# 2018–19 Bologna FC 1909 season

The 2018–19 season was Bologna Football Club 1909's fourth season back in Serie A, after the club's relegation at the end of the 2013–14 season. Having finished 15th the previous season, the club competed in Serie A, finishing 10th, and in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the round of 16 by Juventus.
Roberto Donadoni, who coached the club during the 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18 seasons, departed Bologna on 24 May 2018; he was replaced by former Juventus and Milan player and Italy international Filippo Inzaghi on 13 June. After a long period spent in 18th place and thus within the relegation zone, Inzaghi was in turn replaced by Siniša Mihajlović, on 28 January 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 25 May 2019
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Angelo da Costa | GK | (1983-11-12)12 November 1983 (aged 35) | Sampdoria | 2015 | 2020 | 36 | 0 | |
| 28 | Łukasz Skorupski | GK | (1991-05-05)5 May 1991 (aged 28) | Roma | 2018 | 2023 | 38 | 0 | |
| 29 | Antonio Santurro | GK | (1992-02-29)29 February 1992 (aged 27) | Siracusa | 2017 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 99 | Caio Vinicius Pirana | GK | (1999-05-08)8 May 1999 (aged 20) | Campodarsego | 2018 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 4 | Lyanco | CB | (1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 22) | Torino | 2019 | 2019 | 13 | 1 | Loan |
| 6 | Nehuén Paz | CB | (1993-04-28)28 April 1993 (aged 26) | Newell's Old Boys | 2018 | 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14 | Federico Mattiello | RB / LB / RM | (1995-07-14)14 July 1995 (aged 23) | Atalanta | 2018 | 2019 | 17 | 1 | Loan |
| 15 | Ibrahima Mbaye | RB / LB | (1994-10-14)14 October 1994 (aged 24) | Internazionale | 2015 | 2023 | 87 | 4 | |
| 18 | Filip Helander | CB | (1993-04-22)22 April 1993 (aged 26) | Hellas Verona | 2016 | 2022 | 60 | 1 | |
| 23 | Danilo | CB | (1984-05-10)10 May 1984 (aged 35) | Udinese | 2018 | 2019 | 35 | 1 | Loan |
| 25 | Gabriele Corbo | CB | (2000-01-11)11 January 2000 (aged 19) | Spezia | 2018 | 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 33 | Arturo Calabresi | CB / RB | (1996-03-17)17 March 1996 (aged 23) | Roma | 2018 | 2022 | 18 | 1 | |
| 35 | Mitchell Dijks | LB | (1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 26) | Ajax | 2018 | 2023 | 25 | 1 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 5 | Erick Pulgar | DM / CB | (1994-01-15)15 January 1994 (aged 25) | Universidad Católica | 2015 | 2020 | 100 | 10 | |
| 8 | Ádám Nagy | DM / CM | (1995-06-17)17 June 1995 (aged 24) | Ferencváros | 2016 | 2021 | 51 | 1 | |
| 16 | Andrea Poli | CM | (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 29) | Milan | 2017 | 2021 | 62 | 6 | |
| 17 | Godfred Donsah | CM | (1996-06-07)7 June 1996 (aged 23) | Cagliari | 2015 | 2022 | 67 | 4 | |
| 19 | Juan Manuel Valencia | AM | (1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 21) | Cortuluá | 2017 | 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | Roberto Soriano | CM / LM / AM | (1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 28) | Villarreal | 2019 | 2019 | 17 | 2 | Loan |
| 31 | Blerim Džemaili | CM | (1986-04-12)12 April 1986 (aged 33) | Galatasaray | 2016 | 2020 | 74 | 10 | Captain |
| 32 | Mattias Svanberg | CM | (1999-01-05)5 January 1999 (aged 20) | Malmö FF | 2018 | 2023 | 23 | 0 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Riccardo Orsolini | RW | (1997-01-24)24 January 1997 (aged 22) | Juventus | 2018 | 2019 | 43 | 8 | Loan |
| 9 | Federico Santander | ST | (1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 28) | Copenhagen | 2018 | 2022 | 32 | 8 | |
| 10 | Nicola Sansone | LW / SS / CF | (1991-09-10)10 September 1991 (aged 27) | Villarreal | 2019 | 2019 | 15 | 2 | Loan |
| 11 | Ladislav Krejčí | LW | (1992-07-05)5 July 1992 (aged 26) | Sparta Prague | 2016 | 2020 | 67 | 1 | |
| 20 | Simone Edera | RW | (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 22) | Torino | 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 0 | Loan |
| 22 | Mattia Destro | ST | (1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 28) | Roma | 2015 | 2020 | 100 | 29 | Vice-captain |
| 24 | Rodrigo Palacio | ST / SS | (1982-02-05)5 February 1982 (aged 37) | Internazionale | 2017 | 2019 | 56 | 6 | |
| 91 | Diego Falcinelli | ST | (1991-06-26)26 June 1991 (aged 28) | Sassuolo | 2018 | 2022 | 16 | 0 | |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 3 | Giancarlo González | CB | (1988-02-08)8 February 1988 (aged 31) | Palermo | 2017 | 2020 | 34 | 0 | |
| 4 | Sebastien De Maio | CB | (1987-03-05)5 March 1987 (aged 32) | Anderlecht | 2017 | 2020 | 32 | 2 | |
| 30 | Orji Okwonkwo | LW / RW / SS | (1998-01-19)19 January 1998 (aged 21) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2021 | 27 | 3 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 23 May 2018 | DF | Mitchell Dijks | 25 | Ajax | Undisclosed | |
| 21 June 2018 | DF | Arturo Calabresi | 22 | Roma | Undisclosed | |
| 21 June 2018 | FW | Federico Santander | 27 | Copenhagen | €6M | |
| 22 June 2018 | GK | Łukasz Skorupski | 27 | Roma | €9M | |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Orji Okwonkwo | 20 | Brescia | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Nehuén Paz | 25 | Lanús | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Bruno Petković | 23 | Hellas Verona | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Luca Rizzo | 26 | Atalanta | Free | Loan return |
| 4 July 2018 | FW | Diego Falcinelli | 27 | Sassuolo | N/A | Part of swap deal for Federico Di Francesco |
| 5 July 2018 | MF | Mattias Svanberg | 19 | Malmö FF | Undisclosed | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 20 July 2018 | DF | Federico Mattiello | 23 | Atalanta | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy | |
| 16 August 2018 | DF | Danilo | 34 | Udinese | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 11 June 2018 | FW | Simone Verdi | 25 | Napoli | €25M | |
| 22 June 2018 | GK | Antonio Mirante | 34 | Roma | €4M | |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Cheick Keita | 22 | Birmingham City | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Simone Romagnoli | 28 | Empoli | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Vasilis Torosidis | 33 | Unattached | Free | End of contract |
| 2 July 2018 | DF | Adam Masina | 25 | Watford | €5M | |
| 4 July 2018 | FW | Federico Di Francesco | 24 | Sassuolo | N/A | Part of swap deal for Diego Falcinelli |
| 4 July 2018 | MF | Filippo Falco | 26 | Lecce | Undisclosed | |
| 4 August 2018 | FW | Bruno Petković | 23 | Dinamo Zagreb | Undisclosed | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 13 June 2018 | DF | Alex Ferrari | 23 | Sampdoria | Loan | |
| 28 June 2018 | DF | Marios Oikonomou | 25 | AEK Athens | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 10 July 2018 | MF | Lorenzo Crisetig | 25 | Frosinone | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 9 August 2018 | DF | Emil Krafth | 24 | Amiens | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 13 August 2018 | MF | César Falletti | 25 | Palermo | Loan | |
| 17 August 2018 | MF | Luca Rizzo | 26 | Foggia | Loan | |
| 21 August 2018 | FW | Felipe Avenatti | 25 | Kortrijk | Loan | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Lazio | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | |
| 10 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 44 | |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 43 | |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 43 | |
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coppa Italia.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2019. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 16 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 |

#### 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | POL | Łukasz Skorupski | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | DOM | Antonio Santurro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BRA | Lyanco | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Paz | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Federico Mattiello | 19 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Mbaye | 25 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Filip Helander | 23 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Danilo | 36 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Corbo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Arturo Calabresi | 21 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | NED | Mitchell Dijks | 28 | 2 | 23+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | CHI | Erick Pulgar | 30 | 6 | 27+1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Ádám Nagy | 16 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Poli | 32 | 4 | 23+7 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Godfred Donsah | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | COL | Juan Manuel Valencia | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SUI | Blerim Džemaili | 30 | 2 | 20+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Mattias Svanberg | 24 | 0 | 13+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Orsolini | 37 | 10 | 19+16 | 8 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | PAR | Federico Santander | 33 | 8 | 22+9 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone | 16 | 2 | 13+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí | 18 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Simone Edera | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro | 18 | 4 | 5+12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo Palacio | 31 | 3 | 26+2 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | ITA | Diego Falcinelli | 18 | 1 | 8+8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González | 14 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Sebastian De Maio | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NGA | Orji Okwonkwo | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Riccardo Orsolini | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Federico Santander | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 | MF | | Erick Pulgar | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 16 | MF | | Andrea Poli | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 24 | FW | | Rodrigo Palacio | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | | Nicola Sansone | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 15 | DF | | Ibrahima Mbaye | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 21 | MF | | Roberto Soriano | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 31 | MF | | Blerim Džemaili | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | DF | | Lyanco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | DF | | Federico Mattiello | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 23 | DF | | Danilo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 33 | DF | | Arturo Calabresi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 35 | DF | | Mitchell Dijks | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 91 | FW | | Diego Falcinelli | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 5 | 53 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 28 | GK | | Łukasz Skorupski | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Angelo da Costa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 2 | 12 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 28 | GK | | Łukasz Skorupski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Giancarlo González | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Sebastian De Maio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Lyanco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Nehuén Paz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Federico Mattiello | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Ibrahima Mbaye | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Filip Helander | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Danilo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Arturo Calabresi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Mitchell Dijks | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | Erick Pulgar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Ádám Nagy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Andrea Poli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Juan Manuel Valencia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Roberto Soriano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Blerim Džemaili | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Mattias Svanberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Riccardo Orsolini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Federico Santander | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Nicola Sansone | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Ladislav Krejčí | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Simone Edera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Rodrigo Palacio | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Orji Okwonkwo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 87 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 3 | 3 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019