Trentino Volley is a professional Italian

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team based in

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...

. It has played in the

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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

, three in the Italian Cup, three in the Italian Super Cup and three consecutive wins in the

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. In the 2010–11 season, the team made history by being the first to win the national, continental and world championship. Trentino Volley is a

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, and its president is Diego Mosna. The company has a budget of 4,500,000

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and about 225 employees. 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,

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Achievements

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

* FIVB Club World Championship *: Gold medal world centered-2

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* Italian Championship *: Gold medal with cup

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

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* Italian Cup *: Simple gold cup

(×3) 2010, 2012, 2013 *: Simple silver cup

(×6) 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022,

* Italian SuperCup *: Simple gold cup

(×3) 2011, 2013, 2021 *: Simple silver cup

(×5) 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018

History

Trentino Volley was founded on 23 May 2000; 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

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, and was defeated 3–0. 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. 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, and a ninth place finish at the end of the regular season. Players acquired by the team in his first Italian Serie A years included

Lorenzo Bernardi Lorenzo Bernardi (born 11 August 1968) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, two–time World Champion (1990, 1994), and a two–time European Champion (1989, 1995 ...

and

Andrea Sartoretti Andrea Sartoretti (born 19 June 1971) is an Italian former volleyball player. Biography Born at Perugia, Sartoretti debuted in the Italian Serie in 1991, winning the Award as best Under 23 player. A 1.94 cm athlete, he usually played oppos ...

. 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 Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. Grbić is a gold medalist of the 2000 Sum ...

, Bulgarians Vladimir Nikolov and

Matey Kaziyski Matey Iliyanov Kaziyski () (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 2003–2012 and Italy, Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games 2 ...

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

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3–0, 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

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, Trento defeated Iraklis Thessaloniki 3–1 in the final. In 2009, the team flew to

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(

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), 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 against the Poles of

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, 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

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".

Former names

Symbols

Club logos and brand names are composed of a red ball. The

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is the symbol of the club, Autonomous province of

is the club's flag. 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.

Team

''Team roster – season 2022/2023''

Coach history

Notable players

* 1999–2001

Enrique de la Fuente Enrique de la Fuente Santos (born 11 August 1975) is a Spanish volleyball player, a member of Spain men's national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, European Champion 2007, a medalist of the European League (g ...

* 2000–2001 Igor Shulepov * 2000–2002

Konstantin Ushakov Konstantin Anatolyevich Ushakov (; born 24 March 1970) is a Russian coach and retired volleyball player, who was a member of the Russian men's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Playing as a ...

* 2000–2002

Slobodan Boškan Slobodan Boškan (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Бошкан, born 18 August 1975) is a Serbian former volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team, 2000 Olympic volleyball champion, medalist of European Championship ...

* 2000–2002

Đula Mešter Đula Mešter ( sr-Cyrl, Ђула Мештер; , born 3 April 1972) is a retired Serbian professional volleyball player who won the gold medal with the Yugoslav Men's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Standing at 2.03 m, he played as a ...

* 2001–2005

Paolo Tofoli Paolo Tofoli (born 14 August 1966) is an Italian former volleyball player and current coach, standing at 188 cm. Tofoli played 342 times for the Italy national volleyball team. Tofoli was a two-time world champion in 1990 and 1994. He was ...

* 2002–2003

Igor Vušurović Igor Vušurović (born 24 September 1974) is a former Montenegrin volleyball player, who won the gold medal with the Yugoslav Men's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Oly ...

* 2002–2004

Aleksey Kazakov Aleksey Valerevich Kazakov (; born 18 March 1976) is a Russian volleyball player. He was born in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Kazakov was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Sum ...

* 2002–2005

* 2004–2005

Goran Vujević Goran Vujević ( sr-cyr, Горан Вујевић; born 27 February 1973) is a Montenegrin volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics and for Serbia and Montenegro in the 2004 Summe ...

* 2004–2007

André Heller Franz André Heller (; born 22 March 1947 as Francis Charles Georges Jean André Heller-Hueart) is an Austrian artist, author, poet, singer, songwriter, and actor. Biography Heller was born in Vienna into a wealthy Jewish family of sweets manuf ...

* 2005–2006

Ryan Millar Ryan Madsen Millar (born 22 January 1978) is an American former volleyball player. He was a member of United States national volleyball team from 1998 to 2008, and is a three-time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008). He won a gold medal in the 2008 ...

* 2005–2007

André Nascimento André Luiz da Silva Nascimento (born 4 March 1979) is a Brazilian former volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was born in São João de Meriti. Awards Individ ...

* 2005–2007

Marco Meoni Marco Meoni (born 25 May 1973) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, wearing the number two jersey. A year earlier he was on the side that claimed the European title ...

* 2006–2009

Michał Winiarski Michał Jerzy Winiarski (born 28 September 1983) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. Winiarski was a member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team from 2004 to 2014, a participant in the Olympi ...

* 2007–2008 Vladimir Nikolov * 2007–2009

* 2007–2013, 2014–2015

* 2007–2015 Emanuele Birarelli * 2008–2010

Leandro Vissotto Leandro Vissotto Neves (born 30 April 1983) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club EMS Taubaté Funvic. Vissotto is a winner silver medalist of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Olympic Gam ...

* 2008–2012, 2014–2015

Łukasz Żygadło Łukasz Tomasz Żygadło (born 2 August 1979) is a Polish former professional volleyball player who is the sporting director of the Polish PlusLiga team, Norwid Częstochowa. Żygadło was a member of the Poland national team from 1998 to 2014 ...

* 2009–2010, 2010–2013

Osmany Juantorena Osmany Juantorena Portuondo (born 12 August 1985) is a Cuban-born Italian professional volleyball player, a member of Cuba national volleyball team in 2003–2006 and current member of Italian club Modena Volley. Juantorena was bronze medalist of ...

* 2009–2012, 2013–2014

Tsvetan Sokolov Tsvetan Nikolaev Sokolov (; born 31 December 1989) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Dynamo Moscow. Sokolov is a former member of the Bulgaria national team, a participant in the Olympic Games Lon ...

* 2009–2013

Raphael Vieira de Oliveira Raphael Vieira de Oliveira (born 14 June 1979) is a former Brazilian volleyball player, a former member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Italian club BluVolley Verona, a silver medalist of the 2014 World Championship, South American ...

* 2010–2011

Valentin Bratoev Valentin Bratoev (; October 21, 1987 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian volleyball player a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team and Bulgarian volleyball club Deya Burgas. Bratoev won bronze medals with the national team in the 2009 Men's Euro ...

* 2010–2017 Massimo Colaci * 2011–2016 Filippo Lanza * 2012–2021

Simone Giannelli Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Umbria Volley, Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cu ...

* 2016–2018

Jenia Grebennikov Jenia Grebennikov (born 13 August 1990) is a French professional volleyball player of Russian descent who plays as a libero for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the France national team. Grebennikov won a gold medal in the men's tournament at the Oly ...

Individual records

Stadium

The

PalaTrento Il T Quotidiano Arena (formerly known as PalaTrento) is an indoor arena that is located in Trento, Italy. The arena is mainly used to host volleyball, basketball, futsal, and concerts. The capacity of the arena is 4,360, with 3,569 of the seats ...

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.

Kit providers

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

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Diatec Group other sponsors:

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, Consorzio Melinda, Dorigoni Trento,

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, Marzadro Distillery, Südtiroler Volksbank, Grand Hotel Trento,

Sparco Sparco S.p.A. is an Italian auto part and accessory company headquartered in Volpiano near Turin that specializes in producing items such as seats, steering wheels, harnesses, racewear and helmets. Sparco branded alloy wheels are produced unde ...

, Forst, Superpoli, Menz & Gasser and Policura.

Notes

References

External links

Official website

Official website

Team profile
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