2020–21 Virtus Bologna season

The 2020–21 season is Virtus Bologna's 92nd in existence and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Virtus Bologna

2020–21 season
Owner	Massimo Zanetti
President	Giuseppe Sermasi
Head coach	Aleksandar Đorđević
Arena	PalaDozza Virtus Arena
LBA	Regular season
EuroCup	Top 16
Italian Cup	Quarter finals
Supercup	Runner-up

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] The club completed the roster with Josh Adams, a point guard from Unicaja Málaga.[5]

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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) 26 – 7 October 1994 PG 1 Deri, Lorenzo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 19 – 16 May 2001 G/F 3 Belinelli, Marco 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 34 – 25 March 1986 PG 6 Pajola, Alessandro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 – 9 November 1999 PF 7 Alibegović, Amar 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – 31 March 1995 PG 9 Marković, Stefan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 32 – 25 April 1988 PF 11 Ricci, Giampaolo (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – 27 September 1991 PG 14 Adams, Josh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – 16 November 1993 F/C 32 Hunter, Vince 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 26 – 5 August 1994 SF 34 Weems, Kyle 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – 23 August 1989 SF 35 Nikolić, Stefan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – 29 June 1997 G 44 Teodosić, Miloš 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 33 – 19 March 1987 C 45 Gamble, Julian 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 31 – 15 September 1989 SF 55 Abass, Awudu 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – 27 January 1993	Head coach Aleksandar Đorđević Assistant coach(es) Goran Bjedov Christian Fedrigo Mattia Largo Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 13 January 2021

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	Bench 3
C	Julian Gamble	Vince Hunter	Amedeo Tessitori
PF	Giampaolo Ricci	Amar Alibegović	Stefan Nikolić
SF	Kyle Weems	Awudu Abass
SG	Miloš Teodosić	Marco Belinelli
PG	Stefan Marković	Josh Adams	Alessandro Pajola	Lorenzo Deri

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

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	[6]
0	C		Amedeo Tessitori	25	Universo Treviso Basket		1 year	June 2021	Free	5 June 2020	[7]
3	SF		Awudu Abass	27	Basket Brescia Leonessa		2 years	June 2022	Free	15 June 2020	[8]
14	PG		Josh Adams	26	Unicaja Málaga		1 year	June 2021	Free	20 July 2020	[9]
3	G/F		Marco Belinelli^[Note IN]	34	San Antonio Spurs		3 years	June 2023	Free	26 November 2020	[10]

1. ^
   In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

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	[11]
2	G/F		Devyn Marble	27	Astana		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[12]
16	C		Marcos Delía	28	Pallacanestro Trieste		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[13]
25	SG		David Cournooh	29	Vanoli Cremona		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[14]
8	PF		Filippo Baldi Rossi	28	Reggio Emilia		mutual consent	Undisclosed	15 July 2020	[15][16]

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
6	PG		Alessandro Pajola	21	youth team		5 + 4	June 2025	Youth system	2015–16	[17][18]
35	SF		Stefan Nikolić	23	Amici Pallacanestro Udinese		2 years	June 2021	Free	11 June 2019	[19]
11	PF		Giampaolo Ricci	29	Vanoli Cremona		2 years	June 2021	Free	13 June 2019	[20]
44	PG		Miloš Teodosić	33	Los Angeles Clippers		3 year	June 2022	Free	13 July 2019	[21]
34	SF		Kyle Weems	31	Tofaş S.K.		2 years	June 2021	Free	20 July 2019	[22]
45	C		Julian Gamble	31	Nanterre 92		2 years	June 2021	Free	22 July 2019	[23]
32	F/C		Vince Hunter	26	AEK Athens		2 years	June 2021	Free	22 July 2019	[24]
9	PG		Stefan Marković	32	Khimki		2 years	June 2021	Free	2 August 2019	[25]

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Source
	Aleksandar Đorđević	52	Bayern Munich		2	2021	11 March 2019	[26]

Competitions

Supercup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	6	5	1	490	428	+62	Advance to Final Four
2	UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	6	3	3	479	477	+2
3	Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna	6	3	3	506	496	+10
4	Vanoli Cremona	6	1	5	408	482	−74

Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Final Four

Banco di Sardegna Sassari v Segafredo Virtus Bologna

18 September 2019	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	76–88	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Bologna
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 18–21, 17–22, 17–26
Eurosport	Pts: Bilan 24 Rebs: Bilan 13 Asts: Spissu 6 PIR: Bilan 37	Boxscore	Pts: Abass, Teodosić 13 Rebs: Gamble 8 Asts: Teodosić 6 PIR: Abass 16	Arena: Segafredo Arena Referees: Tolga Sahin, Valerio Grigioni, Denis Quarta

AX Armani Exchange Milano v Segafredo Virtus Bologna

20 September 2019	AX Armani Exchange Milano	75–68	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Bologna
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 24–17, 8–18, 22–17
Nove, Eurosport	Pts: Datome 17 Rebs: Datome 6 Asts: Rodríguez 4 PIR: Datome 19	Boxscore	Pts: Alibegović 13 Rebs: Alibegović, Gamble 8 Asts: Teodosić 8 PIR: Gamble 21	Arena: Segafredo Arena Referees: Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Manuel Mazzoni, Andrea Bongiorni

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
2	Happy Casa Brindisi	17	12	5	1457	1369	+88	Qualification to Playoffs
3	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	17	12	5	1552	1458	+94
4	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	18	12	6	1541	1389	+152
5	Umana Reyer Venezia	18	12	6	1441	1382	+59
6	Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro	18	9	9	1493	1482	+11

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: LBA

Eurocup

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	10	10	0	861	745	+116	Advance to Top 16
2	Lokomotiv Kuban	10	8	2	910	811	+99
3	Monaco	10	6	4	786	724	+62
4	MoraBanc Andorra	10	3	7	746	776	−30
5	Lietkabelis	10	2	8	721	831	−110
6	Telenet Giants Antwerp	10	1	9	734	871	−137

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Top 16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Segafredo Virtus Bologna (A)	4	4	0	375	317	+58	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Cedevita Olimpija	4	3	1	321	316	+5
3	Budućnost VOLI	4	1	3	333	340	−7
4	JL Bourg (E)	4	0	4	322	378	−56

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

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 Josh!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 20 July 2020.
6. "BENVENUTO AMAR!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 27 May 2020.
7. "Benvenuto Amedeo!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 5 June 2020.
8. "Benvenuto Abi!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 15 June 2020.
9. "Benvenuto Josh!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 20 July 2020.
10. "MARCO BELINELLI E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DI VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA" (in Italian). virtus.it. 26 November 2020.
11. @BHerzliya (30 July 2020). "💙 פרנק גיינס מצטרף לבני הרצליה @Fbgaines" (Tweet) (in Hebrew) – via Twitter.
12. "Состав «Астаны» полностью укомплектован после приезда в столицу Девина Марбла" (in Italian). pbcastana.kz. 17 October 2020.
13. "Marcos Delia, nuovo centro per l'Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste" (in Italian). pallacanestrotrieste.it. 12 October 2020.
14. "David Reginald Cournooh è un giocatore della Vanoli Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 4 August 2020.
15. "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE TRA VIRTUS PALLACANESTRO BOLOGNA E FILIPPO BALDI ROSSI" (in Italian). virtus.it. 15 July 2020.
16. "Filippo Baldi Rossi è biancorosso!" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 16 July 2020.
17. "Alessandro Pajola" (in Italian). virtus.it. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
18. "VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA E ALESSANDRO PAJOLA INSIEME FINO AL 2025" (in Italian). virtus.it. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
19. "Stefan Nikolic torna a Bologna: primo rinforzo per la Virtus Segafredo". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
20. "Virtus Segafredo, anche Giampaolo Ricci è bianconero". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
21. "WELCOME MILOS!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
22. "WELCOME KYLE!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
23. "Welcome Julian!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
24. "Welcome Vince!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
25. "WELCOME STEFAN!". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
26. "Esonerato Stefano Sacripanti. Aleksandar Djordjevic è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). virtus.it. 11 March 2019.