Bologna

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Bologna is an Italian baseball club. They play their home games at Stadio Gianni Falchi in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. They won the first Serie A1 title in 1948 and has since claimed titles in 1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1984, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023. They also won the European Cup in 1973, 1985, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2019. After winning the 2013 Cup, they became the first European team invited to the Asia Series, playing in the 2013 Asia Series.

Major leaguers to appear for Bologna have included Eddy Rodriguez, Eddy Garabito, Chris Aguila, Guillermo Rodriguez, Ronny Cedeño and Julio Ramírez. Former NPB players have included G.G. Sato and Katsuhiro Maeda. Italian national team stars to appear for Bologna have included Roberto Bianchi, Davide Dallospedale, Gianmario Costa, David Sheldon, Daniele Frignani, Mark Talarico, Daniel Newman, Giovanni Pantaleoni, Ilo Bartolucci, Franco Tavoni, Gabriele Ermini, Claudio Liverziani, Paolino Ambrosino, Fabio Milano, Riccardo De Santis, Alessandro Vaglio and Alex Sambucci.

They have had many sponsors over the years, leading to their being known during various periods as "Amaro Montenegro Bologna", "Fortitudo Bologna", "Italeri Fortitudo Bologna", "Libertas Bologna", "Montenegro Bologna", "Fortitudo Amaro Montenegro", "Be.Ca. Carni Bologna", "Italeri Bologna", "Biemme Giocattoli Bologna", "Poliedel Fortitudo Bologna", "Biemme Fortitudo Bologna", "Fortitudo Baseball Club", "Unipol Bologna", "Guadianello Bologna" and "Unipolsai Bologna".

Retired Numbers

• 7 - Giovanni Lercker
• 8 - Umberto Calzolari
• 11 - Alfredo Meli
• 20 - Alberto Rinaldi
• 33 - Riccardo Matteucci

Yearly Record in Playoff Era

Year	Record	Manager	Playoffs	European Competition
1986	37-11	Alberto Rinaldi	Semi Final	Runner-Up
1987	30-12	Alberto Rinaldi	Semi Final
1988	34-8	Alberto Rinaldi	Semi Final
1989	26-16		1st Round
1990	34-32
1991	19-17
1992	25-11	Dimes Gamberini	Runner-Up
1993	21-15	Luis Casanova	Semi Final	Runner-Up
1994	32-16	Vincenzo Blanda/Alberto Rinaldi	Semi Final
1995	22-32
1996	17-37
1997	Serie A2	Volfango Valbonesi
1998	17-31	Volfango Valbonesi		3rd Place
1999	23-25	Volfango Valbonesi
2000	26-22	Mauro Mazzotti
2001	39-15	Mauro Mazzotti	Semi Final
2002	39-15	Mauro Mazzotti	Semi Final
2003	42-12	Mauro Mazzotti	Champions
2004	43-11	Mauro Mazzotti	Runner-Up	Runner-Up
2005	35-19	Mauro Mazzotti	Champions
2006	30-18	Marco Nanni	Semi Final	3rd Place
2007	27-15	Marco Nanni	Semi Final
2008	34-8	Marco Nanni	Semi Final
2009	30-12	Marco Nanni	Champions	Runner-Up
2010	25-17	Marco Nanni	Runner-Up	Champions
2011	29-13	Marco Nanni	Semi Final	3rd Place
2012	31-11	Marco Nanni	Semi Final	Champions
2013	28-8	Marco Nanni	Semi Final	Champions
2014	30-8	Marco Nanni	Champions
2015	37-9	Marco Nanni	Runner-Up	Runner-Up
2016	27-9	Daniele Frignani	Champions	3rd Place
2017	25-9	Daniele Frignani	Semi Final	Runner-Up
2018	26-2	Daniele Frignani	Champions	3rd Place
2019	21-3	Daniele Frignani	Champions	Champions
2020	23-6	Daniele Frignani	Champions	Not held due to COVID-19