Tours VB

Tours VB is a professional men's volleyball club which is playing their home matches at the Salle Robert Grenon in Tours, France.

Tours VB

Full name	Tours Volley-Ball
Founded	1966
Ground	Salle Robert Grenon (Capacity: 3,300)
Chairman	Bruno Poilpré
Manager	Marcelo Fronckowiak
Captain	Željko Ćorić
League	Ligue A
2023–24	2nd place
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Tours VB plays in LNV Ligue A, top volleyball league in France. According to Media Guide book, the annual budget of Tours is € 2,500,000 for Season 2021/2022 which is the highest budget of all teams.^[1]

Honours

Domestic

• French Championship

Winners (9): 2003–04, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23

• French Cup

Winners (11): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2022–23

• French SuperCup

Winners (5): 2005–06, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2022–23

International

• CEV Champions League

Winners (1): 2004–05

Silver (1): 2006–07

Final Four (1): 2003–04

• CEV Cup

Winners (1): 2016–17

Silver (1): 2021–22

Team

As of 2022–23 season^[2]

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	João Rafael Ferreira	(1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 32)	outside hitter
2	Pierre Derouillon	(1999-06-06) 6 June 1999 (age 25)	outside hitter
5	Leandro dos Santos	(1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 32)	middle blocker
6	Aymeric Pelvet	(2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 24)	outside hitter
7	Luciano Palonsky	(1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 25)	outside hitter
8	Gary Chauvin	(1987-12-29) 29 December 1987 (age 37)	setter
9	Thiébault Bruckert	(1991-04-16) 16 April 1991 (age 33)	middle blocker
10	Aboubacar Dramé Neto	(1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 31)	opposite
12	Dmytro Teryomenko	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 38)	middle blocker
14	Benjamin Diez	(1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 27)	libero
17	Željko Ćorić	(1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 36)	setter
19	José Ademar Santana	(1996-02-06) 6 February 1996 (age 29)	outside hitter
20	Jakub Klajmon	(2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 22)	middle blocker
22	Michaël Parkinson	(1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 33)	middle blocker
Head coach:		Marcelo Fronckowiak