Prisma Volley

Gioiella Prisma Taranto

File:Prisma Taranto logo.png
Full name	Gioiella Prisma Taranto
Founded	1997
Ground	PalaMazzola, Taranto (Capacity: 5,000)
Manager	Vincenzo Di Pinto
League	Italian Volleyball League
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
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Gioiella Prisma Taranto is a professional Volleyball based in Taranto, Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League. It was created in 1997 under the name of Magna Grecia Volley, and now it is named Prisma Volley.

History

A first club was founded in 1997, by the president Antonio Di Battista, that moved the Magna Grecia Volley franchise from Matera to Taranto. The team, with the classical red and blu jerseys, start its first championship in Serie A2, achieving the promotion to Serie A1 at the end of 1999-2000 season. The team played two years in the first division with the sponsor names La Cascina and Vini Borgocanale, before it went bankrupt. In 2002 the Magna Grecia Volley vice-president, Antonio Bongiovanni, founded the Taranto Volley. The team started from Serie D, won in 2003 and, in the summer of the same year, was acquired Belpasso (Serie A2) franchise. The return in the first division arrived in 2004 season, after the acquisition of Unimade Parma franchise. At the end of the year, the team come back to the second division. After a winning season (2005/2006), the team conquered, for the first time in its history, the playoff qualification in 2006/2007 season. At the same time, even the qualification to the Coppa Italia Final Four was reached. At the end of 2007/2008 championship, ended with the keeping of higher division, the club was moved from Taranto to Martina Franca, by management decision.

Team

Team roster – season 2022/2023

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Tommaso Stefani	(2001-05-04) 4 May 2001	opposite
2	Oleg Antonov	(1988-07-28) 28 July 1988	outside hitter
3	Giovanni Maria Gargiulo	(1999-06-03) 3 June 1999	middle blocker
4	Aimone Alletti	(1988-06-28) 28 June 1988	middle blocker
5	Marco Falaschi	(1987-09-18) 18 September 1987	setter
6	Marco Rizzo	(1990-01-02) 2 January 1990	libero
7	Manuele Lucconi	(1999-02-09) 9 February 1999	opposite
8	Eric Loeppky	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998	outside hitter
9	Hampus Ekstrand	(2003-10-28) 28 October 2003	opposite
10	Jacopo Larizza	(1998-08-22) 22 August 1998	middle blocker
13	Charalampos Andreopoulos	(2001-01-23) 23 January 2001	outside hitter
14	Francesco Pierri	(1999-09-14) 14 September 1999	libero
18	Francesco Cottarelli	(1996-10-16) 16 October 1996	setter
Head coach: Vincenzo Di Pinto

Team roster – season 2008/2009
Number	Name	Height (m)	Date of Birth	Position	Nationality
1	Antonio Ricciardello	1,88	27/07/86	Libero	Italy
2	Manuel Coscione	1,88	29/01/80	Setter	Italy
3	Josè Luis Moltò	2,06	29/06/75	Middle blocker	Spain
6	Matej Černič	1,94	13/09/78	Outside hitter	Italy
9	Francesco Guglielmi	1,91	22/04/72	Libero	Italy
10	Milos Stoijkovic	2,00	17/05/87	Outside hitter	Serbia
11	Luigi Mastrangelo	2,02	17/08/75	middle Hitter/Blocker	Italy
12	Francesco Corsini	2,02	01/01/79	Opposite	Italy
13	Valdir Sequeira	1,95	22/11/81	Outside hitter	Portugal
14	Davide Quartarone	1,96	29/04/86	Setter	Italy
15	Bruno Augusto Furtado	1,96	25/07/78	Outside hitter	Brazil
18	Israel Rodriguez	1,94	27/08/81	Outside hitter	Spain
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External links

• Official website
• Team profile at Volleybox.net