SSC Bari facts for kids
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| Full name | Società Sportiva Calcio Bari SpA | ||
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| Nickname(s) | I Galletti (The Cockerels) I Biancorossi (The White and Reds) |
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| Founded | 15 January 1908 as Bari Foot-Ball Club 16 January 1924 as Foot-Ball Club Bari 27 February 1928 as Unione Sportiva Bari 16 July 2018 as Società Sportiva Calcio Bari |
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| Ground | Stadio San Nicola | ||
| Capacity | 58,270 | ||
| Owner | Filmauro S.r.l. | ||
| Chairman | Luigi De Laurentiis Jr. | ||
| Manager | Moreno Longo | ||
| League | Serie C Group C | ||
| 2018–19 | Serie D Group I, 1st of 18 (promoted) | ||
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Società Sportiva Calcio Bari, often called Bari, is an Italian football club. It is based in the city of Bari, in the Apulia region of Italy. Bari currently plays in the Serie C Group C league. In the 2021–22 season, the team finished first in Serie C. This win helped them move up to Serie B for the 2022–23 season.
Bari was first started in 1908. It has been restarted several times since then, most recently in 2018. The club has often moved between Italy's top two football divisions, Serie A and Serie B. Bari used to be known as A.S. Bari or F.C. Bari 1908. The team usually plays in all-white uniforms with red details.
Bari is the most successful club from the Apulia region based on its history in Serie A. It is one of the best clubs in Southern Italian football. The club is ranked 17th in the all-time Serie A records. Bari won the Mitropa Cup in 1990.
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History of Bari Football Club
How Bari Football Club Started
The club, named Bari Foot-Ball Club, began on January 15, 1908. Like many early Italian football clubs, people from other countries helped start it. Key founders included Floriano Ludwig from Germany, Gustavo Kuhn from Switzerland, and Giovanni Tiberini, a local trader.
At first, the team wore red shirts and white shorts. They played against English sailors in the San Lorenzo area of Bari. Even though the club started early, teams from Southern Italy did not play much in the first Italian football championships. Because of this, Bari did not join the national leagues right away. The original club stopped playing during World War I. It was then reorganized in 1924 under the same name.
By this time, other clubs in Bari had also started playing. These included Foot-Ball Club Liberty, founded in 1909, and their rivals Unione Sportiva Ideale, founded in 1908. FBC Liberty was the first team from the Province of Bari to play in the Italian Football Championship. This happened during the 1921–22 season.
In the next season, Ideale became the first Bari team to reach the Southern Italian semi-finals. However, they lost to Lazio. All three clubs played in the championship for the first time in 1924–25. FBC Bari was moved down to a lower league and stopped existing in 1927. Liberty reached the Southern semi-finals but lost to Alba Roma.
The Creation of Unione Sportiva Bari
Between 1926 and 1928, Italian football was changing and becoming more organized. Many clubs in cities like Naples, Florence, and Rome were joining together. FBC Liberty decided to change its name to Bari FC. They first used this name on February 6, 1927. On February 27, 1928, Bari FC joined with US Ideale to form Unione Sportiva Bari. The new US Bari team brought back the red and white colors of the original FBC Bari.
After the 1928–29 season, the league system was changed. Bari was placed in Serie B. For the first time, one of their players, Raffaele Costantino, was chosen to play for the Italy national football team. This made Bari the first Serie B club to have a player score for the national team.
Bouncing Between Serie A and Serie B
The 1930s and 1940s were a great time for Bari. They spent most of these years in Serie A, Italy's top league. Their best finish was seventh place in 1947.
In the 1950s, Bari's performance dropped sharply. But by the end of the decade, they quickly improved. They spent three more years in Serie A from 1958 to 1961. Important players during this time included Biagio Catalano and Raúl Conti. The club returned to Serie A two more times in this period, in 1963–64 and 1969–70. The 1969–70 season was tough, as they scored only 11 goals, the lowest of any top-league club. In 1974, Bari moved down to Serie C. They finished that season with only 12 goals scored and 26 goals given up in 38 games.
By the late 1970s, Bari was back in Serie B and improving. They almost got promoted in 1982. They did get promoted to Serie A in 1985. They signed English players Gordon Cowans and Paul Rideout. However, they quickly returned to Serie B.
In 1989, Bari returned to Serie A again. They had star players like defender Giovanni Loseto, midfielder Pietro Maiellaro, and Brazilian striker João Paulo. They finished in a good 10th place in 1990. This was their last season at the Della Vittoria stadium. The next season, Bari moved to the San Nicola stadium, which was built for the 1990 World Cup. But by 1992, even with the signing of David Platt, they were moved down a league again.
Bari was promoted in 1994 and stayed in Serie A for two years. Igor Protti was the league's top scorer in the 1995-96 season. Another promotion in 1997 saw new, talented young players like Nicola Ventola, Gianluca Zambrotta, Antonio Cassano, and Diego De Ascentis. This time, they stayed in Serie A for four years. This was under the coach Eugenio Fascetti. After this, the club had a mixed time in Serie B. However, by staying near the top of the Serie B table for most of the 2008–09 season, they earned promotion to Serie A on May 8, 2009. This was under the coach Antonio Conte.
In November 2009, an offer to buy the club was turned down. A company from Texas, JMJ Holdings, also showed interest in buying the club in August 2009.
With Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Ranocchia as defenders and Barreto as a forward, Bari played well in the first half of the season. They finished 10th. However, Bari had financial difficulties in 2009. This meant they did not buy many new players in 2010 and 2011. The club improved its financial situation by selling players and its brand.
Bari was moved down to Serie B after the 2010–11 season. They finished 17 points behind Lecce. During that season, coach Giampiero Ventura was replaced by Bortolo Mutti. This change did not stop the club from being moved down. On March 4, 2011, Bari played its 1,000th game in Serie A.
Changes After the Matarrese Family Left
On June 13, 2011, President Vincenzo Matarrese and the club's board of directors resigned. They had controlled the club for 28 years. Vincenzo Torrente became the new coach in the summer of 2011. Many players left because of the club's financial problems and were replaced by young players. Even with points taken away in the next two seasons, Bari managed to finish in the middle of the Serie B table under Torrente. However, fewer fans came to watch the games. In the summer of 2013, Torrente resigned. Carmine Gautieri replaced him but also resigned after two weeks. Roberto Alberti Mazzaferro then took over as coach.
The club's financial situation continued to get worse. The Matarrese family put less money into the club. By February 2014, the club's debt reached €30 million. The club was declared bankrupt on March 10, 2014. The first attempt to sell the club, on April 18, 2014, failed because no one offered enough money. The second attempt, on May 12, 2014, also failed. The club was in danger of disappearing completely.
The Rise of FC Bari 1908
The third attempt to sell the club happened on May 20, 2014. The club was offered for just €2 million. A group called F.C. Bari 1908 S.p.A. led by former Serie A referee Gianluca Paparesta successfully bought the club. Bari played very well at the end of the season. They lost only two of their last 15 Serie B matches. This meant Bari qualified for the 2013–14 Serie B play-offs. Bari played Crotone in the quarter-finals and won 3–0. This set up a game against Latina, who finished 3rd in the regular season. The first game of the play-off semi-final was sold out, with over 50,000 people attending. This was amazing, as only a few months earlier, fewer than 1,000 people attended games. Bari was knocked out after two draws (2–2 and 2–2).
In the 2014–15 season, the team finished in 10th place. In 2015–16, Bari finished 5th in the league. They then played in a play-off match against Novara but lost 3–4 after extra time at Stadio San Nicola.
In December 2015, Cosmo Giancaspro bought a small part of Bari's shares. In April 2016, Noordin Ahmad planned to buy half of the club's shares, but the deal did not happen. In June 2016, Cosmo Giancaspro became the only director of the club. This happened after an Italian company, Kreare Impresa S.r.l., bought all the shares.
A Fresh Start: SSC Bari
On July 16, 2018, Bari was not allowed to play in 2018–19 Serie B because of financial problems. The club's owners tried to put more money into the club and appeal the decision. However, their appeal was rejected.
Thanks to a special rule in Italian football, Aurelio De Laurentiis was able to start a new club for Bari. He is the owner of the football club Napoli and a film company called Filmauro. He had also restarted Napoli in 2004. The new club was named S.S.C. Bari. De Laurentiis said he wanted to get the club back to Serie A as soon as possible. The club was then placed in Group I of 2018–19 Serie D.
On August 23, 2018, Aurelio De Laurentiis announced that his oldest son, Luigi De Laurentiis Jr., would be the new chairman of Bari.
Bari was promoted to Serie C at the end of the 2018–19 season. In the following seasons, the club was always seen as a strong team that could get promoted to Serie B.
In the 2019–20 season, Bari finished second behind Reggina. They reached the playoff final but lost to Reggiana after extra time. This meant they missed out on immediate promotion to the second division. After finishing fourth the next season, the club hired Michele Mignani as head coach and made the team even stronger. This worked well, as Bari won Group C and was promoted to Serie B on April 3, 2022, with four games still left to play. In their first season back in Serie B, Bari reached the promotion playoff finals at home. They lost to Cagliari because of a goal scored in injury time by Leonardo Pavoletti. This meant they missed out on a second promotion in a row.
Team Sponsors
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 1978–1979 | Puma | None |
| 1980–1981 | Pouchain | None |
| 1981–1984 | Adidas | MAN SE |
| 1984–1987 | Cassa di Puglia | |
| 1987–1990 | Sud Leasing | |
| 1990–1992 | Sud Factoring | |
| 1992–1995 | Wuber | |
| 1995–1997 | CEPU | |
| 1997–1998 | Lotto | Transport Gio.Bi |
| 1998–2003 | TELE +, Sammontana | |
| 2003–2005 | Pasta Ambra | |
| 2005–2006 | Erreà | |
| 2006–2009 | Gaudianello | |
| 2009 | Radionorba | |
| 2009–2012 | Banca Popolare di Bari, Radionorba | |
| 2012–2013 | Fashion District | |
| 2013–2015 | SuisseGas | |
| 2015–2016 | Nike | Puglia Promozione, Balkan Express |
| 2016–2017 | Umbro | Betaland |
| 2017–2018 | Zeus Sport | Peroni 3.5 |
| 2018–2019 | Kappa | Sorgesana, DAZN, Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata |
| 2019-2020 | Sorgesana, DAZN, Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata, Birra Peroni | |
| 2020-2021 | Sorgesana, Primiceri, Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata, Birra Peroni, Granoro | |
| 2021-2022 | Acqua Amata, Decò, Granoro, Molino Casillo, Primiceri | |
| 2022-2023 | Molino Casillo, Acqua Amata, Decò, MV Line, Granoro | |
| 2023-2024 | Corgoň, Tekvicovo-Tökmagmánia, Klass bistro & restaurant, Granoro |
Current Players of SSC Bari
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Bari Youth Team Players
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Players on Loan from Bari
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Club Presidents Through the Years
This is a list of the official presidents of Bari, from 1929 until today.
- Alfredo Atti (1929–31)
- Liborio Mincuzzi (1931–32)
- Sebastiano Roca (1932–33)
- Raffaele Tramonte (1933–34)
- Giovanni Tomasicchio (1934–35)
- Giovanni Di Cagno Abbrescia (1935–36)
- Vincenzo Signorile (1936–37)
- Giuseppe Abbruzzese (1937–38)
- Giambattista Patarino (1938–39)
- Angelo Albanese (1939–40)
- Pasquale Ranieri (1940–41)
- Giuseppe Santoro (1941–42)
- Antonio De Palma (1941–44)
- Andrea Somma (1942–43)
- Tommaso Annoscia (1944–50)
- Rocco Scafi (1950–51)
- Florenzo Brattelli (1951–52)
- Francesco Saverio Lonero (1952–53)
- Achille Tarsia Incuria (1953–56)
- Gianfranco Brunetti (1956–59)
- Vincenzo La Gioia (1959–61)
- Angelo Marino (1961–63)
- Angelo De Palo (1961–77)
- Antonio Matarrese (1977–83)
- Vincenzo Matarrese (1983–2011)
- Claudio Garzelli (2011–12) (as chief executive)
- Francesco Vinella (2012–14) (as chief executive)
- Gianluca Paparesta (2014–16)
- Cosmo Giancaspro (2016–18)
- Luigi De Laurentiis (2018–)
Coaching Team
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Moreno Longo |
| Sporting Director | Giuseppe Magalini |
| Assistant manager | Dario Migliaccio |
| Athletic trainer | Francesco Saverio Cosentino |
| Goalkeeper coach | Roberto Maurantonio |
| Technical assistant | Luca Ceccarelli Nicola Fiorentino Filippo Giordano |
| Athletic Trainer manager | Paolo Nava |
| Doctor | Emanuele Caputo Giovanni Battista Ippolito Vito Ungaro |
| Physiotherapist | Alessandro Schena Francesco Sorgente |
| Osteopath | Francesco Loiacono |
Bari's Coaches Through the Years
Bari has had many managers and trainers. Some seasons, two managers worked together. Here is a list of them from 1928 onwards:
- Egri Erbstein (1928–29)
- Josef Uridil (1929–30)
- János Hajdú (1930–31)
- Árpád Weisz (1931–32)
- Egri Erbstein, Lászlo Barr (1932–33)
- Tony Cargnelli (1933–34)
- Engelbert König (1934–35)
- András Kuttik (1935–36)
- Tony Cargnelli (1936–38)
- József Ging (1938–39)
- András Kuttik (1939)
- Raffaele Costantino (1939–40)
- Luigi Ferrero (1940–41)
- András Kuttik (1941)
- Raffaele Costantino (1941)
- Stanislao Klein (1941–42)
- Raffaele Costantino (1942–43)
- János Vanicsek (1943)
- Raffaele Costantino (1944–45)
- András Kuttik (1946)
- Raffaele Costantino (1946–47)
- János Nehadoma (1947)
- András Kuttik (1947–48)
- Ferenc Plemich (1948)
- András Kuttik (1948)
- Raffaele Costantino (1948–49)
- Ferenc Plemich (1949)
- György Sárosi, Francesco Capocasale (1949–50)
- Raffaele Costantino (1950)
- Francesco Capocasale (1950)
- Federico Allasio (1950)
- Ambrogio Alfonso (1950–51)
- Mario Sandron (1951)
- Paolo Giammarco (1951)
- Pietro Piselli (1951)
- Raffaele Costantino (1951–52)
- Vincenzo Marsico (1952)
- Raffaele Sansone (1952–53)
- Francesco Capocasale (1953–56)
- Federico Allasio (1956–58)
- Paolo Tabanelli (1958–59)
- Francesco Capocasale (1959–61)
- Onofrio Fusco (1961)
- Luis Carniglia (1961)
- Federico Allasio (1961–62)
- Onofrio Fusco (1962)
- Pietro Magni (1962–63)
- Tommaso Maestrelli (1963–64)
- Paolo Tabanelli (1964)
- Francesco Capocasale (1964–65)
- Onofrio Fusco (1965)
- Hugo Lamanna (1965–66)
- Filippo Calabrese (1966)
- Lauro Toneatto (1966–69)
- Oronzo Pugliese (1969–70)
- Carlo Matteucci (1970)
- Lauro Toneatto (1970–72)
- Carlo Regalia (1972–74)
- Luciano Pirazzini (1974–75)
- Gianni Seghedoni (1975–76)
- Giuseppe Pozzo (1976)
- Giacomo Losi (1976–78)
- Mario Santececca (1978–79)
- Giulio Corsini (1979)
- Enrico Catuzzi (1979)
- Antonio Renna (1979–81)
- Enrico Catuzzi (1981–83)
- Luigi Radice (1983)
- Bruno Bolchi (1983–86)
- Enrico Catuzzi (1986–88)
- Gaetano Salvemini (1988–92)
- Zbigniew Boniek (1992)
- Sebastião Lazaroni (1992–93)
- Giuseppe Materazzi (1993–96)
- Eugenio Fascetti (1996–2000)
- Arcangelo Sciannimanico (2001–02)
- Attilio Perotti (2002–03)
- Marco Tardelli (2003–04)
- Giuseppe Pillon (2004)
- Guido Carboni (2004–06)
- Rolando Maran (2006)
- Giuseppe Materazzi (2006–07)
- Antonio Conte (2007–09)
- Giampiero Ventura (2009–11)
- Bortolo Mutti (2011)
- Vincenzo Torrente (2011–13)
- Roberto Alberti Mazzaferro (2013–14)
- Devis Mangia (2014)
- Davide Nicola (2014–15)
- Andrea Camplone (2015–16)
- Roberto Stellone (2016)
- Stefano Colantuono (2016–17)
- Fabio Grosso (2017–18)
- Giovanni Cornacchini (2018–2019)
- Vincenzo Vivarini (2019–2020)
- Gaetano Auteri (2020–2021)
- Massimo Carrera (2021)
- Gaetano Auteri (2021)
- Michele Mignani (2021–2023)
- Pasquale Marino (2023–2024)
- Giuseppe Iachini (2024)
Bari's Achievements and Trophies
- Serie B:
- Winners: 1941–42, 2008–09
- Serie C
- Winners: 1954–55, 1966–67, 1976–77, 1983–84, 2021–22
- Serie D
- Winners: 1953–54, 2018–19
Mitropa Cup: 1
- Winners: 1990
Bari's League History
This table shows how Bari has moved between different football leagues.
| Series | Years | Last Season Played | Times Promoted | Times Relegated |
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| A | 30 | 2010–11 | - |  12 (1929, 1933, 1941, 1950, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1986, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2011) |
| B | 47 | 2022–23 |  12 (1928, 1931, 1935, 1942, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2009) |
5 (1951, 1965, 1974, 1983, 2018✟) |
| C | 11 | 2021–22 | 5 (1955, 1967, 1977, 1984, 2022) |
1 (1952) |
| 88 out of 91 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 | ||||
| D | 3 | 2018–19 | 2 (1954, 2019) |
never |
See also
In Spanish: Società Sportiva Calcio Bari para niños
- 2003–04 A.S. Bari season
- 2012–13 A.S. Bari season
