River Volley

Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena
Full name River Volley
Founded 1983
Ground PalaPanini, Modena, Italy
(Capacity: 5,200)
Chairman Antonio Cerciello
Head coach Marco Fenoglio
League FIPAV Women's Serie A1
2016–17 5th (Playoff finalist)
Website Club home page
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River Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Piacenza and currently playing in the Serie A1.

Previous names

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

  • River Volley (1983–1994)
  • Libertas-River Volley (1994–1998)
  • Rebecchi River Volley (1998–2003)
  • Rebecchi River Volley Rivergaro (2003–2005)
  • Rebecchi Rivergaro Piacenza (2005–2006)
  • Rebecchi Cariparma Piacenza Volley (2006–2007)
  • RebecchiLupa Piacenza (2007–2010)
  • Rebecchi Nordmeccanica Piacenza (2010–2014)
  • Nordmeccanica Rebecchi Piacenza (2014–2015)
  • Nordmeccanica Piacenza (2015–2016)
  • Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena (2016–present)

History

The club was founded in 1983 as River Volley and was based in Rivergaro. It had only youth team activities until 1988 when a senior team was created and the club started competing in the lower divisions in Italy.[1] By the early 2000's the club was playing in the third and second divisions of the Italian league, and decided to move its professional senior activities to Piacenza keeping the youth activities in Rivergaro.[1] It reached the Serie A1 for the first time in 2006, after winning promotion at the end of the 2005–06 season.[1] It was relegated in its first season at Serie A1 but returned to the highest league for the 2009–10 season.[2] The club started to become competitive in the Serie A1, winning the league, cup and supercup in both 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.[1][3]

In May 2016, an agreement between River Volley and Liu Jo Modena (LJ Volley) was announced, following LJ Volley decision to stop its volleyball activities. In the agreement River Volley acquired LJ Volley assets (players and rights to play at the PalaPanini) with Liu Jo becoming River's main sponsor and the club being renamed Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena.[4] The club remain based in Piacenza but its home matches moved from PalaBanca to be played at the PalaPanini in Modena.[5][6][7]

Team

Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.[8]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
3 Italy Ilaria Garzaro Middle Blocker 1.90 81 29 September 1986
5 Belgium Laura Heyrman Middle Blocker 1.88 74 17 May 1993
6 Italy Giulia Leonardi Libero 1.65 58 1 December 1987
7 Colombia Madelaynne Montaño Opposite 1.85 68 6 January 1983
8 Serbia Jovana Vesović Outside Hitter 1.82 68 21 June 1987
9 Italy Caterina Bosetti Outside Hitter 1.80 69 2 February 1994
10 Italy Francesca Ferretti Setter 1.80 70 15 February 1984
12 Italy Aurora Pistolesi Outside Hitter 1.86 3 June 1999
13 Italy Raffaella Calloni Middle Blocker 1.87 74 4 May 1983
15 Serbia Mina Tomić Opposite 1.91 75 13 May 1994
16 Italy Giulia Pincerato Setter 1.82 68 16 March 1987
17 Croatia Katarina Barun Opposite 1.94 75 1 December 1983
18 Italy Veronica Bisconti Libero 1.74 62 27 January 1991

Honours

National competitions

2012–13, 2013–14
2012–13, 2013–14
  • Italian Super Cup: 2
2013, 2014

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Storia". rivervolley2001asd.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "River Volley". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "NORDMECCANICA VOLLEY VINCE LA SUPERCOPPA 2014!". nordmeccanica.com (in Italian). 26 October 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Paradiso, Antonietta (19 May 2016). ""Modenza": Accordo concluso, nasce Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena". volleyball.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "I fratelli Marchi lasciano la guida della L•J Volley ad Antonio Cerciello". dallarivolley.com (in Italian). 20 May 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Il Neruda Volley Bolzano resta in serie A1: acquisito oggi il titolo sportivo di Modena". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). 21 June 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Chi siamo". liujonordmeccanicavolley.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena 2017-18 Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Team". Liu Jo Nordmeccanica (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena 2016-17 Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena - Team 2016–17". CEV. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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