Asystel Volley was an Italian women's

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club based in

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. It played in the Serie A1 from its creation in 2003 until its dissolution in 2012.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Asystel Novara (2003–2004) * Sant'Orsola Asystel Novara (2004–2007) * Asystel Volley Novara (2007–2012)

History

The club was founded in 2003, when Serie A1 club AGIL Volley decided to focus on youth teams. Asystel who was AGIL's main sponsor at the time, established a professional club keeping AGIL Serie A1 licence, which meant the new club started its existence playing in the highest Italian league (Serie A1). Apart from the Serie A1 participation, the club also played in the Italian Cup, Italian Supercup,

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and

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. It had some success and won the Italian Cup in 2003–04, the Italian Supercup in 2003 and 2005, the CEV Top Teams Cup in 2005–06 and the CEV Cup in 2008–09. In 2012 it merged with Gruppo Sportivo Oratorio Villa Cortese, moving all its volleyball activities to the newly formed .

Notable players

Anja Spasojević Anja Spasojević (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Ања Спасојевић; born 4 July 1983) is a retired Serbian professional volleyball player who was last played as wing spiker for VC Dynamo Krasnodar, Dinamo Krasnodar in Russia. She b ...

* Ivana Nešović *

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* Cristina Pîrv * Sanja Malagurski *

Stefana Veljković Stefana Veljković ( sr-cyr, Стефана Вељковић; born 9 January 1990, in Svetozarevo) is a Serbian volleyball player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 and 2016. In 2016, she won the silver med ...

* Ogonna Nnamani * Feng Kun

Former coaches

* Giovanni Caprara

Honours

National competitions

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: 1 :2003–04 * Supercoppa italiana di pallavolo maschile

Italian Super Cup: 2 :2003, 2005

International competitions

Top Teams Cup / CEV Cup: 2 :2005–06, 2008–09

References

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