Roma Volley Club (women's volleyball) explained

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Clubname:Roma Volley Club
Fullname:Roma Volley Club
Founded:2013
Ground:Palazzetto dello Sport
Rome, Italy
Capacity:3,500
Chairman:Pietro Mele
Manager:Giuseppe Cuccarini
Mgrtitle:Head coach
League:FIPAV Women's Serie A1
Website:https://www.romavolleyclub.it/
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Roma Volley Club Femminile is the professional women's section of the Italian volleyball club Roma Volley Club. The team is based in Rome and currently plays in the Serie A1, Italy's highest professional league.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club has competed under the following names:

History

Volley Group Roma was founded in 2013 as a joint collaboration between three clubs: G.S. Divino Amore, A.P.D. Palocco and A.P.D. San Paolo Ostiense.[1] Volley Group Roma played its first season (2013–2014) in Serie B2 where it finished the regular season in second place in pool G.[2] While the club failed to reach a promotion spot in the playoffs it was still promoted to Serie B1 due to repechage.[3] Volley Group Roma's first try in Serie B1 only lasted one season as the club finished the regular season (2014–2015) last in pool D.[4] The club once again managed to get promoted to Serie B1 in 2016.

In 2018 Volley Group Roma acquired the rights to play in Serie A2 from another club, San Lazzaro, which had financial problems.[5] After just one season in Serie A2 the club was relegated back to Serie B1.[6] However, Volley Group Roma got the chance to continue playing in Serie A2 when the club Zambelli Orvieto announced that it would abandon the league.[7]

In the summer of 2019 Volley Group Roma formed a joint partnership with the men's volleyball club A.P.D. Roma and the club changed its name to Roma Volley Club.[8] In the 2020–2021 season Roma Volley Club won the Serie A2 promotion pool and was for the first time promoted to Serie A1.[9] In 2022 the club was relegated back to Serie A2, but the following season it won the promotion pool once again and returned to Serie A1 for the 2023–2024 season.[10]

Team

The following is the roster for the 2023–2024 season.[11]

NumberPlayerPositionHeight (m)Birth date
1 Erblira BiciOpposite1.8527 June 1995
2 Dezirett MadanOpposite1.9010 December 2002
3 Marta Bechis (c)Setter1.809 April 1989
4 Jessica RiveroOutside Hitter1.8115 March 1995
5 Michela CiarrocchiMiddle Blocker1.8416 December 1999
6 Celeste PlakOutside Hitter1.9026 October 1995
6 Amber IgiedeMiddle Blocker1.998 January 2001
7 Martina FerraraLibero1.6828 January 1999
8 Michela RucliMiddle Blocker1.851 May 1996
9 Sofia ValoppiLibero1.6725 July 2003
11 Ana Beatriz CorreaMiddle Blocker1.907 February 1992
13 Giulia MelliOutside Hitter1.858 January 1998
16 Courtney SchwanOutside Hitter1.859 May 1996
19 Margherita MuziSetter1.8225 January 1994

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Volley Group Roma, tutti a bordo – si decolla . Volleymania . 18 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231020144424/https://www.volleymaniaweb.com/2013/05/31/volley-group-roma-tutti-a-bordo%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6si-decolla/ . 20 October 2023 . it . live.
  2. Web site: Serie B2 Femminile - Classifica . federvolley.it . 18 March 2024 . it.
  3. Web site: Il Volleygroup Roma è in B1 . Volleymania . 18 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240318183346/https://www.volleymaniaweb.com/2014/08/04/il-volleygroup-roma-e-in-b1/ . 18 March 2024 . it . live.
  4. Web site: Serie B1 Femminile - Classifica . federvolley.it . 18 March 2024 . it.
  5. Web site: San Lazzaro (senza budget) rinuncia alla A2 . iVolleyMagazine.it . 18 March 2024 . it.
  6. Web site: Classifica pool salvezza A2 2018/19 . legavolleyfemminile.it . 18 March 2024 . it.
  7. Web site: Flavio Zambelli annuncia che Orvieto lascia la A2 e collaborerà con una realta di A1 . iVolleyMagazine.it . 18 March 2024 . it.
  8. Web site: Un nuovo progetto per Roma . dal15al25.gazzetta.it . 18 March 2024 . it.
  9. Web site: Roma mette le ali e vola in Serie A1 . romavolleyclub.it . 18 March 2024 . it.
  10. Web site: Roma Volley celebrate A2 title and promotion to A1 . volleyballworld.com . 18 March 2024.
  11. Web site: Aeroitalia Smi Roma Team 2023–24 . it . legavolleyfemminile.it . 18 March 2024.
  12. Web site: Roma Volley Club Team 2022–23 . it . legavolleyfemminile.it . 18 March 2024.
  13. Web site: Acqua & Sapone Roma Volley Club Team 2021–22 . it . legavolleyfemminile.it . 18 March 2024.