</td><td>Luca D'Angelo</td><td>4 November 2025</td><td>19th</td><td>Roberto Donadoni</td><td>4 November 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Pescara</td><td>Vincenzo Vivarini</td><td>11 November 2025</td><td>19th</td><td>Giorgio Gorgone</td><td>12 November 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Bari</td><td>Fabio Caserta</td><td>26 November 2025</td><td>17th</td><td>Vincenzo Vivarini</td><td>27 November 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Mantova</td><td>Davide Possanzini</td><td>15 December 2025</td><td>18th</td><td>Francesco Modesto</td><td>15 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Bari</td><td>Vincenzo Vivarini</td><td>19 January 2026</td><td>19th</td><td>Moreno Longo</td><td>19 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Reggiana</td><td>Davide Dionigi</td><td>8 February 2026</td><td>17th</td><td>Lorenzo Rubinacci</td><td>8 February 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Avellino</td><td>Raffaele Biancolino</td><td>16 February 2026</td><td>14th</td><td>Davide Ballardini</td><td>19 February 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Sampdoria</td><td>Angelo Gregucci</td><td>9 March 2026</td><td>15th</td><td>Attilio Lombardo (caretaker)</td><td>9 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Empoli</td><td>Alessio Dionisi</td><td>10 March 2026</td><td>13th</td><td>Fabio Caserta</td><td>10 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Cesena</td><td>Michele Mignani</td><td>14 March 2026</td><td>8th</td><td>Ashley Cole</td><td>15 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Padova</td><td>Matteo Andreoletti</td><td>21 March 2026</td><td>13th</td><td>Roberto Breda</td><td>23 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Reggiana</td><td>Lorenzo Rubinacci</td><td>23 March 2026</td><td>19th</td><td>Pierpaolo Bisoli</td><td>23 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Spezia</td><td>Roberto Donadoni</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>23 March 2026</td><td>18th</td><td>Luca D'Angelo</td><td>23 March 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

League table

2025–26 Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Venezia (Y)	32	20	8	4	64	27	+37	68	Promotion to Serie A
2	Frosinone (Y)	32	18	11	3	62	32	+30	65
3	Monza (Y)	32	19	8	5	50	26	+24	65	0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Palermo (Y)	32	17	10	5	52	27	+25	61
5	Catanzaro	31	14	10	7	49	38	+11	52	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Modena	31	14	8	9	42	25	+17	50
7	Juve Stabia	32	10	15	7	38	38	0	45
8	Cesena	32	12	7	13	41	47	−6	43
9	Carrarese	32	9	12	11	41	42	−1	39
10	Avellino	32	10	9	13	37	51	−14	39
11	Südtirol	32	8	14	10	34	35	−1	38
12	Empoli	32	8	12	12	43	47	−4	36
13	Padova	32	8	10	14	32	43	−11	34
14	Mantova	32	9	7	16	36	48	−12	34
15	Sampdoria	32	8	10	14	31	43	−12	34
16	Virtus Entella	32	8	10	14	31	45	−14	34	0Qualification 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
20	Pescara	32	6	11	15	43	58	−15	29

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were initially scheduled but added to the full round that was played immediately afterwards.

	Leader and promotion to Serie A
	Promotion to Serie A
	Promotion play-off semi-finals
	Promotion play-off preliminary round
	Relegation play-out
	Relegation to Serie C

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Joel Pohjanpalo	Palermo	21
2	Andrea Adorante	Venezia	13
Antonio Di Nardo	Pescara
Stiven Shpendi	Empoli
5	Tommaso Biasci	Avellino	12
Farès Ghedjemis	Frosinone
7	Gabriele Artistico	Spezia	11
Ettore Gliozzi	Modena
9	Fabio Abiuso	Carrarese	10
Cristian Shpendi	Cesena

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Joel Pohjanpalo	Palermo	Carrarese	5–0 (H)	29 November 2025
Tommaso Biasci	Avellino	Cesena	3–1 (H)	31 January 2026

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Jesse Joronen	Palermo	15
2	Leandro Chichizola	Modena	14
3	Filip Stanković	Venezia	13
Demba Thiam	Monza
5	Marco Bleve	Carrarese	11
Lorenzo Palmisani	Frosinone
7	Alessandro Confente	Juve Stabia	9
Mirko Pigliacelli	Catanzaro
9	Marius Adamonis	Südtirol	7
10	Michele Cerofolini	Bari	6
Andrea Fulignati	Empoli

Player

• Most yellow cards: 14 • Julián Illanes (Carrarese) • Most red cards: 2 • Simone Bastoni (Cesena) • Rachid Kouda (Spezia)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 76 • Padova • Reggiana • Most red cards: 7 • Spezia • Fewest yellow cards: 53 • Venezia • Fewest red cards: 0 • Carrarese

Awards

Monthly

Month	MVP of the Month	Ref
September	Farès Ghedjemis	Frosinone
October	Alphadjo Cissè	Catanzaro
November	Giacomo Calò	Frosinone
December	Joel Pohjanpalo	Palermo
January	Andrea Adorante	Venezia
February	Joel Pohjanpalo	Palermo