# Volley Talmassons

Volley Talmassons is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Talmassons, in the province of Udine. The team currently plays in the Serie A1, Italy's highest professional league.

## Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club has competed under the following names:
* CDA Volley Talmassons (–2023)
* CDA Volley Talmassons FVG (2023–present)

## History

Volley Talmassons was founded in 1991, but it was not registered in the Italian volleyball federation (FIPAV) until 1993. The club started playing in the provincial second division, but advanced to the provincial first division in 2001. In 2003, Volley Talmassons was promoted to Serie D and the following season the club was promoted again, now to Serie C.
In 2012, Volley Talmassons finished second in the promotion pool of Serie C and the club moved up to Serie B2. After playing in Serie B2 for three seasons, Volley Talmassons won pool D in the 2014–2015 season of the division and advanced to Serie B1.
In 2019, Volley Talmassons reached Serie A2 by winning pool B in the 2018–2019 season of Serie B1. With that, Talmassons became the smallest municipality in Italy to have a team in Serie A2. Five years later, in 2024, Volley Talmassons won the play-off finals in Serie A2 and the club was promoted to the top league in Italy, Serie A1.

## Team

The following is the roster for the 2024–2025 season.
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 | Alice Pamio | Outside Hitter | 1.81 | (1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 26) |
| 2 | Sofia Gazzola | Libero | 1.57 | (2006-08-08) 8 August 2006 (age 18) |
| 3 | Rebecca Feruglio | Setter | 1.78 | (2006-02-24) 24 February 2006 (age 18) |
| 6 | Jovana Kocić | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26) |
| 7 | Martina Ferrara (c) | Libero | 1.68 | (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25) |
| 8 | Nicole Piomboni | Outside Hitter | 1.80 | (2005-11-22) 22 November 2005 (age 19) |
| 9 | Islam Gannar | Middle Blocker | 1.89 | (2004-07-03) 3 July 2004 (age 20) |
| 10 | Chidera Blessing Eze | Setter | 1.81 | (2003-09-02) 2 September 2003 (age 21) |
| 11 | Yana Shcherban | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 35) |
| 12 | Olga Strantzali | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | (1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 28) |
| 14 | Alexandra Botezat | Middle Blocker | 1.96 | (1998-08-03) 3 August 1998 (age 26) |
| 15 | Bianca Bucciarelli | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | (2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 (age 23) |
| 17 | Maja Storck | Opposite | 1.83 | (1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 26) |
| 24 | Anastasiia Kraiduba | Opposite | 1.94 | (1995-04-15) 15 April 1995 (age 29) |
2023–2024 Team :
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 | Anita Bagnoli | Setter | 1.75 | (2004-08-21) 21 August 2004 (age 20) |
| 2 | Leah Hardeman | Outside Hitter | 1.78 | (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 29) |
| 3 | Alessia Populini | Outside Hitter | 1.79 | (2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 24) |
| 4 | Camilla Grazia | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24) |
| 5 | Isabella Monaco | Libero | 1.73 | (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 23) |
| 8 | Nicole Piomboni | Outside Hitter | 1.80 | (2005-11-22) 22 November 2005 (age 19) |
| 9 | Elisa Bole | Outside Hitter | 1.83 | (2003-10-06) 6 October 2003 (age 21) |
| 10 | Chidera Blessing Eze | Setter | 1.81 | (2003-09-02) 2 September 2003 (age 21) |
| 11 | Júlia Kavalenka | Opposite | 1.91 | (1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25) |
| 12 | Rebecca Feruglio | Setter | 1.78 | (2006-02-24) 24 February 2006 (age 18) |
| 15 | Petra Gulich | Outside Hitter | 1.87 | (2006-06-09) 9 June 2006 (age 18) |
| 16 | Beatrice Negretti (c) | Libero | 1.70 | (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 25) |
| 17 | Katja Eckl | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 21) |
| 18 | Veronica Costantini | Middle Blocker | 1.91 | (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 21) |