Volley Piacenza

LPR Piacenza
Nickname The Wolves
Ground PalaBanca
Piacenza, Italy
(Capacity: 3,800)
Manager Italy Alberto Giuliani
League Italian Volleyball League
Website Club home page
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Medal record
Men's Volleyball
CEV Champions League
2007/2008
CEV Cup
2005/2006
2012/2013
CEV Challenge Cup
2003/2004
2006/2007
Italian Championship
2008/2009
2003/2004
2006/2007
2007/2008
2012/2013
Italian Cup
2013/2014
Italian SuperCup
2008/2009
Piacenza team in October 2010.

LPR Piacenza is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Piacenza, northern Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League. Piacenza is ranked 17th (as of October 2016) in the Men's European clubs ranking.[1] 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,[2] 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.

Team

Team roster - season 2016/2017
LPR Piacenza
No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Italy Loris ManiàJanuary 27, 1979Libero
3 Italy Simone ParodiJune 16, 1986Outside Hitter
4 Italy Aimone AllettiJune 28, 1988Middle Blocker
6 Italy Samuele PapiMay 20, 1973Outside Hitter
7 Italy Leonel Marshall Jr.September 25, 1979Outside Hitter
10 Greece Georgios TzioumakasJanuary 23, 1995Outside Hitter
11 Italy Hristo ZlatanovApril 21, 1976Outside Hitter
12 Bulgaria Viktor YosifovOctober 16, 1985Middle Blocker
13 Italy Luca TencatiMarch 16, 1979Middle Blocker
14 Cuba Raydel HierrezueloJuly 14, 1987Setter
15 Cuba Fernando Hernandez RamosSeptember 11, 1989Outside Hitter
17 France Trevor ClévenotJune 28, 1994Outside Hitter
18 Italy Cottarelli, FrancescoFrancesco CottarelliOctober 16, 1996Setter
Head coach: Alberto Giuliani
Assistant: Marco Camperi

Notable players

References

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