# 2019–20 Virtus Bologna season

The 2019–20 season is Virtus Bologna's 91st in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

## Overview

In the season 2019-20 Virtus Bologna aims to return to the highest level of the European Basketball. Despite having won the 2018-19 edition of the Basketball Champions League, Bologna decides to compete in the 2019–20 EuroCup. Followed a controversy that involved all together the club, the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP) and FIBA, in which the latter tried to convince Bologna to take part to the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League.
Bologna is aggressive also during the summer transfers, hiring top players like Miloš Teodosić and Stefan Marković and with the ambition of playing in the next year EuroLeague edition.
The season starts incredibly well, confirming the ambitious plans of the team, with a 10 games winning streak in the Serie A and the qualification to the Top 16 of the EuroCup Basketball. Bologna ends the first half of the season (16th round) on top of the standings, gaining the unofficial title of winter champions.
Unfortunately, though, the 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone. Virtus Bologna ended the championship in 1st position. Followed also the early termination of the EuroCup season where Bologna had reached the quarter finals.

## Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Segafredo
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## Players
### 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 | Bench 3 |
| C | Julian Gamble | Vince Hunter | Marcos Delía | |
| PF | Giampaolo Ricci | Filippo Baldi Rossi | Mait Peterson | |
| SF | Kyle Weems | Devyn Marble | Stefan Nikolić | |
| SG | Miloš Teodosić | Frank Gaines | Manuele Solaroli | |
| PG | Stefan Marković | David Cournooh | Alessandro Pajola | Lorenzo Deri |
6+6 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 | SF | Stefan Nikolić | 21 | Amici Pallacanestro Udinese | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 11 June 2019 |
| 11 | PF | Giampaolo Ricci | 27 | Vanoli Cremona | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 13 June 2019 |
| 44 | PG | Miloš Teodosić | 32 | Los Angeles Clippers | 3 year | June 2022 | Free | 13 July 2019 |
| 0 | SG | Frank Gaines | 29 | Pallacanestro Cantù | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 18 July 2019 |
| 34 | SF | Kyle Weems | 29 | Tofaş S.K. | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 20 July 2019 |
| 45 | C | Julian Gamble | 29 | Nanterre 92 | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 22 July 2019 |
| 32 | F/C | Vince Hunter | 24 | AEK Athens | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 22 July 2019 |
| 9 | PG | Stefan Marković | 31 | Khimki | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 2 August 2019 |
| 16 | F/C | Marcos Delía | 27 | Fuerza Regia de Monterrey | 2 years | June 2021 | Undisclosed | 3 October 2019 |
| 2 | G/F | Devyn Marble | 27 | Santa Cruz Warriors | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 22 January 2020 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 0 | SG | Kevin Punter | 26 | Olympiacos | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 1 | SF | Kelvin Martin | 29 | New Basket Brindisi | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 2 | C | Yanick Moreira | 27 | Peristeri | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 7 | PG | Tony Taylor | 28 | Pınar Karşıyaka | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 9 | PG | Alessandro Cappelletti | 23 | Basket Torino | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 11 | C | Dejan Kravić | 28 | Obradoiro CAB | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 15 | PG | Mario Chalmers | 34 | AEK Athens | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 23 | C | Matteo Berti | 20 | Poderosa Montegranaro | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 24 | PF | Amath M'Baye | 29 | Pınar Karşıyaka | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 41 | C | Brian Qvale | 30 | Shimane Susanoo Magic | mutual consent | Undisclosed | 26 July 2019 |
| 21 | G/F | Pietro Aradori | 30 | Fortitudo Bologna | mutual consent | Undisclosed | 12 August 2019 |

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 6 | PG | Alessandro Pajola | 19 | youth team | youth team | | June 2001 | Youth system | |
| 8 | PF | Filippo Baldi Rossi | 27 | Aquila Basket Trento | | 2 + 2 years | June 2021 | Undisclosed | 30 November 2017 |
| 25 | SG | David Cournooh | 29 | Pallacanestro Cantù | | 2 years | June 2020 | Free | 30 June 2018 |

#### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Source |
| | Aleksandar Đorđević | 52 | Bayern Munich | | 2 | 2021 | 11 March 2019 | |

## Competitions
### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1719 | 1500 | +219 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 2 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1703 | 1506 | +197 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Germani Basket Brescia | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1707 | 1554 | +153 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 4 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1687 | 1555 | +132 | Already qualified for EuroLeague |
| 5 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1776 | 1696 | +80 | Qualification for Champions League |

### EuroCup
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 10 | 8 | 2 | 846 | 791 | +55 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | MoraBanc Andorra | 10 | 7 | 3 | 853 | 766 | +87 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 3 | Monaco | 10 | 6 | 4 | 763 | 732 | +31 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 4 | Promitheas | 10 | 6 | 4 | 771 | 751 | +20 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 5 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 10 | 2 | 8 | 740 | 862 | −122 | |
| 6 | ratiopharm Ulm | 10 | 1 | 9 | 793 | 864 | −71 | |

#### Top 16

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Partizan NIS | 6 | 5 | 1 | 489 | 418 | +71 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 6 | 4 | 2 | 519 | 488 | +31 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Darüşşafaka Tekfen | 6 | 3 | 3 | 458 | 464 | −6 | |
| 4 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 6 | 0 | 6 | 413 | 509 | −96 | |

### FIBA Intercontinental Cup

As the winner of the 2018-19 edition of the Basketball Champions League, Virtus Bologna qualified to the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. They won in the semifinal against the Argentinian team San Lorenzo de Almagro, winner of the 2019 edition of the FIBA Americas League and lost the final against the hosting team Iberostar Tenerife.

### Italian Cup

Bologna qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 1st place. They lost the first match in the quarter finals against Umana Reyer Venezia.