{{Short description|Italian volleyball club}} {{Infobox volleyball club | color1 = #FFFFFF | color2 = #1352a5 | color3 = #FF0000 | clubname = Vero Volley Monza | short name = | nickname = | image = Vero Volley logo.png | image_size = 250px | fullname = Vero Volley Monza | founded = 1999 | dissolved = | ground = Monza Arena | capacity = 4,500 | chairman = Alessandra Marzari | manager = Massimo Eccheli | captain = | league = Italian Volleyball League | season = | position = | website = https://www.verovolley.com/ |pattern_b1=_thinredsides |body1=FFFFFF |pattern_la1=_navyshoulders |leftarm1=FFFFFF |pattern_ra1=_navyshoulders |rightarm1=FFFFFF |shorts1=1352a5 |pattern_sh1=_whitebottom |pattern_b2=_thinredsides |body2=1352a5 |pattern_la2=_navyshoulders |leftarm2=1352a5 |pattern_ra2=_navyshoulders |rightarm2=1352a5 |shorts2=1352a5 |pattern_sh2=_whitebottom | current = }} '''Volley Milano''' is an Italian professional men's volleyball club based in Milan that plays in SuperLega.
==Achievements== ;20px '''CEV Cup''' * 16px'''(×1)''' 2022 ;20px '''CEV Challenge Cup''' * {{SilverMedal}} '''(×1)''' 2024 ;Italian Championship * 16px'''(×1)''' 2001 ;Coppa Italia * {{SilverMedal}} '''(×1)''' 2024
==History== Volley Milano was founded in 1999 <ref name="Storia">{{cite web|url=http://www.volleymilano.it/index.php?id=pagina&id_pagina=86|title=Presentazione del Volley Milano|access-date=2012-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912043844/http://www.volleymilano.it/index.php?id=pagina&id_pagina=86|archive-date=2012-09-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> following the separation of a part of the corporate group from Gonzaga Milano from whom it acquires the title sport, starting his racing activities in the 1999–00 season from A2 Series: thanks to the second place in the standings, the team is promoted to Serie A1.<ref name="Risultati">{{cite web|url=http://www.legavolley.it/Posizioni.asp?IdSquadra=4839&Nome=Vero%20Volley%20Monza|title=Risultati del Volley Milano|access-date=2016-02-24|archive-date=2014-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315172943/http://www.legavolley.it/Posizioni.asp?IdSquadra=4839&Nome=Vero%20Volley%20Monza|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the 2000–01 season so, Volley Milano makes its debut in the maximum Italian division, obtaining at the end of the regular season fourth in the standings and then coming to the championship final series lost against Sisley Treviso:<ref name="Risultati" /> these results allow the Milanese team to participate for the first time in European competition, namely the 2000-01 CEV Cup, which will be eliminated in the semifinals by Cuneo, then winning the final for third place [2]. In the two following seasons the club always keeps mid-table positions, without going beyond the Scudetto semifinals: in 2003 the first team is melted in Volley Piacenza and now starts from the lower categories.
In 2008 he formed the Vero Volley, a consortium of eight teams operating between Milan and Brianza, who also participates in the Volley Milano:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.verovolley.it/index.php?id=pagina_vv&id_pagina=77|title=il consorzio Vero Volley|access-date=2012-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207052653/http://www.verovolley.it/index.php?id=pagina_vv&id_pagina=77|archive-date=2011-12-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 2010 the company acquired the sporting title of one of these teams, the Sporting Union Pro Victoria, who had won the championship of B1 series getting the chance to play the A2 Series [1]; in the 2010–11 season the Milanese club then returns in the cadet championship. In the 2012–13 season moves headquarters of play from Milan to Monza, using as a sponsor the name of the consortium, while the following season, after reaching the final in the Italian Cup category, he was promoted to Serie A1, with a victory in the promotion play-off.
==Team== '''''Team roster – season 2022/2023''''' {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" |- !style="width:5em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#1352a5"|No. !style="width:15em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#1352a5"|Name !style="width:15em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#1352a5"|Date of birth !style="width:10em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#1352a5"|Position |- | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} Petar Višić||align=right|{{Birth date|1998|02|11}}||setter |- | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Luka Marttila||align=right|{{Birth date|2003|06|30}}||outside hitter |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Pirazzoli||align=right|{{Birth date|2000|10|26}}||libero |- | 5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Magliano||align=right|{{Birth date|2005|12|14}}||outside hitter |- | 6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Fernando Kreling||align=right|{{Birth date|1996|01|13}}||setter |- | 7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Filippo Federici||align=right|{{Birth date|2000|12|26}}||libero |- | 8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Stephen Maar||align=right|{{Birth date|1994|12|06}}||outside hitter |- | 9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Georg Grozer||align=right|{{Birth date|1984|11|27}}||opposite |- | 11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Gianluca Galassi||align=right|{{Birth date|1997|07|24}}||middle blocker |- | 12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|CUB}} Yosvany Hernandez||align=right|{{Birth date|1991|06|23}}||outside hitter |- | 13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Thomas Beretta||align=right|{{Birth date|1990|04|18}}||middle blocker |- | 15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|BLR}} Vlad Davyskiba||align=right|{{Birth date|2001|03|31}}||outside hitter |- | 17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Jan Zimmermann||align=right|{{Birth date|1993|12|02}}||setter |- | 18 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Gabriele Di Martino||align=right|{{Birth date|1997|07|20}}||middle blocker |- | 31 ||align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Arthur Szwarc||align=right|{{Birth date|1995|03|30}}||opposite |- |colspan=4| Head coach: {{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Eccheli |}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" ! colspan=6 | Team roster – season 2017/2018 |- !No. !style="width:15em"|Name !style="width:13em"|Date of birth !style="width:10em"|Position |- | {{sort|01|1}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Buti||align=right|{{Birth date|1983|9|19}}||middle blocker |- | {{sort|04|4}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Donovan Dzavoronok||align=right|{{Birth date|1997|3|23}}||outside hitter |- | {{sort|05|5}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Brunetti||align=right|{{Birth date|1995|7|5}}||libero |- | {{sort|06|6}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Michal Finger||align=right|{{Birth date|1993|9|2}}||outside hitter |- | {{sort|07|7}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Kawika Shoji||align=right|{{Birth date|1987|11|11}}||setter |- | {{sort|08|8}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Brett James Walsh||align=right|{{Birth date|1994|2|19}}||setter |- | {{sort|09|9}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Rizzo||align=right|{{Birth date|1990|1|2}}||libero |- | 10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Jake Langlois||align=right|{{Birth date|1992|5|14}}||outside hitter |- | 11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Iacopo Botto||align=right|{{Birth date|1987|9|22}}||outside hitter |- | 12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Jernej Terpin||align=right|{{Birth date|1996|6|21}}||outside hitter |- | 13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Thomas Beretta||align=right|{{Birth date|1990|4|18}}||middle blocker |- | 14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rocco Barone||align=right|{{Birth date|1987|12|14}}||middle blocker |- | 15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Simon Hirsch||align=right|{{Birth date|1992|4|3}}||outside hitter |- | 16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Federico Mazzai||align=right|{{Birth date|1996|3|8}}||middle blocker |- |colspan=4| Head coach: Miguel Angel Falasca<br>Assistant: Francesco Cattaneo |}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" ! colspan=6 | Team roster – season 2016/2017 |- !No. !style="width:15em"|Name !style="width:13em"|Date of birth !style="width:10em"|Position |- | {{sort|01|1}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Christian Fromm||align=right|{{Birth date|1990|8|15}}||outside hitter |- | {{sort|02|2}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivan Raič||align=right|{{Birth date|1989|6|3}}||outside hitter |- | {{sort|04|4}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Donovan Dzavoronok||align=right|{{Birth date|1997|3|23}}||outside hitter |- | {{sort|05|5}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Nicola Daldello||align=right|{{Birth date|1983|5|6}}||setter |- | {{sort|06|6}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Galliani||align=right|{{Birth date|1988|1|6}}||outside hitter |- | {{sort|07|7}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Rizzo||align=right|{{Birth date|1990|1|2}}||libero |- | {{sort|08|8}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Marcello Forni<small><sup>1</sup></small>||align=right|{{Birth date|1980|8|11}}||middle blocker |- | {{sort|09|9}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|SRB}} Nikola Jovović||align=right|{{Birth date|1992|2|13}}||setter |- | 10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Jernej Terpin||align=right|{{Birth date|1996|6|21}}||outside hitter |- | 11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Iacopo Botto||align=right|{{Birth date|1987|9|22}}||outside hitter |- | 12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} Pieter Verhees||align=right|{{Birth date|1989|12|8}}||middle blocker |- | 13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Thomas Beretta||align=right|{{Birth date|1990|4|18}}||middle blocker |- | 15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Simon Hirsch||align=right|{{Birth date|1992|4|3}}||outside hitter |- | 16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Leandro Vissotto<small><sup>2</sup></small>||align=right|{{Birth date|1983|4|30}}||opposite |- | 17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Brunetti||align=right|{{Birth date|1995|7|5}}||libero |- |colspan=4| Head coach: Miguel Angel Falasca<br>Assistant: Francesco Cattaneo<br> <small><sup>1</sup> Marcello Forni left the club on December 22, 2016.</small><br> <small><sup>2</sup> Leandro Vissotto joined the club on January 13, 2017.</small> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.verovolley.com/ Official website] * [https://volleybox.net/vero-volley-monza-t1959 Team profile] at ''Volleybox.net''
{{Italian Volleyball League}} Category:Volleyball clubs in Italy Category:Volleyball clubs established in 1999 Category:Sport in Milan Category:1999 establishments in Italy