# RC Cannes

RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF.

## History

Racing Club de Cannes was created as a sports club in 1922 and the volleyball department was introduced in 1942. Originally it had both men and women's teams until 1948 when the men's team was dissolved. The club played in regional and lower national leagues and when the national league was restructured in 1967, it gained a place in the elite league. The club proved to be competitive and after finishing second in 1972, it qualified for the first time to play in a European competition (Cup Winners Cup). In 1993, Chinese coach Yan Fang was hired and the club became very successful. For the next 23 seasons (from 1993–94 to 2015–16) under his coaching, the club won twenty French Championships (including eighteen consecutive titles from 1997–98 to 2014–15 and finish second in 1993–94, 1996–97 and 2015–16), nineteen French Cups (finish second in 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02 and 2014–15), two CEV Women's Champions League (in 2001–02 and 2002–03, finishing second in 2005–06 and 2011–12). The club has also won minor international tournaments, such as the Women's Top Volley International on six occasions (December 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2012).

## Venue

In 2005 the club moved from the Palais des Sports André Henry to the Palais des Victoires.

## Honours
### National competitions

* French Championship: 21
    1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018-19
* French Cup: 20
    1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017-18

### International competitions

* CEV Champions League: 2
    2001–02, 2002–03

## Team

Season 2016–2017, as of March 2017.
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Myriam Kloster | Middle blocker | 1.88 | 76 | (1989-08-04) 4 August 1989 (age 35) |
| 2 | Olga Savenchuk | Opposite | 1.88 | 78 | (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 36) |
| 3 | Lucille Gicquel | Outside hitter | 1.89 | 71 | (1997-11-13) 13 November 1997 (age 26) |
| 4 | Mariana Thomaz de Aquino | Middle blocker | 1.92 | 70 | (1991-05-02) 2 May 1991 (age 33) |
| 5 | Taylor Sandbothe | Middle blocker | 1.87 | 68 | (1994-12-15) 15 December 1994 (age 29) |
| 6 | Déborah Ortschitt | Libero | 1.65 | 58 | (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 37) |
| 7 | Sanja Bursać | Outside hitter | 1.78 | 63 | (1990-01-10) 10 January 1990 (age 34) |
| 10 | Vedrana Jakšetić | Setter | 1.83 | 73 | (1996-09-17) 17 September 1996 (age 28) |
| 11 | Tanja Grbić | Setter | 1.76 | 64 | (1988-07-09) 9 July 1988 (age 36) |
| 15 | Sara Hutinski | Middle blocker | 1.86 | 71 | (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 (age 33) |
| 16 | Nadiia Kodola | Outside hitter | 1.85 | 78 | (1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 36) |
| 17 | Gergana Dimitrova | Outside hitter | 1.84 | 74 | (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28) |
| 18 | Kotoki Zayasu | Libero | 1.59 | 56 | (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34) |
| 19 | Romane Ruiz | Libero | 1.78 | 67 | (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 27) |
| 20 | Carla Boudal | Libero | 1.67 | 62 | (1999-07-14) 14 July 1999 (age 25) |
2010–2011 Team :
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 | Hanka Pachale | Outside hitter | 1.90 | (1976-09-12) 12 September 1976 (age 48) |
| 2 | Amadéa Duraković | Outside hitter | 1.88 | (1988-10-06) 6 October 1988 (age 35) |
| 3 | Paola Croce | Libero | 1.67 | (1978-03-06) 6 March 1978 (age 46) |
| 4 | Maryna Marchenko | Outside hitter | 1.87 | (1985-07-12) 12 July 1985 (age 39) |
| 5 | Alessandra Camarda | Libero | 1.74 | (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 36) |
| 7 | Ana Antonijević | Setter | 1.85 | (1987-08-26) 26 August 1987 (age 37) |
| 8 | Laurianne Delabarre | Setter | 1.76 | (1987-04-24) 24 April 1987 (age 37) |
| 10 | Alexandra Fomina | Libero | 1.73 | (1975-05-04) 4 May 1975 (age 49) |
| 11 | Irina Polechtchouk | Middle blocker | 1.86 | (1973-08-01) 1 August 1973 (age 51) |
| 12 | Victoria Ravva | Middle blocker | 1.89 | (1975-10-31) 31 October 1975 (age 48) |
| 13 | Nadia Centoni | Opposite | 1.85 | (1981-06-19) 19 June 1981 (age 43) |
| 15 | Anja Spasojević | Outside hitter | 1.87 | (1983-07-04) 4 July 1983 (age 41) |
| 16 | Milena Rašić | Middle blocker | 1.93 | (1990-10-25) 25 October 1990 (age 33) |
| 17 | Jelena Lozančić | Middle blocker | 1.86 | (1983-03-26) 26 March 1983 (age 41) |

## Notable players

* Malgorzata Glinka (2005–2006)
* Simona Rinieri (2003–2004)
* Nadia Centoni (2007–2014)
* Valentina Fiorin (2008–2010)
* Cristina Pîrv (2004–2005)
* Luminiţa Trombiţaş (2009)
* Eva Yaneva (2005–2010)
* Strashimira Filipova (2006–2009)
* Jelena Nikolić (2004–2005)
* Milena Rašić (2010–2014)
* Victoria Ravva (1994–2015)
* Zhang Yuehong (2002–2003)
* Yuko Sano (2004–2006)
* Akiko Ino (2007–2009)
* Logan Tom (2014–2015)