# 2020–21 Bologna FC 1909 season

The 2020–21 season was the 111th season in existence of Bologna and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Bologna participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
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 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Aaron Hickey |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Adama Soumaoro (on loan from Lille) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Orsolini |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Domínguez |
| 9 | FW | PAR | Federico Santander |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Andreas Skov Olsen |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Takehiro Tomiyasu |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Mbaye |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Poli (captain) |
| 17 | DF | CHI | Gary Medel |
| 18 | MF | ISL | Andri Baldursson |
| 20 | GK | CAN | Sebastian Breza |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Danilo |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo Palacio (vice-captain) |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Valentin Antov (on loan from CSKA Sofia) |
| 28 | GK | POL | Łukasz Skorupski |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri |
| 30 | MF | NED | Jerdy Schouten |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Mattias Svanberg |
| 34 | GK | ITA | Federico Ravaglia |
| 35 | DF | NED | Mitchell Dijks |
| 43 | DF | ITA | Paolo Faragò (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 55 | MF | ITA | Emanuel Vignato |
| 80 | FW | GAM | Musa Juwara |
| 99 | FW | GAM | Musa Barrow |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 13 August 2020 | DF | Luis Binks | 18 | Montreal Impact | Undisclosed | | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 4 August 2020 | FW | Ladislav Krejčí | 28 | Sparta Prague | Free transfer | | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 5 August 2020 | FW | Leonardo Stanzani | 20 | Pontedera | N/A | loan until June 2021 |
| 13 August 2020 | DF | Luis Binks | 18 | Montreal Impact | N/A | loan until December 2020 |
| 20 August 2020 | DF | Elia Visconti | 20 | Piacenza | N/A | loan until June 2021 |
| 20 August 2020 | MF | Leonardo Mazza | 19 | Mantova | N/A | loan until June 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 21 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 026.32 |
| Coppa Italia | 27 October 2020 | 25 November 2020 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 55 | 68 | −13 | 027.50 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 45 |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 42 |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 41 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 40 |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 40 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. Source: Serie A

#### 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 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 16 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.

### 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 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | POL | Łukasz Skorupski | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ITA | Federico Ravaglia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SCO | Aaron Hickey | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Adama Soumaoro | 20 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Wisdom Amey | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 33 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Mbaye | 9 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CHI | Gary Medel | 12 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Danilo | 35 | 0 | 34+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Valentin Antov | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 30 | 2 | 25+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | NED | Mitchell Dijks | 20 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ITA | Paolo Faragò | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | MAR | Omar Khailoti | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Domínguez | 30 | 1 | 15+13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Poli | 19 | 1 | 4+14 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ISL | Andri Fannar Baldursson | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano | 39 | 9 | 37 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NED | Jerdy Schouten | 35 | 1 | 28+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Mattias Svanberg | 35 | 5 | 24+10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | ITA | Dion Ruffo Luci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | POL | Kacper Urbański | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Orsolini | 36 | 9 | 21+13 | 7 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | PAR | Federico Santander | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone | 28 | 2 | 11+15 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Andreas Skov Olsen | 26 | 2 | 12+14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Simone Rabbi | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Rodrigo Palacio | 37 | 5 | 28+8 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ITA | Mattia Pagliuca | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | ITA | Emanuel Vignato | 33 | 2 | 11+20 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | FW | ITA | Edoardo Vergani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | FW | ITA | Antonio Raimondo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | GAM | Musa Juwara | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GAM | Musa Barrow | 40 | 9 | 34+4 | 8 | 1+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | NED | Stefano Denswil | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Nehuén Paz | 7 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | CAN | Sebastian Breza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NGA | Kingsley Michael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Arturo Calabresi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 12 February 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Riccardo Orsolini | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 21 | MF | | Roberto Soriano | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 99 | FW | | Musa Barrow | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 14 | DF | | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 32 | MF | | Mattias Svanberg | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 55 | MF | | Emanuel Vignato | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | | Nehuén Paz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Nicolás Domínguez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | | Nicola Sansone | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | FW | | Andreas Skov Olsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | | Andrea Poli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 24 | FW | | Rodrigo Palacio | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 29 | DF | | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 29 | 4 | 33 |