Trentino Volley is a professional Italian

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team based in

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...

, in northern Italy. It plays in the

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without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the

, the Italian Cup, the Italian Super Cup, three consecutive times the

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and a record four consecutive times the

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. In the 2010–11 season it won national, continental and world championship. It was the first team in volleyball history to have done that. Trentino Volley is a

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, and its president is Diego Mosna. The company has a budget of 4,500,000

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and about 225 employees. The actions of the company was awarded at continental level with the acknowledgment ''Testimonial of the Year'' at the Sport Business Ambitions Awards 2010 and the awarding of the 2010–11 Champions League Final Four, held at

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Achievements

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* FIVB Club World Championship *: Gold medal world centered-2

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* Italian Championship *: Gold medal with cup

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* Italian Cup *: Simple gold cup

(×3) 2010, 2012, 2013 *: Simple silver cup

(×5) 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022 * Italian SuperCup *: Simple gold cup

(×3) 2011, 2013, 2021 *: Simple silver cup

(×5) 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018

History

Trentino Volley was founded on May 23, 2000; and two days later, it purchased the rights to play in the Serie A1 (Italy's First Division) from Ravenna, that had retired due to financial problems. The club played its first Serie A1 match in Parma on October 15, 2000, against Maxicono

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, and was defeated 3–0. The first home match of the Trentino Volley was played on October 22, 2000, against Padova, and the home team came out victorious with a result of 3–2. Trentino Volley are by far the most successful side in the history of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship, having won the title a total of four times. However, the Italian club, founded in 2000 and based in the city of Trento in the northeast of the country, only managed a bronze in 2013, were knocked out during pool play in 2014 (ending up 5th) and missed out on the 2015 edition of the competition. During its first two seasons, the team managed a tenth, and a ninth place finish at the end of the regular season. Players acquired by the team in his first Italian Serie A years included

Lorenzo Bernardi Lorenzo Bernardi (born 11 August 1968) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, two–time World Champion (1990, 1994), and a two–time European Champion ( 1989, 1995) ...

and

Andrea Sartoretti Andrea Sartoretti (born 19 June 1971) is an Italian former volleyball player. Biography Born at Perugia, Sartoretti debuted in the Italian Serie in 1991, winning the Award as best Under 23 player. A 1.94 cm athlete, he usually played oppos ...

. In the summer of 2007 Trentino Volley made substantial purchases, as part of a strategy that would focus on a young team with talented players, such as Serbian

Nikola Grbić Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. The Olympic Champion Sydney 2000, a bro ...

, Bulgarians Vladimir Nikolov and

Matey Kaziyski Matey Kaziyski ( bg, Матей Казийски) (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 2003–2012 and Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games ...

and Italian

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. Itas Trentino Diatec ended the following regular season with a first-place finish, and stepped into the finals. On May 7, 2008 Trentino Volley defeated

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3–0, to win its first national championship title, and gain access to the CEV Champions League 2008–2009. Trento run undefeated in the pool stages, with a first-place finish in Group E. On April 5, 2009, at the ''O2 Arena'' in

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, Trento defeated Iraklis Thessaloniki 3–1 in the final. In 2009, the team flew to

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), to compete in the

. On Sunday November 8, Trentino Betclic won the final, with a score of 3–0 against the Poles of

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, and became FIVB Club World Champion. In 2010, it won the Italian Cup and then successfully defended its Champions League title with a 3–0 victory (25–12, 25–20, 25–21) over Dynamo Moscow.

Former names

Symbols

Club logos and brand names are composed of a red ball. The

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is the symbol of the club, Autonomous province of

is the club's flag. Trentino Volley unveiled their new logo on 4 July, 2022 after sticking with the same for some 22 years. The new logo is to specifically for a digital and young audience. The aim is to make TRENTINO Volley more interesting and captivating, with a focus on the actual name of the club – summarised in the initials “TV”, which stand for TRENTINO Volley.

Team

''Team roster – season 2022/2023''

Coach history

Notable players

* 1999–2001

Enrique de la Fuente Enrique de la Fuente Santos (born August 11, 1975) is a Spanish volleyball player, a member of Spain men's national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, European Champion 2007, a medalist of the European League (gold ...

* 2000–2001 Igor Shulepov * 2000–2002

Konstantin Ushakov Konstantin Anatolyevich Ushakov (russian: Константин Анатольевич Ушаков; born 24 March 1970) is a Russian retired volleyball player, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summ ...

* 2000–2002 Slobodan Boškan * 2000–2002

Đula Mešter Đula Mešter ( sr-cyr, Ђула Мештер; hu, Mester Gyula, born 3 April 1972) is a Serbian volleyball player of Hungarian ethnicity who won the gold medal with the Yugoslav Men's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Standing at 2.03 ...

* 2001–2005

Paolo Tofoli Paolo Tofoli (born August 14, 1966 in Fermo) is a former Italian volleyball player and current coach, standing at 188 cm. He played 342 times for the Italy national volleyball team. Tofoli was two time world champion in 1990 and 1994. He w ...

* 2002–2003

Igor Vušurović Igor Vušurović (born 24 September 1974) is a former Montenegrin volleyball player, who won the gold medal with the Yugoslav Men's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Oly ...

* 2002–2004

Aleksey Kazakov Aleksey Valerevich Kazakov (russian: Алексей Валерьевич Казаков, born 18 May 1976) is a Russian volleyball player. He was born in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Kazakov was a member of th ...

* 2002–2005

* 2004–2005

Goran Vujević Goran Vujević ( sr-cyr, Горан Вујевић; born 27 February 1973) is a Serbian-Montenegrin volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, offici ...

* 2004–2007

André Heller Franz André Heller (; born 22 March 1947 as Francis Charles Georges Jean André Heller-Hueart) is an Austrian artist, author, poet, singer, songwriter and actor. Biography Heller was born in Vienna into a wealthy Jewish family of sweets manufac ...

* 2005–2006

Ryan Millar Ryan Madsen Millar (born 22 January 1978) is an American volleyball player, a member of United States men's national volleyball team in 1998–2008, a participant of the Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008), 2008 Olympic Champion, three times NOR ...

* 2005–2007 André Nascimento * 2005–2007 Marco Meoni * 2006–2009

Michał Winiarski Michał Jerzy Winiarski (born 28 September 1983) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 2004 to 2014. A participant in the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2014 Wo ...

* 2007–2008 Vladimir Nikolov * 2007–2009

* 2007–2013, 2014–2015

* 2007–2015

* 2008–2010

Leandro Vissotto Leandro Vissotto Neves (born 30 April 1983) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club EMS Taubaté Funvic. Vissotto is a winner silver medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, Wor ...

* 2008–2012, 2014–2015

Łukasz Żygadło Łukasz Tomasz Żygadło (born 2 August 1979 in Sulechów) is a Polish volleyball player, member of the Poland men's national volleyball team in 1998–2014 (247 matches in the national team) and Qatari club Al Arabi, participant at the 2012 Oly ...

* 2009–2010, 2010–2013

Osmany Juantorena Osmany Juantorena Portuondo (born 12 August 1985) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player, a member of Cuba national volleyball team in 2003–2006 and current member of Italy national volleyball team and Chinese club Shanghai Golden Age. Jua ...

* 2009–2012, 2013–2014

Tsvetan Sokolov Tsvetan Sokolov ( bg, Цветан Соколов; born 31 December 1989) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, a member of the Bulgarian national team and Russian club Dynamo Moscow, a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012. Sok ...

* 2009–2013

Raphael Vieira de Oliveira Raphael Vieira de Oliveira (born 14 June 1979) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Italian club WithU Verona, a silver medalist of the 2014 World Championship, South American Champion ( 200 ...

* 2010–2011

Valentin Bratoev Valentin Bratoev ( bg, Валентин Братоев; October 21, 1987 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian volleyball player a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team and Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia. Bratoev won bronze medals with the national team ...

* 2010–2017 Massimo Colaci * 2011–2016

Filippo Lanza Filippo Lanza (born 3 March 1991) is an Italian professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Italy national team, with which he won a silver medal at the Olympic Games Rio 2016. At the professional club level, he plays for PGE Skra Be ...

* 2016–2018

Jenia Grebennikov Jenia Grebennikov (born 13 August 1990) is a French volleyball player of Russian descent. He is part of the French national team, 2020 Olympic Champion, two–time World League winner ( 2015, 2017), 2015 European Champion. At the professional ...

Individual records

Stadium

The

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arena has always been the place where the club's at home games have been disputed, ever since its opening in 2000 during the first at home game in the history of Trentino Volley (Itas Diatec Trentino-European Padua 3–2 on October 22, 2000), The arena is in the south of the city of Trento on the Ghiaie sport groundsthat also includes the PalaGhiaccio, a football field, and a ballpark.

Kit providers

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

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Diatec Group other sponsors:

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, Consorzio Melinda, Dorigoni Trento,

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, Marzadro Distillery, Südtiroler Volksbank, Grand Hotel Trento,

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, Superpoli, Menz & Gasser and Policura.

Notes

References

External links

Official website

Official website

Team profile
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