Azzurra Volley Firenze
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| Full name | Azzurra Volley Firenze | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1975 | ||
| Ground | Palazzo Wanny, Florence, Italy (Capacity: 5,000) | ||
| Chairman | Elio Sità | ||
| Head coach | Simone Bendandi | ||
| League | FIPAV Women's Serie A1 | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
Azzurra Volley Firenze is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Florence and currently playing in the Serie A1.
Previous names
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
- Volleyball Arci San Casciano (1975–1986)
- Azzurra Volley San Casciano (1986–2004)
- Il Bisonte Azzurra Volley San Casciano (2004–2013)
- Il Bisonte San Casciano (2013–2014)
- Il Bisonte Firenze (2014–present)
History
Founded in 1975 as Volleyball Arci San Casciano, the club originally focused on youth teams. After becoming Azzurra Volley in 1986, the club start making progress in the lower Italian leagues arriving at Serie B2 and eventually reaching the Serie B1 in 2002. With the team showing good potential, the club search for sponsorship in order to fulfil it. In 2004 with main sponsor found, the club change its name to Il Bisonte Azzurra. In the following years, strong campaigns allow the club to compete for promotion to Serie A2 which was reached in 2012. Two seasons later the club was promoted to Serie A1, as a result, the home venue is changed to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.[1] In February 2022, the club changed its home venue again to the newly built Palazzo Wanny arena.[2]
Team
The following is the roster for the 2024–2025 season.[3]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy Nausica Acciarri | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 25 September 2004 |
| 3 | Italy Adhuoljok Malual | Opposite | 1.90 | 14 November 2000 |
| 4 | Croatia Božana Butigan | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 19 August 2000 |
| 6 | Italy Giulia Leonardi (c) | Libero | 1.65 | 1 December 1987 |
| 7 | Italy Ilaria Battistoni | Setter | 1.74 | 22 April 1996 |
| 9 | Italy Marina Giacomello | Opposite | 1.90 | 1 April 2004 |
| 10 | Italy Stella Nervini | Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 10 September 2003 |
| 11 | Italy Giulia Mancini | Middle Blocker | 1.83 | 23 May 1998 |
| 13 | Italy Manuela Ribechi | Libero | 1.72 | 15 February 2004 |
| 17 | Italy Bianca Lapini | Outside Hitter | 1.83 | 13 July 2002 |
| 18 | Italy Emma Cagnin | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 26 June 2002 |
| 19 | Italy Beatrice Agrifoglio | Setter | 1.78 | 1 January 1994 |
| 21 | Belarus Anna Davyskiba | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 8 February 2000 |
| 33 | Italy Marta Bechis | Setter | 1.80 | 4 September 1989 |
| 2023–2024 Team[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | |
| 1 | Italy Nausica Acciarri | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 25 September 2004 | |
| 3 | Italy Manuela Ribechi | Libero | 1.72 | 15 February 2004 | |
| 4 | Japan Mayu Ishikawa | Outside Hitter | 1.74 | 14 May 2000 | |
| 6 | Italy Giulia Leonardi (c) | Libero | 1.65 | 1 December 1987 | |
| 7 | Italy Ilaria Battistoni | Setter | 1.74 | 22 April 1996 | |
| 8 | Germany Lina Alsmeier | Outside Hitter | 1.89 | 29 August 2000 | |
| 9 | Cuba Ailama Cesé | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 29 October 2000 | |
| 10 | United States Kendall Kipp | Opposite | 1.96 | 12 December 2000 | |
| 11 | Sweden Alexandra Lazić | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 24 September 1994 | |
| 12 | Italy Alessia Mazzaro | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 19 September 1998 | |
| 13 | Italy Emma Graziani | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 16 August 2002 | |
| 19 | Italy Beatrice Agrifoglio | Setter | 1.78 | 1 January 1994 | |
| 24 | Ukraine Anastasiia Kraiduba | Opposite | 1.94 | 15 April 1995 | |
| 26 | United States Lauren Stivrins | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 26 May 1998 | |
| 2022–2023 Team[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | |
| 1 | United States Rhamat Alhassan | Middle Blocker | 1.95 | 7 September 1996 | |
| 2 | France Amandha Sylves | Middle Blocker | 1.96 | 29 December 2000 | |
| 3 | Italy Carlotta Cambi | Setter | 1.76 | 28 May 1996 | |
| 4 | Belgium Britt Herbots (c) | Outside Hitter | 1.82 | 24 September 1999 | |
| 5 | Italy Silvia Lotti | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 17 June 1992 | |
| 6 | Italy Gaia Guiducci | Setter | 1.78 | 9 March 2002 | |
| 7 | Belgium Celine Van Gestel | Outside Hitter | 1.83 | 7 November 1997 | |
| 9 | Italy Sara Panetoni | Libero | 1.74 | 6 May 2000 | |
| 10 | Netherlands Jolien Knollema | Outside Hitter | 1.89 | 5 January 2003 | |
| 11 | Italy Anna Adelusi | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 10 June 2003 | |
| 12 | Italy Terry Ruth Enweonwu | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 12 May 2000 | |
| 13 | Italy Emma Graziani | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 16 August 2002 | |
| 15 | Italy Sylvia Nwakalor | Opposite | 1.76 | 12 August 1999 | |
| 17 | Italy Bianca Lapini | Libero | 1.83 | 13 July 2002 | |
| 18 | Russia Dayana Kosareva | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 24 August 1999 | |
| 23 | Italy Ofelia Malinov | Setter | 1.85 | 29 February 1996 | |
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| 2016–2017 Team[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 | Puerto Rico Daly Santana | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 19 February 1995 |
| 1 | Italy Indre Sorokaite | Opposite | 1.88 | 2 July 1988 |
| 2 | Italy Natalia Brussa | Opposite | 1.88 | 13 February 1985 |
| 3 | Italy Marta Bechis | Setter | 1.81 | 4 September 1989 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan Odina Bayramova | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 25 May 1990 |
| 5 | Italy Maria Chiara Norgini | Libero | 1.70 | 11 September 1998 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico Stephanie Enright | Outside Hitter | 1.79 | 15 December 1990 |
| 8 | Italy Francesca Bonciani | Setter | 1.78 | 25 May 1992 |
| 9 | Italy Laura Melandri | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 31 January 1995 |
| 10 | Italy Beatrice Parrocchiale | Libero | 1.67 | 26 December 1995 |
| 11 | Italy Vittoria Repice | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 1 June 1986 |
| 12 | Italy Giulia Pietrelli | Outside Hitter | 1.80 | 27 August 1988 |
| 13 | Italy Raffaella Calloni | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 4 May 1983 |
References
- ↑ "Storia". Azzurra Volley San Casciano (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "A Firenze apre Palazzo Wanny". sporteimpianti.it (in italiano). Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ↑ "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2024–25". legavolleyfemminile.it (in italiano). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2023–24". legavolleyfemminile.it (in italiano). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ↑ "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2022–23". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2016–17". legavolleyfemminile.it (in italiano). Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Azzurra Volley San Casciano.
- Official website (in Italian)