Modena Volley
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Full name | Valsa Group Modena | ||
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Short name | Modena Volley | ||
Founded | 1966 | ||
Ground | PalaPanini, Modena (Capacity: 4,968) | ||
Chairman | Catia Pedrini | ||
Manager | Alberto Giuliani | ||
Captain | Bruno Rezende | ||
League | Italian Volleyball League | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
Uniforms | |||
Modena Volley is a professional volleyball team based in Modena, Italy. It has played in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 1968. It is the most successful Italian club, having won the national league twelve times and the national cup as well. The club is one of the most prominent and prestigious in Europe too, having won thirteen European trophies including four CEV Champions League.
Achievements
- CEV Champions League
- File:Gold medal with cup.svg (x4) 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998
- File:Silver medal with cup.svg (x4) 1987, 1988, 1989, 2003
- File:Bronze medal with cup.svg (x1) 1991
- CEV Cup
- File:Gold medal with cup.svg (x4) 1980, 1986, 1995, 2023
- File:Silver medal with cup.svg (x1) 2007
- CEV Challenge Cup
- File:Gold medal with cup.svg (x5) 1983, 1984, 1985, 2004, 2008
- File:Silver medal with cup.svg (x2) 2000, 2001
- CEV SuperCup
- File:Gold medal with cup.svg (x1) 1995
- File:Silver medal with cup.svg (x2) 1990, 1997
- Italian Championship
- File:Gold medal with cup.svg (x12) 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2016
- Italian Cup
- File:Simple gold cup.svg (x12) 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2015, 2016
- Italian SuperCup
- File:Simple gold cup.svg (x4) 1997, 2015, 2016, 2018
History
The club was founded in 1966 by Benito and Giuseppe Panini, owners of Edizioni Panini publishing house, and was named Gruppo Sportivo Panini (or simply G.S. Panini). The club, trained by Franco Anderlini, started from Serie C (the third level of the Italian League) and achieved the Serie A in 1968, taking only two seasons. Since then it has never been relegated to lower divisions. It took only another season to achieve the first Italian League, in 1969/70: the victory was led by the Czechoslovak superstar Josef Musil. With Anderlini as head coach Modena won three championships, but in 1975/76 he resigned and was replaced by Polish Edward Skorek who acted as player-coach, leading Panini to another national title. By the end of the 1970s Modena clinched four Italian leagues, two Italian cups and its first European trophy, the 1979/80 CEV Cup Winners' Cup, with the Brazilian Bernard Rajzman and the Italian Francesco Dall'Olio as leaders of the team. In the 1980s Modena had even greater successes: managed by Julio Velasco the team gained four consecutive Italian leagues and many national and international cups. In 1989 Velasco was appointed head of the Italian national team, leaving Modena where he was replaced by Vladimir Jankovic. Even without Velasco, Modena became European champion winning the 1989/90 CEV Champions League.
The team entered the 1990s with financial difficulties and its best players (Vullo, Bernardi, Bertoli, Cantagalli, Lucchetta) left Modena moving to better funded clubs. The Panini era was coming to an end and in 1993 the club changed ownership for the first time, being taken over by Giovanni Vandelli, a ceramic industrialist who renamed the club as Daytona Volley. Vandelli signed Daniele Bagnoli as head coach and brought back Bertoli, Cantagalli and Vullo. Modena soon regained its competitiveness and in five seasons it won twelve trophies, including two Italian Leagues and two CEV Champions Leagues. The 1996/97 season could be regarded as one of the most successful in the club's long history, having achieved the Italian League, the Italian Cup and the Champions League in the same year. The line-up of this legendary season was structured by the setter Fabio Vullo, the opposite hitter Juan Cuminetti, the middle-blockers Bas van de Goor and Andrea Giani, the outside hitters Marco Bracci and Luca Cantagalli: one of the best European teams ever. 1996 was also the year of Giuseppe Panini's death, co-founder and for many years the highly respected president of the club. The municipal administration of Modena entitled the local arena, home of the volleyball team, to his memory as Palazzo dello Sport Giuseppe Panini, commonly referred to as PalaPanini by supporters. In 1997/98, trained by Francesco Dall'Olio, Modena won his third consecutive CEV Champions League. After an unsuccessful comeback of Daniele Bagnoli, Vandelli's club won its last Italian league in 2001/02 with Angelo Lorenzetti as coach.
Vandelli's last trophy was the 2003/04 CEV Cup (now Challenge Cup), then in 2005 he sold the club to a consortium composed of Antonio Barone (a coal industry businessman and former volleyball player, who won two Italian leagues with the Panini team[1]), Catia Pedrini (Barone's wife) and Giuliano Grani (a merchandising businessman). The name was changed to Pallavolo Modena and Barone became the new president. During 2008 Barone e Pedrini left the club leaving it in the hands of Grani and new partner Pietro Peia (a long-standing manager of the club). In 2012 even Grani took a step back, leaving Peia as the sole owner. Under the Barone-Grani-Peia ownership Modena won only one trophy with the 2007/08 CEV Challenge Cup, despite great investments to sign notable players like Ángel Dennis, Murilo Endres and Matthew Anderson, and many successive famous coaches like Julio Velasco, Andrea Giani, Silvano Prandi, Daniele Bagnoli (at his third experience at Modena) and Angelo Lorenzetti.
In May 2013 a new consortium composed of Gino Gibertini (dealer of oil products), Antonio Panini (son of Giuseppe Panini), Catia Pedrini, Dino Piacentini (building contractor) and Peter Zehentleitner (CEO of Trenkwalder Italia) acquired the club. Both Gibertini and Piacentini were Panini's players in the seventies. The club's name was changed to Modena Volley Punto Zero with Gibertini as president and Lorenzetti being confirmed as head coach. The coexistence between many partners proved to be difficult and after few months Gibertini, Panini and Zehentleitner left the consortium. Catia Pedrini was then appointed president of the club with Piacentini in the role of vice-president. For the 2014–15 season the club's name has been modified to Modena Volley with a new logo. On 11 January 2015, the team won its first title in 7 years (the last victory was the CEV Challenge Cup in 2008), by defeating Trentino Volley[2] in the final of Italian Volleyball Cup. For the 2015–2016 season Modena decides to strengthen the team by adding the Brazilian middle-blocker Lucas Saatkamp, and replacing Uroš Kovačević with his Serbian compatriot Miloš Nikić. Since October 2015, the club sets a major sponsorship deal with DHL. During the season, the club enlarged his honours with the victories of Italian Supercup in October and the Italian Volleyball Cup in February, by defeating Trentino Volley in both matches. Above all, the main success of the season has been the Italian national title after 14 years, by defeating SIR Safety Perugia in the final by 3–0. For the 2016–2017 season, there are many changes: the main sponsor DHL and coach Angelo Lorenzetti leave the club, moreover the Brazilians "magic duo" Bruno Rezende and Lucas Saatkamp return to their home country. Nevertheless, Modena reinforces the roster by hiring two of the best middle blockers in the world: Maxwell Holt and Kevin Le Roux. The expert Argentinian setter Santiago Orduna takes place of Bruninho and the Serbian spiker Nemanja Petric is promoted as team Captain. Since September 2016, the new main sponsor of the club is the Italian asset management company Azimut Holding.
Former names
1968–1989 | Panini Modena |
1989–1991 | Philips Modena |
1991–1992 | Carimonte Modena |
1992–1993 | Panini Modena |
1993–1994 | Daytona Modena |
1994–1995 | Daytona Las Modena |
1995–1996 | Las Daytona Modena |
1996–1997 | Las Daytona Modena; Las Valtur Modena[a] |
1997–2000 | Casa Modena Unibon |
2000–2002 | Casa Modena Salumi |
2002–2003 | Kerakoll Modena; Meta Daytona Modena[b] |
2003–2004 | Kerakoll Modena |
2004–2005 | Daytona Modena |
2005–2008 | Cimone Modena |
2008–2010 | Trenkwalder Modena |
2010–2014 | Casa Modena |
2014–2015 | Modena Volley; Parmareggio Modena[c] |
2015–2016 | DHL Modena |
2016–2018 | Azimut Modena |
2018–2019 | Azimut Leo Shoes Modena |
2019–2021 | Leo Shoes Modena |
2021–2022 | Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena |
2022–Present | Valsa Group Modena |
Team
Team roster – season 2022/2023
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
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1 | Brazil Bruno Rezende (C) | July 2, 1986 | setter |
3 | Australia Lorenzo Pope | December 6, 2001 | outside hitter |
4 | France Nicolas Maréchal | March 4, 1987 | outside hitter |
5 | Italy Riccardo Gollini | July 5, 2000 | libero |
6 | Italy Giovanni Sanguinetti | April 14, 2000 | middle blocker |
7 | Serbia Dragan Stanković | October 18, 1985 | middle blocker |
9 | France Earvin N'Gapeth | February 12, 1991 | outside hitter |
10 | Italy Lorenzo Sala | January 1, 2002 | opposite |
11 | Germany Tobias Krick | October 22, 1998 | middle blocker |
12 | Turkey Adis Lagumdzija | March 29, 1999 | opposite |
15 | Italy Elia Bossi | August 15, 1994 | middle blocker |
16 | Italy Nicola Salsi | September 13, 1997 | setter |
21 | Italy Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero |
24 | Italy Andrea Malvasi | June 23, 2005 | outside hitter |
90 | Italy Tommaso Rinaldi | November 9, 2001 | outside hitter |
Head coach: Italy Alberto Giuliani Assistant: Argentina Sebastian Carotti |
Team roster – season 2021/2022 | |||||
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No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
1 | Brazil Bruno Rezende (C) | July 2, 1986 | setter | ||
3 | Netherlands Maarten van Garderen | January 24, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
5 | Italy Riccardo Gollini | July 5, 2000 | libero | ||
6 | Italy Giovanni Sanguinetti | April 14, 2000 | middle blocker | ||
7 | Italy Dragan Stanković | October 18, 1985 | middle blocker | ||
8 | France Swan N'Gapeth | January 9, 1992 | outside hitter | ||
9 | France Earvin N'Gapeth | February 12, 1991 | outside hitter | ||
10 | Italy Lorenzo Sala | January 1, 2002 | opposite | ||
14 | Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz | February 5, 1992 | opposite | ||
16 | Italy Nicola Salsi | September 13, 1997 | setter | ||
17 | Brazil Yoandy Leal | August 31, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
18 | Italy Daniele Mazzone | June 4, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
21 | Italy Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
Head coach: Italy Andrea Giani |
Team roster – season 2020/2021 | |||||
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Leo Shoes Modena | |||||
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
1 | Italy Tommaso Rinaldi | November 9, 2001 | outside hitter | ||
2 | Cuba Luis Estrada Mazorra | March 10, 2000 | outside hitter | ||
3 | Italy Nicola Iannelli | March 3, 1999 | libero | ||
4 | Serbia Nemanja Petric | July 28, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
5 | Italy Paolo Porro | October 27, 2001 | setter | ||
6 | Italy Giovanni Sanguinetti | April 14, 2000 | middle blocker | ||
7 | Italy Dragan Stanković | October 18, 1985 | middle blocker | ||
10 | France Jenia Grebennikov | August 13, 1990 | libero | ||
11 | United States Micah Christenson (C) | May 8, 1993 | setter | ||
13 | Germany Moritz Karlitzek | August 12, 1996 | outside hitter | ||
14 | Italy Luca Vettori | April 26, 1991 | opposite | ||
15 | Italy Elia Bossi | August 15, 1994 | middle blocker | ||
17 | Austria Paul Buchegger | March 4, 1996 | opposite | ||
18 | Italy Daniele Mazzone | June 4, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
19 | Italy Daniele Lavia | November 4, 1999 | outside hitter | ||
Head coach: Italy Andrea Giani Assistant: Sebastian Carotti |
Team roster – season 2019/2020 | |||||
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Leo Shoes Modena | |||||
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
1 | United States Matthew Anderson | April 18, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
2 | Cuba Luis Estrada Mazorra | March 10, 2000 | outside hitter | ||
3 | Italy Nicola Iannelli | March 3, 1999 | libero | ||
5 | Italy Andrea Truocchio | February 10, 2000 | middle blocker | ||
6 | Italy Giovanni Sanguinetti | April 14, 2000 | middle blocker | ||
7 | Italy Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
8 | Italy Giulio Pinali | April 2, 1997 | outside hitter | ||
9 | Italy Ivan Zaytsev | October 2, 1988 | opposite | ||
10 | Poland Bartosz Bednorz | July 25, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
11 | United States Micah Christenson | May 8, 1993 | setter | ||
12 | United States Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
15 | Italy Elia Bossi | August 15, 1994 | middle blocker | ||
16 | Italy Nicola Salsi | September 13, 1997 | setter | ||
18 | Italy Daniele Mazzone | June 4, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
20 | Italy Matteo Lusetti | August 6, 2002 | setter | ||
23 | Italy Tommaso Rinaldi | November 9, 2001 | outside hitter | ||
90 | Germany Denis Kaliberda | June 24, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
Head coach: Andrea Giani Assistant: Luca Cantagalli |
Team roster – season 2018/2019 | |||||
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Azimut Leo Shoes Modena | |||||
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
1 | Poland Bartosz Bednorz | July 25, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
2 | France Kevin Tillie | November 2, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
3 | Italy Lorenzo Benvenuti | July 8, 1994 | libero | ||
4 | Italy Marco Pierotti | June 19, 1996 | outside hitter | ||
5 | Netherlands Luuc Van der Ent | July 27, 1997 | middle blocker | ||
7 | Italy Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
8 | Italy Giulio Pinali | April 2, 1997 | outside hitter | ||
9 | Italy Ivan Zaytsev | October 2, 1988 | opposite | ||
10 | United States Jennings Franciskovic | May 10, 1995 | setter | ||
11 | United States Micah Christenson | May 8, 1993 | setter | ||
12 | United States Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
13 | Italy Simone Anzani | February 24, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
14 | Italy Andrea Truocchio | February 10, 2000 | middle blocker | ||
16 | Italy Matteo Lusetti | August 6, 2002 | setter | ||
17 | Slovenia Tine Urnaut | September 3, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
18 | Italy Daniele Mazzone | June 4, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
24 | Germany Denys Kaliberda | June 24, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
25 | Netherlands Wessel Keemink | May 29, 1993 | setter | ||
Head coach: Julio Velasco Assistant: Luca Cantagalli |
Team roster – season 2017/2018 | |||||
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Azimut Modena | |||||
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
1 | Brazil Bruno Rezende | July 2, 1986 | setter | ||
2 | United States Jennings Franciskovic | May 10, 1995 | setter | ||
3 | Italy Andrea Argenta | June 1, 1996 | outside hitter | ||
4 | Netherlands Maarten Van Garderen | January 24, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
6 | Italy Federico Tosi | September 18, 1991 | libero | ||
7 | Italy Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
8 | France Swan N'Gapeth | January 9, 1992 | outside hitter | ||
9 | France Earvin N'Gapeth | February 12, 1991 | outside hitter | ||
10 | Italy Giulio Sabbi | August 10, 1989 | opposite | ||
11 | Italy Elia Bossi | August 15, 1994 | middle blocker | ||
12 | United States Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
14 | Italy Alberto Marra | November 18, 1998 | middle blocker | ||
15 | Italy Giulio Pinali | April 2, 1997 | outside hitter | ||
16 | Bulgaria Chono Penchev | December 11, 1994 | setter | ||
17 | Slovenia Tine Urnaut | September 3, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
18 | Italy Daniele Mazzone | June 4, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
Head coach: Radostin Stoytchev Assistant: Dario Simoni |
Team roster – season 2016/2017 | |||||
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Azimut Modena | |||||
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
4 | Serbia Nemanja Petrić (C) | July 28, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
5 | Argentina Santiago Orduna | August 31, 1983 | setter | ||
6 | Italy Jacopo Massari | June 2, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
7 | Italy Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
8 | France Swan N'Gapeth | January 9, 1992 | outside hitter | ||
9 | France Earvin N'Gapeth | February 12, 1991 | outside hitter | ||
10 | France Kevin Le Roux | May 11, 1989 | middle blocker | ||
11 | Italy Matteo Piano | October 24, 1990 | middle blocker | ||
12 | United States Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
13 | Italy Dragan Travica | August 28, 1986 | setter | ||
14 | Italy Samuel Onwelo | April 18, 1997 | opposite | ||
16 | Italy Nicola Salsi | September 13, 1997 | setter | ||
17 | Italy Luca Vettori | April 26, 1991 | opposite | ||
Head coach: Lorenzo Tubertini |
Team roster – season 2015/2016 | |||||
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DHL Modena | |||||
No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
1 | Brazil Bruno Rezende (C) | July 2, 1986 | setter | ||
2 | Italy Fabio Donadio | April 30, 1988 | libero | ||
4 | Serbia Nemanja Petrić | July 28, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
5 | Italy Pietro Soli | September 15, 1994 | setter | ||
6 | Italy Alberto Casadei | February 6, 1984 | opposite | ||
7 | Italy Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
8 | Italy Luca Sartoretti | November 20, 1995 | outside hitter | ||
9 | France Earvin N'Gapeth | February 12, 1991 | outside hitter | ||
10 | Serbia Miloš Nikić | March 31, 1986 | outside hitter | ||
11 | Italy Matteo Piano | October 24, 1990 | middle blocker | ||
12 | Italy Elia Bossi | August 15, 1994 | middle blocker | ||
14 | Nigeria Samuel Onwelo | April 18, 1997 | opposite | ||
15 | Brazil Thiago Sens | July 2, 1985 | outside hitter | ||
16 | Brazil Lucas Saatkamp | March 6, 1986 | middle blocker | ||
17 | Italy Luca Vettori | April 26, 1991 | opposite | ||
18 | Italy Nicholas Sighinolfi | August 11, 1994 | middle blocker | ||
Head coach: Angelo Lorenzetti Assistant: Lorenzo Tubertini |
Notable players
The stars indicate Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees.
Presidents
1966–1993 | Giuseppe Panini |
1993–2005 | Giovanni Vandelli |
2005–2007 | Antonio Barone |
2007–2012 | Giuliano Grani |
2012–2013 | Pietro Peia |
2013 | Gino Gibertini |
2013–2022 | Catia Pedrini |
2022–Present | Giulia Gabana |
Head coaches
Name | Nationality | Years |
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Franco Anderlini | Italy | 1966–1975 |
Edward Skorek | Poland | 1975–1978 |
Gian Paolo Guidetti | Italy | 1978–1983 |
Andrea Nannini | Italy | 1983–1985 |
Julio Velasco | Argentina | 1985–1989 |
Vladimir Janković | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | 1989–1990 |
Massimo Barbolini | Italy | 1990–1992 |
Bernardo Rezende | Brazil | 1992–1993 |
Daniele Bagnoli | Italy | 1993–1997[a] |
Franco Bertoli | Italy | 1996–1997[a] |
Francesco Dall'Olio | Italy | 1997–1998 |
Bruno Bagnoli | Italy | 1998–2000[b] |
Franco Bertoli | Italy | 2000[b] |
Daniele Bagnoli | Italy | 2000–2001 |
Angelo Lorenzetti | Italy | 2001–2004[c] |
Maurizio Menarini | Italy | 2004[c] |
Julio Velasco | Argentina | 2004–2006 |
Bruno Bagnoli | Italy | 2006–2007 |
Andrea Giani | Italy | 2007–2008[d] |
Emanuele Zanini | Italy | 2008–2009[d] |
Silvano Prandi | Italy | 2009–2011[e] |
Daniele Bagnoli | Italy | 2011–2012[e] |
Angelo Lorenzetti | Italy | 2012–2016 |
Roberto Piazza | Italy | 2016–2017[f] |
Lorenzo Tubertini | Italy | 2017[f] |
Radostin Stoychev | Bulgaria | 2017–2018 |
Julio Velasco | Argentina | 2018–2019 |
Andrea Giani | Italy | 2019–2023 |
Francesco Petrella[3] | Italy | 2023–Present |
- a In November 1996 Daniele Bagnoli suffered serious injuries from a car accident and was replaced by Bertoli until his recovery.
- b In February 2000 Bruno Bagnoli was sacked and replaced by Bertoli.
- c In January 2004 Lorenzetti was dismissed and replaced by the assistant coach Menarini.
- d In December 2008 Giani was sacked and replaced by Zanini.
- e In January 2011 Prandi was dismissed and replaced by Daniele Bagnoli.
- f In February 2017 Piazza and the club agreed to terminate the contract. He was replaced by the assistant coach Tubertini.
Kit manufacturer
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Modena team.
Period | Kit provider |
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1985–1989 | Best Company |
1989–2003 | Asics |
2003–2005 | A-Line |
2005–2017 | Macron |
2017–2021 | Erreà |
2021–current | Ninesquared |
References
- ↑ "Legavolley: atleta Antonio Barone" (in italiano). Lega Pallavolo Serie A. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ↑ Itas Diatec Trentino – Modena Volley 1–3 (19:25, 19:25, 25:23, 12:25) ScoresPro.com
- ↑ "Superlega, il nuovo allenatore del Modena Volley è Francesco Petrella". ModenaToday (in italiano). Retrieved 2023-05-22.
External links
- Official website
- Team profile at Volleybox.net