Editing Bologna FC 1909 (section)

====Serie A====
During the summer of 2008, a club takeover was agreed between Cazzola and an American-based consortium; this was, however, cancelled in the end, following disagreements between the parties, and the club was successively sold to a local group led by new chairman Francesca Menarini, who thus became the second female chairman in the whole Serie A. Arrigoni was confirmed as head coach by the new group, and the start appeared to be particularly impressive, with a surprising 2–1 win at [[San Siro]] against [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] thanks to a winning goal scored by [[Francesco Valiani]]. The next weeks saw Bologna struggling in the league, however, with eight losses in nine matches. A disappointing 5–1 loss to [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]] ultimately led the club management to sack Daniele Arrigoni on 3 November 2008 and appoint [[Siniša Mihajlović]] as new ''rossoblù'' boss.<ref name="mihajlovic_bologna">{{Cite news|publisher=Bologna FC 1909 |url=http://www.bolognafc.it/pagen.asp?c=4915&m=11&l=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090919123831/http://www.bolognafc.it/pagen.asp?c=4915&m=11&l=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 September 2009 |title=Il Bologna a Mihajlovic |date=3 November 2008 |access-date=3 November 2008 |language=it }}</ref>

On 14 April 2009, [[Giuseppe Papadopulo]] was appointed as the new manager, and successfully managed to raise the team spirit avoiding relegation to Serie B only in the last match of the season. In the [[2009–10 Serie A|2009–10 season]], Bologna played in Serie A for the 65th time, and escaped relegation again despite financial issues under new head coach [[Franco Colomba]].

In June 2010, a club takeover was completed, with the club being sold by the Menarini family to [[Sardinia]]n entrepreneur Sergio Porcedda. Franco Colomba was sacked right before the [[2010–11 Serie A|2010–11 season]] opener on 29 August 2010, despite surviving relegation with the team in the 2009–10 season. The president of the club, Sergio Porcedda, said that the decision was made mostly "because he [Colomba] was skeptical of the team."<ref name="bologna_news">{{Cite news|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=818951&sec=europe&cc=5901&campaign=rss&source=soccernet|title=Bologna sack Colomba ahead of Inter game|date=29 August 2010|access-date=3 November 2008|archive-date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023111949/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=818951&sec=europe&cc=5901&campaign=rss&source=soccernet|url-status=dead}}</ref>