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| Full name | Azzurra Volley Firenze | ||
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| Founded | 1975 | ||
| Ground | Palazzo Wanny, Florence, Italy (Capacity: 5,000) | ||
| Chairman | Elio Sità | ||
| Head coach | Simone Bendandi | ||
| 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.
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
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]
The following is the roster for the 2024–2025 season. [3]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nausica Acciarri | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 25 September 2004 |
| 3 | Adhuoljok Malual | Opposite | 1.90 | 14 November 2000 |
| 4 |  Božana Butigan | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 19 August 2000 |
| 6 | Giulia Leonardi (c) | Libero | 1.65 | 1 December 1987 |
| 7 | Ilaria Battistoni | Setter | 1.74 | 22 April 1996 |
| 9 | Marina Giacomello | Opposite | 1.90 | 1 April 2004 |
| 10 | Stella Nervini | Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 10 September 2003 |
| 11 | Giulia Mancini | Middle Blocker | 1.83 | 23 May 1998 |
| 13 | Manuela Ribechi | Libero | 1.72 | 15 February 2004 |
| 17 | Bianca Lapini | Outside Hitter | 1.83 | 13 July 2002 |
| 18 | Emma Cagnin | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 26 June 2002 |
| 19 | Beatrice Agrifoglio | Setter | 1.78 | 1 January 1994 |
| 21 |  Anna Davyskiba | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 8 February 2000 |
| 33 | Marta Bechis | Setter | 1.80 | 4 September 1989 |
| 2023–2024 Team [4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | |
| 1 | Nausica Acciarri | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 25 September 2004 | |
| 3 | Manuela Ribechi | Libero | 1.72 | 15 February 2004 | |
| 4 |  Mayu Ishikawa | Outside Hitter | 1.74 | 14 May 2000 | |
| 6 | Giulia Leonardi (c) | Libero | 1.65 | 1 December 1987 | |
| 7 | Ilaria Battistoni | Setter | 1.74 | 22 April 1996 | |
| 8 |  Lina Alsmeier | Outside Hitter | 1.89 | 29 August 2000 | |
| 9 |  Ailama Cesé | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 29 October 2000 | |
| 10 |  Kendall Kipp | Opposite | 1.96 | 12 December 2000 | |
| 11 |  Alexandra Lazić | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 24 September 1994 | |
| 12 | Alessia Mazzaro | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 19 September 1998 | |
| 13 | Emma Graziani | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 16 August 2002 | |
| 19 | Beatrice Agrifoglio | Setter | 1.78 | 1 January 1994 | |
| 24 |  Anastasiia Kraiduba | Opposite | 1.94 | 15 April 1995 | |
| 26 | Lauren Stivrins | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 26 May 1998 | |
| 2022–2023 Team [5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | |
| 1 | Rhamat Alhassan | Middle Blocker | 1.95 | 7 September 1996 | |
| 2 |  Amandha Sylves | Middle Blocker | 1.96 | 29 December 2000 | |
| 3 | Carlotta Cambi | Setter | 1.76 | 28 May 1996 | |
| 4 |  Britt Herbots (c) | Outside Hitter | 1.82 | 24 September 1999 | |
| 5 | Silvia Lotti | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 17 June 1992 | |
| 6 | Gaia Guiducci | Setter | 1.78 | 9 March 2002 | |
| 7 | Celine Van Gestel | Outside Hitter | 1.83 | 7 November 1997 | |
| 9 | Sara Panetoni | Libero | 1.74 | 6 May 2000 | |
| 10 |  Jolien Knollema | Outside Hitter | 1.89 | 5 January 2003 | |
| 11 | Anna Adelusi | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 10 June 2003 | |
| 12 | Terry Ruth Enweonwu | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 12 May 2000 | |
| 13 | Emma Graziani | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 16 August 2002 | |
| 15 | Sylvia Nwakalor | Opposite | 1.76 | 12 August 1999 | |
| 17 | Bianca Lapini | Libero | 1.83 | 13 July 2002 | |
| 18 |  Dayana Kosareva | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 24 August 1999 | |
| 23 | Ofelia Malinov | Setter | 1.85 | 29 February 1996 | |
| 2016–2017 Team [6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 |  Daly Santana | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 19 February 1995 |
| 1 | Indre Sorokaite | Opposite | 1.88 | 2 July 1988 |
| 2 | Natalia Brussa | Opposite | 1.88 | 13 February 1985 |
| 3 | Marta Bechis | Setter | 1.81 | 4 September 1989 |
| 4 |  Odina Bayramova | Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 25 May 1990 |
| 5 | Maria Chiara Norgini | Libero | 1.70 | 11 September 1998 |
| 7 | Stephanie Enright | Outside Hitter | 1.79 | 15 December 1990 |
| 8 | Francesca Bonciani | Setter | 1.78 | 25 May 1992 |
| 9 | Laura Melandri | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 31 January 1995 |
| 10 | Beatrice Parrocchiale | Libero | 1.67 | 26 December 1995 |
| 11 | Vittoria Repice | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 1 June 1986 |
| 12 | Giulia Pietrelli | Outside Hitter | 1.80 | 27 August 1988 |
| 13 | Raffaella Calloni | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 4 May 1983 |
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