Roma Volley Club Femminile is the professional women's section of the Italian volleyball club Roma Volley Club. The team is based in Rome and currently plays in the Serie A2, Italy's second highest professional league. They were relegated in Serie A2 while contemporary laureating champions in the international 2024–25 CEV Women's Challenge Cup.
Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club has competed under the following names: Volley Group Roma (2013–2017) Acqua & Sapone Roma Volley Group (2017–2019) Acqua & Sapone Roma Volley Club (2019–2022) Roma Volley Club (2022–2023) Aeroitalia SMI Roma (2023–2024) SMI Roma Volley (2024–2026) Ferraro SMI Roma Volley (2026–)
History Volley Group Roma was founded in 2013 as a joint collaboration between three clubs: G.S. Divino Amore, A.P.D. Palocco and A.P.D. San Paolo Ostiense. Volley Group Roma played its first season (2013–2014) in Serie B2 where it finished the regular season in second place in pool G. While the club failed to reach a promotion spot in the playoffs it was still promoted to Serie B1 due to repechage. Volley Group Roma's first try in Serie B1 only lasted one season as the club finished the regular season (2014–2015) last in pool D. The club once again managed to get promoted to Serie B1 in 2016.
In 2018 Volley Group Roma acquired the rights to play in Serie A2 from another club, San Lazzaro, which had financial problems. After just one season in Serie A2 the club was relegated back to Serie B1. However, Volley Group Roma got the chance to continue playing in Serie A2 when the club Zambelli Orvieto announced that it would abandon the league.
In the summer of 2019 Volley Group Roma formed a joint partnership with the men's volleyball club A.P.D. Roma and the club changed its name to Roma Volley Club. In the 2020–2021 season Roma Volley Club won the Serie A2 promotion pool and was for the first time promoted to Serie A1. In 2022 the club was relegated back to Serie A2, but the following season it won the promotion pool once again and returned to Serie A1 for the 2023–2024 season.
In September 2024, Roma Volley hosted and won the WEVZA Cup, which qualified the club for the 2024–25 CEV Challenge Cup. The success continued in the CEV Challenge Cup and in March 2025, Roma Volley was crowned champions after defeating Chieri ’76 in the final. The 2024–25 season in Serie A1 did not go as well as the club finished second to last and was relegated to Serie A2 for the second time.
Team 2026–2027 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Nikoleta PerovićOpposite1.852 Sofia TurlàSetter1.783 Giulia PoleselloMiddle Blocker1.855 Teresa Maria BossoMiddle Blocker1.807 Carolina PecorariOutside Hitter1.848 Chiara BiessoMiddle Blocker1.849 Margherita MuziSetter1.8210 Melissa MartinelliMiddle Blocker1.9011 Federica BaratellaLibero1.7414 Giorgia Zannoni (c)Libero1.7517 Ana EscamillaOutside Hitter1.8627 Kata TörökOutside Hitter1.82
2025–2026 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Nikoleta PerovićOpposite1.853 Chiara MasonOutside Hitter1.835 Martina CantoniSetter1.857 Claudia ConsoliMiddle Blocker1.838 Chiara BiessoMiddle Blocker1.8411 Federica BaratellaLibero1.7412 Giulia AngelinaOutside Hitter1.9213 Ludovica GuidiMiddle Blocker1.8614 Giorgia Zannoni (c)Libero1.7515 Carola SbanoLibero1.6517 Teresa BossoOutside Hitter1.8018 Carolina PecorariOutside Hitter1.8422 Gaia GuiducciSetter1.7826 Romy JatzkoOutside Hitter1.87
2024–2025 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Claudia ProvaroniOutside Hitter1.812 Wilma SalasOutside Hitter1.885 Michela CiarrocchiMiddle Blocker1.847 Amelie RotarOpposite1.888 Michela Rucli (c)Middle Blocker1.859 Anna AdelusiOutside Hitter1.8610 Luna CicolaLibero1.7011 Marie SchölzelMiddle Blocker1.9013 Giulia MelliOutside Hitter1.8514 Giorgia ZannoniLibero1.7517 Slađana MirkovićSetter1.8518 Gabriela OrvošováOpposite1.9119 Margherita MuziSetter1.8223 Veronica CostantiniMiddle Blocker1.91
2023–2024 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Erblira BiciOpposite1.852 Dezirett MadanOpposite1.903 Marta Bechis (c)Setter1.804 Jessica RiveroOutside Hitter1.815 Michela CiarrocchiMiddle Blocker1.846 Celeste PlakOutside Hitter1.906 Amber IgiedeMiddle Blocker1.997 Martina FerraraLibero1.688 Michela RucliMiddle Blocker1.859 Sofia ValoppiLibero1.6711 Ana Beatriz CorreaMiddle Blocker1.9013 Giulia MelliOutside Hitter1.8516 Courtney SchwanOutside Hitter1.8519 Margherita MuziSetter1.82
2022–2023 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Erblira BiciOpposite1.853 Marta Bechis (c)Setter1.804 Jessica RiveroOutside Hitter1.815 Michela CiarrocchiMiddle Blocker1.847 Martina FerraraLibero1.688 Michela RucliMiddle Blocker1.859 Sofia ValoppiLibero1.6710 Alice De Luca BossaSetter1.7713 Giulia MelliOutside Hitter1.8514 Marika BianchiniOutside Hitter1.7815 Sofia ReboraMiddle Blocker1.7916 Giulia ValerioOutside Hitter1.87
2021–2022 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Giorgia AveniaSetter1.802 Veronika TrnkováMiddle Blocker1.893 Giulia BucciLibero1.734 Madison BuggSetter1.835 Dobriana RabadzhievaOutside Hitter1.906 Agnese CecconelloMiddle Blocker1.907 Maila VenturiLibero1.628 Lena Stigrot (c)Outside Hitter1.829 Valeria PapaOutside Hitter1.8310 Alice PamioOutside Hitter1.8111 Hanna KlimetsOpposite1.8612 Alessia ArcipreteOutside Hitter1.8115 Sofia ReboraMiddle Blocker1.7917 Clara DecortesOpposite1.83
Head coaches Period Head coach –2018 Fabio Cavaioli 2018–2019 Stefano Micoli 2019–2020 Fabio Cavaioli 2020–2021 Luca Cristofani 2021–2022 Stefano Saja 2022–2022 Andrea Mafrici 2022–2026 Giuseppe Cuccarini 2026– Adriano Di Peco
Honours
International competitions CEV Challenge Cup: 1 2024–25
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References
External links Official website