Porto Ravenna Volley

Porto Ravenna Volley was a historical volleyball club from the city of Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna. Ravenna founded by a group of businessmen and lovers inspired by Giuseppe Brusi, it landed in A1 at the end of the eighties, continuing a tradition that makes the city one of the "cradles" of Italian volleyball. Achievements CEV Champions League Winners (3): 1992, 1993, 1994 Runners-up (1): 1995 CEV Challenge Cup Winners (1): 1997 Runners-up (1): 1996 CEV SuperCup Winners (2): 1992, 1993 Runners-up (1): 1994 FIVB Club World Championship Winners (1): 1991 Italian League Winners (1): 1991 Italian Cup Winners (1): 1991 History The tradition dates back to other male volleyball club from Ravenna, where the G.S. Robur, won five league titles at the turn of the forties and fifties, and Casadio, who was born on the initiative of the Fire Department, and he served in A1 and A2 from the sixties then. In 1987 Giuseppe Brusi and a consortium of local businessmen took over the Casadio and the right to participate in the Series A2 and changed its name to Porto Ravenna Volley. In the nineties, with the sponsorship of the Ferruzzi Group, the team took the name "il Messaggero" Volley, and won a league title, an Italian Cup (1991), three consecutive European Champion Cups (1992, 1993 and 1994), two European Super Cups and the Club World Championship. In the 1990–91 season, coached by Daniele Ricci, the team (with notable players Vullo, Timmons, Kiraly, Margaret, Gardini, Masciarelli) won the league and the Italian Cup.