Azzurra Volley San Casciano


Azzurra Volley San Casciano is an Italian women's volleyball club based in San Casciano in Val di Pesa and currently playing in the Serie A1.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
Founded in 1975 as, the club originally focused on youth teams. After becoming in 1986, the club start making progress in the lower Italian leagues arriving at Serie B2 and eventually reaching the Serie B1 in 2002. With the team showing good potential, the club search for sponsorship in order to fulfil it. In 2004 with main sponsor found, the club change its name to. In the following years, strong campaigns allow the club to compete for promotion to Serie A2 which was reached in 2012. Two seasons later the club was promoted to Serie A1, as a result, the home venue is changed to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.

Team

Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.
NumberPlayerPositionHeight Weight Birth date
1 Indre SorokaiteOpposite1.8884
2 Sara AlbertiMiddle Blocker1.8572
3 Marta BechisSetter1.8159
5 Francesca BoncianiSetter1.78
7 Hannah TappMiddle Blocker1.8877
8 Daly SantanaOutside Hitter1.8565
9 Chiara Di IulioOutside Hitter1.8565
10 Beatrice ParrocchialeLibero1.6759
12 Giulia PietrelliOutside Hitter1.80
14 Ivana MilošMiddle Blocker1.8770
16 Valentina TirozziOutside Hitter1.8272