2020–21 Fortitudo Bologna season

The 2020–21 season is Fortitudo Bologna's 89th in existence and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna

2020-21 season
Owner	Comitato per la Fondazione Fortitudo
President	Christian Pavani
Head coach	Luca Dalmonte
Arena	PalaBigi
LBA	Regular season
BCL	Regular season (4th)
Supercup	Group stage (3rd)

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

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Players

Current roster

Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 1 Banks, Adrian 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 35 – 9 February 1986 G/F 4 Aradori, Pietro 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – 9 October 1988 SG 6 Mancinelli, Stefano (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 37 – 17 March 1983 SG 10 Saunders, Wesley 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – 16 June 1993 C 16 Hunt, Dario 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – 2 May 1989 PG 21 Fantinelli, Matteo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – 24 November 1993 PG 25 Baldasso, Tommaso 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – 29 January 1998 C 28 Cusin, Marco 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 35 – 28 February 1985 F 33 Withers, Todd 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 24 – 6 May 1996 F/C 35 Totè, Leonardo 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 23 – 8 July 1997 PG 43 Sabatini, Gherardo 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 26 – 13 May 1994	Head coach Luca Dalmonte Assistant coach(es) Stefano Comuzzo Simone Bianchi Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 21 January 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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
SG	Adrian Banks	Wesley Saunders
PG	Matteo Fantinelli	Tommaso Baldasso	Gherardo Sabatini

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

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
35	F/C		Leonardo Totè	22	V.L. Pesaro		3 years	June 2023	Free	8 June 2020	[2]
1	SG		Adrian Banks	34	New Basket Brindisi		2 years	June 2022	Free	11 June 2020	[3]
43	PG		Gherardo Sabatini	26	Urania Milano		1 years	June 2021	Free	13 June 2020	[4]
33	F		Todd Withers	24	Grand Rapids Drive		1 year	June 2021	Free	2 July 2020	[5]
12	G		Mattia Palumbo	19	Blu Basket 1971		4 years	July 2024	Free	19 July 2020	[6]
11	G/F		Tre'Shaun Fletcher	25	Ura Basket		1 years	June 2021	Free	20 July 2020	[7]
28	C		Marco Cusin^[Note IN]	35	JuveCaserta		1 years	June 2021	Undisclosed	30 October 2020	[8]
10	SG		Wesley Saunders^[Note IN]	27	Monaco		1 year	June 2021	Free	4 November 2020	[9]
16	C		Dario Hunt^[Note IN]	31	Virtus Roma		1 year	June 2021	Free	14 December 2020	[10]
25	PG		Tommaso Baldasso^[Note IN]	22	Virtus Roma		1 year	June 2021	Free	28 December 2020	[11]

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   In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
5	SG		Daniele Cinciarini	37	Basket Ravenna		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[12]
11	G		Jerome Dyson	33	Spójnia Stargard		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[13]
14	C		Henry Sims	30	Incheon Electroland Elephants		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[14]
22	F/C		Ed Daniel	30	Iraklis		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[15]
24	PG		Rok Stipčević	34	Krka Novo Mesto		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[16]
10	PF		Maarty Leunen	34	Pallacanestro Cantù		transfer	Undisclosed	15 July 2020	[17][18]
9	F		Nicolò Dellosto^[Note OUT]	20	Kleb Ferrara		mutual consent	Undisclosed	15 December 2020	[19][20]
11	G/F		Tre'Shaun Fletcher^[Note OUT]	26	Pistoia Basket		mutual consent	Undisclosed	29 December 2020	[21][22]
22	F/C		Ethan Happ^[Note OUT]	24	Dinamo Sassari		transfer	Undisclosed	18 January 2021	[23][24]
12	G		Mattia Palumbo^[Note OUT]	20	Scafati Basket		on loan	Undisclosed	21 January 2021	[25][26]

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		Stefano Mancinelli	37	Auxilium Torino		5 years	June 2021	Free	6 July 2016	[27]
21	PG		Matteo Fantinelli	27	Universo Treviso Basket		1 + 2	June 2021	Free	20 June 2018	[28][29]
9	F		Nicolò Dellosto	19	Reggio Emilia		N/A	N/A	Youth system	6 August 2019	[30]
4	G/F		Pietro Aradori	32	Virtus Bologna		4 years	June 2023	Free	12 August 2019	[31]

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Last team		Type	Ends	Date	Replaces		Date	Type
	Luca Dalmonte	57	Scaligera Verona		1	June 2021	7 December 2020[32]		Romeo Sacchetti	6 December 2020[33]	sacked
	Romeo Sacchetti	66	Vanoli Cremona		2	June 2022	27 May 2020[34]		Antimo Martino	27 May 2020[35]	mutual consent

Competitions

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 be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
9	Germani Basket Brescia	17	7	10	1389	1440	−51
10	UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia	18	7	11	1357	1450	−93
11	Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna	16	6	10	1264	1311	−47
12	Dolomiti Energia Trento	18	6	12	1385	1440	−55
13	Vanoli Cremona	18	6	12	1516	1577	−61

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: LBA

Champions League

Regular season

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

Source: Champions League

References

1. "Completata l'iscrizione per la prossima edizione della Champions League. La Fortitudo torna in Europa!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 27 May 2020.
2. "Leonardo Totè è un giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 8 June 2020.
3. "Adrian Banks è un giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 11 June 2020.
4. "Gherardo Sabatini è un giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 13 June 2020.
5. "Todd Withers è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 2 July 2020.
6. "Mattia Palumbo è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 19 July 2020.
7. "Tre'Shaun Fletcher è un giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 July 2020.
8. "Marco Cusin è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Lavoropiù!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 30 October 2020.
9. "Wesley Saunders è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Lavoropiù!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 4 November 2020.
10. "Dario Hunt è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Lavoropiù!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 14 December 2020.
11. "Tommaso Baldasso è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Lavoropiù!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 28 December 2020.
12. "Daniele Cinciarini è un nuovo giocatore dell'OraSì" (in Italian). basketravenna.it. 22 July 2020.
13. "Jerome Dyson w biało-bordowej drużynie!" (in Polish). spojniastargard.com. 24 December 2020.
14. "전자랜드가 외국선수 구성을 마쳤다" (in Korean). etelephants.com. 9 July 2020.
15. "Ο Ed Daniel στον ΗΡΑΚΛΗ" (in Greek). iraklis-bc.gr. 25 July 2020.
16. "ROK STIPČEVIĆ NOVI ČLAN KK KRKA" (in Slovenian). basket.krka.si. 20 August 2020.
17. "Risoluzione del contratto con Maarty Leunen" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 15 July 2020.
18. "UN ALTRO GRANDE RITORNO: MAARTEN LEUNEN DI NUOVO A CANTÙ" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 21 July 2020.
19. "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con Nicolò Dellosto" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 15 December 2020.
20. "FIRMATO NICOLO' DELLOSTO" (in Italian). klebbasketferrara.com. 15 December 2020.
21. "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con Tre'Shaun Fletcher" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 29 December 2020.
22. "Tre'Shaun Fletcher è un nuovo giocatore della GTG Pistoia" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com. 29 December 2020.
23. "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con Ethan Happ" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 18 January 2020.
24. "Ethan Happ completa lo scacchiere biancoblu" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 18 January 2020.
25. "Mattia Palumbo in prestito alla Givova Scafati Basket" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 21 January 2021.
26. "COLPO GIVOVA SCAFATI: INGAGGIATO L'ESTERNO MATTIA PALUMBO" (in Italian). scafatibasket.com. 21 January 2021.
27. "UFFICIALE – Mancinelli si ricongiunge alla promessa sposa Fortitudo Bologna" (in Italian). pianetabasket.com. 6 July 2016.
28. "Matteo Fantinelli è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 June 2018.
29. "Prolungamento contrattuale per Matteo Fantinelli fino al 30 giugno 2021" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 August 2019.
30. "Nicolò Dellosto firma con la Fortitudo Bologna". megabasket.it (in Italian). Megabasket. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
31. "Pietro Aradori è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). Fortitudo Bologna. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
32. "Luca Dalmonte è il nuovo allenatore della Fortitudo Lavoropiù" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 7 December 2020.
33. "Nota del Club: Sollevato dall'incarico coach Meo Sacchetti" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 6 December 2020.
34. "Meo Sacchetti è il nuovo allenatore della Fortitudo!!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 27 May 2020.
35. "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con coach Antimo Martino" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 27 May 2020.