2019–20 Fortitudo Bologna season

The 2019–20 season is Fortitudo Bologna's 88th in existence (6th after the re-foundation) and the new club's 1st season in the Lega Basket Serie A after the promotion in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
2019-20 season
PresidentChristian Pavani
Head coachAntimo Martino
ArenaPalaDozza
LBAseason cancelled (8th)
Coppa ItaliaSemifinals

Overview

The promotion of Fortitudo Bologna to the highest Italian Competition is an important return as Fortitudo Bologna has been one of the most important teams in the Italian Basketball history.

After the demotion to the Legadue and immediately to the Serie A dilettanti in 2009, the team saw the bankruptcy in 2012. In 2013 the, Bologna, was re-established under the name of Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna 103 and slowly moved its way up to the today's Serie A after 10 years.

The promotion was achieved by winning the 2018–19 Serie A2 Basket.

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.[1] Fortitudo Bologna ended the championship in 8th position.

Kit

Sponsor: Pompea

Home
Away

Players

The team composition is the same as the last game played on February 9th[2] before the interruption of the championship[3] due the coronavirus pandemic. Kassius Robertson was released before the official interruption of the season due to an injury procured during the FIBA AmeriCup qualification window with the Canadian national team.[4] Jerome Dyson was hired from Virtus Roma to replace Kassius Robertson, but he never played any games.

Current roster
Pompea Fortitudo Bologna roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SG 3 Robertson, Kassius (*) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 – (1994-04-20)20 April 1994
G/F 4 Aradori, Pietro 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1988-10-09)9 October 1988
SG 5 Cinciarini, Daniele 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 37 – (1983-06-14)14 June 1983
PF 6 Mancinelli, Stefano (C) 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
F/C 10 Leunen, Maarty 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 34 – (1985-09-03)3 September 1985
G 11 Dyson, Jerome (**) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 33 – (1987-05-01)1 May 1987
F/C 14 Sims, Henry 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 30 – (1990-03-27)27 March 1990
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 Daniel, Ed 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1990-06-13)13 June 1990
PG 24 Stipčević, Rok 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 34 – (1986-05-10)10 May 1986
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Stefano Comuzzo
  • Alessandro Lotesoriere
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (*) Left the team after the last match
  • (**) Joined the team before the
    interruption and never played
  • Injured
Updated: February 26, 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
C Henry Sims Ed Daniel
PF Maarty Leunen Stefano Mancinelli
SF Pietro Aradori Nicolò Dellosto
SG Jerome Dyson Daniele Cinciarini
PG Matteo Fantinelli Rok Stipčević

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

Squad changes

In
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
24PGRok Stipčević33Rytas Vilnius1 yearJune 2020Free10 June 2019[5]
22F/CEd Daniel29Peristeri1 yearJune 2020Free4 July 2019[6]
3G/FKassius Robertson25Medi Bayreuth1 yearJune 2020Free16 July 2019[7]
14CHenry Sims29Virtus Roma1 yearJune 2020Free6 August 2019[8]
9FNicolò Dellosto19Reggio EmiliaN/AN/AYouth system6 August 2019[9]
4G/FPietro Aradori30Virtus Bologna4 yearsJune 2023Free12 August 2019[10]
23FDeshawn Stephens29Hapoel Tel Aviv2 monthsNovember 2019Free18 September 2019[11]
11GJerome Dyson32Virtus Romaend of the seasonJune 2020Undisclosed26 February 2020[12]

Out
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer feeDateSource
0SF Carlos Delfino36free agentend of contractFree1 July 2019
4G/FGiacomo Sgorbati21Aurora Basket Jesiend of contractFree1 July 2019[13]
8CMatteo Franco36free agentend of contractFree1 July 2019
9SFAndrea Benevelli33Urania Milanoend of contractFree1 July 2019[14]
16PGMarco Venuto33Ravennaend of contractFree1 July 2019[15]
20SGGuido Rosselli36Scaligera Veronaend of contractFree1 July 2019[16]
22PGGiovanni Pini26Virtus Romaend of contractFree1 July 2019
[17]
41GKenny Hasbrouck32Scaligera Veronaend of contractFree1 July 2019[18]
23FDeshawn Stephens30Scafati Basketend of contractFree31 October 2019[19]
3G/FKassius Robertson25Free agentmutual consentFree3 March 2020[20]

Confirmed
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
6PFStefano Mancinelli37Auxilium Torino4 yearsJune 2020Free6 July 2016[21]
5SGDaniele Cinciarini37JuveCaserta2 + 2 yearsJune 202140,000€25 April 2017[22]
21PGMatteo Fantinelli26Universo Treviso Basket1 + 2June 2021Free20 June 2018[23][24]
10F/CMaarty Leunen34Scandone Avellino1 + 2June 2021Free30 July 2018[25][26]

Coach
Nat. Name Age. Last team Type Ends Date Source
 Antimo Martino
41
 Basket Ravenna
2
2020
12 June 2018
[27]

Competitions

Serie A
Main article: 2019–20 LBA season
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
6 Vanoli Cremona 20 12 8 1627 1617 +10
7 Umana Reyer Venezia 21 11 10 1638 1582 +56 Qualification for EuroCup
8 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 21 11 10 1624 1670 −46 Qualification for Champions League
9 Dolomiti Energia Trento 21 11 10 1635 1665 −30
10 Openjobmetis Varese 19 9 10 1570 1522 +48
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

Italian Cup

Bologna qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 6th place. They lost the semifinal against New Basket Brindisi.

14 February 2020
Quarter finals
 Germani Basket Brescia 73–76 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–16, 22–20, 17–23
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Lansdowne 15
Rebs: Moss, Horton 7
Asts: Vitali 4
PIR: Moss 11		 Boxscore Pts: Sims 17
Rebs: Sims 8
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Aradori 20		 Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Denny Borgioni
15 February 2020 Happy Casa Brindisi 78–53 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 22–12, 19–13, 14–16
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Brown 18
Rebs: Banks 7
Asts: Thompson 7
PIR: Brown 26		 Boxscore Pts: Cinciarini, Sims 10
Rebs: Daniel, Sims 9
Asts: Sims 2
PIR: Sims 11		 Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni

References
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  2. "Pompea Fortitudo Bologna-Virtus Roma 95-92" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 9 February 2020.
  3. "Lega Basket, confermata la sospensione del campionato di Serie A" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 9 March 2020.
  4. "Fortitudo Pompea Bologna will sign Jerome Dyson after Kassius Robertson's injury". sportando.basketball. 25 February 2020.
  5. "Rok Stipcevic è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). Fortitudo Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. "Un graditissimo ritorno: La Fortitudo firma Ed Daniel!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). Fortitudo Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  7. "Kassius Robertson è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). Fortitudo Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  8. "Henry Sims è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). Fortitudo Bologna. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  9. "Nicolò Dellosto firma con la Fortitudo Bologna". megabasket.it (in Italian). Megabasket. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  10. "Pietro Aradori è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). Fortitudo Bologna. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  11. "DeShawn Stephens è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Pompea!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). Fortitudo Bologna. 18 September 2019.
  12. "Jerome Dyson è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Pompea!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 26 February 2020.
  13. "COLPO AURORA BASKET: A JESI ARRIVA GIACOMO SGORBATI" (in Italian). aurorabasket.it. 9 January 2019.
  14. "Classe ed Esperienza con Benevelli". uraniabasket.it (in Italian). Urania Milano. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  15. "Marco Venuto è un nuovo giocatore dell'OraSì". basketravenna.it (in Italian). Basket Ravenna. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  16. "Guido Rosselli è un nuovo giocatore della Tezenis Verona". scaligerabasket.it (in Italian). Scaligera Basket Verona. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  17. "La Virtus Roma firma Giovanni Pini". virtusroma.it (in Italian). Virtus Roma. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  18. "In gialloblù arriva Kenny Hasbrouck". scaligerabasket.it (in Italian). Scaligera Basket Verona. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  19. "DESHAWN STEPHENS E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA GIVOVA SCAFATI" (in Italian). scafatibasket.com. 31 October 2019.
  20. "Risoluzione consensuale con Kassius Robertson" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 3 March 2019.
  21. "UFFICIALE – Mancinelli si ricongiunge alla promessa sposa Fortitudo Bologna" (in Italian). pianetabasket.com. 6 July 2016.
  22. "UFFICIALE A2 – Daniele Cinciarini è un giocatore della Fortitudo Kontatto" (in Italian). pianetabasket.com. 25 April 2017.
  23. "Matteo Fantinelli è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 June 2018.
  24. "Prolungamento contrattuale per Matteo Fantinelli fino al 30 giugno 2021" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 August 2019.
  25. "Maarten Leunen è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 30 July 2018.
  26. "Maarty Leunen giocherà ancora con la maglia della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 13 June 2019.
  27. "Antimo Martino è il nuovo allenatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 14 December 2017.
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