Volley Piacenza
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| Full name | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza | ||
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| Nickname | The Wolves | ||
| Founded | 2018 | ||
| Ground | PalaBanca Piacenza, Italy (Capacity: 3,800) | ||
| Manager | Alberto Giuliani | ||
| League | Italian Volleyball League | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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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.[1] 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,[2] 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
2014
- Italian SuperCup
- 2009
- Italian Championship Serie A2
2002
- Italian Cup Serie A2
- 2002
Team
Team roster – season 2022/2023
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
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| 1 |  Luka Basic |
January 29, 1995 | opposite |
| 2 |  Nicolò Hoffer |
May 6, 2000 | libero |
| 3 | Francesco Recine |
February 7, 1999 | outside hitter |
| 4 | Fabrizio Gironi |
March 18, 2000 | outside hitter |
| 5 |  Roamy Alonso |
July 24, 1997 | middle blocker |
| 6 | Antoine Brizard (C) |
May 22, 1994 | setter |
| 8 |  Ricardo Lucarelli |
February 14, 1992 | outside hitter |
| 9 | Yoandy Leal |
August 31, 1988 | outside hitter |
| 10 | Leonardo Scanferla |
December 4, 1998 | libero |
| 12 | Enrico Cester |
March 16, 1988 | middle blocker |
| 13 | Robertlandy Simón |
June 11, 1987 | middle blocker |
| 17 | Yuri Romanò |
July 26, 1997 | opposite |
| 18 | Edoardo Caneschi |
January 26, 1997 | middle blocker |
| 19 |  Freek De Weijer |
October 30, 1995 | setter |
| Head coach: Lorenzo Bernardi Assistant: Massimo Botti
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| Team roster – season 2021–2022 | |||||
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| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 |  Adis Lagumdzija |
March 29, 1999 | opposite | ||
| 2 |  Aaron Russell |
June 4, 1993 | outside hitter | ||
| 3 | Francesco Recine |
February 7, 1999 | outside hitter | ||
| 4 | Damiano Catania |
March 28, 2001 | libero | ||
| 5 |  Tonček Štern |
November 14, 1995 | opposite | ||
| 6 | Antoine Brizard (C) |
May 22, 1994 | setter | ||
| 7 | Alessandro Tondo |
August 18, 1991 | middle blocker | ||
| 8 | Oleg Antonov |
July 28, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 | Thibault Rossard |
August 28, 1993 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 | Leonardo Scanferla |
December 4, 1998 | libero | ||
| 12 | Enrico Cester |
March 16, 1988 | middle blocker | ||
| 13 | Pierre Pujol |
July 13, 1984 | setter | ||
| 14 | Max Holt |
March 12, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
| 18 | Edoardo Caneschi |
January 26, 1997 | middle blocker | ||
| Head coach: Lorenzo Bernardi
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| Team roster – season 2020–2021 | |||||
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| Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Alberto Polo |
September 7, 1995 | middle blocker | ||
| 2 | Aaron Russell |
June 4, 1993 | outside hitter | ||
| 3 | Marco Izzo |
November 17, 1994 | setter | ||
| 4 | Leonardo Scanferla |
December 4, 1998 | libero | ||
| 5 | Davide Candellaro |
June 7, 1899 | middle blocker | ||
| 7 | Alessandro Tondo |
August 18, 1991 | middle blocker | ||
| 8 | Oleg Antonov |
July 28, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 |  Georg Grozer |
November 27, 1984 | opposite | ||
| 10 | Iacopo Botto |
September 22, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 13 | James Shaw |
March 5, 1994 | opposite | ||
| 14 | Raydel Hierrezuelo |
July 14, 1987 | setter | ||
| 15 | Fabio Fanuli |
February 10, 1985 | libero | ||
| 17 | Trevor Clévenot (C) |
June 28, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
| 21 |  Mohammad Mousavi |
August 22, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
| 23 |  Michal Finger |
September 2, 1993 | opposite | ||
| 25 | Michele Baranowicz |
August 5, 1989 | setter | ||
| Head coach: Alberto Giuliani Assistant: Francesco Cadeddu
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| Team roster – season 2019–2020 | |||||
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| Gas Sales Piacenza | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Riccardo Copelli |
March 16, 1996 | middle blocker | ||
| 2 | Leonardo Scanferla |
December 4, 1998 | libero | ||
| 3 | Alessandro Fei (C) |
November 29, 1978 | opposite | ||
| 4 |  Maximiliano Cavanna |
July 2, 1988 | setter | ||
| 5 | Dick Kooy |
December 3, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 6 |  Igor Yudin |
June 17, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 7 |  Dragan Stanković |
October 18, 1985 | middle blocker | ||
| 9 | Iacopo Botto |
September 22, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 | Matteo Paris |
September 13, 1983 | setter | ||
| 12 |  Alexander Berger |
September 27, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 14 | Alessandro Tondo |
August 18, 1991 | middle blocker | ||
| 15 | Fabio Fanuli |
February 10, 1985 | libero | ||
| 18 | Matteo Pistolesi |
March 14, 1995 | setter | ||
| 20 | Gabriele Nelli |
December 4, 1993 | opposite | ||
| 21 | Petar Krsmanović |
June 21, 1990 | middle blocker | ||
| Head coach: Andrea Gardini Assistant: Fabio Storti
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| 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 | Loris Manià |
January 27, 1979 | libero | ||
| 3 | Simone Parodi |
June 16, 1986 | outside hitter | ||
| 4 | Aimone Alletti |
June 28, 1988 | middle blocker | ||
| 6 | Samuele Papi |
May 20, 1973 | outside hitter | ||
| 7 | Leonel Marshall Jr. |
September 25, 1979 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 |  Georgios Tzioumakas |
January 23, 1995 | outside hitter | ||
| 11 | Hristo Zlatanov |
April 21, 1976 | Outside Hitter | ||
| 12 |  Viktor Yosifov |
October 16, 1985 | middle blocker | ||
| 13 | Luca Tencati |
March 16, 1979 | middle blocker | ||
| 14 | Raydel Hierrezuelo |
July 14, 1987 | setter | ||
| 15 | Fernando Hernandez |
September 11, 1989 | outside hitter | ||
| 17 | Trevor Clévenot |
June 28, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
| 18 | Francesco Cottarelli |
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, 2021–2022 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
- 2020–2022 Oleg Antonov
- 2020–2022 Aaron Russell
- 2021–2022 Tonček Štern
- 2021–2022 Thibault Rossard
References
- ^ Eurotopteam
- ^ CEV Challenge Cup 2012/2013 Final Phase ScoresPro.com