Volley Piacenza
LPR 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.
Nickname | The Wolves | ||
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Ground | PalaBanca Piacenza, Italy (Capacity: 3,800) | ||
Manager | Alberto Giuliani | ||
League | Italian Volleyball League | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Achievements
- CEV Champions League
- CEV Cup
2006
- CEV Challenge Cup
- Italian Championship (SuperLega)
2009 2007, 2008, 2013
- Italian Cup
2014
- Italian SuperCup
2009
- Italian Championship Serie A2
2002
- Italian Cup Serie A2
2002
Team
Team roster - season 2017/2018 | |||||
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Wixo 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 4, 1998 | libero | |||
7 | September 25, 1979 | outside hitter | |||
9 | August 5, 1989 | setter | |||
10 | August 25, 1991 | outside hitter | |||
12 | October 16, 1985 | middle blocker | |||
13 | July 19, 1993 | outside hitter | |||
14 | November 29, 1978 | outside hitter | |||
17 | June 28, 1994 | outside hitter | |||
18 | October 16, 1996 | setter | |||
Head coach: Alberto Giuliani Assistant: Francesco Cadeddu |
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
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References
- Eurotopteams
- CEV Challenge Cup 2012/2013 Final Phase ScoresPro.com