2019–20 Fortitudo Bologna season

Main article: Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
2019-20 season
PresidentChristian Pavani
Head coachAntimo Martino
ArenaPalaDozza
LBAseason cancelled (8th)
Coppa ItaliaSemifinals

The 2019–20 season is Fortitudo Bologna's 88th in existence (6th after the re-foundation) and the new club's 1st season in the Lega Basket Serie A after the promotion in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Overview

The promotion of Fortitudo Bologna to the highest Italian Competition is an important return as Fortitudo Bologna has been one of the most important teams in the Italian Basketball history.

After the demotion to the Legadue and immediately to the Serie A dilettanti in 2009, the team saw the bankruptcy in 2012. In 2013 the, Bologna, was re-established under the name of Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna 103 and slowly moved its way up to the today's Serie A after 10 years.

The promotion was achieved by winning the 2018–19 Serie A2 Basket.

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 of winner to anyone.[1] Fortitudo Bologna ended the championship in 8th position.

Kit

Sponsor: Pompea

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Players

The team composition is the same as the last game played on February 9[2] before the interruption of the championship[3] due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kassius Robertson was released before the official interruption of the season due to an injury procured during the FIBA AmeriCup qualification window with the Canadian national team.[4] Jerome Dyson was hired from Virtus Roma to replace Kassius Robertson, but he never played any games.

Current roster

Pompea Fortitudo Bologna roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 3 Canada Robertson, Kassius (*) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 30 – (1994-04-20)20 April 1994
G/F 4 Italy Aradori, Pietro 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 36 – (1988-10-09)9 October 1988
SG 5 Italy Cinciarini, Daniele 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 41 – (1983-06-14)14 June 1983
PF 6 Italy Mancinelli, Stefano (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 41 – (1983-03-17)17 March 1983
F 9 Italy Dellosto, Nicolò 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (2000-04-06)6 April 2000
F/C 10 United States Leunen, Maarty 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 39 – (1985-09-03)3 September 1985
G 11 United States Dyson, Jerome (**) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 37 – (1987-05-01)1 May 1987
F/C 14 United States Sims, Henry 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 34 – (1990-03-27)27 March 1990
PG 21 Italy Fantinelli, Matteo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – (1993-11-24)24 November 1993
F/C 22 United States Daniel, Ed 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 34 – (1990-06-13)13 June 1990
PG 24 Croatia Stipčević, Rok 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 38 – (1986-05-10)10 May 1986
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Stefano Comuzzo
  • Italy Alessandro Lotesoriere
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (*) Left the team after the last match
  • (**) Joined the team before the
    interruption and never played
  • Injured Injured
Updated: February 26, 2020

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
C Henry Sims Ed Daniel
PF Maarty Leunen Stefano Mancinelli
SF Pietro Aradori Nicolò Dellosto
SG Jerome Dyson Daniele Cinciarini
PG Matteo Fantinelli Rok Stipčević

5+5 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
24 PG Croatia Rok Stipčević 33 Rytas Vilnius Lithuania 1 year June 2020 Free 10 June 2019 [5]
22 F/C United States Ed Daniel 29 Peristeri Greece 1 year June 2020 Free 4 July 2019 [6]
3 G/F Canada Kassius Robertson 25 Medi Bayreuth Germany 1 year June 2020 Free 16 July 2019 [7]
14 C United States Henry Sims 29 Virtus Roma Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 6 August 2019 [8]
9 F Italy Nicolò Dellosto 19 Reggio Emilia Italy N/A N/A Youth system 6 August 2019 [9]
4 G/F Italy Pietro Aradori 30 Virtus Bologna Italy 4 years June 2023 Free 12 August 2019 [10]
23 F United States Deshawn Stephens 29 Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 2 months November 2019 Free 18 September 2019 [11]
11 G United States Jerome Dyson 32 Virtus Roma Italy end of the season June 2020 Undisclosed 26 February 2020 [12]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
0 SF Argentina Italy Carlos Delfino 36 free agent end of contract Free 1 July 2019
4 G/F Italy Giacomo Sgorbati 21 Aurora Basket Jesi Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [13]
8 C Italy Matteo Franco 36 retired end of contract Free 1 July 2019
9 SF Italy Andrea Benevelli 33 Urania Milano Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [14]
16 PG Italy Marco Venuto 33 Ravenna Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [15]
20 SG Italy Guido Rosselli 36 Scaligera Verona Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [16]
22 PG Italy Giovanni Pini 26 Virtus Roma Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019
[17]
41 G United States Kenny Hasbrouck 32 Scaligera Verona Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [18]
23 F United States Deshawn Stephens 30 Scafati Basket Italy end of contract Free 31 October 2019 [19]
3 G/F Canada Kassius Robertson 25 free agent mutual consent Free 3 March 2020 [20]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
6 PF Italy Stefano Mancinelli 41 Auxilium Torino Italy 4 years June 2021 Free 6 July 2016 [21]
5 SG Italy Daniele Cinciarini 41 JuveCaserta Italy 2 + 1 years June 2020 40,000€ 25 April 2017 [22]
21 PG Italy Matteo Fantinelli 31 Universo Treviso Basket Italy 1 + 2 June 2021 Free 20 June 2018 [23][24]
10 F/C United States Maarty Leunen 39 Scandone Avellino Italy 1 + 2 June 2021 Free 30 July 2018 [25][26]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Last team Type Ends Date Source
Italy
 Antimo Martino
41
 Basket Ravenna
Italy
2
2020
12 June 2018
[27]

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
6 Vanoli Cremona 20 12 8 1627 1617 +10
7 Umana Reyer Venezia 21 11 10 1638 1582 +56 Qualification for EuroCup
8 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 21 11 10 1624 1670 −46 Qualification for Champions League
9 Dolomiti Energia Trento 21 11 10 1635 1665 −30 Qualification for EuroCup
10 Openjobmetis Varese 19 9 10 1570 1522 +48
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

Italian Cup

Bologna qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 6th place. They lost the semifinal against New Basket Brindisi.

14 February 2020
Quarter finals
 Germani Basket Brescia 73–76 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–16, 22–20, 17–23
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Lansdowne 15
Rebs: Moss, Horton 7
Asts: Vitali 4
PIR: Moss 11 		Boxscore Pts: Sims 17
Rebs: Sims 8
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Aradori 20 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Denny Borgioni
15 February 2020 Happy Casa Brindisi 78–53 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 22–12, 19–13, 14–16
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Brown 18
Rebs: Banks 7
Asts: Thompson 7
PIR: Brown 26 		Boxscore Pts: Cinciarini, Sims 10
Rebs: Daniel, Sims 9
Asts: Sims 2
PIR: Sims 11 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni

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