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Gioiella Prisma Taranto
Full nameGioiella Prisma Taranto
Founded1997
GroundPalaMazzola, Taranto
(Capacity: 5,000)
ManagerVincenzo Di Pinto
LeagueItalian Volleyball League
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Gioiella Prisma Taranto is a professional Volleyball based in Taranto, 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.

History

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A first club was founded in 1997, by the president Antonio Di Battista, that moved the Magna Grecia Volley franchise from Matera to Taranto. 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 it 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.

Team

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Team roster – season 2022/2023

No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Italy Tommaso Stefani (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 23) opposite
2 Italy Oleg Antonov (1988-07-28) 28 July 1988 (age 36) outside hitter
3 Italy Giovanni Maria Gargiulo (1999-06-03) 3 June 1999 (age 25) middle blocker
4 Italy Aimone Alletti (1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 36) middle blocker
5 Italy Marco Falaschi (1987-09-18) 18 September 1987 (age 37) setter
6 Italy Marco Rizzo (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 34) libero
7 Italy Manuele Lucconi (1999-02-09) 9 February 1999 (age 25) opposite
8 Canada Eric Loeppky (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 26) outside hitter
9 Sweden Hampus Ekstrand (2003-10-28) 28 October 2003 (age 21) opposite
10 Italy Jacopo Larizza (1998-08-22) 22 August 1998 (age 26) middle blocker
13 Greece Charalampos Andreopoulos (2001-01-23) 23 January 2001 (age 23) outside hitter
14 Italy Francesco Pierri (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 (age 25) libero
18 Italy Francesco Cottarelli (1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 (age 28) setter
Head coach: Italy Vincenzo Di Pinto

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