# 2017–18 Bologna FC 1909 season

The 2017–18 season was Bologna Football Club 1909's third season back in Serie A, after the club's relegation at the end of the 2013–14 season. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 15th, and in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the third round by Serie B side Cittadella.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 13 January 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Angelo da Costa |
| 2 | MF | HUN | Ádám Nagy |
| 3 | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Emil Krafth |
| 5 | MF | CHI | Erick Pulgar |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Sebastian De Maio |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Saphir Taïder |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Simone Verdi |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí |
| 12 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Crisetig |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Federico Di Francesco |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Mbaye |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Poli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | COL | Juan Manuel Valencia |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Filip Helander |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Domenico Maietta |
| 21 | MF | URU | César Falletti |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo Palacio |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Adam Masina |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Daniele Gastaldello (captain) |
| 29 | GK | DOM | Antonio Santurro |
| 30 | FW | NGA | Orji Okwonkwo |
| 34 | GK | ITA | Federico Ravaglia |
| 35 | DF | GRE | Vasilis Torosidis |
| 77 | MF | GHA | Godfred Donsah |
| 83 | GK | ITA | Antonio Mirante |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 12 June 2017 | DF | Filip Helander | 24 | Hellas Verona | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2017 | DF | Giancarlo González | 29 | Palermo | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2017 | DF | Sebastian De Maio | 30 | Anderlecht | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Deian Boldor | 22 | Hellas Verona | Loan return |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Lorenzo Crisetig | 24 | Crotone | Loan return |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Alex Ferrari | 23 | Hellas Verona | Loan return |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Anthony Mounier | 29 | Atalanta | Loan return |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Andrea Poli | 27 | Milan | Free |
| 17 August 2017 | FW | Rodrigo Palacio | 35 | Unattached | Free |
| 13 January 2018 | MF | Luca Rizzo | 25 | SPAL | Loan return |
| 19 January 2018 | MF | Blerim Džemaili | 31 | Montreal Impact | Loan return |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Riccardo Orsolini | 21 | Juventus | Loan | | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Umar Sadiq | 20 | Roma | Loan return |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Federico Viviani | 25 | Hellas Verona | Loan return |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Anthony Mounier | 29 | Panathinaikos | Undisclosed |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 9 May 2017 | MF | Blerim Džemaili | 31 | Montreal Impact | Loan | |
| 3 July 2017 | DF | Marios Oikonomou | 24 | SPAL | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |
| 3 July 2017 | MF | Luca Rizzo | 25 | SPAL | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 11 January 2018 | FW | Bruno Petković | 23 | Hellas Verona | Loan | |
| 13 January 2018 | MF | Luca Rizzo | 25 | Atalanta | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 19 January 2018 | DF | Deian Boldor | 22 | Hellas Verona | Loan | |
| 20 January 2018 | MF | Saphir Taïder | 25 | Montreal Impact | Loan | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Chievo | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 40 |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 40 |
| 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 39 |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 39 |
| 17 | SPAL | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 38 |
* 1 2 Chievo finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Chievo 1–1 Udinese, Udinese 1–2 Chievo.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA | Angelo da Costa | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | DOM | Antonio Santurro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ITA | Federico Ravaglia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | GK | ITA | Antonio Mirante | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Emil Krafth | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Sebastian De Maio | 27 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Brignani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Mbaye | 25 | 1 | 18+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Filip Helander | 29 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Adam Masina | 35 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Simone Romagnoli | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Cheick Keita | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GRE | Vasilis Torosidis | 17 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | HUN | Ádám Nagy | 13 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CHI | Erick Pulgar | 33 | 3 | 31+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SUI | Blerim Džemaili | 15 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Crisetig | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Poli | 33 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | COL | Juan Manuel Valencia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | URU | César Falletti | 13 | 1 | 1+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GHA | Godfred Donsah | 28 | 2 | 20+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Orsolini | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Simone Verdi | 35 | 10 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro | 27 | 6 | 19+7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí | 13 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Federico Di Francesco | 25 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | URU | Felipe Avenatti | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo Palacio | 28 | 4 | 23+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CRO | Bruno Petković | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Saphir Taïder | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Domenico Maietta | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NGA | Orji Okwonkwo | 10 | 3 | 1+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Simone Verdi | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 24 | FW | | Rodrigo Palacio | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | MF | | Erick Pulgar | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 30 | FW | | Orji Okwonkwo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 6 | DF | | Sebastian De Maio | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | MF | | Andrea Poli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 77 | MF | | Godfred Donsah | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | MF | | Ádám Nagy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Blerim Džemaili | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | FW | | Federico Di Francesco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | DF | | Ibrahima Mbaye | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 21 | MF | | César Falletti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 40 | 0 | 40 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 83 | GK | | Antonio Mirante | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Angelo da Costa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 29 | GK | | Antonio Santurro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | GK | | Antonio Mirante | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Giancarlo González | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Emil Krafth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Sebastian De Maio | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Ibrahima Mbaye | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Filip Helander | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Domenico Maietta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Adam Masina | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | | Simone Romagnoli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Vasilis Torosidis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | | Ádám Nagy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Erick Pulgar | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Blerim Džemaili | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Lorenzo Crisetig | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Andrea Poli | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | César Falletti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Godfred Donsah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Bruno Petković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Simone Verdi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Federico Di Francesco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Felipe Avenatti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Rodrigo Palacio | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Orji Okwonkwo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 88 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 4 | 3 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018