The Serie B Femminile is the second-highest tier of Italian women’s football, playing a critical role in promoting and developing talent for the top division, Serie A Femminile. The 2024-2025 season features a competitive lineup of teams, each aiming for promotion or fighting to avoid relegation.

League Format and Teams

The Serie B Femminile comprises 16 teams, competing in a round-robin format. Each team plays the others twice—home and away—over the course of the season:

1. Parma

2. Ternana

3. Bologna

4. Arezzo

5. Freedom

6. Chievo Verona

7. Genoa

8. Lumezzane

9. Cesena

10. Res Roma

11. San Marino

12. Orobica

13. Brescia

14. Hellas Verona

15. Vis Mediterranea

16. Pavia Academy

Promotion and Relegation

Promotion and relegation play an important role in maintaining competitiveness in the league. The top two teams at the end of the season are promoted to Serie A Femminile, gaining a place among Italy's elite clubs for the following year. Meanwhile, the bottom three teams face relegation to Serie C Femminile.

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• From the 2023/24 season of Serie B Femminile, Lazio was promoted to Serie A Femminile.

• Ahead of the 2024/25 season, there were some irregular team changes. Pomigliano CF, who were relegated from Serie A Femminile, failed to register for Serie B Femminile. Furthermore ASD Meran Women, one of the Serie C Femminile group winners in the 2023–24 season were found ineligible by the federation. To fill these gaps, Orobica Bergamo, the runner-up of 2023–24 Serie C Femmilie group A, and Pavia Academy, the 14th place finisher in the 2023–24 season of Serie B Femminile, who were first set for relegation, were admitted to play in Serie B Femminile in the 2024/25 season.

Season Dates

The 2024-2025 Serie B Femminile season runs from 31 August 2024 – 18 May 202 This format allows clubs to develop a rhythm, and many key matchups occur in the second half of the season, as teams battle for promotion or fight against relegation.