Prisma Volley Explained

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Clubname:Gioiella Prisma Taranto
Fullname:Gioiella Prisma Taranto
Founded:1997
Ground:PalaMazzola, Taranto
Capacity:5,000
Manager:Vincenzo Di Pinto
League:Italian Volleyball League
Website:https://prismatarantovolley.it/
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Gioiella Prisma Taranto is a professional Volleyball based in Taranto, Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League. It was created in 1997 under the name of Magna Grecia Volley, and now it is named Prisma Volley.

History

A first club was founded in 1997, by the president Antonio Di Battista, that moved the Magna Grecia Volley franchise from Matera to Taranto. The team, with the classical red and blu jerseys, start its first championship in Serie A2, achieving the promotion to Serie A1 at the end of 1999-2000 season. The team played two years in the first division with the sponsor names La Cascina and Vini Borgocanale, before it went bankrupt.In 2002 the Magna Grecia Volley vice-president, Antonio Bongiovanni, founded the Taranto Volley. The team started from Serie D, won in 2003 and, in the summer of the same year, was acquired Belpasso (Serie A2) franchise. The return in the first division arrived in 2004 season, after the acquisition of Unimade Parma franchise. At the end of the year, the team come back to the second division. After a winning season (2005/2006), the team conquered, for the first time in its history, the playoff qualification in 2006/2007 season. At the same time, even the qualification to the Coppa Italia Final Four was reached. At the end of 2007/2008 championship, ended with the keeping of higher division, the club was moved from Taranto to Martina Franca, by management decision.

Team

Team roster – season 2022/2023

No.NameDate of birthPosition
1 Tommaso Stefani4 May 2001opposite
2 Oleg Antonov28 July 1988outside hitter
3 Giovanni Maria Gargiulo3 June 1999middle blocker
4 Aimone Alletti28 June 1988middle blocker
5 Marco Falaschi18 September 1987setter
6 2 January 1990libero
7 Manuele Lucconi9 February 1999opposite
8 Eric Loeppky1 August 1998outside hitter
9 Hampus Ekstrand28 October 2003opposite
10 Jacopo Larizza22 August 1998middle blocker
13 Charalampos Andreopoulos23 January 2001outside hitter
14 Francesco Pierri14 September 1999libero
18 Francesco Cottarelli16 October 1996setter
Head coach: Vincenzo Di Pinto

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.legavolley.it/DettaglioSquadra.asp?IdSquadra=4241 Team info from Lega Volley official site