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Bologna FC 1909 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Nicola Sansone on £51,000 per week · see the current Bologna FC 1909 wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £653k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £34m
SQUAD SIZE83
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £28k
Then and now
Bologna FC 1909 pay £666,312 a week in 2026/27 — 2% higher than the £653,332 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 13 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Sansone | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | 28 | Left winger, striker | Italy | - | ||
| Roberto Soriano | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 29 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Gary Medel | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 32 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Chile | JUN 2022 | ||
| Andrea Poli | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 30 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Federico Santander | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 29 | Striker | Paraguay | JUN 2022 | ||
| Riccardo Orsolini | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 23 | Right midfielder, right winger | Italy | - | ||
| Rodrigo Palacio | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 38 | Winger, striker | Argentina | JUN 2021 | ||
| Diego Falcinelli | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 29 | Striker | Italy | - | ||
| Lukasz Skorupski | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 29 | Goalkeeper | Poland | - | ||
| Andreas Skov Olsen | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 20 | Right winger | Denmark | JUN 2024 | ||
| Lorenzo De Silvestri | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 32 | Right-back, right midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Adama Soumaoro | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 28 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Mitchell Dijks | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 27 | Left-back, left midfielder | Holland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Ibrahima Mbaye | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 25 | Right-back, right midfielder | Senegal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Danilo | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 36 | Centre-back | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Nicolás Domínguez | £18,000 | £936,000 | 22 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2024 | ||
| Aaron Hickey | £16,000 | £832,000 | 18 | Full-back, left wing-back | Scotland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mattias Svanberg | £15,000 | £780,000 | 21 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Sweden | JUN 2023 | ||
| Paolo Faragò | £15,000 | £780,000 | 27 | Right-back, central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | £13,000 | £676,000 | 21 | Centre-back | Japan | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jerdy Schouten | £13,000 | £676,000 | 23 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Holland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Emanuel Vignato | £12,000 | £624,000 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ângelo da Costa | £11,000 | £572,000 | 36 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Musa Barrow | £7,900 | £410,800 | 21 | Left winger, striker | Gambia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Musa Juwara | £7,900 | £410,800 | 18 | Winger, striker | Gambia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Andri Fannar Baldursson | £4,500 | £234,000 | 18 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Iceland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Sebastian Breza | £902 | £46,904 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Canada | JUN 2023 | ||
| Federico Ravaglia | £872 | £45,344 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Edoardo Vergani | £829 | £43,108 | 19 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Dion Ruffo Luci | £696 | £36,192 | 19 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Simone Rabbi | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | Winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Emanuele Acampora | £547 | £28,444 | 19 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Giorgio Grieco | £527 | £27,404 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Nicola Farinelli | £512 | £26,624 | 19 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Valentin Antov | £500 | £26,000 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Bulgaria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ari Sigurpálsson | £474 | £24,648 | 17 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Iceland | - | ||
| Nicolò Milani | £372 | £19,344 | 19 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Simone Fabretti | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Right winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Riccardo Stivanello | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Left-back | Italy | - | ||
| Nicola Bagnolini | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | - | ||
| Luca Cavina | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Riccardo Montalbani | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Left-back | Italy | - | ||
| Leandro Paiva | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Centre-back | Portugal | - | ||
| Nassim Akki | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Centre-back | Morocco | JUN 2021 | ||
| Samuele Armaroli | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Right-back | Italy | - | ||
| Augustine Ofoasi | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Ghana | - | ||
| Pablo Giulio Zaffi | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Left midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Federico Corsi | £233 | £12,116 | 15 | Right midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Andrea Viviani | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Federico Cricca | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mattias Rocchi | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Alessandro Roma | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Samuel Maltoni | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Andrea Mazia | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Kasper Paananen | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Striker | Finland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Gennaro Anatriello | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Right winger, striker | Italy | - | ||
| Thomas Cossalter | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Filippo Longhi | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | - | ||
| Mattia Motolese | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | - | ||
| Mattia Pagliuca | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Left winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Manuel Rossi | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Left midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Omar Khailoti | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Centre-back | Morocco | JUN 2021 | ||
| Tommaso Corazza | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Right-back | Italy | - | ||
| Marco Molla | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Albania | JUN 2022 | ||
| Antonio Prisco | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Flavio Di Dio | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Alex Arnofoli | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Matteo Montebugnoli | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Simone Campagna | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Antonio Raimondo | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Striker | Italy | - | ||
| Nicolò Cudini | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Siniša Tanjga | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Centre-back | Serbia | - | ||
| Nicolò Albieri | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | - | ||
| Riccardo Pietrelli | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Filippo Carrettucci | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jacopo Casadei | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Giovanni Busato | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Winger, striker | Italy | - | ||
| Alessandro Pietrelli | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Raffaele Maresca | £201 | £10,452 | 17 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Botond Bartha | £159 | £8,268 | 17 | Central midfielder | Hungary | - | ||
| Federico Tosi | £139 | £7,228 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Matteo Lombardi | £139 | £7,228 | 16 | Right winger | Italy | - | ||
| Hlynur Freyr Karlsson | £10 | £520 | 16 | Central midfielder | Iceland | OCT 2023 | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
57 Under £1k 3%
£1k-£2k
1 £2k-£5k 1%
2 £5k-£10k 2%
9 £10k-£25k 21%
14 £25k-£100k 73%
Top 5 earners took 33% of the squad wage bill, across the 83 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bologna FC 1909 wages, 2020/21
What was Bologna FC 1909's wage bill in 2020/21?
Bologna FC 1909 paid £653,332 a week in 2020/21 - £33,973,264 across the year - spread over a squad of 83. We hold a wage for all 83 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bologna FC 1909 player in 2020/21?
Nicola Sansone was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £51,000 a week, 1.8x the 22+ squad average of £27,995.
What was the average Bologna FC 1909 salary in 2020/21?
The average Bologna FC 1909 player aged 22 or over earned £27,995 a week in 2020/21, across the 19 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 83. The top five earners took 33% of the bill between them.
How do Bologna FC 1909's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Bologna FC 1909 pay £666,312 a week in 2026/27, 2% higher than the £653,332 of 2020/21. The current squad is 82 players against 83 then.