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
PresidentChristian Pavani
Head coachRomeo Sacchetti
ArenaPalaBigi

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

Players

Current roster

Pompea Fortitudo Bologna roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SG 0 Banks, Adrian 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 34 – (1986-02-09)9 February 1986
G/F 4 Aradori, Pietro 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1988-10-09)9 October 1988
SG 6 Mancinelli, Stefano 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 37 – (1983-03-17)17 March 1983
F 9 Dellosto, Nicolò 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 20 – (2000-04-06)6 April 2000
G 12 Palumbo, Mattia 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 19 – (2000-09-23)23 September 2000
PG 21 Fantinelli, Matteo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 26 – (1993-11-24)24 November 1993
F/C 22 Happ, Ethan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 24 – (1996-05-07)7 May 1996
F 33 Withers, Todd 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 24 – (1996-05-06)6 May 1996
F/C 35 Totè, Leonardo 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 23 – (1997-07-08)8 July 1997
PG 43 Sabatini, Gherardo 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 26 – (1994-05-13)13 May 1994
G/F Fletcher, Tre'Shaun 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1994-10-05)5 October 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Stefano Comuzzo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 19 July 2020

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 Ethan Happ Leonardo Totè
PF Todd Withers Stefano Mancinelli
SF Tre'Shaun Fletcher Pietro Aradori Nicolò Dellosto
SG Adrian Banks Mattia Palumbo
PG Matteo Fantinelli Gherardo Sabatini

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

Squad changes

In
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
35F/CLeonardo Totè22V.L. Pesaro3 yearsJune 2023Free8 June 2020[2]
0SGAdrian Banks34New Basket Brindisi2 yearsJune 2022Free11 June 2020[3]
43PGGherardo Sabatini26Urania Milano1 yearsJune 2021Free13 June 2020[4]
33FTodd Withers24Grand Rapids Drive1 yearJune 2021Free2 July 2020[5]
22F/CEthan Happ24Vanoli Cremona1 yearJune 2021Undisclosed10 July 2020[6]
12GMattia Palumbo19Blu Basket 19714 yearsJuly 2024Free19 July 2020[7]
G/FTre'Shaun Fletcher25Ura BasketFree20 July 2020[8]

Out
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer feeDateSource
5SGDaniele Cinciarini37Basket Ravennaend of contractFree1 July 2020[9]
11GJerome Dyson33Free agentend of contractFree1 July 2020
14CHenry Sims30Incheon Electroland Elephantsend of contractFree1 July 2020[10]
22F/CEd Daniel30Iraklisend of contractFree1 July 2020[11]
24PGRok Stipčević34Free agentend of contractFree1 July 2020
10PFMaarty Leunen34Pallacanestro CantùtransferUndisclosed15 July 2020[12][13]

Confirmed
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
6PFStefano Mancinelli37Auxilium Torino5 yearsJune 2021Free6 July 2016[14]
21PGMatteo Fantinelli26Universo Treviso Basket1 + 2June 2021Free20 June 2018[15][16]
9FNicolò Dellosto19Reggio EmiliaN/AN/AYouth system6 August 2019[17]
4G/FPietro Aradori31Virtus Bologna4 yearsJune 2023Free12 August 2019[18]

Coach
Nat. Name Age. Last team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
 Romeo Sacchetti
66
 Vanoli Cremona
2
2022
27 May 2020[19]
 Antimo Martino
27 May 2020[20]
 mutual consent

Competitions

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. "Ethan Happ è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 10 July 2020.
  7. "Mattia Palumbo è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 19 July 2020.
  8. "Tre'Shaun Fletcher è un giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 July 2020.
  9. "Daniele Cinciarini è un nuovo giocatore dell'OraSì" (in Italian). basketravenna.it. 22 July 2020.
  10. "전자랜드가 외국선수 구성을 마쳤다" (in Korean). etelephants.com. 9 July 2020.
  11. "Ο Ed Daniel στον ΗΡΑΚΛΗ" (in Greek). iraklis-bc.gr. 25 July 2020.
  12. "Risoluzione del contratto con Maarty Leunen" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 15 July 2020.
  13. "UN ALTRO GRANDE RITORNO: MAARTEN LEUNEN DI NUOVO A CANTÙ" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 21 July 2020.
  14. "UFFICIALE – Mancinelli si ricongiunge alla promessa sposa Fortitudo Bologna" (in Italian). pianetabasket.com. 6 July 2016.
  15. "Matteo Fantinelli è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 June 2018.
  16. "Prolungamento contrattuale per Matteo Fantinelli fino al 30 giugno 2021" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 August 2019.
  17. "Nicolò Dellosto firma con la Fortitudo Bologna". megabasket.it (in Italian). Megabasket. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  18. "Pietro Aradori è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). Fortitudo Bologna. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  19. "Meo Sacchetti è il nuovo allenatore della Fortitudo!!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 27 May 2020.
  20. "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con coach Antimo Martino" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 27 May 2020.
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