# Volley Piacenza

Volley Piacenza was an Italian professional men's volleyball club based in Piacenza, northern Italy. They played in the Italian Volleyball League. The club ceased to exist in 2018 due to financial problems.
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, 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.

## Achievements

* CEV Champions League
    2008
* CEV Cup
    2006
* CEV Challenge Cup
    2013
* 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 2016–2017 :
| LPR Piacenza ||||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
Team roster – season 2016–2017 :
| LPR Piacenza ||||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
| 1 | Loris Manià | (1979-01-27)January 27, 1979 | libero |
| 3 | Simone Parodi | (1986-06-16)June 16, 1986 | outside hitter |
| 4 | Aimone Alletti | (1988-06-28)June 28, 1988 | middle blocker |
| 6 | Samuele Papi | (1973-05-20)May 20, 1973 | outside hitter |
| 7 | Leonel Marshall Jr. | (1979-09-25)September 25, 1979 | outside hitter |
| 10 | Georgios Tzioumakas | (1995-01-23)January 23, 1995 | outside hitter |
| 11 | Hristo Zlatanov | (1976-04-21)April 21, 1976 | Outside hitter |
| 12 | Viktor Yosifov | (1985-10-16)October 16, 1985 | middle blocker |
| 13 | Luca Tencati | (1979-03-16)March 16, 1979 | middle blocker |
| 14 | Raydel Hierrezuelo | (1987-07-14)July 14, 1987 | setter |
| 15 | Fernando Hernandez | (1989-09-11)September 11, 1989 | outside hitter |
| 17 | Trevor Clévenot | (1994-06-28)June 28, 1994 | outside hitter |
| 18 | Francesco Cottarelli | (1996-10-16)October 16, 1996 | setter |
| Head coach: Alberto Giuliani Assistant: Marco Camperi ||||

## Notable players

* 2002–2003 Đula Mešter
* 2003–2004 Simone Rosalba
* 2003–2004 Osvaldo Hernández
* 2003–2007 Nikola Grbić
* 2003–2007, 2008–2010 Leonel Marshall
* 2003–2008 Vigor Bovolenta
* 2004–2005 Anderson Rodrigues
* 2005–2008 Vencislav Simeonov
* 2006–2008 Paolo Cozzi
* 2007–2008 Frantz Granvorka
* 2007–2008 Sérgio Santos
* 2007–2008 Israel Rodríguez
* 2006–2010 João Paulo Bravo
* 2007–2010 Novica Bjelica
* 2007–2010 Dante Boninfante
* 2007–2010, 2014–2015 Marco Meoni
* 2008–2009 Guillermo Falasca
* 2009–2010 Valdir Sequeira
* 2010–2013 Maxwell Holt
* 2011–2012 Vladimir Nikolov
* 2011–2012 Andrey Zhekov
* 2012–2014 Robertlandy Simón
* 2013–2014 Kévin Le Roux
* 2014–2014 Valerio Vermiglio
* 2014–2015 Aleksey Ostapenko
* 2003–2017 Hristo Zlatanov
* 2010–2017 Luca Tencati
* 2011–2017 Samuele Papi