# Pallavolo Scandicci

Pallavolo Scandicci is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Scandicci that plays in the Serie A1, known also by its sponsored name Savino del Bene Scandicci.

## Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
* Savino Del Bene Scandicci (2012–present)
* Pallavolo Scandicci (Past)

## History

The club was founded in 2012, when the company Savino Del Bene, who has been investing in women's volleyball since 2009, joined the women's first team of Unione Pallavolo Scandicci. The club started at Serie B1 in the 2012–13 season, reaching promotion to Serie A2 by the end of the season. After one season at Serie A2, the club reached the highest Italian league, the Serie A1, in 2014.
In 2017/18 and 2018/19 season Italia Serie A1, the team won their best result after they promoted to Serie A1, they finished at third place.
In 2022, the club won 2021–22 CEV Women's Challenge Cup champion and promoted to Women's CEV Cup in 2022/23 season.
In the 2023/24 season, the team qualified for the CEV's Champions League. They also played in their first ever finals of the Italian Serie A1 league in the same season. This also qualified them for the 2024/25 season CEV's Champions League.

## Team Roster

2024–25 Team :
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 3 | Manuela Ribechi | Libero | 1.72 | | (2004-02-15) 15 February 2004 (age 20) |
| 4 | Britt Herbots | Outside Hitter | 1.82 | 62 | (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25) |
| 5 | Brenda Castillo | Libero | 1.67 | 55 | (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32) |
| 6 | Lindsey Ruddins | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 82 | (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 27) |
| 7 | Anna Kotikova | Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 71 | (1999-10-13) 13 October 1999 (age 25) |
| 8 | Giulia Mancini | Middle Blocker | 1.83 | | (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 26) |
| 10 | Maja Ognjenović | Setter | 1.83 | 67 | (1984-08-06) 6 August 1984 (age 40) |
| 11 | Beatrice Parrocchiale | Libero | 1.67 | 60 | (1995-12-26) 26 December 1995 (age 29) |
| 12 | Kara Bajema | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 72 | (1998-03-24) 24 March 1998 (age 26) |
| 13 | Emma Graziani | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | | (2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 (age 22) |
| 14 | Linda Nwakalor | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | | (2002-09-17) 17 September 2002 (age 22) |
| 15 | Ana Carolina Da Silva | Middle Blocker | 1.83 | 73 | (1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 33) |
| 16 | Indy Baijens | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 67 | (2001-02-04) 4 February 2001 (age 23) |
| 17 | Ekaterina Antropova | Opposite | 2.02 | 60 | (2003-03-19) 19 March 2003 (age 21) |
| 18 | Camilla Mingardi | Opposite | 1.86 | | (1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 27) |
| 21 | Argentina Ung | Setter | 1.81 | | (2002-04-25) 25 April 2002 (age 22) |
| 23 | Giulia Gennari | Setter | 1.84 | | (1996-06-23) 23 June 1996 (age 28) |

## Current coaching staff

Coaching staff as of 15 October 2024.
| Italy | Marco Gaspari | (1982-09-20) 20 September 1982 (age 42) | Head coach |
| Hungary | Sándor Kántor | (1971-02-01) 1 February 1971 (age 53) | Coach assistant |
| Italy | Andrea Panzeri | | Coach assistant |
| Italy | Antonio Orlandi | | Technical assistant |
| Italy | Marco Sesia | | Athletic trainer |
| Italy | Fabio Gabban | | Scoutman |

## Notable players

* Judith Pietersen（2015－2016）
* Bahar Toksoy（2015－2016）
* Floortje Meijners（2016－2017）
* Adenízia da Silva（2016－2020）
* Isabelle Haak（2017－2019）
* Jovana Stevanović（2018－2020）
* Tatiana Kosheleva（2019）
* Lonneke Slöetjes（2019－2020）
* Samantha Bricio（2019－2020）
* Agnieszka Kąkolewska（2019－2020）
* Magdalena Stysiak（2019－2021）
* Mina Popović（2020－2021）
* Natalia Pereira（2021－2022）
* Ana Beatriz Corrêa（2021－2022）
* Louisa Lippmann（2021－2022）
* Brenda Castillo（2021－2023）
* Yao Di（2022－2023）
* Yvon Beliën（2022－2023）
* Yana Shcherban（2022－2023）
* Haleigh Washington（2022－2024）
* Zhu Ting（2022－2024）
* Maja Ognjenović（2023－）
* Ana Carolina Da Silva（2023－）
* Britt Herbots（2023－）

## Honours
### International competitions

* CEV Cup: 1
    2023
* CEV Challenge Cup: 1
    2022

## European Record

On 12 April 2023, in the home game of the final match of the 2023 CEV Cup, Savino Del Bene Scandicci made the record of the best score in a CEV Cup final (women's) since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 41 points lost. Savino Del Bene Scandicci – CSM Volei Alba Blaj 3–0 (25-18, 25-12, 25-11). This is also the record of the best score in all European cups' finals.