# 2024–25 Bologna FC 1909 season

The 2024–25 season is the 116th season in the history of Bologna Football Club 1909, and the club's tenth consecutive season in the Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League, having made its last appearance in Europe's top club competition in the 1964–65 season.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POL | Łukasz Skorupski |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Emil Holm |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Martin Erlić |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Nikola Moro |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Orsolini (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Remo Freuler |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Santiago Castro |
| 11 | FW | SUI | Dan Ndoye |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Davide Calabria (on loan from Milan) |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Casale (on loan from Lazio) |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Oussama El Azzouzi |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Tommaso Pobega (on loan from Milan) |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Lewis Ferguson (captain) |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Michel Aebischer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | DEN | Jens Odgaard |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Charalampos Lykogiannis |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Nicola Bagnolini |
| 24 | FW | NED | Thijs Dallinga |
| 26 | DF | COL | Jhon Lucumí |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Nicolò Cambiaghi |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri |
| 30 | FW | ARG | Benjamín Domínguez |
| 31 | DF | NED | Sam Beukema |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Juan Miranda |
| 34 | GK | ITA | Federico Ravaglia |
| 80 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Fabbian |
| 39 | FW | ESP | Estanis Pedrola (on loan from Sampdoria) |

### Out on loan

    As of 3 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ITA | Kevin Bonifazi (at Sassuolo until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | ITA | Tommaso Corazza (at Salernitana until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | SRB | Mihajlo Ilić (at Partizan until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | ITA | Mattia Motolese (at Latina until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | AUT | Stefan Posch (at Atalanta until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | URU | Joaquín Sosa (at Reggiana until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | ITA | Riccardo Stivanello (at Juventus Next Gen until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | FIN | Niklas Pyyhtiä (at Südtirol until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Manuel Rosetti (at Sestri Levante until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | POL | Kacper Urbański (at Monza until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianmarco Cangiano (at Pescara until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gennaro Anatriello (at Trapani until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | SWE | Jesper Karlsson (at Lecce until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Mazia (at Varesina until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | NGA | Orji Okwonkwo (at Cittadella until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | ITA | Antonio Raimondo (at Salernitana until 30 June 2025) |

## Transfers
### Summer window
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | Remo Freuler | Nottingham Forest | €4,500,000 | Loan made permanent |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | Emil Holm | Spezia | €7,000,000 | |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | Jens Odgaard | AZ | €4,280,000 | Loan made permanent |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | Niklas Pyyhtiä | Ternana | Free | Loan return |
| 3 July 2024 | DF | Juan Miranda | Real Betis | Free | |
| 12 July 2024 | FW | Nicolò Cambiaghi | Atalanta | €10,000,000 | |
| 23 July 2024 | FW | Thijs Dallinga | Toulouse | €15,000,000 | |
| 2 August 2024 | DF | Martin Erlić | Sassuolo | €7,000,000 | |
| 28 August 2024 | FW | Benjamín Domínguez | Gimnasia LP | €4,500,000 | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes |
| 24 August 2024 | MF | Tommaso Pobega | Milan | Free | Option to buy for €15,000,000 |
| 27 August 2024 | FW | Samuel Iling-Junior | Aston Villa | Free | |
| 30 August 2024 | DF | Nicolò Casale | Lazio | €1,500,000 | Obligation to buy for €7,500,000 under conditions |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | Victor Kristiansen | Leicester City | Free | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | Alexis Saelemaekers | Milan | Free | End of loan |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | Ebenezer Annan | Novi Pazar | €350,000 | |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Marko Arnautović | Internazionale | €10,900,000 | Loan made permanent |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | Luis Binks | Coventry City | €3,800,000 | Loan made permanent |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | Adama Soumaoro | Unattached | Free | End of contract |
| 14 July 2024 | FW | Joshua Zirkzee | Manchester United | €42,500,000 | |
| 29 July 2024 | DF | Riccardo Calafiori | Arsenal | €45,000,000 | |
| 8 August 2024 | FW | Mattia Pagliuca | Virtus Verona | Free | |
| 9 August 2024 | FW | Sydney van Hooijdonk | Cesena | Free | |
| 23 August 2024 | MF | Demirel Hodžić | Milan Futuro | €300,000 | From Primavera squad |
| 7 September 2024 | GK | Marco Molla | Laçi | Free | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes |
| 15 July 2024 | DF | Mattia Motolese | Carrarese | Free | |
| 25 July 2024 | FW | Gennaro Anatriello | Messina | Free | |
| 8 August 2024 | FW | Antonio Raimondo | Venezia | Free | |
| 30 August 2024 | DF | Kevin Bonifazi | Lecce | Free | Option to buy for €500,000 |
| 2 September 2024 | FW | Andrea Mazia | Varesina | Free | |
| 12 September 2024 | DF | Mihajlo Ilić | Partizan | Free | |

### Winter window
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes |
| 31 December 2024 | MF | Andri Baldursson | IF Elfsborg | Loan return | Loan return |
| 31 December 2024 | DF | Joaquín Sosa | Montréal | Loan return | Loan return |
| 8 January 2025 | FW | Antonio Raimondo | Venezia | Loan return | Loan return |
| 15 January 2025 | FW | Orji Okwonkwo | Reggiana | Loan return | Loan return |
| 16 January 2025 | FW | Gennaro Anatriello | Messina | Loan return | Loan return |
| 22 January 2025 | DF | Mattia Motolese | Carrarese | Loan return | Loan return |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
| 3 February 2025 | DF | Davide Calabria | Milan | Free | | |
| 3 February 2025 | FW | Estanis Pedrola | Sampdoria | €500,000 | Option to buy for an undisclosed fee | |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes | Ref. |
| 2 February 2025 | FW | Samuel Iling-Junior | Aston Villa | Loan terminated early | Loan terminated early | |
| 3 February 2025 | DF | Kevin Bonifazi | Lecce | €500,000 | Loan transfer made permanent | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Notes |
| 4 January 2025 | FW | Jesper Karlsson | Lecce | Free | |
| 7 January 2025 | MF | Niklas Pyyhtiä | Südtirol | Free | Option to buy for an undisclosed fee and buy-back clause for an undisclosed fee |
| 9 January 2025 | DF | Tommaso Corazza | Salernitana | Free | |
| 9 January 2025 | FW | Antonio Raimondo | Salernitana | Free | |
| 16 January 2025 | FW | Orji Okwonkwo | Cittadella | Free | |
| 17 January 2025 | FW | Gennaro Anatriello | Trapani | Free | |
| 23 January 2025 | DF | Mattia Motolese | Latina | Free | |
| 26 January 2025 | MF | Kacper Urbański | Monza | Free | |
| 3 February 2025 | DF | Stefan Posch | Atalanta | €1,000,000 | Option to buy for €7,000,000 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 18 August 2024 | 24–25 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 29 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 048.28 |
| Coppa Italia | 3 December 2024 | | Round of 16 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 18 September 2024 | 29 January 2025 | League phase | League phase | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 012.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 043.59 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Napoli | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 3 | Atalanta | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 4 | Bologna | 29 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 53 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 5 | Juventus | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League league stage |
| 6 | Lazio | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 51 | 0Qualification for the Conference League play-off round0 |
* ↑ The 2024–25 Coppa Italia winners also qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the sixth-placed team if the Coppa Italia winners finish in the top five). If the Coppa Italia winners finish in the top six, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: Serie A

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19$^1$ | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 9$^2$ | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 53 |
$^1$ Matchday 19 (vs Internazionale) was postponed due to Internazionale's participation in the Supercoppa Italiana. $^2$ Matchday 9 (vs Milan) was postponed due to heavy rain and flooding.

#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.

### UEFA Champions League
#### League phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 29 August 2024.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 26 | VfB Stuttgart | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 10 |
| 27 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 7 |
| 28 | Bologna | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 6 |
| 29 | Red Star Belgrade | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 6 |
| 30 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 6 |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 16 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 28 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |