Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza
Full nameGas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza
NicknameThe Wolves
Founded2018
GroundPalaBanca
Piacenza, Italy
(Capacity: 3,800)
ChairmanElisabetta Curti
ManagerAndrea Anastasi
LeagueItalian Volleyball League
WebsiteClub home page
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Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza is an Italian professional men's volleyball club based in Piacenza, northern Italy. Dedicated businessmen and citizens decided to establish a new volleyball club to embrace the rich volleyball culture in Piacenza when the city's historic club, Volley Piacenza, went bankrupt. It currently plays in the Superlega, the highest level league of Italian volleyball.

It first debut to play in Serie A2 for Season 2018/19.[1][2][3] After a successful season 2018/19 which they won the title of Serie A2, the team was promoted to Superlega.[4]

Achievements

Team

Team roster – season 2022/2023

No. Name Date of birth Position
1France Luka BašićJanuary 29, 1995opposite
2Italy Nicolò HofferMay 6, 2000libero
3Italy Francesco RecineFebruary 7, 1999outside hitter
4Italy Fabrizio GironiMarch 18, 2000outside hitter
5Cuba Roamy AlonsoJuly 24, 1997middle blocker
6France Antoine Brizard (C)May 22, 1994setter
8Brazil Ricardo LucarelliFebruary 14, 1992outside hitter
9Brazil Yoandy LealAugust 31, 1988outside hitter
10Italy Leonardo ScanferlaDecember 4, 1998libero
12Italy Enrico CesterMarch 16, 1988middle blocker
13Cuba Robertlandy SimónJune 11, 1987middle blocker
17Italy Yuri RomanòJuly 26, 1997opposite
18Italy Edoardo CaneschiJanuary 26, 1997middle blocker
19Netherlands Freek De WeijerOctober 30, 1995setter
Head coach: Italy Lorenzo Bernardi
Assistant: Italy Massimo Botti

Notable players

References

  1. "Volleyball, Gas Sales Piacenza is born. Curti as president and Zlatanov as general manager". piacenzasera.it (in Italian). 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  2. "Today the new Gas Sales volleyball company is born". piacenzasera.it (in Italian). 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  3. "Volley maschile, A2 più vicina: le risorse da Gas Sales, Banca di Piacenza e Giglio". piacenzasera.it (in Italian). 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. Crosali, Andrea (2019-05-04). "La Gas Sales in festa! Piacenza riabbraccia la Superlega". Piacenza24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-10-19.
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