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The 2021–22 season is Virtus Bologna's 93rd in existence and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

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Current roster

Virtus Segafredo Bologna roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 0 Tessitori, Amedeo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 30 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994 SG 00 Cordinier, Isaïa 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1996-11-28)28 November 1996 PG 1 Mannion, Nico 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 – (2001-03-14)14 March 2001 SG 3 Belinelli, Marco (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 38 – (1986-03-25)25 March 1986 PG 6 Pajola, Alessandro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999 PF 7 Alibegović, Amar 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 29 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 PF 8 Hervey, Kevin 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 28 – (1996-07-09)9 July 1996 C 9 Udoh, Ekpe  2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 37 – (1987-05-20)20 May 1987 PG 11 Ruzzier, Michele 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 31 – (1993-02-09)9 February 1993 C 14 Jaiteh, Mouhammadou 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 30 – (1994-11-27)27 November 1994 SG 17 Ceron, Marco 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992 C 20 Barbieri, Matteo 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 21 – (2003-05-27)27 May 2003 PF 21 Shengelia, Tornike 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 33 – (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 PG 23 Hackett, Daniel 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 37 – (1987-12-19)19 December 1987 PF 25 Sampson, JaKarr 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 31 – (1993-03-20)20 March 1993 SF 34 Weems, Kyle 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 35 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989 G 44 Teodosić, Miloš 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 37 – (1987-03-19)19 March 1987 SF 55 Abass, Awudu  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1993-01-27)27 January 1993	Head coach Sergio Scariolo Assistant coach(es) Andrija Gavrilović Andrea Diana Cristian Fedrigo Iacopo Squarcina Edoardo Costa Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 7, 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3	Inactive
C	Mouhammadou Jaiteh	JaKarr Sampson	Amedeo Tessitori	Matteo Barbieri	Ekpe Udoh
PF	Tornike Shengelia	Kevin Hervey	Amar Alibegović
SF	Kyle Weems	Isaïa Cordinier	Marco Ceron		Awudu Abass
SG	Miloš Teodosić	Marco Belinelli	Nico Mannion
PG	Daniel Hackett	Alessandro Pajola	Michele Ruzzier

(colors: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
11	PG		Michele Ruzzier	28	Pallacanestro Varese		2 years	June 2023	€15,000	5 July 2021
8	PF		Kevin Hervey	25	Lokomotiv Kuban		2 years	June 2023	Free	10 July 2021
9	C		Ekpe Udoh	34	Beijing Royal Fighters		2 years	June 2023	Free	18 July 2021
14	C		Mouhammadou Jaiteh	26	Gaziantep Basketbol		2 years	June 2023	Free	20 July 2021
1	PG		Nico Mannion	20	Golden State Warriors		2 years	June 2023	Free	10 August 2021
17	SG		Marco Ceron	29	Stings Mantova		1 year	June 2022	Free	13 August 2021
15	SG		Ty-Shon Alexander	23	Phoenix Suns		2 years	June 2023	Free	8 September 2021
25	PF		JaKarr Sampson	28	Indiana Pacers		2 years	June 2023	Free	27 September 2021
00	SG		Isaïa Cordinier	24	Nanterre 92		2 years	June 2023	Free	6 October 2021
23	PG		Daniel Hackett	34	CSKA Moscow		2 years	June 2024	$100,000	3 March 2022
21	PF		Tornike Shengelia	31	CSKA Moscow		4 months	June 2022	Free	6 March 2022

1. In players: Players that signed after the beginning of the season

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
9	PG		Stefan Marković	33	Crvena zvezda		End of contract	Free	1 July 2021
11	PF		Giampaolo Ricci	29	Olimpia Milano		End of contract	Free	1 July 2021
35	SF		Stefan Nikolić	24	Pallacanestro Cantù		End of contract	Free	1 July 2021
45	C		Julian Gamble	31	Tenerife		End of contract	Free	1 July 2021
14	G		Josh Adams	27	Tasmania JackJumpers		Exit option	Free	9 July 2021
32	F/C		Vince Hunter	26	Metropolitans 92		Sacked	Free	21 July 2021
15	SG		Ty-Shon Alexander	23	Pallacanestro Trieste		Mutual consent	Free	15 February 2022

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
6	PG		Alessandro Pajola	21	youth team		5 + 4	June 2025	Youth system	2015–16
44	PG		Miloš Teodosić	34	Los Angeles Clippers		3 + 1 years	June 2023	Free	13 July 2019
34	SF		Kyle Weems	31	Tofaş S.K.		2 + 2 years	June 2023	Free	20 July 2019
7	PF		Amar Alibegović	26	Virtus Roma		3 years	June 2023	Free	27 May 2020
0	C		Amedeo Tessitori	26	Universo Treviso Basket		2 years	June 2022	Free	5 June 2020
55	SF		Awudu Abass	28	Basket Brescia Leonessa		1 + 3 years	June 2024	Free	15 June 2020
3	G/F		Marco Belinelli	35	San Antonio Spurs		3 years	June 2023	Free	26 November 2020

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Replaces		Date	Type
	Sergio Scariolo	60	Toronto Raptors (assistant)		3 years	June 2024	18 June 2021		Aleksandar Đorđević	15 June 2021	End of contract

On loan

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Moving to		Date
C		Gora Camara	20	Casale Monferrato		V.L. Pesaro		24 July 2021

Competitions

Supercup

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Final

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 23 Malcolm Delaney 8 1 5 SF 31 Shavon Shields 19 5 1 SF 70 Luigi Datome 0 1 0 PF 9 Nicolò Melli 10 10 1 C 42 Kyle Hines 4 6 2 Reserves: PG 13 Sergio Rodríguez 17 2 5 PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 3 1 1 C 19 Paul Biligha DNP SF 21 Riccardo Moraschini 0 0 0 SG 22 Devon Hall 13 6 2 F/C 24 Dinos Mitoglou 8 5 1 SF 40 Davide Alviti 2 3 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

AX Armani Exchange Milano Virtus Segafredo Bologna 0 Milano Statistics Bologna 20/42(47.6%) 2 point field goals 25/41 (61.0%) 11/28 (39.3%) 3 point field goals 8/18 (44.4%) 11/11 (100.0%) Free throws 16/23 (69.6%) 40 Rebounds 28 18 Assists 27 6 Steals 6 11 Turnovers 9 6 Blocks 44

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 6 Alessandro Pajola 14 3 7 SG 3 Marco Belinelli 9 1 2 SF 34 Kyle Weems 10 1 1 PF 8 Kevin Hervey 4 4 1 C 14 Mouhammadou Jaiteh 18 9 3 Reserves: C 0 Amedeo Tessitori 0 2 1 PF 7 Amar Alibegović 13 0 0 PG 11 Michele Ruzzier DNP SG 15 Ty-Shon Alexander 7 2 5 C 20 Matteo Barbieri DNP PG 44 Miloš Teodosić 9 3 6 SF 55 Awudu Abass 6 1 1 Head coach: Sergio Scariolo

Supercup Finals MVP

Alessandro Pajola

Game rules

Game played under FIBA rules.

2021 Italian Supercup champions
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 2nd title

Serie A

EuroCup

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
2	Valencia Basket	18	12	6	1554	1440	+114	Advance to eighthfinals
3	Cedevita Olimpija	18	11	7	1540	1479	+61
4	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	18	11	7	1519	1465	+54
5	Budućnost VOLI	18	10	8	1413	1420	−7
6	Umana Reyer Venezia	18	9	9	1380	1355	+25

Playoffs

Eightfinal

20 April 2022	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	75–67	Lietkabelis	Bologna
20:45	Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 21–20, 17–18, 19–15
EuroLeague TV, Sky Sport, DAZN	Pts: Jaiteh 20 Rebs: Hervey, Shengelia 5 Asts: Shengelia 8 PIR: Weems 22	Boxscore	Pts: Orelik, Radičević 12 Rebs: Maldūnas 9 Asts: Kalaitzakis, Žemaitis 4 PIR: Maldūnas 15	Arena: Segafredo Arena Attendance: 3,517 Referees: Robert Lottermoser, Tomasz Trawicki, Maxime Boubert

Quarterfinal

26 April 2022	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	83–77	ratiopharm Ulm	Bologna
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 18–28, 24–17, 16–15
EuroLeague TV, Sky Sport, DAZN	Pts: Jaiteh 27 Rebs: Jaiteh 11 Asts: Teodosić 8 PIR: Jaiteh 38	Boxscore	Pts: Blossomgame 22 Rebs: Thornwell, Bretzel 8 Asts: Christon 7 PIR: Christon, Krimmer 18	Arena: PalaDozza Attendance: 5,037 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez, Miloš Koljenšić, Eduard Udyanskyy

Semifinal

4 May 2022	Valencia Basket	73–83	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Valencia
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 19–23, 19–12, 16–21
EuroLeague TV, Sky Sport, DAZN	Pts: Rivero 17 Rebs: four players 4 Asts: Hermannsson 7 PIR: López-Arostegui 17	Boxscore	Pts: Shengelia 15 Rebs: Jaiteh 6 Asts: Teodosić 4 PIR: Shengelia 16	Arena: La Fonteta Attendance: 7,224 Referees: Damir Javor, Gytis Vilius, Uroš Nikolić

Final

11 May 2022	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	80–67	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	Bologna
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 16–19, 21–22, 18–14
EuroLeague TV, Sky Sport, DAZN	Pts: Teodosić 21 Rebs: Jaiteh 10 Asts: Pajola 6 PIR: Weems 16	Boxscore	Pts: Dudzinski 14 Rebs: Dudzinski 7 Asts: Andrews, Bitim 3 PIR: Hayes 20	Arena: Segafredo Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Saša Pukl, Anne Panther, Emilio Pérez

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 23 Daniel Hackett 1 5 2 SG 44 Miloš Teodosić 21 1 3 SF 34 Kyle Weems 13 4 2 PF 21 Tornike Shengelia 5 7 2 C 14 Mouhammadou Jaiteh 13 10 1 Reserves: C 0 Amedeo Tessitori 0 1 0 SG 00 Isaïa Cordinier 0 2 0 PG 1 Nico Mannion 0 0 0 SG 3 Marco Belinelli 12 2 3 G 6 Alessandro Pajola 0 1 6 PF 8 Kevin Hervey 4 3 2 PF 25 JaKarr Sampson 11 5 1 Head coach: Sergio Scariolo

Virtus Bologna Bursaspor 0 V. Bologna Statistics Bursaspor 21/39 (53.8%) 2-pt field goals 15/27(55.6%) 9/28 (32.1%) 3-pt field goals 6/26 (23.1%) 11/16 (68.8%) Free throws 19/24 (79.2%) 17 Offensive rebounds 8 27 Defensive rebounds 22 44 Total rebounds 30 22 Assists 11 10 Turnovers 14 8 Steals 2 5 Blocks 2 23 Fouls 20 2021–22 EuroCup champions Virtus Segafredo Bologna (1st title)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Derek Needham 11 2 0 SG 12 Andrew Andrews 6 4 3 SF 10 Onuralp Bitim 12 5 3 PF 23 Dave Dudzinski 14 7 0 C 13 Kevarrius Hayes 6 4 3 Reserves: G/F 0 John Holland 3 1 0 F/C 1 Tarık Sezgün DNP PG 4 Mithat Can Özalp DNP PF 7 Metin Türen 0 2 2 G/F 8 Birkan Batuk DNP PG 9 Ömer Utku Al 3 0 0 F/C 22 Ayberk Olmaz DNP Head coach: Dušan Alimpijević

References

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2. "Virtus, Ruzzier come sesto italiano e cambio degli esterni". bolognabasket.org (in Italian). 5 July 2021.
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5. "MOUHAMMADOU JAITEH NUOVO ACQUISTO DI VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA". virtus.it (in Italian). 20 July 2021.
6. "NICO MANNION IS A NEW PLAYER OF VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA". virtus.it. 10 August 2021.
7. "MARCO CERON IS A NEW PLAYER OF VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA". virtus.it. 13 August 2021.
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