| Club: | Bologna |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Chairman: | Joey Saputo |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Siniša Mihajlović |
| Stadium: | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara |
| League: | Serie A |
| League Result: | 12th |
| Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth round |
| League Topscorer: | Roberto Soriano (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Musa Barrow Riccardo Orsolini Roberto Soriano (9 each) |
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| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 season was the 111th season in existence of Bologna and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Bologna participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.
| Date | Player | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Leonardo Stanzani | Pontedera | N/A | loan until June 2021 | https://www.bolognafc.it/stanzani-al-pontedera-a-titolo-temporaneo/ | ||||
| Luis Binks |  Montreal Impact | N/A | loan until December 2020 | https://www.bolognafc.it/binks-in-prestito-al-montreal-impact/ | ||||
| Elia Visconti | Piacenza | N/A | loan until June 2021 | https://www.bolognafc.it/mazza-al-mantova-visconti-al-piacenza/ | ||||
| Leonardo Mazza | Mantova | N/A | loan until June 2021 | https://www.bolognafc.it/mazza-al-mantova-visconti-al-piacenza/ |
See main article: 2020–21 Serie A.
The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.[4]
See main article: 2020–21 Coppa Italia.
|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=120 | Serie A | width=120 | Coppa Italia | width=120 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Riccardo Orsolini | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 21 | MF | | Roberto Soriano | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 99 | FW | Musa Barrow | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 14 | DF |  | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 32 | MF |  | Mattias Svanberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 55 | MF | | Emanuel Vignato | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | DF |  | Nehuén Paz | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 8 | MF | | Nicolás Domínguez | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 | FW | | Nicola Sansone | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | FW | Andreas Skov Olsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 16 | MF | | Andrea Poli | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 | FW | | Rodrigo Palacio | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 29 | DF | | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 29 | 4 | 33 | ||||||||||||