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Power Volley Milano is an Italian professional volleyball club based in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. They currently compete in the SuperLega, where they have been since the 2014–15 season. In the 2021/22 season, the club is named Allianz Milano.
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| Full name | Power Volley Milano | ||
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| Founded | 2010 | ||
| Ground | Allianz Cloud Arena (Capacity: 5,420) | ||
| Chairman | Roberto Piazza | ||
| League | Italian Volleyball League | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Honours
editEuropean competitions
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CEV Challenge Cup
Winners (×1): 2020-21
History
editPower Volley Milano was founded in 2010 as Power Volleyball. They competed in the 2010–11 Serie B2, and immediately gained promotion at the end of the season. However, following the sale of the club from Parabiago Volleyball, the club dissolved. They were refounded in 2012 as the current Power Volley Milano, and finished the 2012–13 Serie B1 season in 3rd place, gaining promotion to Serie A2. Following this season, the club was purchased by Wolves Volleyball Santa Croce. In the 2013–14 Serie A2 season, Power Volley finished 6th. At the end of the season, the club was sold for a third time, this time being purchased by Callipo Sport. For the 2014–15 season, Power Volley were admitted to the SuperLega for the first time. They finished their inaugural season in the top flight in 12th place, followed by an 11th place finish in the following season.[1]
Power Volley Milano achieved its best result in the Italian Volleyball League finishing fourth in 2022/23 Season.
Team
editTeam roster – season 2022/2023
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Osniel Mergarejo |
December 18, 1997 | outside hitter |
| 3 |  Klistan Lawrence |
January 7, 2003 | opposite |
| 5 |  Federico Bonacchi |
April 8, 2004 | setter |
| 6 | Marco Vitelli |
April 4, 1996 | middle blocker |
| 7 | Francesco Fusaro |
May 30, 1999 | middle blocker |
| 8 |  Agustín Loser |
October 12, 1997 | middle blocker |
| 9 |  Jean Patry |
December 27, 1996 | opposite |
| 11 | Matteo Piano (C) |
October 24, 1990 | middle blocker |
| 14 |  Yūki Ishikawa |
December 11, 1995 | outside hitter |
| 16 | Paolo Porro |
October 27, 2001 | setter |
| 17 | Luca Colombo |
January 4, 2004 | libero |
| 18 | Nicola Pesaresi |
February 11, 1991 | libero |
| 22 |  Milad Ebadipour |
October 17, 1993 | outside hitter |
| N/A | Tatsunori Otsuka |
November 5, 2000 | outside hitter |
| Head coach: Roberto Piazza Assistant: Nicola Daldello
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| Team roster - season 2017/2018 | |||||
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| Revivre Milano | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 |  Nimir Abdel-Aziz |
February 5, 1992 | opposite | ||
| 2 | Alessandro Piccinelli |
January 30, 1997 | libero | ||
| 3 |  Kevin Klinkenberg |
October 4, 1990 | opposite | ||
| 5 | Nicola Daldello |
May 6, 1983 | setter | ||
| 6 | Riccardo Sbertoli |
May 23, 1998 | setter | ||
| 7 | Allesandro Tondo |
August 18, 1991 | middle blocker | ||
| 8 |  Ruben Schott |
July 8, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
| 11 | Matteo Piano |
October 24, 1990 | middle blocker | ||
| 12 | Gianluca Galassi |
July 24, 1997 | middle blocker | ||
| 13 |  Taylor Averill |
March 5, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
| 15 | Fabio Fanuli |
February 10, 1985 | libero | ||
| 16 | Alessandro Preti |
August 7, 1992 | outside hitter | ||
| 18 |  Klemen Čebulj |
February 21, 1992 | outside hitter | ||
| Head coach: Andrea Giani Assistant: Matteo De Cecco | |||||
| Team roster - season 2016/2017 | |||||
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| Revivre Milano | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 3 | Danilo Cortina |
June 8, 1987 | libero | ||
| 4 |  Nicholas Hoag |
May 19, 1992 | outside Hitter | ||
| 5 | Andrea Galaverna |
May 30, 1994 | universal | ||
| 6 | Riccardo Sbertoli |
May 23, 1998 | setter | ||
| 7 | Allesandro Tondo |
August 18, 1991 | middle blocker | ||
| 8 |  Todor Skrimov |
January 9, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 |  Rasmus Nielsen |
May 22, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 | Gabriel Rudi |
August 14, 1994 | libero | ||
| 11 | Giorgio De Togni |
July 7, 1985 | middle blocker | ||
| 12 | Gianluca Galassi |
July 24, 1997 | middle blocker | ||
| 13 | Ángel Dennis1 |
June 13, 1977 | outside hitter | ||
| 14 | Dante Boninfante |
March 7, 1977 | setter | ||
| 15 |  Saša Starović2 |
October 19, 1988 | universal | ||
| 16 |  Paweł Adamajtis3 |
August 30, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
| 18 | Federico Marretta |
August 9, 1990 | universal | ||
| Head coach: Luca Monti Assistant: Massimiliano De Marco 1 Angel Dennis played in Revivre Milano from October 15, 2016 to December 5, 2016. | |||||
COVID-19 pandemic
editThe club is related to COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia. They participated in the 2019–20 CEV Challenge Cup matches held in Saaremaa island on 4 and 5 March. On 9 March 5 Milan players had been diagnosed with fever before a league match.[2] On March 11 there was a report on the two first cases on the island.[3] The infected in Saaremaa included the CEO of the Saaremaa VK volleyball club.[4] By March 14 there were 31 COVID-19 cases in Saaremaa[5] and all Western Estonian islands were closed down to all but residents,[6] but the cases had already spread to the mainland.[7] Saare County was also the hardest hit county in Estonia by the COVID-19 in the beginning of the pandemic – it only has 2.5% of the population of Estonia, but had over half of all hospitalized patients.[8]
Title Sponsor
edit| Year(s) | Companies |
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| 2019-present | 
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References
edit- ^ "Power Volley Milano Storia". Power Volley Milano. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ "Volley, febbre al termoscanner: Milano-Padova non si gioca" [Volleyball, thermoscanner fever: Milan-Padua is not played] (in Italian). Sky Sport. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Lisandus veel kolm koroonasse nakatunut" [Three new corona cases] (in Estonian). ERR. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Koroonaviiruse saanud Saaremaa võrkpallimeeskonna juht: loodan, et see olukord laheneb võimalikult kiiresti" [Infected head of Saaremaa volleyball team: I hope this situation gets resolved as soon as possible] (in Estonian). Delfi. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "109 cases of coronavirus disease confirmed in Estonia". ERR. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Western Estonian islands closed to all but residents". ERR. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Estonia now 79". ERR. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Enamik hospitaliseeritud nakatunutest on pärit Saaremaalt" [Most of hospitalized patients are from Saaremaa] (in Estonian) ERR, 20 March 2020
External links
edit- Official website
- SuperLega profile
- Team profile at Volleybox.net