Tours VB

French volleyball club

Tours VB

Full name

Tours Volley-Ball

Founded

1966

Ground

Salle Robert Grenon
(Capacity: 3,300)

Chairman

Bruno Poilpré

Manager

Marcelo Fronckowiak

Captain

Željko Ćorić

League

Ligue A

2022–23

Champions

Website

Club home page

Uniforms

Home

Away

Tours VB is a professional men's volleyball club which is playing their home matches at the Salle Robert Grenon in Tours, France.

Tours VB plays in LNV Ligue A, top volleyball league in France. According to Media Guide book, the annual budget of Tours is € 2,500,000 for Season 2021/2022 which is the highest budget of all teams.^[1]

Honours

Domestic

French Championship

Winners (9): 2003–04, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23

French Cup

Winners (11): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2022–23

French SuperCup

Winners (5): 2005–06, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2022–23

International

CEV Champions League

Winners (1): 2004–05

Silver (1): 2006–07

Final Four (1): 2003–04

CEV Cup

Winners (1): 2016–17

Silver (1): 2021–22

Team

As of 2022–23 season^[2]

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	João Rafael Ferreira	(1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 31)	outside hitter
2	Pierre Derouillon	(1999-06-06) 6 June 1999 (age 24)	outside hitter
5	Leandro dos Santos	(1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31)	middle blocker
6	Aymeric Pelvet	(2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 23)	outside hitter
7	Luciano Palonsky	(1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 24)	outside hitter
8	Gary Chauvin	(1987-12-29) 29 December 1987 (age 36)	setter
9	Thiébault Bruckert	(1991-04-16) 16 April 1991 (age 33)	middle blocker
10	Aboubacar Dramé Neto	(1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 30)	opposite
12	Dmytro Teryomenko	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37)	middle blocker
14	Benjamin Diez	(1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26)	libero
17	Željko Ćorić	(1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 35)	setter
19	José Ademar Santana	(1996-02-06) 6 February 1996 (age 28)	outside hitter
20	Jakub Klajmon	(2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 21)	middle blocker
22	Michaël Parkinson	(1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 32)	middle blocker
Head coach:		Marcelo Fronckowiak