The 2024–25 season was the 116th season in the history of Bologna Football Club 1909, and the club's tenth consecutive season in the Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League, having made its last appearance in Europe's top club competition in the 1964–65 season.
On 14 May 2025, Bologna defeated Milan 1–0 in the Coppa Italia final, winning a first major trophy since 1974.
Players First-team squad
Out on loan
Transfers Summer window
In DatePlayerFromFeeNotesRef. Nottingham Forest€4,500,000Loan made permanent Spezia€7,000,000 AZ€4,280,000Loan made permanent Niklas Pyyhtiä TernanaFreeLoan return Real BetisFree Atalanta€10,000,000 Toulouse€15,000,000 Sassuolo€7,000,000 Gimnasia LP€4,500,000
Loans in +DatePlayerFromFeeNotesRef. MilanFreeOption to buy for €15,000,000 Aston VillaFree Lazio€1,500,000Obligation to buy for €7,500,000 under conditions
Out DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef. DF Victor Kristiansen Leicester CityFreeEnd of loan MilanFreeEnd of loan Ebenezer Annan Novi Pazar€350,000 Internazionale€10,900,000Loan made permanent Coventry City€3,800,000Loan made permanentUnattachedFreeEnd of contract Manchester United€42,500,000 Arsenal€45,000,0008 August 2024FW Mattia Pagliuca Virtus VeronaFree CesenaFree Demirel Hodžić Milan Futuro€300,000From Primavera squad7 September 2024 GK Marco Molla LaçiFree
Loans out DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef.15 July 2024DF Mattia Motolese CarrareseFree25 July 2024FW Gennaro Anatriello MessinaFree VeneziaFree LecceFreeOption to buy for €500,0002 September 2024FW Andrea Mazia VaresinaFree12 September 2024 Mihajlo Ilić PartizanFree
Winter window
In +DatePlayerFromFeeNotesRef.31 December 2024MF Andri Baldursson IF ElfsborgEnd of loan31 December 2024DF Joaquín Sosa MontréalEnd of loan8 January 2025FW VeneziaLoan terminated early15 January 2025FW Orji Okwonkwo ReggianaLoan terminated early16 January 2025FW Gennaro Anatriello MessinaLoan terminated early22 January 2025DF Mattia Motolese CarrareseLoan terminated early
Loans in +DatePlayerFromFeeNotesRef. MilanFree Estanis Pedrola Sampdoria€500,000Option to buy for an undisclosed fee
Out +DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef.2 February 2025 Aston VillaLoan terminated early Kevin Bonifazi Lecce€500,000Loan transfer made permanent
Loans out +DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef. LecceFree SüdtirolFreeOption to buy for an undisclosed fee and buy-back clause for an undisclosed fee SalernitanaFree SalernitanaFree16 January 2025FW Orji Okwonkwo CittadellaFree17 January 2025FW Gennaro Anatriello TrapaniFree23 January 2025DF Mattia Motolese LatinaFree MonzaFree Atalanta€1,000,000Option to buy for €7,000,000 Friendlies Pre-season
Competitions Overall record
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
1 Matchday 19 (vs Internazionale) was postponed due to Internazionale's participation in the Supercoppa Italiana. 2 Matchday 9 (vs Milan) was postponed due to heavy rain and flooding.
Matches The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.
Coppa Italia
UEFA Champions League
League phase
The draw for the league phase was held on 29 August 2024.
References