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Verona Volley

Rana Verona is a professional volleyball team based in Verona, Italy. The club plays in Serie A1 of the Italian Volleyball League.

Rana Verona
Full nameRana Verona Volley
Founded2001
GroundPalaSport Verona
(Capacity: 5,350)
ChairmanStefano Fanini
ManagerRadostin Stoychev
LeagueItalian Volleyball League
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History

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The company API Volleyball Verona Ltd. was founded in June 2001 when two prominent volleyball companies in Verona, API Volleyball and Volleyball Verona Isola della Scala, merged. The then club team Volleyball Verona that played in Serie B1 won the championship and received promotion to Serie A2. The following season 2002, the team played with a new name AESSSE VRB Verona. They finished 3rd in the regular season.[1]

In 2003 the club received a short noticed offer to play in Serie A1 when Volley Parma withdrew from the competition. The club accepted the offer despite having little time to prepare. This was the club's appearance debut in Serie A1. The club was then relegated back to A2 for the next season.[1]

In 2004 the club went on to win the A2 championship without defeats. They were promoted again to A1. They also secured a five-year sponsorship with company MARMI LANZA. The team's performance were positive in the next two seasons. The team were relegated to A2 in 2007 but quickly regained promotion to play in A1 for the 2008 season. Since then the team has been playing in Serie A1. The club changed its name in 2014 to Calzedonia Verona when Calzedonia Group acquired the title sponsorship rights.[1]

With the change of sponsor, the club used WithU Volley Verona for Season 2022–2023.

Starting from the season 2023–2024, the club will be called Rana Verona, as the club signed a multi year sponsorship contract with Verona's company Giovanni Rana

Team

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Team roster – season 2023/2024

No. Name Date of birth Position
1   Aidan Zingel (1990-11-19)19 November 1990 middle blocker
2   Lorenzo Cortesia (1999-09-26)26 September 1999 middle blocker
4   Donovan Džavoronok (1997-07-23)23 July 1997 outside hitter
6   Francesco D'Amico (1999-10-09)9 October 1999 libero
7   Nikola Jovović (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 setter
9   Noumory Keita (2001-06-26)26 June 2001 outside hitter
10   Amin Esmaeilnezhad (1996-12-17)17 December 1996 opposite
11   Aleks Grozdanov (1998-03-28)28 March 1998 middle blocker
13   Luca Spirito (1993-10-30)30 October 1993 setter
15   Pietro Bonisoli (2005-02-11)11 February 2005 libero
18   Leandro Mosca (2000-09-05)5 September 2000 middle blocker
19   Rok Možič (2002-01-17)17 January 2002 outside hitter
20   Marco Gaggini (2002-04-07)7 April 2002 libero
21   Andrea Zanotti (1997-10-28)28 October 1997 middle blocker
Head coach:   Radostin Stoychev
Assistant:   Dario Simoni

Former names

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  • Calzedonia Verona 2017/2018
  • Blu Volley Verona

Achievements

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Kit manufacturer

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The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Verona team.

Period Kit provider
2005– Legea
Mikasa
Adidas

Sponsorship

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Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Calzedonia other sponsors: Petas, UnipolSai, Corsini Cancelleria, AGSM Verona, La Fortezza, Enoteca zero7, STAServizi and 30 different companies.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "BluVolley Verona - Società" (in Italian). Retrieved 8 June 2016.
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