2015–16 Bologna FC 1909 season explained

Club:	Bologna
Season:	2015–16
Manager:	Delio Rossi (until 28 October 2015) Roberto Donadoni (from 28 October 2015)
Chairman:	Joe Tacopina
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
League:	Serie A
League Result:	14th
Cup1:	Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:	Third round
League Topscorer:	Mattia Destro (8)
Season Topscorer:	Mattia Destro (8)
Highest Attendance:	29,463 vs Juventus (19 February 2016, Serie A)
Lowest Attendance:	336 vs Pavia (14 August 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average Attendance:	18,899^[1]
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Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17

The 2015–16 season was Bologna Football Club 1909's first season back in Serie A after their relegation to Serie B at the end of the 2013–14 season. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 14th after an early season spent in the relegation zone, and in the Coppa Italia, where the club was disappointingly eliminated in the third round by Pavia.

Players

Squad information

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Transfers

In

Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
Amadou Diawara	San Marino	Undisclosed	^[3]
Luca Rossettini	Cagliari	€2.5M	^[4]
Antonio Mirante	Parma	Free
Matteo Brighi	Sassuolo	Free
Franco Brienza	Cesena	Free
Erick Pulgar	Universidad Católica	Undisclosed
Mattia Destro	Roma	€6.5M
Bálint Vécsei	Honvéd	Undisclosed
Anthony Mounier	Montpellier	Undisclosed
Sergio Floccari	Sassuolo	Undisclosed
Kévin Constant	Unattached	Free

Loans in

Player	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
Juan Zúñiga	Napoli	Loan		^[5]
Fabrizio Brignani	Cremonese	Loan	reserve team; with option	^[6]

Out

Loans out

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: 2015–16 Serie A.

Matches

Coppa Italia

See main article: 2015–16 Coppa Italia.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

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1	10	FW	Mattia Destro	8	0	8
2	17	MF	Emanuele Giaccherini	7	0	7
3	26	MF	Anthony Mounier	4	0	4
4	13	DF	Luca Rossettini	3	0	3
4	23	MF	Franco Brienza	3	0	3
6	25	DF	Adam Masina	2	0	2
	30	MF	Godfred Donsah	2	0	2
	99	FW	Sergio Floccari	2	0	2
9	11	FW	Matteo Mancosu	1	0	1
9	28	DF	Daniele Gastaldello	1	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0
Totals				33	0	33

Last updated: 24 April 2016

Clean sheets

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1	83	GK	Antonio Mirante	11	0	11
Totals				11	0	11

Last updated: 1 May 2016

Notes and References

Web site: Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A.
Web site: Bologna F.C. 1909 – La squadra . https://archive.today/20120720183921/http://www.bolognafc.it/squadra.asp . dead . 20 July 2012 . 19 July 2012 .
Web site: Bologna Football Club 1909 - News . www.bolognafc.it . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150623165331/http://www.bolognafc.it/news.asp?id=13189#.VpcnzvkrKUl . 23 June 2015 . dead.
Bologna F.C. 1909 S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2015, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
Web site: Zuniga al Bologna. 13 January 2016. 4 September 2016. Bologna F.C. 1909. Italian.
Web site: Brignani al Bologna. 1 February 2016. 4 September 2016. Bologna F.C. 1909. Italian.