Pisa Vs Bologna: 103 years of meetings from November 4, 1923 to August 18th, 2019
One hundred and three years after the first clash under the Leaning Tower, the pisa vs bologna rivalry still reads like a ledger of extremes: a 2-1 opening victory on November 4, 1923, heavy defeats in the 1920s and decisive moments that sent Bologna back to Serie A on June 1st, 2008.
Pisa and the early shocks: 1923 and the heavy losses
The first recorded meeting on November 4, 1923 ended in a somewhat surprising 2-1 victory for the Nerazzurri. In the decades that followed, Pisa endured a string of severe defeats — scores listed as 5-0, 0-6 and 7-0 — while Bologna, buoyed by the Felsner and Schiavio squads, established a dominant run at home and abroad.
Pisa Vs Bologna: flashes from across decades
The nostalgic archive highlights three blitzes between the 1980s and 1990s: a 0-1 Serie B win in 1992 with Türkyilmaz starring, a 0-2 Serie A victory in 1988 under the Lorenzo-Marronaro banner, and a 2-3 Serie B rollercoaster in 1987 decided by Quaggiotto, Luppi and Pradella. Those matches remain among the most cited results in the long head-to-head file.
Coppa Italia night and the road back to the top
One of the more recent, vivid entries came on August 18th in the third round of the Coppa Italia, when Bologna dispatched Pisa with goals from Palacio, Poli and Orsolini; that match is recorded from the summer of 2019. Earlier, on June 1st, 2008, a penalty by Andrea Costa is noted as the decisive strike that brought Bologna back to Serie A at the close of that season.
Moments at the Dall'Ara and key draws
Other landmarks in the rivalry include a 4-0 victory at the Dall'Ara on October 5th and the penultimate episode at the Arena in the summer of 2019, when Sinisa followed his squad streaming while hospitalized. The archive also recalls a 0-0 draw set in stone during the halfway point of a season, a match where Terzi and Castellini were credited with neutralizing an attacking Pisa side featuring Ventura, Cerci and Castillo.
The retrospective assembled in this account ranges from the first match on November 4, 1923 through the summer of 2019, with standout dates including June 1st, 2008 and August 18th, 2019. For readers tracking the rivalry, the piece leaves the record at that August 18th Coppa Italia meeting as the most recent documented confrontation in the collection.
