Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube is a women's volleyball team, based in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil. Since the 2021-22 season the club plays under the name Sesc-RJ/Flamengo.

History

It was founded in 1997 as Paraná Vôlei Clube, playing in

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...

, Paraná, and moved to Rio in 2003. They were previously known as Rexona-Ades, and since 2012 known as Unilever Vôlei, named after one of the sponsors. Unilever Vôlei won the silver medal at the 2013 Club World Championship after falling 3-0 to Vakıfbank Istanbul. In 2016, Sesc-RJ replaced Unilever's brand Ades as sponsor of the club changing its name to Rexona Sesc-RJ. Following the end of the 2016-17 season, Unilever withdrew its sponsorship completely, leaving Sesc as the sole sponsor of the team In 2020 the club merged previous rival

CR Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football t ...

, and disputed the 2020-21 season under the name 'Sesc/Flamengo'.

Names evolution

* Rexona (as Paraná Vôlei Clube) (1997-2002) * Rexona/Ades (2003-2009) * Unilever Vôlei (2010-2013) * Rexona/Ades (2014–2016) * Rexona Sesc-RJ (2016-2017) * Sesc RJ Vôlei (2017-2020) * Sesc/Flamengo (2020-present)

Team

''2020-2021 squad - As of October 2020'' * Head coach:

Bernardo Rezende Bernardo Rocha de Rezende (born 25 August 1959), known as Bernardo Rezende and nicknamed Bernardinho, is a Brazilian volleyball coach and former player. He is the current coach of the female volleyball team Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube. Rezende i ...

Titles

* Brazilian Superliga: ** Gold medal with cup

(x12) 1997–98, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016–17 ** Silver medal with cup

(x5) 1998–99, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18 * FIVB Club World Championship ** Silver medal with cup

(x2)

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South American Club Championship South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

(x4)

, 2015,

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(x2) 2009,

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* Women's Top Volley International: ** Winners (2): 2006, 2009

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rio De Janeiro Volei Clube Brazilian volleyball clubs Volleyball clubs established in 2005 2005 establishments in Brazil