# 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.

## Players

    As of 31 January 2023
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 |
| FW | Walid Cheddira | Parma | Undisclosed | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Aurélien Scheidler | Dijon | Undisclosed | 1 September 2022 |
| GK | Edoardo Sarri | Juve Stabia | Undisclosed | 27 January 2023 |
| FW | Sebastiano Esposito | Internazionale | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| MF | Ahmad Benali | Brescia | Undisclosed | 31 January 2023 |

### Out
## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 046.34 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 (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 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 60 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Cagliari (O, P) | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 60 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0 |
* ↑ Genoa were deducted one point due to income tax payment irregularities.
* ↑ Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.
* 1 2 Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 July 2022.