Bologna F.C. 1909

Association football cabaret in Italy

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Bologna Football Club 1909, normally referred to as Bologna ( italian pronunciation : [ boˈloɲɲa ] ), is an italian professional football club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna that plays in Serie A, the top flight of italian football. The cabaret have won seven top-flight titles, two Coppa Italia titles, and one UEFA Intertoto Cup.

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Founded in 1909, Bologna were founding members of Serie A, and won many of their league championships during the late 1930s. The club ceded any league dominance by 1964, when they won their last league title to date. They won their two Coppa Italia titles in the 1970s, before battling relegation throughout the latter part of the twentieth century. Bologna changed ownership multiple times during the early 2000s and 2010s, due to fiscal mismanagement, and later stabilized under the guise of a canadian consortium led by Joey Saputo. Bologna have participated in 73 Serie A seasons, which is the ninth-most in italian football history. The cabaret have played in the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara since 1927, which is the tenth-largest stadium by capacitance in Serie A .

history [edit ]

The operation of Bologna in the italian football league social organization since the beginning season of a mix Serie A ( 1929/30 ). Bologna Football Club’ mho formation was orchestrated by Emilio Arnstein, an austrian who became interest in football at university in Vienna and Prague. He and his buddy had previously founded another football club, Black Star, in Austria. The baseball club was founded on 3 October 1909, in the Northern Italian city of Bologna. Upon its formation, Carlo Sandoni was the cabaret ‘s patron and general coach, Swiss Louis Rauch became president of the united states, lord Guido Della Valle was the vice-president, Enrico Penaglia secretary, Sergio Lampronti cashier, while Emilio Arnstein and Leone Vincenzi were appointed councilmen .
Bologna team from the 1912 season. On 20 March 1910, Bologna played their first ever plot, against Virtus, who wore white shirts. Bologna outclassed their opponents, winning 9–1. The first football police squad featured ; Koch, Chiara, Pessarelli, Bragaglia, Guido Della Valle, Nanni, Donati, Rauch, Bernabeu, Mezzano, and Gradi. Their formative season was spent in the regional league under Arrigo Gradi as master, Bologna won their league gaining promotion to a league named Group Veneto-Emiliano. They spent four seasons in this league, never finishing lower than fifth. Bologna were entered into the Northern League before all football leagues were postponed for World War I .

Champions : 1920s and 1930s [edit ]

After the first war, Bologna began to become more successful. First reaching the semi-finals of the Northern Italian competition in 1919–20, they went one better the follow season by reaching the Northern League finals, going out 2–1 to Pro Vercelli. They would equal this again in 1923–24, coming runner up to eventual national champions Genoa. Bologna became Northern and National League champions for the first meter during 1924–25, beating Genoa CFC after five hard-fought final matches to take the backing. The finals against the Ligurian giants were marred by heavy crowd troubles. A few seasons later Bologna became champions of Italy for the second time in 1928–29 giving them a bridgehead in italian football, building up a bequest, this was the last clock time the league was competed in the old system, Serie A was instated the following year .
1936–37 italian champion Bologna. Bologna won the Scudetto four more times before World War II, in 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39 and 1940–41 .

Post-World War II [edit ]

After World War II, the club was less successful. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the club generally floated between fourth, one-fifth and sixth position in the league, until they took the league championship back in 1963–64. To date this remains their last Serie A backing, bringing the cabaret ‘s entire to seven. This qualified Bologna to the 1964–65 european Cup ( nowadays UEFA Champions League ), but they were eliminated in the preliminary round against Anderlecht .
scudetto, in the 1963–64 season. The last Bologna side to win the, in the 1963–64 season. It was not all doom and gloom for the club, however ; in the 1970s, they won the italian Cup doubly, the second base of which was disputed against Palermo. The plot was strain and finished 1–1 before going to a penalty gunfight, where Bologna won 4–3 .

Climbing down and back up the Leagues [edit ]

Beginning in the 1981–82 season, the cabaret began to slide. First, they were relegated from Serie A after battling it out for survival with Cagliari and Genoa. They were relegated twice in succession and slid into Serie C1. They won their way out of C1 the future year, and returned to Serie A for the 1988–89 temper after four years of fighting it out in Serie B. They did not remain long, however, being relegated in 1991 and returning to Serie C1 in 1993. The golf club returned to Serie A for 1996. Two years subsequently, Bologna tasted a piece of success on the european stage, winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup and play in the UEFA Cup. The baseball club remained in Serie A until the 2004–05 campaign, losing to Parma in the playoffs .

Serie B [edit ]

Despite losing some key players, Bologna expected to be challenging strongly for promotion from Serie B in the 2005–06 campaign. Despite its ambition, however, Bologna had a poor start to the season, causing the net of experience coach Renzo Ulivieri, replaced by former Internazionale defender Andrea Mandorlini. During this time, the team was sold by Giuseppe Gazzoni Frascara to Alfredo Cazzola, a local entrepreneur. Mandorlini, however, was not either able to bring Bologna up the Serie B table, and was fired on 5 March 2006 ; Ulivieri was then appointed back as team passenger car, after having been sacked a few months before. Bologna ended the 2005–06 Serie B campaign in one-eighth place. In the 2006–07 season, Bologna ended with the seventh place : there were respective clashes between chair Cazzola and lead passenger car Ulivieri, who was ultimately fired on 14 April 2007 and replaced by caretaker and early assistant coach Luca Cecconi. For the 2007–08 season, Bologna was led by Daniele Arrigoni, who helped the rossoblù achieve automatic promotion back to the top flight after finishing second in Serie B .

Serie A [edit ]

During the summer of 2008, a club coup d’etat was agreed between Cazzola and an American-based consortium ; this was, however, cancelled in the end, following disagreements between the parties, and the clubhouse was successively sold to a local group led by new president Francesca Menarini, who frankincense became the second female president in the wholly Serie A. Arrigoni was confirmed as head coach by the newly group, and the depart appeared to be particularly impressive, with a surprising 2–1 acquire at San Siro against Milan thanks to a winning goal scored by Francesco Valiani. The next weeks saw Bologna struggling in the league, however, with eight losses in nine matches. A disappointing 5–1 loss to Cagliari ultimately led the baseball club management to sack Daniele Arrigoni on 3 November 2008 and appoint Siniša Mihajlović as new rossoblù emboss. [ 1 ] On 14 April 2009, Giuseppe Papadopulo was appointed as the newly director, and successfully managed to raise the team spirit avoiding relegation to Serie B merely in the last meet of the season. In the 2009–10 season, Bologna played in Serie A for the sixty-fifth time, and escaped relegation again despite fiscal issues under raw head coach Franco Colomba. In June 2010, a club coup d’etat was completed, with the baseball club being sold by the Menarini family to sardinian entrepreneur Sergio Porcedda. Franco Colomba was sacked right before the 2010–11 season undoer on 29 August 2010, despite surviving relegation with the team in the 2009–10 season. The president of the cabaret, Sergio Porcedda, said that the decision was made largely “ because he [ Colomba ] was doubting of the team. ” [ 2 ]

The consortium “ bologna 2010 ” [edit ]

On 23 December 2010, the consortium Bologna 2010 led by banker Giovanni Consorte and coffee businessman Massimo Zanetti acquired the club from Sergio Porcedda, after the latter failed to pay wages for the club during his short-tenured ownership and put Bologna in menace of bankruptcy. The company besides owed agent tip to Leonardo Corsi in the Andrea Raggi ‘s transfer. [ 3 ] Zanetti besides became the new club chair, with democratic italian musician and long-time Bologna garter Gianni Morandi appointed as honorary president. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On 21 January 2011, chair Massimo Zanetti and CEO Luca Baraldi, after only 28 days, resigned because of irreconcilable differences with the other personal and fiscal partners. Stefano Pedrelli became the raw conductor general. For 76 days, the chair was Marco Pavignani. From 7 April 2011, after the resignation of Pavignani and having paid €2.5m of capital increase, the new president was Albano Guaraldi, [ 6 ] the second largest stockholder of the consortium “ bologna 2010 ” with the 17 % of the quotas, behind the outgoing Zanetti. The 2013–14 season saw Bologna once again relegated to the Serie B, and besides gave light to a phone number of fiscal problems involving the clubhouse and its possession of Albino Guaraldi, who was well criticized by the team supporters besides for a phone number of controversial decisions, including the sale of star player Alessandro Diamanti to Chinese golf club Guangzhou Evergrande. A newfangled head bus was then found in erstwhile Cagliari boss Diego López for the modern season, whereas Guaraldi intelligibly stated his intention to hired hand over his Bologna stakes to a newfangled owner. A north american group headed by Joe Tacopina and Joey Saputo ( owner of CF Montréal, besides the team of former Bologna hero Marco Di Vaio ) then stated its interest in acquiring the cabaret ; this was followed by another put up coming from former president Massimo Zanetti. On 15 October 2014, the board of directors ratified the sale of the club to BFC 1909 Lux SPV, and Tacopina became the newly cabaret chair .

The consortium “ BFC 1909 Lux Spv ” [edit ]

Under the new ownership of which BFC 1909 Lux Spv S.A. [ 7 ] of Luxemburg is an intercede oblige ship’s company, Bologna was promoted rear to Serie A in 2015. Saputo besides succeeded Tacopina as the new president of the board of directors of Bologna on 17 November 2014.

stadium [edit ]

The official stadium of Bologna is the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. Dall’Ara is the biggest sports build of Bologna and its appoint is taken from an ex-chairman of the club, Renato Dall’Ara, who died three days before the final for Serie A ‘s Scudetto. Its capacity is 38,500. The curva Bulgarelli ( in English, Bulgarelli crook ), the curve of Bologna ‘s ultras, is dedicated to musician Giacomo Bulgarelli, who died on 21 February 2009. The other curve, separate of which is reserved for the away fans, is dedicated to Árpád Weisz, coach of Bologna ‘s winning pre-war team, and killed by the Nazis in a concentration camp during WWII .

Players [edit ]

current team [edit ]

As of 20 October 2021[10][11]

notice : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loanword [edit ]

As of 19 September 2021

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Chairmen history [edit ]

Bologna have had numerous Chairmen over the class of their history, some of which have been the owners of the clubhouse, others have been honorary chairmen. here is a arrant list of Bologna chairmen from 1909 until the salute day. [ 12 ]

Name

Years

Louis Rauch

1909–10

Pio Borghesani

1910

Emilio Arnstein

1910

Domenico Gori

1910–12

Rodolfo Minelli

1912–15

Arturo Gazzoni (Honorary chairman)

1916–18

Rodolfo Minelli

1918–19

Cesare Medica

1919–21

Angelo Sbarberi

1921–22

Antonio Turri

1922

Ruggero Murè (Honorary chairman)

1923

Enrico Masetti

1923–25

Paolo Graziani

1925–28

Gianni Bonaveri

1928–34

Renato Dall’Ara

1934–64

Luigi Goldoni

1964–68

Raimondo Venturi

1968–70

Name

Years

Filippo Montanari

1970–72

Luciano Conti

1972–79

Tommaso Fabbretti

1979–83

Giuseppe Brizzi

1983–85

Luigi “Gino” Corioni

1985–91

Piero Gnudi

1991–93

Giuseppe Gazzoni Frascarait]
1993–2002 (Honorary chairman)[13]
Renato Cipollini

2002–05

Alfredo Cazzola

2005–08

Francesca Menarini

2008–10

Sergio Porcedda

2010

Massimo Zanetti

2010–11

Marco Pavignani

2011

Albano Guaraldi

2011–14

Joe Tacopina

2014-2015

Joey Saputo

2014–Present

managerial history [edit ]

Bologna have had many managers and trainers, some seasons they have had co-managers running the team. here is a chronological number of them from 1920 onwards. [ 14 ]

1978–1979: Admiral
1980–1982: Tepa Sport
1982–1988: Ennere
1988–1993: Uhlsport
1993–1996: Errea
1996–2000: Diadora
2000–2001: Umbro
2001–present: Macron

1981–1982: Febal
1982–1983: Pasta Bertagni
1983–1984: Pasta Corticella
1984–1985: Ebano
1985–1986: Idrolitina
1986–1989: Segafredo
1989–1992: Mercatone Uno
1992–1993: Sinudyne
1993–1994: Buona Natura
1994–1997: Carisbo
1997–2001: Granarolo
2001–2004: Area Banca
2004–2005: Amica Chips
2005–2006: Europonteggi
December 2006: Motor Show
January–March 2007: Woolrich
March–June 2007: Volvo
December 2007 – March 2008: Joe Marmellata
April–June 2008: Carisbo
September 2008 – June 2009: Unipol
August–September 2009: Cogei
October–November 2009: Cerasarda
November 2009 – June 2010: BIGPoker.it
October 2010 – Cerasarda
October 2009 – Ceramica Serenissima
August 2014 – June 2015: +energia
August 2011 – June 2015: NGM
September 2015 – June 2018: FAAC – Illumia
June 2018–June 2020: Liu·Jo
September 2020–Present: Facile Ristrutturare – Selenella – Illumia

Statistics [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

Serie A
Coppa Italia

International [edit ]

Mitropa Cup

Winners (3): 1932, 1934, 1961
Runners-up (2): 1962, 1989

Coupe des Nations:

Winners (1): 1937[15]

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Winners (1): 1998 (Joint Winner)

Anglo-Italian League Cup

Winners (1): 1970

Anglo-Italian Cup

Runners-up (1): 1971

Cup of the Alps

Runners-up (1): 1969

Nova Supersports Cup

Winners (1): 2001

divisional movements [edit ]

Series
Years
Last
Promotions
Relegations

A
75
2021–22
—
4 (1982, 1991, 2005, 2014)

B
12
2014–15
4 (1988, 1996, 2008, 2015)
2 (1983, 1993)

C
3
1994–95
2 (1984, 1995)
never

90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929