{{Short description|Italian volleyball club}} {{See also|You Energy Volley}} {{Infobox volleyball club | clubname = Volley Piacenza | short name = | nickname = | image = | image_size = | fullname = | founded = 1982 | dissolved = 2018 | ground = PalaBanca<br> Piacenza, Italy | capacity = 3,700 | chairman = | manager = | captain = | league = Italian Volleyball League | season = | position = | website = }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=WoV |date=2015-06-25 |title=ITA M: Only miracle can save Piacenza, Latina in similar situation |url=https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/italy/54241/ita-m-only-miracle-can-save-piacenza-latina-in-similar-situation.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=WorldOfVolley |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=WoV |date=2015-05-06 |title=FRA M: Narbonne avoids relegation and hires Piacenza’s coach |url=https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/france/51760/fra-m-narbonne-avoids-relegation-and-hires-piacenzas-coach.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=WorldOfVolley |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=WoV |date=2015-06-27 |title=ITA M: Zlatanov and Fei packing things for Milano? |url=https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/italy/54337/ita-m-zlatanov-and-fei-packing-things-for-milano.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=WorldOfVolley |language=en-US}}</ref>
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,<ref>[http://www.scorespro.com/volleyball/europe/cev-challenge-cup/2012-2013/final-phase/ CEV Challenge Cup 2012/2013 Final Phase] ScoresPro.com</ref> 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 *: 16px 2008 * CEV Cup *: 16px 2006 * CEV Challenge Cup *: 16px 2013 * Italian Championship (SuperLega) *: 16px 2009 *: 16px 2007, 2008, 2013 * Italian Cup *: 16px 2014 * Italian SuperCup *: 16px 2009 * Italian Championship Serie A2 *: 16px 2002 * Italian Cup Serie A2 *: 16px 2002
==Team==
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" ! colspan=6 | Team roster – season 2016–2017 |- ! colspan=6 | LPR Piacenza |- !No. !style="width:15em"|Name !style="width:13em"|Date of birth !style="width:10em"|Position |}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" ! colspan=6 | Team roster – season 2016–2017 |- ! colspan=6 | LPR Piacenza |- !No. !style="width:15em"|Name !style="width:13em"|Date of birth !style="width:10em"|Position |- | {{sort|01|1}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Manià||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1979|1|27}}||libero |- | {{sort|03|3}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Parodi||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1986|6|16}}||outside hitter |- | {{sort|04|4}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Aimone Alletti||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1988|6|28}}||middle blocker |- | {{sort|06|6}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Samuele Papi||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date |1973|5|20}}||outside hitter |- | {{sort|07|7}} ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Leonel Marshall Jr.||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1979|9|25}}||outside hitter |- | 10 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|GRE}} Georgios Tzioumakas||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1995|1|23}}||outside hitter |- | 11 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Hristo Zlatanov||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date |1976|4|21}}||Outside hitter |- | 12 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} Viktor Yosifov||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date |1985|10|16}}||middle blocker |- | 13 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Tencati||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1979|3|16}}||middle blocker |- | 14 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|CUB}} Raydel Hierrezuelo||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1987|7|14}}||setter |- | 15 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|CUB}} Fernando Hernandez||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1989|9|11}}||outside hitter |- | 17 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Trevor Clévenot||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1994|6|28}}||outside hitter |- | 18 ||style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Francesco| Cottarelli}}||style="text-align:right"|{{Birth date|1996|10|16}}||setter |- |colspan=4| Head coach: Alberto Giuliani<br>Assistant: Marco Camperi |}
==Notable players== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * '''2002–2003''' {{flagicon|SRB}} Đula Mešter * '''2003–2004''' {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Rosalba * '''2003–2004''' {{flagicon|CUB}} Osvaldo Hernández * '''2003–2007''' {{flagicon|SRB}} Nikola Grbić * '''2003–2007, 2008–2010''' {{flagicon|CUB}} Leonel Marshall * '''2003–2008''' {{flagicon|ITA}} Vigor Bovolenta * '''2004–2005''' {{flagicon|BRA}} Anderson Rodrigues * '''2005–2008''' {{flagicon|ITA}} Vencislav Simeonov * '''2006–2008''' {{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Cozzi * '''2007–2008''' {{flagicon|FRA}} Frantz Granvorka * '''2007–2008''' {{flagicon|BRA}} Sérgio Santos * '''2007–2008''' {{flagicon|ESP}} Israel Rodríguez * '''2006–2010''' {{flagicon|BRA}} João Paulo Bravo * '''2007–2010''' {{flagicon|SRB}} Novica Bjelica * '''2007–2010''' {{flagicon|ITA}} Dante Boninfante * '''2007–2010, 2014–2015''' {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Meoni * '''2008–2009''' {{flagicon|ESP}} Guillermo Falasca * '''2009–2010''' {{flagicon|POR}} Valdir Sequeira * '''2010–2013''' {{flagicon|USA}} Maxwell Holt * '''2011–2012''' {{flagicon|BUL}} Vladimir Nikolov * '''2011–2012''' {{flagicon|BUL}} Andrey Zhekov * '''2012–2014''' {{flagicon|CUB}} Robertlandy Simón * '''2013–2014''' {{flagicon|FRA}} Kévin Le Roux * '''2014–2014''' {{flagicon|ITA}} Valerio Vermiglio * '''2014–2015''' {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksey Ostapenko * '''2003–2017''' {{flagicon|ITA}} Hristo Zlatanov * '''2010–2017''' {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Tencati * '''2011–2017''' {{flagicon|ITA}} Samuele Papi {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Volleyball clubs in Italy Category:Sport in Piacenza Category:Volleyball clubs established in 1982 Category:Volleyball clubs disestablished in 2018 Category:1982 establishments in Italy Category:2018 disestablishments in Italy