Volley Piacenza

Volley Piacenza was an Italian professional men's volleyball club based in Piacenza, northern Italy. They played in the Italian Volleyball League. The club ceased to exist in 2018 due to financial problems.

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, 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
 * Silver medal with cup.svg 2008
 * CEV Cup
 * Gold medal with cup.svg 2006
 * CEV Challenge Cup
 * Gold medal with cup.svg 2013
 * Italian Championship (SuperLega)
 * Gold medal with cup.svg 2009
 * Silver medal with cup.svg 2007, 2008, 2013
 * Italian Cup
 * Simple gold cup.svg 2014
 * Italian SuperCup
 * Simple gold cup.svg 2009
 * Italian Championship Serie A2
 * Gold medal with cup.svg 2002
 * Italian Cup Serie A2
 * Simple gold cup.svg 2002

Notable players

 * 2002–2003 🇷🇸 Đula Mešter
 * 2003–2004 🇮🇹 Simone Rosalba
 * 2003–2004 🇨🇺 Osvaldo Hernández
 * 2003–2007 🇷🇸 Nikola Grbić
 * 2003–2007, 2008–2010 🇨🇺 Leonel Marshall
 * 2003–2008 🇮🇹 Vigor Bovolenta
 * 2004–2005 🇧🇷 Anderson Rodrigues
 * 2005–2008 🇮🇹 Vencislav Simeonov
 * 2006–2008 🇮🇹 Paolo Cozzi
 * 2007–2008 🇫🇷 Frantz Granvorka
 * 2007–2008 🇧🇷 Sérgio Santos
 * 2007–2008 🇪🇸 Israel Rodríguez
 * 2006–2010 🇧🇷 João Paulo Bravo
 * 2007–2010 🇷🇸 Novica Bjelica
 * 2007–2010 🇮🇹 Dante Boninfante
 * 2007–2010, 2014–2015 🇮🇹 Marco Meoni
 * 2008–2009 🇪🇸 Guillermo Falasca
 * 2009–2010 Valdir Sequeira
 * 2010–2013 🇺🇸 Maxwell Holt
 * 2011–2012 🇧🇬 Vladimir Nikolov
 * 2011–2012 🇧🇬 Andrey Zhekov
 * 2012–2014 🇨🇺 Robertlandy Simón
 * 2013–2014 🇫🇷 Kévin Le Roux
 * 2014–2014 🇮🇹 Valerio Vermiglio
 * 2014–2015 🇷🇺 Aleksey Ostapenko
 * 2003–2017 🇮🇹 Hristo Zlatanov
 * 2010–2017 🇮🇹 Luca Tencati
 * 2011–2017 🇮🇹 Samuele Papi