Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball

Fenerbahçe
Nickname Potanın Kraliçeleri (The Queens of the Hoop)
Fener
Leagues Turkish Women's Basketball League
EuroLeague Women
Founded 1954
History Fenerbahçe (1954–present)
Arena Ülker Sports Arena
(capacity: 13,800)[1]
Location Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors Yellow and Navy blue
         
President Turkey Ali Koç
Head coach France Valérie Garnier
2017–18 position Regular season: 3rd
Play-off: Champions
Championships 13 Turkish Championships
1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018
11 Turkish Cups
1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016
11 Turkish Super Cups
1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Website fenerbahce.org
Uniforms
Active departments of
Fenerbahçe
Football Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's)
Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Table Tennis
Swimming Rowing Sailing
Athletics Boxing eSports

Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball is the women's basketball department of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Founded in 1954, they became the most successful in Turkey, alongside Galatasaray, and achieved considerable success in European competitions. They became EuroLeague runners-up on three occasions, in the 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2016–17 seasons and reached the third place once in 2016. They also became fourth in the 2011–12 and 2014–15 seasons. Furthermore, Fenerbahçe became runners-up in the EuroCup in 2005. Overall, they played in four major European finals and managed to be among the best four European clubs six times.

Domestically, Fenerbahçe won 13 Turkish Championship titles, a record 11 Turkish Cups, and a record 11 Turkish Super Cups, among others.

Fenerbahçe play their matches at either the 1,500-seat Caferağa Sports Hall[2] or the 13,800-seat Ülker Sports Arena.[3][4]

Players

Current squad

Fenerbahçe roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 1 Turkey Bilgiç, Pelin 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 61 kg (134 lb) 24 – (1994-07-15)15 July 1994
SG 3 Turkey Cora, Ayşe 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 25 – (1993-03-03)3 March 1993
PG 5 Turkey Yavaş, Özge 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 27 – (1991-06-27)27 June 1991
SG 6 Turkey Arı, Merve 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 20 – (1998-01-05)5 January 1998
PG 7 Turkey Vardarlı, Birsel (C) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 34 – (1984-07-12)12 July 1984
C 8 United States Vaughn, Kia 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1987-01-24)24 January 1987
SF 9 Italy Zandalasini, Cecilia 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 22 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996
PG 10 United States Plum, Kelsey 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 24 – (1994-08-24)24 August 1994
PF 11 Belarus Verameyenka, Anastasiya 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 31 – (1987-07-10)10 July 1987
PF 12 Turkey Canıtez, Tuğçe 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 27 – (1990-11-10)10 November 1990
SG 14 Italy Sottana, Giorgia 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 29 – (1988-12-15)15 December 1988
C 15 Turkey Şenyürek, Tilbe 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995
PG 23 United States Hartley, Bria 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 26 – (1992-09-30)30 September 1992
C 33 Turkey Ural, Esra 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1991-08-18)18 August 1991
C 41 United States Stokes, Kiah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 25 – (1993-03-30)30 March 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Turkey Tolga Esenci
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Turkey Serkan Bodur
Team manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured
Updated: 14 April, 2017

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Kiah Stokes Kia Vaughn Esra Ural
PF Anastasiya Verameyenka Tilbe Şenyürek Tuğçe Canıtez
SF Cecilia Zandalasini Ayşe Cora Merve Arı
SG Giorgia Sottana Bria Hartley Pelin Bilgiç
PG Birsel Vardarlı Kelsey Plum Özge Yavaş

Honours

Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball
Medal record
Women’s Basketball
Representing Fenerbahçe SK
Euroleague Women
Euroleague Women2012–13
Euroleague Women2013–14
Euroleague Women2015–16
Euroleague Women2016–17
EuroCup Women
EuroCup Women2004-05
Southern Conference FIBA Europa
Southern Conference FIBA Europa2004-05
Turkish Championship
TBB Championship 1956
TBB Championship 1957
TBB Championship 1958
TBB Championship 1959
Turkish Women's Basketball League
TBB League1990-91
TBB League1991-92
TBB League1994-95
TBB League1995-96
TBB League1998-99
TBB League1999-00
TBB League2000-01
TBB League2001-02
TBB League2002-03
TBB League2003-04
TBB League2004-05
TBB League2005-06
TBB League2006-07
TBB League2007-08
TBB League2008-09
TBB League2009-10
TBB League2010-11
TBB League2011-12
TBB League2012-13
TBB League2013-14
TBB League2015-16
TBB League2016-17
TBB League2017–18
Turkish Women's Basketball Cup
Turkish Cup1994-95
Turkish Cup1998-99
Turkish Cup1999-00
Turkish Cup2000-01
Turkish Cup2003-04
Turkish Cup2004-05
Turkish Cup2005-06
Turkish Cup2006-07
Turkish Cup2007-08
Turkish Cup2008-09
Turkish Cup2009-10
Turkish Cup2011-12
Turkish Cup2012-13
Turkish Cup2013-14
Turkish Cup2014-15
Turkish Cup2015-16
Turkish Presidential Cup
Turkish President Cup1994-95
Turkish President Cup1998-99
Turkish President Cup1999-00
Turkish President Cup2000-01
Turkish President Cup2001-02
Turkish President Cup2003-04
Turkish President Cup2004-05
Turkish President Cup2005-06
Turkish President Cup2006-07
Turkish President Cup2007-08
Turkish President Cup2008-09
Turkish President Cup2009-10
Turkish President Cup2010-11
Turkish President Cup2011-12
Turkish President Cup2012-13
Turkish President Cup2013-14
Turkish President Cup2014-15
Turkish President Cup2015-16
Turkish President Cup2016-17

European competitions

Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17
Third place (1): 2015–16
Fourth place (2): 2011–12, 2014–15
Runners-up (1): 2004–05
Fourth place (1): 2003–04
  • Southern Conference FIBA Europa
Winners (1): 2004–05

National competitions

Winners (13) (shared-record): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2017–18
Runners-up (9): 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2016–17
Winners (3): 1956, 1957, 1958
Runners-up (1): 1959
Winners (11) (shared-record): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16
Runners-up (5): 1994–95, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
Winners (11) (record): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Runners-up (8): 1995, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017

Regional competitions

Winners (5): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
Runners-up (8): 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968

Others

  • GSGM Cup
Winners (1): 1991
Runners-up (1): 1992

Team captains

This is a list of the senior team's captains in the recent years.

Period Captain
1996–2006 Turkey Serap Yücesir
2006–2009 Turkey Nalan Ramazanoğlu
2009–2012 Turkey Nevriye Yılmaz
2012– Turkey Birsel Vardarlı

Head coaches

Period Head coach
1955–1960 Turkey Önder Dai
196?–1968 Turkey Mehmet Baturalp
1980–1985 Turkey Yaman Eymür
1987–2000 Turkey Göksel Zeren
2000–2009 Turkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
2009–2010 Turkey Haydar Kemal Ateş
2010 Turkey Aydın Uğuz
2010–2011 Hungary László Rátgéber
2011–2012 Greece George Dikeoulakos
2012–2014 Spain Roberto Íñiguez
2014–2015 Poland Jacek Winnicki
2015 Turkey Erman Okerman
2015–2017 Greece George Dikeoulakos
2017–2018 Turkey Fırat Okul
2018– France Valérie Garnier

C Caretaker

Notable players

Italic written players still play for the club.

Sponsorship and kit manufacturers

See also

References

  1. ↑ Worldstadiums.com basketball capacity.
  2. ↑ Caferaga Sport Hall @ tbf.org
  3. ↑ Ulkercity built running Archived 2010-03-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ New basketball venue to be built
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