2023–24 Bologna FC 1909 season

The 2023–24 season is Bologna FC 1909's 115th season in existence and ninth consecutive season in the Serie A. They are also competing in the Coppa Italia.

Bologna FC 1909
2023–24 season
ChairmanJoey Saputo
Head coachThiago Motta
StadiumStadio Renato Dall'Ara
Serie A8th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Riccardo Orsolini (4)
All:
Riccardo Orsolini (4)
All statistics correct as of 22 October 2023.

Players

First-team squad
As of 3 September 2023[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Austria AUT Stefan Posch
5 DF France FRA Adama Soumaoro
6 MF Croatia CRO Nikola Moro
7 FW Italy ITA Riccardo Orsolini (captain)
8 MF Switzerland SUI Remo Freuler (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
9 FW Netherlands NED Joshua Zirkzee
10 MF Sweden SWE Jesper Karlsson
11 FW Switzerland SUI Dan Ndoye
14 DF Italy ITA Kevin Bonifazi
15 DF Denmark DEN Victor Kristiansen (on loan from Leicester City)
16 DF Italy ITA Tommaso Corazza
17 MF Morocco MAR Oussama El Azzouzi
19 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Ferguson
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Switzerland SUI Michel Aebischer
22 DF Greece GRE Charalampos Lykogiannis
23 GK Italy ITA Nicola Bagnolini
26 DF Colombia COL Jhon Lucumí
28 GK Poland POL Łukasz Skorupski
29 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo De Silvestri
31 DF Netherlands NED Sam Beukema
33 DF Italy ITA Riccardo Calafiori
34 GK Italy ITA Federico Ravaglia
56 MF Belgium BEL Alexis Saelemaekers (on loan from AC Milan)
77 FW Netherlands NED Sydney van Hooijdonk
80 MF Italy ITA Giovanni Fabbian
82 MF Poland POL Kacper Urbański

Other players under contract
As of 1 September 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Nigeria NGA Orji Okwonkwo

Out on loan
As of 5 September 2023

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 Canada CAN Sebastian Breza (at Yverdon until 30 June 2024)
— DF Ghana GHA Ebenezer Annan (at Novi Pazar until 30 June 2024)
— DF England ENG Luis Binks (at Coventry City until 30 June 2024)
— DF Uruguay URU Joaquín Sosa (at Dinamo Zagreb until 30 June 2024)
— DF Italy ITA Riccardo Stivanello (at Juventus Next Gen until 30 June 2024)
— MF Iceland ISL Andri Baldursson (at Elfsborg until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Finland FIN Niklas Pyyhtiä (at Ternana until 30 June 2024)
— FW Italy ITA Gennaro Anatriello (at Alessandria until 30 June 2024)
— FW Austria AUT Marko Arnautović (at Inter Milan until 30 June 2024)
— FW Italy ITA Gianmarco Cangiano (at Pescara until 30 June 2024)
— FW Italy ITA Mattia Pagliuca (at Alessandria until 30 June 2024)
— FW Italy ITA Antonio Raimondo (at Ternana until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In
Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF Croatia Nikola Moro Russia Dynamo Moscow €6,000,000 2 July 2023 [2]
DF Netherlands Sam Beukema Netherlands AZ Alkmaar €7,000,000 3 July 2023 [3]
MF Morocco Oussama El Azzouzi Belgium Union SG Undisclosed 20 July 2023 [4]
MF Switzerland Dan Ndoye Switzerland Basel €8,000,000 14 August 2023 [5]
MF Sweden Jesper Karlsson Netherlands AZ Undisclosed 23 August 2023 [6]
DF Denmark Victor Kristiansen England Leicester City Loan + €1,000,000 30 August 2023 [7]
MF Belgium Alexis Saelemaekers Italy Milan Loan + €500,000 30 August 2023 [8]
DF Italy Riccardo Calafiori Switzerland Basel €4,000,000 31 August 2023 [9]
MF Switzerland Remo Freuler England Nottingham Forest Loan 1 September 2023 [10]

Out
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW The Gambia Musa Juwara Denmark Vejle Boldklub Undisclosed 3 July 2023 [11]
DF Netherlands Denso Kasius Netherlands AZ Alkmaar €3,000,000 3 July 2023 [12]
DF Ghana Ebenezer Annan Serbia Novi Pazar Loan 6 July 2023 [13]
GK Italy Francesco Bardi Italy Reggiana Free 6 July 2023 [14]
DF Italy Matteo Angeli Italy Cittadella Undisclosed 7 July 2023 [15]
MF Chile Gary Medel Brazil Vasco da Gama Free 11 July 2023 [16]
MF Netherlands Jerdy Schouten Netherlands PSV €13,000,000 16 August 2023 [17]
FW Austria Marko Arnautović Italy Inter Milan Loan 16 August 2023 [18]
MF Argentina Nicolás Domínguez England Nottingham Forest €8,000,000 1 September 2023 [19]
MF The Gambia Musa Barrow Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun €8,000,000 4 September 2023 [20]
Notes
1.^ Exercised buy option.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

22 July 2023 Friendly Bologna Italy 2–2 Italy Palermo Rovereto
18:00 UTC+2 Stadium: Stadio Quercia
28 July 2023 Friendly Bologna Italy 2–3 France Monaco Bologna
18:00 UTC+2 Stadium: Centro Tecnico Niccolò Galli
2 August 2023 Friendly Utrecht Netherlands 1–2 Italy Bologna Utrecht
15:00 UTC+2
  • Descotte 56'
 Report
Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Referee: Dieperink
5 August 2023 Friendly AZ Alkmaar Netherlands 1–0 Italy Bologna Alkmaar
17:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Dennis Higler
9 September 2023 Friendly Bologna Italy 2–2 Italy Reggiana Bologna
11:00 UTC+2 Stadium: Centro tecnico Niccolò Galli
Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 21 August 2023 26 May 2024 Matchday 1 9 3 5 1 10 7 +3 033.33
Coppa Italia 11 August 2023 Round of 64 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
Total 10 4 5 1 12 7 +5 040.00

Last updated: 22 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

Serie A
Main article: 2023–24 Serie A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Atalanta 9 5 1 3 15 8 +7 16 0Qualification to Conference League play-off round0
7 Roma 9 4 2 3 20 12 +8 14
8 Bologna 9 3 5 1 10 7 +3 14
9 Lazio 9 4 1 4 12 12 0 13
10 Lecce 9 3 4 2 10 11 −1 13
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2023. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[21]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
9 3 5 1 10 7  +3 14 3 1 1 7 4  +3 0 4 0 3 3  0

Last updated: 22 October 2023.
Source: Serie A

Results by round
Round123456789
GroundHAHAHAHAH
ResultLDWDDDWDW
Position161491111138118
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.[22]

21 August 2023 1 Bologna 0–2 Milan Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 30,203
Referee: Luca Pairetto
27 August 2023 2 Juventus 1–1 Bologna Turin
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 38,197
Referee: Marco Di Bello
2 September 2023 3 Bologna 2–1 Cagliari Bologna
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 22,818
Referee: Daniele Orsato
18 September 2023 4 Bologna 0–0 Hellas Verona Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 18,863
Referee: Federico La Penna
24 September 2023 5 Bologna 0–0 Napoli Bologna
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 26,621
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
28 September 2023 6 Monza 0–0 Bologna Monza
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: U-Power Stadium
Attendance: 8,930
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
1 October 2023 7 Bologna 3–0 Empoli Bologna
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 23,689
Referee: Fabio Maresca
7 October 2023 8 Internazionale 2–2 Bologna Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 74,072
Referee: Marco Guida
22 October 2023 9 Bologna 2–1 Frosinone Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 26,729
Referee: Daniele Doveri

Coppa Italia
Main article: 2023–24 Coppa Italia
11 August 2023 Round of 64 Bologna 2–0 Cesena Bologna
21:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Adamo Yellow card 37'
 Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 14,139
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
31 October 2023 Round of 32 Bologna v Hellas Verona Bologna
21:15 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

References
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  12. "Kasius naar AZ". www.az.nl.
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  14. Utzeri, Stefano Francesco. "Ufficiale: Francesco Bardi riparte dalla Reggiana". www.1000cuorirossoblu.it.
  15. "MATTEO ANGELI". A.S. Cittadella 1973. 7 July 2023.
  16. "Vasco acerta a contratação do chileno Gary Medel – Vasco da Gama".
  17. "Transfer | PSV complete signing of Jerdy Schouten from Bologna FC". www.psv.nl. 16 August 2023.
  18. "Marko Arnautović joins Inter; Inter Milan". www.inter.it.
  19. Club, Nottingham Forest Football (1 September 2023). "Forest complete signing of Nicolás Domínguez". Nottingham Forest Football Club.
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