Volley Lube

Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional volleyball team based in Treia, Italy. Since 1995, the club has been playing in the top league of the Italian Volleyball League, known as Serie A. Over the years, the team has achieved great success, winning the Italian Championship seven times, the Italian Cup five times, and the Italian SuperCup three times.

The team has also performed well on the European stage. They won the CEV Champions League twice, in 2002 and 2019. They also won the CEV Cup four times, in 2001, 2005, 2006, and the CEV Challenge Cup in 2011. In 2019, they reached the top by winning the FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship, showing their skill and strength on the world stage.

Achievements

The team, Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube from Treia, Italy, has won many important volleyball competitions. They have won the CEV Champions League several times, including in the 2001–02, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2018–19 seasons. They also won the CEV Challenge Cup four times, in 2001, 2005, 2006, and 2010–11.

They have claimed the FIVB Club World Championship four times, in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021. In Italy, they have won the Italian Championship seven times and the Italian Cup eight times. The team also won the Italian SuperCup four times, in 2006, 2008, 2012, and 2014.

Former names

Volley Lube has had several different names over the years. From 1990 to 1994, it was called Lube Carima Treia. Then, from 1994 to 1995, it was Lube Carima Macerata. Between 1995 and 2012, the team was known as Lube Banca Marche Macerata. Later, from 2012 to 2014, it became Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata. In 2014 to 2015, the name changed to Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia, and then to Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova from 2015 to 2016. Since 2016, the team has been called Cucine Lube Civitanova.

Grounds

The team used a small building in Treia, near Macerata, until 2015. This building only had 2,100 seats, so they had to play big matches in larger arenas in places like Pesaro and Ancona. After many discussions with Macerata’s city government, the team moved to a new sports hall in Civitanova Marche in 2015. This new hall has 4,200 seats and was built just for the team. It was named Eurosuole Forum because of sponsorship.

Team

Team roster – season 2023/2024

This section shows the team members for the 2023/2024 season. The list includes all the players who were part of Volley's team during that time.

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Barthélémy Chinenyeze	(1998-02-28) February 28, 1998	Middle blocker
4	Matheus Motzo	(1999-09-09) September 9, 1999	Opposite
6	Francesco Bisotto	(2002-05-20) May 20, 2002	Libero
7	Fabio Balaso	(1995-10-20) October 20, 1995	Libero
9	Ivan Zaytsev	(1988-10-02) October 2, 1988	Opposite
10	Adis Lagumdžija	(1999-03-29) March 29, 1999	Opposite
11	Aleksandar Nikolov	(2003-11-30) November 30, 2003	Outside hitter
12	Enrico Diamantini	(1993-04-04) April 4, 1993	Middle blocker
15	Luciano De Cecco	(1988-06-02) June 2, 1988	Setter
17	Simone Anzani	(1992-02-24) February 24, 1992	Middle blocker
21	Mattia Bottolo	(2000-01-03) January 3, 2000	Outside hitter
22	Jacopo Larizza	(1998-08-22) August 22, 1998	Middle blocker
23	Marlon Yant	(2001-05-23) May 23, 2001	Outside hitter
Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini Assistant: Romano Giannini

Notable players

Volley Lube has had many talented players from different countries over the years. Some of the players who played for the team include Slobodan Kovač from Serbia, Andrea Zorzi and Marco Meoni from Italy, and many others from countries such as Brazil, Poland, Argentina, France, and the United States.

The team has also featured well-known names like Rodrigão from Brazil, Sebastian Świderski from Poland, and Osmany Juantorena from Italy, among many others who contributed to the team's success in the Italian Volleyball League.

Kit manufacturer

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

Sponsorship

The main sponsor has always been the furniture company Cucine Lube, which owns the team, since 1995 when the team joined Serie A1. From 1995 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2016, another main sponsor was added: the Banca Marche bank. In the 2010/11 season, other shirt sponsors included 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. Starting in 2018, the subsection of Cucine Lube called "Creo Kitchens" appeared on the jersey, and from 2019, the company Var Group was also seen.