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{{Short description|Italian volleyball club}}
{{Update|date=March 2020}}
{{See also|You Energy Volley}}
{{Infobox volleyball club
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| founded = 1982
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| dissolved = 2018
| ground = PalaBanca<br> [[Piacenza]], Italy
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|founded = 2018
| capacity = 3,700
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|manager = [[Alberto Giuliani]]
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'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=WoV |date=2015-06-25 |title=ITA M: Only miracle can save Piacenza, Latina in similar situation |url=https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/italy/54241/ita-m-only-miracle-can-save-piacenza-latina-in-similar-situation.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=WorldOfVolley |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=WoV |date=2015-05-06 |title=FRA M: Narbonne avoids relegation and hires Piacenza’s coach |url=https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/france/51760/fra-m-narbonne-avoids-relegation-and-hires-piacenzas-coach.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=WorldOfVolley |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=WoV |date=2015-06-27 |title=ITA M: Zlatanov and Fei packing things for Milano? |url=https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/italy/54337/ita-m-zlatanov-and-fei-packing-things-for-milano.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=WorldOfVolley |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Copra Morpho Piacenza 03-10-2010.jpg|thumb|250px|Piacenza team in October 2010.]]

'''Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza''' is a professional Italian [[volleyball]] team based in [[Piacenza]], northern Italy. It plays in [[Italian Volleyball League]].
Piacenza is ranked 17th (as of October 2016) in the Men's European clubs ranking.<ref>[http://www.eurotopteam.com/volleyball/club.php Eurotopteam]</ref> 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,<ref>[http://www.scorespro.com/volleyball/europe/cev-challenge-cup/2012-2013/final-phase/ CEV Challenge Cup 2012/2013 Final Phase] ScoresPro.com</ref> 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.
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,<ref>[http://www.scorespro.com/volleyball/europe/cev-challenge-cup/2012-2013/final-phase/ CEV Challenge Cup 2012/2013 Final Phase] ScoresPro.com</ref> 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==
==Achievements==
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==Team==
==Team==
'''''Team roster – season 2022–2023'''''
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
|-
!style="width:5em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#E90006"|No.
!style="width:15em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#E90006"|Name
!style="width:15em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#E90006"|Date of birth
!style="width:10em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#E90006"|Position
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Luka Basic]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1995|01|29}}||opposite
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nicolò Hoffer]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|2000|05|06}}||libero
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Recine]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1999|2|7}}||outside hitter
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabrizio Gironi]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|2000|03|18}}||outside hitter
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Roamy Alonso]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1997|07|24}}||middle blocker
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antoine Brizard]] ({{Tooltip|C|Captain}})||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1994|5|22}}||setter
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ricardo Lucarelli]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1992|02|14}}||outside hitter
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Yoandy Leal]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1988|08|31}}||outside hitter
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Leonardo Scanferla]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1998|12|04}}||libero
|-
| 12 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Enrico Cester]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1988|3|16}}||middle blocker
|-
| 13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Robertlandy Simón]]||align=right|{{Birth date and age|1987|6|11}}||middle blocker
|-
| 16 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Yuri Romanò]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1997|07|26}}||opposite
|-
| 18 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Edoardo Caneschi]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1997|1|26}}||middle blocker
|-
| 19 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Freek De Weijer]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1995-10-30}}||setter
|-
|colspan=4| Head coach: {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lorenzo Bernardi]]
|}
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
! colspan=6 | Team roster – season 2021–2022
|-
!style="width:5em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#E90006"|No.
!style="width:15em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#E90006"|Name
!style="width:15em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#E90006"|Date of birth
!style="width:10em; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#E90006"|Position
|-
| {{sort|01|1}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Adis Lagumdzija]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1999|3|29}}||opposite
|-
| {{sort|02|2}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Aaron Russell]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1993|6|4}}||outside hitter
|-
| {{sort|03|3}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Recine]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1999|2|7}}||outside hitter
|-
| {{sort|04|4}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Damiano Catania]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|2001|3|28}}||libero
|-
| {{sort|05|5}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Tonček Štern]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1995|11|14}}||opposite
|-
| {{sort|06|6}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antoine Brizard]] ({{Tooltip|C|Captain}})||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1994|5|22}}||setter
|-
| {{sort|07|7}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Alessandro|Tondo}}||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1991|8|18}}||middle blocker
|-
| {{sort|08|8}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Oleg Antonov (volleyball)|Oleg Antonov]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1988|7|28}}||outside hitter
|-
| {{sort|09|9}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thibault Rossard]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1993|8|28}}||outside hitter
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Leonardo Scanferla]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1998|12|04}}||libero
|-
| 12 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Enrico Cester]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1988|3|16}}||middle blocker
|-
| 13 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Pujol]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1984|7|13}}||setter
|-
| 14 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Maxwell Holt|Max Holt]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1987|3|12}}||middle blocker
|-
| 18 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Edoardo Caneschi]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date and age|1997|1|26}}||middle blocker
|-
|colspan=4| Head coach: {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lorenzo Bernardi]]
|}

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
! colspan=6 | Team roster – season 2020–2021
|-
! colspan=6 | Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza
|-
!No.
!style="width:15em"|Name
!style="width:13em"|Date of birth
!style="width:10em"|Position
|-
| {{sort|01|1}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alberto Polo]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date |1995|9|7}}||middle blocker
|-
| {{sort|02|2}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Aaron Russell]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1993|6|4}}||outside hitter
|-
| {{sort|03|3}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Marco|Izzo}}||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1994|11|17}}||setter
|-
| {{sort|04|4}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Leonardo Scanferla]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1998|12|04}}||libero
|-
| {{sort|05|5}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Davide|Candellaro}}||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1899|6|7}}||middle blocker
|-
| {{sort|07|7}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Alessandro|Tondo}}||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1991|8|18}}||middle blocker
|-
| {{sort|08|8}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Oleg Antonov (volleyball)|Oleg Antonov]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1988|7|28}}||outside hitter
|-
| {{sort|09|9}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Georg Grozer]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1984|11|27}}||opposite
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Iacopo Botto]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1987|9|22}}||outside hitter
|-
| 13 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[James Shaw (volleyball)|James Shaw]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1994|3|5}}||opposite
|-
| 14 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|CUB}} {{sortname|Raydel|Hierrezuelo}}||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1987|7|14}}||setter
|-
| 15 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Fanuli]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date |1985|2|10}}||libero
|-
| 17 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Trévor Clévenot|Trevor Clévenot]] ({{Tooltip|C|Captain}})||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1994|6|28}}||outside hitter
|-
| 21 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Mousavi (volleyball)|Mohammad Mousavi]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1987|08|22}}||middle blocker
|-
| 23 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|CZE}} {{sortname|Michal|Finger}}||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1993|9|2}}||opposite
|-
| 25 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Michele Baranowicz]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1989|8|5}}||setter
|-
|colspan=4| Head coach: {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alberto Giuliani]]<br>Assistant: {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Cadeddu]]
|}

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
! colspan=6 | Team roster – season 2019–2020
|-
! colspan=6 | Gas Sales Piacenza
|-
!No.
!style="width:15em"|Name
!style="width:13em"|Date of birth
!style="width:10em"|Position
|-
| {{sort|01|1}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Riccardo Copelli]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1996|3|16}}||middle blocker
|-
| {{sort|02|2}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Leonardo Scanferla]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1998|12|04}}||libero
|-
| {{sort|03|3}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Fei (volleyball)|Alessandro Fei]] ({{Tooltip|C|Captain}})||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1978|11|29}}||opposite
|-
| {{sort|04|4}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Maximiliano Cavanna]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1988|7|2}}||setter
|-
| {{sort|05|5}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Dick Kooy]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1987|12|3}}||outside hitter
|-
| {{sort|06|6}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Igor Yudin]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1987|6|17}}||outside hitter
|-
| {{sort|07|7}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Dragan Stanković]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1985|10|18}}||middle blocker
|-
| {{sort|09|9}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Iacopo Botto]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1987|9|22}}||outside hitter
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Matteo Paris]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1983|9|13}}||setter
|-
| 12 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Berger]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1988|9|27}}||outside hitter
|-
| 14 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Alessandro|Tondo}}||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1991|8|18}}||middle blocker
|-
| 15 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Fanuli]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1985|2|10}}||libero
|-
| 18 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Matteo Pistolesi]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1995|3|14}}||setter
|-
| 20 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gabriele Nelli]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1993|12|4}}||opposite
|-
| 21 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Petar Krsmanović]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1990|6|21}}||middle blocker
|-
|colspan=4| Head coach: {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Gardini]]<br>Assistant: {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Storti]]
|}


{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
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| 10 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Georgios Tzioumakas]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1995|1|23}}||outside hitter
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Georgios Tzioumakas]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1995|1|23}}||outside hitter
|-
|-
| 11 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Hristo Zlatanov]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date |1976|4|21}}||Outside Hitter
| 11 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Hristo Zlatanov]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date |1976|4|21}}||Outside hitter
|-
|-
| 12 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Viktor Yosifov]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date |1985|10|16}}||middle blocker
| 12 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Viktor Yosifov]]||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date |1985|10|16}}||middle blocker
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==Notable players==
==Notable players==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|
* '''2002–2003''' {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Đula Mešter]]
* '''2002–2003''' {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Đula Mešter]]
* '''2003–2004''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Simone Rosalba]]
* '''2003–2004''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Simone Rosalba]]
* '''2003–2004''' {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Osvaldo Hernández]]
* '''2003–2004''' {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Osvaldo Hernández]]
* '''2003–2007''' {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nikola Grbić]]
* '''2003–2007''' {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nikola Grbić]]
* '''2003–2007<br />2008–2010''' {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Leonel Marshall Jr.|Leonel Marshall]]
* '''2003–2007, 2008–2010''' {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Leonel Marshall Jr.|Leonel Marshall]]
* '''2003–2008''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Vigor Bovolenta]]
* '''2003–2008''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Vigor Bovolenta]]
* '''2004–2005''' {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Anderson Rodrigues (volleyball)|Anderson Rodrigues]]
* '''2004–2005''' {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Anderson Rodrigues (volleyball)|Anderson Rodrigues]]
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* '''2007–2010''' {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novica Bjelica]]
* '''2007–2010''' {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novica Bjelica]]
* '''2007–2010''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Dante Boninfante]]
* '''2007–2010''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Dante Boninfante]]
* '''2007–2010<br />2014–2015''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Meoni]]
* '''2007–2010, 2014–2015''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Meoni]]
* '''2008–2009''' {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Guillermo Falasca]]
* '''2008–2009''' {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Guillermo Falasca]]
* '''2009–2010''' {{flagicon|POR}} [[Valdir Sequeira]]
* '''2009–2010''' {{flagicon|POR}} [[Valdir Sequeira]]
* '''2010–2013''', {{flagicon|USA}} [[Maxwell Holt]]
* '''2010–2013''' {{flagicon|USA}} [[Maxwell Holt]]
* '''2011–2012''' {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Vladimir Nikolov (volleyball)|Vladimir Nikolov]]
* '''2011–2012''' {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Vladimir Nikolov (volleyball)|Vladimir Nikolov]]
* '''2011–2012''' {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Andrey Zhekov]]
* '''2011–2012''' {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Andrey Zhekov]]
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* '''2014–2014''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valerio Vermiglio]]
* '''2014–2014''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valerio Vermiglio]]
* '''2014–2015''' {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksey Ostapenko]]
* '''2014–2015''' {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksey Ostapenko]]
|
* '''2003–2017''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Hristo Zlatanov]]
* '''2003–2017''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Hristo Zlatanov]]
* '''2010–2017''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Tencati]]
* '''2010–2017''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Tencati]]
* '''2011–2017''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Samuele Papi]]
* '''2011–2017''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Samuele Papi]]
{{div col end}}
* '''2020–2022''' {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Oleg Antonov (volleyball)|Oleg Antonov]]
* '''2020–2022''' {{flagicon|USA}} [[Aaron Russell]]
* '''2021–2022''' {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Tonček Štern]]
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Volleyball clubs in Italy]]
== External links ==
* [https://www.gassalespiacenza.it/ Official website]

{{Italian Volleyball League}}

[[Category:Italian volleyball clubs]]
[[Category:Sport in Piacenza]]
[[Category:Sport in Piacenza]]
[[Category:Volleyball clubs established in 1982]]
[[Category:Volleyball clubs disestablished in 2018]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in Italy]]
[[Category:2018 disestablishments in Italy]]

Latest revision as of 17:29, 13 May 2023

See also: You Energy Volley
Volley Piacenza
Founded1982
Dissolved2018
GroundPalaBanca
Piacenza, Italy
(Capacity: 3,700)
LeagueItalian 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

[edit]

Team

[edit]

Notable players

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ WoV (2015-06-25). "ITA M: Only miracle can save Piacenza, Latina in similar situation". WorldOfVolley. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  2. ^ WoV (2015-05-06). "FRA M: Narbonne avoids relegation and hires Piacenza's coach". WorldOfVolley. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  3. ^ WoV (2015-06-27). "ITA M: Zlatanov and Fei packing things for Milano?". WorldOfVolley. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. ^ CEV Challenge Cup 2012/2013 Final Phase ScoresPro.com
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