Azzurra Volley Firenze

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Il Bisonte Firenze
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Full nameAzzurra Volley Firenze
Founded 1975
Ground Palazzo Wanny, Florence, Italy
(Capacity: 3,500)
ChairmanElio Sità
Head coachFederico Chiavegatti
League FIPAV Women's Serie A1
Website Club home page
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Azzurra Volley Firenze is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Florence and currently playing in the Serie A1.

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Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

History

Founded in 1975 as Volleyball Arci San Casciano, the club originally focused on youth teams. After becoming Azzurra Volley in 1986, the club start making progress in the lower Italian leagues arriving at Serie B2 and eventually reaching the Serie B1 in 2002. With the team showing good potential, the club search for sponsorship in order to fulfil it. In 2004 with main sponsor found, the club change its name to Il Bisonte Azzurra. In the following years, strong campaigns allow the club to compete for promotion to Serie A2 which was reached in 2012. Two seasons later the club was promoted to Serie A1, as a result, the home venue is changed to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence. [1] In February 2022, the club changed its home venue again to the newly built Palazzo Wanny arena. [2]

Team

2025–2026 Team [3]
NumberPlayerPositionHeight (m)Birth date
1 Flag of Italy.svg Nausica Acciarri Middle Blocker1.8625 September 2004 (age 20)
4 Flag of Italy.svg Rachele Morello Setter1.827 November 2000 (age 24)
5 Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Valoppi Libero1.6725 July 2003 (age 22)
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Bianca Bertolino Outside Hitter1.854 July 2002 (age 23)
7 Flag of Italy.svg Agata Zuccarelli Opposite1.8027 February 1995 (age 30)
8 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandra Colzi Middle Blocker1.801 May 1997 (age 28)
9 Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Villani Outside Hitter1.8730 May 1995 (age 30)
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jolien Knollema Outside Hitter1.895 January 2003 (age 22)
12 Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Malešević Middle Blocker1.9430 March 2002 (age 23)
13 Flag of Serbia.svg Vanja Bukilić Opposite1.9813 June 1999 (age 26)
14 Flag of Italy.svg Alice Tanase Outside Hitter1.8325 May 2000 (age 25)
15 Flag of Turkey.svg Begüm Kaçmaz Middle Blocker1.8826 April 2007 (age 18)
17 Flag of Italy.svg Bianca Lapini Libero1.8313 July 2002 (age 23)
19 Flag of Italy.svg Beatrice Agrifoglio Setter1.781 January 1994 (age 31)

Head coaches

PeriodHead coach
2012–2016 Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Vannini [13]
2016–2018 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bracci [14]
2018–2020 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Caprara [15]
2020–2021 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Mencarelli [16]
2021–2022 Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Bellano [17]
2023–2024 Flag of Italy.svg Carlo Parisi [18]
2024–2025 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bendandi [19]
2025– Flag of Italy.svg Federico Chiavegatti [20]

References

  1. "Storia". Azzurra Volley San Casciano (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. "A Firenze apre Palazzo Wanny". sporteimpianti.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2025–26". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  4. "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2024–25". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  5. "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2023–24". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  6. "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2022–23". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2021–22". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  8. "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2020–21". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  9. "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2019–20". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  10. "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2018–19". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  11. "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2017–18". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  12. "Il Bisonte Firenze Team 2016–17". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  13. "Il Bisonte e Francesca Vannini, le strade si separano". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  14. "Bracci nuovo coach a Firenze. Skowronska a Bergamo". tuttosport.com (in Italian). 17 May 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  15. "Volley: A1 Femminile, Giovanni Caprara è il nuovo tecnico di Firenze". tuttosport.com (in Italian). 10 January 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  16. "Marco Mencarelli è il nuovo allenatore Il Bisonte Firenze". gonews.it (in Italian). 25 February 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  17. "Massimo Bellano nuovo coach del Bisonte Firenze". volleynews.it (in Italian). 12 April 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  18. "Firenze chiama Carlo Parisi in panchina". tuttosport.com (in Italian). 4 January 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  19. "Volley Mercato: Firenze mette in panchina Simone Bendandi". tuttosport.com (in Italian). 14 May 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  20. "Un giovane coach ravennate in Serie A1: Federico Chiavegatti nuovo coach di Firenze". ravennatoday.it (in Italian). 27 January 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.