# Volley Pesaro

Volley Pesaro was an Italian women's volleyball club based in Pesaro. The club won three Italian Serie A1 titles and two international titles.

## Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
* Fiam ITA Meta Pesaro (2000–2001)
* Vitrifrigo Fiam Italia Pesaro (2001–2003)
* Scavolini Pesaro (2003–2012)
* Robursport Volley Pesaro (2012–2013)
* myCicero Pesaro (2013–2017)
* myCicero Volley Pesaro (2017–2018)

## History

The club was created in 1967 and made its way from regional tournaments during the 1970s to the national leagues in the 1980s and 1990s. It reached the Serie A1 (highest Italian league) in 2003. Home games took place at the PalaCampanara and success soon followed, with the club winning its first major title, the CEV Challenge Cup in 2005–06. Since then, three successive Serie A1 titles, one Italian Cup, four Italian Supercups and a CEV Cup title were added in just four years. The club also played in five editions of the CEV Women's Champions League.
In 2013, the club withdrew from the Serie A1 and along with Snoopy Pallavolo (another volleyball club from Pesaro) started a project called Volley Pesaro which apart from the professional level had also the goal of focusing on youth players.
In 2017 the club returned to the Serie A1, after winning the promotion playoffs of the 2016–17 Serie A2. However, in June 2018, after just one season in the top division the club announced that it would withdraw from Serie A1 due to budget problems.

## Team

Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Tatjana Bokan | Outside hitter | 1.86 | 72 | (1988-04-09) 9 April 1988 (age 36) |
| 2 | Carlotta Cambi | Setter | 1.76 | 66 | (1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 (age 28) |
| 3 | Rossella Olivotto | Middle blocker | 1.84 | | (1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 33) |
| 5 | Yamila Nizetich | Outside hitter | 1.83 | 76 | (1989-01-27) 27 January 1989 (age 35) |
| 7 | Alessia Ghilardi | Libero | 1.63 | | (1979-05-05) 5 May 1979 (age 45) |
| 8 | Silvia Bussoli | Outside hitter | 1.83 | | (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993 (age 30) |
| 9 | Freya Aelbrecht | Middle blocker | 1.89 | 74 | (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 (age 34) |
| 10 | Lise Van Hecke | Opposite | 1.92 | 70 | (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 11 | Gloria Baldi | Opposite | 1.85 | | (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 (age 31) |
| 12 | Giulia Carraro | Setter | 1.75 | 65 | (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 (age 30) |
| 16 | Alessia Arciprete | Outside hitter | 1.80 | | (1997-09-06) 6 September 1997 (age 27) |
| 18 | Chiara Lapi | Middle blocker | 1.82 | | (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 (age 33) |

## Notable players

* Sheilla Castro (2004–2008)
* Marianne Steinbrecher (2006–2008)
* Jaqueline Carvalho (2008–2009)
* Antonella Del Core (2003–2006)
* Nadia Centoni (2003–2005)
* Simona Rinieri (2004–2006)
* Carolina Costagrande (2005–2010)
* Kinga Maculewicz (2005–2007)
* Lindsey Berg (2004–2007)
* Christiane Fürst (2007–2009)
* Katarzyna Skowrońska (2008–2010)
* Elke Wijnhoven (2007–2010)

## Honours
### National competitions

* National League: 3
    2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
* Coppa Italia: 1
    2008–09
* Italian Super Cup: 4
    2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

### International competitions

* CEV Cup: 1
    2007–08
* CEV Challenge Cup: 1
    2005–06