Italy, tier 2
Serie B
20 clubs (officially Serie BKT), organised by Lega Nazionale Professionisti B.
17 owned by investors1 owned by a multi-club group1 company, owner not identified1 no single controlling owner
ArezzoArezzoGuglielmo Manzo Italy
AscoliAscoli PicenoOwners sharing control, from Italy
AvellinoAvellinoGruppo D'Agostino Italy
BeneventoBeneventoGruppo IVPC Italy
CarrareseCarraraCompany, owner not identified
CatanzaroCatanzaroAZ S.p.A. Italy
CesenaCesenaJRL Investment Partners LLC United States
CremoneseCremonaGiovanni Arvedi Italy
EmpoliEmpoliCorsi family Italy
Juve StabiaCastellammare di StabiaStabia Capital S.r.l. Italy
MantovaMantovaFilippo Piccoli Italy
ModenaModenaRivetex S.r.l. Italy
PadovaPadovaAcciaierie Venete S.p.A. Italy
PalermoPalermoSheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan United Arab Emirates
PisaPisaAlexander Knaster United Kingdom
SampdoriaGenovaJoseph Tey Singapore
SüdtirolBolzanoDispersed
VeronaVeronaPresidio Investors United States
VicenzaVicenzaOTB Group S.p.A. Italy
Virtus EntellaChiavariDuferco Industrial S.A. Luxembourg
The money in Serie B
What it takes to play here and what it pays. The rules, central money, the division’s accounts and each club’s figures are on its own page.
- Guarantee every season
- €800k
- posted, not spent
- Division revenue
- €427.4m
- all clubs, 2023-24
- Division net result
- −€238.0m
- all clubs, 2023-24
- Average staff costs
- €19.7m
- wages and social charges, league total over all 20 clubs
- Typical club revenue
- €34.5m
- median of 10 clubs' latest accounts at this tier
- Typical club result
- −€34.0m
- median of 10 clubs' latest accounts at this tier
Sources for this competition
- Serie B Wikipedia (it), checked 3 October 2026
- Serie B 2026-2027 Wikipedia (it), checked 3 October 2026
- Serie BKT: squadre Lega B, checked 3 October 2026