Volley Bergamo


Volley Bergamo is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bergamo and currently playing in the Serie A1.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

Beginnings (1991–1994)

Volley Bergamo was founded in 1991 by Mauro Ferraris and first played in the 1991–92 Serie B1. In the following season it started a partnership with Foppapedretti and gained promotion to the Serie A2. The club gain a second successive promotion in 1993–94 by winning the Serie A2 and being promoted to the Serie A1.

Major success (1995–2007)

In 1994–95, its debut season at Serie A1, the club finished in fifth position, earning for the first time qualification for a European competition. In the following season it won both the Serie A1 and the Coppa Italia for the first time. In the 1996–97 the club won the Serie A1, Coppa Italia, Italian Super Cup and the CEV Champions League. For the next decade the club became one of the strongest women's volleyball clubs in Europe, winning another five Serie A1, two Coppa Italia, four Italian Super Cups, four CEV Champions League and one CEV Cup.

Recent years (2008–present)

Despite not being as dominant as before, the club after 2008 won the Serie A again, the Coppa Italia, the Italian Super Cup and the CEV Champions League. It is the most successful Italian team in the CEV Champions League history with 7 titles and the second most successful team in Serie A history with 8 titles, having never being relegated since its debut in the 1994–95 season.

Team

Season 2019–2020, as of August 2019.
NumberPlayerPositionHeight Weight Birth date
1 Malwina SmarzekOpposite Spiker1.9180
2 Lucia ImperialiLibero1.62
3 Rossella OlivottoMiddle Blocker1.84
4 Kiera Van RykOpposite Hitter1.8885
5 Immacolata SirressiLibero1.7562
7 Vittoria PrandiSetter1.80
8 Samara AlmeidaOpposite Spiker1.8562
9 Laura MelandriMiddle Blocker1.8660
13 Slađana MirkovićSetter1.8574
16 Giada CiviticoMiddle Blocker1.8881
17 Sara LodaOutside Hitter1.7875
22 Annie MitchemOutside Hitter1.92

Notable players

Retired numbers

National competitions