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
PG 1 Deri, Lorenzo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 19 – (2001-05-16)16 May 2001
PG 6 Pajola, Alessandro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 20 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999
F/C 8 Baldi Rossi, Filippo (C) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 28 – (1991-10-26)26 October 1991
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
F/C 32 Hunter, Vince 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 25 – (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) 22 – (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
SF Abass, Awudu 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1993-01-27)27 January 1993
PF Alibegović, Amar 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995
C Tessitori, Amedeo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 25 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 28 June 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 Filippo Baldi Rossi
SF Kyle Weems Awudu Abass Stefan Nikolić
SG Miloš Teodosić
PG Stefan Marković Alessandro Pajola Lorenzo Deri

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

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
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