The 2025–26 season was the 117th season in the history of Bologna Football Club 1909, and the club's eleventh consecutive season in the Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Europa League. The club also competed in the Supercoppa Italiana, its debut appearance in the competition, having won the Coppa Italia in the previous season.
Squad PlayerPosition(s)Date of birth (age)Signed inContract endsSigned fromTransfer feeNotesAppsGoalsGoalkeepers1Łukasz SkorupskiGK20182026 Roma€9,000,000237013Federico RavagliaGK20172028 Bologna PrimaveraNAFrom Youth system22025Massimo PessinaGK2025 - Bologna PrimaveraNAFrom Youth system00Defenders2Emil HolmRB / RM20242028 Spezia€7,700,00021014Torbjørn HeggemCB / LB20252029 West Bromwich Albion€7,500,0002016Nicolò CasaleCB20252028 Lazio€6,500,00016020Nadir ZorteaRB / RM20252029 Cagliari€7,500,0003022Charalampos LykogiannisLB / LM20222026 CagliariFree63426Jhon LucumíCB20222027 Genk€8,000,000112129Lorenzo De Silvestri (captain)RB / RM20202026 TorinoFree109933Juan MirandaLB20242027 Real BetisFree33041Martin VitíkCB20252029 Sparta Prague€11,000,00020Midfielders4Tommaso PobegaCM / DM20252026 Milan€1,900,000On loan2326Nikola MoroDM / CM20232027 Chelsea€20,000,0007228Remo FreulerCM / DM20242026 Nottingham Forest€16,000,00072219Lewis FergusonCM / AM20222028 Aberdeen€2,000,000801421Jens OdgaardAM / RW / ST20242027 AZ€4,280,00042877Ibrahim SulemanaDM / CM20252026 Atalanta€500,000 On loan0080Giovanni FabbianCM / AM20232028 Internazionale€5,370,000608Forwards7Riccardo OrsoliniRW20192027 Juventus€15,000,000241669Santiago CastroST20242028 Vélez Sarsfield€13,200,00047910Federico BernardeschiRW / AM20252027 Toronto FCFree2011Jonathan RoweLW / AM20252029 Marseille€17,000,0001017Ciro ImmobileST20252026 BeşiktaşFree1024Thijs DallingaST20242028 Toulouse€15,000,00034328Nicolò CambiaghiLW / SS20242029 Atalanta€10,000,00021130Benja DomínguezLW20242029 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)€4,000,000243
Transfers
Summer window
In DatePlayerFromFeeNotesRef.1 July 2025GK Thomas Gillier Universidad CatólicaFree1 July 2025DF Nicolò Casale Lazio€6,500,000From loan to permanent transfer6 July 2025DF Martin Vitík Sparta Prague€11,000,00010 July 2025FW Ciro Immobile BeşiktaşFree19 July 2025FW Federico Bernardeschi Toronto FCFree16 August 2025DF Torbjørn Heggem West Bromwich Albion€7,500,000 20 August 2025DF Nadir Zortea Cagliari€7,500,00024 August 2025FW Jonathan Rowe Marseille€17,000,000
Loans in DatePlayerFromFeeNotesRef.22 July 2025MF Tommaso Pobega Milan€1,000,000Obligation to buy for €7,000,000 under conditions1 September 2025MF Ibrahim Sulemana Atalanta€500,000Option to buy for €7,000,000
Out DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef.1 July 2025FW Gianmarco Cangiano Pescara€1,000,000From loan to permanent transfer20 July 2025DF Sam Beukema Napoli€31,000,00031 July 2025MF Andri Baldursson Kasımpaşa€500,00031 July 2025FW Dan Ndoye Nottingham Forest€42,000,0004 August 2025DF Martin Erlić Midtjylland€5,000,00014 August 2025MF Andrea Mazia Sasso MarconiFree2 September 2025MF Kacper Urbański Legia Warsaw€2,000,000
Loans out DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef.26 June 2025GK Nicola Bagnolini GubbioFree15 July 2025GK Francesco Raffaelli OspitalettoFree15 July 2025FW Gennaro Anatriello PotenzaFree16 July 2025MF Niklas Pyyhtiä ModenaFree17 July 2025GK Davide Franzini BraFree17 July 2025FW Antonio Raimondo FrosinoneFree19 July 2025DF Joaquín Sosa Independente Santa FeFree22 July 2025MF Manuel Rosetti CarpiFree23 July 2025DF Riccardo Stivanello TorresFree24 July 2025GK Thomas Gillier CF MontréalFree31 July 2025DF Mattia Motolese Pro PatriaFree1 August 2025MF Oussama El Azzouzi AuxerreFree3 August 2025MF Michel Aebischer PisaFreeObligation to buy for €4,500,000 under conditions27 August 2025MF Naïm Byar FoggiaFree30 August 2025FW Giuseppe Battimelli PontederaFree1 September 2025DF Tommaso Corazza PescaraFree1 September 2025DF Stefan Posch Como€500,000Obligation to buy for €5,500,000 under conditions1 September 2025FW Jesper Karlsson AberdeenFree1 September 2025FW Orji Okwonkwo PescaraFree8 September 2025DF Mihajlo Ilić AnderlechtFreeOption to buy for an undisclosed fee
Winter window
In DatePlayerFromFeeNotesRef.31 December 2025DF Joaquín Sosa Independente Santa FeFreeReturn from loan2 January 2026DF Riccardo Stivanello TorresFreeReturn from loan6 January 2026MF Naïm Byar FoggiaFreeReturn from loan16 January 2026DF Eivind Helland Brann€7,000,00020 January 2026GK Francesco Raffaelli OspitalettoFreeReturn from loan22 January 2026FW Jesper Karlsson AberdeenFreeReturn from loan26 January 2026FW Giuseppe Battimelli PontederaFreeReturn from loan30 January 2026DF Tommaso Corazza PescaraFreeReturn from loan1 February 2026FW Gennaro Anatriello PotenzaFreeReturn from loan
Loans in DatePlayerFromFeeNotesRef.3 January 2026MF João Mário JuventusFree22 January 2026MF Simon Sohm FiorentinaFreeOption to buy for €12,000,000
Out DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef.7 January 2026MF Naïm Byar Wydad CasablancaUndisclosed20 January 2026MF Ibrahim Sulemana AtalantaFreeLoan terminated early21 January 2026DF Stefan Posch Como€5,500,000Option to buy activated1 February 2026FW Ciro Immobile Paris FCFree
Loans out DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef.2 January 2026DF Joaquín Sosa Colo-ColoFree2 January 2026DF Riccardo Stivanello LumezzaneFree21 January 2026GK Francesco Raffaelli Alcione MilanoFree21 January 2026MF Giovanni Fabbian FiorentinaFreeObligation to buy for €15,000,000 under certain conditions23 January 2026FW Jesper Karlsson UtrechtFree27 January 2026FW Giuseppe Battimelli TrapaniFree2 February 2026DF Tommaso Corazza CesenaFree2 February 2026DF Emil Holm JuventusFreeOption to buy for €15,000,0002 February 2026FW Gennaro Anatriello LumezzaneFree
Competitions Overall record
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
1 Matchday 16 (vs Hellas Verona) was postponed due to Bologna's participation in the Supercoppa Italiana.
Matches The match schedule was released on 6 June 2025.
Coppa Italia
Supercoppa Italiana
UEFA Europa League
League phase
The draw for the league phase was held on 29 August 2025.
Knockout phase
Knockout phase play-offs The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 30 January 2026.
Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 February 2026.
Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 27 February 2026, after the draw for the round of 16.
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