Helvia Recina Volley Macerata
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Macerata, Italy
(Capacity: 2,100)
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| Full name | Helvia Recina Volley Macerata | ||
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| Short name | HR Volley | ||
| Ground | PalaFontescodella Macerata, Italy (Capacity: 2,100) | ||
| Chairman | Pietro Paolella | ||
| Head coach | Valerio Lionetti | ||
| League | FIPAV Women's Serie A1 | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Helvia Recina Volley Macerata, also known as HR Volley, is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Macerata. The team currently plays in the Serie A1, Italy's highest professional league.
Due to sponsorship, the club has competed under the following names:
- Acqua Roana Mosca HR Macerata (2012–2013)
- Roana Mosca CBF HR Macerata (2013–2014)
- Roana CBF HR Macerata (2014–2020)
- CBF Balducci HR Macerata (2020–present)
History
Helvia Recina Volley was founded in the early 1990s by Tito Antinori, who was the club's president until his death in 2015.[1] The club started to play in the local provincial series, but later moved up to the regional Serie D.[2] In 2009, HR Volley was promoted to the regional Serie C and in 2012, the club advanced to the national Serie B2.[3][4] After playing there for five seasons, HR Volley won pool F of Serie B2 in 2017 and got promoted to Serie B1.[5][6]
After winning pool C of Serie B1 in 2019, the club made its debut in Serie A2.[7][8] In its second season playing in Serie A2 (2020–21), HR Volley won the Serie A2 Coppa Italia.[9] The following season (2021–22), the club won the Serie A2 playoffs and got promoted to Serie A1.[10] HR Volley finished its first season in Serie A1 (2022–23) in last place and was relegated to Serie A2 again.[11] In the 2024–25 season, the club once again managed to win the Serie A2 playoffs and secured its second promotion to Serie A1.[12]
Team
| 2025–2026 Team[13] | ||||
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| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 |  Giulia Bresciani (c) |
Libero | 1.65 | 27 September 1992 |
| 3 | Ilaria Batte |
Setter | 1.85 | 27 June 2005 |
| 4 | Ludovica Sismondi |
Middle Blocker | 1.91 | 7 July 2007 |
| 5 |  Suvi Kokkonen |
Outside Hitter | 1.82 | 1 February 2000 |
| 6 |  Isidora Kockarević |
Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 12 January 2002 |
| 7 | Asia Bonelli |
Setter | 1.81 | 4 September 2000 |
| 8 | Alessia Mazzon |
Middle Blocker | 1.84 | 17 August 1998 |
| 9 | Nicole Piomboni |
Outside Hitter | 1.80 | 22 November 2005 |
| 10 |  Natasza Ornoch |
Outside Hitter | 1.89 | 25 December 2007 |
| 14 | Giorgia Caforio |
Libero | 1.68 | 16 September 1994 |
| 15 |  Caroline Crawford |
Middle Blocker | 1.89 | 5 March 2002 |
| 16 | Emma Clothier |
Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 19 January 2001 |
| 17 | Clara Decortes |
Opposite | 1.83 | 7 March 1996 |
| 2024–2025 Team[14] | ||||
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| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 | Giulia Bresciani |
Libero | 1.65 | 27 September 1992 |
| 2 | Valeria Battista |
Outside Hitter | 1.79 | 23 January 2001 |
| 5 | Safa Allaoui[A] |
Setter | 1.85 | 1 February 2006 |
| 6 | Aurora Morandini |
Libero | 1.69 | 14 July 2000 |
| 7 | Asia Bonelli |
Setter | 1.81 | 4 September 2000 |
| 8 | Alessia Mazzon |
Middle Blocker | 1.84 | 17 August 1998 |
| 9 | Lea Andrea Orlandi |
Middle Blocker | 1.82 | 7 August 2006 |
| 10 |  Daniela Bulaich |
Outside Hitter | 1.78 | 5 September 1997 |
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| 12 | Federica Busolini |
Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 22 July 1999 |
| 14 | Alessia Fiesoli (c) |
Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 25 May 1994 |
| 15 | Camilla Sanguigni |
Outside Hitter | 1.77 | 19 January 2001 |
| 16 | Sara Caruso |
Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 5 February 2001 |
| 17 | Clara Decortes |
Opposite | 1.83 | 7 March 1996 |
| 2023–2024 Team[16] | ||||
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| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 | Giulia Bresciani |
Libero | 1.65 | 27 September 1992 |
| 2 | Arianna Vittorini |
Outside Hitter | 1.81 | 5 September 2002 |
| 3 | Alessia Bolzonetti |
Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 15 February 2002 |
| 4 | Alessia Masciullo |
Setter | 1.83 | 11 November 2004 |
| 6 | Aurora Morandini |
Libero | 1.69 | 14 July 2000 |
| 7 | Asia Bonelli |
Setter | 1.81 | 4 September 2000 |
| 8 | Alessia Mazzon |
Middle Blocker | 1.84 | 17 August 1998 |
| 9 | Giorgia Quarchioni |
Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 3 April 1995 |
| 10 |  Danijela Džaković[C] |
Opposite | 1.83 | 4 May 1994 |
| 11 |  Laura Broekstra[D] |
Middle Blocker | 1.91 | 3 January 1997 |
| 12 | Federica Busolini |
Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 22 July 1999 |
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| 14 | Alessia Fiesoli (c) |
Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 25 May 1994 |
| 16 | Giada Civitico |
Middle Blocker | 1.91 | 5 December 2000 |
| 18 | Federica Stroppa |
Opposite | 1.82 | 9 February 1997 |
| 2022–2023 Team[19] | ||||
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| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 | Francesca Cosi |
Middle Blocker | 1.89 | 27 March 2000 |
| 3 | Silvia Fiori |
Libero | 1.62 | 18 July 1994 |
| 4 | Symone Abbott |
Outside Hitter | 1.86 | 27 September 1996 |
| 5 | Francesca Napodano |
Libero | 1.75 | 17 January 1999 |
| 7 | Claire Chaussee[F] |
Outside Hitter | 1.82 | 15 May 2000 |
| 8 | Maria Irene Ricci |
Setter | 1.81 | 17 February 1996 |
| 9 | Giorgia Quarchioni |
Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 3 April 1995 |
| 11 | Akuabata Okenwa |
Opposite | 1.90 | 22 July 1998 |
| 12 | Beatrice Molinaro |
Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 15 June 1995 |
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| 14 | Alessia Fiesoli (c) |
Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 25 May 1994 |
| 15 |  Polina Malik |
Opposite | 1.86 | 18 November 1998 |
| 18 | Aurora Poli |
Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 19 November 1999 |
| 19 |  Freya Aelbrecht[H] |
Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 10 February 1990 |
| 24 |  Laura Dijkema[I] |
Setter | 1.84 | 18 February 1990 |
| 77 | Aleksandra Lipska |
Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 25 February 1998 |
| 2021–2022 Team[23] | ||||
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| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 | Giulia Bresciani |
Libero | 1.65 | 27 September 1992 |
| 2 | Melissa Martinelli |
Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 23 March 1993 |
| 3 | Francesca Cosi |
Middle Blocker | 1.89 | 27 March 2000 |
| 5 | Francesca Michieletto |
Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 10 September 1997 |
| 6 | Alice Gasparroni |
Outside Hitter | 1.78 | 17 March 2001 |
| 7 | Martina Ghezzi |
Outside Hitter | 1.83 | 20 August 2001 |
| 8 | Maria Irene Ricci |
Setter | 1.81 | 17 February 1996 |
| 9 | Federica Stroppa |
Opposite | 1.82 | 9 February 1997 |
| 10 | Ilenia Peretti (c) |
Setter | 1.80 | 1 December 1997 |
| 11 | Valeria Pizzolato |
Middle Blocker | 1.82 | 20 May 1999 |
| 14 | Alessia Fiesoli |
Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 25 May 1994 |
| 15 | Polina Malik |
Opposite | 1.86 | 18 November 1998 |