2011–12 Bologna F.C. 1909 season

Bologna
2011–12 season
President Albano Guaraldi
Manager Pierpaolo Bisoli
(until 4 October 2011)
Stefano Pioli
Stadium Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Serie A 9th
Coppa Italia Round of 16
Top goalscorer
Marco Di Vaio (10)
Highest home attendance 30,321 vs Juventus
(7 March 2012)
Lowest home attendance 1,432 vs Crotone
(23 November 2011)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2011–12 season is Bologna Football Club's 102nd in existence and 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Season review

Having parted ways with Alberto Malesani during the offseason, Bologna began the season with a new head coach, Pierpaolo Bisoli.[1] Under Bisoli, Bologna started the Serie A season very poorly. They managed just 1 point from their first five league games, while scoring only 2 goals and conceding 10. Following the 2–0 defeat to Udinese, Bologna sacked Bisoli after five games in charge and replaced him with Stefano Pioli.[2] Pioli took over the club, himself having already been fired by Palermo earlier in the season.[3]

In Pioli's debut, Bologna picked up their first win of the season with a 2–0 victory away to Novara. They continued to find their footing in the league winning three of the first four games under their new manager. Bologna finished the season in ninth place, earning Stefano Pioli a contract extension.[4] The club was led by their captain Marco Di Vaio, who scored 10 goals for the club and formed a lethal attacking trident alongside Alessandro Diamanti and Gastón Ramírez. Prior to the end of the season, Di Vaio announced it would be his last at Serie A, as he bid farewell to Bologna in order to finish his career with the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer (MLS).[5]

Kit

The kits for the 2011–12 season were made by Macron. The home kit features the traditional red and blue stripes with yellow inserts. The home shorts are white with red and blue details. The away kit is a white shirt with red and blue details, paired with blue shorts. The third kit is sky blue with red and blue details, a tribute to Uruguay, as a way to celebrate the historic "twinning" between Bologna and the South American country that has provided the Rossoblù many foreign players in its history. The main sponsor for the season's shirts is NGM Mobile, with Serenissima Ceramica also sponsoring the home kits and Manifatture Ceramiche on the away uniforms.[6]

Players

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Jean-François Gillet Belgium GK 31 May 1979 Bari
25 Federico Agliardi Italy GK 11 February 1983 Padova
32 Dejan Stojanović Republic of Macedonia GK 19 July 1993 Austria FC Lustenau
44 Filippo Lombardi Italy GK 22 April 1990 Alma Fano
Defenders
3 Archimede Morleo Italy LB 26 September 1983 Crotone
5 Mikael Antonsson Sweden CB 31 May 1981 Denmark Copenhagen
8 György Garics Austria RB 6 March 1984 Atalanta
19 Luigi Vitale Italy LB 5 October 1987 Napoli on loan from Napoli
21 Nicolò Cherubin Italy LB 2 December 1986 Cittadella
22 Cesare Rickler Italy CB 18 March 1987 Chievo
43 Frederik Sørensen Denmark CB 14 April 1992 Juventus transferred in from Juventus
48 Matteo Rubin Italy LB 9 July 1987 Torino on loan from Torino
51 Simone Loria Italy CB 28 October 1976 Roma
75 José Ángel Crespo Spain RB 9 February 1987 Padova
84 Andrea Raggi Italy RB 24 June 1984 Palermo
90 Daniele Portanova Italy CB 17 December 1978 Siena Vice-captain
Midfielders
4 Rene Krhin Slovenia CM 21 May 1990 Internazionale
6 Saphir Taïder France MF 29 February 1992 France Grenoble
10 Gastón Ramírez Uruguay AM 2 December 1990 Uruguay Peñarol
13 Nico Pulzetti Italy DM 13 February 1984 Livorno
15 Diego Pérez Uruguay DM 18 May 1980 France Monaco
16 Federico Casarini Italy CM 7 August 1989 Youth team
23 Alessandro Diamanti Italy AM 2 May 1983 Brescia
26 Gaby Mudingayi Belgium CM 1 October 1981 Lazio
33 Panagiotis Kone Greece MF 26 July 1987 Brescia on loan from Brescia
Forwards
9 Marco Di Vaio Italy ST 15 July 1976 Genoa Captain
17 Daniele Vantaggiato Italy ST 10 October 1984 Padova on loan from Padova
35 Daniele Paponi Italy ST 16 April 1988 Parma
77 Henry Giménez Uruguay ST 13 March 1986 Uruguay River Plate
78 Ishak Belfodil France ST 12 January 1992 France Lyon on loan from Lyon
99 Robert Acquafresca Italy ST 11 September 1987 Genoa on loan from Genoa
Players transferred during the season
11 Manuel Gavilán Spain ST 12 July 1991 Youth team on loan to Piacenza
20 Federico Rodríguez Uruguay ST 3 April 1991 Genoa on loan to Piacenza
52 Riccardo Pasi Italy MF 27 August 1990 Parma on loan to Chiasso
88 Massimo Coda Italy ST 10 November 1988 Treviso on loan to Siracusa

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos. Name League Coppa Italia Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKBelgium Jean-François Gillet 2901030000
3DFItaly Archimede Morleo 25(4)01(1)026(5)052
4MFSlovenia Rene Krhin 4(3)11(1)05(4)120
5DFSweden Mikael Antonsson 22(2)00022(2)010
6MFFrance Saphir Taïder 9(5)02011(5)040
7FWItaly Francesco Della Rocca 000(1)10(1)100
8DFAustria György Garics 12(6)12014(6)100
9FWItaly Marco Di Vaio 32(5)101033(5)1050
10MFUruguay Gastón Ramírez 28(5)80028(5)880
13MFItaly Nico Pulzetti 16(9)02018(9)060
15MFUruguay Diego Pérez 27(1)02029(1)0150
16MFItaly Federico Casarini 8(3)02010(3)020
17FWItaly Daniele Vantaggiato 0(2)0212(2)100
19MFItaly Luigi Vitale 00000000
21DFItaly Nicolò Cherubin 14(7)12016(7)160
22DFItaly Cesare Rickler 00101001
23MFItaly Alessandro Diamanti 27(3)72129(3)860
25GKItaly Federico Agliardi 9(1)02011(1)000
26MFBelgium Gaby Mudingayi 33(1)01(1)034(2)0110
32GKRepublic of Macedonia Dejan Stojanović 00000000
33MFGreece Panagiotis Kone 18(13)10018(13)170
35FWItaly Daniele Paponi 0(1)00(3)10(4)100
43DFDenmark Frederik Sørensen 1(1)1001(1)110
44GKItaly Filippo Lombardi 00000000
48DFItaly Matteo Rubin 12(2)12014(2)130
51DFItaly Simone Loria 7(2)1108(2)130
75DFSpain José Ángel Crespo 3(4)0205(4)000
77FWUruguay Henry Damián Giménez 2(12)02(1)14(13)120
78FWFrance Ishak Belfodil 1(7)0001(7)010
84DFItaly Andrea Raggi 3101132140
90DFItaly Daniele Portanova 3431135481
99FWItaly Robert Acquafresca 17(15)52019(15)530
-MFItaly Riccardo Casini 000(1)00(1)000

Last updated: 29 May 2012
Source: Statistics from legaseriea.it

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

R No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 9 FW Italy Marco Di Vaio 10 0 10
2 10 AM Uruguay Gastón Ramírez 8 0 8
= 23 AM Italy Alessandro Diamanti 7 1 8
4 99 FW Italy Robert Acquafresca 5 0 5
5 90 CB Italy Daniele Portanova 3 1 4

Last updated: 29 May 2012
Source: Statistics from legaseriea.it

Most appearances

Includes all competitive matches.

R No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 9 FW Italy Marco Di Vaio 37 1 38
2 26 CM Belgium Gaby Mudingayi 34 2 36
3 90 CB Italy Daniele Portanova 34 1 35
4 99 FW Italy Robert Acquafresca 32 2 34
5 10 AM Uruguay Gastón Ramírez 33 0 33

Last updated: 29 May 2012
Source: Statistics from legaseriea.it

Club

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli (until 4 October 2011)
Italy Stefano Pioli
Assistant coach Italy Giancomo Murelli
Technical Collaborator Italy Michele Tardioli (until 4 October 2011)
Italy Davide Lucarelli
Goalkeepers' coach Italy Franco Paleari (until 4 October 2011)
Italy Graziano Vinti
Athletic coach Italy Riccardo Ragnacci (until 4 October 2011)
Italy Matteo Osti
Italy Francesco Perondi

Last updated: May 2012
Source: Staff Tecnico

Medical staff
Position Staff
Sanitary manager Italy Gianni Nanni
Doctors Italy Giovanbattista Sisca
Italy Luca Bini
Physiotherapists Italy Luca Ghelli
Italy Luca Govoni
Italy Carmelo Sposato

Last updated: May 2012
Source: Staff Tecnico

Other information
Chairman Italy Albano Guaraldi
Vice Chairman Italy Maurizio Setti
Honorary Chairman Italy Gianni Morandi
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Italy Alessandro Gabrieli
General Manager Italy Roberto Zanzi
Directors Italy Marco Pavignani
Italy Marco Scapoli
Italy Riccardo Yien
Italy Gianluigi Serafini
Italy Paolo Romani
Italy Giulio Romagnoli
Italy Gian Paolo Rimondi
Italy Mauro Galavotti
Italy Maurizio Ferrari
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (38,279 / 105x68 meters)

Last updated: July 2011
Source: Organigrammi

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Serie A 9th 11 September 201113 May 2012
Coppa Italia Third round Round of 16 21 August 20118 December 2011

Last updated: 20 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2011–12 Serie A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Juventus (C) 38 23 15 0 68 20+48 84 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Milan 38 24 8 6 74 33+41 80
3 Udinese 38 18 10 10 52 35+17 64 2012–13 UEFA Champions League play-off round
4 Lazio 38 18 8 12 56 47+9 62 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
5 Napoli 38 16 13 9 66 46+20 61 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Group stage 2
6 Internazionale 38 17 7 14 58 55+3 58 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 2
7 Roma 38 16 8 14 60 54+6 56 ROM 1–0 PAR
PAR 0–1 ROM
8 Parma 38 15 11 12 54 53+1 56
9 Bologna 38 13 12 13 41 432 51
10 Chievo 38 12 13 13 35 4510 49
11 Catania 38 11 15 12 47 525 48
12 Atalanta 38 13 13 12 41 432 0461 ATA 2–0 FIO
FIO 2–2 ATA
13 Fiorentina 38 11 13 14 37 436 46
14 Siena 38 11 11 16 45 450 44
15 Cagliari 38 10 13 15 37 469 43 CAG 2–1 PAL
PAL 3–2 CAG
16 Palermo 38 11 10 17 52 6210 43
17 Genoa 38 11 9 18 50 6919 42
18 Lecce (R) 38 8 12 18 40 5616 36 Relegation to 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 3
19 Novara (R) 38 7 11 20 35 6530 32 Relegation to 2012–13 Serie B
20 Cesena (R) 38 4 10 24 24 6036 22

Updated to games played on 13 May 2012.
Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored
1Atalanta were deducted 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.[7][8]
2Napoli qualified to the group stage of the Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Coppa Italia. As they finished fifth, the sixth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
3Lecce were originally relegated to Serie B, but further relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 13 12 13 41 43 −2 51 8 4 7 23 24 −1 5 8 6 18 19 −1

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: Lega Serie A - Standings

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
Result L L L D L L W L W W D D D W D L W D D D W D D W L W W D L L D W D D W W W L
Position 17 19 19 19 20 18 18 17 14 16 17 17 17 16 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 17 15 16 13 9 9 10 13 14 12 12 13 11 9 9 9

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Note: Round 1 was played between rounds 16 and 17, on 20 and 21 December 2011, Round 33 was played between rounds 34 and 35, on 24 and 25 April 2012..
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

The fixtures for the 2011–12 Serie A season were announced by the Lega Serie A on 27 July.[9]

Coppa Italia

References

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  6. "Passione Maglie – Bologna e Macron presentano le nuove maglie" (in Italian). Passione Maglie. 19 August 2011.
  7. "Decisioni CDN" (PDF) (in Italian). Figc.it. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  8. "CGF: prosciolti Fabbri, Manfredini e lo Spezia, −6 al Benevento" (PDF) (in Italian). Figc.it. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  9. "A league, here are the fixtures". legaseriea.it (Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A). 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
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