Bologna are as soon as once more difficult for Champions League locations after profitable the Coppa Italia, as administrators insist ‘it began with Sinisa Mihajlovic’ shifting by Thiago Motta and Vincenzo Italiano.
The Rossoblu have been below the steering of President Joey Saputo since 2017 and constructed , culminating in victory over AC Milan within the Coppa Italia Ultimate final season, ending a 51-year trophy drought.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – OCTOBER 05: Vincenzo Italiano, Head Coach of Bologna FC 1909, seems on previous to the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Pisa SC at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on October 05, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)
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“There are eras in sport and ours began with the arrival of Mihajlovic,”
“That’s when the outcomes started to come back in and we elevated the investments too. When Giovanni Sartori got here in 2022 and constructed his employees, gamers arrived who allowed the mission to develop, benefiting from the work from Thiago Motta after which Italiano.
“It’s pleasing to be aggressive in Serie A and Europe, we’re in positions that Bologna weren’t accustomed to.”
Mihajlovic took over the Bologna job in January 2019 and was fired in September 2022, simply three months earlier than his loss of life from leukaemia, an sickness he had battled for lengthy spells throughout his tenure.
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Bologna going from power to power
ROME, ITALY – MAY 14: Lewis Ferguson, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Riccardo Orsolini of Bologna carry the Coppa Italia trophy as their crew mates have a good time after the crew’s victory within the Coppa Italia Ultimate match between AC Milan and Bologna at Stadio Olimpico on Could 14, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photographs)
Thiago Motta took them to fifth place in Serie A and Champions League qualification, whereas Italiano gained the Coppa Italia final time period.
consolidated their standing as a crew to be reckoned with.
“Italiano introduced his imaginative and prescient of soccer, a really intense and attacking model, trendy and European. His expertise was having the ability to get a crew that had carried out effectively to simply accept his adjustments,” continued Fenucci.
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“The coach and his employees are bettering the gamers, which is considered one of our strengths, as a result of Bologna can not afford to purchase gamers already at their peak.”
Though they’re doing effectively within the Europa League and Serie A, it is usually a significant problem to maintain up this type of momentum.
“We’re accustomed to viewing the scenario with realism. We gained’t make predictions on seasonal targets, however let’s simply say that we’d gladly write bonuses into participant contracts for outcomes. If we take into consideration all that we will have sooner or later, we’d get distracted from the current. We need to preserve the passion going within the metropolis, one recreation at a time.”