Founded | 1982 |
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Dissolved | 2018 |
Ground | PalaBanca Piacenza, Italy (Capacity: 3,700) |
League | Italian Volleyball League |
Volley Piacenza was an Italian professional men's volleyball club based in Piacenza, northern Italy. They played in the Italian Volleyball League. The club ceased to exist in 2018 due to financial problems.[1][2][3]
Although the club reached the Italian 1st division for the first time only in 2002, after have dominated the Italian 2nd division and winning also the Italian Cup, it has already played 9 finals in Italy, including 5 for the Italian Title(winning only in 2009 versus the strong Trento), 2 for the Italian Cup(won in 2013 and lost in 2006) and 2 for the Italian Supercup (beating Macerata 3–2 in 2009 and losing versus the same team in 2014 again after a tie-break). Piacenza played also a Champion's League final, lost 3–2 in Poland versus Russia's Zenit Kazan, 2 Cev Cup finals (again losing twice) and won 2 other European cups: in 2006 the Top Teams Cup, and in 2013 the Challenge Cup, defeating Ural Ufa from Russia with a 3–0 win in both first and second legs of final,[4] achieving also an impressive 12–0 record, without losing a single set. It's among the strongest teams in Italy and also in Europe since 2003.
Achievements
- CEV Champions League
- CEV Cup
- CEV Challenge Cup
- Italian Championship (SuperLega)
- Italian Cup
- Italian SuperCup
- Italian Championship Serie A2
- Italian Cup Serie A2
Team
Team roster – season 2016–2017 | |||||
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LPR Piacenza | |||||
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
Team roster – season 2016–2017 | |||||
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LPR Piacenza | |||||
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
1 | ![]() |
January 27, 1979 | libero | ||
3 | ![]() |
June 16, 1986 | outside hitter | ||
4 | ![]() |
June 28, 1988 | middle blocker | ||
6 | ![]() |
May 20, 1973 | outside hitter | ||
7 | ![]() |
September 25, 1979 | outside hitter | ||
10 | ![]() |
January 23, 1995 | outside hitter | ||
11 | ![]() |
April 21, 1976 | Outside hitter | ||
12 | ![]() |
October 16, 1985 | middle blocker | ||
13 | ![]() |
March 16, 1979 | middle blocker | ||
14 | ![]() |
July 14, 1987 | setter | ||
15 | ![]() |
September 11, 1989 | outside hitter | ||
17 | ![]() |
June 28, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
18 | ![]() |
October 16, 1996 | setter | ||
Head coach: Alberto Giuliani Assistant: Marco Camperi |
Notable players
- 2002–2003
Đula Mešter
- 2003–2004
Simone Rosalba
- 2003–2004
Osvaldo Hernández
- 2003–2007
Nikola Grbić
- 2003–2007, 2008–2010
Leonel Marshall
- 2003–2008
Vigor Bovolenta
- 2004–2005
Anderson Rodrigues
- 2005–2008
Vencislav Simeonov
- 2006–2008
Paolo Cozzi
- 2007–2008
Frantz Granvorka
- 2007–2008
Sérgio Santos
- 2007–2008
Israel Rodríguez
- 2006–2010
João Paulo Bravo
- 2007–2010
Novica Bjelica
- 2007–2010
Dante Boninfante
- 2007–2010, 2014–2015
Marco Meoni
- 2008–2009
Guillermo Falasca
- 2009–2010
Valdir Sequeira
- 2010–2013
Maxwell Holt
- 2011–2012
Vladimir Nikolov
- 2011–2012
Andrey Zhekov
- 2012–2014
Robertlandy Simón
- 2013–2014
Kévin Le Roux
- 2014–2014
Valerio Vermiglio
- 2014–2015
Aleksey Ostapenko
- 2003–2017
Hristo Zlatanov
- 2010–2017
Luca Tencati
- 2011–2017
Samuele Papi
References
- ^ WoV (2015-06-25). "ITA M: Only miracle can save Piacenza, Latina in similar situation". WorldOfVolley. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ WoV (2015-05-06). "FRA M: Narbonne avoids relegation and hires Piacenza's coach". WorldOfVolley. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ WoV (2015-06-27). "ITA M: Zlatanov and Fei packing things for Milano?". WorldOfVolley. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ CEV Challenge Cup 2012/2013 Final Phase ScoresPro.com