2020–21 Fortitudo Bologna season

Main article: Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
2020-21 season
OwnerComitato per la Fondazione Fortitudo
PresidentChristian Pavani
Head coachLuca Dalmonte
ArenaPalaBigi
LBA12th of 15
BCLRegular season (4th of 4)
SupercupGroup stage (3rd of 4)

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.[1]

Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Lavoropiù

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Players

Current roster

Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 1 Israel Banks, Adrian 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 38 – (1986-02-09)9 February 1986
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 6 Italy Mancinelli, Stefano (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 41 – (1983-03-17)17 March 1983
SG 10 United States Saunders, Wesley 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1993-06-16)16 June 1993
C 16 United States Hunt, Dario 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 35 – (1989-05-02)2 May 1989
PG 21 Italy Fantinelli, Matteo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – (1993-11-24)24 November 1993
G/F 23 Serbia Stojanović, Vojislav 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 27 – (1997-04-14)14 April 1997
PG 25 Italy Baldasso, Tommaso 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998
C 28 Italy Cusin, Marco 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 39 – (1985-02-28)28 February 1985
F 33 United States Withers, Todd 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1996-05-06)6 May 1996
F/C 35 Italy Totè, Leonardo 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 27 – (1997-07-08)8 July 1997
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Stefano Comuzzo
  • Italy Simone Bianchi
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 10 May 2021

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. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
35 F/C Italy Leonardo Totè 22 V.L. Pesaro Italy 3 years June 2023 Free 8 June 2020 [2]
1 SG Israel United States Adrian Banks 34 New Basket Brindisi Italy 2 years June 2022 Free 11 June 2020 [3]
43 PG Italy Gherardo Sabatini 26 Urania Milano Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 13 June 2020 [4]
33 F United States Todd Withers 24 Grand Rapids Drive United States 1 year June 2021 Free 2 July 2020 [5]
22 F/C United States Ethan Happ 24 Vanoli Cremona Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 10 July 2020 [6]
12 G Italy Mattia Palumbo 19 Blu Basket 1971 Italy 4 years July 2024 Free 19 July 2020 [7]
11 G/F United States Tre'Shaun Fletcher 25 Ura Basket Finland 1 year June 2021 Free 20 July 2020 [8]
28 C Italy Marco Cusin[Note IN] 35 JuveCaserta Italy 1 year June 2021 Undisclosed 30 October 2020 [9]
10 SG United States Wesley Saunders[Note IN] 27 Monaco France 1+1 years June 2021 + 2022 Free 4 November 2020 [10]
16 C United States Dario Hunt[Note IN] 31 Virtus Roma Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 14 December 2020 [11]
25 PG Italy Tommaso Baldasso[Note IN] 22 Virtus Roma Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 28 December 2020 [12]
23 G/F Serbia Vojislav Stojanović[Note IN] 24 Vanoli Cremona Italy End of the season June 2021 Free 30 April 2021 [13]
  1. ^
    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. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
5 SG Italy Daniele Cinciarini 37 Basket Ravenna Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [14]
11 G United States Jerome Dyson 33 Spójnia Stargard Poland End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [15]
14 C United States Henry Sims 30 Incheon Electroland Elephants South Korea End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [16]
22 F/C United States Ed Daniel 30 Iraklis Greece End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [17]
24 PG Croatia Rok Stipčević 34 Krka Novo Mesto Slovenia End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [18]
10 PF United States Maarty Leunen 34 Pallacanestro Cantù Italy Transfer Undisclosed 15 July 2020 [19][20]
9 F Italy Nicolò Dellosto[Note OUT] 20 Kleb Ferrara Italy Mutual consent Undisclosed 15 December 2020 [21][22]
11 G/F United States Tre'Shaun Fletcher[Note OUT] 26 Pistoia Basket Italy Mutual consent Undisclosed 29 December 2020 [23][24]
22 F/C United States Ethan Happ[Note OUT] 24 Dinamo Sassari Italy Transfer Undisclosed 18 January 2021 [25][26]
12 G Italy Mattia Palumbo[Note OUT] 20 Scafati Basket Italy On loan Undisclosed 21 January 2021 [27][28]
43 PG Italy Gherardo Sabatini[Note OUT] 26 Assigeco Piacenza Italy Transfer Undisclosed 22 February 2021 [29][30]
35 C Italy Leonardo Totè[Note OUT] 23 Bilbao Basket Spain Loan contract Undisclosed 10 May 2021 [31][32]
  1. ^
    Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
6 PF Italy Stefano Mancinelli 37 Auxilium Torino Italy 5 years June 2021 Free 6 July 2016 [33]
21 PG Italy Matteo Fantinelli 26 Universo Treviso Basket Italy 1 + 2 June 2021 Free 20 June 2018 [34][35]
9 F Italy Nicolò Dellosto 20 Reggio Emilia Italy N/A N/A Youth system 6 August 2019 [36]
4 G/F Italy Pietro Aradori 31 Virtus Bologna Italy 4 years June 2023 Free 12 August 2019 [37]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Last team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
Italy Luca Dalmonte 58 Scaligera Verona Italy 1 year June 2021 7 December 2020[38] Italy Romeo Sacchetti 6 December 2020[39] Sacked
Italy Romeo Sacchetti 66 Vanoli Cremona Italy 2 years June 2022 27 May 2020[40] Italy Antimo Martino 27 May 2020[41] Mutual consent

Competitions

Supercup

Main article: 2020 Italian Basketball Supercup
Pos Team
 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
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A

Main article: 2020–21 LBA season
Pos Team
 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
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA

Champions League

Main article: 2020–21 Basketball Champions League

Regular season

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Brose Bamberg 6 6 0 509 429 +80 12 Advance to Playoffs
2 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 4 2 476 441 +35 10
3 Spain RETAbet Bilbao 6 2 4 445 451 −6 8
4 Italy Fortitudo Bologna 6 0 6 383 492 −109 6
Source: Champions League

See also

References

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