Imoco Volley

Imoco Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Conegliano in Northern Italy and currently playing in the Serie A1. On the global stage, the team is a world champion (current) winning the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship three times (2019, 2022, 2024) and secured two continental Women's CEV Champions League (2021, 2024), the European league.

Imoco Volley

Full name	Imoco Volley Conegliano
Short name	Imoco
Nickname	Pantere (Panthers)
Founded	2012
Ground	PalaVerde, Treviso, Italy (Capacity: 5,344)
Chairman	Piero Garbellotto
Head coach	Daniele Santarelli
Captain	Joanna Wołosz
League	Serie A1
2024–25	1st
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
Club World Championship CEV Champions League Serie A1 Italian Cup Italian Super Cup

History

2014-2015 Imoco Volley Conegliano

The club was founded on 15 March 2012, two months after the bankruptcy of Spes Volley the other volleyball team in Conegliano.^[1] In April 2012, it acquired a Serie A1 licence from Parma Volley Girls, that meant the club started playing directly at the highest Italian league.^[2] It has been playing under the name Imoco Volley Conegliano since its foundation in 2012.

The club won the Serie A1 for the first time in 2015–16, winning the Italian Super Cup a few months later on 8 December 2016.^[3]

On 5 March 2017, the club won the Coppa Italia for the first time after beating Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena 3–0 in the final.^[4]

In December 2019 the club won the Women's Club World Championship.^[5]

In 2020, the Imoco Volley won its second Coppa Italia. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, both the Serie A1 and the CEV Champions League were untimely cancelled. The Imoco Volley, with its new name A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano, reached, along with the VakıfBank, the semi-finals of the CEV Champions League after winning all its matches, but it could not play them;^[6] it was declared winner of the regular season of the Serie A1, but no team was declared winner of the 2019-20 Italian championship.^[7][8] It ended the 2019–20 season by winning three of its five goals: the Italian Supercup, the Women's Club World Championship in Shaoxing and the Coppa Italia.

All the starting seven of the club decided to renew their contracts for the 2020–21 season, after their wins in the previous season and the cancellation of the finals of the Serie A1 and the CEV Champions League (the only major title never won by the club). More than half of the current players of the Imoco Volley are part of the starting seven of the Italian national team, runner-up at the 2018 World Championship. The others are champions such as the Dutch Robin de Kruijf, the Polish setter Joanna Wołosz and the American Kimberly Hill. The club renewed all the other players excepting Giulia Gennari, according to its policy to have many young new talents along with top players of the volleyball. The new team has three players who are under the age of 20 years, one has less than 18 years, the Italian Loveth Omoruyi. Sarah Fahr, who is not part of the starting roster, has already won a silver medal at the 2018 World Championship and a bronze medal at the 2019 European Championship with the Italian national team.

Previous names

Period	Previous names
2012–2013	Imoco Volley Conegliano
2013–2015	Prosecco Doc-Imoco Conegliano
2015–2019	Imoco Volley Conegliano
2019–2022	A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano
2021–	Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano

Team

• Further information: Imoco Volley Past Squads

All Roster player's of last Season ⤴

Season 2024–2025^[9]

2024–2025 Team
Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
1	Gabriela Guimarães	Outside Hitter	1.81		(1994-05-19) 19 May 1994 (age 31)
4	Zhu Ting	Outside Hitter	1.98		(1994-11-29) 29 November 1994 (age 30)
6	Nanami Seki	Setter	1.71		(1999-06-12) 12 June 1999 (age 25)
7	Katja Eckl	Middle Blocker	1.88		(2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 22)
9	Marina Lubian	Middle Blocker	1.92	74	(2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 25)
10	Monica De Gennaro	Libero	1.72	63	(1987-01-08) 8 January 1987 (age 38)
11	Isabelle Haak	Opposite	1.94	83	(1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 25)
14	Joanna Wołosz (c)	Setter	1.81	65	(1990-04-07) 7 April 1990 (age 35)
15	Merit Adigwe	Opposite	1.83		(2006-08-24) 24 August 2006 (age 18)
16	Khalia Lanier	Outside Hitter	1.86		(1998-09-19) 19 September 1998 (age 26)
17	Martyna Łukasik	Outside Hitter	1.90		(1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 25)
18	Cristina Chirichella	Middle Blocker	1.95		(1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 31)
19	Sarah Fahr	Middle Blocker	1.94	84	(2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 23)
20	Anna Bardaro	Libero	1.72		(2005-04-29) 29 April 2005 (age 20)

Current coaching staff

Italy	Daniele Santarelli	(1981-06-08) 8 June 1981 (age 43)	Head coach
Italy	Tommaso Barbato	(1980-10-03) 3 October 1980 (age 44)	Vice coach
Italy	Andrea Zotta	(1994-12-27) 27 December 1994 (age 30)	2nd vice coach
Italy	Maurizio Mora	(1980-12-10) 10 December 1980 (age 44)	Assistant coach
Italy	Marco Greco		Scouting
Italy	Marco Da Lozzo		Physical trainer

Head Coaches

Period	Head Coaches
2012–2014	Marco Gaspari
2014–2015	Nicola Negro Alessandro Chiappini
2015–2017	Davide Mazzanti
2017–	Daniele Santarelli

Team Captains

Period	Captain
2012–2014	Raffaella Calloni
2014–2015	Valentina Fiorin
2015–2016	Valentina Arrighetti
2016–2017	Serena Ortolani
2017–	Joanna Wołosz

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Imoco Volley.

Period	Kit provider
2012–2013	Erreà
2013–2019	Mikasa
2019–	Joma

Stadium and locations

Palaverde

Location	Stadium	Capacity	Period
Treviso	Palaverde	5,344	2012–

Position Main

Imoco Volley Line up
11. Haak 19. Fahr 4. Zhu 1. Gabi 18. Chirichela 14. Wołosz (C) 10. De Gennaro (L)

Honours

International competitions

• FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
  • Winners (3): 2019, 2022, 2024
• Women's CEV Champions League
  • Winners (3): 2020-21, 2023-24, 2024-25

Domestic competitions

• Serie A1
  • Winners (8): 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
• Italian Cup
  • Winners (7): 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
• Italian Super Cup
  • Winners (8): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Notable players

Domestic players  Italy Giulia Agostinetto (2012–2013) Letizia Camera (2012–2013) Alessandra Crozzolin (2012–2013) Ilaria Maruotti (2012–2013) Carla Rossetto (2012–2013) Carlotta Zanotto (2012–2013) Raffaella Calloni (2012–2014) Carlotta Daminato (2012–2014) Cristina Barcellini (2012–2015) Valentina Fiorin (2012–2015) Jenny Barazza (2012–2017) Melissa Donà (2013–2014) Alice Scodellaro (2013–2014) Marta Bechis (2013–2014, 2015–2016, 2017–2019) Valentina Tirozzi (2013–2014, 2018–2019) Sofia Arimattei (2014–2015) Martina Boscoscuro (2014–2015) Anna Nicoletti (2014–2016, 2017–2018) Eleonora Furlan (2014–2015, 2022) Valentina Arrighetti (2015–2016) Lucia Crisanti (2015–2016) Chiara De Bortoli (2015–2016) Alice Santini (2015–2016) Valentina Serena (2015–2016) Serena Ortolani (2015–2017) Carolina Costagrande (2016–2017) Ofelia Malinov (2016–2017) Elisa Cella (2016–2018) Silvia Fiori (2016–2018) Anna Danesi (2016–2019) Raphaela Folie (2016–2022) Laura Melandri (2017–2018) Gaia Moretto (2018–2019) Eleonora Fersino (2018–2020) Miriam Sylla (2018–2022) Alexandra Botezat (2019–2020) Margherita Brandi (2019–2020) Terry Enweonwu (2019–2020) Indre Sorokaite (2019–2020) Paola Egonu (2019–2022) Giulia Gennari (2019–2022) Gaia Natalizia (2020–2021) Lara Caravello (2020–2022) Loveth Omoruyi (2020–2022) Giorgia Frosini (2021–2022) Roberta Carraro (2022–2023) Ylenia Pericati (2022–2023) Alessia Gennari (2022–2024) Federica Squarcini (2022–2024) Vittoria Piani (2023–2024) Monica De Gennaro (2013–) Sarah Fahr (2020–) Marina Lubian (2022–) Anna Bardaro (2023–) Katja Eckl (2020–2021, 2024–) Cristina Chirichella (2024–) Merit Adigwe (2024–)

European Players  Bulgaria Emiliya Nikolova (2012–2015) Hristina Vuchkova (2021–2022)  Croatia Marina Katić (2014–2015) Samanta Fabris (2017–2019) Martina Šamadan (2018–2019)  France Lucille Gicquel (2020–2021)  Germany Berit Kauffeldt (2013–2014) Jennifer Janiska (2019–2020)  Netherlands Robin de Kruijf (2016–2024)  Greece Anthí Vasilantonáki (2014–2016) Athina Papafotiou (2017–2018)  Poland Zuzanna Efimienko-Młotkowska (2012–2013) Katarzyna Skorupa (2016–2017) Berenika Tomsia (2016–2017) Joanna Wołosz (2017–) Martyna Łukasik (2024–)  Serbia Jovana Brakočević-Canzian (2015–2016)  Sweden Isabelle Haak (2022–)  Turkey Neriman Özsoy (2014–2015)

Non-European Players  Argentina Elina Maria Rodríguez (2018–2019)  Brazil Gabriela Guimarães (2024–)  Canada Alexa Gray (2022–2023)  China Zhu Ting (2024–)  Japan Miyu Nagaoka (2018–2019) Nanami Seki (2024–)  United States Lauren Gibbemeyer (2013–2014) Carli Lloyd (2013–2014) Micha Hancock (2014–2015) Rachael Adams (2014–2016) Alisha Glass-Childress (2014–2016) Megan Easy (2015–2016, 2017–2019) Kelsey Robinson-Cook (2015–2017, 2022–2024) Nicole Fawcett (2016–2017) Kimberly Hill (2017–2021) Karsta Lowe (2018–2019) Chiaka Ogbogu (2019–2020) McKenzie Adams (2020–2021) Megan Courtney-Lush (2021–2022) Kathryn Plummer (2021–2024) Stephanie Samedy (2022–2023) Madison Bugg (2023–2024) Khalia Lanier (2023–)

Players written in italic still play for the club.

See also

• Roster Imoco Volley Past Squads
• Italian Women's Volleyball League
• Italy women's national volleyball team
• CEV Women's Champions League
• Prosecco