
It was a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for Stefano Pioli last season, as he shrugged off the ignominy of being sacked by Palermo in pre-season to guide Bologna – who were bottom of the League with one measly point when he arrived – to their highest Serie A finish for a decade. A 3-4-2-1 proponent, the 46-year-old specialised in eye catching results away to the big boys, snatching points from Inter, Milan, Roma, Lazio and Napoli.
| 1 | Gianluca Curci | G |
| 22 | Filippo Lombardi | G |
| 25 | Federico Agliardi | G |
| 32 | Dejan Stojanovic | G |
| 2 | Marco Maini | D |
| 3 | Archimede Morleo | D |
| 5 | Mikael Antonsson | D |
| 8 | György Garics | D |
| 11 | Marco Motta | D |
| 14 | Cesare Natali | D |
| 21 | Nicolò Cherubin | D |
| 31 | Uros Radakovic | D |
| 34 | Ruben Palomeque | D |
| 43 | Frederik Sorensen | D |
| 44 | Naldo | D |
| 45 | Roger Carvalho | D |
| 4 | René Krhin | M |
| 6 | Saphir Sliti Taider | M |
| 13 | Nico Pulzetti | M |
| 15 | Diego Perez | M |
| 17 | Tiberio Guarente | M |
| 20 | Mathías Abero | M |
| 28 | Martí Riverola | M |
| 30 | Michele Pazienza | M |
| 33 | Panagiotis Kone | M |
| 9 | Davide Moscardelli | A |
| 10 | Alberto Gilardino | A |
| 18 | Manolo Gabbiadini | A |
| 19 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | A |
| 23 | Alessandro Diamanti | A |
| 24 | Daniele Paponi | A |
| 26 | Luca Veratti | A |
| 29 | Alessandro Capello | A |
| 77 | Cristian Pasquato | A |