Verona Volley Explained

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Clubname:Rana Verona
Fullname:Rana Verona Volley
Founded:2001
Ground:PalaSport Verona
Capacity:5,350
Chairman:Stefano Fanini
Manager:Radostin Stoychev
League:Italian Volleyball League
Website:https://www.veronavolley.it/
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Rana Verona is a professional volleyball team based in Verona, Italy. The club plays in Serie A1 of the Italian Volleyball League.

History

The company API Volleyball Verona Ltd. was founded in June 2001 when two prominent volleyball companies in Verona, API Volleyball and Volleyball Verona Isola della Scala, merged. The then club team Volleyball Verona that played in Serie B1 won the championship and received promotion to Serie A2. The following season 2002, the team played with a new name AESSSE VRB Verona. They finished 3rd in the regular season.[1]

In 2003 the club received a short noticed offer to play in Serie A1 when Volley Parma withdrew from the competition. The club accepted the offer despite having little time to prepare. This was the club's appearance debut in Serie A1. The club was then relegated back to A2 for the next season.

In 2004 the club went on to win the A2 championship without defeats. They were promoted again to A1. They also secured a five-year sponsorship with company MARMI LANZA. The team's performance were positive in the next two seasons. The team were relegated to A2 in 2007 but quickly regained promotion to play in A1 for the 2008 season. Since then the team has been playing in Serie A1. The club changed its name in 2014 to Calzedonia Verona when Calzedonia Group acquired the title sponsorship rights.

With the change of sponsor, the club used WithU Volley Verona for Season 2022–2023.

Starting from the season 2023–2024, the club will be called Rana Verona, as the club signed a multi year sponsorship contract with Verona's company Giovanni Rana

Team

Team roster – season 2023/2024

No.NameDate of birthPosition
1 Aidan Zingel 19 November 1990middle blocker
2 Lorenzo Cortesia26 September 1999middle blocker
4 Donovan Džavoronok23 July 1997outside hitter
6 Francesco D'Amico9 October 1999libero
7 Nikola Jovović13 February 1992setter
9 Noumory Keita26 June 2001outside hitter
10 Amin Esmaeilnezhad17 December 1996opposite
11 Aleks Grozdanov28 March 1998middle blocker
13 Luca Spirito30 October 1993setter
15 Pietro Bonisoli11 February 2005libero
18 Leandro Mosca5 September 2000middle blocker
19 Rok Možič17 January 2002outside hitter
20 Marco Gaggini7 April 2002libero
21 Andrea Zanotti28 October 1997middle blocker
Head coach: Radostin Stoychev
Assistant: Dario Simoni

Former names

Achievements

2016

2004

2008

2004, 2008

Kit manufacturer

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Verona team.

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Calzedonia other sponsors: Petas, UnipolSai, Corsini Cancelleria, AGSM Verona, La Fortezza, Enoteca zero7, STAServizi and 30 different companies.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BluVolley Verona - Società. it. 8 June 2016.