Martina Franca Volley
Encyclopedia
Stamplast Martina Franca is a professional Volleyball
based in Martina Franca
, Italy
. It plays in Italian Volleyball League
. It was created in 1997 under the name of Magna Grecia Volley, and now it is named Prisma Volley.
. The team, with the classical red and blu jerseys, start its first championship in Serie A2, achieving the promotion to Serie A1 at the end of 1999-2000 season. The team played two years in the first division with the sponsor names La Cascina and Vini Borgocanale, before went bankrupt.
In 2002 the Magna Grecia Volley vice-president, Antonio Bongiovanni, founded the Taranto Volley. The team started from Serie D, won in 2003 and, in the summer of the same year, was acquired Belpasso (Serie A2) franchise. The return in the first division arrived in 2004 season, after the acquisition of Unimade Parma franchise. At the end of the year, the team come back to the second division. After a winning season (2005/2006), the team conquered, for the first time in its history, the playoff qualification in 2006/2007 season. At the same time, even the qualification to the Coppa Italia Final Four was reached. At the end of 2007/2008 championship, ended with the keeping of higher division, the club was moved from Taranto
to Martina Franca
, by management decision.
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
based in Martina Franca
Martina Franca
Martina Franca is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia , Italy. It is the second most populated city of the province after Taranto....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It plays in Italian Volleyball League
Italian Volleyball League
The Italian Male Volleyball League is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is Serie A1. Many of the best volleyball players in the world playing in the A1 and the overall level of competition is considerably higher.-Structure:...
. It was created in 1997 under the name of Magna Grecia Volley, and now it is named Prisma Volley.
History
A first club was founded in 1997, by the president Antonio Di Battista, that moved the Magna Grecia Volley franchise from Matera to TarantoTaranto
Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....
. The team, with the classical red and blu jerseys, start its first championship in Serie A2, achieving the promotion to Serie A1 at the end of 1999-2000 season. The team played two years in the first division with the sponsor names La Cascina and Vini Borgocanale, before went bankrupt.
In 2002 the Magna Grecia Volley vice-president, Antonio Bongiovanni, founded the Taranto Volley. The team started from Serie D, won in 2003 and, in the summer of the same year, was acquired Belpasso (Serie A2) franchise. The return in the first division arrived in 2004 season, after the acquisition of Unimade Parma franchise. At the end of the year, the team come back to the second division. After a winning season (2005/2006), the team conquered, for the first time in its history, the playoff qualification in 2006/2007 season. At the same time, even the qualification to the Coppa Italia Final Four was reached. At the end of 2007/2008 championship, ended with the keeping of higher division, the club was moved from Taranto
Taranto
Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....
to Martina Franca
Martina Franca
Martina Franca is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia , Italy. It is the second most populated city of the province after Taranto....
, by management decision.
Current Squad 2008/2009
| Number | Name | Height (m) | Date of Birth | Position | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Ricciardello | 1,88 | 27/07/86 | Libero | |
| 2 | Manuel Coscione | 1,88 | 29/01/80 | Setter | |
| 3 | Josè Luis Moltò | 2,06 | 29/06/75 | Middle Blocker | |
| 6 | Matej Černič Matej Cernic Matej Černic is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He is of Slovene ethnicity and belongs to the Slovene minority in Italy.-References:*... |
1,94 | 13/09/78 | Outside Hitter | |
| 9 | Francesco Guglielmi | 1,91 | 22/04/72 | Libero | |
| 10 | Milos Stoijkovic | 2,00 | 17/05/87 | Outside Hitter | |
| 11 | Luigi Mastrangelo Luigi Mastrangelo Luigi "Gigi" Mastrangelo is an Italian volleyball player. Standing at 202 cm, he plays as middle hitter/blocker for Stamplast Martina Franca.He played 212 times for the Italian national volleyball team... |
2,02 | 17/08/75 | middle Hitter/Blocker | |
| 12 | Francesco Corsini | 2,02 | 01/01/79 | Opposite | |
| 13 | Valdir Sequeira | 1,95 | 22/11/81 | Outside Hitter | |
| 14 | Davide Quartarone | 1,96 | 29/04/86 | Setter | |
| 15 | Bruno Augusto Furtado | 1,96 | 25/07/78 | Outside Hitter | |
| 18 | Israel Rodriguez | 1,94 | 27/08/81 | Outside Hitter | |
| Source: | |||||