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Prisma Volley


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clubnameGioiella Prisma Taranto
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founded1997
groundPalaMazzola, Taranto
capacity5,000
managerVincenzo Di Pinto
leagueItalian Volleyball League
websitehttps://prismatarantovolley.it/
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Gioiella Prisma Taranto is a professional Volleyball based in Taranto, Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League. It was created in 1997 under the name of Magna Grecia Volley, and now it is named Prisma Volley.

History

A first club was founded in 1997, by the president Antonio Di Battista, that moved the Magna Grecia Volley franchise from Matera to Taranto. The team, with the classical red and blu jerseys, start its first championship in Serie A2, achieving the promotion to Serie A1 at the end of 1999-2000 season. The team played two years in the first division with the sponsor names La Cascina and Vini Borgocanale, before it went bankrupt. In 2002 the Magna Grecia Volley vice-president, Antonio Bongiovanni, founded the Taranto Volley. The team started from Serie D, won in 2003 and, in the summer of the same year, was acquired Belpasso (Serie A2) franchise. The return in the first division arrived in 2004 season, after the acquisition of Unimade Parma franchise. At the end of the year, the team come back to the second division. After a winning season (2005/2006), the team conquered, for the first time in its history, the playoff qualification in 2006/2007 season. At the same time, even the qualification to the Coppa Italia Final Four was reached. At the end of 2007/2008 championship, ended with the keeping of higher division, the club was moved from Taranto to Martina Franca, by management decision.

Team

Team roster – season 2022/2023

No.NameDate of birthPosition
1ITA Tommaso Stefaniopposite
2ITA Oleg Antonovoutside hitter
3ITA Giovanni Maria Gargiulomiddle blocker
4ITA Aimone Allettimiddle blocker
5ITA Marco Falaschisetter
6ITA Marco Rizzolibero
7ITA Manuele Lucconiopposite
8CAN Eric Loeppkyoutside hitter
9SWE Hampus Ekstrandopposite
10ITA Jacopo Larizzamiddle blocker
13GRE Charalampos Andreopoulosoutside hitter
14ITA Francesco Pierrilibero
18ITA Francesco Cottarellisetter
Head coach: ITA Vincenzo Di Pinto
Team roster – season 2008/2009NumberNameHeight (m)Date of birthPositionNationality
1Antonio Ricciardello1,8827/07/86Libero
2Manuel Coscione1,8829/01/80Setter
3Josè Luis Moltò2,0629/06/75Middle blocker
6Matej Černič1,9413/09/78Outside hitter
9Francesco Guglielmi1,9122/04/72Libero
10Milos Stoijkovic2,0017/05/87Outside hitter
11Luigi Mastrangelo2,0217/08/75middle Hitter/Blocker
12Francesco Corsini2,0201/01/79Opposite
13Valdir Sequeira1,9522/11/81Outside hitter
14Davide Quartarone1,9629/04/86Setter
15Bruno Augusto Furtado1,9625/07/78Outside hitter
18Israel Rodriguez1,9427/08/81Outside hitter
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References

References

  1. [http://www.legavolley.it/DettaglioSquadra.asp?IdSquadra=4241 Team info from Lega Volley official site]
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