# 2020–21 Fortitudo Bologna season

The 2020–21 season is Fortitudo Bologna's 89th in existence and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

## Overview

After a successful, although incomplete, 2019-20 season as a newly promoted team, Bologna was able to raise the bar of the ambition and compete in the Basketball Champions League for the 2020-21 season.

## Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Lavoropiù
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## Players
### Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Dario Hunt | Leonardo Totè | Marco Cusin |
| PF | Todd Withers | Stefano Mancinelli | |
| SF | Pietro Aradori | Vojislav Stojanović | |
| SG | Adrian Banks | Wesley Saunders | |
| PG | Matteo Fantinelli | Tommaso Baldasso | |
5+5 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 35 | F/C | Leonardo Totè | 22 | V.L. Pesaro | 3 years | June 2023 | Free | 8 June 2020 |
| 1 | SG | Adrian Banks | 34 | New Basket Brindisi | 2 years | June 2022 | Free | 11 June 2020 |
| 43 | PG | Gherardo Sabatini | 26 | Urania Milano | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 13 June 2020 |
| 33 | F | Todd Withers | 24 | Grand Rapids Drive | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 2 July 2020 |
| 22 | F/C | Ethan Happ | 24 | Vanoli Cremona | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 10 July 2020 |
| 12 | G | Mattia Palumbo | 19 | Blu Basket 1971 | 4 years | July 2024 | Free | 19 July 2020 |
| 11 | G/F | Tre'Shaun Fletcher | 25 | Ura Basket | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 20 July 2020 |
| 28 | C | Marco Cusin | 35 | JuveCaserta | 1 year | June 2021 | Undisclosed | 30 October 2020 |
| 10 | SG | Wesley Saunders | 27 | Monaco | 1+1 years | June 2021 + 2022 | Free | 4 November 2020 |
| 16 | C | Dario Hunt | 31 | Virtus Roma | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 14 December 2020 |
| 25 | PG | Tommaso Baldasso | 22 | Virtus Roma | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 28 December 2020 |
| 23 | G/F | Vojislav Stojanović | 24 | Vanoli Cremona | End of the season | June 2021 | Free | 30 April 2021 |
* ^ In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

#### Out

Leonardo Totè ended the season on loan to Bilbao Basket. The loan was finalized on the last match of the season and the team agreed wishing to give Totè the opportunity to build an experience in a foreign competition.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 5 | SG | Daniele Cinciarini | 37 | Basket Ravenna | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 11 | G | Jerome Dyson | 33 | Spójnia Stargard | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 14 | C | Henry Sims | 30 | Incheon Electroland Elephants | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 22 | F/C | Ed Daniel | 30 | Iraklis | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 24 | PG | Rok Stipčević | 34 | Krka Novo Mesto | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 10 | PF | Maarty Leunen | 34 | Pallacanestro Cantù | Transfer | Undisclosed | 15 July 2020 |
| 9 | F | Nicolò Dellosto | 20 | Kleb Ferrara | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 15 December 2020 |
| 11 | G/F | Tre'Shaun Fletcher | 26 | Pistoia Basket | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 29 December 2020 |
| 22 | F/C | Ethan Happ | 24 | Dinamo Sassari | Transfer | Undisclosed | 18 January 2021 |
| 12 | G | Mattia Palumbo | 20 | Scafati Basket | On loan | Undisclosed | 21 January 2021 |
| 43 | PG | Gherardo Sabatini | 26 | Assigeco Piacenza | Transfer | Undisclosed | 22 February 2021 |
| 35 | C | Leonardo Totè | 23 | Bilbao Basket | Loan contract | Undisclosed | 10 May 2021 |
* ^ Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 6 | PF | Stefano Mancinelli | 37 | Auxilium Torino | 5 years | June 2021 | Free | 6 July 2016 |
| 21 | PG | Matteo Fantinelli | 26 | Universo Treviso Basket | 1 + 2 | June 2021 | Free | 20 June 2018 |
| 9 | F | Nicolò Dellosto | 20 | Reggio Emilia | N/A | N/A | Youth system | 6 August 2019 |
| 4 | G/F | Pietro Aradori | 31 | Virtus Bologna | 4 years | June 2023 | Free | 12 August 2019 |

#### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Last team | Last team | Type | Ends | Date | Replaces | Replaces | Date | Type |
| | Luca Dalmonte | 58 | Scaligera Verona | | 1 year | June 2021 | 7 December 2020 | | Romeo Sacchetti | 6 December 2020 | Sacked |
| | Romeo Sacchetti | 66 | Vanoli Cremona | | 2 years | June 2022 | 27 May 2020 | | Antimo Martino | 27 May 2020 | Mutual consent |

## Competitions
### Supercup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 6 | 5 | 1 | 490 | 428 | +62 | Advance to Final Four |
| 2 | UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 479 | 477 | +2 | |
| 3 | Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna | 6 | 3 | 3 | 506 | 496 | +10 | |
| 4 | Vanoli Cremona | 6 | 1 | 5 | 408 | 482 | −74 | |

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 10 | Vanoli Cremona | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2370 | 2395 | −25 |
| 11 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2122 | 2261 | −139 |
| 12 | Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2179 | 2291 | −112 |
| 13 | Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2271 | 2364 | −93 |
| 14 | Openjobmetis Varese | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2271 | 2433 | −162 |

### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brose Bamberg | 6 | 6 | 0 | 509 | 429 | +80 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 6 | 4 | 2 | 476 | 441 | +35 | 10 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 3 | RETAbet Bilbao | 6 | 2 | 4 | 445 | 451 | −6 | 8 | |
| 4 | Fortitudo Bologna | 6 | 0 | 6 | 383 | 492 | −109 | 6 | |