Volley Lube

Volley Lube
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Clubname	Cucine Lube Civitanova
Short name	Lube
Fullname	Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube
Founded	1990
Ground	PalaCivitanova Civitanova Marche
Capacity	4,200
Chairman	Simona Sileoni
Manager	Giampaolo Medei
Captain	Fabio Balaso
League	Italian Volleyball League
Website	https://www.lubevolley.it/
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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.

Achievements

CEV Champions League
(×2) 2002, 2019
(×1) 2018
(×2) 2016, 2017
CEV Challenge Cup
(×4) 2001, 2005, 2006, 2011
(×1) 2003
(×1) 1998
FIVB Club World Championship
(×1) 2019
(×3) 2017, 2018, 2021
Italian Championship
(×7) 2006, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
(×2) 2018, 2023
(×5) 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013
Italian Cup
(×8) 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2025^[1]
(×4) 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019
Italian SuperCup
(×4) 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014
(×7) 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2020, 2022

Former names

1990–1994: Lube Carima Treia
1994–1995: Lube Carima Macerata
1995–2012: Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2012–2014: Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2014–2015: Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia
2015–2016: Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova
2016–present: Cucine Lube Civitanova

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	February 28, 1998 (age 28)	Middle blocker

4	Matheus Motzo	September 9, 1999 (age 27)	Opposite
6	Francesco Bisotto	May 20, 2002 (age 24)	Libero
7	Fabio Balaso	October 20, 1995 (age 30)	Libero
9	Ivan Zaytsev	October 2, 1988 (age 38)	Opposite
10	Adis Lagumdžija	March 29, 1999 (age 27)	Opposite
11	Aleksandar Nikolov	November 30, 2003 (age 22)	Outside hitter
12	Enrico Diamantini	April 4, 1993 (age 33)	Middle blocker
15	Luciano De Cecco	June 2, 1988 (age 38)	Setter
17	Simone Anzani	February 24, 1992 (age 34)	Middle blocker
21	Mattia Bottolo	January 3, 2000 (age 26)	Outside hitter
22	Jacopo Larizza	August 22, 1998 (age 28)	Middle blocker
23	Marlon Yant	May 23, 2001 (age 25)	Outside hitter
Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini Assistant: Romano Giannini

Team roster - season 2022/2023
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Gabi García Fernández	January 8, 1999 (age 27)	opposite
3	Daniele Sottile	August 17, 1979 (age 47)	setter
6	Francesco D'Amico	October 9, 1999 (age 27)	libero
7	Fabio Balaso	October 20, 1995 (age 30)	libero
9	Ivan Zaytsev	October 2, 1988 (age 38)	opposite
10	Barthélémy Chinenyeze	February 28, 1998 (age 28)	middle blocker
11	Aleksandar Nikolov	November 30, 2003 (age 22)	outside hitter
12	Enrico Diamantini	April 4, 1993 (age 33)	middle blocker
13	Mattia Gottardo	February 26, 2001 (age 25)	outside hitter
14	Ionut Ambrose	August 13, 2004 (age 22)	middle blocker
15	Luciano De Cecco	June 2, 1988 (age 38)	setter
17	Simone Anzani	February 24, 1992 (age 34)	middle blocker
21	Mattia Bottolo	January 3, 2000 (age 26)	outside hitter
23	Marlon Yant	May 23, 2001 (age 25)	outside hitter
Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini Assistant: Romano Giannini

Team roster - season 2021/2022
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Gabi García Fernández	January 8, 1999 (age 27)	opposite
2	Jiří Kovář	April 10, 1989 (age 37)	outside hitter
3	Daniele Sottile	August 17, 1979 (age 47)	setter
4	Andrea Marchisio	November 6, 1990 (age 35)	libero
5	Osmany Juantorena (C)	August 12, 1985 (age 41)	outside hitter
6	Rok Jerončič	November 10, 2001 (age 24)	middle blocker
7	Fabio Balaso	October 20, 1995 (age 30)	libero
8	Ricardo Lucarelli	February 14, 1992 (age 34)	outside hitter
9	Ivan Zaytsev	October 2, 1988 (age 38)	opposite / outside hitter
12	Enrico Diamantini	April 4, 1993 (age 33)	outside hitter
13	Robertlandy Simón	June 11, 1987 (age 39)	middle blocker
15	Luciano De Cecco	June 2, 1988 (age 38)	setter
17	Simone Anzani	February 24, 1992 (age 34)	middle blocker
23	Marlon Yant	May 23, 2001 (age 25)	outside hitter
Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini Assistant: Romano Giannini

Team roster - season 2020/2021
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
2	Jiri Kovar		outside hitter
4	Andrea Marchisio		libero
5	Osmany Juantorena		outside hitter
7	Fabio Balaso		libero
9	Yoandy Leal		outside hitter
10	Jacopo Larizza		middle blocker
11	Kamil Rychlicki		opposite
12	Enrico Diamantini		middle blocker
13	Robertlandy Simon		middle blocker
15	Luciano De Cecco		setter
17	Simone Anzani		middle blocker
18	Marco Falaschi		setter
22	Jan Hadrava		opposite
23	Marlon Yant Herrera		outside hitter
Head coach: Ferdinando de Giorgi (until February 25, 2021), Gianlorenzo Blengini (from February 25, 2021) Assistant: Nicola Giolito (until February 25, 2021), Enrico Massaccesi (from February 25, 2021)

Team roster - season 2019/2020
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Simone Anzani		middle blocker
2	Jiri Kovar		outside hitter
3	Stijn d'Hulst		setter
4	Andrea Marchisio		libero
5	Osmany Juantorena		outside hitter
6	Jacopo Massari		outside hitter
9	Yoandy Leal		outside hitter
10	Amir Ghafour		opposite
11	Kamil Rychlicki		opposite
12	Enrico Diamantini		middle blocker
13	Robertlandy Simon		middle blocker
14	Bruno Rezende		setter
16	Mateusz Bieniek		middle blocker
17	Fabio Balaso		libero
Head coach: Ferdinando de Giorgi Assistant: Nicola Giolito

Team roster - season 2018/2019
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Tsvetan Sokolov		opposite
2	Jiri Kovar		outside hitter
3	Stijn d'Hulst		setter
4	Andrea Marchisio		libero
5	Osmany Juantorena		outside hitter
6	Jacopo Massari		outside hitter
7	Dragan Stanković		middle blocker
8	Enrico Diamantini		middle blocker
9	Yoandy Leal		outside hitter
11	Diego Cantagalli		opposite
12	Enrico Cester		middle blocker
13	Robertlandy Simon		middle blocker / opposite
14	Bruno Rezende		setter
17	Fabio Balaso		libero
Head coach: Ferdinando de Giorgi Assistant: Marco Camperi

Notable players

1994–1999 Slobodan Kovač
1996–1998 Andrea Zorzi
1996–2003 Marco Meoni
1997–2001 Simone Rosalba
1997–2002, 2003–2008,
2009–2011, 2013–2015 Alessandro Paparoni
1999–2010 Mirko Corsano
2000–2001 Dejan Brđović
2001–2003 Pasquale Gravina
2001–2002, 2003–2008 Andrija Gerić
2001–2005 Marco Bracci
2001–2003 Wout Wijsmans
2002–2003 Edin Škorić
2002–2004 Nalbert Bitencourt
2002–2005 Luigi Mastrangelo
2003–2004 Fabio Vullo
2003–2008 Andrija Gerić
2004–2005 Lorenzo Bernardi
2005–2009 Rodrigão
2007–2010 Sebastian Świderski
2007–2011 Valerio Vermiglio
2009–2010 Alberto Cisolla
2010–2011 Facundo Conte
2010–2011 Romain Vadeleux
2010–2013 Cristian Savani
2012–2014, 2021–present Ivan Zaytsev
2012–2014 Saša Starović
2012–2015 Hubert Henno
2003–2004 Leondino Giombini
2013–2015 Bartosz Kurek
2015 Ricardo Garcia
2008–2016 Marko Podraščanin
2011–2016 Simone Parodi
2014–2016 Alessandro Fei
2000–2007, 2015–2016 Ivan Miljković
2009–2019 Dragan Stanković
2015–2022 Osmany Juantorena
2015–2018 Jenia Grebennikov
2015–2018 Micah Christenson
2016–2019 Tsvetan Sokolov
2017–2018 Taylor Sander
2018–2020 Bruno Rezende
2019–2020 Amir Ghafour
2018–2022 Robertlandy Simón
2021–2022 Ricardo Lucarelli
2024–still Poriya Hossein Khanzadeh

Kit manufacturer

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Lube team.

Period	Kit provider
1997–2014	Champion
	Nike
	Asics
	Mizuno
	Erreà
2014-2017	Mikasa
2017-	Joma

Sponsorship

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 Microsoft 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.

References

^ Volleyball World (2025-01-26). "Lube win another five-setter to grab eighth Coppa Italia trophy". Volleyball World. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
^ "Lente d'ingrandimento sulle rivali della Lube. I roster ufficiali della SuperLega Credem Banca 2023/24 - Lube Volley - Official Web Site" (in it-IT). www.lubevolley.it. Retrieved 2023-07-13.

External links

Official website
Team profile at Volleybox.net