| Founded | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 2018 |
| Ground | PalaBanca Piacenza, Italy (Capacity: 3,700) |
| League | Italian Volleyball League |
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.[1][2][3]
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,[4] 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.
2014 2009
2002 2002| 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 | |||||
Đula Mešter Simone Rosalba Osvaldo Hernández Nikola Grbić Leonel Marshall Vigor Bovolenta
Anderson Rodrigues Vencislav Simeonov Paolo Cozzi Frantz Granvorka Sérgio Santos
Israel Rodríguez João Paulo Bravo Novica Bjelica Dante Boninfante Marco Meoni Guillermo Falasca
Valdir Sequeira
Maxwell Holt Vladimir Nikolov Andrey Zhekov Robertlandy Simón Kévin Le Roux Valerio Vermiglio
Aleksey Ostapenko Hristo Zlatanov Luca Tencati Samuele Papi
