| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 August 2025 – 8 May 2026[1] |
| Matches | 250 |
| Goals | 610 (2.44 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Joel Pohjanpalo (16 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Palermo 5–0Pescara (1 November 2025) Empoli 5–0Bari (29 November 2025) Palermo 5–0Carrarese (29 November 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Mantova 1–5Frosinone (27 September 2025) Avellino 0–4Spezia (25 October 2025) Cesena 0–4Venezia (25 October 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Carrarese 3–4 Avellino (21 September 2025) Avellino 4–3Reggiana (1 November 2025) Mantova 2–5 Venezia (24 January 2026) |
| Longest winning run | Venezia (8 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Frosinone (14 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Südtirol (13 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Reggiana (6 matches) |
| Highest attendance | 32,922 Palermo 1–1Modena (19 October 2025)[2] |
| Lowest attendance | 1,959 Virtus Entella 1–1 Frosinone (31 January 2026)[2] |
| Attendance | 2,264,538 (9,058 per match)[2] |
| All statistics correct as of 14 February 2026. | |
The2025–26 Serie B (known as theSerieBKT 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.
The following teams have changed divisions since the 2024–25 season:
To Serie B[edit]Relegated fromSerie A Promoted fromSerie C
| From Serie B[edit]Promoted toSerie A Relegated toSerie C
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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.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) | |
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| Main | Other(s) | ||||
| Avellino | Magma | Provincia di Avellino | List
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| Bari | Erreà | Betsson.sport | List
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| Carrarese | Givova | Sagevan | List
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| Catanzaro | EYE Sport | Coop | List
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| Cesena | Erreà | E.CO Energia Corrente | List
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| Empoli | Kappa | Computer Gross (Home) / Kühner Motorini e Alternatori (Away) | List
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| Frosinone | Zeus | MeglioBanca | List
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| Juve Stabia | Givova | Guerri Energia | List
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| Mantova | Adidas | Sinergy Luce e Gas | List
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| Modena | New Balance | Kerakoll | List
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| Monza | Lotto | Ford Pro | List
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| Padova | Macron | Servizio Energetico Italiano / Gruppo Nazionale Energetico | List
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| Palermo | Puma | Sicily by Car | List
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| Pescara | Joma | Sapori dal Forno | List
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| Reggiana | Macron | Immergas | List
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| Sampdoria | Macron | Ifis Sport | List
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| Spezia | Kappa | Spigas Clienti / Segnoverde | List
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| Südtirol | Erreà | Südtirol | List
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| Venezia | Nocta | Cynar Spritz | List
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| Virtus Entella | Adidas | Duferco Energia | List
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| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monza | End of contract | 30 June 2025[3] | Pre-season | 1 July 2025[4] | ||
| Frosinone | Signed byMonza | 30 June 2025 | 2 July 2025[5] | |||
| Catanzaro | Mutual consent | 30 June 2025[6] | 1 July 2025[7] | |||
| Juve Stabia | 30 June 2025[8] | 1 July 2025[9] | ||||
| Modena | Appointed as Under-19 coach | 30 June 2025[10] | 1 July 2025[11] | |||
| Palermo | Sacked | 30 June 2025[12] | 1 July 2025[13] | |||
| Empoli | 30 June 2025 | 1 July 2025[14] | ||||
| Bari | 30 June 2025[15] | 1 July 2025[16] | ||||
| Pescara | Resigned | 19 June 2025[17] | 2 July 2025[18] | |||
| Virtus Entella | Mutual consent | 30 June 2025[19] | 3 July 2025[20] | |||
| Venezia | 30 June 2025[21] | 1 July 2025[22] | ||||
| Sampdoria | End of contract | 30 June 2025 | 13 July 2025[23] | |||
| Empoli | Sacked | 14 October 2025[24] | 12th | 16 October 2025[25] | ||
| Sampdoria | 18 October 2025[26] | 18th | 19 October 2025[27] | |||
| Spezia | 4 November 2025[28] | 19th | 4 November 2025[29] | |||
| Pescara | 11 November 2025[30] | 19th | 12 November 2025[31] | |||
| Bari | 26 November 2025[32] | 17th | 27 November 2025[33] | |||
| Mantova | 15 December 2025[34] | 18th | 15 December 2025[35] | |||
| Bari | 19 January 2026[36] | 19th | 19 January 2026[37] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezia | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 53 | Promotion toSerie A |
| 2 | Frosinone | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 52 | |
| 3 | Monza | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 51 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Palermo | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 48 | |
| 5 | Catanzaro | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 41 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 6 | Modena | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 40 | |
| 7 | Juve Stabia | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 38 | |
| 8 | Cesena | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 37 | |
| 9 | Südtirol | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 33 | |
| 10 | Carrarese | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 30 | |
| 11 | Empoli | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 29 | |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 29 | |
| 13 | Padova | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 29 | |
| 14 | Avellino | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 28 | |
| 15 | Reggiana | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 25 | |
| 16 | Virtus Entella | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 25 | Qualification forrelegation play-out |
| 17 | Mantova | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 23 | |
| 18 | Spezia | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 22 | Relegation toSerie C |
| 19 | Bari | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 21 | |
| 20 | Pescara | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 18 |
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.
| Team ╲ 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 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
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| Avellino | 18 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Bari | 13 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Carrarese | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Catanzaro | 9 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Cesena | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Empoli | 2 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Frosinone | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Juve Stabia | 10 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Mantova | 15 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Modena | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Monza | 8 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Padova | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Palermo | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Pescara | 17 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Reggiana | 14 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Sampdoria | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Spezia | 20 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Südtirol | 11 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Venezia | 7 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Virtus Entella | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
| Leader and promotion toSerie A | |
| Promotion to Serie A | |
| Promotion play-off semi-finals | |
| Promotion play-off preliminary round | |
| Relegation play-out | |
| Relegation toSerie C |
| Home \ Away | AVE | BAR | CAR | CAT | CES | EMP | FRO | JST | MAN | MOD | MON | PAD | PAL | PES | REG | SAM | SPE | SUD | VEN | ENT |
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| Avellino | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | a | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |||||
| Bari | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | ||||||
| Carrarese | 3–4 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | a | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | ||||||
| Catanzaro | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||||||
| Cesena | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Empoli | 5–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Frosinone | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | |||||||||
| Juve Stabia | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Mantova | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–5 | — | 1–3 | a | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | |||||||
| Modena | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | a | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | a | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | ||||
| Monza | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Padova | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Palermo | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |||||||
| Pescara | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | ||||||
| Reggiana | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | ||||||||
| Sampdoria | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Spezia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | ||||||
| Südtirol | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | ||||||||
| Venezia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | a | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | |||||||
| Virtus Entella | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[39] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palermo | 16 | |
| 2 | Venezia | 12 | |
| 3 | Avellino | 11 | |
| 4 | Modena | 10 | |
| 5 | Padova | 9 | |
| Sampdoria | |||
| Frosinone | |||
| 8 | Carrarese | 8 | |
| Cesena | |||
| Venezia |
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palermo | Carrarese | 5–0 (H) | 29 November 2025 | |
| Avellino | Cesena | 3–1 (H) | 31 January 2026 |
(H) – Home (A) – Away
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Modena | 12 | |
| Palermo | |||
| 3 | Frosinone | 10 | |
| Venezia | |||
| 5 | Carrarese | 9 | |
| Juve Stabia | |||
| Catanzaro | |||
| Monza | |||
| 9 | Südtirol | 6 | |
| Empoli |
| Month | MVP of the Month | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| September | Frosinone | [40] | |
| October | Catanzaro | [41] | |
| November | Frosinone | [42] | |
| December | Palermo | [43] | |
| January | Venezia | [44] | |