2021–22 Fortitudo Bologna season

The 2021–22 season is Fortitudo Bologna's 90th in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
2021-22 season
OwnerComitato per la Fondazione Fortitudo
PresidentChristian Pavani
Head coachAntimo Martino
ArenaPalaDozza
LBARegular season
SupercupGroup stage (3rd of 3)

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Kigili

Players

edit

Current roster

edit
Fortitudo Kigili Bologna roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 00   Frazier, Branden 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 32 – (1992-07-23)23 July 1992
G/F 4   Aradori, Pietro 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 36 – (1988-10-09)9 October 1988
PF 6   Mancinelli, Stefano (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 41 – (1983-03-17)17 March 1983
PG 7   Durham, Jabril 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 30 – (1994-04-13)13 April 1994
SF 9   Procida, Gabriele 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 22 – (2002-06-01)1 June 2002
F 12   Benzing, Robin 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 35 – (1989-05-01)1 May 1989
SG 14   Feldeine, James 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 36 – (1988-06-26)26 June 1988
PG 21   Fantinelli, Matteo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 30 – (1993-11-24)24 November 1993
F 33   Charalampopoulos, Vassilis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 – (1997-01-06)6 January 1997
F/C 35   Totè, Leonardo 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 27 – (1997-07-08)8 July 1997
C 99   Borra, Jacopo 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 34 – (1990-05-09)9 May 1990
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Stefano Rajola
  •   Matteo Angori
  •   Matteo Tasini

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: February 13, 2022

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

Depth chart

edit
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Leonardo Totè Jacopo Borra
PF Robin Benzing V. Charalampopoulos Brandon Ashley
SF Pietro Aradori Gabriele Procida Stefano Mancinelli
SG James Feldeine Matteo Fantinelli
PG Jabril Durham Branden Frazier

(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes

edit
No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
35 F/C   Leonardo Totè 23 Bilbao   Return from loan June 2023 Free 21 May 2021 [1]
41 C   Geoffrey Groselle 28 Zielona Góra   1 year June 2022 Free 21 July 2021 [2]
9 SF   Gabriele Procida 19 Pallacanestro Cantù   Free 26 July 2021 [3]
23 G/F   Malachi Richardson 25 Cleveland Charge   1 year June 2022 Free 30 July 2021 [4]
0 PF   Brandon Ashley 27 NBA G League Ignite   1 year June 2022 Free 3 August 2021 [5]
12 F   Robin Benzing 32 Basket Zaragoza   1 year June 2022 Free 10 August 2021 [6]
3 PG   Jón Axel Guðmundsson 24 Skyliners Frankfurt   1 year June 2022 Free 18 August 2021 [7]
7 PG   Jabril Durham[Note IN] 27 Hamburg Towers   1 year June 2022 Free 12 October 2021 [8]
14 SG     James Feldeine[Note IN] 33 Kuwait SC   1 year June 2022 Undisclosed 29 November 2021 [9]
33 SF   Vassilis Charalampopoulos[Note IN] 24 Reyer Venezia   1 year June 2022 Undisclosed 1 December 2021 [10]
99 C   Jacopo Borra[Note IN] 31 Dinamo Sassari   1 year June 2022 Undisclosed 3 December 2021 [11]
00 PG   Branden Frazier[Note IN] 29 Zastal Zielona Góra   1 year June 2022 Undisclosed 30 December 2021 [12]
  1. ^
    In players: Players that signed after the beginning of the season
No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
1 SG     Adrian Banks 35 Pallacanestro Trieste   Exit option Undisclosed 14 June 2021 [13][14]
10 SG   Wesley Saunders 28 Aquila Trento   Exit option Free 30 June 2021 [15][16]
16 C   Dario Hunt 32 Promitheas Patras   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [17]
23 G/F   Vojislav Stojanović 24 Stings Mantova   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [18]
28 C   Marco Cusin 36 Pallacanestro Cantù   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [19]
33 F   Todd Withers 25 Adelaide 36ers   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [20]
23 G/F   Malachi Richardson[Note OUT] 25 Wilki Morskie Szczecin   Sacked Undisclosed 12 November 2021 [21][22]
25 PG   Tommaso Baldasso[Note OUT] 23 Olimpia Milano   Transfer Undisclosed 22 November 2021 [23][24]
0 PF   Brandon Ashley[Note OUT] 27 South East Melbourne Phoenix   Transfer Undisclosed 10 January 2022 [25]
3 PG   Jón Axel Guðmundsson[Note OUT] 25 Crailsheim Merlins   Transfer Undisclosed 18 January 2022 [26]
41 C   Geoffrey Groselle[Note OUT] 29 Brose Bamberg   Transfer Undisclosed 12 February 2022 [27]
  1. ^
    Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

Confirmed

edit
No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
6 PF   Stefano Mancinelli 38 Auxilium Torino   5 years June 2021 Free 6 July 2016 [28]
21 PG   Matteo Fantinelli 27 Universo Treviso Basket   3 + 1 June 2022 Free 20 June 2018 [29][30][31]
9 F   Nicolò Dellosto 21 Reggio Emilia   N/A N/A Youth system 6 August 2019 [32]
4 G/F   Pietro Aradori 32 Virtus Bologna   4 years June 2023 Free 12 August 2019 [33]
35 F/C   Leonardo Totè[Note R] 22 V.L. Pesaro   3 years June 2023 Free 8 June 2020 [34][1]
25 PG   Tommaso Baldasso 23 Virtus Roma   1 year June 2021 Free 28 December 2020 [35]
  1. ^
    In players: Totè at played on loan for Bilbao Basket at the end of the 2020–21 season

Coach

edit
Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
  Antimo Martino 43 Reggio Emilia   1 year June 2022 28 September 2021[36]   Jasmin Repeša 28 September 2021[37] Resigned
  Jasmin Repeša 59 VL Pesaro   24 May 2021[38]   Luca Dalmonte 20 May 2021[39] End of contract

On loan

edit
Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Moving to Date Contract Ends
PG   Mattia Palumbo 20 Blu Basket Treviglio   Pallacanestro Forlì[40]   10 July 2021 4 years[41] June 2024

Competitions

edit

Supercup

edit
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Umana Reyer Venezia 4 4 0 329 281 +48 Advance to Final Eight
2 UnaHotels Reggio Emilia 4 2 2 302 284 +18
3 Fortitudo Bologna 4 0 4 270 336 −66
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A

edit
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
12 Openjobmetis Varese 30 12 18 2470 2655 −185 24
13 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 11 19 2345 2447 −102 22
14 GeVi Napoli 30 11 19 2393 2455 −62 22
15 Fortitudo Kigili Bologna 30 9 21 2429 2511 −82 18 Relegation to Serie A2
16 Vanoli Cremona 30 8 22 2386 2535 −149 16
Source: LBA

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "Leonardo Totè in prestito al Bilbao Basket fino al termine di questa stagione". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Geoffrey Groselle è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 21 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Gabriele Procida è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Malachi Richardson è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 30 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Brandon Ashley è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 3 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Robin Benzing è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 10 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Jon Axel Gudmundsson è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 18 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Jabril Durham è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Kigili!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 12 October 2021.
  9. ^ "James Feldeine è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Kigili!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 29 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Vasilis Charalampopoulos è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Kigili!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 1 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Jacopo Borra è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Kigili!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 3 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Branden Frazier è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Kigili!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 30 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Esercitata la clausola di uscita dal contratto di Adrian Banks" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 14 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Adrian Banks a Trieste!". pallacanestrotrieste.it (in Italian). 14 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Esercitata la clausola di uscita dal contratto di Wesley Saunders" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 30 June 2021.
  16. ^ "La guardia è Wesley Saunders!". aquilabasket.it (in Italian). 13 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Eνίσχυση με Dario Hunt στο "5"". promitheasbc.gr (in Greek). 10 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Vojislav Stojanovic è un nuovo giocatore degli Stings!". stings.it (in Italian). 9 July 2021.
  19. ^ "LA S.BERNARDO-CINELANDIA PARK AGGIUNGE MARCO CUSIN". pallacanestrocantu.com (in Italian). 30 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Adelaide 36ers sign versatile import Todd Withers". adelaide36ers.com. 5 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Fortitudo Bologna, Malachi Richardson part ways". sportando.basketball. 12 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Malachi Richardson w Kingu Szczecin!". kingwilki.pl (in Polish). 16 November 2021.
  23. ^ "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con l'atleta Tommaso Baldasso" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 22 November 2021.
  24. ^ """It is a starting point to work, improve and help": Tommaso Baldasso is coming to Olimpia". olimpiamilano.com. 22 November 2021.
  25. ^ "Brandon Ashley Joins Phoenix". semphoenix.com.au. January 10, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  26. ^ "Jon Axel Gudmundsson joins Merlins Crailsheim". Sportando. January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  27. ^ "Geoffrey Groselle (ex Fortitudo BO) is a newcomer at Bamberg". Eurobasket. February 12, 2022. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  28. ^ "UFFICIALE – Mancinelli si ricongiunge alla promessa sposa Fortitudo Bologna" (in Italian). pianetabasket.com. 6 July 2016.
  29. ^ "Matteo Fantinelli è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 June 2018.
  30. ^ "Prolungamento contrattuale per Matteo Fantinelli fino al 30 giugno 2021" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 August 2019.
  31. ^ "Rinnovo contrattuale per Matteo Fantinelli. Il 'Fante' sarà ancora un giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 16 August 2021.
  32. ^ "Nicolò Dellosto firma con la Fortitudo Bologna". megabasket.it (in Italian). Megabasket. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  33. ^ "Pietro Aradori è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). Fortitudo Bologna. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  34. ^ "Leonardo Totè è un giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 8 June 2020.
  35. ^ "Tommaso Baldasso è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Lavoropiù!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 28 December 2020.
  36. ^ "Antimo Martino è il nuovo allenatore della Fortitudo Kigili!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 28 September 2021.
  37. ^ "Coach Jasmin Repesa rassegna le dimissioni" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 28 September 2021.
  38. ^ "Il Re è tornato: Jasmin Repesa è il nuovo allenatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 24 May 2021.
  39. ^ "Esercitata la clausola di uscita dal contratto di coach Luca Dalmonte" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 20 May 2021.
  40. ^ "Benvenuto, Mattia Palumbo!". pallacanestroforli2015.it (in Italian). 10 July 2020.
  41. ^ "Mattia Palumbo è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 19 July 2020.