The Credem Banca Serie A clubs for the 2025/26 season have voted for the best Italian Under-23 athletes, coaches, and referees of the year. Below is the complete list of League Awards, including those related to performance and Regular Season statistics.
Since these awards refer to the 2025/26 season, last season’s team is listed as the team they belong to, along with its name.
Clicking on each award recipient will take you to their profile.
2025/26 LEAGUE AWARDS
36th “Costa-Anderlini” Award – Best Coach
Angelo Lorenzetti, Perugia coach, wins the Badiali Award as best coach of the last SuperLega season.
Angelo Lorenzetti (Sir Susa Scai Perugia) for the Credem Banca SuperLega
Simone Di Tommaso (Abba Pineto) for the Credem Banca Serie A2
Antonio Polimeni (Domotek Reggio Calabria) for the Credem Banca Serie A3
“Gianfranco Badiali” Award – Best Italian Under-23 Player
Luca Porro (Valsa Group Modena) for the Credem Banca SuperLega
Manuel Zlatanov (Consar Ravenna) for the Credem Banca Serie A2
Marco Fedrici (Personal Time San Donà di Piave) for the Credem Banca Serie A3
“Ilario Toniolo” Award – Best Referee of the Credem SuperLega Banca
Umberto Zanussi
“Cesare Massaro” Award – Best Referee in Serie A2/A3 Credem Banca
Andrea Clemente
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE RANKINGS
“Andrej Kuznetsov” Award – Top Scorer in the Regular Season
Aleksandar Nikolov wins the Kuznetsov Award: he is the top scorer in last year’s SuperLega
Aleksandar Nikolov (Cucine Lube Civitanova) for the Credem Banca SuperLega: 450 points
Arinze Kelvin Nwachukwu (Sviluppo Sud Catania) for the Credem Banca Serie A2: 469 points
Riccardo Mian (Conad Reggio Emilia) for the Credem Banca Serie A3: 386 points
Best Serve
Robertlandy Simon (Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza)
Best Reception
Marco Gaggini (Sir Susa Scai Perugia)
Best Spiker/Opposite Hitter
Paul Buchegger (Valsa Group Modena)
Best Middle Blocker
Giovanni Sanguinetti (Valsa Group Modena)
Most Aces
Paul Buchegger (Valsa Group Modena): 62 Aces
Most Block Winners
Thomas Beretta (Vero Volley Monza): 44 Blocks
Most Attack Winners
Aleksandar Nikolov (Cucine Lube Civitanova): 369 Attack Winners
Previous Editions of the League Awards
WHO ARE THE INDIVIDUAL AWARDS DEDICATED TO?
Costa-Anderlini – Best Coach of SuperLega, Serie A2, and Serie A3
Dedicated to: Angelo Costa (1918-1977), volleyball coach and winner of the first four men’s volleyball championships. He tied his coaching career to the Ravenna team; Franco Anderlini (1921-1984), volleyball coach, winner of eight championships with Modena between 1957 and 1974. Between 1975 and 1977, he led the Italian national team.
Gianfranco Badiali – Best Italian U23 Player in SuperLega, Serie A2, and Serie A3
A volleyball player who played for the Falconara team, the team where he grew up, he passed away prematurely in 1988 due to illness. The Falconara sports hall is named after Badiali. He made 35 appearances for the Italian national team, making his debut in 1985 with a victory against the Netherlands.
Andrej Kuznetsov – Top scorer in SuperLega, Serie A2 and A3
Award named in memory of Andrei Kuznetsov (1966-1994), a Soviet volleyball player—who has been Russian since 1991—who spent his competitive career playing for Italy, playing for Lazio, Capurso Gioia, and 4 Torri Ferrara. He died prematurely on December 30, 1994, following a car accident near Francavilla al Mare. The municipality of Gioia del Colle (the club with which he achieved promotion to Serie A1) named one of the city’s sports arenas after him.
Ilario Toniolo and Cesare Massaro – Best Referee of SuperLega and Serie A2/A3
This award goes to the best referees of SuperLega and Serie A2/A3, dedicated to the memory of two former volleyball referees in Italy.
