2021–22 Bologna FC 1909 season

Bologna
2021–22 season
ChairmanJoey Saputo
Head coachSiniša Mihajlović
StadiumStadio Renato Dall'Ara
Serie A13th
Coppa ItaliaFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marko Arnautović (14)

All:
Marko Arnautović (15)

The 2021–22 season was the 112th season in the existence of Bologna F.C. 1909 and the club's seventh 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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2022[1][2]

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
2 DF England ENG Luis Binks
3 DF Scotland SCO Aaron Hickey
4 DF Italy ITA Kevin Bonifazi
5 DF France FRA Adama Soumaoro
6 DF Belgium BEL Arthur Theate (on loan from Oostende)
7 FW Italy ITA Riccardo Orsolini
8 MF Argentina ARG Nicolás Domínguez
9 FW Austria AUT Marko Arnautović
10 FW Italy ITA Nicola Sansone
11 MF Chile CHI Luis Rojas (on loan from Crotone)
12 GK Albania ALB Marco Molla
14 MF Italy ITA Nicolas Viola
15 DF Senegal SEN Ibrahima Mbaye
16 MF Nigeria NGA Kingsley Michael
17 DF Chile CHI Gary Medel
19 FW Paraguay PAR Federico Santander
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Switzerland SUI Michel Aebischer (on loan from Young Boys)
21 MF Italy ITA Roberto Soriano (captain)
22 GK Italy ITA Francesco Bardi
28 GK Poland POL Łukasz Skorupski
29 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo De Silvestri (vice-captain)
30 MF Netherlands NED Jerdy Schouten
32 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Svanberg
33 MF Finland FIN Niklas Pyyhtiä
35 DF Netherlands NED Mitchell Dijks
55 MF Italy ITA Emanuel Vignato
66 DF Italy ITA Wisdom Amey
71 DF Netherlands NED Denso Kasius
77 DF Ghana GHA Ebenezer Annan
91 FW Italy ITA Diego Falcinelli
99 FW The Gambia GAM Musa Barrow
FW The Gambia GAM Musa Juwara

Out on loan

As of 1 February 2022

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
GK Canada CAN Sebastian Breza (at CF Montréal until 31 December 2022)
GK Italy ITA Federico Ravaglia (at Frosinone until 30 June 2022)
DF Italy ITA Emanuele Acampora (at Sona until 30 June 2022)
DF Italy ITA Gabriele Corbo (at CF Montréal until 31 December 2022)
DF Netherlands NED Stefano Denswil (at Trabzonspor until 30 June 2022)
DF Morocco MAR Omar Khailoti (at Carrarese until 30 June 2022)
MF Iceland ISL Andri Baldursson (at Copenhagen until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Uruguay URU César Falletti (at Ternana until 30 June 2022)
FW Italy ITA Gianmarco Cangiano (at Crotone until 30 June 2022)
FW Italy ITA Flavio Di Dio (at Picerno until 30 June 2022)
FW Nigeria NGA Orji Okwonkwo (at Cittadella until 30 June 2022)
FW Italy ITA Simone Rabbi (at Piacenza until 30 June 2022)
FW Netherlands NED Sydney van Hooijdonk (at SC Heerenveen until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
2 DF England Luis Binks Canada CF Montréal Undisclosed 1 July 2021 [3]
4 DF Italy Kevin Bonifazi Italy SPAL Undisclosed 2 July 2021 [4]
99 FW The Gambia Musa Barrow Italy Atalanta Undisclosed 2 July 2021 [5]
20 FW Netherlands Sydney van Hooijdonk Netherlands NAC Undisclosed 3 July 2021 [6]
5 DF France Adama Soumaoro France Lille Undisclosed 3 July 2021 [7]
22 GK Italy Francesco Bardi Italy Frosinone Undisclosed 17 July 2021 [8]
9 FW Austria Marko Arnautović China Shanghai Port Undisclosed 1 August 2021 [9]
6 DF Belgium Arthur Theate Belgium Oostende Undisclosed 26 August 2021 [10]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 July 2021 Friendly Bologna Italy 6–1 Italy Bagnolese Pinzolo, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pineta
Attendance: 0
Note: The match was played in two halves 40 minutes each.
24 July 2021 Friendly Bologna Italy 1–0 Italy Feralpisalò Pinzolo, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Pineta
Attendance: 0
Referee: Roberto Lovison
30 July 2021 Friendly Borussia Dortmund Germany 3–0 Italy Bologna Altach, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
Attendance: 5,978
Referee: Dominik Ouschan
5 August 2021 Friendly Liverpool England 2–0 Italy Bologna Thonon-les-Bains, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Joseph-Moynat
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
5 August 2021 Friendly Liverpool England 1–0 Italy Bologna Thonon-les-Bains, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Joseph-Moynat
Attendance: 0
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
8 August 2021 Friendly Pordenone Italy 2–4 Italy Bologna Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marco Piccinini

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 22 August 2021 21 May 2022 Matchday 1 13th 38 12 10 16 44 55 −11 031.58
Coppa Italia 16 August 2021 First round First round 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 000.00
Total 39 12 10 17 48 60 −12 030.77

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 −2 50[a]
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 +3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 −11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 −20 41
15 Sampdoria 38 10 6 22 46 63 −17 36
Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
Notes:
  1. ^ Torino finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head points: Sassuolo 0–1 Torino, Torino 1–1 Sassuolo.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 12 10 16 44 55  −11 46 8 4 7 25 24  +1 4 6 9 19 31  −12

Last updated: 21 May 2022.
Source: Serie A

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWDWLDLWDLLWWLWWLLLWWLLLDLWDDLLDWDDDLLW
Position5769811989121091098910121011131313131312121212121212131313131313
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2022. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.[11]

22 August 2021 1 Bologna 3–2 Salernitana Bologna
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 8,375
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
28 August 2021 2 Atalanta 0–0 Bologna Bergamo
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 7,912
Referee: Daniele Orsato
13 September 2021 3 Bologna 1–0 Hellas Verona Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 10,218
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
18 September 2021 4 Internazionale 6–1 Bologna Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 35,278
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
21 September 2021 5 Bologna 2–2 Genoa Bologna
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 9,707
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
26 September 2021 6 Empoli 4–2 Bologna Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 5,022
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
3 October 2021 7 Bologna 3–0 Lazio Bologna
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 12,975
Referee: Davide Massa
17 October 2021 8 Udinese 1–1 Bologna Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 10,627
Referee: Rosario Abisso
23 October 2021 9 Bologna 2–4 Milan Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 22,167
Referee: Paolo Valeri
28 October 2021 10 Napoli 3–0 Bologna Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Marco Serra
1 November 2021 11 Bologna 2–0 Cagliari Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 10,126
Referee: Davide Massa
7 November 2021 12 Sampdoria 1–2 Bologna Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 5,694
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
21 November 2021 13 Bologna 0–1 Venezia Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 15,255
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
28 November 2021 14 Spezia 0–1 Bologna La Spezia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 6,265
Referee: Luca Massimi
1 December 2021 15 Bologna 1–0 Roma Bologna
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 15,780
Referee: Luca Pairetto
5 December 2021 16 Bologna 2–3 Fiorentina Bologna
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 18,175
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
12 December 2021 17 Torino 2–1 Bologna Turin
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 6,562
Referee: Federico Dionisi
18 December 2021 18 Bologna 0–2 Juventus Bologna
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 22,394
Referee: Daniele Orsato
22 December 2021 19 Sassuolo 0–3 Bologna Reggio Emilia
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 4,763
Referee: Michael Fabbri
11 January 2022 21 Cagliari 2–1 Bologna Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 5,583
Referee: Davide Ghersini
17 January 2022 22 Bologna 0–2 Napoli Bologna
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Livio Marinelli
21 January 2022 23 Hellas Verona 2–1 Bologna Verona
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 4,286
Referee: Matteo Gariglio
6 February 2022 24 Bologna 0–0 Empoli Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Francesco Cosso
12 February 2022 25 Lazio 3–0 Bologna Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Marco Piccinini
21 February 2022 26 Bologna 2–1 Spezia Bologna
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 12,050
Referee: Livio Marinelli
26 February 2022 27 Salernitana 1–1 Bologna Salerno
15:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 13,289
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
6 March 2022 28 Bologna 0–0 Torino Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 17,575
Referee: Luca Massimi
13 March 2022 29 Fiorentina 1–0 Bologna Florence
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 22,635
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
20 March 2022 30 Bologna 0–1 Atalanta Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 13,323
Referee: Fabio Maresca
4 April 2022 31 Milan 0–0 Bologna Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 68,136
Referee: Livio Marinelli
11 April 2022 32 Bologna 2–0 Sampdoria Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 15,783
Referee: Luca Pairetto
16 April 2022 33 Juventus 1–1 Bologna Turin
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 36,107
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
24 April 2022 34 Bologna 2–2 Udinese Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 15,922
Referee: Alberto Santoro
27 April 2022 20 Bologna 2–1 Internazionale Bologna
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 26,034
Referee: Daniele Doveri
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 6 January 2022, but was postponed to 27 April 2022 due to COVID-19 outbreaks within the squads.[12]
1 May 2022 35 Roma 0–0 Bologna Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 62,988
Referee: Michael Fabbri
8 May 2022 36 Venezia 4–3 Bologna Venice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 6,674
Referee: Livio Marinelli
15 May 2022 37 Bologna 1–3 Sassuolo Bologna
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 19,794
Referee: Davide Ghersini
21 May 2022 38 Genoa 0–1 Bologna Genoa
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 17,768
Referee: Gianpiero Miele

Coppa Italia

16 August 2021 First round Bologna 4–5 Ternana Bologna
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 5,360
Referee: Luca Zufferli

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
12 GK Albania ALB Marco Molla 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Italy ITA Francesco Bardi 2 0 2 0 0 0
23 GK Italy ITA Nicola Bagnolini 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
28 GK Poland POL Lukasz Skorupski 13 0 12 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF England ENG Luis Binks 15 0 7+8 0 0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Aaron Hickey 36 5 34+2 5 0 0
4 DF Italy ITA Kevin Bonifazi 23 0 14+8 0 1 0
5 DF France FRA Adama Soumaoro 29 0 26+2 0 1 0
6 DF Belgium BEL Arthur Theate 31 2 28+3 2 0 0
15 DF Senegal SEN Ibrahima Mbaye 7 0 1+5 0 1 0
17 DF Chile CHI Gary Medel 34 0 32+1 0 0+1 0
29 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo De Silvestri 31 3 27+4 3 0 0
31 DF Italy ITA Riccardo Stivanello 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
35 DF Netherlands NED Mitchell Dijks 16 0 7+9 0 0 0
66 DF Italy ITA Wisdom Amey 1 0 1 0 0 0
71 DF Netherlands NED Denso Kasius 7 0 1+6 0 0 0
77 DF Italy ITA Ebenezer Annan 2 0 0+1 0 1 0
Midfielders
8 MF Argentina ARG Nicolás Domínguez 29 1 23+5 0 1 1
11 MF Chile CHI Luis Rojas 28 0 23+5 0 0 0
14 MF Italy ITA Nicolas Viola 6 0 1+5 0 0 0
16 MF Nigeria NGA Kingsley Michael 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
21 MF Italy ITA Roberto Soriano 36 1 32+3 0 1 1
30 MF Netherlands NED Jerdy Schouten 18 1 16+1 1 1 0
32 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Svanberg 37 3 31+5 3 0+1 0
33 MF Finland FIN Niklas Pyyhtiä 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
55 MF Italy ITA Emanuel Vignato 1 0 0 0 1 0
82 MF Poland POL Kacper Urbański 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Italy ITA Riccardo Orsolini 30 7 21+8 6 1 1
9 FW Austria AUT Marko Arnautović 34 15 32+1 14 1 1
10 FW Italy ITA Nicola Sansone 27 2 6+21 2 0 0
19 FW Paraguay PAR Federico Santander 7 1 0+7 1 0 0
44 FW Italy ITA Mattia Pagliuca 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 FW Italy ITA Emanuel Vignato 24 0 3+21 0 0 0
76 FW Italy ITA Antonio Raimondo 1 0 1 0 0 0
91 FW Italy ITA Diego Falcinelli 6 0 0+6 0 0 0
99 FW The Gambia GAM Musa Barrow 35 6 25+9 6 0+1 0
Players transferred out during the season
11 FW Denmark DEN Andreas Skov Olsen 19 0 6+12 0 0+1 0
14 DF Japan JPN Takehiro Tomiyasu 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 FW Netherlands NED Sydney van Hooijdonk 5 0 0+4 0 0+1 0

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Competitions

References

  1. ^ "Prima squadra" [First team] (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909.
  2. ^ "Squadre e Giocatori" [Teams and Players] (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909.
  3. ^ "Binks returns to Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909. 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Kevin Bonifazi joins Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909. 2 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Barrow purchased outright". Bologna F.C. 1909. 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Sydney van Hooijdonk al Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909 (in Italian). 3 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Official | Adama Soumaoro moves to Bologna permanently for €2.5m". Get French Football News. 3 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-03. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Bardi joins Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909. 17 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Marko Arnautovic at Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Arthur Theate joins Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Serie A postponed games rescheduled, including Bologna-Inter". Football Italia. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.