# 2021–22 Fortitudo Bologna season

The 2021–22 season is Fortitudo Bologna's 90th in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

## Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Kigili

## Players
### Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Leonardo Totè | Jacopo Borra | |
| PF | Robin Benzing | V. Charalampopoulos | Brandon Ashley |
| SF | Pietro Aradori | Gabriele Procida | Stefano Mancinelli |
| SG | James Feldeine | Matteo Fantinelli | |
| PG | Jabril Durham | Branden Frazier | |
(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 35 | F/C | Leonardo Totè | 23 | Bilbao | Return from loan | June 2023 | Free | 21 May 2021 |
| 41 | C | Geoffrey Groselle | 28 | Zielona Góra | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 21 July 2021 |
| 9 | SF | Gabriele Procida | 19 | Pallacanestro Cantù | | | Free | 26 July 2021 |
| 23 | G/F | Malachi Richardson | 25 | Cleveland Charge | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 30 July 2021 |
| 0 | PF | Brandon Ashley | 27 | NBA G League Ignite | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 3 August 2021 |
| 12 | F | Robin Benzing | 32 | Basket Zaragoza | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 10 August 2021 |
| 3 | PG | Jón Axel Guðmundsson | 24 | Skyliners Frankfurt | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 18 August 2021 |
| 7 | PG | Jabril Durham | 27 | Hamburg Towers | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 12 October 2021 |
| 14 | SG | James Feldeine | 33 | Kuwait SC | 1 year | June 2022 | Undisclosed | 29 November 2021 |
| 33 | SF | Vassilis Charalampopoulos | 24 | Reyer Venezia | 1 year | June 2022 | Undisclosed | 1 December 2021 |
| 99 | C | Jacopo Borra | 31 | Dinamo Sassari | 1 year | June 2022 | Undisclosed | 3 December 2021 |
| 00 | PG | Branden Frazier | 29 | Zastal Zielona Góra | 1 year | June 2022 | Undisclosed | 30 December 2021 |
* ^ In players: Players that signed after the beginning of the season

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 1 | SG | Adrian Banks | 35 | Pallacanestro Trieste | Exit option | Undisclosed | 14 June 2021 |
| 10 | SG | Wesley Saunders | 28 | Aquila Trento | Exit option | Free | 30 June 2021 |
| 16 | C | Dario Hunt | 32 | Promitheas Patras | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 23 | G/F | Vojislav Stojanović | 24 | Stings Mantova | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 28 | C | Marco Cusin | 36 | Pallacanestro Cantù | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 33 | F | Todd Withers | 25 | Adelaide 36ers | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 23 | G/F | Malachi Richardson | 25 | Wilki Morskie Szczecin | Sacked | Undisclosed | 12 November 2021 |
| 25 | PG | Tommaso Baldasso | 23 | Olimpia Milano | Transfer | Undisclosed | 22 November 2021 |
| 0 | PF | Brandon Ashley | 27 | South East Melbourne Phoenix | Transfer | Undisclosed | 10 January 2022 |
| 3 | PG | Jón Axel Guðmundsson | 25 | Crailsheim Merlins | Transfer | Undisclosed | 18 January 2022 |
| 41 | C | Geoffrey Groselle | 29 | Brose Bamberg | Transfer | Undisclosed | 12 February 2022 |
* ^ Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 6 | PF | Stefano Mancinelli | 38 | Auxilium Torino | 5 years | June 2021 | Free | 6 July 2016 |
| 21 | PG | Matteo Fantinelli | 27 | Universo Treviso Basket | 3 + 1 | June 2022 | Free | 20 June 2018 |
| 9 | F | Nicolò Dellosto | 21 | Reggio Emilia | N/A | N/A | Youth system | 6 August 2019 |
| 4 | G/F | Pietro Aradori | 32 | Virtus Bologna | 4 years | June 2023 | Free | 12 August 2019 |
| 35 | F/C | Leonardo Totè | 22 | V.L. Pesaro | 3 years | June 2023 | Free | 8 June 2020 |
| 25 | PG | Tommaso Baldasso | 23 | Virtus Roma | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 28 December 2020 |
* ^ In players: Totè at played on loan for Bilbao Basket at the end of the 2020–21 season

#### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Replaces | Replaces | Date | Type |
| | Antimo Martino | 43 | Reggio Emilia | | 1 year | June 2022 | 28 September 2021 | | Jasmin Repeša | 28 September 2021 | Resigned |
| | Jasmin Repeša | 59 | VL Pesaro | | | | 24 May 2021 | | Luca Dalmonte | 20 May 2021 | End of contract |

### On loan

| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Moving to | Moving to | Date | Contract | Ends |
| PG | | Mattia Palumbo | 20 | Blu Basket Treviglio | | Pallacanestro Forlì | | 10 July 2021 | 4 years | June 2024 |

## Competitions
### Supercup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 329 | 281 | +48 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 2 | UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 302 | 284 | +18 | |
| 3 | Fortitudo Bologna | 4 | 0 | 4 | 270 | 336 | −66 | |

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 12 | Openjobmetis Varese | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2470 | 2655 | −185 | 24 | |
| 13 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2345 | 2447 | −102 | 22 | |
| 14 | GeVi Napoli | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2393 | 2455 | −62 | 22 | |
| 15 | Fortitudo Kigili Bologna | 30 | 9 | 21 | 2429 | 2511 | −82 | 18 | Relegation to Serie A2 |
| 16 | Vanoli Cremona | 30 | 8 | 22 | 2386 | 2535 | −149 | 16 | Relegation to Serie A2 |