# 2016–17 Bologna FC 1909 season

The 2016–17 season was Bologna Football Club 1909's second season back in Serie A, after the club's relegation at the end of the 2013–14 season.

## Season review

The club competed in Serie A, finishing 15th, and in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the round of 16.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 27 January 2017
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 | DF | GRE | Marios Oikonomou |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Emil Krafth |
| 5 | MF | CHI | Erick Pulgar |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Federico Viviani (on loan from Verona) |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Saphir Taïder |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Simone Verdi |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí |
| 12 | MF | COL | Juan Manuel Valencia $^{U21}$ (on loan from Juventus) |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Federico Di Francesco |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Mbaye |
| 16 | MF | HUN | Ádám Nagy $^{U21}$ |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Godfred Donsah $^{U21}$ |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Filip Helander |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Umar Sadiq $^{U21}$ (on loan from Roma) |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Domenico Maietta |
| 21 | FW | CRO | Bruno Petković |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Luca Rizzo |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Adam Masina $^{CT}$ |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Daniele Gastaldello |
| 30 | FW | NGA | Orji Okwonkwo $^{U21}$ |
| 31 | MF | SUI | Blerim Džemaili |
| 35 | DF | GRE | Vasilis Torosidis |
| 83 | GK | ITA | Antonio Mirante |
| 97 | GK | SEN | Mouhamadou Fallou Sarr $^{U21}$ |
Lega Serie A had limited the squad to the maximum of 25 players, including at least 4 home grown players and 4 additional club-trained players (marked as $^{CT}$). However, under-21 players (born 1995 or after in this season; marked as $^{U21}$) were not limited. Mirante was left out from the squad list due to injury from September to 20 November, plus one unknown player was not registered (Acquafresca according to report), making Bologna squad was composite of 23 players that over 21 of age, including 2 players trained by Bologna, from September 2016 to January 2017. Bologna reinstated Mirante by replacing Gomis in November, thanks to a clause in the regulation that allow to swap goalkeeper even out of transfer window, which Gomis replaced Mirante again in Italian Cup once. After the winter transfer window Bologna squad was trimmed to 20 players plus 6 Under-21 players.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 16 May 2016 | | Aaron Tabacchi | 17 | Chievo | Undisclosed | reserve team |
| 27 June 2016 | MF | Federico Di Francesco | 22 | Virtus Lanciano | Undisclosed | |
| 27 June 2016 | DF | Deian Boldor | 21 | Virtus Lanciano | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Luca Rizzo | 24 | Sampdoria | Undisclosed | obligation in the loan contract |
| 7 July 2016 | MF | Ladislav Krejčí | 24 | Sparta Prague | Undisclosed | |
| 11 July 2016 | FW | Simone Verdi | 23 | Milan | Undisclosed | |
| 14 July 2016 | MF | Ádám Nagy | 21 | Ferencváros | Undisclosed | |
| 17 August 2016 | MF | Blerim Džemaili | 30 | Galatasaray | €1.3M | |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Vasilis Torosidis | 31 | Roma | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Lorenzo Crisetig | 23 | Internazionale | Undisclosed | early excised on an obligation |
| | | Bruno Petković | | | | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Notes |
| 4 July 2016 | DF | Fabrizio Brignani | 18 | Cremonese | reserve team; loan renewal |
| 31 August 2016 | GK | Alfred Gomis | | Torino | |
| 31 August 2016 | | Umar Sadiq | | Roma | Loan with option and counter-option |
| 31 August 2016 | | Federico Viviani | | Hellas Verona | Loan with an option to buy |
| 31 August 2016 | | Filip Helander | | Hellas Verona | Loan with an obligation to buy |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 21 June 2016 | MF | Marco Crimi | 26 | Carpi | Undisclosed | buy out option activated |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Kévin Constant | 29 | Unattached | Free | end of contract |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Uroš Radaković | 22 | Sigma Olomouc | Undisclosed | buy out option activated |
| 16 August 2016 | DF | Luca Rossettini | | Torino | Undisclosed | |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Amadou Diawara | | Napoli | Undisclosed | |
| 30 August 2016 | MF | Franco Brienza | | Bari | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Luca Ceccarelli | | Unattached | Undisclosed | Contract terminated in mutual consent |
| 18 January 2017 | GK | Alfred Gomis | | Torino | Loan return | |
| | | Archimede Morleo |
| | | Sergio Floccari |
| | | Robert Acquafresca |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Notes |
| 7 July 2016 | | Matteo Mancosu | | Montreal Impact | had loan return on 1 July |
| 13 July 2016 | | Bálint Vécsei | | Lugano | had loan return; with option to buy |
| 13 July 2016 | | Filippo Falco | | Benevento | Loan return |
| 14 July 2016 | | Filippo Perucchini | | Benevento | |
| 16 July 2016 | DF | Lorenzo Paramatti | | Messina | Loan return |
| 26 August 2016 | DF | Lorenzo Paramatti | | Santarcangelo | Loan return |
| 30 August 2016 | DF | Deian Boldor | 21 | Hellas Verona | new signing; with option and counter-option |
| 31 August 2016 | | Nicolò Cherubin | | Hellas Verona | with obligation to buy |
| 31 August 2016 | | Lorenzo Crisetig | | Crotone | |
| 27 January 2017 | | Anthony Mounier | | Saint-Étienne | with option and counter-option |
| | | Alex Ferrari | | Hellas Verona | |
| 30 January 2017 | | Filippo Perucchini | | Lecce | Loan return |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 15th | 21 August 2016 | 27 May 2017 |
| Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Round of 16 | 12 August 2016 | 17 January 2017 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 45 |
| 14 | Chievo | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 43 |
| 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 41 |
| 16 | Genoa | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 36 |
| 17 | Crotone | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 34 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2017. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 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 | 19 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | GK | ITA | Antonio Mirante | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | SEN | Mouhamadou Sarr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GRE | Marios Oikonomou | 20 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Emil Krafth | 29 | 1 | 16+10 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Mbaye | 17 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Filip Helander | 11 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Domenico Maietta | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Adam Masina | 34 | 1 | 28+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Daniele Gastaldello | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GRE | Vasilis Torosidis | 28 | 1 | 23+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | CHI | Erick Pulgar | 30 | 1 | 17+10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Federico Viviani | 17 | 2 | 13+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Saphir Taïder | 26 | 4 | 22+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | HUN | Ádám Nagy | 28 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Godfred Donsah | 16 | 1 | 10+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Luca Rizzo | 13 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SUI | Blerim Džemaili | 33 | 9 | 29+2 | 8 | 1+1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Simone Verdi | 29 | 6 | 25+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro | 33 | 11 | 28+2 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí | 38 | 2 | 33+4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Federico Di Francesco | 27 | 5 | 11+13 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Umar Sadiq | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CRO | Bruno Petković | 12 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NGA | Orji Okwonkwo | 11 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | ITA | Aaron Tabacchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Archimede Morleo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Anthony Mounier | 8 | 2 | 4+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Franco Brienza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | SEN | Alfred Gomis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Alex Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 31 | MF | | Blerim Džemaili | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Simone Verdi | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | | Federico Di Francesco | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Saphir Taïder | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | | Federico Viviani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | Anthony Mounier | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | | Ladislav Krejčí | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Emil Krafth | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | MF | | Erick Pulgar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | MF | | Godfred Donsah | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 18 | DF | | Filip Helander | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 25 | DF | | Adam Masina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 35 | DF | | Vasilis Torosidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 40 | 8 | 48 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 83 | GK | | Antonio Mirante | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Angelo da Costa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 23 | GK | | Alfred Gomis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 2 | 11 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Angelo da Costa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Marios Oikonomou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Emil Krafth | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | Ibrahima Mbaye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Filip Helander | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Domenico Maietta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Adam Masina | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | | Daniele Gastaldello | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | | Vasilis Torosidis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | Erick Pulgar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Federico Viviani | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Saphir Taïder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Ádám Nagy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Godfred Donsah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Blerim Džemaili | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Simone Verdi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Ladislav Krejčí | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Federico Di Francesco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | | Umar Sadiq | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Bruno Petković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Orji Okwonkwo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 83 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 2 | 8 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017