Volley Bergamo

Foppapedretti Bergamo
Full name Volley Bergamo
Nickname Foppa
Rossoblù (red and blues)
Founded 1991
Ground PalaNorda, Bergamo, Italy
(Capacity: 2,250)
Chairman Luciano Bonetti
Head coach Stefano Micoli
League FIPAV Women's Serie A1
2016–17 4th (Playoff quarter-finalist)
Website Club home page
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Volley Bergamo is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bergamo and currently playing in the Serie A1.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

  • Volley Bergamo (1991–1992)
  • Foppapedretti Bergamo (1992–2000)
  • Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo (2000–2006)
  • Play Radio Foppapedretti Bergamo (2006–2007)
  • Foppapedretti Bergamo (2007–2010)
  • Norda Foppapedretti Bergamo (2010–2012)
  • Foppapedretti Bergamo (2012–present)

History

Beginnings (1991–1994)

Volley Bergamo was founded in 1991 by Mauro Ferraris and first played in the 1991–92 Serie B1 (third tier). In the following season (1992–93) it started a partnership with Foppapedretti and gained promotion to the Serie A2 (second tier). The club gain a second successive promotion in 1993–94 by winning the Serie A2 and being promoted to the Serie A1 (first tier).[1]

Major success (1995–2007)

In 1994–95, its debut season at Serie A1, the club finished in fifth position, earning for the first time qualification for a European competition (CEV Cup).[2] In the following season it won both the Serie A1 and the Coppa Italia for the first time. In the 1996–97 the club won the Serie A1, Coppa Italia, Italian Super Cup and the CEV Champions League.[3] For the next decade the club became one of the strongest women's volleyball clubs in Europe, winning another five Serie A1 (1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06), two Coppa Italia (1997–98, 2005–06), four Italian Super Cups (1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05), four CEV Champions League (1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2006–07) and one CEV Cup (2003–04).[4]

Recent years (2008–present)

Despite not being as dominant as before, the club after 2008 won the Serie A oncd again (2010–11), the Coppa Italia (2007–08 and 2015–16), the Italian Super Cup (2011–12) and the CEV Champions League (2008–09 and 2009–10).[4] It is the most successful Italian team in the CEV Champions League history with 7 titles and the second most successful team in Serie A history with 8 titles, having never being relegated since its debut in the 1994–95 season.[5]

Team

Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.[6][7]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Croatia Ema Strunjak Middle Blocker 1.88 24 September 1999
2 Italy Lucia Imperiali Libero 1.62 5 May 1999
3 Serbia Sanja Malagurski Opposite 1.93 75 8 June 1990
4 Italy Valeria Battista Opposite 1.79 23 January 2001
5 Serbia Mina Popović Middle Blocker 1.87 73 14 September 1994
7 Italy Paola Cardullo Libero 1.62 56 18 March 1982
9 Italy Francesca Marcon Outside Hitter 1.80 65 9 July 1983
10 Italy Paola Paggi Middle Blocker 1.82 72 6 December 1976
13 Italy Jennifer Boldini Setter 1.87 6 April 1999
15 Italy Ofelia Malinov Setter 1.80 70 29 February 1996
17 Italy Miriam Sylla Outside Hitter 1.81 80 8 January 1995
18 Venezuela Roslandy Acosta Outside Hitter 1.90 62 25 February 1992

Notable players

Retired numbers

  • 11 Brazil Giseli Gavio; the number was retired in 1999
  • 12 Italy Francesca Piccinini; the number was retired in 2013

Head Coaches

  • Italy Francesco Sbalchiero (1993–1995)
  • Bulgaria Atanas Malinov (1995–1997)
  • Italy Marco Bonitta (1997–2000)
  • Italy Giuseppe Cuccarini (2000–2002)
  • Italy Mario Di Pietro (2002–2003)
  • Italy Giovanni Caprara (2003–2005)
  • Italy Marco Fenoglio (2005–2007)
  • Italy Lorenzo Micelli (2007–2010)
  • Italy Davide Mazzanti (2010–2012)
  • Italy Stefano Lavarini (2012–2017)
  • Italy Stefano Micoli (2017–present)

Honours

National competitions

1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2010–11
1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2015–16
  • Italian Super Cup: 6
1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2011–12

International competitions

1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
2003–04

References

  1. ↑ "Storia". Volley Bergamo (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "1995/96 CEV CUP - Volley Bergamo". CEV. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "CHAMPION WOMEN - EC 96/97 - Final". CEV. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 "ALBO D'ORO". Volley Bergamo (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Volley Bergamo - Squads by season". Lega Pallavolo Seria A Femminile (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Team". Volley Bergamo (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "2017-18 Foppapedretti Bergamo Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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