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2025–26 Serie B
The 2025–26 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) will be the 94th season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929. The League will be start on August 22,2025. Teams Team changes The following teams will be changing divisions since the 2024–25 season: To Serie B Relegated from Serie A * Empoli * Venezia * Monza Promoted from Serie C * Padova (Group A) * Virtus Entella (Group B) * Avellino (Group C) * Pescara (Play-off winners) From Serie B Promoted to Serie A * Sassuolo * Pisa * Cremonese (Play-off winners) Relegated to Serie C * Salernitana * Brescia (excluded) * Cittadella * Cosenza Padova, Virtus Entella, Avellino and Pescara (via play-off) 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serie B
The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010 and the Lega B ever since. Common nicknames for the league are ''campionato cadetto'' and ''cadetteria'', since ''cadetto'' is the Italian name for junior or cadet. History The first Italian football championships were composed of a small number of teams. It was in 1904 that the tournament expanded with the first edition of the Seconda Categoria (''Second Category''): this was a competition in which, on one side, the reserve teams of clubs affiliated with the Prima Categoria (''First Category'') participated, and on the other side, those provincial clubs that had recently joined the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). For the provincial teams, it wasn't enough to beat the reserve teams of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025–26 Serie C
The 2025–26 Serie C, officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship, will be the twelfth season of the unified Serie C division, the third tier of the Italian football league system. Changes The league will be composed of 60 teams, geographically divided into three groups. The group composition will be decided and formalized by the Serie C league committee between July and August. Inter Milan have shown interest in adding their U23 team, but the change requires the approval of the league and an available spot. The following teams have changed divisions since the 2024–25 season: To Serie C Relegated from Serie B * Salernitana * Brescia (excluded) * Cittadella * Cosenza Promoted from Serie D * Bra (Group A winners) * Ospitaletto (Group B winners) * Dolomiti Bellunesi (Group C winners) * Forlì (Group D winners) * Livorno (Group E winners) * Sambenedettese (Group F winners) * Guidonia Montecelio (Group G winners) * Casarano (Group H winners) * Siracusa (Group I winners) * Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modena FC 2018
Modena Football Club 2018, commonly referred to as Modena, is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1912, and refounded in 2018, having spent the majority of its existence playing in Serie B. They play in Serie B, having won 2021–22 Serie C's Group B title. History Foundation and early years Modena Football Club was formed in on 5 April 1912 as the result of a merging between existing Modenese clubs, ''Football Club Audax Modena'' and ''l' Associazione Studentesca del Calcio Modena''. The new colours were to be yellow and blue. Modena's first friendly match was played on 3 November 1912 in the Piazza d'Armi against Venezia. Modena first took part Italian football league in 1912–13, where they competed in the top division. These early years saw the purchase of Attilio Fresia, perhaps the greatest player in the club's history. During the period of the first world war, the team won the 1916 Coppa Federale. In 1920–21, Modena los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantova 1911
Mantova 1911, commonly referred to as Mantova, is an Italian professional football club based in Mantua (Italian: ''Mantova''), Lombardy. Mantova had played consecutively in the Italian Serie B from the 2005–06 season to 2009–10 as Associazione Calcio Mantova (A.C. Mantova), when they were relegated after ending the season in 20th place. Since 2010, the club went bankrupt twice and continuously played between Serie D, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, and the new Serie C under the name Mantova F.C. and, since 2017, Mantova 1911. After another relegation to Serie D in 2023, the club was readmitted to the third division, winning it immediately and returning to Serie B in 2024 after 14 years. History Mantova was founded in 1911. They played in Serie A for seven seasons: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, and 1971–72, being nicknamed in its initial period as "Little Brazil" ("''Piccolo Brasile''"). The green and yellow shirt actually remembere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frosinone Calcio
Frosinone Calcio () is a professional football club based in Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. The club was founded on 5 March 1906 under the name Unione Sportiva Frusinate, but conventionally the year 1928 is indicated as the beginning of competitive activities of significant importance. Following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation, it was refounded in 1959 and in 1990. In the 2014–15 season the club played in Serie B for the sixth time in its history. The club earned its first promotion to the top flight Serie A in the 2015–16 season, but were relegated back down to Serie B after just one season. In the 2018–19 season it was promoted to Serie A for a second time. After winning the Serie B championship in the 2022–23 season they were promoted to Serie A for a third time. After a long tradition of playing in Serie C, in recent years, following the historic promotion which took place in the 2005–06 season, the club participated in five consecutive seasons in Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empoli F
Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The commune's territory becomes hilly as it departs from the river. Empoli is on the main railway line from Florence to Pisa, and is the point of divergence of a line to Siena. Empoli has an enduring tradition as an agricultural centre. It has given its name to a local variety of artichoke. History Archaeological finds have revealed that Empoli was already settled in the early Roman Empire times, and continued to exist until the 4th century AD. The river acted as a communication way for the trade of agricultural products, together with the local amphorae. In the Tabula Peutingeriana of the 4th century Empoli is called ''in portu'' ("in the port") as a river port on the Roman road ''Via Quinctia'', which led from Fiesole and Florence to Pisa. Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesena FC
Cesena Football Club is an Italian professional football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. It currently plays in the Serie B, after promotion from the Serie C in 2023–24. It has claimed to be the phoenix club of AC Cesena since 2018, the year that the club folded. History Foundation The club was founded in 2018. Serie D After going bankrupt in 2018, the Associazione Calcio Cesena restarted its activities the following year with a new club called Cesena Football Club. It restarted from Serie D, immediately winning its first championship, and thus rising to Serie C in the 2018-2019 season. He then played five championships in Serie C, from 2019-2020 to 2023-2024, the year in which he won the Serie C championship, in group B, thus returning to Serie B exactly six years after bankruptcy. In the 2024-2025 season he will therefore play his 33rd Serie B championship R.C. Cesena In July 2018, after the bankruptcy of the main football team of the city, A.C. Cesena, a group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrarese Calcio 1908
Carrarese Calcio 1908, commonly referred to as Carrarese, is an Italian football club based in Carrara, Tuscany. The team plays in Serie B, second tier of Italian football, after promotion from Serie C in 2023–24. History The club was founded in 1908. In the season 2010–11 from Lega Pro Seconda Divisione group B, Carrarese was promoted in the play-off to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. In 2016, Carrarese Calcio S.r.l. went bankrupt. A new company Carrarese Calcio 1908 S.r.l., successfully bid the sports title by refurbished the debt of Carrarese Calcio S.r.l. On 9 June 2024, Carrarese secure promotion to Serie B from 2024–25 season due to it winning Serie C promotion play-offs finals after defeat LR Vicenza with narrowly 1-0 aggregate 1-0 by a goal Mattia Finotto in 6th Minute and return to second tier after 76 years of absence. Colours and badge The team's colours are light blue and yellow. Ownership Italian international and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon (a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Catanzaro 1929
Unione Sportiva Catanzaro 1929, or simply Catanzaro, is a professional football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy, that competes in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football, following a 17-year absence. The club was initially formed with the merger of two local clubs in 1927 before being officially founded in 1929. Since then, the club has primarily competed in the lower divisions of the national competitions and has been re-founded twice, once in 2006 and again in 2011, both for financial reasons. Since its foundation, the official colours of the club have been red and yellow. The team has used these colours predominantly in their kits, frequently playing in either all-red kits with yellow trims or in red and yellow stripes. The club's official emblem is the golden eagle, in honour of the city's coat of arms. The team plays its home matches at the Stadio Nicola Ceravolo, which was built in 1919 and is the oldest sports facility in Calabria. In its history, Cata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AC Reggiana 1919
Associazione Calcio Reggiana, commonly referred to as Reggiana, is a professional football club based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The club was formed in 1919, reformed in 2005 (Serie C2) and 2018 (Serie D) after going bankrupt twice, and currently plays in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. Reggiana is known as ''i Granata'' () in reference to the club's main colour: maroon. The club was reformed twice after going bankrupt: in 2005 as Reggio Emilia Football Club, and in 2018 as Reggio Audace Football Club. On both occasions, the club regained the naming rights and the trophies of A.C. Reggiana via judicial auction. The club has participated in Serie A, the top tier of Italian football, seven times; their last appearance dates back to the 1996–97 season. History Formation The first football game in Reggio Emilia was played under the roof of the old market in 1909, via an exhibition promoted by the local multi-sports association “Forti per Esser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SSC Bari
Società Sportiva Calcio Bari, commonly referred to as SSC Bari and simply Bari, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Bari, Apulia. Bari currently plays in the . The team finished the 2021–22 season in first place in Serie C and earned promotion to Serie B for the 2022–23 season. Bari was originally founded in 1908 and reestablished several times, most recently in 2018. The club yo-yo club, spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B. The club was formerly known as AS Bari or FC Bari 1908 as well as other names, due to re-establishing. Bari usually plays in all-white with red detailing. Statistically, Bari is the most successful club from the Apulia region in terms of all-time Serie A records. The club is among the elite in Southern Italy, Southern Italian football and is ranked 17th in the all-time Serie A records. The club won the Mitropa Cup in 1990. History Foundation Bari Foot-Ball Club was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosenza Calcio
Cosenza Calcio S.r.l. is an Italian football club, based in Cosenza, Calabria. Currently the team plays in . For the 2025/2026 season it shall play in the Serie C History Cosenza Calcio The club was founded in 1926 as "Cosenza Foot-Ball Club" (the year 1914 is a reference to the first historic match played in the town of Cosenza on 23 February 1914) and enjoyed a long time in the professional leagues, spending several years in the Serie B. They also won the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1983. In 2003, Cosenza 1914 was expelled from professional league. In 2003 an illegitimate phoenix club was found as ''A.S. Cosenza F.C.''. In 2004, old Cosenza won the appeal and was admitted to 2004–05 Serie D. Thus that season there was a derby. In 2005 new Cosenza switched its denomination into A.S. Cosenza Calcio, after the fall of old Cosenza. Cosenza Calcio 1914 Srl In 2007, A.S. Cosenza Calcio gave up its Serie D membership, but all the team players later joined new club Fortitudo Cosenza, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
