Volley Piacenza

Copra Piacenza

File:CopraLogo.jpg
Nickname	The Wolves
Ground	Pala Banca Piacenza Italy (Capacity: 3.800)
Manager	Andrea Radici
League	Italian Volleyball League
Website	Club home page
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Copra Piacenza is a professional Volleyball team based in Piacenza, Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League. 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 loosing 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, with an impressive 12-0 record, without losing a single set. It's among the strongest teams in Italy and also in Europe since 2003.

Roster 2014/2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	{{{pos}}}	ITA	Andrea Radici (head coach)
3	{{{pos}}}	ITA	Davide Marra
4	{{{pos}}}	CUB	Raydel Poey
5	{{{pos}}}	POR	Rodrigues Tavares
6	{{{pos}}}	ITA	Samuele Papi
7	{{{pos}}}	USA	Robert Page
8	{{{pos}}}	BRA	Mario Jr.
9	{{{pos}}}	NED	Thjis Ter Horst

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	{{{pos}}}	ITA	Aimone Alletti
11	{{{pos}}}	ITA	Hristo Zlatanov (captain)
12	{{{pos}}}	ITA	Jacopo Massari
13	{{{pos}}}	ITA	Luca Tencati
17	{{{pos}}}	RUS	Alexej Ostapenko
18	{{{pos}}}	ITA	Valerio Vermiglio
19	{{{pos}}}	SVK	Emmanuel Kohut

Palmares

• CEV Champions League
  • Runner up : 2008
• CEV Cup
  • Runner up : 2004, 2007
• CEV Top Teams Cup (1)
  • Winner : 2006
• Italian Championship (1)
  • Winner : 2009
  • Runner up : 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013
• Italian Cup (1)
  • Winner : 2014
  • Runner up : 2006
• Italian Supercup (1)
  • Winner : 2009
• CEV Challenge Cup (1)
  • Winner : 2013