# 2023–24 SSC Bari season

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
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 | 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Damir Cetir | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Edoardo Sarri | Released | 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 | 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 | 18 August 2023 | 10 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 025.00 |
| Coppa Italia | 12 August 2023 | 12 August 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 023.08 |
Last updated: 4 November 2023 Source: Competitions

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 0Qualification for relegation play-out |
| 18 | Ascoli (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 41 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 19 | Feralpisalò (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 33 | Relegation to Serie C |
* 1 2 Bari finished ahead of Ascoli on head-to-head points: Bari 1–0 Ascoli, Ascoli 2–2 Bari.

#### Results summary

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

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.