Power Volley Milano

Italian volleyball club
Power Volley Milano
Full namePower Volley Milano
Founded2010
GroundAllianz Cloud Arena
(Capacity: 5,420)
ChairmanRoberto Piazza
LeagueItalian Volleyball League
WebsiteClub home page
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Power Volley Milano is an Italian professional volleyball club based in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. They currently compete in the SuperLega, where they have been since the 2014–15 season. In the 2021/22 season, the club is named Allianz Milano.

Honours

European competitions

  • CEV Challenge Cup

History

Power Volley Milano was founded in 2010 as Power Volleyball. They competed in the 2010–11 Serie B2, and immediately gained promotion at the end of the season. However, following the sale of the club from Parabiago Volleyball, the club dissolved. They were refounded in 2012 as the current Power Volley Milano, and finished the 2012–13 Serie B1 season in 3rd place, gaining promotion to Serie A2. Following this season, the club was purchased by Wolves Volleyball Santa Croce. In the 2013–14 Serie A2 season, Power Volley finished 6th. At the end of the season, the club was sold for a third time, this time being purchased by Callipo Sport. For the 2014–15 season, Power Volley were admitted to the SuperLega for the first time. They finished their inaugural season in the top flight in 12th place, followed by an 11th place finish in the following season.[1]

Power Volley Milano achieved its best result in the Italian Volleyball League finishing fourth in 2022/23 Season.

Team

Team roster – season 2022/2023

No. Name Date of birth Position
2 Cuba Osniel Mergarejo (1997-12-18) December 18, 1997 (age 26) outside hitter
3 Puerto Rico Klistan Lawrence (2003-01-07) January 7, 2003 (age 21) opposite
5 Italy Federico Bonacchi (2004-04-08) April 8, 2004 (age 20) setter
6 Italy Marco Vitelli (1996-04-04) April 4, 1996 (age 28) middle blocker
7 Italy Francesco Fusaro (1999-05-30) May 30, 1999 (age 25) middle blocker
8 Argentina Agustín Loser (1997-10-12) October 12, 1997 (age 26) middle blocker
9 France Jean Patry (1996-12-27) December 27, 1996 (age 27) opposite
11 Italy Matteo Piano (C) (1990-10-24) October 24, 1990 (age 33) middle blocker
14 Japan Yūki Ishikawa (1995-12-11) December 11, 1995 (age 28) outside hitter
16 Italy Paolo Porro (2001-10-27) October 27, 2001 (age 22) setter
17 Italy Luca Colombo (2004-01-04) January 4, 2004 (age 20) libero
18 Italy Nicola Pesaresi (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991 (age 33) libero
22 Iran Milad Ebadipour (1993-10-17) October 17, 1993 (age 30) outside hitter
N/A Japan Tatsunori Otsuka (2000-11-05) November 5, 2000 (age 23) outside hitter
Head coach: Italy Roberto Piazza
Assistant: Italy Nicola Daldello
Team roster - season 2017/2018
Revivre Milano
No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz (1992-02-05) February 5, 1992 (age 32) opposite
2 Italy Alessandro Piccinelli (1997-01-30) January 30, 1997 (age 27) libero
3 Belgium Kevin Klinkenberg (1990-10-04) October 4, 1990 (age 33) opposite
5 Italy Nicola Daldello (1983-05-06) May 6, 1983 (age 41) setter
6 Italy Riccardo Sbertoli (1998-05-23) May 23, 1998 (age 26) setter
7 Italy Allesandro Tondo (1991-08-18) August 18, 1991 (age 32) middle blocker
8 Germany Ruben Schott (1994-07-08) July 8, 1994 (age 29) outside hitter
11 Italy Matteo Piano (1990-10-24) October 24, 1990 (age 33) middle blocker
12 Italy Gianluca Galassi (1997-07-24) July 24, 1997 (age 26) middle blocker
13 United States Taylor Averill (1992-03-05) March 5, 1992 (age 32) middle blocker
15 Italy Fabio Fanuli (1985-02-10) February 10, 1985 (age 39) libero
16 Italy Alessandro Preti (1992-08-07) August 7, 1992 (age 31) outside hitter
18 Slovenia Klemen Čebulj (1992-02-21) February 21, 1992 (age 32) outside hitter
Head coach: Andrea Giani
Assistant: Matteo De Cecco
Team roster - season 2016/2017
Revivre Milano
No. Name Date of birth Position
3 Italy Danilo Cortina (1987-06-08) June 8, 1987 (age 37) libero
4 Canada Nicholas Hoag (1992-05-19) May 19, 1992 (age 32) outside Hitter
5 Italy Andrea Galaverna (1994-05-30) May 30, 1994 (age 30) universal
6 Italy Riccardo Sbertoli (1998-05-23) May 23, 1998 (age 26) setter
7 Italy Allesandro Tondo (1991-08-18) August 18, 1991 (age 32) middle blocker
8 Bulgaria Todor Skrimov (1990-01-09) January 9, 1990 (age 34) outside hitter
9 Denmark Rasmus Nielsen (1994-05-22) May 22, 1994 (age 30) outside hitter
10 Italy Gabriel Rudi (1994-08-14) August 14, 1994 (age 29) libero
11 Italy Giorgio De Togni (1985-07-07) July 7, 1985 (age 38) middle blocker
12 Italy Gianluca Galassi (1997-07-24) July 24, 1997 (age 26) middle blocker
13 Cuba Ángel Dennis1 (1977-06-13) June 13, 1977 (age 47) outside hitter
14 Italy Dante Boninfante (1977-03-07) March 7, 1977 (age 47) setter
15 Serbia Saša Starović2 (1988-10-19) October 19, 1988 (age 35) universal
16 Poland Paweł Adamajtis3 (1990-08-30) August 30, 1990 (age 33) outside hitter
18 Italy Federico Marretta (1990-08-09) August 9, 1990 (age 33) universal
Head coach: Luca Monti
Assistant: Massimiliano De Marco

1 Angel Dennis played in Revivre Milano from October 15, 2016 to December 5, 2016.
2 Sasha Starvoć left the club on January 27, 2017.
3 Paweł Adamajtis joined the club on January 30, 2017.

COVID-19 pandemic

The club is related to COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia. They participated in the 2019–20 CEV Challenge Cup matches held in Saaremaa island on 4 and 5 March. On 9 March 5 Milan players had been diagnosed with fever before a league match.[2] On March 11 there was a report on the two first cases on the island.[3] The infected in Saaremaa included the CEO of the Saaremaa VK volleyball club.[4] By March 14 there were 31 COVID-19 cases in Saaremaa[5] and all Western Estonian islands were closed down to all but residents,[6] but the cases had already spread to the mainland.[7] Saare County was also the hardest hit county in Estonia by the COVID-19 in the beginning of the pandemic – it only has 2.5% of the population of Estonia, but had over half of all hospitalized patients.[8]

Title Sponsor

Year(s) Companies
2019-present Capcom

References

  1. ^ "Power Volley Milano Storia". Power Volley Milano. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Volley, febbre al termoscanner: Milano-Padova non si gioca" [Volleyball, thermoscanner fever: Milan-Padua is not played] (in Italian). Sky Sport. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Lisandus veel kolm koroonasse nakatunut" [Three new corona cases] (in Estonian). ERR. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Koroonaviiruse saanud Saaremaa võrkpallimeeskonna juht: loodan, et see olukord laheneb võimalikult kiiresti" [Infected head of Saaremaa volleyball team: I hope this situation gets resolved as soon as possible] (in Estonian). Delfi. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ^ "109 cases of coronavirus disease confirmed in Estonia". ERR. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Western Estonian islands closed to all but residents". ERR. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Estonia now 79". ERR. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Enamik hospitaliseeritud nakatunutest on pärit Saaremaalt" [Most of hospitalized patients are from Saaremaa] (in Estonian) ERR, 20 March 2020

External links

  • Official website
  • SuperLega profile
  • Team profile at Volleybox.net