The 2017-18 season of the Italian Men’s Superleague is finally set in stone with competition beginning on October 15. The teams have finalized their rosters for the season, with BBC Castellana Grotte making their way to the Serie A of the Superleague this season. BBC replaced Club Molfetta, who finished 10th in the Superleague last season.
Modena will return French superstar Earvin N’gapeth for the 2017-18 season. Last year, Moden finished fourth in the regular season, while losing to the eventual champions, Lube Civitanova in the semifinals of the playoffs. The team also sees the return of Maarten Van Garderen, who took the 2016-17 season to play beach volleyball on the FIVB World Tour.
Civitanova will look to regain their spot on the top of the league, bringing in players like USA’s Taylor Sander and Serbia’s Dragan Stankovic.
Recently, Erik Shoji of the United States signed an agreement with Top Volley Latina, to be the team’s libero. Shortly after his signing, the team brought in Louis Caccioppol as the backup libero.
In other Americans that will be giving the Italian Serie A, a first try is Ben Patch, who decided to end his collegiate career at BYU early to step into the professional arena. Patch will play with Vibo Valentia who finished 8th in the regular season in 2016-17. Lucas Yoder also will see time in the Italian league, playing with Kioene Padova who ended in 12th place last season.
Below you can see the updated rosters for the upcoming season.
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 1 | Bruno Bruninho Mossa de Rezende | Setter | 190 cm | BRA |
| 2 | Jennings Franciskovic | Setter | 196 cm | USA |
| 3 | Andrea Argenta | Spiker | 205 cm | ITA |
| 4 | Maarten Van Garderen | Spiker | 200 cm | NED |
| 6 | Federico Tosi | Libero | 185 cm | ITA |
| 7 | Salvatore Rossini | Libero | 184 cm | ITA |
| 8 | Swan N’gapeth | Spiker | 185 cm | Between |
| 9 | Earvin N’gapeth | Spiker | 192 cm | Between |
| 10 | Giulio Sabbi | Spiker | 201 cm | ITA |
| 11 | Elia Bossi | Middle Blocker | 202 cm | ITA |
| 12 | Maxwell Philip Holt | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | USA |
| 14 | Alberto Marra | Middle Blocker | 206 cm | ITA |
| 15 | Giulio Pinali | Spiker | 198 cm | ITA |
| 17 | Tine Urnaut | Spiker | 201 cm | SLO |
| 18 | Daniele Mazzone | Middle Blocker | 207 cm | ITA |
BBC Castellana (New Mater Volley)
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 1 | Roberto Cazzaniga | Spiker | 198 cm | ITA |
| 2 | Milosz Hebda | Spiker | 206 cm | POL |
| 3 | Domenico Cavaccini | Libero | 178 cm | ITA |
| 4 | Bruno Canuto | Spiker | 195 cm | BRA |
| 5 | Domenico Pace | Libero | 178 cm | ITA |
| 6 | Marco Zauli | Middle Blocker | 200 cm | ITA |
| 7 | Matteo Paris | Setter | 188 cm | ITA |
| 8 | Federico Rossatti | Setter | 203 cm | ITA |
| 9 | Giorgio De Togni | Middle Blocker | 202 cm | ITA |
| 10 | Mario Ferraro | Middle Blocker | 198 cm | ITA |
| 11 | Fernando Gabriel Garnica | Setter | 190 cm | ITA |
| 12 | Djalma Moreira | Spiker | 200 cm | BRA |
| 14 | Georgios Tzioumakas | Spiker | 204 cm | GRE |
| 16 | Athos Gerreira Costa | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | BRA |
Biosi Indexa Sora
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 1 | Federivo Marrazzo | Setter | 190 cm | ITA |
| 2 | Mitchell Penning | Middle Blocker | 204 cm | USA |
| 3 | Rasmus Breuning Nielsen | Spiker | 198 cm | DEN |
| 4 | Edoardo Caneschi | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | ITA |
| 5 | Couple Fey | Spiker | 196 cm | USA |
| 6 | Marco Lucarelli | Spiker | 190 cm | ITA |
| 7 | Marco Santucci | Libero | 189 cm | ITA |
| 8 | Alex Duncan-Thibault | Spiker | 200 cm | CAN |
| 9 | Mattia Red | Spiker | 198 cm | ITA |
| 10 | Andrea Mattei | Middle Blocker | 202 cm | ITA |
| 11 | Georgi Seganov | Setter | 198 cm | BUL |
| 13 | Dusan Perkovic | Spiker | 199 cm | SRB |
| 14 | Pierpaolo Mauti | Spiker | 190 cm | ITA |
Bunge Ravenna
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 1 | Titian Mazzone | Spiker | 199 cm | ITA |
| 2 | Marco Vitelli | Middle Blocker | 201 cm | ITA |
| 5 | Santiago Order | Setter | 183 cm | ITA |
| 6 | Gabriel Cristian | Spiker | 195 cm | ARG |
| 7 | Giacomo Raffaelli | Spiker | 194 cm | ITA |
| 8 | Matteo Pistolesi | Setter | 194 cm | ITA |
| 9 | Miguel Gutierrez | Spiker | 197 cm | CUB |
| 10 | Ricardo Goi | Libero | 174 cm | ITA |
| 11 | Krasimir Georgiev | Middle Blocker | 203 cm | BUL |
| 12 | Enrico Diamantini | Middle Blocker | 204 cm | ITA |
| 14 | Stefano Marchini | Libero | 180 cm | ITA |
| 16 | Nicolas Marechal | Spiker | 198 cm | Between |
| 18 | Paul Buchegger | Spiker | 204 cm | AUT |
Caldzedonia Verona
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| Emanuele Birarelli | Middle Blocker | 202 cm | ITA | |
| Mitar Djuric | Spiker | 211 cm | GRE | |
| Thomas Frigo | Libero | 184 cm | ITA | |
| Aleks Grozdanov | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | BUL | |
| Thomas Jaeschke | Spiker | 198 cm | USA | |
| Stephen Maar | Spiker | 202 cm | CAN | |
| Mohannadjavad Manavinejad | Spiker | 200 cm | IRI | |
| Federico Brown | Spiker | 189 cm | ITA | |
| Stefano Mengozzi | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | ITA | |
| Alen Pajenk | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | SLO | |
| Adriano Paolucci | Setter | 190 cm | ITA | |
| Nicola Pesaresi | Libero | 190 cm | ITA | |
| Luca Spirit | Setter | 199 cm | ITA | |
| Toncek Stern | Spiker | 195 cm | SLO |
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 1 | Tsvetan Sokolov | Spiker | 205 cm | BUL |
| 2 | Davide Candellaro | Middle Blocker | 200 cm | ITA |
| 3 | Taylor Sander | Spiker | 196 cm | USA |
| 4 | Andrea Marchisio | Libero | 186 cm | ITA |
| 5 | Osmany Juantorena | Spiker | 200 cm | ITA |
| 6 | Alberto Casadei | Spiker | 200 cm | ITA |
| 7 | Dragan Stankovic | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | SRB |
| 9 | Jiri Kovar | Spiker | 202 cm | ITA |
| 10 | Jenny Greenny | Libero | 188 cm | Between |
| 11 | Micah Christenson | Setter | 198 cm | USA |
| 12 | Enrico Cester | Middle Blocker | 204 cm | ITA |
| 13 | Pierre Pujol | Setter | 186 cm | Between |
| 14 | Sebastiano Milan | Spiker | 203 cm | ITA |
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 2 | Male Kovaceviv | Spiker | 198 cm | SRB |
| 3 | Nicholas Hoag | Spiker | 200 cm | CAN |
| 4 | Jan Kozamernik | Middle Blocker | 204 cm | SLO |
| 5 | Oreste Cable | Spiker | 199 cm | ITA |
| 7 | Luca Vectors | Spiker | 199 cm | ITA |
| 8 | Matteo Chiappa | Libero | 190 cm | ITA |
| 9 | Simone Giannelli | Setter | 199 cm | ITA |
| 10 | Filippo Lanza | Spiker | 194 cm | ITA |
| 11 | Aidan Zingel | Middle Blocker | 207 cm | AUS |
| 12 | Renee Teppan | Spiker | 197 cm | EAST |
| 15 | Pier Paolo Partenio | Setter | 197 cm | ITA |
| 16 | Eder Carbonera | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | BRA |
| 17 | Daniele De Pandis | Libero | 184 cm | ITA |
Gi Group Monza
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 1 | Simone Buti | Middle Blocker | 208 cm | ITA |
| 4 | Donovan Download | Spiker | 202 cm | CZE |
| 5 | Davide Brunetti | Libero | 175 cm | ITA |
| 6 | Michal Finger | Spiker | 201 cm | CZE |
| 7 | Kawika Shoji | Setter | 198 cm | USA |
| 8 | Brett James Walsh | Setter | 195 cm | USA |
| 9 | Marco Rizzo | Libero | 185 cm | ITA |
| 10 | Jake Langlois | Spiker | 208 cm | USA |
| 11 | Iacopo Botto | Spiker | 190 cm | ITA |
| 12 | Jernej Terpin | Spiker | 190 cm | ITA |
| 13 | Thomas Beretta | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | ITA |
| 14 | Rocco Barone | Middle Blocker | 200 cm | ITA |
| 15 | Simon Hirsch | Spiker | 205 cm | GER |
| 16 | Federico Puppet | Middle Blocker | 200 cm | ITA |
Kione Padova
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 1 | Alberto Polo | Middle Blocker | 204 cm | ITA |
| 2 | Nicolo Bassanello | Libero | 183 cm | ITA |
| 4 | Gabriele Nelli | Spiker | 208 cm | ITA |
| 5 | Milan Peslac | Setter | 191 cm | ITA |
| 6 | Stefano Gozzo | Spiker | 200 cm | ITA |
| 7 | Fabio Balaso | Libero | 179 cm | ITA |
| 8 | Lazar Cirovic | Spiker | 196 cm | SRB |
| 9 | Matteo Sperandio | Middle Blocker | 199 cm | ITA |
| 10 | Marco Volpato | Middle Blocker | 195 cm | ITA |
| 12 | Petar Premovic | Spiker | 200 cm | SRB |
| 13 | Dragan Travica | Setter | 200 cm | ITA |
| 15 | Lucas Yoder | Spiker | 196 cm | USA |
| 18 | Luigi Randazzo | Spiker | 198 cm | ITA |
LPR Piacenza
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 1 | Loris Many | Libero | 190 cm | ITA |
| 3 | Simone Parodi | Spiker | 195 cm | ITA |
| 4 | Aimone Alletti | Middle Blocker | 207 cm | ITA |
| 6 | Ludovico Giuliani | Libero | 178 cm | ITA |
| 7 | Leonel Marshall | Spiker | 196 cm | CUB |
| 9 | Michele Baranowicz | Setter | 195 cm | ITA |
| 10 | Yvan Arthur Koday | Spiker | 213 cm | CMR |
| 12 | Viktor Yosifov | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | BUL |
| 13 | Tamir Avraham Hershko | Spiker | 200 cm | ISR |
| 14 | Alessandro Fei | Spiker | 208 cm | ITA |
| 17 | Trevor Clevenot | Spiker | 199 cm | Between |
| 18 | Francesco Cottarelli | Setter | 196 cm | ITA |
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 1 | Nimir Abdel-Aziz | Spiker | 201 cm | NED |
| 2 | Alessandro Piccinelli | Libero | 189 cm | ITA |
| 4 | Kevin Klinkenberg | Spiker | 198 cm | BEL |
| 5 | Nicola Daldello | Setter | 184 cm | ITA |
| 6 | Riccardo Sbertoli | Setter | 190 cm | ITA |
| 7 | Alessandro Tondo | Spiker | 202 cm | ITA |
| 8 | Ruben Schott | Spiker | 192 cm | GER |
| 11 | Matteo Piano | Middle Blocker | 207 cm | ITA |
| 12 | Gianluca Galassi | Middle Blocker | 201 cm | ITA |
| 13 | Taylor Averill | Middle Blocker | 201 cm | USA |
| 15 | Fabio Danuli | Libero | 190 cm | ITA |
| 16 | Alessandro Preti | Spiker | 204 cm | ITA |
| 18 | Klemen Cebulj | Spiker | 202 cm | SLO |
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 2 | Fabio Ricci | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | ITA |
| 4 | Andrea Cesarini | Libero | 180 cm | ITA |
| 5 | James Shaw | Setter | 203 cm | USA |
| 8 | Aaron Russel | Spiker | 205 cm | USA |
| 9 | Ivan Zaytsev | Spiker | 202 cm | ITA |
| 10 | Dore Long | Spiker | 194 cm | ITA |
| 11 | Tommi Transfer | Middle Blocker | 203 cm | FIN |
| 12 | Alexander Berger | Spiker | 193 cm | AUT |
| 13 | Massimo Colaci | Libero | 180 cm | ITA |
| 14 | Aleksandar Atanasijevic | Spiker | 200 cm | SRB |
| 15 | Luciano De Cecco | Setter | 194 cm | ARG |
| 16 | Leo Andric | Spiker | 202 cm | CRO |
| 17 | Simone Anzani | Middle Blocker | 203 cm | ITA |
| 18 | Marko Podrascanin | Middle Blocker | 203 cm | SRB |
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| Damian Domagala | Spiker | 199 cm | POL | |
| 1 | Deivid Jr. Costa | Middle Blocker | 206 cm | BRA |
| 2 | Manuel Coscione | Setter | 188 cm | ITA |
| 3 | David Marra | Libero | 180 cm | ITA |
| 4 | Francois Lecat | Spiker | 200 cm | BEL |
| 5 | Marco Izzo | Setter | 195 cm | ITA |
| 6 | Francesco Corrado | Spiker | 198 cm | ITA |
| 7 | Oleg Antonov | Spiker | 198 cm | ITA |
| 9 | Jacopo Massari | Spiker | 185 cm | ITA |
| 11 | Ernesto Torchia | Libero | 180 cm | ITA |
| 12 | Pieter Verhees | Middle Blocker | 205 cm | BEL |
| 13 | Ben Patch | Spiker | 203 cm | USA |
| 18 | Luca Presta | Middle Blocker | 200 cm | ITA |
Top Volley Latina
| # | Player | Position | Height | Nationality |
| 1 | Louis Caccioppol | Libero | 180 cm | ITA |
| 2 | Erik Shoji | Libero | 184 cm | USA |
| 4 | Carmel Gitto | Middle Blocker | 200 cm | ITA |
| 5 | Daniele Tott | Setter | 186 cm | ITA |
| 7 | Nicolas Le Goff | Middle Blocker | 206 cm | Between |
| 8 | Carlo De Angelis | Libero | 190 cm | ITA |
| 11 | Cristian Savani | Spiker | 194 cm | ITA |
| 13 | Andrea Rossi | Middle Blocker | 200 cm | ITA |
| 14 | Yuki Ishikawa | Spiker | 191 cm | JPN |
| 15 | Gabriele Maruotti | Spiker | 194 cm | ITA |
| 17 | Huang Pei-Hung | Setter | 188 cm | TPE |
| 18 | Sasha Starovic | Spiker | 207 cm | SRB |
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