Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento. It has played in the Italian Volleyball League since 2000. They have 5 titles in the FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship, tied with Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro as the most successful men's teams in volleyball history. The team has five wins in the Italian Volleyball League, three in the Italian Cup, three in the Italian Super Cup and three consecutive wins in the CEV Champions League. In the 2010–11 season, the team made history by being the first to win the national, continental and world championship.

Itas Trentino
Full nameTrentino Volley
Founded2000
GroundPalaTrento
Trento, Italy
(Capacity: 4,360)
ChairmanBruno Da Re
ManagerFabio Soli
CaptainNot yet decided
LeagueItalian Volleyball League
WebsiteClub home page
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Trentino Volley is a Joint stock company, and its president is Diego Mosna.[1] The company has a budget of 4,500,000 euros and about 225 employees.[2] The actions of the company was awarded at continental level with the acknowledgment Testimonial of the Year at the Sport Business Ambitions Awards 2010 and the awarding of the 2010–11 Champions League Final Four, held at PalaOnda, Bolzano.

Achievements

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European memorial banner

History

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First trophies of Trentino Club

Trentino Volley was founded on 23 May 2000;[3] and two days later, it purchased the rights to play in the Serie A1 (Italy's First Division) from Ravenna, that had retired due to financial problems. The club played its first Serie A1 match in Parma on 15 October 2000 against Maxicono Parma, and was defeated 3–0.[4] The first home match of the Trentino Volley was played on 22 October 2000 against Padova, and the home team came out victorious with a result of 3–2.[5] Trentino Volley are by far the most successful side in the history of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship, having won the title a total of four times. However, the Italian club, founded in 2000 and based in the city of Trento in the northeast of the country, only managed a bronze in 2013, were knocked out during pool play in 2014 (ending up 5th) and missed out on the 2015 edition of the competition. During its first two seasons, the team managed a tenth,[6] and a ninth[7] place finish at the end of the regular season.

Players acquired by the team in his first Italian Serie A years included Lorenzo Bernardi and Andrea Sartoretti. In the summer of 2007 Trentino Volley made substantial purchases, as part of a strategy that would focus on a young team with talented players, such as Serbian Nikola Grbić, Bulgarians Vladimir Nikolov and Matey Kaziyski and Italian Emanuele Birarelli. Itas Trentino Diatec ended the following regular season with a first-place finish, and stepped into the finals. On 7 May 2008 Trentino Volley defeated Piacenza 3–0,[8] to win its first national championship title, and gain access to the CEV Champions League 2008–2009.

Trento run undefeated in the pool stages, with a first-place finish in Group E. On 5 April 2009, at the O2 Arena in Prague, Trento defeated Iraklis Thessaloniki 3–1 in the final.[9] In 2009, the team flew to Doha (Qatar), to compete in the FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship. On Sunday 8 November Trentino Betclic won the final, with a score of 3–0[10] against the Poles of Skra Bełchatów, and became FIVB Club World Champion. In 2010, it won the Italian Cup and then successfully defended its Champions League title with a 3–0 victory (25–12, 25–20, 25–21) over Dynamo Moscow.

Trentino retired NO.1 jersey for Matey Kaziyski after all the achievements he helped to make for the team. The President of Trentino Volley Bruno Da Re said that "it will no longer be used by any Trentino Volley player", "unless he (Matey Kaziyski) wants to come back to use it again".[11]

Former names

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2000–2001 Itas Gruppo Diatec Trentino
2001–2013 Itas Diatec Trentino
2013–2014 Diatec Trentino
2014–2015 Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino
2015–2018 Diatec Trentino
2018–present Itas Trentino

Symbols

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Old logo club in the Building of the Trentino

Club logos and brand names are composed of a red ball. The eagle is the symbol of the club, Autonomous province of Trento is the club's flag.[12]

Trentino Volley unveiled their new logo on 4 July 2022 after sticking with the same for some 22 years. The new logo is to specifically for a digital and young audience. The aim is to make TRENTINO Volley more interesting and captivating, with a focus on the actual name of the club – summarised in the initials “TV”, which stand for TRENTINO Volley.[13]

Team

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Team roster – season 2022/2023

No. Name Date of birth Position
1   Matey Kaziyski (C) (1984-09-23) 23 September 1984 (age 40) outside hitter
2   Gabriele Nelli (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 31) opposite
3   Wout D'Heer (2001-04-26) 26 April 2001 (age 23) middle blocker
4   Donovan Džavoronok (1997-07-23) 23 July 1997 (age 27) outside hitter
5   Alessandro Michieletto (2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 23) outside hitter
6   Riccardo Sbertoli (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 26) setter
7   Oreste Cavuto (1996-12-05) 5 December 1996 (age 28) outside hitter
8   Domenico Pace (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 (age 24) libero
10   Martin Berger (2003-04-03) 3 April 2003 (age 21) middle blocker
11   Niccolò Depalma (2002-11-09) 9 November 2002 (age 22) setter
13   Gabriele Laurenzano (2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 21) libero
15   Daniele Lavia (1999-11-04) 4 November 1999 (age 25) outside hitter
18   Marko Podraščanin (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 37) middle blocker
20   Srećko Lisinac (1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 32) middle blocker
Head coach:   Angelo Lorenzetti
Assistant:   Francesco Petrella

Coach history

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Stoytchev with Mosna
Years (seasons) Coach Matches Win Lost Titles won
2000 – 2003 (3)   Bruno Bagnoli 88 40 48
2003 – 2005 (2)   Silvano Prandi 61 38 23
2005 (1)   Andrea Burattini 10 3 7
2005 – 2007 (2)   Radames Lattari 64 31 33
2007 – 2013 (6)   Radostin Stoychev 293 244 49 14 (3x   3x   1x   3x   4x  )
2013 – 2014 (1)   Roberto Serniotti 47 29 18 1x  
2014 – 2016 (2) [note 1]   Radostin Stoychev 96 75 21 1x  
2016 – present   Angelo Lorenzetti 156 110 46 1x   1x   1x  

Notable players

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Individual records

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  • Number of matches
Matches Player Position Seasons
345   Emanuele Birarelli C 2007–2015 (8)
  Massimo Colaci L 2010–present (7)
339   Andrea Bari L 2005–2013 (8)
334   Matey Kaziyski R/A 2007–2013 & 2014–16 (8)
252   Filippo Lanza R/A 2011–present (6)
215   Dore Della Lunga R/A 2005–2009 & 2010–2012 (6)
193     Osmany Juantorena R/A 2009–2013 (4)
191   Łukasz Żygadło A 2008–2012 & 2014–2015 (5)
  Raphael A 2009–2013 (4)
  Jan Štokr O 2010–2013 & 2016–2017 (4)
  • Points Record
Points Player Position Seasons
4945   Matey Kaziyski[citation needed] R/A 2007–2013 & 2014–16 (8)
2622     Osmany Juantorena R/A 2009–2013 (4)
2539   Emanuele Birarelli C 2007–2015 (8)
2535   Jan Štokr O 2010–2013 y 2016–2017 (4)
2301   Filippo Lanza R/A 2011–present (6)
1425   Tsvetan Sokolov O 2009–2012 & 2013–14 (4)
1401   Mitar Djuric [note 2] C/O 2011–2013 & 2014–16 (4)
1362   Leandro Vissotto O 2008–2010 (2)
1209   Andrea Sartoretti O 2003–2005 (3)
1191   Michał Winiarski R/A 2006–2009 (3

Stadium

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One match in PalaTrento

The PalaTrento arena has always been the place where the club's at home games have been disputed, ever since its opening in 2000 during the first at home game in the history of Trentino Volley (Itas Diatec Trentino-European Padua 3–2 on 22 October 2000), The arena is in the south of the city of Trento on the Ghiaie sport groundsthat also includes the PalaGhiaccio, a football field, and a ballpark.[14]

Kit providers

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

Period Kit provider
2000– Mikasa
Kappa
Erreà

Sponsorship

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Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Diatec Group other sponsors: Volkswagen, Consorzio Melinda, Dorigoni Trento, Scania, Mediocredito Italiano, McDonald's, Intesa Sanpaolo, Marzadro Distillery, Südtiroler Volksbank, Grand Hotel Trento, Sparco, Forst, Superpoli, Menz & Gasser and Policura.

Notes

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  1. ^ Total de Stoytchev: 8 temporadas, 389 partidos, 319 ganados, 70 perdidos y 15 títulos ganados.
  2. ^ En la temporada 2014–15 Djuric disputó solamente los playoff sumando 9 partidos y 119 puntos.

References

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  1. ^ "Elezione di Diego Mosna alla lega pallavolo" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  2. ^ "Intervista a Diego Mosna" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  3. ^ "Storia dell'Itas Diatec Trentino" (in Italian). Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  4. ^ "legavolley.it – 1a giornata 2000–2001" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  5. ^ "legavolley.it – 2a giornata 2000–2001" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  6. ^ "Classifica stagione 2000–2001" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  7. ^ "Classifica stagione 2001–2002" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  8. ^ "L'Itas è Campione d'Italia" (in Italian). Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  9. ^ "Trento-Salonicco 5 aprile 2009" (in Italian). Archived from the original on January 8, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  10. ^ "PGE Skra Bełchatów-Trentino BetClic" (in Italian). Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  11. ^ "As a King between present and future. "The number 1 jersey will be retired"". Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  12. ^ "Symbol".
  13. ^ "TRENTINO Volley unveil new, modern logo | CEV". www.cev.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  14. ^ pubblicita, Prima. "BLM Group Arena".
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