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.

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Virtus Bologna

2020–21 season
President	Giuseppe Sermasi
Head coach	Aleksandar Đorđević
Arena	PalaDozza 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]

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Current roster

Segafredo Virtus Bologna roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. 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 Aleksandar Đorđević Assistant coach(es) Goran Bjedov Christian Fedrigo Mattia Largo Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster 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.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
7	PF		Amar Alibegović	25	Virtus Roma		3 years	June 2023	Free	27 May 2020	[5]
0	C		Amedeo Tessitori	25	Universo Treviso Basket		1 year	June 2021	Free	5 June 2020	[6]
3	SF		Awudu Abass	27	Basket Brescia Leonessa		2 years	June 2022	Free	15 June 2020	[7]
14	PG		Josh Adams	26	Unicaja Málaga				Free	20 July 2020	[8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
0	SG		Frank Gaines	29	Bnei Herzliya		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[9]
2	G/F		Devyn Marble	27	Free agent		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020
16	C		Marcos Delía	28	Free agent		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020
25	SG		David Cournooh	29	Vanoli Cremona		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[10]
8	PF		Filippo Baldi Rossi	28	Reggio Emilia		mutual consent	Undisclosed	15 July 2020	[11][12]

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
6	PG		Alessandro Pajola	20	youth team			June 2001	Youth system		[13]
35	SF		Stefan Nikolić	23	Amici Pallacanestro Udinese		2 years	June 2021	Free	11 June 2019	[14]
11	PF		Giampaolo Ricci	28	Vanoli Cremona		2 years	June 2021	Free	13 June 2019	[15]
44	PG		Miloš Teodosić	33	Los Angeles Clippers		3 year	June 2022	Free	13 July 2019	[16]
34	SF		Kyle Weems	30	Tofaş S.K.		2 years	June 2021	Free	20 July 2019	[17]
45	C		Julian Gamble	30	Nanterre 92		2 years	June 2021	Free	22 July 2019	[18]
32	F/C		Vince Hunter	26	AEK Athens		2 years	June 2021	Free	22 July 2019	[19]
9	PG		Stefan Marković	32	Khimki		2 years	June 2021	Free	2 August 2019	[20]

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Source
	Aleksandar Đorđević	52	Bayern Munich		2	2021	11 March 2019	[21]

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.