| Clubname: | Volero Zurich |
| Fullname: | Volero Zurich |
| Founded: | 1973 |
| Ground: | Sporthalle Im Birch and Saalsporthalle, both in Zürich |
| Chairman: | Stav Jacobi |
| Manager: | Avital Selinger |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| League: | Ligue A |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Website: | http://www.volero.ch |
| Current: | 2017–18 |
| Pattern B1: | _whitesides |
| Body1: | 6700D0 |
| Leftarm1: | FFFFFF |
| Rightarm1: | FFFFFF |
| Shorts1: | 6700D0 |
| Pattern B2: | _purplesides |
| Body2: | FFFFFF |
| Leftarm2: | 6700D0 |
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Volero Zürich is a Swiss volleyball club based in Zürich. It has many teams (men's, women's and youth volleyball) with the women's team being the most successful and currently playing in the National League A. Since the mid 2000s, the club has also frequently participated in European competitions, most notably the CEV Women's Champions League. In 2018 the elite women's team joined Entente sportive Le Cannet-Rocheville, forming Volero Le Cannet, a team located in Le Cannet, France[1] (Volero Zürich kept an elite team, but it restarted in a lower league).[2]
The club have competed under the following names:
Established in 1973 as, the early success came from the men's team which won a national championship in 1977 and two national cups (in 1975 and 1978).[4]
From the late 1990s, the women's team started to progress in the national leagues arriving at the National League A (NLA), but after just a couple seasons, due to financial reasons, the club was relegated. In 2003, part of the club (female elite squad and more than 120 young volleyball talents) was professionalized by founding the independent Volero Zürich AG, and the rest of the club remained as VBC Voléro Zürich (male and youth teams).[4] [5] Soon after the women's team started dominating the national league and cup, winning each on 12 occasions.[6] [7] The national success allowed the club to take part in European competitions, playing the Women's CEV Cup twice (in 2005–06 and 2009–10) and the CEV Women's Champions League over ten times with a best result of fourth place in 2006–07.[8] [9] The club also participated in multiple editions of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship finishing third place in 2015 and 2017.[10] The club has won the Women's Top Volley International (a minor international tournament) twice, in 2007 and in 2010.[11]
Volero Zürich AG hosts matches in two main venues, both located in Zürich:
1976–77
1974–75, 1977–78
2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
| 2017–2018 Team[14] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | Position |
 | 13 April 1998 | 1.930NaN0 | 80kg (180lb) | 320cm (130inches) | 305cm (120inches) | Middle-blocker | |
 | 19 July 1994 | 1.650NaN0 | 60kg (130lb) | 275cm (108inches) | 287cm (113inches) | Libero | |
| 13 February 1999 | 1.930NaN0 | 70kg (150lb) | 300cm (100inches) | 300cm (100inches) | Middle-blocker | ||
 | 16 July 1992 | 1.850NaN0 | 61kg (134lb) | 293cm (115inches) | 278cm (109inches) | Outside-spiker | |
| 28 February 1996 | 1.840NaN0 | 71kg (157lb) | 305cm (120inches) | 288cm (113inches) | Outside-spiker | ||
| 8 February 1997 | 1.920NaN0 | 78kg (172lb) | 302cm (119inches) | 285cm (112inches) | Middle-blocker | ||
| 26 August 1987 | 1.850NaN0 | 71kg (157lb) | 282cm (111inches) | 269cm (106inches) | Setter | ||
| 15 March 1986 | 1.780NaN0 | 65kg (143lb) | 286cm (113inches) | 276cm (109inches) | Libero | ||
| 12 April 1994 | 1.870NaN0 | 77kg (170lb) | 312cm (123inches) | 300cm (100inches) | Middle-blocker | ||
| 12 | / | 28 December 1984 | 1.910NaN0 | 73kg (161lb) | 330cm (130inches) | 325cm (128inches) | Opposite |
| 13 | | 9 September 1992 | 1.840NaN0 | 71kg (157lb) | 290cm (110inches) | 278cm (109inches) | Setter |
| 14 | 6 November 1998 | 1.860NaN0 | 70kg (150lb) | 302cm (119inches) | 285cm (112inches) | Opposite | |
| 17 | 11 July 1993 | 1.790NaN0 | 70kg (150lb) | 303cm (119inches) | 285cm (112inches) | Outside-spiker | |
| 18 |  | 24 September 1994 | 1.850NaN0 | 72kg (159lb) | 318cm (125inches) | 307cm (121inches) | Outside-spiker |
| Head coach: Anderson Rodrigues (until December 2017) / Avital Selinger (from December 2017)[15] | |||||||
| 2016–2017 Team[16] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | ||
| 1 | Julie Lengweiler | Wing Spiker | 1,86 m | 06/11/1998 | |
| 3 | Fabíola de Souza | Setter | 1,84 m | 03/02/1983 | |
| 4 |  Bojana Živković | Setter | 1,86 m | 29/03/1988 | |
| 5 | Dobriana Rabadzhieva | Wing Spiker | 1,94 m | 14/06/1991 | |
| 6 | Gabi Schottroff | Middle Blocker | 1,92 m | 08/02/1997 | |
| 7 |  Olesia Rykhliuk | Opposite | 1,96 m | 11/12/1987 | |
| 8 | Silvija Popović | Libero | 1,75 m | 15/03/1986 | |
| 9 |  Natalya Mammadova | Wing Spiker | 1,95 m | 02/12/1984 | |
| 10 | Irina Malkova | Middle Blocker | 1,92 m | 05/01/1989 | |
| 12 | Mari Paraíba | Wing Spiker | 1,81 m | 30/07/1986 | |
| 13 |  Gizem Karadayi | Libero | 1,76 m | 14/01/1987 | |
| 14 | Kenia Carcaces | Wing Spiker | 1,89 m | 23/01/1986 | |
| 15 | Ekaterina Orlova | Middle Blocker | 1,93 m | 21/10/1987 | |
| 16 |  Foluke Akinradewo | Middle Blocker | 1,91 m | 05/10/1987 | |
| 17 | Laura Unternährer | Wing Spiker | 1,79 m | 11/07/1993 | |
| Head coach: Zoran Terzić | |||||
| 2014–2015 Team[17] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | ||
| 1 | Yevgeniya Nyukhalova | Opposite | 1,93 m | 23/05/1995 | |
| 2 | Laura Unternährer | Wing Spiker | 1,79 m | 11/07/1993 | |
| 3 | Nađa Ninković | Middle Blocker | 1,92 m | 01/11/1991 | |
| 5 | Dobriana Rabadzhieva | Wing Spiker | 1,90 m | 14/06/1991 | |
| 7 | Olesia Rykhliuk | Opposite | 1,96 m | 11/12/1987 | |
| 8 | Silvija Popović | Libero | 1,75 m | 15/03/1986 | |
| 9 | Natalya Mammadova | Wing Spiker | 1,95 m | 02/12/1984 | |
| 11 | Natalie Hagglund | Libero | 1,74 m | 01/07/1992 | |
| 12 | Ana Antonijević | Setter | 1,85 m | 26/08/1987 | |
| 14 | Rachel Sanchez | Middle Blocker | 1,88 m | 09/01/1989 | |
| 15 | Courtney Thompson | Setter | 1,70 m | 04/11/1984 | |
| 16 | Ines Granvorka | Wing Spiker | 1,79 m | 13/08/1991 | |
| 17 | Emily Hartong | Wing Spiker | 1,89 m | 04/02/1992 | |
| 18 | Anna Kupriianova | Middle Blocker | 1,90 m | 20/11/1987 | |
| 19 | Ana Grbac | Setter | 1,87 m | 23/03/1988 | |