Imoco Volley

Imoco Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Conegliano and currently playing in the Serie A1.

Imoco Volley
Full nameImoco Volley Conegliano
NicknamePantere (Panthers)
Founded2012
GroundPalaVerde, Treviso, Italia
(Capacity: 5,134)
Chairman Piero Garbellotto
Head coach Daniele Santarelli
Captain Joanna Wołosz
LeagueSerie A1
2016–171st (Playoff semifinalists)
WebsiteClub home page
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History
2014-2015 Imoco Volley Conegliano

The club was founded on 15 March 2012, two months after the bankruptcy of Spes Volley the other volleyball team in Conegliano.[1] In April 2012, it acquired a Serie A1 licence from Parma Volley Girls, that meant the club started playing directly at the highest Italian league.[2] It has been playing under the name Imoco Volley Conegliano since its foundation in 2012.

The club won the Serie A1 for the first time in 2015–16, winning the Italian Super Cup a few months later on 8 December 2016.[3]

On 5 March 2017, the club won the Coppa Italia for the first time after beating Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena 3–0 in the final.[4]

In December 2019 the club won the Women's Club World Championship.[5]

In 2020, the Imoco Volley won its second Coppa Italia. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, both the Serie A1 and the CEV Champions League were untimely cancelled. The Imoco Volley, with its new name A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano, reached, along with the VakıfBank, the semi-finals of the CEV Champions League after winning all its matches, but it could not play them[6]; it was declared winner of the regular season of the Serie A1, but no team was declared winner of the 2019-20 Italian championship.[7] [8] It ended the 2019-20 season by winning three of its five goals: the Italian Supercup, the Women's Club World Championship in Shaoxing and the Coppa Italia.

All the starting seven of the club decided to renew their contracts for the 2020-21 season, after their wins in the previous season and the cancellation of the finals of the Serie A1 and the CEV Champions League (the only major title never won by the club). More than half of the current players of the Imoco Volley are part of the starting seven of the Italian national team, runner-up at the 2018 World Championship. The others are champions such as the Dutch Robin de Kruijf, the Polish setter Joanna Wołosz and the American Kimberly Hill. The club renewed all the other players excepting Giulia Gennari, according to its policy to have many young new talents along with top players of the volleyball. The new team has three players who are under the age of 20 years, one has less than 18 years, the Italian Oghosasere Loveth Omoruyi. Sarah Fahr, who is not part of the starting roster, has already won a silver medal at the 2018 World Championship and a bronze medal at the 2019 European Championship with the Italian national team.

Team

Season 2020–2021[9]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Lara Caravello Libero 1.76 (1994-05-04) 4 May 1994
3 Lucille Gicquel Opposite 1.89 69 (1997-11-13) 13 November 1997
4 Božana Butigan Middle Blocker 1.90 78 (2000-08-19) 19 August 2000
5 Robin de Kruijf Middle Blocker 1.93 79 (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991
7 Raphaela Folie Middle Blocker 1.85 69 (1991-03-07) 7 March 1991
9 Oghosasere Loveth Omoruyi Outside Hitter 1.84 75 (2002-08-25) 25 August 2002
10 Monica De Gennaro Libero 1.72 63 (1987-01-08) 8 January 1987
11 McKenzie Adams Outside Hitter 1.92 (1992-02-13) 13 February 1992
13 Giulia Gennari Setter 1.84 63 (1996-06-23) 23 June 1996
14 Joanna Wołosz Setter 1.81 65 (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990
15 Kimberly Hill Outside Hitter 1.93 68 (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989
17 Miriam Sylla Outside Hitter 1.84 80 (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995
18 Paola Egonu Opposite 1.89 79 (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998
19 Sarah Fahr Middle Blocker 1.94 84 (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001



Season 2019–2020[10][11]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Indre Sorokaite Opposite 1.86 81 (1988-07-02) 2 July 1988
5 Robin de Kruijf Middle Blocker 1.93 79 (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991
6 Jennifer Geerties Outside Hitter 1.86 56 (1994-04-05) 5 April 1994
7 Raphaela Folie Middle Blocker 1.85 69 (1991-03-07) 7 March 1991
8 Eleonora Fersino Libero 1.69 60 (2000-01-24) 24 January 2000
9 Alexandra Botezat Middle Blocker 1.96 75 (1998-08-03) 3 August 1998
10 Monica De Gennaro Libero 1.72 63 (1987-01-08) 8 January 1987
11 Chiaka Ogbogu Middle Blocker 1.89 73 (1995-04-15) 15 April 1995
12 Terry Enweonwu Opposite 1.86 86 (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000
13 Giulia Gennari Setter 1.84 63 (1996-06-23) 23 June 1996
14 Joanna Wołosz Setter 1.81 65 (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990
15 Kimberly Hill Outside Hitter 1.93 68 (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989
17 Miriam Sylla Outside Hitter 1.84 80 (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995
18 Paola Egonu Opposite 1.89 79 (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998

Current coaching staff
 Italy Daniele Santarelli Head coach
 Italy Alessio Simone (1976-03-27) 27 March 1976 Vice coach
 Italy Valerio Lionetti (1985-07-07) 7 July 1985 Coach assistant
 Italy Milo Zanardo Coach assistant
 Italy Elia Laise Statistics officer
 Italy Terry Rosini Athletic trainer
 Italy Luca Vaccario Doctor
 Italy Vito Lamberti Doctor
 Italy Claudio Dalla Torre Doctor
 Italy Alberto Vascellari Orthopedist
 Italy Antonio Poser Physiotherapist
 Italy Carlo Stefano Ramponi Physiotherapist
 Italy Davide Venturin Physiotherapist

Honours
2019
2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Coppa Italia: 2
2016–17, 2019-20
  • Italian Supercup: 3
2016, 2018, 2019
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References
  1. "Imoco Volley, è fatta Scatta ora la caccia al titolo per la Serie A". La Tribuna di Treviso (in Italian). Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  2. Rosa, Alberto (26 April 2012). "Imoco compra il Parma Conegliano può rinascere". La Tribuna di Treviso (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. "La Supercoppa Samsung Gear S3 è dell'Imoco Volley Conegliano". Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian). 8 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. "Coppa Italia: vince l'Imoco Volley". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. "Women's Club World Championship - Results". Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  6. ""The CEV Champions League Volley 2020 - Women has ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to the CEV Board of Administration decision taken on 23.04.2020"". CEV. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. "L'Assemblea dei Club di Serie A Femminile vota per la conclusione anticipata della stagione: Imoco proclamata vincitrice della Regular Season, stop alle retrocessioni. Su Facebook l'intervista al presidente Fabris". Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian). 6 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  8. ""Conclusa l'attività sportiva per la stagione 2019-2020"". Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (in Italian). 8 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  9. "Roster Imoco Volley 2020-". Imoco Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  10. "2018-19 Team". Imoco Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  11. "Imoco Volley Conegliano 2017-18 Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  12. "2018-19 Team". Imoco Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  13. "Imoco Volley Conegliano 2017-18 Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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