Volley Piacenza

LPR Piacenza

Nickname	The Wolves
Ground	PalaBanca Piacenza, Italy (Capacity: 3,800)
Manager	Alberto Giuliani
League	Italian Volleyball League
Website	Club home page
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Championships
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Piacenza team in October 2010.

LPR Piacenza is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Piacenza, northern Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League. Piacenza is ranked 17th (as of October 2016) in the Men's European clubs ranking.^[1] Although the club reached the Italian 1st division for the first time only in 2002, after have dominated the Italian 2nd division and winning also the Italian Cup, it has already played 9 finals in Italy, including 5 for the Italian Title(winning only in 2009 versus the strong Trento), 2 for the Italian Cup(won in 2013 and lost in 2006) and 2 for the Italian Supercup (beating Macerata 3-2 in 2009 and losing versus the same team in 2014 again after a tie-break). Piacenza played also a Champion's League final, lost 3-2 in Poland versus Russia's Zenit Kazan, 2 Cev Cup finals (again losing twice) and won 2 other European cups: in 2006 the Top Teams Cup, and in 2013 the Challenge Cup, defeating Ural Ufa from Russia with a 3-0 win in both first and second legs of final,^[2] achieving also an impressive 12-0 record, without losing a single set. It's among the strongest teams in Italy and also in Europe since 2003.

Achievements

• CEV Champions League

  2008

• CEV Cup

  2006

• CEV Challenge Cup

  2013

• Italian Championship (SuperLega)

  2009

  2007, 2008, 2013

• Italian Cup

  2014

• Italian SuperCup

  2009

• Italian Championship Serie A2

  2002

• Italian Cup Serie A2

  2002

Team

Team roster - season 2017/2018
Wixo LPR Piacenza
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Loris Manià	(1979-01-27)January 27, 1979	libero
3	Simone Parodi	(1986-06-16)June 16, 1986	outside hitter
4	Aimone Alletti	(1988-06-28)June 28, 1988	middle blocker
6	Ludovico Giuliani	(1998-05-04)May 4, 1998	libero
7	Leonel Marshall Jr.	(1979-09-25)September 25, 1979	outside hitter
9	Michele Baranowicz	(1989-08-05)August 5, 1989	setter
10	Yvan Arthur Kody	(1991-08-25)August 25, 1991	outside hitter
12	Viktor Yosifov	(1985-10-16)October 16, 1985	middle blocker
13	Tamir Avraham Hershko	(1993-07-19)July 19, 1993	outside hitter
14	Alessandro Fei	(1978-11-29)November 29, 1978	outside hitter
17	Trevor Clévenot	(1994-06-28)June 28, 1994	outside hitter
18	Francesco Cottarelli	(1996-10-16)October 16, 1996	setter
Head coach: Alberto Giuliani Assistant: Francesco Cadeddu

Team roster - season 2016/2017
LPR Piacenza
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Loris Manià	(1979-01-27)January 27, 1979	libero
3	Simone Parodi	(1986-06-16)June 16, 1986	outside hitter
4	Aimone Alletti	(1988-06-28)June 28, 1988	middle blocker
6	Samuele Papi	(1973-05-20)May 20, 1973	outside hitter
7	Leonel Marshall Jr.	(1979-09-25)September 25, 1979	outside hitter
10	Georgios Tzioumakas	(1995-01-23)January 23, 1995	outside hitter
11	Hristo Zlatanov	(1976-04-21)April 21, 1976	Outside Hitter
12	Viktor Yosifov	(1985-10-16)October 16, 1985	middle blocker
13	Luca Tencati	(1979-03-16)March 16, 1979	middle blocker
14	Raydel Hierrezuelo	(1987-07-14)July 14, 1987	setter
15	Fernando Hernandez Ramos	(1989-09-11)September 11, 1989	outside hitter
17	Trevor Clévenot	(1994-06-28)June 28, 1994	outside hitter
18	Francesco Cottarelli	(1996-10-16)October 16, 1996	setter
Head coach: Alberto Giuliani Assistant: Marco Camperi

Notable players

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