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.[1]
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.[1]
With the change of sponsor, the club used WithU Volley Verona for Season 2022-2023.
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Calzedonia other sponsors: Petas, UnipolSai, Corsini Cancelleria, AGSM Verona, La Fortezza, Enoteca zero7, STAServizi and 30 different companies.
References
^ abc"BluVolley Verona - Società" (in Italian). Retrieved 8 June 2016.
External links
Official website
LegaVolley squad
Team profile at Volleybox.net
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WithU Volley Verona is a professional volleyball team based in Verona Italy The club plays in Serie A1 of the Italian Volleyball League WithU Verona VolleyFull nameWithU Volley VeronaFounded2001GroundPalaSport Verona Capacity 5 350 ChairmanStefano MagriniManagerRadostin StoychevLeagueItalian Volleyball LeagueWebsiteClub home pageUniformsHome Away Contents 1 History 2 Team 3 Former names 4 Achievements 5 Kit manufacturer 5 1 Sponsorship 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThe 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 1 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 1 With the change of sponsor the club used WithU Volley Verona for Season 2022 2023 Team EditTeam roster season 2022 2023 No Name Date of birth Position1 Lorenzo Cortesia 1999 09 26 26 September 1999 middle blocker2 John Gordon Perrin 1989 08 17 17 August 1989 outside hitter3 Giulio Magalini 2001 08 14 14 August 2001 outside hitter5 Maksim Sapozhkov 2000 11 15 15 November 2000 opposite7 Raphael Vieira de Oliveira 1979 06 14 14 June 1979 setter9 Noumory Keita 2001 06 26 26 June 2001 outside hitter11 Aleks Grozdanov 1998 03 28 28 March 1998 middle blocker12 Mads Kyed Jensen 1999 04 24 24 April 1999 opposite13 Luca Spirito 1993 10 30 30 October 1993 setter15 Pietro Bonisoli 2005 02 11 11 February 2005 libero18 Leandro Mosca 2000 09 05 5 September 2000 middle blocker19 Rok Mozic 2002 01 17 17 January 2002 outside hitter20 Marco Gaggini 2002 04 07 7 April 2002 libero21 Andrea Zanotti 1997 10 28 28 October 1997 middle blockerHead coach Radostin StoychevAssistant Dario SimoniTeam roster season 2017 2018No Name Date of birth Position1 Stefano Mengozzi 1985 05 06 May 6 1985 middle blocker2 Sebastian Sole 1991 06 12 June 12 1991 middle blocker3 Adriano Paolucci 1979 02 11 February 11 1979 setter5 Toncek Stern 1995 11 14 November 14 1995 outside hitter6 Federico Marretta 1990 08 09 August 9 1990 outside hitter7 Emanuele Birarelli 1981 02 08 February 8 1981 middle blocker8 Stephen Maar 1994 12 06 December 6 1994 outside hitter10 Thomas Frigo 1997 05 19 May 19 1997 libero11 Aleks Grozdanov 1998 03 28 March 28 1998 middle blocker12 Mitar Tzourits 1989 04 25 April 25 1989 outside hitter13 Luca Spirito 1993 10 30 October 30 1993 setter14 Mohammadjavad Manavinejad 1995 11 27 November 27 1995 outside hitter17 Thomas Jaeschke 1993 09 04 September 4 1993 outside hitter18 Nicola Pesaresi 1991 02 11 February 11 1991 liberoHead coach Nikola GrbicAssistant Giancarlo D AmicoTeam roster season 2016 2017Calzedonia VeronaNo Name Date of birth Position1 Aidan Zingel 1990 11 19 November 19 1990 middle blocker2 Uros Kovacevic 1993 05 06 May 6 1993 outside hitter3 Adriano Paolucci 1979 02 11 February 11 1979 setter5 Francois Lecat 1993 04 19 April 19 1993 outside hitter6 Alexandre Ferreira 1991 11 13 November 13 1991 outside hitter7 Andrea Giovi 1983 08 19 August 19 1983 libero8 Michele Baranowicz 1989 08 05 August 5 1989 setter9 Samuel Holt1 1993 06 20 June 20 1993 outside hitter10 Thomas Frigo 1997 05 19 May 19 1997 libero11 Stefano Mengozzi 1985 05 06 May 6 1985 middle blocker12 Mitar Tzourits 1989 04 25 April 25 1989 outside hitter14 Toncek Stern 1995 11 14 November 14 1995 outside hitter17 Simone Anzani 1992 02 24 February 24 1992 middle blocker18 Luigi Randazzo2 1994 04 30 April 30 1994 outside hitterHead coach Andrea Giani 2016 Dec 2016 Nikola Grbic Dec 2016 present Assistant Matteo De Cecco1 Samuel Holt moved to Sieco Service Ortona on November 28 2016 2 Luigi Randazzo joined the club on November 29 2016 Team roster season 2015 2016Calzedonia VeronaNo Name Date of birth Position1 Aidan Zingel 1990 11 19 November 19 1990 middle blocker2 Uros Kovacevic 1993 05 06 May 6 1993 outside hitter3 Nicola Pesaresi 1991 02 11 February 11 1991 libero4 Carmelo Gitto 1987 07 03 July 3 1987 middle blocker5 Francois Lecat 1993 04 19 April 19 1993 outside hitter6 Luca Spirito 1993 10 30 October 30 1993 setter7 Thomas Frigo 1997 05 19 May 19 1997 libero8 Michele Baranowicz 1989 08 05 August 5 1989 setter10 Sasa Starovic 1988 10 19 October 19 1988 opposite13 Giacomo Bellei 1988 02 07 February 7 1988 opposite15 Taylor Sander 1992 03 17 March 17 1992 outside hitter17 Simone Anzani 1992 02 24 February 24 1992 middle blocker18 Bartosz Bucko 1995 01 06 January 6 1995 oppositeHead coach Andrea GianiAssistant Matteo De CeccoFormer names EditCalzedonia Verona 2017 2018 Blu Volley VeronaAchievements EditCEV Challenge Cup 2016 Italian Championship Serie A2 2004 2008 Italian Cup Serie A2 2004 2008Kit manufacturer EditThe table below shows the history of kit providers for the Verona team Period Kit provider2005 LegeaMikasaAdidasSponsorship Edit Primary sponsors include main sponsors like Calzedonia other sponsors Petas UnipolSai Corsini Cancelleria AGSM Verona La Fortezza Enoteca zero7 STAServizi and 30 different companies References Edit a b c BluVolley Verona Societa in Italian Retrieved 8 June 2016 External links EditOfficial website LegaVolley squad Team profile at Volleybox net This biographical article relating to volleyball in Italy is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title BluVolley Verona amp oldid 1143714342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
