Volley Pesaro

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'''Volley Pesaro''' was an Italian women's [[volleyball]] club based in [[Pesaro]]. The club won three Italian [[Italian Women's Volleyball League|Serie A1]] titles and two international titles.

==Previous names== Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * '''Fiam ITA Meta Pesaro''' (2000–2001) * '''Vitrifrigo Fiam Italia Pesaro''' (2001–2003) * '''Scavolini Pesaro''' (2003–2012) * '''Robursport Volley Pesaro''' (2012–2013) * '''myCicero Pesaro''' (2013–2017) * '''myCicero Volley Pesaro''' (2017–2018)

==History== The club was created in 1967 and made its way from regional tournaments during the 1970s to the national leagues in the 1980s and 1990s. It reached the [[Italian Women's Volleyball League|Serie A1]] (highest Italian league) in 2003.<ref name=Robu>{{cite web |url=http://www.volleypesaro.it/volley/robursport/ |title=Robursport storia |language=it |work=Volley Pesaro |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> Home games took place at the [[PalaCampanara]] and success soon followed, with the club winning its first major title, the [[CEV Women's Challenge Cup|CEV Challenge Cup]] in 2005–06. Since then, three successive Serie A1 titles, one Italian Cup, four Italian Supercups and a [[Women's CEV Cup|CEV Cup]] title were added in just four years.<ref name=Robu/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=7632&ID=551 |title=Scavolini PESARO |work=[[European Volleyball Confederation|CEV]] |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> The club also played in five editions of the [[CEV Women's Champions League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=11396 |title=Scavolini PESARO joins CEV Volleyball Champions League for fifth time in history |work=[[European Volleyball Confederation|CEV]] |date=14 November 2011 |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref>

In 2013, the club withdrew from the Serie A1 and along with [[Snoopy Pallavolo]] (another volleyball club from Pesaro) started a project called {{em|Volley Pesaro}} which apart from the professional level had also the goal of focusing on youth players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.volleypesaro.it/volley/volley-pesaro/ |title=Volley Pesaro |language=it |work=Volley Pesaro |access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref>

In 2017 the club returned to the Serie A1, after winning the promotion playoffs of the 2016–17 Serie A2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/?p=72885 |title=Samsung Gear Volley Cup A2: la Lega premia Lardini Filottrano e myCicero Pesaro. Le due marchigiane festeggiano con i tifosi la promozione in Serie A1 |language=it |work=legavolleyfemminile.it |date=12 May 2017 |access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> However, in June 2018, after just one season in the top division the club announced that it would withdraw from Serie A1 due to budget problems.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pesaro rinuncia all’unica serie A femminile |url=https://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/persa-la-partita-piu-importante-pesaro-rinuncia-allunica-serie-a-femminile/ |website=legavolleyfemminile.it |access-date=22 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322204738/https://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/persa-la-partita-piu-importante-pesaro-rinuncia-allunica-serie-a-femminile/ |archive-date=22 March 2024 |language=it |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Team==

''Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/?page_id=36&id=688708 |title=Volley Pesaro 2017-2018 |language=it |work=legavolleyfemminile.it |access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! Number ! Player ! Position ! Height (m) ! Weight (kg) ! Birth date |- |align=center|1 |{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Tatjana Bokan]] |Outside hitter |align=center|1.86 |align=center|72 |{{Birth date and age|1988|4|9|df=y}} |- |align=center|2 |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlotta Cambi]] |Setter |align=center|1.76 |align=center|66 |{{Birth date and age|1996|5|28|df=y}} |- |align=center|3 |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rossella Olivotto]] |Middle blocker |align=center|1.84 |align=center| |{{Birth date and age|1991|4|27|df=y}} |- |align=center|5 |{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Yamila Nizetich]] |Outside hitter |align=center|1.83 |align=center|76 |{{Birth date and age|1989|1|27|df=y}} |- |align=center|7 |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessia Ghilardi]] |Libero |align=center|1.63 |align=center| |{{Birth date and age|1979|5|5|df=y}} |- |align=center|8 |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Silvia Bussoli]] |Outside hitter |align=center|1.83 |align=center| |{{Birth date and age|1993|11|22|df=y}} |- |align=center|9 |{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Freya Aelbrecht]] |Middle blocker |align=center|1.89 |align=center|74 |{{Birth date and age|1990|2|10|df=y}} |- |align=center|10 |{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Lise Van Hecke]] |Opposite |align=center|1.92 |align=center|70 |{{Birth date and age|1992|7|1|df=y}} |- |align=center|11 |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gloria Baldi]] |Opposite |align=center|1.85 |align=center| |{{Birth date and age|1993|5|31|df=y}} |- |align=center|12 |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giulia Carraro]] |Setter |align=center|1.75 |align=center|65 |{{Birth date and age|1994|7|25|df=y}} |- |align=center|16 |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessia Arciprete]] |Outside hitter |align=center|1.80 |align=center| |{{Birth date and age|1997|9|6|df=y}} |- |align=center|18 |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Chiara Lapi]] |Middle blocker |align=center|1.82 |align=center| |{{Birth date and age|1991|3|3|df=y}} |}

==Notable players== {{Famous|category=sporting|date=February 2017}} {{div col}} * {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Sheilla Castro]] (2004–2008) * {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Marianne Steinbrecher]] (2006–2008) * {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Jaqueline Carvalho]] (2008–2009) * {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Antonella Del Core]] (2003–2006) * {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Nadia Centoni]] (2003–2005) * {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Simona Rinieri]] (2004–2006) * {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Carolina Costagrande]] (2005–2010) * {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Kinga Maculewicz]] (2005–2007) * {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsey Berg]] (2004–2007) * {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Christiane Fürst]] (2007–2009) * {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Katarzyna Skowrońska]] (2008–2010) * {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Elke Wijnhoven]] (2007–2010) {{div col end}}

==Honours==

===National competitions=== * [[File:Scudetto.svg|20px]] '''[[Italian Women's Volleyball League|National League]]: 3''' :2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10

* [[File:Coccarda Coppa Italia.svg|20px]] '''[[Italian Women's Volleyball Cup|Coppa Italia]]: 1''' :2008–09

* [[File:Supercoppa italiana di pallavolo maschile.svg|20px]] '''[[Supercoppa Italiana (women's volleyball)|Italian Super Cup]]: 4''' :2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

===International competitions=== * [[File:Coppa CEV trophy.svg|20px]] '''[[Women's CEV Cup|CEV Cup]]: 1''' :[[2007–08 Women's CEV Cup|2007–08]]

* [[File:Challenge Cup trophy.svg|20px]] '''[[CEV Women's Challenge Cup|CEV Challenge Cup]]: 1''' :2005–06

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.robursportpesaro.it// Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014062205/http://www.robursportpesaro.it/ |date=2009-10-14 }} {{in lang|it}}

[[Category:Italian women's volleyball clubs]] [[Category:Volleyball clubs established in 1967]] [[Category:1967 establishments in Italy]] [[Category:Sport in Pesaro]] [[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Marche]] [[Category:Serie A1 (women's volleyball) clubs]]