2022–23 Virtus Bologna season

Main article: Virtus Bologna
Virtus Bologna
2022–23 season
OwnerMassimo Zanetti
PresidentMassimo Zanetti
Head coachSergio Scariolo
ArenaSegafredo Arena
LBARunners-up
EuroLeague14th
Italian CupRunners-up
SupercupWinners

The 2022–23 season is Virtus Bologna's 94th in existence and the club's 6th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Segafredo

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Players

Current roster

Virtus Segafredo Bologna roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G/F 00 France Cordinier, Isaïa 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1996-11-28)28 November 1996
PG 1 Italy United States Mannion, Nico 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 – (2001-03-14)14 March 2001
G/F 3 Italy Belinelli, Marco (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 38 – (1986-03-25)25 March 1986
PG 6 Italy Pajola, Alessandro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999
C 7 Belgium Bako, Ismaël 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-10-10)10 October 1995
C 14 France Jaiteh, Mouhammadou 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 30 – (1994-11-27)27 November 1994
G 19 Nigeria Denmark Lundberg, Gabriel 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 30 – (1994-12-04)4 December 1994
PF 21 Georgia (country) Shengelia, Tornike 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 33 – (1991-10-05)5 October 1991
G 23 United States Italy Hackett, Daniel 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 37 – (1987-12-19)19 December 1987
PF 24 Croatia Menalo, Leo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2002-01-06)6 January 2002
F/C 25 United States Mickey, Jordan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 30 – (1994-07-09)9 July 1994
C 29 Senegal Camara, Gora 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 23 – (2001-04-12)12 April 2001
SF 34 United States Weems, Kyle 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 35 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989
F 37 Nigeria United States Ojeleye, Semi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 30 – (1994-12-05)5 December 1994
G 44 Serbia Teodosić, Miloš 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 37 – (1987-03-19)19 March 1987
SF 55 Ghana Italy Abass, Awudu 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1993-01-27)27 January 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Andrea Diana
  • Italy Alberto Seravalli
  • Italy Cristian Fedrigo
  • Italy Iacopo Squarcina
  • Italy Matteo Cassinerio
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: June 10, 2023

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 Jordan Mickey Mouhammadou Jaiteh Ismaël Bako Gora Camara
PF Tornike Shengelia Semi Ojeleye Leo Menalo
SF Isaïa Cordinier Awudu Abass Kyle Weems
SG Marco Belinelli Miloš Teodosić Gabriel Lundberg
PG Daniel Hackett Alessandro Pajola Nico Mannion

(colors: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
25 F/C United States Jordan Mickey 28 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2 years June 2024 Free 13 July 2022 [1]
7 C Belgium Ismaël Bako 26 Bàsquet Manresa Spain 2 years June 2024 Free 13 July 2022 [2]
19 SG Denmark Gabriel Lundberg 27 Phoenix Suns United States 2 years June 2024 Free 21 July 2022 [3]
37 F United States Semi Ojeleye 27 Los Angeles Clippers United States 2 years June 2024 Free 28 July 2022 [4]
24 PF Croatia Leo Menalo 20 Stella Azzurra Roma Italy 4 years June 2026 Free 2 August 2022 [5]
29 C Senegal Gora Camara 21 Victoria Libertas Pesaro Italy 2 years June 2024 Free 3 August 2022 [6]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
7 PF Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Alibegović 27 KK Cedevita Olimpija Slovenia End of contract Free 1 July 2022 [7]
0 C Italy Amedeo Tessitori 27 Reyer Venezia Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2022 [8]
25 C United States JaKarr Sampson 29 Liaoning Flying Leopards China Exit option Free 12 July 2022 [9]
9 C Nigeria Ekpe Udoh 35 Shimane Susanoo Magic Japan Exit option Free 26 July 2022 [10]
8 PF United States Kevin Hervey 26 Free agent Mutual consent Free 28 July 2022 [11]
17 SG Italy Marco Ceron 30 Pallacanestro Nardò Italy Exit option Free 5 August 2022 [12]
11 PG Italy Michele Ruzzier 29 Pallacanestro Trieste Italy Mutual consent Free 21 November 2022 [13]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
6 PG Italy Alessandro Pajola 22 youth team 5 + 4 June 2025 Youth system 2015–16 [14][15]
44 PG Serbia Miloš Teodosić 35 Los Angeles Clippers United States 3 + 1 years June 2023 Free 13 July 2019 [16][17]
34 SF United States Kyle Weems 32 Tofaş S.K. Turkey 2 + 2 years June 2023 Free 20 July 2019 [18][19]
55 SF Italy Awudu Abass 29 Basket Brescia Leonessa Italy 1 + 3 years June 2024 Free 15 June 2020 [20][21]
3 G/F Italy Marco Belinelli 36 San Antonio Spurs United States 3 years June 2023 Free 26 November 2020 [22]
11 PG Italy Michele Ruzzier 29 Pallacanestro Varese Italy 2 years June 2023 €15,000 5 July 2021 [23][24]
14 C France Mouhammadou Jaiteh 27 Gaziantep Basketbol Turkey 2 years June 2023 Free 20 July 2021 [25]
1 PG Italy United States Nico Mannion 21 Golden State Warriors United States 2 years June 2023 Free 10 August 2021 [26]
00 SG France Isaïa Cordinier 25 Nanterre 92 France 2 years June 2023 Free 6 October 2021 [27]
23 PG Italy United States Daniel Hackett 34 CSKA Moscow Russia 2 years June 2024 $100,000 3 March 2022 [28][29]
21 PF Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia 34 CSKA Moscow Russia 2 years June 2024 Free 13 September 2022 [30]

References

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  2. ^ "Ismaël Bako è un nuovo giocatore di Virtus Segafredo Bologna!" (in Italian). 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  3. ^ "Gabriel Lundberg è un nuovo giocatore di Virtus Segafredo Bologna!". virtus.it. July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "Semi Ojeleye è un nuovo giocatore di Virtus Segafredo Bologna". virtus.it. July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Leo Menalo è un nuovo giocatore di Virtus Segafredo Bologna!". virtus.it. August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  6. ^ "Gora Camara è un nuovo giocatore di Virtus Segafredo Bologna!". virtus.it. August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
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  9. ^ "JaKarr Sampson, Virtus Bologna part ways". Sportando. 12 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Virtus Bologna, esercitata la clausola di uscita dal contratto di Ekpe Udoh". Sportando. 26 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Risoluzione consensuale con Kevin Hervey". Sportando. 28 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Ceron saluta la Virtus: andrà a Nardò". Il Resto del Carlino. 6 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Risoluzione consensuale con Michele Ruzzier". Virtus. 21 November 2022.
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  18. ^ "Welcome Kyle!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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  23. ^ "Michele Ruzzier nuovo acquisto di Virtus Segafredo Bologna". virtus.it (in Italian). 5 July 2021.
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  25. ^ "MOUHAMMADOU JAITEH NUOVO ACQUISTO DI VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA". virtus.it (in Italian). 20 July 2021.
  26. ^ "NICO MANNION IS A NEW PLAYER OF VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA". virtus.it. 10 August 2021.
  27. ^ "ISAIA CORDINIER SIGNS WITH VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA". virtus.it. 6 October 2021.
  28. ^ "DANIEL HACKETT E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DI VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA". virtus.it. 3 March 2022.
  29. ^ "Hackett-Virtus: l'azzurro ha pagato $100k al CSKA per uscire dal contratto". Sportando. 5 March 2022.
  30. ^ "Toko ancora con noi!". Virtus Bologna. 13 September 2022.