List of foreign Serie B players explained

This is a list of foreign players in Serie B of the Italian football league system. The following players:

  1. have played at least one Serie B game for the respective club;
  2. have not been capped for the Italy national team on any level, independently from the birthplace, except for players born in San Marino and active in the Italy national team before the first official match of the Sammarinese national team played on November 14, 1990 and players of Italian formation born abroad of Italian parents;
  3. have been born in Italy and were capped by a foreign national team. This includes players who have dual citizenship with Italy.

These are all the teams that have had at least a foreign player while playing in a Serie B season and in bold are the ones currently playing for the 2024–25 season :

AlbinoLeffe, Alessandria, Alzano Virescit, Ancona, Arezzo, Ascoli, Atalanta, Avellino, Bari, Benevento, Bologna, Brescia, Cagliari, Carpi, Castel di Sangro, Catania, Catanzaro, Cesena, Chievo, Cittadella, Como, Cosenza, Crema, Cremonese, Crotone, Empoli, Entella, Fanfulla Lodi, Feralpisalò, Fermana, Fidelis Andria, Fiorentina, Foggia, Frosinone, Gallipoli, Genoa, Gubbio, Juve Stabia, Juventus, Lanciano, Latina, Lazio, Lecce, Lecco, Legnano, Licata, Livorno, Lucchese, Maceratese, Magenta Mantova, Messina, Milan, Modena, Monza, Napoli, Nocerina, Novara, Padova, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Pescara, Piacenza, Pisa, Pordenone, Portogruaro, Pistoiese, Pro Patria, Pro Vercelli, Reggiana, Reggina, Rimini, Roma, Salernitana, Sambenedettese, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Siena, SPAL, Spezia, Südtirol, Taranto, Ternana, Torino, Trapani, Treviso, Triestina, Udinese, Varese, Venezia, Verona, Vicenza, Voghera.

These are the only teams that have participated in Serie B but have not had a foreign player: Acireale, Alba Roma, Barletta, Biellese, Bolzano, Brindisi, Campobasso, Carrarese, Casale, Cavese, Centese, Derthona, Fiumana, Forlì, Massese, MateraIn bold are the players who are currently playing in Serie B.

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

See main article: List of Argentine footballers in Serie B.

Australia

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Brazil

See main article: List of Brazilian footballers in Serie B.

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Chile

Colombia

Congo

DR Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

England

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guadeloupe

Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia

Ireland

Iran

Israel

Ivory Coast

Japan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Mali

Malta

Martinique

Mauritania

Mexico

Moldova

Montenegro

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Korea

North Macedonia

Northern Ireland

Norway

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

See main article: List of Uruguayan footballers in Serie B.

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Wales

See also

Notes and References

  1. He played only in the playoffs