Imoco Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Conegliano in Northern Italy and currently playing in the Serie A1.
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| Full name | Imoco Volley Conegliano | ||
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| Short name | Imoco | ||
| Nickname | Pantere (Panthers) | ||
| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Ground | PalaVerde, Treviso, Italy (Capacity: 5,344) | ||
| Chairman |  Piero Garbellotto | ||
| Head coach | Daniele Santarelli | ||
| Captain |  Joanna Wołosz | ||
| League |  Serie A1 | ||
| 2022–23 |  1st | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| Championships | |||
Club World Championship  CEV Champions League | |||
History edit
The club was founded on 15 March 2012, two months after the bankruptcy of Spes Volley the other volleyball team in Conegliano.[1] In April 2012, it acquired a Serie A1 licence from Parma Volley Girls, that meant the club started playing directly at the highest Italian league.[2] It has been playing under the name Imoco Volley Conegliano since its foundation in 2012.
The club won the Serie A1 for the first time in 2015–16, winning the Italian Super Cup a few months later on 8 December 2016.[3]
On 5 March 2017, the club won the Coppa Italia for the first time after beating Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena 3–0 in the final.[4]
In December 2019 the club won the Women's Club World Championship.[5]
In 2020, the Imoco Volley won its second Coppa Italia. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, both the Serie A1 and the CEV Champions League were untimely cancelled. The Imoco Volley, with its new name A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano, reached, along with the VakıfBank, the semi-finals of the CEV Champions League after winning all its matches, but it could not play them;[6] it was declared winner of the regular season of the Serie A1, but no team was declared winner of the 2019-20 Italian championship.[7][8] It ended the 2019–20 season by winning three of its five goals: the Italian Supercup, the Women's Club World Championship in Shaoxing and the Coppa Italia.
All the starting seven of the club decided to renew their contracts for the 2020–21 season, after their wins in the previous season and the cancellation of the finals of the Serie A1 and the CEV Champions League (the only major title never won by the club). More than half of the current players of the Imoco Volley are part of the starting seven of the Italian national team, runner-up at the 2018 World Championship. The others are champions such as the Dutch Robin de Kruijf, the Polish setter Joanna Wołosz and the American Kimberly Hill. The club renewed all the other players excepting Giulia Gennari, according to its policy to have many young new talents along with top players of the volleyball. The new team has three players who are under the age of 20 years, one has less than 18 years, the Italian Loveth Omoruyi. Sarah Fahr, who is not part of the starting roster, has already won a silver medal at the 2018 World Championship and a bronze medal at the 2019 European Championship with the Italian national team.
Previous names edit
| Period | Previous names |
|---|---|
| 2012–2013 | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2013–2015 | Prosecco Doc-Imoco Conegliano |
| 2015–2019 | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| 2019–2022 | A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano |
| 2021– | Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano |
Team edit
All Roster player's of last Season ⤴
Season 2023–2024[9]
| 2023–2024 Team | |||||
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| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Vittoria Piani
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Opposite | 1.87 | 12 February 1998 | |
| 2 |  Kathryn Plummer
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Outside Hitter | 1.97 | 88 | 16 October 1998 |
| 3 | Kelsey Robinson-Cook
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Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 75 | 25 June 1992 |
| 4 | Federica Squarcini
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Middle Blocker | 1.83 | 67 | 24 September 2000 |
| 5 |  Robin de Kruijf
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Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 79 | 5 May 1991 |
| 6 | Alessia Gennari
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Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 70 | 3 November 1991 |
| 9 | Marina Lubian
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Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 74 | 11 April 2000 |
| 10 | Monica De Gennaro
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Libero | 1.72 | 63 | 8 January 1987 |
| 11 |  Isabelle Haak
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Opposite | 1.94 | 83 | 11 July 1999 |
| 12 | Madison Bugg
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Setter | 1.83 | 4 August 1994 | |
| 14 | Joanna Wołosz (c)
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Setter | 1.81 | 65 | 7 April 1990 |
| 16 | Khalia Lanier
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Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 19 September 1998 | |
| 19 | Sarah Fahr
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Middle Blocker | 1.94 | 84 | 12 September 2001 |
| 20 | Anna Bardaro
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Libero | 1.72 | 29 April 2005 | |
Current coaching staff edit
| Italy
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Daniele Santarelli | 8 June 1981 | Head coach |
| Italy
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Valerio Lionetti | 7 July 1985 | Vice coach |
| Italy
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Tommaso Barbato | 3 October 1980 | 2nd vice coach |
| Italy
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Andrea Zotta | 27 December 1994 | Assistant coach |
| Italy
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Lorenzo Monari | Sparring | |
| Italy
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Marco Greco | Scouting | |
| Italy
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Marco Da Lozzo | Physical trainer | |
| Italy
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Alberto Padovan | Assistant physical trainer | |
| Italy
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Claudio Dalla Torre | Doctor | |
| Italy
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Lorenzo Segre | Doctor | |
| Italy
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Vito Lamberti | Doctor | |
| Italy
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Enrico Corradini | Head physiotherapist | |
| Italy
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Ivan Bisetto | Physiotherapist | |
| Italy
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Francesco Zucca | Physiotherapist |
Head Coaches edit
| Period | Head Coaches |
|---|---|
| 2012–2014 | Marco Gaspari
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| 2014–2015 | Nicola Negro Alessandro Chiappini
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| 2015–2017 | Davide Mazzanti
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| 2017– | Daniele Santarelli
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Team Captains edit
| Period | Captain |
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| 2012–2014 | Raffaella Calloni
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| 2014–2015 | Valentina Fiorin
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| 2015–2016 | Valentina Arrighetti
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| 2016–2017 | Serena Ortolani
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| 2017– | Joanna Wołosz
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Kit providers edit
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Imoco Volley.
| Period | Kit provider |
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| 2012–2013 | Erreà |
| 2013–2019 | Mikasa |
| 2019– | Joma |
Stadium and locations edit
| Location | Stadium | Capacity | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treviso | Palaverde | 5,344 | 2012– |
Position Main edit
| Imoco Volley Line up |
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Honours edit
International competitions edit
Domestic competitions edit
Serie A1
Italian Cup
- Winners (6): 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023-24
Italian Super Cup
- Winners (7): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Notable players edit
Players written in italic still play for the club.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Imoco Volley, è fatta Scatta ora la caccia al titolo per la Serie A". La Tribuna di Treviso (in Italian). Retrieved 2015-06-08.
- ^ Rosa, Alberto (26 April 2012). "Imoco compra il Parma Conegliano può rinascere". La Tribuna di Treviso (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "La Supercoppa Samsung Gear S3 è dell'Imoco Volley Conegliano". Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian). 8 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "Coppa Italia: vince l'Imoco Volley". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Women's Club World Championship - Results". Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ ""The CEV Champions League Volley 2020 - Women has ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to the CEV Board of Administration decision taken on 23.04.2020"". CEV. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "L'Assemblea dei Club di Serie A Femminile vota per la conclusione anticipata della stagione: Imoco proclamata vincitrice della Regular Season, stop alle retrocessioni. Su Facebook l'intervista al presidente Fabris". Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian). 6 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ ""Conclusa l'attività sportiva per la stagione 2019-2020"". Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (in Italian). 8 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "Roster Imoco Volley 2023-24". Imoco Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
External links edit
- Official website (in Italian)
- Serie A website (in Italian)
- Imoco volley on Facebook
- Imoco volley on Instagram
- Imoco volley on Twitter
- Imoco Volley on TikTok
- Imoco Volley on LinkedIn
- Imoco Volley's channel on YouTube
- Imoco volley on Volleybox.net
- Imoco Volley on Volleyballworld.com