Azzurra Volley San Casciano

Il Bisonte Firenze
Full name	Azzurra Volley San Casciano
Founded	1975
Ground	Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence, Italy; (Capacity: 7,500)
Chairman	Elio Sità
Head coach
League	FIPAV Women's Serie A1
2016–17	9th (Playoff quarterfinalists)
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away
	2017–18

Azzurra Volley San Casciano is an Italian women's volleyball club based in San Casciano in Val di Pesa and currently playing in the Serie A1.

Previous names[]

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

Volleyball Arci San Casciano (1975–1986)
Azzurra Volley San Casciano (1986–2004)
Il Bisonte Azzurra Volley San Casciano (2004–2013)
Il Bisonte San Casciano (2013–2014)
Il Bisonte Firenze (2014–present)

History[]

Founded in 1975 as Volleyball Arci San Casciano, the club originally focused on youth teams. After becoming Azzurra Volley in 1986, the club start making progress in the lower Italian leagues arriving at Serie B2 and eventually reaching the Serie B1 in 2002. With the team showing good potential, the club search for sponsorship in order to fulfil it. In 2004 with main sponsor found, the club change its name to Il Bisonte Azzurra. In the following years, strong campaigns allow the club to compete for promotion to Serie A2 which was reached in 2012. Two seasons later the club was promoted to Serie A1, as a result, the home venue is changed to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.^[1]

Team[]

Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.^[2]^[3]

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
1	Indre Sorokaite	Opposite	1.88	84	(1988-07-02) 2 July 1988 (age 33)
2		Middle Blocker	1.85	72	(1993-01-03) 3 January 1993 (age 28)
3		Setter	1.81	59	(1989-09-04) 4 September 1989 (age 32)
5		Setter	1.78		(1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 29)
7		Middle Blocker	1.88	77	(1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 (age 26)
8	Daly Santana	Outside Hitter	1.85	65	(1995-02-19) 19 February 1995 (age 26)
9	Chiara Di Iulio	Outside Hitter	1.85	65	(1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 (age 36)
10	Beatrice Parrocchiale	Libero	1.67	59	(1995-12-26) 26 December 1995 (age 26)
12		Outside Hitter	1.80		(1988-08-27) 27 August 1988 (age 33)
14	Ivana Miloš	Middle Blocker	1.87	70	(1986-03-07) 7 March 1986 (age 35)
16	Valentina Tirozzi	Outside Hitter	1.82	72	(1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 (age 35)

2016–2017 Team^[4]
Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
1	Daly Santana	Outside hitter	1.85		(1995-02-19) 19 February 1995 (age 26)
1	Indre Sorokaite	Opposite	1.88		(1988-07-02) 2 July 1988 (age 33)
2		Opposite	1.88		(1985-02-13) 13 February 1985 (age 36)
3		Setter	1.81		(1989-09-04) 4 September 1989 (age 32)
4	Odina Bayramova	Outside hitter	1.86		(1990-05-25) 25 May 1990 (age 31)
5		Libero	1.70		(1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 (age 23)
7	Stephanie Enright	Outside hitter	1.79		(1990-12-15) 15 December 1990 (age 31)
8		Setter	1.78		(1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 29)
9		Middle blocker	1.86		(1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 26)
10	Beatrice Parrocchiale	Libero	1.67		(1995-12-26) 26 December 1995 (age 26)
11		Middle blocker	1.85		(1986-06-01) 1 June 1986 (age 35)
12		Outside hitter	1.80		(1988-08-27) 27 August 1988 (age 33)
13	Raffaella Calloni	Middle blocker	1.87		(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 38)

References[]

^ "Storia". Azzurra Volley San Casciano (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
^ "Team". Azzurra Volley San Casciano (in Italian). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
^ "Il Bisonte Firenze 2017-18 Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
^ "Il Bisonte Firenze 2016-17 Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2017.

External links[]

Official website (in Italian)

[1] "Storia". Azzurra Volley San Casciano (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2017.

[2] "Team". Azzurra Volley San Casciano (in Italian). Retrieved 7 September 2017.

[3] "Il Bisonte Firenze 2017-18 Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 September 2017.

[4] "Il Bisonte Firenze 2016-17 Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2017.

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