Futura Volley Busto Arsizio

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Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio
Full nameUnet E-Work Busto Arsizio
Short nameUYBA
NicknameYama,
Le Farfalle (The Butterflies)
Founded2000
Ground, Busto Arsizio, Italy
(Capacity: 5,000)
ChairmanGiuseppe Pirola
Head coachMarco Mencarelli
LeagueFIPAV Women's Serie A1
2016–177th (Playoff quarter-finalist)
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
Home
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2017–18

WARNING: Futura Volley Busto Arsizio is a Serie A2 team. The current Serie A1 team had this name from 1998 (the year of its foundation) until 2017, when it changed its name to UYBA Busto Arsizio. So the page title contradicts the content!!

UYBA Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Busto Arsizio, in the province of Varese. The team currently plays in the Serie A1, Italy's highest professional league. The team is sponsored by , an Italian company that produces undergarment and swimsuits.

Previous names[]

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

  • Brums Busto Arsizio (2000–2002)
  • Dimeglio Brums Busto Arsizio (2002–2006)
  • Yamamay Busto Arsizio (2006–2012)
  • Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio (2012–2016)
  • Unet Yamamay Busto Arsizio (2016–2017)
  • Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio (2017–present)

History[]

In 1996, Serie A1 club was playing at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Cislago,[1] a venue with small capacity, forcing the club to look for a new home venue.[2] In 1997, when the nearby city of Busto Arsizio inaugurated a 4,490 seat venue named PalaYamamay-Maria Piantanida,[3] Cistellum decided to relocate to Busto Arsizio where it remained for three seasons.[4] After relegation to Serie A2 at the end of the 1999–00 season, the club transferred all its sporting activities to Yamamay and Futura Volley Busto Arsizio is created.[2][5]

The club's first season was at the Serie A2 in 2000–01,[6] promotion to the Serie A1 was achieved after seven seasons, in 2007.[7] The first title was the 2009–10 Women's CEV Cup and in 2012 the club won four titles (Serie A1, Italian Cup, CEV Cup and Italian Super Cup).

Arena[]

The team currently plays at the , an indoor arena owned by the municipality of Busto Arsizio. The town volleyball team has an exclusive right to use the arena, upon payment of a rental fee.

Supporters and rivalries[]

The main group of supporters of the Yamamay Busto Arsizio is called "Amici delle Farfalle" (AdF) (Friends of the butterflies).

The main rivalry is with GSO Villa Cortese, a team based in Villa Cortese, in the Province of Milan, because the two cities are neighbors and because they belong to two different provinces. The matches between the two teams are referred as "Derby dell'Altomilanese" (Derby of the Alto Milanese). The "Alto Milanese" is a geographical area between the provinces of Milan, Varese and part of the province of Como.

Team[]

  • Further information: Volley Busto Arsizio Past Squads

Season 2020–2021, as of February 2021.[8][9]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 United States Jordyn Poulter Setter 1.88 77 (1997-07-31) 31 July 1997 (age 24)
3 Italy Rossella Olivotto Middle Blocker 1.84 72 (1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 30)
6 Italy Alessia Gennari Outside Hitter 1.84 68 (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 (age 30)
7 Italy Setter 1.80 75 (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 21)
8 Canada Outside Hitter 1.85 75 (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 27)
9 Italy Libero 1.65 58 (1987-12-01) 1 December 1987 (age 34)
11 Italy Camilla Mingardi Opposite 1.86 75 (1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 24)
12 Italy Francesca Piccinini Outside Hitter 1.84 62 (1979-01-10) 10 January 1979 (age 42)
13 Italy Libero 1.68 62 (2002-11-14) 14 November 2002 (age 19)
15 Serbia Jovana Stevanović Middle Blocker 1.91 72 (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 29)
17 Spain Outside Hitter 1.84 63 (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 23)
18 Italy Outside Hitter 1.80 64 (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 19)
23 Cuba Liset Herrera Opposite 1.92 70 (1998-12-06) 6 December 1998 (age 23)

Current coaching staff[]

 Italy (1963-02-23) 23 February 1963 (age 58) Head coach
 Italy Marco Musso (1986-09-01) 1 September 1986 (age 35) Vice coach
 Italy Christian Tammone (1975-01-01) 1 January 1975 (age 46) Coach assistant
 Italy Tommaso Barbato (1980-10-03) 3 October 1980 (age 41) Statistics officer
 Italy Alessandro Mattiroli (1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 37) Athletic trainer
 Italy Marco Forte (1986-10-06) 6 October 1986 (age 35) Masseur

Honours[]

National competitions[]

2011–12
2011–12
  • Supercoppa italiana di pallavolo maschile.svg Italian Super Cup: 1
2012

International competitions[]

2009–10， ，2018–19

References[]

  1. ^ "Cislago". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Chi siamo". US Cistellum (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Serie A1 femminile: Il Club Italia giocherà al PalaYamamay di Busto Arsizio". vivovolley.net (in Italian). 29 August 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Busto Arsizio (ex-Cislago)". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. ^ "La nostra Storia". US Cistellum (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  6. ^ "La storia - Stagione 2000-2001 Campionato di Serie A2". Futura Volley Busto Arsizio (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Busto Arsizio Futura". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Team". Futura Volley Busto Arsizio (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio - Team details" (in Italian). legavolleyfemminile.it. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

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