# 2019–20 Bologna FC 1909 season

The 2019–20 season was the 110th season in existence of Bologna and the fifth consecutive season in Serie A and 73rd in total. Having finished 10th the previous season, Bologna competed solely in domestic competitions, in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
The season was coach Siniša Mihajlović's first full campaign in charge of the club, after having replaced Filippo Inzaghi in January 2019. However, Mihajlović held a press conference on 13 July, following reports of a serious illness, in which he announced that he was battling leukemia. Immediately following the announcement, the club insisted that Mihajlović would remain coach and could continue working so long as he felt able to do so.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 7 February 2020
| 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 (age 40) | Sampdoria | 2015 | 2020 | 36 | 0 | |
| 12 | Marco Molla | GK | (2002-06-19) 19 June 2002 (age 22) | Youth Sector | 2019 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Łukasz Skorupski | GK | (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33) | Roma | 2018 | 2023 | 61 | 0 | |
| 97 | Mouhamadou Sarr | GK | (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 27) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 4 | Stefano Denswil | CB / LB | (1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 (age 31) | Club Brugge | 2019 | 2022 | 15 | 0 | |
| 13 | Mattia Bani | CB | (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 (age 30) | Chievo | 2019 | 2023 | 19 | 4 | |
| 14 | Takehiro Tomiyasu | CB / RB | (1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 (age 25) | Sint-Truiden | 2019 | 2024 | 17 | 0 | |
| 15 | Ibrahima Mbaye | RB / LB | (1994-10-14) 14 October 1994 (age 29) | Internazionale | 2015 | 2023 | 99 | 4 | |
| 23 | Danilo | CB | (1984-05-10) 10 May 1984 (age 40) | Udinese | 2018 | 2020 | 51 | 2 | |
| 33 | Arturo Calabresi | RB / CB | (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 (age 28) | Roma | 2018 | 2022 | 18 | 1 | |
| 35 | Mitchell Dijks | LB | (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 31) | Ajax | 2018 | 2023 | 29 | 1 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 5 | Gary Medel | DM / CB | (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 37) | Beşiktaş | 2019 | 2022 | 13 | 0 | |
| 8 | Nicolás Domínguez | CM | (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 26) | Vélez Sarsfield | 2019 | 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| 16 | Andrea Poli | CM / DM | (1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 35) | Milan | 2017 | 2021 | 82 | 8 | Captain |
| 21 | Roberto Soriano | CM / AM / LM | (1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 33) | Villarreal | 2019 | 2023 | 34 | 5 | |
| 30 | Jerdy Schouten | DM / CM | (1997-01-12) 12 January 1997 (age 27) | Excelsior | 2019 | 2024 | 11 | 0 | |
| 32 | Mattias Svanberg | CM | (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 25) | Malmö FF | 2018 | 2023 | 36 | 0 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Riccardo Orsolini | RW | (1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 27) | Juventus | 2018 | 2022 | 66 | 15 | |
| 9 | Federico Santander | ST | (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991 (age 33) | Copenhagen | 2018 | 2022 | 51 | 9 | |
| 10 | Nicola Sansone | LW / SS | (1991-09-10) 10 September 1991 (age 33) | Villarreal | 2019 | 2023 | 36 | 6 | |
| 11 | Ladislav Krejčí | LW | (1992-07-05) 5 July 1992 (age 32) | Sparta Prague | 2016 | 2020 | 77 | 2 | |
| 17 | Andreas Skov Olsen | RW / LW | (1999-12-29) 29 December 1999 (age 24) | Nordsjælland | 2019 | 2024 | 16 | 1 | |
| 24 | Rodrigo Palacio | ST / SS | (1982-02-05) 5 February 1982 (age 42) | Internazionale | 2017 | 2020 | 78 | 11 | |
| 26 | Musa Juwara | LW / SS / RW | (2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 (age 22) | Chievo | 2019 | | 1 | 0 | |
| 99 | Musa Barrow | CF / LW | (1998-11-14) 14 November 1998 (age 25) | Atalanta | 2019 | 2021 | 4 | 3 | Loan |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 6 | Nehuén Paz | CB | (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31) | Newell's Old Boys | 2018 | 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 20 | César Falletti | AM | (1992-12-02) 2 December 1992 (age 31) | Luqueño | 2017 | 2021 | 13 | 1 | |
| 22 | Mattia Destro | ST | (1991-03-20) 20 March 1991 (age 33) | Roma | 2015 | 2020 | 105 | 29 | Vice-captain |
| 31 | Blerim Džemaili | CM | (1986-04-12) 12 April 1986 (age 38) | Galatasaray | 2016 | 2020 | 88 | 11 | Captain |
| 91 | Diego Falcinelli | ST | (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 33) | Sassuolo | 2018 | 2022 | 16 | 0 | |
| 99 | Caio Vinicius Pirana | GK | (1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 25) | Campodarsego | 2018 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 99 | Kingsley Michael | CM / DM / AM | (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 25) | Youth Sector | 2018 | 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| — | Lorenzo Crisetig | DM / CM / AM | (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 31) | Internazionale | 2016 | 2020 | 14 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Mattia Bani | 25 | Chievo | €2.5M | |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Danilo | 35 | Udinese | Undisclosed | signed permanently after obligation to buy |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Roberto Soriano | 27 | Villarreal | €7.5M | signed permanently after obligation to buy |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Nicola Sansone | 27 | Villarreal | €7.5M | signed permanently after obligation to buy |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Riccardo Orsolini | 22 | Juventus | €15M | signed permanently after obligation to buy |
| 5 July 2019 | MF | Jerdy Schouten | 22 | Excelsior | €6M | |
| 6 July 2019 | DF | Stefano Denswil | 26 | Club Brugge | €6M | |
| 9 July 2019 | DF | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 20 | Sint-Truiden | €9M | |
| 24 July 2019 | FW | Andreas Skov Olsen | 19 | Nordsjælland | €9M | |
| 14 August 2019 | GK | Marco Molla | 17 | Youth Sector | Free | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Ref |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Ádám Nagy | 24 | Bristol City | €2.5M | Signed permanently by option to buy |
| 30 June 2019 | FW | Felipe Avenatti | 26 | Standard Liège | €3.5M | |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Alex Ferrari | 25 | Sampdoria | €4.5M | Signed permanently by option to buy |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Sebastien De Maio | 32 | Udinese | €1M | Signed permanently by option to buy |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Emil Krafth | 24 | Amiens | €2M | Signed permanently by option to buy |
| 13 July 2019 | DF | Filip Helander | 26 | Rangers | €3.9M | |
| 14 July 2019 | MF | Giordano Trovade | 21 | Südtirol | Free | |
| 9 August 2019 | MF | Erick Pulgar | 25 | Fiorentina | €10M | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 30 June 2019 | GK | Antonio Santurro | 27 | Sambenedettese | N/A | On loan until June 2020 |
| 30 June 2019 | GK | Federico Ravaglia | 19 | Gubbio | N/A | On loan until June 2020 |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Fabrizio Brignani | 21 | Cesena | N/A | On loan until June 2020 |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Hamza El Kaouakibi | 21 | Piacenza | N/A | On loan until June 2020 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Luca Rizzo | 27 | Livorno | N/A | On loan until June 2020 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Juan Manuel Valencia | 21 | Cesena | N/A | On loan until June 2020 |
| 19 August 2019 | MF | Godfred Donsah | 23 | Cerlce Brugge | N/A | On loan until June 2020 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 49 |
| 11 | Parma | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 57 | −1 | 49 |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 47 |
| 13 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 45 |
| 14 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 45 |
* 1 2 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Hellas Verona: 10 pts; Fiorentina: 5 pts; Parma: 1 pt.
* 1 2 Udinese finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Udinese 2–1 Cagliari, Cagliari 0–1 Udinese.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 August 2020. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 |

#### 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | POL | Łukasz Skorupski | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | SEN | Mouhamadou Sarr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | NED | Stefano Denswil | 28 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Federico Bonini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mattia Bani | 27 | 4 | 26+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Mbaye | 21 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Danilo | 31 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Corbo | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | NED | Mitchell Dijks | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | CHI | Gary Medel | 24 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Domínguez | 16 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Poli | 30 | 3 | 22+6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano | 30 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NED | Jerdy Schouten | 20 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Mattias Svanberg | 27 | 1 | 12+13 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ISL | Andri Fannar Baldursson | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | ITA | Dion Ruffo Luci | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Orsolini | 39 | 8 | 32+5 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | PAR | Federico Santander | 25 | 1 | 5+19 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone | 34 | 4 | 26+7 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí | 15 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | DEN | Andreas Skov Olsen | 26 | 1 | 7+19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo Palacio | 36 | 9 | 28+7 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | FW | GAM | Musa Juwara | 8 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Gianmarco Cangiano | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GAM | Musa Barrow | 18 | 9 | 14+4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Paz | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SUI | Blerim Džemaili | 14 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | NGA | Kingsley Michael | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 2 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Riccardo Orsolini | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 24 | FW | | Rodrigo Palacio | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Nicola Sansone | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 13 | DF | | Mattia Bani | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Andrea Poli | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | MF | | Roberto Soriano | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 99 | FW | | Musa Barrow | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Federico Santander | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 11 | FW | | Ladislav Krejčí | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | FW | | Andreas Skov Olsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | DF | | Danilo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 31 | MF | | Blerim Džemaili | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 3 | 40 |
Last updated: 7 February 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 28 | GK | | Łukasz Skorupski | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Last updated: 7 February 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Angelo da Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | | Łukasz Skorupski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Stefano Denswil | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Nehuén Paz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Mattia Bani | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Ibrahima Mbaye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Danilo | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Gabriele Corbo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Mitchell Dijks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Gary Medel | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Andrea Poli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Roberto Soriano | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | | Jerdy Schouten | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Blerim Džemaili | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Mattias Svanberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | | Kingsley Michael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Riccardo Orsolini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Federico Santander | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Nicola Sansone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Ladislav Krejčí | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Andreas Skov Olsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Mattia Destro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Rodrigo Palacio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Musa Juwara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Musa Barrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 76 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 7 February 2020