President Albano Guaraldi Serie A 9th Top goalscorer Marco Di Vaio (10) | Stadium Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Coppa Italia Round of 16 | |
Manager Pierpaolo Bisoli
(until 4 October 2011)
Stefano Pioli | ||
The 2011–12 season is Bologna Football Club's 102nd in existence and 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.
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Season review
Having parted ways with Alberto Malesani during the offseason, Bologna began the season with a new head coach, Pierpaolo Bisoli. 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. Pioli took over the club, himself having already been fired by Palermo earlier in the season.
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. 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).
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.
Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Most appearances
Includes all competitive matches.
Overall
Last updated: 20 May 2012
Source: Competitions
League table
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.
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
Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: Lega Serie A - Standings
Results by round
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.