The 2021–22 SuperLega was the 77th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Italian Men’s Volleyball League system since establishment in 1946. The league organized under the supervision of Federazione Italiana Pallavolo. The season started on 9 October 2021 and concluded on 13 May 2022.
Gioiella Prisma Taranto was promoted to SuperLega after winning the 2020–21 Serie A2. Cucine Lube Civitanova won the SuperLega after a 3–1 series win over Sir Safety Conad Perugia. Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia and Consar RCM Ravenna are relegated to Serie A2 in the next season.
Format The regular season is composed of 13 teams and played as a total of 24 matches round-robin tournament. Each regular season match week, 12 teams will play and one will rest. Each team will play twice against every other team (half at home and half away). At the completion of the regular season, the eight best teams advanced to the championship play–offs and the teams ending in 12th and 13th are relegated to Serie A2 in the next season.
The eight best teams in the standings of regular season gain access to the Quarterfinals in the Championship play–offs with the classic pairing system (1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th, 3rd vs 6th and 4th vs 5th). Quarterfinals will play in Best–of–Three series, while semifinals and final will play in Best–of–Five series. The best seeded team will gain home field advantage and home courts are switched after every match. The top three teams in the final standing as per the Teams Ranking System (including result of the regular season) qualified for the 2022–23 CEV Champions League and the 4th place team qualified for the 2022–23 CEV Cup.
The four teams eliminated from Quarterfinals in the Championship play–offs will participate in 5th place play–offs with the teams finishing in 9th and 10th at the end of regular season. Preliminary round will play as a total of 5 matches round-robin tournament, the top four teams advanced to the final four. Semifinals and final will play in a single match on the court of best seeded team. The winner of the 5th place play–offs qualified for the 2022–23 CEV Cup.
The top four teams of the final standing also qualified for the Super Cup 2022 tournament.
Teams 2021–22 SuperLega Teams Team Stadium Map MIL Allianz Milano PalaLido RAV Consar RCM Ravenna Pala De André CIV Cucine Lube Civitanova PalaCivitanova PIA Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza PalaBanca TRE Itas Trentino PalaTrento PAD Kioene Padova Kioene Arena MOD Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena PalaPanini PER Sir Safety Conad Perugia PalaEvangelisti VIB Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia PalaMaiata CIS Top Volley Cisterna PalaCisterna MON Vero Volley Monza Candy Arena VER Verona Volley PalaOlimpia Promotion from Serie A2 TAR Gioiella Prisma Taranto PalaMazzola
Squads
In the current season rules, Each teams involved in the tournament were required to register 14-player roster must be selected in each match. There's no limit of foreign players in the each team’s roster but it must have at least 3 Italian players on the court at all times.
Allianz MilanoNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Barthélémy ChinenyezeMiddle blocker 2 Matteo StaforiniLibero 5 Nicola DaldelloSetter 7 Yuri RomanòOpposite 8 Matteo MaiocchiOutside hitter 9 Jean PatryOpposite 11 Matteo Piano ()Middle blocker 12 Leandro MoscaMiddle blocker 14 Yūki IshikawaOutside hitter 15 Jovan DjokicOutside hitter 16 Paolo PorroSetter 17 Thomas JaeschkeOutside hitter 18 Nicola PesaresiLiberoHead coach: Roberto PiazzaAssistant coach: Marco Camperi
Consar RCM RavennaNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Marko VukasinovicOutside hitter 4 Lorenzo Ricci MaccariniSetter 5 Mateusz BiernatSetter 6 Matteo PirazzoliLibero 7 Alex EratiMiddle blocker 8 André Luiz QueirozSetter 9 Luca UlrichOutside hitter 10 Riccardo GoiLibero 11 Dimitar DimitrovOpposite 13 Niels Klapwijk ()Opposite 14 Milan PeslacSetter 17 Aleksandar LjaftovOutside hitter 22 Francesco ComparoniMiddle blocker 23 Mattia OrioliOutside hitter 24 Nicola CandeliMiddle blocker 30 Alessandro BovolentaOpposite 99 Francesco FusaroMiddle blockerHead coach: Emanuele ZaniniAssistant coach: Leondino Giombini
Cucine Lube CivitanovaNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Gabi Garcia FernandezOpposite 2 Jiri KovarOutside hitter 3 Daniele SottileSetter 4 Andrea MarchisioLibero 5 Osmany Juantorena ()Outside hitter 6 Rok JerončičMiddle blocker 7 Fabio BalasoLibero 8 Ricardo LucarelliOutside hitter 9 Ivan ZaytsevOpposite 12 Enrico DiamantiniMiddle blocker 13 Robertlandy SimonMiddle blocker 15 Luciano De CeccoSetter 17 Simone AnzaniMiddle blocker 23 Marlon Yant HerreraOutside hitterHead coach: Gianlorenzo BlenginiAssistant coach: Romano Giannini
Gas Sales Bluenergy PiacenzaNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Adis LagumdzijaOpposite 2 Aaron RussellOutside hitter 3 Francesco RecineOutside hitter 4 Damiano CataniaLibero 5 Tonček ŠternOpposite 6 Antoine Brizard ()Setter 7 Alessandro TondoMiddle blocker 8 Oleg AntonovOutside hitter 9 Thibault RossardOutside hitter 10 Leonardo ScanferlaLibero 12 Enrico CesterMiddle blocker 13 Pierre PujolSetter 14 Maxwell HoltMiddle blocker 18 Edoardo CaneschiMiddle blockerHead coach: Lorenzo BernardiAssistant coach: Massimo Botti
Gioiella Prisma TarantoNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Tommaso StefaniOpposite 2 Gabriele LaurenzanoLibero 3 Davide PellegrinoSetter 4 Aimone AllettiMiddle blocker 5 Marco Falaschi ()Setter 6 Luigi RandazzoOutside hitter 7 João Rafael FerreiraOutside hitter 9 Fabrizio GironiOutside hitter 10 Giulio SabbiOpposite 13 Filippo PochiniLibero 14 Gustavs FreimanisMiddle blocker 18 Gabriele Di MartinoMiddle blocker 22 Arshdeep DosanjhSetter 77 Luciano PalonskyOutside hitterHead coach: Vincenzo Di PintoAssistant coach: Saverio Di Lascio
Itas TrentinoNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Matey Kaziyski ()Outside hitter 3 Wout D'HeerMiddle blocker 5 Alessandro MichielettoOutside hitter 6 Riccardo SbertoliSetter 7 Oreste CavutoOutside hitter 10 Giulio PinaliOpposite 12 Daniele AlbergatiOpposite 15 Daniele LaviaOutside hitter 16 Julian ZengerLibero 18 Marko PodrascaninMiddle blocker 20 Srecko LisinacMiddle blocker 22 Lorenzo SperottoSetter 24 Carlo De AngelisLiberoHead coach: Angelo LorenzettiAssistant coach: Francesco Petrella
Kioene PadovaNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Nicolò BassanelloLibero 3 Mattia GottardoLibero 4 Eric LoeppkyOutside hitter 5 Andrea SchiroOutside hitter 6 Marco VitelliMiddle blocker 7 Francesco ZoppellariSetter 9 Tommaso GuzzoOpposite 10 Marco Volpato ()Middle blocker 12 Mattia BottoloOutside hitter 14 Ran TakahashiOutside hitter 17 Jan ZimmermannSetter 18 Andrea CanellaMiddle blocker 21 Linus WeberOpposite 22 Federico CrosatoMiddle blocker 25 Georgi PetrovOutside hitterHead coach: Jacopo CuttiniAssistant coach: Matteo Trolese
Leo Shoes PerkinElmer ModenaNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Bruno Rezende ()Setter 3 Maarten Van GarderenOutside hitter 5 Riccardo GolliniLibero 6 Giovanni SanguinettiMiddle blocker 7 Dragan StankovicMiddle blocker 8 Swan N'GapethOutside hitter 9 Earvin N'GapethOutside hitter 10 Lorenzo SalaOpposite 14 Nimir Abdel-AzizOpposite 16 Nicola SalsiSetter 17 Yoandy LealOutside hitter 18 Daniele MazzoneMiddle blocker 21 Salvatore RossiniLibero 22 Giuseppe Bellanova Setter 23 Edoardo Sartoretti Opposite 24 Ranieri Truocchio Outside hitter 26 Luca Tauletta Middle blockerHead coach: Andrea GianiAssistant coach: Sebastian Carotti
Sir Safety Conad PerugiaNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Matthew AndersonOutside hitter 2 Fabio RicciMiddle blocker 3 Kristers DardzansOpposite 4 Dragan TravicaSetter 5 Thijs Ter HorstOutside hitter 6 Simone GiannelliSetter 8 Kamil RychlickiOpposite 9 Wilfredo León ()Outside hitter 10 Alessandro PiccinelliLibero 11 Sebastian SoléMiddle blocker 12 Roberto RussoMiddle blocker 13 Massimo ColaciLibero 17 Oleh PlotnytskyiOutside hitter 23 Stefano MengozziMiddle blockerHead coach: Nikola GrbićAssistant coach: Antonio Valentini
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo ValentiaNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Christian FrommOutside hitter 2 Yuji NishidaOpposite 3 Davide Luigi RussoLibero 3 Gabriele CondorelliLibero 4 Giovanni Maria GargiuloMiddle blocker 5 Maurício Borges SilvaOutside hitter 7 Fabio BisiOpposite 8 Davide Saitta ()Setter 9 Davide CandellaroMiddle blocker 10 Luka BasicOutside hitter 11 Marco RizzoLibero 13 Flávio GualbertoMiddle blocker 14 Douglas SouzaOutside hitter 15 Pier Paolo PartenioSetter 16 Alberto NicotraOutside hitter 17 Gabriele NelliOppositeHead coach: Valerio BaldovinAssistant coach: Francesco Guarnieri
Top Volley CisternaNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Aidan ZingelMiddle blocker 3 Domenico CavacciniLibero 4 Bardia SaadatOpposite 5 Twan WiltenburgMiddle blocker 6 Lorenzo GianiSetter 7 Stephen MaarOutside hitter 9 Tommaso RinaldiOutside hitter 10 Filippo LanzaOutside hitter 11 Petar ĐirlićOpposite 12 Matteo PicchioLibero 15 Elia BossiMiddle blocker 17 Michele Baranowicz ()Setter 21 Tobias KrickMiddle blocker 31 Arthur SzwarcOpposite 77 Giacomo RaffaelliOutside hitterHead coach: Fabio SoliAssistant coach: Maurizio Cibba
Vero Volley MonzaNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Aleks GrozdanovMiddle blocker 2 Denis KaryaginOutside hitter 3 Tomasz CalligaroSetter 4 Donovan DzavoronokOutside hitter 5 Santiago OrdunaSetter 7 Filippo FedericiLibero 8 Alessandro GallianiOutside hitter 9 György GrozerOpposite 11 Gianluca GalassiMiddle blocker 12 Milan KatićOutside hitter 13 Thomas Beretta ()Middle blocker 14 Tomislav Mitrašinović Opposite 15 Vlad DavyskibaOutside hitter 20 Marco GagginiLiberoHead coach: Massimo EccheliAssistant coach: Giuseppe Ambrosio
Verona VolleyNo.NameDate of birthHeightPosition 1 Jonas AguenierMiddle blocker 2 Lorenzo CortesiaMiddle blocker 3 Giulio MagaliniOutside hitter 7 Raphael de Oliveira ()Setter 8 Asparuh AsparuhovOutside hitter 9 Rok MožičOutside hitter 11 Uroš NikolićMiddle blocker 12 Mads Kyed JensenOpposite 13 Luca SpiritoSetter 14 Anton QafarenaOpposite 18 Nathan WounembainaOutside hitter 21 Andrea ZanottiMiddle blocker 22 Francesco DonatiLibero 29 Federico BonamiLiberoHead coach: Radostin StoychevAssistant coach: Cvetelin Ivanov
Transfer players Allianz Milano Moving from Moving to Thomas Jaeschke(Verona Volley) Barthélémy Chinenyeze(Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia) Jovan Djokic(Chênois Genève) Paolo Porro(Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena) Yuri Romanò(Emma Villas Aubay Siena) Jan Kozamernik(Asseco Resovia) Tine Urnaut(VC Zenit Saint Petersburg) Stephen Maar(Top Volley Cisterna) Luka Basic(Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia) Luan Weber(Altekma Izmir) Riccardo Sbertoli(Itas Trentino) Matteo Meschiari(Tinet Prata di Pordenone)
Consar RCM Ravenna Moving from Moving to Mateusz Biernat(Gwardia Wrocław) Niels Klapwijk(CS Arcada Galați) Aleksandar Ljaftov(VC Hebar Pazardzhik) Dimitar Dimitrov(VC CSKA Sofia) Marko Vukašinović(Al-Hilal VC) Luka Ulrich(Volley Schönenwerd) Riccardo Goi(Gioiella Prisma Taranto) Milan Peslac(Verona Volley) Francesco Fusaro(Kioene Padova) Alex Erati(BCC Castellana Grotte) Nicola Candeli(Gruppo Consoli McDonald's Brescia) Jani Kovačič(ACH Volley) Aleks Grozdanov(Vero Volley Monza) Eric Loeppky(Kioene Padova) Brandon Koppers(MKS Będzin) Aleksa Batak Martins Arasomwan(Kemas Lamipel Santa Croce) Francesco Recine(Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza) Giulio Pinali(Itas Trentino) Ludovico Giuliani(Abba Pineto) Tommaso Stefani(Gioiella Prisma Taranto) Paolo Zonca(Nice VB) Nicolò Rossi(Sa.Ma. Portomaggiore) During the season André Luiz Queiroz(Solhan Spor Kulübü) Lorenzo Ricci Maccarini(Consar Ravenna B) Francesco Comparoni(Vero Volley Monza)
Cucine Lube Civitanova Moving from Moving to Ricardo Lucarelli(Itas Trentino) Gabi Garcia Fernandez(Brigham Young University) Rok Jerončič(OK Kamnik) Ivan Zaytsev(VC Kuzbass Kemerovo) Daniele Sottile(Top Volley Cisterna) Yoandy Leal(Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena) Kamil Rychlicki(Sir Safety Conad Perugia) Jan Hadrava(Jastrzębski Węgiel)