Verona Volley

Rana Verona

Full name

Rana Verona Volley

Founded

2001

Ground

PalaSport Verona
(Capacity: 5,350)

Chairman

Stefano Fanini

Manager

Radostin Stoychev

League

Italian Volleyball League

Website

Club home page

Uniforms

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

History

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

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

Team roster – season 2017/2018
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Stefano Mengozzi	(1985-05-06)May 6, 1985	middle blocker
2	Sebastián Solé	(1991-06-12)June 12, 1991	middle blocker
3	Adriano Paolucci	(1979-02-11)February 11, 1979	setter
5	Toncek Stern	(1995-11-14)November 14, 1995	outside hitter
6	Federico Marretta	(1990-08-09)August 9, 1990	outside hitter
7	Emanuele Birarelli	(1981-02-08)February 8, 1981	middle blocker
8	Stephen Maar	(1994-12-06)December 6, 1994	outside hitter
10	Thomas Frigo	(1997-05-19)May 19, 1997	libero
11	Aleks Grozdanov	(1998-03-28)March 28, 1998	middle blocker
12	Mitar Tzourits	(1989-04-25)April 25, 1989	outside hitter
13	Luca Spirito	(1993-10-30)October 30, 1993	setter
14	Mohammadjavad Manavinejad	(1995-11-27)November 27, 1995	outside hitter
17	Thomas Jaeschke	(1993-09-04)September 4, 1993	outside hitter
18	Nicola Pesaresi	(1991-02-11)February 11, 1991	libero
Head coach: Nikola Grbić Assistant: Giancarlo D'Amico

Team roster – season 2016/2017
Calzedonia Verona
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Aidan Zingel	(1990-11-19)November 19, 1990	middle blocker
2	Uroš Kovačević	(1993-05-06)May 6, 1993	outside hitter
3	Adriano Paolucci	(1979-02-11)February 11, 1979	setter
5	François Lecat	(1993-04-19)April 19, 1993	outside hitter
6	Alexandre Ferreira	(1991-11-13)November 13, 1991	outside hitter
7	Andrea Giovi	(1983-08-19)August 19, 1983	libero
8	Michele Baranowicz	(1989-08-05)August 5, 1989	setter
9	Samuel Holt¹	(1993-06-20)June 20, 1993	outside hitter
10	Thomas Frigo	(1997-05-19)May 19, 1997	libero
11	Stefano Mengozzi	(1985-05-06)May 6, 1985	middle blocker
12	Mitar Tzourits	(1989-04-25)April 25, 1989	outside hitter
14	Toncek Stern	(1995-11-14)November 14, 1995	outside hitter
17	Simone Anzani	(1992-02-24)February 24, 1992	middle blocker
18	Luigi Randazzo²	(1994-04-30)April 30, 1994	outside hitter
Head coach: Andrea Giani (2016–Dec 2016) Nikola Grbić (Dec 2016–present) Assistant: Matteo De Cecco ¹ Samuel Holt moved to Sieco Service Ortona on November 28, 2016. ² Luigi Randazzo joined the club on November 29, 2016.

Team roster – season 2015/2016
Calzedonia Verona
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Aidan Zingel	(1990-11-19)November 19, 1990	middle blocker
2	Uroš Kovačević	(1993-05-06)May 6, 1993	outside hitter
3	Nicola Pesaresi	(1991-02-11)February 11, 1991	libero
4	Carmelo Gitto	(1987-07-03)July 3, 1987	middle blocker
5	François Lecat	(1993-04-19)April 19, 1993	outside hitter
6	Luca Spirito	(1993-10-30)October 30, 1993	setter
7	Thomas Frigo	(1997-05-19)May 19, 1997	libero
8	Michele Baranowicz	(1989-08-05)August 5, 1989	setter
10	Saša Starović	(1988-10-19)October 19, 1988	opposite
13	Giacomo Bellei	(1988-02-07)February 7, 1988	opposite
15	Taylor Sander	(1992-03-17)March 17, 1992	outside hitter
17	Simone Anzani	(1992-02-24)February 24, 1992	middle blocker
18	Bartosz Bućko	(1995-01-06)January 6, 1995	opposite
Head coach: Andrea Giani Assistant: Matteo De Cecco

Former names

Calzedonia Verona 2017/2018
Blu Volley Verona

Achievements

CEV Challenge Cup
2016
Italian Championship Serie A2
2004

2008
Italian Cup Serie A2
2004, 2008

Kit manufacturer

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

Period	Kit provider
2005–	Legea Mikasa Adidas

Sponsorship

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