Volley Piacenza
LPR Piacenza was 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.
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| Nickname | The Wolves | ||
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| Dissolved | 2018 | ||
| Ground | PalaBanca Piacenza, Italy (Capacity: 3,800) | ||
| Manager | Alberto Giuliani | ||
| League | Italian Volleyball League | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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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 2020/2021 | |||||
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| Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 |  Leonardo Scanferla | December 4, 1998 | libero | ||
| 3 |  Georg Grozer | November 27, 1984 | outside hitter | ||
| 6 | Fabio Fanuli | February 10, 1985 | libero | ||
| 7 | Oleg Antonov | July 28, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 | Michele Baranowicz | August 5, 1989 | setter | ||
| 10 | Iacopo Botto | September 22, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 12 | Alberto Polo | September 7, 1995 | middle blocker | ||
| 13 |  James Shaw | March 5, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
| 14 | Aaron Russell | June 4, 1993 | outside hitter | ||
| 17 |  Trevor Clévenot | June 28, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
| 18 |  [[Raydel Hierrezuelo {{{last}}}|Raydel Hierrezuelo {{{last}}}]] | July 14, 1987 | setter | ||
| 19 | [[Marco Izzo {{{last}}}|Marco Izzo {{{last}}}]] | November 17, 1994 | setter | ||
| 20 | [[Davide Candellaro {{{last}}}|Davide Candellaro {{{last}}}]] | June 7, 1899 | middle blocker | ||
| 21 |  Mohammad Mousavi | August 22, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
| 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 | 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 Ramos | 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
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References
- Eurotopteams
- CEV Challenge Cup 2012/2013 Final Phase ScoresPro.com