Unione Sportiva Lecce, commonly referred to as Lecce, is a professional Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia. The club play in Serie A in the 2023–24 season, the top level of the Italian football pyramid. Lecce plays its home games at Stadio Via del Mare, which has a capacity of 31,533 spectators.
Società Sportiva Calcio Bari, commonly referred to as Bari, is an Italian football club based in Bari, Apulia. Bari currently plays in the Serie B. The team finished the 2021–22 season in first place in Serie C and earned promotion to Serie B for the 2022–23 season.
Gianluca Zambrotta is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a right-back or as a wide midfielder, on both the left and right wings.
Como 1907, commonly referred to as Como, is an Italian professional football club based in Como, Lombardy. The club competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football.
Fußball Club Südtirol is an Italian association football club, based in the city of Bolzano, in the autonomous province of South Tyrol. The club was formerly known as its bilingual name F.C. Südtirol – Alto Adige. They played for the first time in their history in Serie B during the 2022–23 season after having been crowned Serie C champions in the 2021–22 campaign.
Pasquale Marino is an Italian football manager and former player.
Roberto Stellone is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a forward. He is the head coach of Serie C Group B club Vis Pesaro.
Giuseppe Iachini is an Italian professional football manager and former player in the role of midfielder.
Giovanni Marchese is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He is currently the manager of the Sicily national team.
Gian Piero Ventura is an Italian football manager.
Davide Dionigi is an Italian football coach and a former player. He was most recently the manager of Serie B club Cosenza.
Valerio Di Cesare is an Italian retired footballer who played as a centre-back.
Cristian Stellini is an Italian football coach and former player. He was most recently the acting head coach at Tottenham Hotspur, having been appointed after the departure of Antonio Conte in March 2023.
Carmine Gautieri is an Italian professional football coach and a former player. He is the head coach of Serie C Group C club Taranto.
Rolando Maran is an Italian football manager who is the current head coach of Serie B club Brescia.
Moreno Longo is an Italian football manager and former football player, who is the head coach of Serie B club Bari.
The 2015–16 Serie B was the 84th season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 16 returning from the 2014–15 season, 4 promoted from Lega Pro, and 2 relegated from Serie A. Vacancies created by the bankruptcy of Serie A-relegated Parma and the demotion of Catania to Lega Pro due to match fixing allowed Brescia to remain in the league despite being relegated. Furthermore, Teramo was due to participate to Serie B but due to the allegations for match-fixing, the Courts decided to relegate Teramo in the last place of Lega Pro of the previous season. After the demotion of Catania, Virtus Entella was readmitted into Serie B as the best team of the relegated teams from the previous season. Furthermore, Ascoli was promoted into the championship after finishing second in Lega Pro Group B, second after Teramo before being stripped of the title for the match-fixing scandal.
Alessandro Micai is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Cosenza.
Eugenio Bersellini was an Italian football player and manager.
During the 1995–96 season 'Associazione Sportiva Bari competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.
