Modena Volley
Full nameValsa Group Modena
Short nameModena Volley
Founded1966
GroundPalaPanini,
Modena
(Capacity: 4,968)
ChairmanCatia Pedrini
ManagerAndrea Giani
CaptainBruno Rezende
LeagueItalian Volleyball League
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Modena Volley is a professional volleyball team based in Modena, Italy. It has played in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 1968. It is the most successful Italian club, having won the national league twelve times and the national cup as well. The club is one of the most prominent and prestigious in Europe too, having won thirteen European trophies including four CEV Champions League.

Achievements

  • CEV Champions League
    (x4) 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998
    (x4) 1987, 1988, 1989, 2003
    (x1) 1991
  • CEV Cup
    (x4) 1980, 1986, 1995, 2023
    (x1) 2007
  • CEV Challenge Cup
    (x5) 1983, 1984, 1985, 2004, 2008
    (x2) 2000, 2001
  • CEV SuperCup
    (x1) 1995
    (x2) 1990, 1997
  • Italian Championship
    (x12) 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2016
  • Italian Cup
    (x12) 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2015, 2016
  • Italian SuperCup
    (x4) 1997, 2015, 2016, 2018

History

The club was founded in 1966 by Benito and Giuseppe Panini, owners of Edizioni Panini publishing house, and was named Gruppo Sportivo Panini (or simply G.S. Panini). The club, trained by Franco Anderlini, started from Serie C (the third level of the Italian League) and achieved the Serie A in 1968, taking only two seasons. Since then it has never been relegated to lower divisions.

It took only another season to achieve the first Italian League, in 1969/70: the victory was led by the Czechoslovak superstar Josef Musil. With Anderlini as head coach Modena won three championships, but in 1975/76 he resigned and was replaced by Polish Edward Skorek who acted as player-coach, leading Panini to another national title. By the end of the 1970s Modena clinched four Italian leagues, two Italian cups and its first European trophy, the 1979/80 CEV Cup Winners' Cup, with the Brazilian Bernard Rajzman and the Italian Francesco Dall'Olio as leaders of the team.

In the 1980s Modena had even greater successes: managed by Julio Velasco the team gained four consecutive Italian leagues and many national and international cups. In 1989 Velasco was appointed head of the Italian national team, leaving Modena where he was replaced by Vladimir Jankovic. Even without Velasco, Modena became European champion winning the 1989/90 CEV Champions League.

Daytona Volley logo (1994–2005).

The team entered the 1990s with financial difficulties and its best players (Vullo, Bernardi, Bertoli, Cantagalli, Lucchetta) left Modena moving to better funded clubs. The Panini era was coming to an end and in 1993 the club changed ownership for the first time, being taken over by Giovanni Vandelli, a ceramic industrialist who renamed the club as Daytona Volley. Vandelli signed Daniele Bagnoli as head coach and brought back Bertoli, Cantagalli and Vullo. Modena soon regained its competitiveness and in five seasons it won twelve trophies, including two Italian Leagues and two CEV Champions Leagues. The 1996/97 season could be regarded as one of the most successful in the club's long history, having achieved the Italian League, the Italian Cup and the Champions League in the same year. The line-up of this legendary season was structured by the setter Fabio Vullo, the opposite hitter Juan Cuminetti, the middle-blockers Bas van de Goor and Andrea Giani, the outside hitters Marco Bracci and Luca Cantagalli: one of the best European teams ever.

1996 was also the year of Giuseppe Panini's death, co-founder and for many years the highly respected president of the club. The municipal administration of Modena entitled the local arena, home of the volleyball team, to his memory as Palazzo dello Sport Giuseppe Panini, commonly referred to as PalaPanini by supporters. In 1997/98, trained by Francesco Dall'Olio, Modena won his third consecutive CEV Champions League. After an unsuccessful comeback of Daniele Bagnoli, Vandelli's club won its last Italian league in 2001/02 with Angelo Lorenzetti as coach.

Pallavolo Modena logo (2005–2013).

Vandelli's last trophy was the 2003/04 CEV Cup (now Challenge Cup), then in 2005 he sold the club to a consortium composed of Antonio Barone (a coal industry businessman and former volleyball player, who won two Italian leagues with the Panini team[1]), Catia Pedrini (Barone's wife) and Giuliano Grani (a merchandising businessman). The name was changed to Pallavolo Modena and Barone became the new president.

During 2008 Barone e Pedrini left the club leaving it in the hands of Grani and new partner Pietro Peia (a long-standing manager of the club). In 2012 even Grani took a step back, leaving Peia as the sole owner. Under the Barone-Grani-Peia ownership Modena won only one trophy with the 2007/08 CEV Challenge Cup, despite great investments to sign notable players like Ángel Dennis, Murilo Endres and Matthew Anderson, and many successive famous coaches like Julio Velasco, Andrea Giani, Silvano Prandi, Daniele Bagnoli (at his third experience at Modena) and Angelo Lorenzetti.

Modena Volley logo (2013–2014).

In May 2013 a new consortium composed of Gino Gibertini (dealer of oil products), Antonio Panini (son of Giuseppe Panini), Catia Pedrini, Dino Piacentini (building contractor) and Peter Zehentleitner (CEO of Trenkwalder Italia) acquired the club. Both Gibertini and Piacentini were Panini's players in the seventies. The club's name was changed to Modena Volley Punto Zero with Gibertini as president and Lorenzetti being confirmed as head coach. The coexistence between many partners proved to be difficult and after few months Gibertini, Panini and Zehentleitner left the consortium. Catia Pedrini was then appointed president of the club with Piacentini in the role of vice-president.

For the 2014–15 season the club's name has been modified to Modena Volley with a new logo. On 11 January 2015, the team won its first title in 7 years (the last victory was the CEV Challenge Cup in 2008), by defeating Trentino Volley[2] in the final of Italian Volleyball Cup.

For the 2015–2016 season Modena decides to strengthen the team by adding the Brazilian middle-blocker Lucas Saatkamp, and replacing Uroš Kovačević with his Serbian compatriot Miloš Nikić. Since October 2015, the club sets a major sponsorship deal with DHL. During the season, the club enlarged his honours with the victories of Italian Supercup in October and the Italian Volleyball Cup in February, by defeating Trentino Volley in both matches. Above all, the main success of the season has been the Italian national title after 14 years, by defeating SIR Safety Perugia in the final by 3–0.

For the 2016–2017 season, there are many changes: the main sponsor DHL and coach Angelo Lorenzetti leave the club, moreover the Brazilians "magic duo" Bruno Rezende and Lucas Saatkamp return to their home country. Nevertheless, Modena reinforces the roster by hiring two of the best middle blockers in the world: Maxwell Holt and Kevin Le Roux. The expert Argentinian setter Santiago Orduna takes place of Bruninho and the Serbian spiker Nemanja Petric is promoted as team Captain. Since September 2016, the new main sponsor of the club is the Italian asset management company Azimut Holding.

Former names

1968–1989Panini Modena
1989–1991Philips Modena
1991–1992Carimonte Modena
1992–1993Panini Modena
1993–1994Daytona Modena
1994–1995Daytona Las Modena
1995–1996Las Daytona Modena
1996–1997Las Daytona Modena; Las Valtur Modena[a]
1997–2000Casa Modena Unibon
2000–2002Casa Modena Salumi
2002–2003Kerakoll Modena; Meta Daytona Modena[b]
2003–2004Kerakoll Modena
2004–2005Daytona Modena
2005–2008Cimone Modena
2008–2010Trenkwalder Modena
2010–2014Casa Modena
2014–2015Modena Volley; Parmareggio Modena[c]
2015–2016DHL Modena
2016–2018Azimut Modena
2018–2019Azimut Leo Shoes Modena
2019–2021Leo Shoes Modena
2021–2022Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena
2022–PresentValsa Group Modena
  • a Only at CEV Champions Cup
  • b Only at Italian SuperCup
  • c Since 28 February 2015

Team

Team roster – season 2022/2023

No. Name Date of birth Position
1Brazil Bruno Rezende (C)July 2, 1986setter
3Australia Lorenzo PopeDecember 6, 2001outside hitter
4France Nicolas MaréchalMarch 4, 1987outside hitter
5Italy Riccardo GolliniJuly 5, 2000libero
6Italy Giovanni SanguinettiApril 14, 2000middle blocker
7Serbia Dragan StankovićOctober 18, 1985middle blocker
9France Earvin N'GapethFebruary 12, 1991outside hitter
10Italy Lorenzo SalaJanuary 1, 2002opposite
11Germany Tobias KrickOctober 22, 1998middle blocker
12Turkey Adis LagumdzijaMarch 29, 1999opposite
15Italy Elia BossiAugust 15, 1994middle blocker
16Italy Nicola SalsiSeptember 13, 1997setter
21Italy Salvatore RossiniJuly 13, 1986libero
24Italy Andrea MalvasiJune 23, 2005outside hitter
90Italy Tommaso RinaldiNovember 9, 2001outside hitter
Head coach: Italy Andrea Giani
Assistant: Argentina Sebastian Carotti

Notable players

The stars indicate Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees.


Presidents

1966–1993Giuseppe Panini
1993–2005Giovanni Vandelli
2005–2007Antonio Barone
2007–2012Giuliano Grani
2012–2013Pietro Peia
2013Gino Gibertini
2013–2022Catia Pedrini
2022–PresentGiulia Gabana

Head coaches

Name Nationality Years
Franco Anderlini Italy 1966–1975
Edward Skorek Poland 1975–1978
Gian Paolo Guidetti Italy 1978–1983
Andrea Nannini Italy 1983–1985
Julio Velasco Argentina 1985–1989
Vladimir Janković Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1989–1990
Massimo Barbolini Italy 1990–1992
Bernardo Rezende Brazil 1992–1993
Daniele Bagnoli Italy 1993–1997[a]
Franco Bertoli Italy 1996–1997[a]
Francesco Dall'Olio Italy 1997–1998
Bruno Bagnoli Italy 1998–2000[b]
Franco Bertoli Italy 2000[b]
Daniele Bagnoli Italy 2000–2001
Angelo Lorenzetti Italy 2001–2004[c]
Maurizio Menarini Italy 2004[c]
Julio Velasco Argentina 2004–2006
Bruno Bagnoli Italy 2006–2007
Andrea Giani Italy 2007–2008[d]
Emanuele Zanini Italy 2008–2009[d]
Silvano Prandi Italy 2009–2011[e]
Daniele Bagnoli Italy 2011–2012[e]
Angelo Lorenzetti Italy 2012–2016
Roberto Piazza Italy 2016–2017[f]
Lorenzo Tubertini Italy 2017[f]
Radostin Stoychev Bulgaria 2017–2018
Julio Velasco Argentina 2018–2019
Andrea Giani Italy 2019–2023
Francesco Petrella[3] Italy 2023–Present
  • a In November 1996 Daniele Bagnoli suffered serious injuries from a car accident and was replaced by Bertoli until his recovery.
  • b In February 2000 Bruno Bagnoli was sacked and replaced by Bertoli.
  • c In January 2004 Lorenzetti was dismissed and replaced by the assistant coach Menarini.
  • d In December 2008 Giani was sacked and replaced by Zanini.
  • e In January 2011 Prandi was dismissed and replaced by Daniele Bagnoli.
  • f In February 2017 Piazza and the club agreed to terminate the contract. He was replaced by the assistant coach Tubertini.

Kit manufacturer

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

Period Kit provider
1985–1989 Best Company
1989–2003 Asics
2003–2005 A-Line
2005–2017 Macron
2017–2021 Erreà
2021–current Ninesquared

References

  1. ↑ "Legavolley: atleta Antonio Barone" (in Italian). Lega Pallavolo Serie A. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Itas Diatec Trentino – Modena Volley 1–3 (19:25, 19:25, 25:23, 12:25) ScoresPro.com
  3. ↑ "Superlega, il nuovo allenatore del Modena Volley è Francesco Petrella". ModenaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-05-22.
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