Pallavolo Sirio Perugia was an Italian women's

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club based in

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and pa ...

. The club had success at national and international level during the years it was active.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Imet Perugia (1991–1992) * Rasimelli&Coletti Perugia (1992–1993) * Despar Perugia (1993–1994) * Despar Sirio Perugia (1994–1995) * Despar Perugia (1995–2001) * Despar Colussi Perugia (2001–2002) * Despar Perugia (2002–2003) * Despar Sirio Perugia (2003–2004) * Despar Perugia (2004–2011)

History

The club was created in 1970 in

. It made its way through the lower leagues in Italy until it reached the highest Italian league, the Serie A1 in 1989. The first major title came at the 1991–92 Italian Cup, at the same season the club finished as Serie A1 runner up for a second consecutive year. The early 1990s strong results paved the way to the European competitions but it was only by the end of that decade and the early 2000s that the club transformed strong results into titles. A second Italian Cup title came in 1998–99, the first European title in the 1999–00

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and the first Serie A1 title arrived in 2002–03 together with a third Italian Cup. The double (league and cup) was repeated in 2004–05 with the club also taking the

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that season. In the following season it claimed the

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title and in 2006–07 the club won the double (for a third time) and CEV Cup just like it did two seasons earlier. It added an Italian Supercup in 2007 and second Champions League in 2007–08. In 2011 the club restructured itself, after the president decided to focus only on the youth teams and the club renounced participation on the 2011–12 Serie A1 season. A new club called was created and, in collaboration with three clubs (APD Monteluce, San Sisto Volley and Pallavolo San Sisto), formed the Pallavolo Perugia group.

Team

The club's last team of the 2010–11 season. ''As of September 2010'' Coach: Claudio César Cuello

Notable players

* Taismary Aguero (2001-2005) *

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(2000-2008) *

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(2002-2008) * Antonella Del Core (2006-2008) *

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(2001-2004) *

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(2008-2009) * Neriman Özsoy (2010-2012) * Dorota Swieniewicz (1997-2006) * Irina Kirillova (2001-2004) *

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(2004-2007) *

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(2003-2004) * Hanka Pachale (2007-2008) *

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(2005-2007/2009-2010) * Neli Marinova (2007-2008) *

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(1998-2000) *

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(1998-2000) * Yang Hao (2008-2009) *

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(2003-2004)

Honours

National competitions

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: 3 :2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07 * Coccarda Coppa Italia

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: 5 :1991–92, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07 * Supercoppa italiana di pallavolo maschile

Italian Super Cup: 1 :2007

International competitions

: 2 : 2005–06, 2007–08 * Coppa CEV trophy

: 1 :1999–00 * Challenge Cup trophy

: 2 :2004–05, 2006–07

References

External links

Official website
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