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Clubname: | Il Bisonte Firenze |
Fullname: | Azzurra Volley Firenze |
Founded: | 1975 |
Ground: | Palazzo Wanny, Florence, Italy |
Capacity: | 5,000 |
Chairman: | Elio Sità |
Manager: | Simone Bendandi |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
League: | FIPAV Women's Serie A1 |
Website: | https://azzurravolleyfirenze.it/ |
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Azzurra Volley Firenze is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Florence and currently playing in the Serie A1.
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
Founded in 1975 as, the club originally focused on youth teams. After becoming in 1986, the club start making progress in the lower Italian leagues arriving at Serie B2 and eventually reaching the Serie B1 in 2002. With the team showing good potential, the club search for sponsorship in order to fulfil it. In 2004 with main sponsor found, the club change its name to . In the following years, strong campaigns allow the club to compete for promotion to Serie A2 which was reached in 2012. Two seasons later the club was promoted to Serie A1, as a result, the home venue is changed to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.[1] In February 2022, the club changed its home venue again to the newly built Palazzo Wanny arena.[2]
The following is the roster for the 2024–2025 season.[3]
Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | |
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1 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 25 September 2004 | |
3 | ![]() | Opposite | 1.90 | 14 November 2000 | |
4 | Božana Butigan | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 19 August 2000 | |
6 | ![]() | Libero | 1.65 | 1 December 1987 | |
7 | ![]() | Setter | 1.74 | 22 April 1996 | |
9 | ![]() | Opposite | 1.90 | 1 April 2004 | |
10 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 10 September 2003 | |
11 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.83 | 23 May 1998 | |
13 | ![]() | Libero | 1.72 | 15 February 2004 | |
17 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.83 | 13 July 2002 | |
18 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 26 June 2002 | |
19 | ![]() | Setter | 1.78 | 1 January 1994 | |
21 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 8 February 2000 | |
33 | ![]() | Setter | 1.80 | 4 September 1989 |
2023–2024 Team[4] | |||||
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Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | |
1 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 25 September 2004 | |
3 | ![]() | Libero | 1.72 | 15 February 2004 | |
4 | Mayu Ishikawa | Outside Hitter | 1.74 | 14 May 2000 | |
6 | ![]() | Libero | 1.65 | 1 December 1987 | |
7 | ![]() | Setter | 1.74 | 22 April 1996 | |
8 | Lina Alsmeier | Outside Hitter | 1.89 | 29 August 2000 | |
9 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 29 October 2000 | |
10 | ![]() | Opposite | 1.96 | 12 December 2000 | |
11 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 24 September 1994 | |
12 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 19 September 1998 | |
13 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 16 August 2002 | |
19 | ![]() | Setter | 1.78 | 1 January 1994 | |
24 | ![]() | Opposite | 1.94 | 15 April 1995 | |
26 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 26 May 1998 |
2022–2023 Team[5] | |||||
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Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | |
1 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.95 | 7 September 1996 | |
2 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.96 | 29 December 2000 | |
3 | ![]() | Setter | 1.76 | 28 May 1996 | |
4 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.82 | 24 September 1999 | |
5 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 17 June 1992 | |
6 | ![]() | Setter | 1.78 | 9 March 2002 | |
7 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.83 | 7 November 1997 | |
9 | ![]() | Libero | 1.74 | 6 May 2000 | |
10 | Jolien Knollema | Outside Hitter | 1.89 | 5 January 2003 | |
11 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 10 June 2003 | |
12 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 12 May 2000 | |
13 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 16 August 2002 | |
15 | ![]() | Opposite | 1.76 | 12 August 1999 | |
17 | ![]() | Libero | 1.83 | 13 July 2002 | |
18 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 24 August 1999 | |
23 | ![]() | Setter | 1.85 | 29 February 1996 |
2016–2017 Team[6] | |||||
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Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | |
1 | Daly Santana | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 19 February 1995 | |
1 | ![]() | Opposite | 1.88 | 2 July 1988 | |
2 | ![]() | Opposite | 1.88 | 13 February 1985 | |
3 | ![]() | Setter | 1.81 | 4 September 1989 | |
4 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 25 May 1990 | |
5 | ![]() | Libero | 1.70 | 11 September 1998 | |
7 | Stephanie Enright | Outside Hitter | 1.79 | 15 December 1990 | |
8 | ![]() | Setter | 1.78 | 25 May 1992 | |
9 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 31 January 1995 | |
10 | ![]() | Libero | 1.67 | 26 December 1995 | |
11 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 1 June 1986 | |
12 | ![]() | Outside Hitter | 1.80 | 27 August 1988 | |
13 | ![]() | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 4 May 1983 |