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Modena Volley is a professional volleyball team based in Modena, Italy. It has played in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 1968. It is the most successful Italian club, having won the national league twelve times and the national cup as well. The club is one of the most prominent and prestigious in Europe too, having won thirteen European trophies including four CEV Champions League.
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| Full name | Valsa Group Modena | ||
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| Short name | Modena Volley | ||
| Founded | 1966 | ||
| Ground | PalaPanini, Modena (Capacity: 4,968) | ||
| Chairman | Catia Pedrini | ||
| Manager | Alberto Giuliani | ||
| Captain | Bruno Rezende | ||
| League | Italian Volleyball League | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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(x4) 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998
(x4) 1987, 1988, 1989, 2003
(x1) 1991 (x4) 1980, 1986, 1995, 2023 (x1) 2007 (x5) 1983, 1984, 1985, 2004, 2008 (x2) 2000, 2001 (x1) 1995 (x2) 1990, 1997 (x12) 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2016
(x12) 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2015, 2016 (x4) 1997, 2015, 2016, 2018The club was founded in 1966 by Benito and Giuseppe Panini, owners of Edizioni Panini publishing house, and was named Gruppo Sportivo Panini (or simply G.S. Panini). The club, trained by Franco Anderlini, started from Serie C (the third level of the Italian League) and achieved the Serie A in 1968, taking only two seasons. Since then it has never been relegated to lower divisions.
It took only another season to achieve the first Italian League, in 1969/70: the victory was led by the Czechoslovak superstar Josef Musil. With Anderlini as head coach Modena won three championships, but in 1975/76 he resigned and was replaced by Polish Edward Skorek who acted as player-coach, leading Panini to another national title. By the end of the 1970s Modena clinched four Italian leagues, two Italian cups and its first European trophy, the 1979/80 CEV Cup Winners' Cup, with the Brazilian Bernard Rajzman and the Italian Francesco Dall'Olio as leaders of the team.
In the 1980s Modena had even greater successes: managed by Julio Velasco the team gained four consecutive Italian leagues and many national and international cups. In 1989 Velasco was appointed head of the Italian national team, leaving Modena where he was replaced by Vladimir Jankovic. Even without Velasco, Modena became European champion winning the 1989/90 CEV Champions League.
The team entered the 1990s with financial difficulties and its best players (Vullo, Bernardi, Bertoli, Cantagalli, Lucchetta) left Modena moving to better funded clubs. The Panini era was coming to an end and in 1993 the club changed ownership for the first time, being taken over by Giovanni Vandelli, a ceramic industrialist who renamed the club as Daytona Volley. Vandelli signed Daniele Bagnoli as head coach and brought back Bertoli, Cantagalli and Vullo. Modena soon regained its competitiveness and in five seasons it won twelve trophies, including two Italian Leagues and two CEV Champions Leagues. The 1996/97 season could be regarded as one of the most successful in the club's long history, having achieved the Italian League, the Italian Cup and the Champions League in the same year. The line-up of this legendary season was structured by the setter Fabio Vullo, the opposite hitter Juan Cuminetti, the middle-blockers Bas van de Goor and Andrea Giani, the outside hitters Marco Bracci and Luca Cantagalli: one of the best European teams ever.
1996 was also the year of Giuseppe Panini's death, co-founder and for many years the highly respected president of the club. The municipal administration of Modena entitled the local arena, home of the volleyball team, to his memory as Palazzo dello Sport Giuseppe Panini, commonly referred to as PalaPanini by supporters. In 1997/98, trained by Francesco Dall'Olio, Modena won his third consecutive CEV Champions League. After an unsuccessful comeback of Daniele Bagnoli, Vandelli's club won its last Italian league in 2001/02 with Angelo Lorenzetti as coach.
Vandelli's last trophy was the 2003/04 CEV Cup (now Challenge Cup), then in 2005 he sold the club to a consortium composed of Antonio Barone (a coal industry businessman and former volleyball player, who won two Italian leagues with the Panini team[1]), Catia Pedrini (Barone's wife) and Giuliano Grani (a merchandising businessman). The name was changed to Pallavolo Modena and Barone became the new president.
During 2008 Barone e Pedrini left the club leaving it in the hands of Grani and new partner Pietro Peia (a long-standing manager of the club). In 2012 even Grani took a step back, leaving Peia as the sole owner. Under the Barone-Grani-Peia ownership Modena won only one trophy with the 2007/08 CEV Challenge Cup, despite great investments to sign notable players like Ángel Dennis, Murilo Endres and Matthew Anderson, and many successive famous coaches like Julio Velasco, Andrea Giani, Silvano Prandi, Daniele Bagnoli (at his third experience at Modena) and Angelo Lorenzetti.
In May 2013 a new consortium composed of Gino Gibertini (dealer of oil products), Antonio Panini (son of Giuseppe Panini), Catia Pedrini, Dino Piacentini (building contractor) and Peter Zehentleitner (CEO of Trenkwalder Italia) acquired the club. Both Gibertini and Piacentini were Panini's players in the seventies. The club's name was changed to Modena Volley Punto Zero with Gibertini as president and Lorenzetti being confirmed as head coach. The coexistence between many partners proved to be difficult and after few months Gibertini, Panini and Zehentleitner left the consortium. Catia Pedrini was then appointed president of the club with Piacentini in the role of vice-president.
For the 2014–15 season the club's name has been modified to Modena Volley with a new logo. On 11 January 2015, the team won its first title in 7 years (the last victory was the CEV Challenge Cup in 2008), by defeating Trentino Volley[2] in the final of Italian Volleyball Cup.
For the 2015–2016 season Modena decides to strengthen the team by adding the Brazilian middle-blocker Lucas Saatkamp, and replacing Uroš Kovačević with his Serbian compatriot Miloš Nikić. Since October 2015, the club sets a major sponsorship deal with DHL. During the season, the club enlarged his honours with the victories of Italian Supercup in October and the Italian Volleyball Cup in February, by defeating Trentino Volley in both matches. Above all, the main success of the season has been the Italian national title after 14 years, by defeating SIR Safety Perugia in the final by 3–0.
For the 2016–2017 season, there are many changes: the main sponsor DHL and coach Angelo Lorenzetti leave the club, moreover the Brazilians "magic duo" Bruno Rezende and Lucas Saatkamp return to their home country. Nevertheless, Modena reinforces the roster by hiring two of the best middle blockers in the world: Maxwell Holt and Kevin Le Roux. The expert Argentinian setter Santiago Orduna takes place of Bruninho and the Serbian spiker Nemanja Petric is promoted as team Captain. Since September 2016, the new main sponsor of the club is the Italian asset management company Azimut Holding.
| 1968–1989 | Panini Modena |
| 1989–1991 | Philips Modena |
| 1991–1992 | Carimonte Modena |
| 1992–1993 | Panini Modena |
| 1993–1994 | Daytona Modena |
| 1994–1995 | Daytona Las Modena |
| 1995–1996 | Las Daytona Modena |
| 1996–1997 | Las Daytona Modena; Las Valtur Modena[a] |
| 1997–2000 | Casa Modena Unibon |
| 2000–2002 | Casa Modena Salumi |
| 2002–2003 | Kerakoll Modena; Meta Daytona Modena[b] |
| 2003–2004 | Kerakoll Modena |
| 2004–2005 | Daytona Modena |
| 2005–2008 | Cimone Modena |
| 2008–2010 | Trenkwalder Modena |
| 2010–2014 | Casa Modena |
| 2014–2015 | Modena Volley; Parmareggio Modena[c] |
| 2015–2016 | DHL Modena |
| 2016–2018 | Azimut Modena |
| 2018–2019 | Azimut Leo Shoes Modena |
| 2019–2021 | Leo Shoes Modena |
| 2021–2022 | Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena |
| 2022–Present | Valsa Group Modena |
Team roster – season 2022/2023
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
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| 1 |  Bruno Rezende (C) | July 2, 1986 | setter |
| 3 |  Lorenzo Pope | December 6, 2001 | outside hitter |
| 4 |  Nicolas Maréchal | March 4, 1987 | outside hitter |
| 5 |  Riccardo Gollini | July 5, 2000 | libero |
| 6 | Giovanni Sanguinetti | April 14, 2000 | middle blocker |
| 7 |  Dragan Stanković | October 18, 1985 | middle blocker |
| 9 | Earvin N'Gapeth | February 12, 1991 | outside hitter |
| 10 | Lorenzo Sala | January 1, 2002 | opposite |
| 11 |  Tobias Krick | October 22, 1998 | middle blocker |
| 12 |  Adis Lagumdzija | March 29, 1999 | opposite |
| 15 | Elia Bossi | August 15, 1994 | middle blocker |
| 16 | Nicola Salsi | September 13, 1997 | setter |
| 21 | Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero |
| 24 | Andrea Malvasi | June 23, 2005 | outside hitter |
| 90 | Tommaso Rinaldi | November 9, 2001 | outside hitter |
| Head coach: Alberto Giuliani Assistant:  Sebastian Carotti | |||
| Team roster – season 2021/2022 | |||||
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| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Bruno Rezende (C) | July 2, 1986 | setter | ||
| 3 |  Maarten van Garderen | January 24, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
| 5 | Riccardo Gollini | July 5, 2000 | libero | ||
| 6 | Giovanni Sanguinetti | April 14, 2000 | middle blocker | ||
| 7 | Dragan Stanković | October 18, 1985 | middle blocker | ||
| 8 | Swan N'Gapeth | January 9, 1992 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 | Earvin N'Gapeth | February 12, 1991 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 | Lorenzo Sala | January 1, 2002 | opposite | ||
| 14 | Nimir Abdel-Aziz | February 5, 1992 | opposite | ||
| 16 | Nicola Salsi | September 13, 1997 | setter | ||
| 17 | Yoandy Leal | August 31, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 18 | Daniele Mazzone | June 4, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
| 21 | Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
| Head coach: Andrea Giani | |||||
| Team roster – season 2020/2021 | |||||
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| Leo Shoes Modena | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Tommaso Rinaldi | November 9, 2001 | outside hitter | ||
| 2 |  Luis Estrada Mazorra | March 10, 2000 | outside hitter | ||
| 3 | Nicola Iannelli | March 3, 1999 | libero | ||
| 4 | Nemanja Petric | July 28, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 5 | Paolo Porro | October 27, 2001 | setter | ||
| 6 | Giovanni Sanguinetti | April 14, 2000 | middle blocker | ||
| 7 | Dragan Stanković | October 18, 1985 | middle blocker | ||
| 10 | Jenia Grebennikov | August 13, 1990 | libero | ||
| 11 |  Micah Christenson (C) | May 8, 1993 | setter | ||
| 13 | Moritz Karlitzek | August 12, 1996 | outside hitter | ||
| 14 | Luca Vettori | April 26, 1991 | opposite | ||
| 15 | Elia Bossi | August 15, 1994 | middle blocker | ||
| 17 |  Paul Buchegger | March 4, 1996 | opposite | ||
| 18 | Daniele Mazzone | June 4, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
| 19 | Daniele Lavia | November 4, 1999 | outside hitter | ||
| Head coach: Andrea Giani Assistant: Sebastian Carotti | |||||
| Team roster – season 2019/2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Shoes Modena | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Matthew Anderson | April 18, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 2 | Luis Estrada Mazorra | March 10, 2000 | outside hitter | ||
| 3 | Nicola Iannelli | March 3, 1999 | libero | ||
| 5 | Andrea Truocchio | February 10, 2000 | middle blocker | ||
| 6 | Giovanni Sanguinetti | April 14, 2000 | middle blocker | ||
| 7 | Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
| 8 | Giulio Pinali | April 2, 1997 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 | Ivan Zaytsev | October 2, 1988 | opposite | ||
| 10 |  Bartosz Bednorz | July 25, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
| 11 | Micah Christenson | May 8, 1993 | setter | ||
| 12 | Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
| 15 | Elia Bossi | August 15, 1994 | middle blocker | ||
| 16 | Nicola Salsi | September 13, 1997 | setter | ||
| 18 | Daniele Mazzone | June 4, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
| 20 | Matteo Lusetti | August 6, 2002 | setter | ||
| 23 | Tommaso Rinaldi | November 9, 2001 | outside hitter | ||
| 90 | Denis Kaliberda | June 24, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
| Head coach: Andrea Giani Assistant: Luca Cantagalli | |||||
| Team roster – season 2018/2019 | |||||
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| Azimut Leo Shoes Modena | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Bartosz Bednorz | July 25, 1994 | outside hitter | ||
| 2 | Kevin Tillie | November 2, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
| 3 | Lorenzo Benvenuti | July 8, 1994 | libero | ||
| 4 | Marco Pierotti | June 19, 1996 | outside hitter | ||
| 5 | Luuc Van der Ent | July 27, 1997 | middle blocker | ||
| 7 | Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
| 8 | Giulio Pinali | April 2, 1997 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 | Ivan Zaytsev | October 2, 1988 | opposite | ||
| 10 | Jennings Franciskovic | May 10, 1995 | setter | ||
| 11 | Micah Christenson | May 8, 1993 | setter | ||
| 12 | Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
| 13 | Simone Anzani | February 24, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
| 14 | Andrea Truocchio | February 10, 2000 | middle blocker | ||
| 16 | Matteo Lusetti | August 6, 2002 | setter | ||
| 17 |  Tine Urnaut | September 3, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 18 | Daniele Mazzone | June 4, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
| 24 | Denys Kaliberda | June 24, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
| 25 | Wessel Keemink | May 29, 1993 | setter | ||
| Head coach: Julio Velasco Assistant: Luca Cantagalli | |||||
| Team roster – season 2017/2018 | |||||
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| Azimut Modena | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Bruno Rezende | July 2, 1986 | setter | ||
| 2 | Jennings Franciskovic | May 10, 1995 | setter | ||
| 3 | Andrea Argenta | June 1, 1996 | outside hitter | ||
| 4 | Maarten Van Garderen | January 24, 1990 | outside hitter | ||
| 6 | Federico Tosi | September 18, 1991 | libero | ||
| 7 | Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
| 8 | Swan N'Gapeth | January 9, 1992 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 | Earvin N'Gapeth | February 12, 1991 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 | Giulio Sabbi | August 10, 1989 | opposite | ||
| 11 | Elia Bossi | August 15, 1994 | middle blocker | ||
| 12 | Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
| 14 | Alberto Marra | November 18, 1998 | middle blocker | ||
| 15 | Giulio Pinali | April 2, 1997 | outside hitter | ||
| 16 |  Chono Penchev | December 11, 1994 | setter | ||
| 17 | Tine Urnaut | September 3, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 18 | Daniele Mazzone | June 4, 1992 | middle blocker | ||
| Head coach: Radostin Stoytchev Assistant: Dario Simoni | |||||
| Team roster – season 2016/2017 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azimut Modena | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 4 | Nemanja Petrić (C) | July 28, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 5 | Santiago Orduna | August 31, 1983 | setter | ||
| 6 | Jacopo Massari | June 2, 1988 | outside hitter | ||
| 7 | Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
| 8 | Swan N'Gapeth | January 9, 1992 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 | Earvin N'Gapeth | February 12, 1991 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 | Kevin Le Roux | May 11, 1989 | middle blocker | ||
| 11 | Matteo Piano | October 24, 1990 | middle blocker | ||
| 12 | Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
| 13 | Dragan Travica | August 28, 1986 | setter | ||
| 14 | Samuel Onwelo | April 18, 1997 | opposite | ||
| 16 | Nicola Salsi | September 13, 1997 | setter | ||
| 17 | Luca Vettori | April 26, 1991 | opposite | ||
| Head coach: Lorenzo Tubertini | |||||
| Team roster – season 2015/2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHL Modena | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Bruno Rezende (C) | July 2, 1986 | setter | ||
| 2 | Fabio Donadio | April 30, 1988 | libero | ||
| 4 | Nemanja Petrić | July 28, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 5 | Pietro Soli | September 15, 1994 | setter | ||
| 6 | Alberto Casadei | February 6, 1984 | opposite | ||
| 7 | Salvatore Rossini | July 13, 1986 | libero | ||
| 8 | Luca Sartoretti | November 20, 1995 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 | Earvin N'Gapeth | February 12, 1991 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 | Miloš Nikić | March 31, 1986 | outside hitter | ||
| 11 | Matteo Piano | October 24, 1990 | middle blocker | ||
| 12 | Elia Bossi | August 15, 1994 | middle blocker | ||
| 14 |  Samuel Onwelo | April 18, 1997 | opposite | ||
| 15 | Thiago Sens | July 2, 1985 | outside hitter | ||
| 16 | Lucas Saatkamp | March 6, 1986 | middle blocker | ||
| 17 | Luca Vettori | April 26, 1991 | opposite | ||
| 18 | Nicholas Sighinolfi | August 11, 1994 | middle blocker | ||
| Head coach: Angelo Lorenzetti Assistant: Lorenzo Tubertini | |||||
The stars indicate Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees.
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| 1966–1993 | Giuseppe Panini |
| 1993–2005 | Giovanni Vandelli |
| 2005–2007 | Antonio Barone |
| 2007–2012 | Giuliano Grani |
| 2012–2013 | Pietro Peia |
| 2013 | Gino Gibertini |
| 2013–2022 | Catia Pedrini |
| 2022–Present | Giulia Gabana |
| Name | Nationality | Years |
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| Franco Anderlini | |
1966–1975 |
| Edward Skorek | |
1975–1978 |
| Gian Paolo Guidetti | |
1978–1983 |
| Andrea Nannini | |
1983–1985 |
| Julio Velasco | |
1985–1989 |
| Vladimir Janković |  |
1989–1990 |
| Massimo Barbolini | |
1990–1992 |
| Bernardo Rezende | |
1992–1993 |
| Daniele Bagnoli | |
1993–1997[a] |
| Franco Bertoli | |
1996–1997[a] |
| Francesco Dall'Olio | |
1997–1998 |
| Bruno Bagnoli | |
1998–2000[b] |
| Franco Bertoli | |
2000[b] |
| Daniele Bagnoli | |
2000–2001 |
| Angelo Lorenzetti | |
2001–2004[c] |
| Maurizio Menarini | |
2004[c] |
| Julio Velasco | |
2004–2006 |
| Bruno Bagnoli | |
2006–2007 |
| Andrea Giani | |
2007–2008[d] |
| Emanuele Zanini | |
2008–2009[d] |
| Silvano Prandi | |
2009–2011[e] |
| Daniele Bagnoli | |
2011–2012[e] |
| Angelo Lorenzetti | |
2012–2016 |
| Roberto Piazza | |
2016–2017[f] |
| Lorenzo Tubertini | |
2017[f] |
| Radostin Stoychev | |
2017–2018 |
| Julio Velasco | |
2018–2019 |
| Andrea Giani | |
2019–2023 |
| Francesco Petrella[3] | |
2023–Present |
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Modena team.
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