Volley Bergamo

Foppapedretti Bergamo

Full name	Volley Bergamo
Founded	1991
Ground	PalaNorda Bergamo (Capacity: 2.250)
Chairman	Luciano Bonetti
Manager	Giovanni Panzetti
Captain	Jelena Blagojević
League	FIPAV Women's Serie A1
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Foppapedretti Bergamo is an Italian women's volleyball team based in Bergamo.

History

The team was founded in 1991 by Mauro Ferraris.

2014-2015 Team Roster

Players

Shirt no.	Nat.	Player	Position	Height	Birth date
1	Slovenia	Eva Mori	Setter	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	(1996-03-13) March 13, 1996
2	United States	Alesha Deesing	Middle Blocker	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	(1985-09-10) September 10, 1985
4	Italy	Sara Loda	Outside hitter	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	(1990-08-22) August 22, 1990
5	Italy	Paola Paggi	Middle Blocker	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	(1976-12-06) December 6, 1976
7	Serbia	Jelena Blagojević	Outside hitter	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	(1988-12-01) December 1, 1988
8	Italy	Enrica Merlo	Libero	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1988-12-28) December 28, 1988
9	Italy	Laura Melandri	Middle Blocker	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	(1995-01-31) January 31, 1995
10	Poland	Milena Sadurek	Setter	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	(1984-10-18) October 18, 1984
15	Netherlands	Celeste Plak	Opposite/Outside hitter	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	(1995 -10-26) October 26, 1995
16	Italy	Benedetta Mambelli	Outside hitter	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	(1995-09-21) September 21, 1995
17	Italy	Miriam Sylla	Outside hitter	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	(1995-01-08) January 8, 1995
18	Italy	Federica Tasca	Middle Blocker	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	(1989-01-29) January 29, 1989

Coaching Staff

Italy	Stefano Lavarini	(1979-01-17) January 17, 1979	Head coach
Italy	Simone Angelini	(1976-02-21) February 21, 1976	Vice coach
Italy	Gianni Bonacina	(1973-03-22) March 22, 1973	Scoutman
Italy	Elia Laise	(1981-04-17) April 17, 1981	Videoman
Italy	Danilo Bramard	(1970-10-13) October 13, 1970	Athletic trainer
Italy	Giuseppe Ferrenti	(1968-08-15) August 15, 1968	Masseur

Notable players

• 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)
• 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)

Retired numbers

• 11 Giseli Gavio; the number was retired in 1999
• 12 Francesca Piccinini; the number was retired in 2013

Head Coaches

• 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-current)

Palmares

National competition

National League: 8

Coppa Italia: 5

Italian Super Cup: 6

International competition

European Champions League: 7

CEV Cup: 1

External links

• Official website (Italian)
• Official supporters website (Italian)

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