SVS Post Schwechat

VB NÖ Sokol Post
Full name Volleyball Nieder-Österreich Sokol Post Sport-Vereinigung
Short name SG VB NÖ Sokol Post SV
Ground Neue Postsporthalle, Vienna
Chairman Peter Kutschera
Head coach Zoran Nikolić
League Austrian Volley League Women (AVL)
MEVZA Cup
2016–17 1st (AVL)
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VB Niederösterreich Sokol Post SV is an Austrian women's volleyball club based in Schwechat (near Vienna). It plays in the Austrian Volley League Women (AVL) and the MEVZA Cup. The club is the most successful Austrian women's volleyball team in history, having won the national championship over 40 times.[1]

The team constantly features in one of the European competitions, having played in all three CEV organized tournaments (CEV Champions League, CEV Cup and CEV Challenge Cup).[2][3]

History

Background

The origins of the club can be traced back to the 1860s, when the Sokol movement started to spread across the Austrian Empire. In 1867, when Austria-Hungary was formed, the Sokol Vienna society was founded.[4]

Volleyball

Volleyball was introduced in Austria in 1925, initially being played and taught at the Komensky Real Gymnasium in Vienna X. During that time Sokol Vienna organized teams and tournaments, playing an important role to popularize the sport, and soon the club had volleyball sections in many different districts of Vienna.[5] In 1953, Sokol was one of the founding members of the Austrian Volleyball Federation (German: Österreichischer Volleyball Verband). Today's women's volleyball team is a combination of the original Sokol V (later renamed Post SV) with SV Schwechat.[4]

Previous names

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

  • Sokol Wien (1867–1925)
  • Sokol V Wien (1925–)
  • TJ Sokol V Wien (1940s–)
  • Post SV Wien (–1988)
  • Post SV Wien-PSK (1988–1990)
  • Post SV Wien-Teleges (1990–1994)
  • Post SV Wien-Gulet (1994–1997)
  • Fujitsu-Post SV Wien (1997–1999)
  • Post SV Wien-Telekom Austria (1999–2000)
  • Post SV Wien (2000–2001)
  • SG SV Schwechat/PSV Telekom (2001–2002)
  • SG SV Schwechat/PSV Kuoni (2002–2005)
  • SG SV Schwechat/Post SV (2005–2009)
  • SG SVS Post (2009–2016)
  • VB Niederösterreich Post SV (2016–2017)
  • VB NÖ Sokol Post (2017–present)

Honours

National competitions

  • Austrian Championship: 46
1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017[6]
  • Austrian Cup: 25
1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Current squad

As of December 2017.[7][8][9]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Austria Jasmin Haslinger Opposite 1.72 78 17 October 2001
2 Austria Lisa-Christina Schmerlaib Middle blocker 1.84 71 17 November 1995
3 Austria Elizaveta Alexeevna Sanko Middle blocker 1.75 64 11 August 2001
4 Austria Christina Wallinger Middle blocker 1.84 69 14 January 1991
5 Serbia Katarina Radosavljević Outside hitter 1.79 70 9 February 2003
6 Austria Monika Bauer Libero 1.62 58 27 May 1995
7 Austria Sofija Sarić Opposite 1.80 79 4 March 2002
8 Austria Aida Mehić Middle blocker 1.85 79 27 March 2001
9 Bulgaria Irena Mishonova Outside hitter 1.80 83 9 December 1988
10 Slovakia Paula Kubová Opposite 1.83 76 28 May 1986
11 Austria Sonja Maria Katz Outside hitter 1.80 65 16 June 1995
12 Croatia Katja Kličković Setter 1.72 60 9 May 2001
13 Austria Katharina Almer Outside hitter 1.79 80 15 January 1988
14 Austria Marlene Jahn Outside hitter 1.84 85 6 November 1998
15 Austria Cornelia Rimser Opposite 1.83 66 1 May 1982
16 Austria Julia Maria Frühbauer Setter 1.73 69 27 July 1991
17 Austria Elma Bajraktarević Setter 1.76 75 6 September 2001
18 Austria Tamina Huber Libero 1.71 72 5 March 1994
19 Austria Carina Sallinger Middle blocker 1.76 55 23 August 2002
Serbia Jovana Gogić 1993 (age 24–25)
Austria Amna Hodžić Opposite 1999 (age 18–19)
Coach: Serbia Zoran Nikolić

References

  1. ↑ "List of champions". Österreichischer Volleyball Verband (ÖVV) (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "SV Post Schwechat - Team details". CEV. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "VB Niederösterreich Post SV - Team details". CEV. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Über uns: Volleyball Niederösterreich SOKOL POST SV". VB Sokol (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Wadani, Richard. "Geschichte - Volleyball in Österreich – Die Anfänge". Österreichischer Volleyball Verband (ÖVV) (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sokol/Post zum 24. Mal in Folge Meister!". Österreichischer Volleyball Verband (ÖVV) (in German). 26 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Team". VB Sokol (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "VB NÖ Sokol Schwechat - Team 2017–18". CEV. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "17/18: SG VB NÖ Sokol/Post - Teamkader". Österreichischer Volleyball Verband (ÖVV) (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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