2019–20 Virtus Bologna season

Main article: Virtus Bologna
Virtus Bologna
2019–20 season
PresidentGiuseppe Sermasi
Head coachAleksandar Đorđević
ArenaPalaDozza
Virtus Arena
LBAseason cancelled (1st)
EuroCupseason cancelled (quarter finals)
Coppa ItaliaQuarter finals
Intercontinental CupRunners-up

The 2019–20 season is Virtus Bologna's 91st in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Overview

In the season 2019-20 Virtus Bologna aims to return to the highest level of the European Basketball. Despite having won the 2018-19 edition of the Basketball Champions League, Bologna decides to compete in the 2019–20 EuroCup. Followed a controversy that involved all together the club,[1] the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP)[2] and FIBA, in which the latter tried to convince Bologna to take part to the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League.

Bologna is aggressive also during the summer transfers, hiring top players like Miloš Teodosić and Stefan Marković and with the ambition of playing in the next year EuroLeague edition.

The season starts incredibly well, confirming the ambitious plans of the team, with a 10 games winning streak in the Serie A and the qualification to the Top 16 of the EuroCup Basketball. Bologna ends the first half of the season (16th round) on top of the standings, gaining the unofficial title of winter champions.

Unfortunately, though, the 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone.[3] Virtus Bologna ended the championship in 1st position. Followed also the early termination of the EuroCup season where Bologna had reached the quarter finals.

Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Segafredo

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Players

Roster

Segafredo Virtus Bologna roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 0 United States Gaines, Frank 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 34 – (1990-07-07)7 July 1990
PG 1 Italy Deri, Lorenzo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 23 – (2001-05-16)16 May 2001
G/F 2 United States Marble, Devyn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – (1992-09-21)21 September 1992
PG 6 Italy Pajola, Alessandro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 25 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999
F/C 8 Italy Baldi Rossi, Filippo (C) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 33 – (1991-10-26)26 October 1991
PG 9 Serbia Marković, Stefan 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 36 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988
PF 11 Italy Ricci, Giampaolo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 33 – (1991-09-27)27 September 1991
F/C 12 Estonia Peterson, Mait 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2002-03-19)19 March 2002
C 16 Argentina Delía, Marcos 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 32 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992
G 25 Italy Cournooh, David 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 34 – (1990-07-28)28 July 1990
F/C 32 United States Hunter, Vince 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 30 – (1994-08-05)5 August 1994
SF 34 United States Weems, Kyle 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 35 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989
SF 35 Serbia Nikolić, Stefan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1997-06-29)29 June 1997
PG 44 Serbia Teodosić, Miloš 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 37 – (1987-03-19)19 March 1987
C 45 United States Gamble, Julian 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 35 – (1989-09-15)15 September 1989
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 5 March 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Julian Gamble Vince Hunter Marcos Delía
PF Giampaolo Ricci Filippo Baldi Rossi Mait Peterson
SF Kyle Weems Devyn Marble Stefan Nikolić
SG Miloš Teodosić Frank Gaines Manuele Solaroli
PG Stefan Marković David Cournooh 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
35 SF Serbia Italy Stefan Nikolić 21 Amici Pallacanestro Udinese Italy 2 years June 2021 Free 11 June 2019 [4]
11 PF Italy Giampaolo Ricci 27 Vanoli Cremona Italy 2 years June 2021 Free 13 June 2019 [5]
44 PG Serbia Miloš Teodosić 32 Los Angeles Clippers United States 3 year June 2022 Free 13 July 2019 [6]
0 SG United States Frank Gaines 29 Pallacanestro Cantù Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 18 July 2019 [7]
34 SF United States Kyle Weems 29 Tofaş S.K. Turkey 2 years June 2021 Free 20 July 2019 [8]
45 C United States Julian Gamble 29 Nanterre 92 France 2 years June 2021 Free 22 July 2019 [9]
32 F/C United States Vince Hunter 24 AEK Athens Greece 2 years June 2021 Free 22 July 2019 [10]
9 PG Serbia Stefan Marković 31 Khimki Russia 2 years June 2021 Free 2 August 2019 [11]
16 F/C Argentina Italy Marcos Delía 27 Fuerza Regia de Monterrey Mexico 2 years June 2021 Undisclosed 3 October 2019 [12]
2 G/F United States Devyn Marble 27 Santa Cruz Warriors United States 1 year June 2020 Free 22 January 2020 [13]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
0 SG United States Kevin Punter 26 Olympiacos Greece end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [14]
1 SF United States Kelvin Martin 29 New Basket Brindisi Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [15]
2 C Angola Yanick Moreira 27 Peristeri Greece end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [16]
7 PG United States Tony Taylor 28 Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [17]
9 PG Italy Alessandro Cappelletti 23 Basket Torino Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [18]
11 C Serbia Canada Dejan Kravić 28 Obradoiro CAB Spain end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [19]
15 PG United States Mario Chalmers 34 AEK Athens Greece end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [20]
23 C Italy Matteo Berti 20 Poderosa Montegranaro Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [21]
24 PF France Amath M'Baye 29 Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [22]
41 C United States Brian Qvale 30 Shimane Susanoo Magic Japan mutual consent Undisclosed 26 July 2019 [23]
21 G/F Italy Pietro Aradori 30 Fortitudo Bologna Italy mutual consent Undisclosed 12 August 2019 [24][25]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
6 PG Italy Alessandro Pajola 19 youth team June 2001 Youth system [26]
8 PF Italy Filippo Baldi Rossi 27 Aquila Basket Trento Italy 2 + 2 years June 2021 Undisclosed 30 November 2017 [27][28]
25 SG Italy David Cournooh 29 Pallacanestro Cantù Italy 2 years June 2020 Free 30 June 2018 [29]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
Serbia
 Aleksandar Đorđević
52
 Bayern Munich
Germany
2
2021
11 March 2019
[30]

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 20 18 2 1719 1500 +219 Qualification for EuroCup
2 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 20 15 5 1703 1506 +197 Qualification for Champions League
3 Germani Basket Brescia 21 14 7 1707 1554 +153 Qualification for EuroCup
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 21 14 7 1687 1555 +132 Already qualified for EuroLeague
5 Happy Casa Brindisi 21 13 8 1776 1696 +80 Qualification for Champions League
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

EuroCup

Main article: 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball

Regular season

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Italy Segafredo Virtus Bologna 10 8 2 846 791 +55 Advance to Top 16
2 Spain MoraBanc Andorra 10 7 3 853 766 +87
3 France Monaco 10 6 4 763 732 +31
4 Greece Promitheas 10 6 4 771 751 +20
5 Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion 10 2 8 740 862 −122
6 Germany ratiopharm Ulm 10 1 9 793 864 −71
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Top 16

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Serbia Partizan NIS 6 5 1 489 418 +71 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Italy Segafredo Virtus Bologna 6 4 2 519 488 +31
3 Turkey Darüşşafaka Tekfen 6 3 3 458 464 −6
4 Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 6 0 6 413 509 −96
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

As the winner of the 2018-19 edition of the Basketball Champions League, Virtus Bologna qualified to the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. They won in the semifinal against the Argentinian team San Lorenzo de Almagro, winner of the 2019 edition of the FIBA Americas League and lost the final against the hosting team Iberostar Tenerife.

7 February 2019
Semifinal
 Segafredo Virtus Bologna Italy 75–57 Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
18:30 (UTC) Scoring by quarter: 23-10, 8-17, 21-15, 23-15
YouTube Pts: Hunter 16
Rebs: Ricci 10
Asts: Marble, Marković 4
PIR: Ricci 19 		Boxscore Pts: Tucker 16
Rebs: Fjellerup 5
Asts: Vildoza, Batista 3
PIR: Batista 13 		Arena: Santiago Martín Arena
Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Matthew Leigh Kallio (CAN), Martins Kozlovskis (LAT)
9 February 2019
Final
 Segafredo Virtus Bologna Italy 72–80 Spain Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
19:00 (UTC) Scoring by quarter: 11-16, 21-26, 22-25, 18-13
YouTube Pts: Teodosić 15
Rebs: Ricci 8
Asts: Teodosić 8
PIR: Teodosić 19 		Boxscore Pts: Huertas 23
Rebs: Shermadini, White 7
Asts: Lundberg, Huertas, Salin 3
PIR: Huertas, White 16 		Arena: Santiago Martín Arena
Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Aleksandar Glisić (SRB), Matthew Leigh Kallio (CAN)

Italian Cup

Bologna qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 1st place. They lost the first match in the quarter finals against Umana Reyer Venezia.

13 February 2020
Quarter finals
 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 81–82(OT) Umana Reyer Venezia Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 21-16, 15-13, 21-18, Overtime: 13-14
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Marković 18
Rebs: Hunter 10
Asts: Teodosić 6
PIR: Weems 20 		Boxscore Pts: Tonut 16
Rebs: Vidmar 11
Asts: De Nicolao 3
PIR: Vidmar 17 		Arena: Adriatic Arena

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