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| Full name | Volley Bergamo 1991 | ||
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| Founded | 1991 | ||
| Ground | PalaFacchetti, Treviglio, Italy (Capacity: 2,880) | ||
| Chairman | Chiara Paola Rusconi | ||
| Head coach | Alberto Bigarelli | ||
| League | FIPAV Women's Serie A1 | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Volley Bergamo is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bergamo and currently playing in the Serie A1.
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
Volley Bergamo was founded in 1991 by Mauro Ferraris and first played in the 1991–92 Serie B1 (third tier). In the following season (1992–93) it started a partnership with Foppapedretti and gained promotion to the Serie A2 (second tier). The club gain a second successive promotion in 1993–94 by winning the Serie A2 and being promoted to the Serie A1 (first tier). [1]
In 1994–95, its debut season at Serie A1, the club finished in fifth position, earning for the first time qualification for a European competition (CEV Cup). [2] In the following season it won both the Serie A1 and the Coppa Italia for the first time. In the 1996–97 the club won the Serie A1, Coppa Italia, Italian Super Cup and the CEV Champions League. [3] For the next decade the club became one of the strongest women's volleyball clubs in Europe, winning another five Serie A1 (1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06), two Coppa Italia (1997–98, 2005–06), four Italian Super Cups (1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05), four CEV Champions League (1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2006–07) and one CEV Cup (2003–04). [4]
Despite not being as dominant as before, the club after 2008 won the Serie A again (2010–11), the Coppa Italia (2007–08 and 2015–16), the Italian Super Cup (2011–12) and the CEV Champions League (2008–09 and 2009–10). [4] It is the most successful Italian team in the CEV Champions League history with 7 titles and the second most successful team in Serie A history with 8 titles.
In June 2021 Volley Bergamo Foppapedretti sold its rights to play in Serie A1 to a new company, Volley Bergamo 1991 S.r.l. [5] [6]
The following is the roster for the 2023–2024 season. [7]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Laura Bovo | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 15 May 1996 |
| 2 |  Audriana Fitzmorris | Opposite | 1.97 | 30 October 1997 |
| 3 |  Olivia Różański | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 5 June 1997 |
| 4 |  Božana Butigan | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 19 August 2000 |
| 5 | Rebecca Scialanca | Libero | 1.65 | 29 May 2005 |
| 6 | Giada Cecchetto | Libero | 1.64 | 6 June 1991 |
| 7 |  Lorrayna Marys | Opposite | 1.85 | 19 June 1999 |
| 9 | Laura Pasquino | Setter | 1.81 | 9 January 2002 |
| 10 | Luna Cicola | Libero | 1.70 | 15 January 2004 |
| 11 | Stella Nervini | Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 10 September 2003 |
| 13 | Aurora Pistolesi | Outside Hitter | 1.82 | 3 June 1999 |
| 18 |  Anna Davyskiba | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 8 February 2000 |
| 19 | Laura Melandri | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 31 January 1995 |
| 22 | Federica Stufi | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 22 March 1988 |
| 23 | Giulia Gennari | Setter | 1.84 | 23 June 1996 |
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Maurizia Cacciatori (1995-1998/1999-2003) Antonella Del Core (2008–2010) Paola Croce (2004–2008) Jenny Barazza (2003–2009) Paola Paggi (2002–2007/2014-current) Simona Rinieri (1999–2001) Eleonora Lo Bianco (2005–2011/2015-current) Serena Ortolani (2008–2011) Valentina Arrighetti (2007–2012) Francesca Piccinini (1999–2012)
Iuliana Nucu (2010–2012)
Antonina Zetova (2000–2001)
Jelena Nikolić (2002–2003) Prikeba Phipps (1995-1997/2001-2002) Tara Cross-Battle (2001–2002) Heather Bown (2002–2003)
Iryna Zhukova (2003–2005)
Christiane Fürst (2009–2010) Angelina Grün (2003–2008) Irina Kirillova (1998–1999) Maja Poljak (2003–2008)
Lioubov Sokolova (2002–2005)
Mireya Luis (1998–2000) Ana Fernández (1998–1999) Marlenys Costa (1998–1999)
Gabriela Pérez del Solar (1999–2001)Retired numbers
Giseli Gavio; the number was retired in 1999 Francesca Piccinini; the number was retired in 2013 Francesco Sbalchiero (1993–1995) Atanas Malinov (1995–1997) Marco Bonitta (1997–2000) Giuseppe Cuccarini (2000–2002) Mario Di Pietro (2002–2003) Giovanni Caprara (2003–2005) Marco Fenoglio (2005–2007) Lorenzo Micelli (2007–2010) Davide Mazzanti (2010–2012) Stefano Lavarini (2012–2017) Stefano Micoli (2017–2018) Matteo Bertini (2018–2019) Marcello Abbondanza (2019) Marco Fenoglio (2019–2020) Daniele Turino (2020–2021) Pasqualino Giangrossi (2021–2022) Stefano Micoli (2022–2023) Matteo Solforati (2023) Alberto Bigarelli (2023–)
Coppa Italia: 6
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