Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional

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team based in Treia, Italy. Since 1995 the club has been playing in the Serie A of the

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. It won the Italian Championship seven times, the Italian Cup five times, and the Italian SuperCup three-times. At European level, Lube won two

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tot ...

in 2002 and 2019, the

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

in 2001, 2005, 2006 and a

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2011. In 2019, it won the

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Achievements

(×2) 2002,

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(×4) 2001, 2005, 2006, 2011 *: Simple silver cup

(×1) 2003 *: Simple bronze cup

(×1) 1998 * FIVB Club World Championship *: gold medal world centered-2

(×1)

(×3)

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* Italian Championship *: Gold medal with cup

(×7) 2006,

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, 2014,

, 2019, 2021,

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(×1) 2018 *: Bronze medal with cup

(×5) 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013 *

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(×7) 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2020, 2021 *: Silver medal with cup

(×4)

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* Italian SuperCup *: Gold medal with cup

(×4) 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014 *: Silver medal with cup

(×7) 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2020,

Former names

*1990–1994: Lube Carima Treia *1994–1995: Lube Carima Macerata *1995–2012: Lube Banca Marche Macerata *2012–2014: Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata *2014–2015: Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia *2015–2016: Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova *2016–present: Cucine Lube Civitanova

Grounds

Although until the landing in Serie A2 the team kept the name of the town Treia (a village near

Macerata Macerata () is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region. It has a population of about 41,564. History The historical city centre is on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza ...

), given the lack of a building or a simple gym it was immediately associated with the PalaFontescodella, which was the historic building of the Lube until 2015. The small capacity of the building (2,100 seats) condemned it to play all the Champions League matches and the important Serie A1 matches in larger arenas around the Marche ( Pesaro,

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic ...

etc ...). After an infinite number of disputes with the Municipality of Macerata (owner of the building) for the expansion of the sports hall, the team decided to accept the offer of the Municipality of

Civitanova Marche Civitanova Marche is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about east of Macerata. Geography Civitanova Marche borders the municipalities: Montecosaro, Port ...

to move to a new sports hall built by them exclusively for Lube. The new 4,200-seat sports hall was inaugurated in 2015 and was called Eurosuole Forum for sponsorship reasons.

Team

''Team roster – season 2022/2023''

Notable players

* 1994–1999 Slobodan Kovač * 1996–1998

Andrea Zorzi Andrea Zorzi (born 29 July 1965 in Noale, province of Venice) is a former Italian volleyball player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effec ...

* 1996–2003 Marco Meoni * 1997–2001

Simone Rosalba Simone Rosalba (born January 31, 1976 in Paola, Calabria) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Playing as an outside-hitter, he claimed his first medal ...

* 1997–2002, 2003–2008,
2009–2011, 2013–2015 Alessandro Paparoni * 1999–2010

Mirko Corsano Mirko Corsano (born 28 October 1973 in Casarano) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Playing as a libero, he claimed his first title for the ''Azzurri'' in 1999 a ...

* 2000–2001 Dejan Brđović * 2001–2003

Pasquale Gravina Pasquale Gravina (born 1 May 1970 in Campobasso, Molise) is a manager and a former Italian professional volleyball player. Athlete Gravina is 201 cm and played as middle attacker. After some experiences for minor leagues, he made his debut ...

* 2001–2002, 2003–2008

Andrija Gerić Andrija Gerić ( sr-cyrl, Андрија Герић, ; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12. Career Gerić made a debut fo ...

* 2001–2005

Marco Bracci Marco Bracci (born August 23, 1966 in Fucecchio, province of Florence) is a former Italian volleyball player, ranked amongst the world's most valuable players of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 197 cm athlete, Bracci played as passer-hitter. B ...

* 2001–2003 Wout Wijsmans * 2002–2003 Edin Škorić * 2002–2004

Nalbert Bitencourt Nalbert Tavares Bitencourt (born March 9, 1974), known as Nalbert, is a former Brazilian professional volleyball player. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. Nalbert is and played as passer-attacker. With Brazil national team he won two World Lea ...

* 2002–2005

Luigi Mastrangelo Luigi Mastrangelo (born August 17, 1975 in Mottola, Italy) is an Italian men's volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team 1999-2012. Mastrangelo with national team winner silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, m ...

* 2003–2004 Fabio Vullo * 2003–2008

* 2004–2005

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). ...

* 2005–2009

Rodrigão Rodrigo Santana (born 17 April 1979), commonly known as Rodrigão, is a Brazilian former volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Santana with ...

* 2007–2010 Sebastian Świderski * 2007–2011

Valerio Vermiglio Valerio Vermiglio (born 1 March 1976) is an Italian volleyball player, who was a member of the Italian men's national team, that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Career He played with Sisley Treviso and won ...

* 2009–2010

Alberto Cisolla Alberto Cisolla (born 10 October 1977 in Treviso) is an Italian volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court ...

* 2010–2011 Facundo Conte * 2010–2011

Romain Vadeleux Romain Vadeleux (born ) is a retired French male volleyball player. He was part of the France men's national volleyball team The France national men's volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. I ...

* 2010–2013 Cristian Savani * 2012–2014, 2021–present Ivan Zaytsev * 2012–2014

Saša Starović Saša Starović ( sr-cyrl, Саша Старовић; born 19 October 1988) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and French club Tourcoing Lille Métropole, a participant of the Olympic Games (Beijin ...

* 2012–2015 Hubert Henno * 2003–2004

Leondino Giombini Leondino Giombini (born 30 January 1975 in Ancona) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1999 European Championship in Vienna, Austria en, Viennese , iso_code = ...

* 2013–2015

Bartosz Kurek Bartosz Kamil Kurek (born 29 August 1988) is a Polish professional volleyball player. He is a member of the Poland national team, a participant in the Olympic Games (London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), 2018 World Champion, 2009 European Champ ...

* 2015 Ricardo Garcia * 2008–2016 Marko Podraščanin * 2011–2016 Simone Parodi * 2014–2016 Alessandro Fei * 2000–2007, 2015–2016

Ivan Miljković Ivan Miljković ( sr-cyrl, Иван Миљковић ; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team in 1998–2012, Olympic Champion 2000, European Champion (2001, 2011), medalist o ...

* 2009–2019

Dragan Stanković Dragan Stanković ( sr-cyrl, Драган Станковић, born 18 October 1985) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbian national team and Italian club Modena Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, bronze medalist ...

* 2015–2022

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 ...

* 2015–2018

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 ...

* 2015–2018 Micah Christenson * 2016–2019

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 ...

* 2017–2018

Taylor Sander Taylor Lee Sander (born March 17, 1992) is an American professional beach volleyball player and former indoor volleyball player. As a member of the US national team, he won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2018 World Champion ...

* 2018–2020 Bruno Rezende * 2019–2020

Amir Ghafour Amir Ghafour ( fa, امیر غفور; born 6 June 1991) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Iranian club Shahdab Yazd. He is a former member of the Iranian national team. Career National team He was invited to ...

* 2018–2022

Robertlandy Simón Robertlandy Simón Aties (born 11 June 1987) is a Cuban volleyball player, a member of Cuba men's national volleyball team from 2005–2010 and from 2019 to present day and also Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, 2009 NORCECA Champion, sil ...

* 2021–2022

Ricardo Lucarelli Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza (born 14 February 1992) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. He is a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team, Brazil national team. The Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men ...

Kit manufacturer

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

Sponsorship

The main sponsor has always been the furniture company Cucine Lube, owner of the team, from 1995 (with the arrival in Serie A1) to 2005 and from 2008 to 2016 another main sponsor was added: the Banca Marche bank. In the 2010/11 season, other shirt sponsors were seen: the agricultural company Oro della Terra, the computer company Macrosoft and the

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. Banca Marche's successor "

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" was a main sponsor in the 2017/18 season. From 2018 the subsection of Cucine Lube "Creo Kitchens" appeared in the jersey and from 2019 the company

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is also seen.

References

External links

Official website

Team profile
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