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

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, 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

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, 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 (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

, 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 ...

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

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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 west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Women's Top Volley International The Women's Top Volley International is an international women's volleyball club cup competition played annually in Basel, Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. ...

: ** Winners (2): 2006, 2009

References

External links

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