After Serie A, it's Serie B's turn. On Wednesday, July 10, in the picturesque setting of Piazza Europa in La Spezia, at 7:00 p.m., Lega B President Mauro Balata will launch the compilation of the 2024/2025 Serie BKT matchday schedule. The event will be broadcast live on Lega B's social media channels, Facebook and YouTube.
This is the 93rd Serie B championship , which began in the 1929/30 season, and promises to be full of important changes. One of the main ones is the increase in revenue distribution to clubs that field Italian players under 21, i.e., those of age eligible for youth team call-ups. Until last year, this distribution concerned players under 23.
The new regulation, in force since July 2022st but approved in the summer of 2024, intends to give a further push to the valorization of young Italian talents. This theme has become particularly relevant after the elimination of the Italian national team from Euro XNUMX.
Lega B has expressed its intention to confirm the tradition that has seen Serie B as a springboard for many young players called up to the Under 20 (11 players) and Under 21 (19 players) teams. Many of these young players, after playing in Serie B, have landed in Serie A and subsequently in the national team, such as Nicolò Fagioli (formerly of Cremonese), Michael Folorunsho (formerly of Bari), Lorenzo Lucca (formerly of Pisa) and Federico Gatti (formerly of Frosinone). The Primavera teams of Serie B clubs have also achieved excellent results in the 2023/24 season, with 90% of Italian players in the squads. Lega B has therefore confirmed itself as a fundamental pillar for the development of Italian youth football.
