Vero Volley Milano

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Vero Volley Milano
Full nameVero Volley Milano
Founded1981
GroundAllianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy
(Capacity: 5,420)
ChairmanCarlo Rigaldo
Head coachStefano Lavarini
LeagueFIPAV Women's Serie A1
2025–262nd
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Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria Pallavolo, also known as Vero Volley Milano, is the professional volleyball department of Italian sports club U.S. Pro Victoria and is based in Monza. It has male and female teams and is better known for its women's team which currently plays in the Serie A1.

Previous names

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

  • Pro Victoria Pallavolo (1981–2008)
  • Saugella Team Monza (2008–2021)
  • Vero Volley Monza (2021–2022)
  • Vero Volley Milano (2022–2023)
  • Allianz Vero Volley Milano (2023–2024)
  • Numia Vero Volley Milano (2024–present)

History

Early years

Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria volleyball department was created in 1981 to provide the local community with a regular and organized sports activity. In few years the club becomes more professionally structured with the men's team playing in the regional league and the creation of a women's team. When the men's team reached the national Serie B, the club lack of economic resources to remain professional forced it to focus on the youth teams. In 2002 the club created a technical department providing better support for its teams.[1]

Vero Volley

On 9 September 2008, Pro Victoria Pallavolo was one of the seven volleyball clubs from the Lombardy region which formed a consortium called Vero Volley based in Monza. The consortium was designed to provide supporting structure to its members through organisational strategies to offer the region physical activity and sport socialization, with focus on young people.[2]

Pro Victoria teams grew and developed under the consortium, when the men's team gained promotion to Serie A2 in 2010, Pro Victoria sold its professional men's team assets and licence to Volley Milano, another member of the Vero Volley consortium.[3] That allowed Pro Victoria to focus on the women's team and youth teams (men and women).[1] In 2013 the women's team was promoted to Serie A2, eventually reaching the Serie A1 in 2016.[4]

Team

2025–2026 Team[5]
Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date
1 United States Kamerynn Miner Setter 1.83 (2003-03-17) 17 March 2003
2 France Juliette Gelin Libero 1.62 (2001-11-02) 2 November 2001
4 Italy Francesca Bosio Setter 1.80 (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997
6 Italy Nicole Modesti Middle Blocker 1.88 (2004-03-16) 16 March 2004
7 Italy Elena Pietrini Outside Hitter 1.86 (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000
9 Netherlands Celeste Plak[A] Opposite 1.90 (1995-10-26) 26 October 1995
10 Italy Benedetta Sartori Middle Blocker 1.87 (2001-04-14) 14 April 2001
11 Italy Anna Danesi Middle Blocker 1.96 (1996-04-20) 20 April 1996
14 Serbia Hena Kurtagić Middle Blocker 1.95 (2004-08-27) 27 August 2004
15 Italy Emma Cagnin Outside Hitter 1.86 (2002-06-26) 26 June 2002
16 United States Khalia Lanier Outside Hitter 1.86 (1998-09-19) 19 September 1998
18 Italy Paola Egonu (c) Opposite 1.93 (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998
19 Russia Vita Akimova Opposite 1.97 (2002-07-16) 16 July 2002
25 Italy Rebecca Piva Outside Hitter 1.86 (2001-05-01) 1 May 2001
80 Italy Eleonora Fersino Libero 1.69 (2000-01-24) 24 January 2000

Head coaches

Period Head coach
2012–2014 Italy Enrico Mazzola[19]
2014–2017 Italy Davide Delmati[20]
2017–2018 Italy Luciano Pedullà[21]
2018–2019 Spain Miguel Ángel Falasca[22]
2019–2020 Italy Massimo Dagioni[23]
2020–2020 Italy Carlo Parisi[24]
2020–2024 Italy Marco Gaspari[25]
2024– Italy Stefano Lavarini[26]

Honours

National competitions

2025

International competitions

2020–21
2018–19

Notes

  1. Celeste Plak left the team on 1 December 2025.[5]
  2. Radostina Marinova left the team on 30 December 2024.[6]
  3. Anastasia Guerra left the team on 5 December 2024.[6]
  4. Anna Smrek joined the team on 3 January 2025.[7]
  5. Beatrice Parrocchiale left the team on 7 November 2023.[8]
  6. Teodora Pušić joined the team in November 2023.[9]
  7. Pauline Martin left the team on 13 March 2023.[10]
  8. Jordan Larson joined the team in December 2022.[11]
  9. Brankica Mihajlović left the team on 27 January 2022.[12]
  10. Kathryn Plummer joined the team on 17 January 2020.[15]
  11. Brankica Mihajlović left the team on 29 January 2019.[16]
  12. Irina Smirnova left the team on 24 January 2017.[18]

References

  1. "Presentazione". Pro Victoria Pallavolo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. "Storia". Consorzio Vero Volley (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. "La nostra storia". Pro Victoria Pallavolo (in Italian). Consorzio Vero Volley. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. "Saugella Team Monza". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. "Numia Vero Volley Milano Team 2025–26". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  6. "Numia Vero Volley Milano Team 2024–25". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. "La Numia Vero Volley Milano accoglie un nuovo opposto, benvenuta Anna Smrek". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  8. "Allianz Vero Volley Milano Team 2023–24". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  9. "Serie A1 femminile, tutto confermato: Teodora Pusic è il nuovo libero dell'Allianz Vero Volley Milano". milanotoday.it (in Italian). 10 November 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  10. "Vero Volley Milano Team 2022–23". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  11. "La realtà non è mai stata così bella: Jordan Larson torna alla Vero Volley". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). 11 November 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  12. "Vero Volley Monza Team 2021–22". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  13. "Saugella Monza Team 2020–21". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  14. "Saugella Monza Team 2019–20". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  15. "Kathryn Plummer è arrivata a Monza". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). 17 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  16. "Saugella Monza Team 2018–19". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  17. "Saugella Monza Team 2017–18". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  18. "Saugella Monza Team 2016–17". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  19. "Enrico Mazzola è il nuovo tecnico dell'Esperia". baloovolley.it (in Italian). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  20. "A2F: sulla panchina di Saugella Team Monza arriva coach Davide Delmati". mbnews.it (in Italian). 23 May 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  21. "Ora è ufficiale: Luciano Pedullà è il nuovo allenatore del Saugella Team Monza". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). 20 April 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  22. "Miguel Àngel Falasca è il nuovo allenatore della Saugella Monza". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). 7 May 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  23. "Il nuovo tecnico della Saugella Monza è Massimo Dagioni". corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  24. "Il ritorno di Carlo Parisi: allenerà il Saugella Monza". malpensanews.it (in Italian). 10 January 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  25. "La Saugella Monza ha scelto Marco Gaspari". tuttosport.com (in Italian). 30 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  26. "Volley Mercato: Milano ha un nuovo allenatore, sarà Lavarini". tuttosport.com (in Italian). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2025.