Italian volleyball team
Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional volleyball team based in Treia, Italy. Since 1995 the club has been playing in the Serie A of the Italian Volleyball League. It won the Italian Championship seven times, the Italian Cup five times, and the Italian SuperCup three-times.
At European level, Lube won two CEV Champions League in 2002 and 2019, the CEV Cup in 2001, 2005, 2006 and a CEV Challenge Cup 2011. In 2019, it won the FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship.
Grounds
Although until the landing in Serie A2 the team kept the name of the town Treia (a village near Macerata), given the lack of a building or a simple gym it was immediately associated with the PalaFontescodella, which was the historic building of the Lube until 2015. The small capacity of the building (2,100 seats) condemned it to play all the Champions League matches and the important Serie A1 matches in larger arenas around the Marche (Pesaro, Ancona etc ...). After an infinite number of disputes with the Municipality of Macerata (owner of the building) for the expansion of the sports hall, the team decided to accept the offer of the Municipality of Civitanova Marche to move to a new sports hall built by them exclusively for Lube. The new 4,200-seat sports hall was inaugurated in 2015 and was called Eurosuole Forum for sponsorship reasons.
Team
Team roster – season 2023/2024 [2]
| No.
|
Name
|
Date of birth
|
Position
|
| 1 |
 Barthélémy Chinenyeze |
(1998-02-28) February 28, 1998 (age 26) |
Middle blocker
|
|
|
| 4 |
 Matheus Motzo |
(1999-09-09) September 9, 1999 (age 24) |
Opposite
|
| 6 |
Francesco Bisotto |
(2002-05-20) May 20, 2002 (age 21) |
Libero
|
| 7 |
Fabio Balaso |
(1995-10-20) October 20, 1995 (age 28) |
Libero
|
| 9 |
Ivan Zaytsev |
(1988-10-02) October 2, 1988 (age 35) |
Opposite
|
| 10 |
 Adis Lagumdžija |
(1999-03-29) March 29, 1999 (age 25) |
Opposite
|
| 11 |
 Aleksandar Nikolov |
(2003-11-30) November 30, 2003 (age 20) |
Outside hitter
|
| 12 |
Enrico Diamantini |
(1993-04-04) April 4, 1993 (age 31) |
Middle blocker
|
| 15 |
 Luciano De Cecco |
(1988-06-02) June 2, 1988 (age 35) |
Setter
|
| 17 |
Simone Anzani |
(1992-02-24) February 24, 1992 (age 32) |
Middle blocker
|
| 21 |
Mattia Bottolo |
(2000-01-03) January 3, 2000 (age 24) |
Outside hitter
|
| 22 |
Jacopo Larizza |
(1998-08-22) August 22, 1998 (age 25) |
Middle blocker
|
| 23 |
 Marlon Yant |
(2001-05-23) May 23, 2001 (age 22) |
Outside hitter
|
Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini
Assistant: Romano Giannini
|
| Team roster - season 2022/2023
|
| No.
|
Name
|
Date of birth
|
Position
|
| 1 |
 Gabi García Fernández |
(1999-01-08) January 8, 1999 (age 25) |
opposite
|
| 3 |
Daniele Sottile |
(1979-08-17) August 17, 1979 (age 44) |
setter
|
| 6 |
Francesco D'Amico |
(1999-10-09) October 9, 1999 (age 24) |
libero
|
| 7 |
Fabio Balaso |
(1995-10-20) October 20, 1995 (age 28) |
libero
|
| 9 |
Ivan Zaytsev |
(1988-10-02) October 2, 1988 (age 35) |
opposite
|
| 10 |
Barthélémy Chinenyeze |
(1998-02-28) February 28, 1998 (age 26) |
middle blocker
|
| 11 |
Aleksandar Nikolov |
(2003-11-30) November 30, 2003 (age 20) |
outside hitter
|
| 12 |
Enrico Diamantini |
(1993-04-04) April 4, 1993 (age 31) |
middle blocker
|
| 13 |
Mattia Gottardo |
(2001-02-26) February 26, 2001 (age 23) |
outside hitter
|
| 14 |
Ionut Ambrose |
(2004-08-13) August 13, 2004 (age 19) |
middle blocker
|
| 15 |
Luciano De Cecco |
(1988-06-02) June 2, 1988 (age 35) |
setter
|
| 17 |
Simone Anzani |
(1992-02-24) February 24, 1992 (age 32) |
middle blocker
|
| 21 |
Mattia Bottolo |
(2000-01-03) January 3, 2000 (age 24) |
outside hitter
|
| 23 |
Marlon Yant |
(2001-05-23) May 23, 2001 (age 22) |
outside hitter
|
Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini
Assistant: Romano Giannini
|
| Team roster - season 2021/2022
|
| No.
|
Name
|
Date of birth
|
Position
|
| 1 |
Gabi García Fernández |
(1999-01-08) January 8, 1999 (age 25) |
opposite
|
| 2 |
Jiří Kovář |
(1989-04-10) April 10, 1989 (age 34) |
outside hitter
|
| 3 |
Daniele Sottile |
(1979-08-17) August 17, 1979 (age 44) |
setter
|
| 4 |
Andrea Marchisio |
(1990-11-06) November 6, 1990 (age 33) |
libero
|
| 5 |
Osmany Juantorena () |
(1985-08-12) August 12, 1985 (age 38) |
outside hitter
|
| 6 |
Rok Jerončič |
(2001-11-10) November 10, 2001 (age 22) |
middle blocker
|
| 7 |
Fabio Balaso |
(1995-10-20) October 20, 1995 (age 28) |
libero
|
| 8 |
 Ricardo Lucarelli |
(1992-02-14) February 14, 1992 (age 32) |
outside hitter
|
| 9 |
Ivan Zaytsev |
(1988-10-02) October 2, 1988 (age 35) |
opposite / outside hitter
|
| 12 |
Enrico Diamantini |
(1993-04-04) April 4, 1993 (age 31) |
outside hitter
|
| 13 |
Robertlandy Simón |
(1987-06-11) June 11, 1987 (age 36) |
middle blocker
|
| 15 |
Luciano De Cecco |
(1988-06-02) June 2, 1988 (age 35) |
setter
|
| 17 |
Simone Anzani |
(1992-02-24) February 24, 1992 (age 32) |
middle blocker
|
| 23 |
Marlon Yant |
(2001-05-23) May 23, 2001 (age 22) |
outside hitter
|
Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini
Assistant: Romano Giannini
|
Kit manufacturer
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Lube team.
The main sponsor has always been the furniture company Cucine Lube, owner of the team, from 1995 (with the arrival in Serie A1) to 2005 and from 2008 to 2016 another main sponsor was added: the Banca Marche bank. In the 2010/11 season, other shirt sponsors were seen: the agricultural company Oro della Terra, the computer company Macrosoft and the University of Macerata. Banca Marche's successor "UBI Banca" was a main sponsor in the 2017/18 season. From 2018 the subsection of Cucine Lube "Creo Kitchens" appeared in the jersey and from 2019 the company Var Group is also seen.
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