Club Italia

Full name	Club Italia
Founded	1998
Chairman	FIPAV
League	FIPAV Women's Serie B1
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Club Italia is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Rome which currently plays in the Serie B1.

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

• Club Italia (1998–2016)
• Club Italia Crai (2016–2022)
• Club Italia (2022–present)

The team was founded in 1998 by then Italian federation sports director Julio Velasco, in order to develop the skills of younger players in a competitive league rather than in youth leagues. The team is directly controlled by the Italian Volleyball Federation, which is entitled to put the best younger scouted players in the team. After a lot of seasons in the lower leagues of Serie B1 and Serie B2, Club Italia was automatically promoted by the Italian Federation into Serie A2 (2nd tier) in 2014 and then into Serie A1 (first tier) in 2015, avoiding relegation in its first season. Over the next two seasons, Anna Danesi, Paola Egonu, Ofelia Malinov and Alessia Orro have been called up to the Italian national team while playing for Club Italia.^[1][2] At the conclusion of the 2016–17 season, the club was relegated to Serie A2.^[3] The club returned to the Serie A1 in the 2018–19 season.^[4]

Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.^[5]

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Birth date
1	Terry Enweonwu	Outside hitter	1.87	(2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 24)
2	Tatjana Fucka	Middle blocker	1.87	(1999-05-18) 18 May 1999 (age 25)
3	Adhuoljok John Majak Malual	Middle blocker	1.90	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 24)
4	Rachele Morello	Setter	1.82	(2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 24)
5	Marina Lubian	Middle blocker	1.92	(2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 24)
6	Sara Cortella	Outside hitter	1.85	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22)
7	Elena Pietrini	Outside hitter	1.86	(2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 24)
9	Loveth Omoruyi	Outside hitter	1.82	(2002-08-25) 25 August 2002 (age 22)
10	Chiara De Bortoli	Libero	1.76	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 27)
11	Elisa Tonello	Outside hitter	1.76	(2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 24)
12	Alice Turco	Setter	1.78	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)
13	Sarah Fahr	Middle blocker	1.92	(2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 23)
15	Sylvia Nwakalor	Outside hitter	1.77	(1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 (age 25)
16	Linda Mangani	Outside hitter	1.84	(2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24)
17	Katarina Bulović	Outside hitter	1.84	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22)

2016–2017 Team[6][7]
Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Birth date
1	Terry Enweonwu	Outside hitter	1.87	(2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 24)
3	Elena Perinelli	Opposite	1.81	(1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 (age 29)
4	Rachele Morello	Setter	1.82	(2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 24)
5	Marina Lubian	Middle blocker	1.92	(2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 24)
7	Martina Ferrara	Libero	1.68	(1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25)
8	Alessia Orro	Setter	1.80	(1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26)
9	Vittoria Piani	Opposite	1.87	(1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 (age 26)
10	Chiara De Bortoli	Libero	1.76	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 27)
11	Giulia Mancini	Middle blocker	1.83	(1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 26)
12	Alessia Arciprete	Outside hitter	1.80	(1997-09-06) 6 September 1997 (age 27)
13	Giulia Melli	Outside hitter	1.84	(1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 26)
14	Alexandra Botezat	Middle blocker	1.96	(1998-08-03) 3 August 1998 (age 26)
15	Sara Cortella	Outside hitter	1.85	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22)
17	Katarina Bulović	Outside hitter	1.84	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22)
18	Paola Egonu	Outside hitter	1.89	(1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 26)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Club Italia (women's volleyball).

• Club website (in Italian) at FIPAV