RC Cannes
| Full name | Racing Club de Cannes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1922 | ||
| Ground | Palais des Victoires, Cannes, France (Capacity: 4,000) | ||
| Chairman | Agostino Pesce | ||
| Head coach | Riccardo Marchesi | ||
| League | Ligue A | ||
| 2022–23 | 7th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF.
History
Racing Club de Cannes was created as a sports club in 1922 and the volleyball department was introduced in 1942. Originally it had both men and women's teams until 1948 when the men's team was dissolved. The club played in regional and lower national leagues and when the national league was restructured in 1967, it gained a place in the elite league. The club proved to be competitive and after finishing second in 1972, it qualified for the first time to play in a European competition (Cup Winners Cup). In 1993, Chinese coach Yan Fang was hired and the club became very successful.[1] For the next 23 seasons (from 1993–94 to 2015–16) under his coaching, the club won twenty French Championships (including eighteen consecutive titles from 1997–98 to 2014–15 and finish second in 1993–94, 1996–97 and 2015–16), nineteen French Cups (finish second in 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02 and 2014–15), two CEV Women's Champions League (in 2001–02 and 2002–03, finishing second in 2005–06 and 2011–12).[2] The club has also won minor international tournaments, such as the Women's Top Volley International on six occasions (December 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2012).
Venue
In 2005 the club moved from the Palais des Sports André Henry to the Palais des Victoires.[1]
Honours
National competitions
- 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018-19
- French Cup: 20
- 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017-18
International competitions
- 2001–02, 2002–03
Team
Season 2016–2017, as of March 2017.[3][4][5]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myriam Kloster | Middle blocker | 1.88 | 76 | 4 August 1989 |
| 2 | Olga Savenchuk | Opposite | 1.88 | 78 | 20 May 1988 |
| 3 | Lucille Gicquel | Outside hitter | 1.89 | 71 | 13 November 1997 |
| 4 | Mariana Thomaz de Aquino | Middle blocker | 1.92 | 70 | 2 May 1991 |
| 5 | Taylor Sandbothe | Middle blocker | 1.87 | 68 | 15 December 1994 |
| 6 | Déborah Ortschitt | Libero | 1.65 | 58 | 10 June 1987 |
| 7 | Sanja Bursać | Outside hitter | 1.78 | 63 | 10 January 1990 |
| 10 | Vedrana Jakšetić | Setter | 1.83 | 73 | 17 September 1996 |
| 11 | Tanja Grbić | Setter | 1.76 | 64 | 9 July 1988 |
| 15 | Sara Hutinski | Middle blocker | 1.86 | 71 | 20 June 1991 |
| 16 | Nadiia Kodola | Outside hitter | 1.85 | 78 | 29 September 1988 |
| 17 | Gergana Dimitrova | Outside hitter | 1.84 | 74 | 28 February 1996 |
| 18 | Kotoki Zayasu | Libero | 1.59 | 56 | 11 January 1990 |
| 19 | Romane Ruiz | Libero | 1.78 | 67 | 5 January 1997 |
| 20 | Carla Boudal | Libero | 1.67 | 62 | 14 July 1999 |
| 2010–2011 Team[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Hanka Pachale | Outside hitter | 1.90 | 12 September 1976 | |
| 2 | Amadéa Duraković | Outside hitter | 1.88 | 6 October 1988 | |
| 3 | Paola Croce | Libero | 1.67 | 6 March 1978 | |
| 4 | Maryna Marchenko | Outside hitter | 1.87 | 12 July 1985 | |
| 5 | Alessandra Camarda | Libero | 1.74 | 5 August 1988 | |
| 7 | Ana Antonijević | Setter | 1.85 | 26 August 1987 | |
| 8 | Laurianne Delabarre | Setter | 1.76 | 24 April 1987 | |
| 10 | Alexandra Fomina | Libero | 1.73 | 4 May 1975 | |
| 11 | Irina Polechtchouk | Middle blocker | 1.86 | 1 August 1973 | |
| 12 | Victoria Ravva | Middle blocker | 1.89 | 31 October 1975 | |
| 13 | Nadia Centoni | Opposite | 1.85 | 19 June 1981 | |
| 15 | Anja Spasojević | Outside hitter | 1.87 | 4 July 1983 | |
| 16 | Milena Rašić | Middle blocker | 1.93 | 25 October 1990 | |
| 17 | Jelena Lozančić | Middle blocker | 1.86 | 26 March 1983 | |
Notable players
- Malgorzata Glinka (2005–2006)
- Simona Rinieri (2003–2004)
- Nadia Centoni (2007–2014)
- Valentina Fiorin (2008–2010)
- Cristina Pîrv (2004–2005)
- Luminiţa Trombiţaş (2009)
- Eva Yaneva (2005–2010)
- Strashimira Filipova (2006–2009)
- Jelena Nikolić (2004–2005)
- Milena Rašić (2010–2014)
- Victoria Ravva (1994–2015)
- Zhang Yuehong (2002–2003)
- Yuko Sano (2004–2006)
- Akiko Ino (2007–2009)
- Logan Tom (2014–2015)
References
- ^ a b "Le club". RC Cannes (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Anny Courtade quitte la présidence du RC Cannes". L'Équipe (in French). 3 July 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "L'équipe". RC Cannes (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Racing Club de Cannes". Ligue Nationale de Volley (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "RC Cannes - Team 2016–17". CEV. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "RC Cannes - Team 2010–11". CEV. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
External links
- Official website (in French)