Neruda Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bronzolo, it played in the Serie A1 until 2017 and is currently playing in the Serie B1.
| Full name | Neruda Volley | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1978 | ||
| Ground | PalaResia, Bolzano, Italy (Capacity: 3,000) | ||
| Chairman | Rodolfo Favretto | ||
| Head coach | François Salvagni | ||
| League | FIPAV Women's Serie B1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 8th (in Serie A1) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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Previous names edit
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
- Neruda Volley Bolzano (1978–2013)
- Volksbank Südtirol Bolzano (2013–2015)
- Südtirol Bolzano (2015–present)
History edit
Founded in 1978 as a cultural club dedicated to Pablo Neruda, volleyball become one of the club's activities in the early 1980s as youth teams began to compete in the regional leagues. The team did well achieving promotions but for financial reasons it declined competing at the higher national leagues. That changed in 2008 when Rudy Favretto became its president with a project to bring the club to the forefront of Italian volleyball. Personnel with experience at the Italian national youth teams were brought into the club and in 2012, the club acquired a licence to play in the Serie B1 from Pallavolo Vigevano. After playoffs and repechage the club gain promotion to the Serie A2 in 2013 and moved to the PalaResia.[1]
The club reached the Serie A1 in 2015.[2] Ahead of the 2017–18 season, the club announced it would not participate in Serie A1, due to lack of financial resources.[3] The club was confirmed to play the Serie B1 in 2017–18.[4]
Team edit
This was the last team which played in the Serie A1, Season 2016–2017, as of February 2017.[5][6]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Floriana Bertone
|
Middle blocker | 2.02 | 19 November 1992 | |
| 2 | Alessia Zancanaro
|
Libero | 1.68 | 23 April 1998 | |
| 3 | Eleonora Bruno
|
Libero | 1.80 | 15 April 1994 | |
| 6 |  Tereza Rossi Matuszkova
|
Outside hitter | 1.92 | 3 December 1982 | |
| 7 | Natasha Spinello
|
Setter | 1.73 | 15 December 1998 | |
| 8 |  Christina Bauer
|
Middle blocker | 1.96 | 1 January 1998 | |
| 9 | Valeria Papa
|
Outside hitter | 1.83 | 9 September 1989 | |
| 10 | Giulia Pincerato
|
Setter | 1.82 | 16 March 1987 | |
| 11 |  Sanja Popović
|
Opposite | 1.86 | 31 May 1984 | |
| 14 |  Michelle Bartsch
|
Outside hitter | 1.92 | 12 February 1990 | |
| 18 | Marina Zambelli
|
Middle blocker | 1.87 | 1 January 1990 | |
| Matea Ikic
|
Outside hitter | 1.85 | 25 May 1989 |
References edit
- ^ Igini, Matteo. "La nostra storia". Neruda Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Südtirol Bolzano". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Il Südtirol Bolzano non sarà al via della prossima serie A1 femminile". Neruda Volley (in Italian). 18 June 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Il Neruda Volley riparte dalla serie B1, ecco il girone che attende le arancioblù". Neruda Volley (in Italian). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Team". Neruda Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Neruda Volley Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
External links edit
- Official website (in Italian)