RC Cannes

RC Cannes
Full name Racing Club de Cannes
Founded 1922
Ground Palais des Victoires,
Cannes, France
(Capacity: 4,000)
Chairman Agostino Pesce
Head coach Laurent Tillie
League Ligue AF
2016–17 5th (Play-off semifinalist)
Website Club home page
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RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF.

History

Racing Club de Cannes was created as a sports club in 1922 and the volleyball department was introduced in 1942. Originally it had both men and women's teams until 1948 when the men's team was dissolved. The club played in regional and lower national leagues and when the national league was restructured in 1967, it gained a place in the elite league. The club proved to be competitive and after finishing second in 1972, it qualified for the first time to play in a European competition (Cup Winners Cup). In 1993, Chinese coach Yan Fang was hired and the club became very successful.[1] For the next 23 seasons (from 1993–94 to 2015–16) under his coaching, the club won twenty French Championships (including eighteen consecutive titles from 1997–98 to 2014–15 and finish second in 1993–94, 1996–97 and 2015–16), nineteen French Cups (finish second in 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02 and 2014–15), two CEV Women's Champions League (in 2001–02 and 2002–03, finishing second in 2005–06 and 2011–12).[2] The club has also won minor international tournaments, such as the Women's Top Volley International on six occasions (1990, December 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002 and 2005).

Venue

In 2005 the club moved from the Palais des Sports André Henry to the Palais des Victoires.[1]

Honours

National competitions

  • French Championship: 20
1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
  • French Cup: 20
1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017-18

International competitions

2001–02, 2002–03

Team

Season 2016–2017, as of March 2017.[3][4][5]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1France Myriam KlosterMiddle blocker1.88764 August 1989
2Ukraine Olga SavenchukOpposite1.887820 May 1988
3France Lucille GicquelOutside hitter1.897113 November 1997
4Brazil Mariana Thomaz de AquinoMiddle blocker1.92702 May 1991
5United States Taylor SandbotheMiddle blocker1.876815 December 1994
6France Déborah OrtschittLibero1.655810 June 1987
7Serbia Sanja BursaćOutside hitter1.786310 January 1990
10Croatia Vedrana JakšetićSetter1.837317 September 1996
11Serbia Tanja GrbićSetter1.76649 July 1988
15Slovenia Sara HutinskiMiddle blocker1.867120 June 1991
16Ukraine Nadiia KodolaOutside hitter1.857829 September 1988
17Bulgaria Gergana DimitrovaOutside hitter1.847428 February 1996
18Japan Kotoki ZayasuLibero1.595611 January 1990
19France Romane RuizLibero1.78675 January 1997
20France Carla BoudalLibero1.676214 July 1999

Notable players

References

  1. 1 2 "Le club". RC Cannes (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Anny Courtade quitte la présidence du RC Cannes". L'Équipe (in French). 3 July 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "L'équipe". RC Cannes (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Racing Club de Cannes". Ligue Nationale de Volley (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "RC Cannes - Team 2016–17". CEV. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "RC Cannes - Team 2010–11". CEV. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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