VakıfBank S.K.
VakıfBank Sports Club (Turkish: VakıfBank Spor Kulübü) are a Turkish volleyball club based in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1986, VakıfBank SK are currently one of the best women's volleyball teams in the world, having won the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship a record three times and the European Champions League four times to date.[1]
Full name | VakıfBank Spor Kulübü | ||
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Founded | 1986 | ||
Ground | VakıfBank Sports Palace, Istanbul (Capacity: 2,000) | ||
Chairman | Osman Demren | ||
Manager | Giovanni Guidetti | ||
Captain | Melis Gürkaynak | ||
League | Turkish Women's Volleyball League CEV Champions League | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
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Championships | |||
3 World Championships 4 European Championships 1 CEV Cup 1 CEV Challenge Cup 1 Top Volley International 11 Turkish Championships 6 Turkish Cups 3 Turkish Super Cups |
From 23 October 2012 to 22 January 2014 the team held a 73-games winning streak in all official domestic and international competitions, which was acknowledged as a world record by Guinness World Records.[2][3] The club won all 52 official games played during the 2012–13 season[4] and all 51 official games played in 2013.[5] VakıfBank collected all five championship trophies unbeaten in the 2012–13 season, being the only club in volleyball history to have achieved this unparalleled feat.[2]
History
The team was established following a merger between two separate teams: VakıfBank and Güneş Sigorta.[1] VakıfBank were originally an Ankara-based team but moved to Istanbul after the merge. Their name changed to VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta, VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom (VGSTT), VakıfBank Türk Telekom and VakıfBank respectively.[6]
VakıfBank won three unbeaten CEV Champions League championships in 2011, 2013, and 2017, and are the only unbeaten champions in European Champions League history. They also placed second in 1998 and 1999 in this competition. They won the 2013 and 2017 Club World Championship, the CEV Top Teams Cup in 2004 and CEV Challenge Cup in 2008 while finishing second in the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in 2011 and third in the European Confederation Cup of 2000.[7]
The team is coached by Italian Giovanni Guidetti. VakıfBank won 47 games of 47 in the 2012–13 season in all competitions including the European Champions League (12 games), Turkish League (29 games), and Turkish Cup (6 games). After that season, they kept most of the players and coaching staff for the 2013–14 season with little changes: Jelena Nikolic, who took a break volleyball for one year, came back to the team and Italian international Carolina Costagrande transfers from Chinese club Guangdong Evergrande V.C. instead of Polish spiker Malgorzata Glinka and Japanese Saori Kimura. Glinka left the team after three great seasons and moved to her home country for familial reasons.
From 23 October 2012 to 22 January 2014, VakıfBank won 73 consecutive victories in all official competitions, which was acknowledged as a world record by Guinness World Records. During this feat the team won an unprecedented 5 trophies including the Club World Championship, European Champions League, and the domestic treble consisting of the Turkish National League, Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup. Their streak was finally ended on 27 January 2014 in a game against rivals Fenerbahçe.[2]
Venue
Since 2016 the club play their home matches at the VakıfBank Sports Palace (Turkish: VakıfBank Spor Sarayı) in Istanbul, the venue has a 2,000 spectators capacity.[8]
Current Roster
2019–20 season[9]
Coach:
Jersey No. | Name | Date Birth | Height | Position | Country | |
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1 | Gizem Örge | 26 April 1993 | 1.70 | Libero | ||
3 | Cansu Özbay | 17 October 1996 | 1.82 | Setter | ||
6 | Kübra Çalışkan | 13 October 1994 | 1.97 | Middle Blocker | ||
8 | Melis Gürkaynak | 20 April 1990 | 1.85 | Middle Blocker | ||
9 | Meliha İsmailoğlu | 17 September 1993 | 1.89 | Outside Hitter | ||
10 | Gabriela Guimarães | 19 May 1994 | 1.80 | Outside Hitter | ||
11 | Isabelle Haak | 11 July 1999 | 1.94 | Opposite Hitter | ||
12 | Pınar Eren Atasever | 12 December 1986 | 1.70 | Libero | ||
13 | Michelle Bartsch-Hackley | 12 February 1990 | 1.93 | Outside Hitter | ||
14 | Gözde Yılmaz | 9 September 1991 | 1.95 | Opposite Hitter | ||
15 | Ebrar Karakurt | 17 January 2000 | 1.90 | Opposite Hitter | ||
16 | Milena Rašić | 25 October 1990 | 1.93 | Middle Blocker | ||
17 | Maja Ogjnejovic | 6 August 1984 | 1.83 | Setter | ||
18 | Zehra Güneş | 7 July 1999 | 1.97 | Middle Blocker | ||
2016–17 season[10][11] | |||||
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Jersey No. | Name | Date of Birth | Height (m) | Position | Country |
1 | Gizem Örge | 26 April 1993 | 1.70 | Libero | |
2 | Gözde Kırdar | 26 June 1985 | 1.83 | Outside hitter | |
3 | Cansu Özbay | 17 October 1996 | 1.82 | Setter | |
5 | Zhu Ting | 29 November 1994 | 1.98 | Outside hitter | |
6 | Kübra Çalışkan | 13 October 1994 | 1.97 | Middle Blocker | |
8 | Melis Gürkaynak | 20 April 1990 | 1.85 | Middle Blocker | |
9 | Ayça Aykaç | 27 February 1996 | 1.75 | Libero | |
10 | Lonneke Slöetjes | 15 November 1990 | 1.92 | Opposite Hitter | |
11 | Naz Aydemir Akyol | 14 August 1990 | 1.86 | Setter | |
12 | Özge Nur Yurtdagülen | 6 August 1993 | 1.93 | Middle Blocker | |
13 | Chiara Di Iulio | 5 May 1985 | 1.84 | Outside Hitter | |
14 | Melis Durul | 21 October 1993 | 1.85 | Opposite Hitter | |
15 | Kimberly Hill | 30 November 1989 | 1.94 | Outside Hitter | |
16 | Milena Rašić | 25 October 1990 | 1.93 | Middle Blocker | |
17 | Cansu Çetin | 26 May 1993 | 1.83 | Outside Hitter | |
Honours
International competitions
FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship Women's CEV Champions League CEV Cup - Winners (1): 2004
CEV Challenge Cup - Winners (1): 2008
Women's Top Volley International - Winners (1): 2008
Domestic competitions
- Turkish Women's Volleyball League
- Turkish Cup
- Winners (6): 1995, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2018
- Turkish Super Cup
- Winners (3): 2013, 2014, 2017
- Runners-up (3): 2010, 2015, 2018
Previous names
- 1986–1999: Güneş Sigorta
- 1999–2009: VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta
- 2009–2011: VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom
- 2011–2012: VakıfBank Türk Telekom
- 2012–present: VakıfBank
Notable players
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Carolina Costagrande (2013-2015) Elitsa Vasileva (2014-2015) Debby Stam (2009-2010) Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale (2010-2013) Maja Poljak (2009-2011) Kinga Maculewicz (2008-2010) Yuliya Svistina (2001-2002) Nadezhda Shopova (2001-2002) Annerys Vargas (2007-2008) Sylvia Roll (2007-2008) Angelina Grün (2008-2009) Christiane Fürst (2011-2014) Jelena Nikolić (2008-2012/2013-2014) Jovana Brakočević (2012-2014) Milena Rašić (2014-) Maja Ognjenović (2019-) Neslihan Demir (2002-2006/2008-2010) Polen Uslupehlivan (2008-2010/2012-2014) Arzu Göllü (2007-2010) Özge Kırdar Çemberci (2008-2012) Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma (2010-2018) Nilay Özdemir (2009-2012) Elif Ağca Öner (2001-2007/2008-2009) Gizem Güreşen (2009-2015) Bahar Toksoy (2007-2015) Ergül Avcı (2011-2013) Aysun Özbek (1996-2008) Güldeniz Önal (2008-2015) Hilma Caldeira (1999-2002) Tatiana Alves Dos Santos (2005-2006) Nikolle Del Rio Correa (2006-2007) Sheilla Castro (2014-2016) Gabriela Guimarães (2019-) Debby Stam (2009-2010) Robin de Kruijf (2014-2016) Anne Buijs (2015-2016) Lonneke Slöetjes (2015-2019) Pan Wenli (2001-2002) Zhu Ting (2016-2019) Saori Kimura (2012-2013) Michelle Bartsch-Hackley (2019-) Kimberly Hill (2015-2017) Kelsey Robinson (2017-2019) Isabelle Haak (2019-)
See also
References
- "Tarihçe [History]". vakifbanksporkulubu.com (in Turkish). VakıfBank SK. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- "Most consecutive volleyball victories in all competitions (female)". guinnessworldrecords.com. Guinness World Records. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- "Vakıfbank 73 yaptı çeyrek finale kaldı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- "Genel Fikstür". Turkish Volleyball Federation (in Turkish). 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
- "Genel Fikstür". Turkish Volleyball Federation (in Turkish). 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
- "Yeni isimleri Vakıfbank Türk Telekom oldu". hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- Historic achievements of Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta women's volleyball team
- "VakifBank unveil their new state-of-the-art home at VakıfBank Spor Sarayı". CEV. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- http://www.vakifbanksporkulubu.com/players.aspx?pageID=102. Missing or empty
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(help) - "VakıfBank First Team". VakıfBank Sports Club. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- "VakıfBank Istanbul - Team details". CEV. Retrieved 15 December 2016.