TEAM COMPOSITION

TRE / Trentino Diatec

Trento, Italy

Team manager	Riccardo Michieletto
Coach	Radostin Stoytchev
Assistant coach	Roberto Serniotti
Assistant coach 2
Doctor	Mauro Bertoluzza
Physiotherapist	Davide Lama
Journalist	Francesco Segala

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Country
C	1	Matey	Kaziyski	Kaziyski	23.09.1984	203	93	370	335	BUL
	2	Giacomo	Sintini	Sintini	16.01.1979	196	85	320	305	ITA
	3	Emanuele	Birarelli	Birarelli	08.02.1981	202	95	340	316	ITA
	5	Osmany	Juantorena	Juantorena	12.08.1985	200	85	370	340	ITA
	7	Raphael	Vieira de Oliveira	Raphael	14.06.1979	190	82	330	306	BRA
	9	Nikolay	Uchikov	Uchikov	13.04.1986	207	100	355	330	BUL
	10	Filippo	Lanza	Lanza	03.03.1991	198	98	350	330	ITA
	12	Mitar	Tzourits	Tzourits	25.04.1989	211	115	365	340	GRE
L	13	Massimo	Colaci	Colaci	21.02.1985	180	75	324	308	ITA
	14	Jan	Štokr	Stokr	16.01.1983	205	112	368	341	CZE
L	16	Andrea	Bari	Bari	05.03.1980	185	81	327	310	ITA
	17	Matteo	Burgsthaler	Burgsthaler	18.02.1981	198	96	350	320	ITA

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Trentino Volley added to their already bulging trophy cabinet over the 2011/2012 season yet again, as Radostin Stoytchev’s side sealed a third FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship title as well as the Italian Cup and the Italian Super Cup – the only trophy they had not won before.

They missed seizing the “Grand Slam” by a hair's breadth. Macerata, Trentino’s archrival in their domestic league, became Italian champions in 2012 at the end of a thrilling encounter. In the Champions League Trentino failed to claim gold, losing to Zenit Kazan, but they medalled once again.

The Trentino Volley organization includes talented youth teams as well as the seniors, which have displayed some remarkable performances. Last season the youth programme saw more than 150 children playing within the Company. The Under-16 team have claimed two consecutive Italian championships, while the Under-18 and Under-19 squads notched bronze medals.

In 2012/2013, Trentino Volley will take part in five competitions for the second season in a row: Italian National League A1, Italian Cup, CEV Volleyball Champions League, FIVB Men's Club World Championship and the Italian Super Cup.

After the victory last October in Doha, the team wants to stretch its supremacy and add another chapter to its success story. The roster is almost the same as last year, and the starting six is not changed: spikers Juantorena and Kaziyski, middle blockers Birarelli and Djuric, the opposite Stokr, the setter Raphael plus libero Bari.

Stoytchev can count on some talented young players like the spiker Lanza, the middle blocker Valsecchi, the opposite Uchikov and, above all, Sintini – who after a year out fighting cancer is ready to get back on the court.

Coach profile

Trentino coach Radostin Stoytchev has led the team for six seasons, starting in 2007. In that time he has guided them through nearly 250 matches and numerous achievements, including Italian League titles in 2008 and 2011, Italian Cup titles in 2010 and 2012, an Italian Supercup title in 2011, European Champions League titles in 2009, 2010 and 2012, and of course the team’s three Club World Championship titles.

Stoytchev began his coaching career with Slavia Sofia, in Bulgaria, in 2003. In 2005 his team won the Bulgarian Cup, and later that year Stoytchev moved to Russia, where he coached Dinamo Moscow for two years before starting with Trentino. With Dinamo, Stoytchev won the 2006 Russian League and the 2007 Russian Cup.