The 2026–27 season is the 118th season in the history of Bologna Football Club 1909, and the club's twelfth consecutive season in the Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the Coppa Italia.
Season summary
On 28 May 2026, Vincenzo Italiano and the club mutually termianted their contract. On 2 June 2026, Domenico Tedesco was announced as his replacement, signing a two year contract with the option of a further season.
On 29 May 2026, the club announced that Juan Miranda had signed a two year contract extension with the club.
On 10 June 2026, the club published a list of friendlies for the upcoming pre-season. A further friendly against SC Cambuur was announced for 1 August 2026.
Squad Current squad
Transfers Summer window
In DatePlayerFromFeeNotesRef.1 July 2026MF Tommaso Pobega AC Milan€7,000,000From loan to definitive purchase1 July 2026FW Luigi Caccavo Lumezzane€300,00020 July 2026DF Rahim Alhassane Real Oviedo€3,500,000 + €500,000 in add-ons29 July 2026MF Mikel Amondarain Estudiantes de La Plata€10,000,000 + €2,000,000 in add-ons1 September 2026MF Federico Cassa Atalanta Under-23Undisclosed1 September 2026FW Jay Enem Red Star Belgrade€6,000,000 + €500,000 in add-ons
Loans in DatePlayerFromFeeNotesRef.30 July 2026FW Artem Dovbyk Roma€3,000,000Option to buy for €17,000,00013 August 2026FW Roberto Piccoli FiorentinaFreeObligation to buy for €18,000,000 under certain conditions30 August 2026DF Arthur Theate Eintracht Frankfurt€1,000,000Option to buy for €15,000,0001 September 2026FW Samuel Mbangula Werder Bremen€2,000,000Option to buy for €12,500,000
Out DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef.1 July 2026GK Davide FranziniUnattachedFreeEnd of contract1 July 2026DF Kevin BonifaziUnattachedFreeEnd of contract1 July 2026DF Charalampos Lykogiannis AEK AthensFreeEnd of contract1 July 2026MF Michel Aebischer Pisa€4,500,000Loan made permanent transfer1 July 2026MF Elia BarbaroUnattachedFreeEnd of contract1 July 2026MF Giovanni Fabbian Fiorentina€13,000,000Loan made permanent transfer1 July 2026MF Remo Freuler OlympiacosFreeEnd of contract1 July 2026FW Orji OkwonkwoUnattachedFreeEnd of contract14 July 2026FW Giuseppe Battimelli LeccoFree15 July 2026DF Mattia Motolese Virtus EntellaUndisclosed17 July 2026MF Manuel Rosetti ForlìUndisclosed24 July 2026MF Ossian Nordvall IF ElfsborgUndisclosed30 July 2026FW Santiago Castro Roma€35,000,000 + €2,000,000 in add-ons31 July 2026GK Federico Ravaglia Watford€7,000,000 + €1,000,000 in add-ons, buy-back option for an undisclosed fee17 August 2026DF Jhon Lucumí Juventus€20,100,000 + €2,000,000 in add-ons
Loans out DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef.10 June 2026DF Joaquín Sosa Colo-ColoUndisclosedLoan extended1 July 2026DF Tommaso Corazza VicenzaFree7 July 2026DF Wisdom Amey FrosinoneFree14 July 2026FW Tommaso Ebone LumezzaneFree16 July 2026DF Riccardo Stivanello SüdtirolFree16 July 2026MF Niklas Pyyhtiä SüdtirolFree17 July 2026MF Lorenzo Menegazzo LumezzaneFree17 July 2026FW Luigi Caccavo Juve StabiaFreeOption to buy for an undisclosed fee, buy-back option for an undisclosed fee7 August 2026MF Dimitar Papazov PerugiaFree13 August 2026FW Benja Domínguez SassuoloFreeOption to buy for €10,000,00014 August 2026DF Mihajlo Ilić CesenaFree17 August 2026 FW Thijs Dallinga Köln €1,000,000 Option to buy for €11,000,0001 September 2026MF Federico Cassa CatanzaroFree1 September 2026FW Jonathan Rowe Atalanta€5,000,000Obligation to buy for €30,000,000 under conditions
Loan returns DatePlayerToFeeNotesRef.30 June 2026DF João Mário JuventusFree30 June 2026MF Simon Sohm FiorentinaFreeOption to buy not exercised
Pre-season
Competitions Serie A
League table
Matches
Coppa Italia
References