LPR Piacenza is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Piacenza, northern Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League. Although the club reached the Italian 1st division for the first time only in 2002, after have dominated the Italian 2nd division and winning also the Italian Cup, it has already played 9 finals in Italy, including 5 for the Italian Title(winning only in 2009 versus the strong Trento), 2 for the Italian Cup(won in 2013 and lost in 2006) and 2 for the Italian Supercup (beating Macerata 3-2 in 2009 and losing versus the same team in 2014 again after a tie-break). Piacenza played also a Champion's League final, lost 3-2 in Poland versus Russia's Zenit Kazan, 2 Cev Cup finals (again losing twice) and won 2 other European cups: in 2006 the Top Teams Cup, and in 2013 the Challenge Cup, defeating Ural Ufa from Russia with a 3-0 win in both first and second legs of final,[1] achieving also an impressive 12-0 record, without losing a single set. It's among the strongest teams in Italy and also in Europe since 2003.
Team
2015/2016
| No. |
Name |
Date of birth |
Position |
| 1 |
 Loris Manià |
(1979-01-27) January 27, 1979 (age 45) |
Libero |
| 2 |
Manuel Coscione |
(1980-01-29) January 29, 1980 (age 44) |
Setter |
| 3 |
 Emanuel Kohút |
(1982-07-21) July 21, 1982 (age 42) |
Middle Blocker |
| 4 |
 Thijs ter Horst |
(1991-09-18) September 18, 1991 (age 33) |
Universal |
| 5 |
 Mohamed Fahmy |
(1992-02-11) February 11, 1992 (age 32) |
Setter |
| 6 |
Samuele Papi |
(1973-05-20) May 20, 1973 (age 51) |
Outside Hitter |
| 7 |
 Marko Sedlaček |
(1996-07-29) July 29, 1996 (age 28) |
Outside Hitter |
| 8 |
Stefano Patriarca |
(1987-07-29) July 29, 1987 (age 37) |
Middle Blocker |
| 11 |
 / Hristo Zlatanov |
(1976-04-21) April 21, 1976 (age 48) |
Outside Hitter |
| 12 |
 Dražen Luburić |
(1993-11-02) November 2, 1993 (age 31) |
Universal |
| 13 |
Luca Tencati |
(1979-03-16) March 16, 1979 (age 45) |
Middle Blocker |
| 15 |
 Miguel Rodrigues |
(1993-03-02) March 2, 1993 (age 31) |
Setter |
| 18 |
Francesco Cottarelli |
(1996-10-16) October 16, 1996 (age 28) |
Setter |
Notable players
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