Bologna have never done things the quiet way. Founded in 1909, champions of Italy seven times — the last title in 1964, still fondly fossilised in every tifo at the Curva Bulgarelli — the rossoblù spent half a century as a yo-yo club before the current decade rebuilt them into something sturdier: a Coppa Italia triumph in 2025 — 1-0 over Milan in the final — back-to-back European qualification, and a reputation as the Serie A side nobody enjoys visiting at the Renato Dall'Ara.
The 2026-27 season, then, was supposed to be the consolidation. Instead it has started with two 1-0 defeats, zero goals and a summer rebuild that replaced the front line — but nobody at the Dall'Ara presses panic buttons in August. This hub tracks the whole campaign: the form, the fix, the fixtures and the shirts. Updated 3 September 2026; squad and season data per FBref and Sportradar records.
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Serie A 2026-27 Hub: All 20 Clubs, Every Kit, One Home →The Start: Two Defeats, One Obvious Problem
Opening weekend, and Lazio left the Dall'Ara with a 1-0 win that stung precisely because Bologna were not bad — they had the territorial play, they just did not have the finish. Seven days later, the same story in Bergamo: 1-0 to Atalanta, another clean sheet against, another afternoon where the rebuild in attack looked like a rebuild in progress.
The context matters. Bologna sold Santiago Castro to Roma and reinvested in Artem Dovbyk, the Ukrainian international striker arriving from the same club, plus Tommaso Pobega from AC Milan to stiffen the midfield. New pieces take weeks to click; the schedule has not helped — Lazio and Atalanta are two of the league's best defences. And the arithmetic is calmer than the mood: after two defeats, a 50-point European-grade target requires 1.39 points per game from the remaining 36 — almost exactly the 1.55 this club averaged across its previous 76 matches. The market's judgement should wait until the autumn, when the fixtures soften and Dovbyk has had pre-season minutes with his new strike partners: Riccardo Orsolini, the club's own star with a decade of moments in his legs, Thijs Dallinga, Jens Odgaard and Nicolò Cambiaghi, with Federico Bernardeschi providing the veteran craft and Lewis Ferguson driving from midfield after his long injury rehabilitation.
| Serie A Snapshot (2 Sep 2026) | |
|---|---|
| Record | P2 W0 D0 L2 - 15th of 20 |
| Goals | 0 scored, 2 conceded (both 1-0 defeats) |
| Results | 0-1 vs Lazio (H), 0-1 at Atalanta (A) |
| Next | Sassuolo (H, 6 Sep), Napoli (A, 13 Sep) |
| Summer Window | Moves |
|---|---|
| In | Artem Dovbyk (Roma), Tommaso Pobega (AC Milan), Mikel Amondarain (Estudiantes) |
| Out | Santiago Castro (Roma) |
| Dugout | Vincenzo Italiano’s two-season project passed to Domenico Tedesco (per FBref and Sportradar season records) |
The short version: two 1-0 losses against top-four quality is a bad start, not a crisis. The attack needs minutes together, the schedule turns kinder from Matchday 3, and this club has spent the decade proving that patience at the Dall'Ara pays compound interest. The shirts, meanwhile, are already worth owning.
The Fixtures That Decide the Autumn
September is where the season gets rescued — or where the alarm grows. Sassuolo at home is the first game Bologna will believe they should win, Napoli away the first heavyweight test of the rebuild, and Torino at home closes the month with a winnable derby atmosphere.
The Shirts: Rossoblù With History
Bologna's red-and-blue halves are among football's most recognisable colour schemes, and this season's range leans into the club's deep bench of characters — past and present. Every shirt is available with custom name and number printing.
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The 2026-27 home is the current-season pick in the classic halves. The Orsolini 7 away carries the club's most reliable big-moment player, and the Immobile 17 home is the cult print — the Serie A legend's Bologna spell immortalised in the title-winning season's design. For the romantics, the Baggio 9 away shirt (€29.90) connects the rossoblù to the most elegant No.9 Italy ever produced, and the kids' home (€35.90) starts the next generation early. More in the Bologna collection.
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Bologna home and away shirts, legend prints and kids' sizes — Fan Edition quality with custom printing, shipped worldwide.
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