SVS Post Schwechat

VB Niederösterreich Post SV

Full name

Volleyball Nieder-Österreich Sokol Post Sport-Vereinigung

Short name

SG VB NÖ Sokol/Post

Ground

Neue Postsporthalle, Vienna

League

Austrian Volley League Women (AVL)
MEVZA Cup

2016–17

1st (AVL)

Website

Club home page

Uniforms

Home

Away

VB Niederösterreich Post SV is an Austrian women's volleyball club based in Schwechat (near Vienna). It plays in the Austrian Volley League Women (AVL) and the MEVZA Cup. The club is the most successful Austrian women's volleyball team in history, having won the national championship over 40 times.^[1]

The team constantly features in one of the European competitions, having played in all three CEV organized tournaments (CEV Champions League, CEV Cup and CEV Challenge Cup).^[2]^[3]

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

Sokol Wien (1953–)
Post SV Wien (–1988)
Post SV Wien-PSK (1988–1990)
Post SV Wien-Teleges (1990–1994)
Post SV Wien-Gulet (1994–1997)
Fujitsu-Post SV Wien (1997–1999)
Post SV Wien-Telekom Austria (1999–2000)
Post SV Wien (2000–2001)
SG SV Schwechat/PSV Telekom (2001–2002)
SG SV Schwechat/PSV Kuoni (2002–2005)
SG SV Schwechat/Post SV (2005–2009)
SG SVS Post (2009–2016)
VB Niederösterreich Post SV (2016–present)

Honours

National competitions

Austrian Championship: 46

1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017^[4]

Austrian Cup: 25

1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Team squad

Season 2016–2017, as of April 2017.^[5]^[6]

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
1	Taylor Leigh Brauneis	Setter	1.82	75	(1991-09-05) 5 September 1991
2	Lisa Schmerlaib	Middle Blocker	1.84	69	(1995-11-17) 17 November 1995
3	Lisa Chukwuma	Outside Hitter	1.82	69	(1992-06-17) 17 June 1992
4	Christina Wallinger	Middle Blocker	1.84	69	(1991-01-14) 14 January 1991
5	Nicole Sabathiel	Middle Blocker	1.84		1999 (age 17–18)
6	Monika Bauer	Libero	1.59		1995 (age 21–22)
7	Sara Sarić	Middle Blocker	1.84	77	(1998-04-11) 11 April 1998
8	Dana Schmit	Setter	1.80	68	(1997-07-20) 20 July 1997
9	Simona Janečková	Outside Hitter	1.98	83	(1989-09-13) 13 September 1989
10	Paula Kubová	Opposite	1.83	76	(1986-05-28) 28 May 1986
11	Sonja Katz	Outside Hitter	1.80	65	(1995-06-16) 16 June 1995
12	Amna Hodžić	Opposite			1999 (age 17–18)
13	Katharina Almer	Outside Hitter	1.80	70	(1988-01-15) 15 January 1988
14	Šárka Melichárková	Libero	1.82	70	(1990-06-08) 8 June 1990
15	Cornelia Rimser	Opposite	1.85	68	(1982-05-01) 1 May 1982
16	Andjela Pejić	Middle Blocker	1.74		1997 (age 19–20)
17	Elma Bajraktarević	Setter	1.76		2001 (age 15–16)
18	Theresa Jenner-Braunschmied	Libero	1.71	64	(1998-01-23) 23 January 1998
19	Evgenija Milivojević	Setter	1.82	66	(1993-12-08) 8 December 1993
22	Danijela Nikić	Middle Block	1.96	81	(1987-02-06) 6 February 1987
Coach: Jiří Šiller

References

↑ "List of champions". Österreichischer Volleyball Verband (ÖVV) (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
↑ "SV Post Schwechat - Team details". CEV. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
↑ "VB Niederösterreich Post SV - Team details". CEV. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
↑ "Sokol/Post zum 24. Mal in Folge Meister!". Österreichischer Volleyball Verband (ÖVV) (in German). 26 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
↑ "Team". VB Sokol (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
↑ "VB Niederösterreich Post SV - Team 2016–17". CEV. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

External links

Official website (in German)
Official website (in German)

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