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| Full name | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza | ||
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| Nickname | The Wolves | ||
| Founded | 2018 | ||
| Ground | PalaBanca Piacenza, Italy (Capacity: 3,800) | ||
| Chairman | Elisabetta Curti | ||
| Manager | Andrea Anastasi | ||
| League | Italian Volleyball League | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza is an Italian professional men's volleyball club based in Piacenza, northern Italy. Dedicated businessmen and citizens established a new volleyball club to embrace the rich volleyball culture in Piacenza after the city's historic club, Volley Piacenza, went bankrupt. It currently plays in the Superlega, the highest level league of Italian volleyball.
The team debuted in Serie A2 for Season 2018-19.[1][2][3] After a successful 2018-19 season where they won the title of Serie A2, the team was promoted to Superlega.[4]
Achievements
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Italian Championship
(×1) 2022–23
- Italian Championship Serie A2
(×1) 2018–19
Italian Cup Serie A2
(×1) 2018–19
- Italian Cup SuperLega
- (×1) 2022–23
Team
[edit]Team roster – season 2022/2023
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Luka Bašić |
January 29, 1995 | opposite |
| 2 |  Nicolò Hoffer |
May 6, 2000 | libero |
| 3 | Francesco Recine |
February 7, 1999 | outside hitter |
| 4 | Fabrizio Gironi |
March 18, 2000 | outside hitter |
| 5 |  Roamy Alonso |
July 24, 1997 | middle blocker |
| 6 | Antoine Brizard (C) |
May 22, 1994 | setter |
| 8 |  Ricardo Lucarelli |
February 14, 1992 | outside hitter |
| 9 | Yoandy Leal |
August 31, 1988 | outside hitter |
| 10 | Leonardo Scanferla |
December 4, 1998 | libero |
| 12 | Enrico Cester |
March 16, 1988 | middle blocker |
| 13 | Robertlandy Simón |
June 11, 1987 | middle blocker |
| 17 | Yuri Romanò |
July 26, 1997 | opposite |
| 18 | Edoardo Caneschi |
January 26, 1997 | middle blocker |
| 19 |  Freek De Weijer |
October 30, 1995 | setter |
| Head coach: Lorenzo Bernardi Assistant: Massimo Botti
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| Team roster – season 2021–2022 | |||||
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| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 |  Adis Lagumdžija |
March 29, 1999 | opposite | ||
| 2 |  Aaron Russell |
June 4, 1993 | outside hitter | ||
| 3 | Francesco Recine |
February 7, 1999 | outside hitter | ||
| 4 | Damiano Catania |
March 28, 2001 | libero | ||
| 5 |  Tonček Štern |
November 14, 1995 | opposite | ||
| 6 | Antoine Brizard (C) |
May 22, 1994 | setter | ||
| 7 | Alessandro Tondo |
August 18, 1991 | middle blocker | ||
| 8 | Oleg Antonov |
July 28, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 | Thibault Rossard |
August 28, 1993 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 | Leonardo Scanferla |
December 4, 1998 | libero | ||
| 12 | Enrico Cester |
March 16, 1988 | middle blocker | ||
| 13 | Pierre Pujol |
July 13, 1984 | setter | ||
| 14 | Max Holt |
March 12, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
| 18 | Edoardo Caneschi |
January 26, 1997 | middle blocker | ||
| Head coach: Lorenzo Bernardi
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| Team roster – season 2020–2021 | |||||
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| Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Alberto Polo |
September 7, 1995 | middle blocker | ||
| 2 | Aaron Russell |
June 4, 1993 | outside hitter | ||
| 3 | Marco Izzo |
November 17, 1994 | setter | ||
| 4 | Leonardo Scanferla |
December 4, 1998 | libero | ||
| 5 | Davide Candellaro |
June 7, 1899 | middle blocker | ||
| 7 | Alessandro Tondo |
August 18, 1991 | middle blocker | ||
| 8 | Oleg Antonov |
July 28, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 |  Georg Grozer |
November 27, 1984 | opposite | ||
| 10 | Iacopo Botto |
September 22, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 13 | James Shaw |
March 5, 1994 | opposite | ||
| 14 | Raydel Hierrezuelo |
July 14, 1987 | setter | ||
| 15 | Fabio Fanuli |
February 10, 1985 | libero | ||
| 17 | Trevor Clévenot (C) |
June 28, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
| 21 |  Mohammad Mousavi |
August 22, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
| 23 |  Michal Finger |
September 2, 1993 | opposite | ||
| 25 | Michele Baranowicz |
August 5, 1989 | setter | ||
| Head coach: Alberto Giuliani Assistant: Francesco Cadeddu
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| Team roster – season 2019–2020 | |||||
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| Gas Sales Piacenza | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Riccardo Copelli |
March 16, 1996 | middle blocker | ||
| 2 | Leonardo Scanferla |
December 4, 1998 | libero | ||
| 3 | Alessandro Fei (C) |
November 29, 1978 | opposite | ||
| 4 |  Maximiliano Cavanna |
July 2, 1988 | setter | ||
| 5 | Dick Kooy |
December 3, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 6 |  Igor Yudin |
June 17, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 7 |  Dragan Stanković |
October 18, 1985 | middle blocker | ||
| 9 | Iacopo Botto |
September 22, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 | Matteo Paris |
September 13, 1983 | setter | ||
| 12 |  Alexander Berger |
September 27, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 14 | Alessandro Tondo |
August 18, 1991 | middle blocker | ||
| 15 | Fabio Fanuli |
February 10, 1985 | libero | ||
| 18 | Matteo Pistolesi |
March 14, 1995 | setter | ||
| 20 | Gabriele Nelli |
December 4, 1993 | opposite | ||
| 21 | Petar Krsmanović |
June 21, 1990 | middle blocker | ||
| Head coach: Andrea Gardini Assistant: Fabio Storti
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Notable players
[edit]- 2021–2022 Maxwell Holt
- 2020–2022 Oleg Antonov
- 2020–2022 Aaron Russell
- 2020–2021 Mohammad Mousavi
- 2021–2022 Tonček Štern
- 2021–2022 Thibault Rossard
References
[edit]- ^ "Volleyball, Gas Sales Piacenza is born. Curti as president and Zlatanov as general manager". piacenzasera.it (in Italian). 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ "Today the new Gas Sales volleyball company is born". piacenzasera.it (in Italian). 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ "Volley maschile, A2 più vicina: le risorse da Gas Sales, Banca di Piacenza e Giglio". piacenzasera.it (in Italian). 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ Crosali, Andrea (2019-05-04). "La Gas Sales in festa! Piacenza riabbraccia la Superlega". Piacenza24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-10-19.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Italian)
- Team profile at Volleybox.net