2020–21 Virtus Bologna season

The 2020–21 season is Virtus Bologna's 92nd in existence and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Main article: Virtus Bologna
Virtus Bologna
2020–21 season
PresidentGiuseppe Sermasi
Head coachAleksandar Đorđević
ArenaPalaDozza
Virtus Arena

Overview

In the season 2019–20, Virtus Bologna aimed to return to the highest level of the European Basketball. However, the season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone.[1] Virtus Bologna ended the championship in 1st position, but the title was not assigned. After a few weeks, also EuroCup season ended, where Bologna had reached the quarter finals.

In May 2020, Virtus signed Amar Alibegović, a young power forward from Virtus Roma and of the most talented young players of the championship,[2] while in June, the club signed Amedeo Tessitori, a center of the national team from Treviso Basket,[3] and Awudu Abass from Leonessa Brescia; Abass is a member of the national team and one of the most prominent Italian small forwards.[4]

Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Segafredo

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Players

Current roster

Segafredo Virtus Bologna roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
C 0 Tessitori, Amedeo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 25 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994
PG 1 Deri, Lorenzo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 19 – (2001-05-16)16 May 2001
SF 3 Abass, Awudu 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1993-01-27)27 January 1993
PG 6 Pajola, Alessandro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 20 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999
PF 7 Alibegović, Amar 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995
PG 9 Marković, Stefan 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 32 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988
PF 11 Ricci, Giampaolo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 28 – (1991-09-27)27 September 1991
PG 14 Adams, Josh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 26 – (1993-11-16)16 November 1993
F/C 32 Hunter, Vince 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 26 – (1994-08-05)5 August 1994
SF 34 Weems, Kyle 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989
SF 35 Nikolić, Stefan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – (1997-06-29)29 June 1997
PG 44 Teodosić, Miloš 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 33 – (1987-03-19)19 March 1987
C 45 Gamble, Julian 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 30 – (1989-09-15)15 September 1989
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 18 August 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 Julian Gamble Vince Hunter Amedeo Tessitori
PF Giampaolo Ricci Amar Alibegović
SF Kyle Weems Awudu Abass Stefan Nikolić
SG Josh Adams Miloš Teodosić
PG Stefan Marković Alessandro Pajola Lorenzo Deri

6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes

In
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
7PF Amar Alibegović25Virtus Roma3 yearsJune 2023Free27 May 2020[5]
0CAmedeo Tessitori25Universo Treviso Basket1 yearJune 2021Free5 June 2020[6]
3SFAwudu Abass27Basket Brescia Leonessa2 yearsJune 2022Free15 June 2020[7]
14PGJosh Adams26Unicaja MálagaFree20 July 2020[8]

Out
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer feeDateSource
0SGFrank Gaines29Bnei Herzliyaend of contractFree1 July 2020[9]
2G/FDevyn Marble27Free agentend of contractFree1 July 2020
16C Marcos Delía28Free agentend of contractFree1 July 2020
25SGDavid Cournooh29Vanoli Cremonaend of contractFree1 July 2020[10]
8PFFilippo Baldi Rossi28Reggio Emiliamutual consentUndisclosed15 July 2020[11][12]

Confirmed
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
6PGAlessandro Pajola20youth teamJune 2001Youth system[13]
35SF Stefan Nikolić23Amici Pallacanestro Udinese2 yearsJune 2021Free11 June 2019[14]
11PFGiampaolo Ricci28Vanoli Cremona2 yearsJune 2021Free13 June 2019[15]
44PGMiloš Teodosić33Los Angeles Clippers3 yearJune 2022Free13 July 2019[16]
34SFKyle Weems30Tofaş S.K.2 yearsJune 2021Free20 July 2019[17]
45CJulian Gamble30Nanterre 922 yearsJune 2021Free22 July 2019[18]
32F/CVince Hunter26AEK Athens2 yearsJune 2021Free22 July 2019[19]
9PGStefan Marković32Khimki2 yearsJune 2021Free2 August 2019[20]

Coach
Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
 Aleksandar Đorđević
52
 Bayern Munich
2
2021
11 March 2019
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References
  1. "Emergenza COVID-19. La FIP dichiara conclusa la stagione 2019/2020 del Campionato di Serie A" (in Italian). fip.it. 7 April 2020.
  2. La Virtus Bologna annuncia l’ingaggio di Amar Alibegovic, Sportando
  3. "Benvenuto Amedeo!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 5 June 2020.
  4. Virtus Bologna: è fatta per Awudu Abass, Sportando
  5. "BENVENUTO AMAR!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 27 May 2020.
  6. "Benvenuto Amedeo!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 5 June 2020.
  7. "Benvenuto Abi!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 15 June 2020.
  8. "Benvenuto Josh!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 20 July 2020.
  9. @BHerzliya (30 July 2019). "💙 פרנק גיינס מצטרף לבני הרצליה @Fbgaines" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. "David Reginald Cournooh è un giocatore della Vanoli Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 4 August 2020.
  11. "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE TRA VIRTUS PALLACANESTRO BOLOGNA E FILIPPO BALDI ROSSI" (in Italian). virtus.it. 15 July 2020.
  12. "Filippo Baldi Rossi è biancorosso!" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 16 July 2020.
  13. "Alessandro Pajola" (in Italian). virtus.it. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  14. "Stefan Nikolic torna a Bologna: primo rinforzo per la Virtus Segafredo". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  15. "Virtus Segafredo, anche Giampaolo Ricci è bianconero". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  16. "WELCOME MILOS!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  17. "WELCOME KYLE!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  18. "Welcome Julian!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  19. "Welcome Vince!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  20. "WELCOME STEFAN!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  21. "Esonerato Stefano Sacripanti. Aleksandar Djordjevic è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). virtus.it. 11 March 2019.
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