2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship squads

This article shows all participating team squads at the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship , held in Turkey from 3 to 13 September 2009. ^[1]

  Bulgaria

The following is the Bulgarian roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Silvano Prandi
Assistant:	Camillo Placi

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Georgi Bratoev	21 October 1987	Levski Sofia
2	Hristo Tsvetanov	29 March 1978	Lokomotiv Yekaterinburg
3	Andrey Zhekov	12 March 1980	E.A. Patras
4	Vladislav Ivanov	14 March 1987	Levski Sofia
5	Krasimir Gaydarski	23 February 1983	Olympiacos Piraeus
6	Matey Kaziyski	23 September 1984	Itas Diatec Trentino
7	Tsvetan Sokolov	31 December 1989	VC Marek Union-Ivkoni
8	Teodor Todorov	1 September 1989	CSKA Sofia
9	Metodi Ananiev	17 February 1986	Levski Sofia
10	Valentin Bratoev	21 October 1987	Levski Sofia
11	Vladimir Nikolov (C)	3 October 1977	Piemonte Volley
12	Viktor Yosifov	16 October 1985	Czerno More Bask
13	Teodor Salparov	16 August 1982	CSKA Sofia
15	Todor Aleksiev	21 April 1983	Halkbank Ankara

  Czech Republic

The following is the Czech roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Jan Svoboda
Assistant:	Milan Hadrava

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Martin Lébl	12 April 1980	Lube Banca Macerata
2	Jiří Popelka	11 May 1977	Berlin Recycling Volleys
3	Marek Novotný	4 May 1978	E.A. Patras
5	Jaroslav Škach	27 June 1975	Berlin Recycling Volleys
7	Aleš Holubec	13 March 1984	Noliko Maaseik
8	Peter Pláteník	16 March 1981	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
9	Ondřej Hudeček (C)	9 May 1981	Montpellier UC
11	Jan Štokr	16 January 1983	RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia
12	Jakub Veselý	2 September 1986	Arago de Sète
14	Jan Václavík	15 April 1985	VK Ostrava
15	Jiří Král	8 July 1981	Antonveneta Padova
16	Martin Kryštof	11 October 1982	Berlin Recycling Volleys
17	David Konečný	10 October 1982	Tours VB
18	Lukáš Ticháček	12 January 1982	VfB Friedrichshafen

  Estonia

The following is the Estonian roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Avo Keel
Assistant:	Andrei Ojamets

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Raimo Pajusalu	1 February 1981	Knack Randstad Roeselare
3	Keith Pupart	19 March 1985	Selver Tallinn
4	Ardo Kreek	7 August 1986	Selver Tallinn
5	Kert Toobal (C)	3 June 1979	Pere Leib Tartu
6	Sten Esna	24 August 1982	Rennes Volley 35
7	Argo Meresaar	13 January 1980	Selver Tallinn
9	Kristjan Õuekallas	8 January 1981	Beauvais Oise UC
10	Asko Esna	1 May 1986	Selver Tallinn
11	Oliver Venno	23 May 1990	Pere Leib Tartu
12	Janis Sirelpuu	14 August 1977	Selver Tallinn
13	Veiko Lember	29 November 1977	Selver Tallinn
16	Eerik Jago	29 December 1980	Pallavolo Pineto
17	Martti Rosenblatt	29 December 1987	Selver Tallinn
18	Jaanus Nõmmsalu	19 January 1981	Selver Tallinn

  Finland

The following is the Finnish roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Mauro Berruto
Assistant:	Andrea Brogioni

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Jesse Mäntylä	24 March 1987	Salon Piivolley
3	Mikko Esko	3 September 1978	Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari
4	Olli-Pekka Ojansivu	31 December 1987	Pielaveden Sampo
5	Antti Siltala	14 March 1984	Aris Thessaloniki
6	Tuomas Sammelvuo (C)	16 February 1976	Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
7	Matti Hietanen	3 January 1983	Pallavolo Pineto
9	Pasi Hyvärinen	22 November 1987	Muuramen Lentopallo
10	Simo-Pekka Olli	13 November 1985	Raision Loimu
12	Olli Kunnari	2 February 1982	AZS Olsztyn
13	Mikko Oivanen	26 May 1986	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
14	Konstantin Shumov	15 February 1985	Callipo Vibo Valentia
15	Matti Oivanen	26 May 1986	Beauvais Oise UC
16	Urpo Sivula	15 March 1988	Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari
18	Jukka Lehtonen	22 February 1982	Aris Thessaloniki

  France

The following is the French roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Philippe Blain
Assistant:	Olivier Lecat

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Yannick Bazin	18 June 1983	Paris Volley
2	Hubert Henno	6 October 1976	Volley Forlì
4	Antonin Rouzier	18 August 1986	Knack Randstad Roeselare
5	Romain Vadeleux	12 February 1983	AS Cannes Volley-Ball
6	Jean-Philippe Sol	1 January 1986	Montpellier UC
7	Stéphane Antiga	3 February 1976	PGE Skra Bełchatów
9	Guillaume Samica	28 September 1981	Jastrzębski Węgiel
10	Stéphane Tolar	4 July 1984	Tourcoing Lille Métropole Volley-Ball
11	Édouard Rowlandson	27 July 1988	Arago de Sète
13	Toafa Takaniko	29 May 1985	Spacer's Toulouse Volley
14	Samuel Tuia	24 July 1986	AS Cannes Volley-Ball
15	Baptiste Geiler	12 March 1987	Montpellier UC
17	Oliver Kieffer (C)	27 August 1979	Stade Poitevin Poitiers
18	Jean-François Exiga	20 May 1982	AS Cannes Volley-Ball

  Greece

The following is the Greek roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Stelios Kazazis
Assistant:	Ioannis Fakas

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Konstantinos Christofidelis	26 June 1977	Olympiacos Piraeus
2	Mitar Tzourits	25 April 1989	Olympiacos Piraeus
3	Apóstolos Armenákis	19 July 1980	AS Cannes Volley-Ball
6	Vasileios Kournetas	2 August 1976	Olympiacos Piraeus
7	Georgios Stefanou	12 January 1981	Panathinaikos Athens
8	Konstantinos Prousalis	6 October 1980	P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki
9	Theoklitos Karipidis	18 January 1980	Olympiacos Piraeus
10	Andreas Andreadis	14 January 1982	Panathinaikos Athens
11	Nikolaos Roumeliotis (C)	12 October 1978	Olympiacos Piraeus
12	Nikolaos Smaragdis	12 February 1982	Iraklis Thessaloniki
14	Sotirios Pantaleon	21 June 1980	Panathinaikos Athens
15	Ilias Lappas	20 July 1979	Panathinaikos Athens
17	Achilleas Papadimitriou	18 August 1980	Olympiacos Piraeus
18	Theodoros Baev	31 May 1977	Halkbank Ankara

  Spain

The following is the Spanish roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Julio Velasco
Assistant:	Antonio Alemany

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Guillermo Falasca	24 October 1977	Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza
3	José Luis Lobato	19 February 1977	Unicaja Almería
5	Francisco José Rodriguez	25 September 1980	CV Teruel
6	Sergio Noda	23 March 1987	Unicaja Almería
7	Guillermo Hernán	25 July 1982	CV Teruel
8	Alberto Salas	13 September 1984	Ciudad del Medio Ambiente Soria
10	Miguel Ángel Falasca (C)	29 April 1973	PGE Skra Bełchatów
11	Manuel Parres	29 March 1984	UCAM Murcia
12	Francesc Llenas	13 September 1982	CV Teruel
13	Juan Carlos Barcala	25 January 1984	Unicaja Almería
14	José Luis Moltó	29 June 1975	Stamplast Prisma Martina Franca
16	Julian Garcia-Torres	8 November 1980	CV Pòrtol
17	Marlon Rafael Palharini	3 February 1984	Club Vigo Voleibal
18	Israel Rodríguez	27 August 1981	Stamplast Prisma Martina Franca

  Netherlands

The following is the Dutch roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Peter Blangé
Assistant:	Arnold van Ree

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Dirk-Jan van Gendt	18 July 1974	VC Euphony Asse-Lennik
3	Yannick van Harskamp	2 April 1986	VC Nesselande
4	Robert Horstink	26 December 1981	Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari
7	Richard Rademaker	18 March 1982	VC Nesselande
8	Kay van Dijk	25 June 1984	Gumi KB Insurance Stars
9	Jeroen Trommel (C)	1 August 1980	İstanbul Belediyesi
10	Jeroen Rauwerdink	13 September 1985	Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari
11	Jan Willem Snippe	21 May 1986	Lube Banca Macerata
12	Wytze Kooistra	3 June 1982	Trenkwalder Modena
13	Tije Vlam	9 October 1985	VC Nesselande
14	Niels Klapwijk	19 September 1985	VC Nesselande
15	Lars Lorsheijd	8 June 1985	VC Nesselande
17	Rob Bontje	12 May 1981	Marmi Lanza Verona
18	Jelte Maan	19 March 1986	Noliko Maaseik

  Germany

The following is the German roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Raúl Lozano
Assistant:	Juan Manuel Serramalera

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
2	Dirk Westphal	31 January 1986	Berlin Recycling Volleys
3	Sebastian Schwarz	11 October 1980	Generali Unterhaching
4	Simon Tischer	24 April 1982	Iraklis Thessaloniki
5	Björn Andrae	14 May 1981	Panathinaikos Athens
6	Markus Steuerwald	7 March 1989	VfB Friedrichshafen
7	Georg Wiebel	6 April 1977	Noliko Maaseik
8	Marcus Böhme	25 August 1985	Berlin Recycling Volleys
10	Jochen Schöps	8 October 1983	VC Iskra Odintsovo
12	Ferdinand Tille	8 December 1988	Generali Unterhaching
14	Robert Kromm (C)	9 March 1984	Antonveneta Padova
15	Max Günthör	9 August 1985	Generali Unterhaching
16	Eugen Bakumovski	11 October 1980	Generali Unterhaching
17	Patrick Steuerwald	3 March 1986	Generali Unterhaching
18	György Grozer	27 December 1984	VfB Friedrichshafen

  Italy

The following is the Italian roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Andrea Anastasi
Assistant:	Andrea Gardini

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
2	Simone Parodi	16 June 1986	Marmi Lanza Verona
3	Mauro Gavotto	16 April 1979	Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari
4	Loris Manià	27 January 1979	Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari
5	Valerio Vermiglio (C)	1 March 1976	Lube Banca Macerata
7	Michal Lasko	11 March 1981	Marmi Lanza Verona
8	Alberto Cisolla	17 October 1977	Sisley Treviso
9	Matteo Martino	28 January 1987	Lube Banca Macerata
11	Cristian Savani	22 February 1982	Sir Safety Perugia
12	Andrea Bari	5 March 1980	Itas Diatec Trentino
13	Francesco Fortunato	23 July 1977	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
14	Dragan Travica	28 August 1986	Trenkwalder Modena
15	Emanuele Birarelli	8 February 1981	Itas Diatec Trentino
17	Andrea Sala	27 December 1978	Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari
18	Matej Černić	13 September 1978	Stamplast Prisma Martina Franca

  Poland

The following is the Polish roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Daniel Castellani
Assistant:	Krzysztof Stelmach

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Piotr Nowakowski	18 December 1987	AZS Częstochowa
3	Piotr Gruszka	8 March 1977	Arkas Izmir
4	Daniel Pliński	10 December 1978	PGE Skra Bełchatów
5	Paweł Zagumny (C)	18 October 1977	AZS UWM Olsztyn
6	Bartosz Kurek	29 August 1988	PGE Skra Bełchatów
7	Jakub Jarosz	10 February 1987	PGE Skra Bełchatów
9	Zbigniew Bartman	4 May 1987	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
10	Marcel Gromadowski	19 December 1985	Zinella Volley Bologna
12	Paweł Woicki	29 June 1983	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
14	Michał Ruciak	22 August 1983	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
15	Piotr Gacek	16 September 1978	PGE Skra Bełchatów
16	Krzysztof Ignaczak	15 May 1978	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
17	Michał Bąkiewicz	22 March 1981	PGE Skra Bełchatów
18	Marcin Możdżonek	9 February 1985	PGE Skra Bełchatów

  Russia

The following is the Russian roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Daniele Bagnoli
Assistant:	Yaroslav Antonov

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Denis Biryukov	8 December 1988	Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol
2	Semyon Poltavskiy	8 February 1981	Dinamo Moscow
3	Aleksandr Kosarev	30 September 1977	Lokomotiv Belgorod
4	Alexey Cheremisin	23 September 1980	Zenit Kazan
5	Sergey Grankin	21 January 1985	Dinamo Moscow
7	Aleksey Kazakov	18 March 1976	Ural Ufa
8	Sergey Tetyukhin (C)	23 September 1975	Lokomotiv Belgorod
9	Vadim Khamuttskikh	26 November 1969	Lokomotiv Belgorod
10	Yury Berezhko	27 January 1984	Dinamo Moscow
15	Aleksandr Volkov	14 February 1985	Dinamo Moscow
16	Aleksey Verbov	31 January 1982	Iskra Odintsovo
17	Maxim Mikhaylov	19 March 1988	Yaroslavich Yaroslavl
18	Aleksey Kuleshov	24 February 1979	Iskra Odintsovo
19	Alexander Yanutov	19 June 1983	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut

  Serbia

The following is the Serbian roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Igor Kolaković
Assistant:	Željko Bulatović

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Nikola Kovačević	14 February 1983	RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia
4	Bojan Janić	11 March 1982	Trefl Gdańsk
5	Vlado Petković	6 January 1983	OK Vojvodina
6	Miloš Terzić	13 June 1987	Crvena Zvezda Belgrad
7	Dragan Stanković	18 October 1985	Budvanska Rivijera Budva
8	Marko Samardzić	22 February 1983	Trefl Gdańsk
9	Nikola Grbić (C)	6 September 1973	Itas Diatec Trentino
10	Miloš Nikić	31 March 1986	Knack Randstad Roeselare
11	Nikola Rosić	5 August 1984	Moerser SC
12	Andrija Gerić	24 January 1977	Panathinaikos Athens
14	Ivan Miljković	13 September 1979	Olympiakos Pireus
15	Saša Starović	19 October 1988	Budvanska Rivijera Budva
16	Nemanja Petrić	28 July 1987	OK Budućnost Podgorica
18	Marko Podraščanin	29 August 1987	Lube Banca Macerata

  Slovakia

The following is the Slovak roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Emanuele Zanini
Assistant:	Štefan Chrtiansky

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Milan Bencz	5 September 1987	SK Posojilnica Aich/Dob
2	Michal Masný (C)	14 August 1979	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
3	Emanuel Kohút	21 July 1982	Sisley Treviso
4	Martin Pipa	3 September 1974	SK Posojilnica Aich/Dob
5	Matej Kubš	26 May 1988	VKP Bratislava
6	Jozef Piovarči	9 November 1984	VK Opava
8	Martin Sopko	30 January 1982	Delecta Bydgoszcz
9	František Ogurčák	24 April 1984	Bassano Volley
10	Martin Nemec	31 July 1984	RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia
14	Tomáš Kmeť	1 December 1981	Materdomini Volley
15	Juraj Žatko	5 June 1987	VK Ostrava
18	Lukáš Diviš	20 February 1986	VfB Friedrichshafen

  Slovenia

The following is the Slovenian roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Gregor Hribar
Assistant:	Radovan Gačić

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Andrej Flajs	11 March 1983	ACH Volley Ljubljana
2	Alen Pajenk	23 April 1986	ACH Volley Ljubljana
3	Davor Čebron	25 January 1981	ACH Volley Ljubljana
4	Matej Vidič	6 November 1986	ACH Volley Ljubljana
5	Alen Šket	28 March 1988	ACH Volley Ljubljana
6	Mitja Gasparini	26 June 1984	ACH Volley Ljubljana
7	Matija Pleško	3 March 1976	ACH Volley Ljubljana
9	Tine Urnaut (C)	3 September 1988	Olympiacos Piraeus
10	Dejan Vinčič	15 September 1986	ACH Volley Ljubljana
12	Sebastijan Škorc	12 February 1974	ACH Volley Ljubljana
13	Tomislav Šmuc	23 June 1976	Trenkwalder Modena
14	Jasmin Čuturić	5 July 1974	Beauvais Oise UC

  Turkey

The following is the Turkish roster in the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Fausto Polidori
Assistant:	Armando Cosentino

No.	Name	Date of birth	2009 club
1	Selçuk Keskin	15 January 1982	Arkas Izmir
3	Ahmet Toçoğlu	13 March 1980	Arkas Izmir
5	Nuri Şahin	1 January 1980	Arkas Izmir
6	Emre Batur	21 April 1988	Fenerbahçe Grundig
7	Sinan Cem Tanık	19 June 1980	Halkbank Ankara
8	Volkan Güc	16 July 1980	Halkbank Ankara
9	Ahmet Pezuk	8 June 1987	Galatasaray Istanbul
10	Akif Gökhan Öner (C)	6 September 1972	Arkas Izmir
12	Arslan Eksi	17 July 1985	Fenerbahçe Grundig
14	Erhan Dünge	4 February 1980	İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi
15	Hasan Yeşilbudak	11 January 1984	Arçelik İstanbul
16	Halil İbrahim Akşeker	5 February 1987	Galatasaray Istanbul
17	Can Ayvazoğlu	14 September 1979	Galatasaray Istanbul
18	Ali Alp Çayir	13 September 1981	Galatasaray Istanbul

References

1. "Participating teams". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-01-25.