1940–41 Bologna FC 1909 season

Bologna Associazione Giuoco del Calcio
1940-41 season
Chairman	Renato Dall'Ara
Manager	Hermann Felsner
Stadium	Littoriale
Serie A	1º
Coppa Italia	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Ettore Puricelli (22); All: Puricelli (28)
Home colours	Away colours

During the 1940–41 season Bologna Associazione Giuoco del Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

Summary

Even with the war the season started four months before, Bologna won its fourth title;[1] This was the last trophy for the club until the 60s: the next season Bologna grab the 7th spot and the, due to war, the tournament was in fact suspended.[2] Also, Uruguayan striker Puricelli repeated his feat as capocannoniere with 22 goals [3] At the end of the tournament, Felsner[4] returned to his country Germany in a first signal of the end of an era for the club.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Pietro Ferrari
—	GK	ITA	Glauco Vanz
—	DF	ITA	Arturo Boniforti
—	DF	ITA	Giordano Corsi
—	DF	ITA	Dino Fiorini
—	DF	ITA	Aurelio Marchese
—	DF	ITA	Mario Montesanto
—	DF	ITA	Mario Pagotto
—	DF	ITA	Secondo Ricci
—	MF	ITA	Michele Andreolo
—	MF	ITA	Narciso Benetti


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Amedeo Biavati
—	MF	ITA	Tolmino Casadio
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Ferrari
—	MF	ITA	Raffaele Sansone
—	FW	ITA	Piero Andreoli
—	FW	ITA	Antonio Innocenti
—	FW	ITA	Bruno Maini
—	FW	URU	Héctor Puricelli
—	FW	ITA	Carlo Reguzzoni
—	FW	ITA	Mario Sdraulig

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Bologna (C)	30	16	7	7	60	37	1.622	39
2	Ambrosiana-Inter	30	14	7	9	52	42	1.238	35
3	Milano	30	12	10	8	55	34	1.618	34
4	Fiorentina	30	14	6	10	60	49	1.224	34
5	Juventus	30	12	8	10	50	47	1.064	32

Source: goal average officially used in event of equal points.
(C) Champions

Matches

Win Draw Loss

6 October 1940 1	Bologna	2-1	Roma	Bologna
	Puricelli 30' (pen) G. Ferrari 56'	Report	54' Amadei	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 12 000 Referee: Francesco Mattea

13 October 1940 2	Juventus	3-1	Bologna	Torino
	Gabetto 1', 6', 21'	Report	83' G. Ferrari	Stadium: Stadio Benito Mussolini Attendance: 25 000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina

20 October 1940 3	Bologna	3-0	Torino	Bologna
	Maini 48' Puricelli 65' Andreolo 82' (rig.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 11500 Referee: Ferruccio Bonivento

27 October 1940 4	Genoa	0-1	Bologna	Genova
		Report	38' Puricelli	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Barlassina

3 November 1940 5	Bologna	1-0	Atalanta	Bologna
	Biavati 44'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Renzo Curradi

10 November 1940 6	Napoli	4-4	Bologna	Napoli
	Barrera 15' Rosellini 40', 53', 75'	Report	35' Puricelli 62', 88' Reguzzoni 70' Andreoli	Stadium: Stadio Partenopeo Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo

17 November 1940 7	Bologna	1-1	Venezia	Bologna
	Puricelli 20'	Report	35' Alberti	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Referee: Giacomo Bertolio

24 November 1940 8	Novara	0-1	Bologna	Novara
		Report	68' (pen) Reguzzoni	Stadium: Stadio Littorio Attendance: 9 000 Referee: Mario Ciamberlini

8 December 1940 9	Bologna	5-1	Bari	Bologna
	Reguzzoni 32' Andreoli 37', 68' Puricelli 57', 82'	Report	60' C. Fabbri	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 7000 Referee: Giuseppe Fois

15 December 1940 10	Ambrosiana-Inter	2-1	Bologna	Milan
	Candiani 3', 12'	Report	64' Sansone	Stadium: Arena Civica Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina

22 December 1940 11	Bologna	4-2	Milano	Bologna
	Puricelli 9', 15' Reguzzoni 20', 52'	Report	58' Todeschini 85' B. Arcari	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Referee: Bertolio

29 December 1940 12	Livorno	2-2	Bologna	Livorno
	Cattaneo 18' Ricci 60' (aut.)	Report	3', 42' Puricelli	Stadium: Stadio Edda Ciano Mussolini Referee: Ciamberlini

5 January 1941 13	Bologna	5-3	Fiorentina	Bologna
	Reguzzoni 26' Andreoli 35' Puricelli 36', 48' Biavati 52'	Report	70' (o.g.) Pagotto 77' Di Benedetti 86' (rig.) R. Menti	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 6500 Referee: Mattea

12 January 1941 14	Bologna	2-0	Triestina	Bologna
	Puricelli 46', 82'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 6000 Referee: Umberto Biancone

19 January 1941 15	Lazio	2-4	Bologna	Roma
	Vettraino 44' Ramella 60'	Report	2' Andreoli 19' (rig.) Reguzzoni 64' Puricelli[5] 87' Biavati	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 18 000 Referee: Achille Pizziolo

26 January 1941 16	Roma	1-1	Bologna	Roma
	Amadei 49'	Report	30' Andreolo	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Mario Ciamberlini

2 February 1941 17	Bologna	1-0	Juventus	Bologna
	Reguzzoni 82'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Referee: Generoso Dattilo

11 February 1941[6] 18	Torino	0-0	Bologna	Torino
16:15 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 16 000 Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi

16 February 1941 19	Bologna	4-1	Genoa 1941	Bologna
	Sansone 27' Reguzzoni 60' Puricelli 75', 85'	Report	77' Gabardo	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 9 000 Referee: Giacomo Bertolio

23 February 1941 20	Atalanta	2-0	Bologna	Bergamo
	Gaddoni 41' Pagliano 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Brumana Attendance: 8 000 Referee: Achille Pizziolo

2 March 1941 21	Bologna	3-0	Napoli	Bologna
	Puricelli 65', 76' Reguzzoni 68'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 7 500 Referee: Emiliano Saracini

9 March 1941 22	Venezia	1-0	Bologna	Venezia
	Loik 35'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 12000 Referee: Mario Ciamberlini

16 March 1941 23	Bologna	3-0	Novara	Bologna
	Reguzzoni 8' Andreoli 59', 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Referee: Generoso Dattilo

23 March 1941 24	Bari	1-0	Bologna	Bari
	Fabbri[7] 17'	Report		Stadium: Stadio della Vittoria Attendance: 20000 Referee: Renzo Curradi

30 March 1941 25	Bologna	5-0	Ambrosiana-Inter	Bologna
	Reguzzoni 13', 88' Puricelli 30' Biavati 46', 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 24000 Referee: Ciamberlini

6 April 1941 26	Milano	5-1	Bologna	Milan
	E. Boniforti 50' (pen) Boffi 57' Cappello 59', 85' Meazza 73'	Report	61' Marchese	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Referee: Bertolio

13 April 1941 27	Bologna	3-0	Livorno	Bologna
	Reguzzoni 10', 20' Puricelli 26'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 7500 Referee: Barlassina

20 April 1941 28	Fiorentina	3-0	Bologna	Firenze
	Penzo 32', 66' Koenig 87'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Berta Attendance: 15000 Referee: Giorgio Moretti

27 April 1941 29	Triestina	0-0	Bologna	Trieste
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Littorio Attendance: 6000 Referee: Achille Pizziolo

4 May 1941 30	Bologna	2-2	Lazio	Bologna
	Reguzzoni 43' Biavati 47'	Report	22' Romagnoli 30' Vettraino	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 6500 Referee: Mario Ciamberlini

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

11 May 1941	Siena	1-1[8]	Bologna	Siena
	Polacchi 83'		80' G. Ferrari	Stadium: Stadio Rino Daus Attendance: 4000 Referee: Giuseppe Fois

15 May 1941	Siena	0-0	Bologna	Siena
				Stadium: Stadio Rino Daus Attendance: 4000 Referee: Giorgio Moretti

18 May 1941 replay	Bologna	6-3	Siena	Bologna
10:00 UTC+1	Biavati 8', 39' Reguzzoni 54' (rig.) Puricelli 67', 71', 73'		50', 59' Polacchi 88' Boldi	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Referee: Oreste Dellarole

Eightfinals

22 May 1941	Bologna	3-1	Livorno	Bologna
	Sdraulig 37', 119' Puricelli 115'		5' Stua	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 5000 Referee: Emiliano Saracini

Quarterfinals

25 May 1941	Bologna	3-4	Venezia	Bologna
	Puricelli 32', 66' Sdraulig 70' (rig.)		5' Loik 31' Alberico 40', 75' Pernigo	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Referee: Achille Pizziolo

Statistics

Squad Statistics

Competition[9]	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition[9]	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
Serie A	39	15	13	2	0	44	11	15	3	5	7	16	26	30	16	7	7	60	37	+23
Coppa Italia		3	2	0	1	12	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	12	8	+4
Total		18	15	2	1	56	19	16	3	6	7	16	26	34	18	8	8	72	45	+27

Players statistics

Source:[10]

Appearances

26.Piero Andreoli
24.Michele Andreolo
2.Narciso Benetti
34.Amedeo Biavati
11.Arturo Boniforti
1.Tolmino Casadio
4.Giordano Corsi
20.Giovanni Ferrari
29.Pietro Ferrari
15.Dino Fiorini
1.Antonio Innocenti
14.Bruno Maini
27.Aurelio Marchese
8.Mario Montesanto
32.Mario Pagotto
30.Héctor Puricelli
31.Carlo Reguzzoni
30.Secondo Ricci
25.Raffaele Sansone
5.Mario Sdraulig
5.Glauco Vanz

Goalscorers

7.Piero Andreoli
2.Michele Andreolo
8.Amedeo Biavati
2.Giovanni Ferrari
1.Bruno Maini
1.Aurelio Marchese
28.Héctor Puricelli
18.Carlo Reguzzoni
2.Raffaele Sansone
3.Mario Sdraulig

References

"74 anni fa il sesto scudetto. Triestina-Bologna 0-0". bolognafc.it. 25 April 2015.
Bertuzzi. 1940 recap. Monti. p. 77..
Roberto Di Maggio; Igor Kramarsic; Alberto Novello (11 June 2015). "Italy - Serie A Top Scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
rsssf.org
"Bologna-Lazio 4-2 (2-1)" (PDF). La Stampa. 20 January 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
Rescheduled from 9 February due to referee absentee.
Other sources Alghisi
Match suspended due to referee errors. Programmed to replay.
Bolo 1940. Panini. p. 104..
Squads 1940. Panini. p. 105.

Bibliography

Almanacco illustrato del calcio - La storia 1898-2004. Panini, Modena,2004,Panini.
Carlo F. Chiesa. Il grande romanzo dello scudetto. Calcio 2000.

External links

"Playerhistory.com".
"Emeroteca.coni.it".
Maurizio Mariani (12 May 1999). "Italy 1940/41". RSSSF.

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[1] "74 anni fa il sesto scudetto. Triestina-Bologna 0-0". bolognafc.it. 25 April 2015.

[2] Bertuzzi. 1940 recap. Monti. p. 77..

[3] Roberto Di Maggio; Igor Kramarsic; Alberto Novello (11 June 2015). "Italy - Serie A Top Scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

[4] rsssf.org

[5] "Bologna-Lazio 4-2 (2-1)" (PDF). La Stampa. 20 January 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[6] Rescheduled from 9 February due to referee absentee.

[7] Other sources Alghisi

[8] Match suspended due to referee errors. Programmed to replay.

[9] Bolo 1940. Panini. p. 104..

[10] Squads 1940. Panini. p. 105.

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