Vakıfbank S.K.
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| 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 | Gözde Kırdar | ||
| League | Turkish Women's Volleyball League CEV Champions League | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Vakıfbank Sports Club (Turkish: Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü) is a Turkish volleyball club based in Istanbul, Turkey. Vakıfbank Sports Club (Turkish: Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü), currently one of the best volleyball teams in the world, third times winner of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship including this year and fourth times winner of the European Champions League including this year.
As of January 23, 2014, the team holds a 73-games winning streak record in domestic and international official competitions.[1]
Vakıfbank won all 52 official games played during the 2012–13 season[2] and all 51 official games played in 2013.[3] In 2017-18 season, the team won the champions at all levels of competition in local and international.
The team collected all five championship trophies in 2013, being the only club in volleyball history to have achieved this feat.
Contents
1 History
2 Venue
3 Current Roster
4 Honours
4.1 International competitions
4.2 National competitions
5 Previous names
6 Notable players
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
History
The team was established following a merger between two separate teams: Vakıfbank and Güneş Sigorta.[citation needed] Vakıfbank was 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.[4]
Vakıfbank won three unbeaten[citation needed]CEV Champions League championships in 2011, 2013 and 2017, and are the only unbeaten champions of the European Champions League history. They also placed second in 1998 and 1999 in this competition. They won the 2013 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.[5]
The team is coached by Italian Giovanni Guidetti. They won 47 games of 47 in the 2012–13 season in all competitions including Champions League (12 games), Turkish League (29 games), and Turkish Cup (6 games). After this season, they kept most of the team roster[citation needed] 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[citation needed] and Italian international Carolina Costagrande transfers from Chinese club Guangdong Evergrande V.C. instead of Polish spiker Malgorzata Glinka and Japanese Saori Kimura.[citation needed] Glinka left the team after three great seasons and moved to her home country for familial reasons.[citation needed]
Venue
Since 2016 the club plays its home matches at the VakıfBank Sports Palace (Turkish: VakıfBank Spor Sarayı) in Istanbul, the venue has a 2,000 spectators capacity.[6]
Current Roster
Season 2018-19[7]
Coach: 
Giovanni Guidetti
| Jersey No. | Name | Date Birth | Height | Position | Country |
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| 1 | Gizem Örge | 26 April 1993 | 1.70 | Libero |  Turkey |
| 3 | Cansu Özbay | 17 October 1996 | 1.82 | Setter | Turkey |
| 5 | Zhu Ting | 29 November 1994 | 1.98 | Outside hitter |  China |
| 6 | Kübra Çalışkan | 13 October 1994 | 1.97 | Middle Blocker | Turkey |
| 7 | Kelsey Robinson | 25 June 1992 | 1.88 | Outside hitter |  United States |
| 8 | Melis Gürkaynak | 20 April 1990 | 1.85 | Middle Blocker | Turkey |
| 9 | Ayça Aykaç | 27 February 1996 | 1.75 | Libero | Turkey |
| 10 | Lonneke Slöetjes | 15 November 1990 | 1.92 | Opposite Hitter |  Netherlands |
| 11 | Naz Aydemir Akyol | 14 August 1990 | 1.86 | Setter | Turkey |
| 14 | Melis Durul | 21 October 1993 | 1.85 | Opposite Hitter | Turkey |
| 16 | Milena Rašić | 25 October 1990 | 1.93 | Middle Blocker |  Serbia |
| 17 | Tuğba Şenoğlu | 2 February 1998 | 1.84 | Outside hitter | Turkey |
| 18 | Zehra Güneş | 7 July 1999 | 1.94 | Middle Blocker | Turkey |
2016–2017 Team[8][9] | |||||
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| Jersey No. | Name | Date of Birth | Height (m) | Position | Country |
| 1 | Gizem Örge | 26 April 1993 | 1.70 | Libero | Turkey |
| 2 | Gözde Kırdar | 26 June 1985 | 1.83 | Outside hitter | Turkey |
| 3 | Cansu Özbay | 17 October 1996 | 1.82 | Setter | Turkey |
| 5 | Zhu Ting | 29 November 1994 | 1.98 | Outside hitter | China |
| 6 | Kübra Çalışkan | 13 October 1994 | 1.97 | Middle Blocker | Turkey |
| 8 | Melis Gürkaynak | 20 April 1990 | 1.85 | Middle Blocker | Turkey |
| 9 | Ayça Aykaç | 27 February 1996 | 1.75 | Libero | Turkey |
| 10 | Lonneke Slöetjes | 15 November 1990 | 1.92 | Opposite Hitter | Netherlands |
| 11 | Naz Aydemir Akyol | 14 August 1990 | 1.86 | Setter | Turkey |
| 12 | Özge Nur Yurtdagülen | 6 August 1993 | 1.93 | Middle Blocker | Turkey |
| 14 | Melis Durul | 21 October 1993 | 1.85 | Opposite Hitter | Turkey |
| 15 | Kimberly Hill | 30 November 1989 | 1.94 | Outside Hitter | United States |
| 16 | Milena Rašić | 25 October 1990 | 1.93 | Middle Blocker | Serbia |
| 17 | Cansu Çetin | 26 May 1993 | 1.83 | Outside Hitter | Turkey |
Honours
International competitions
FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
Winners (3): 2013, 2017, 2018
Runners-up (1): 2011
Third (1): 2016
Women's CEV Champions League
Winners (4): 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018
Runners-up (4): 1998, 1999, 2014, 2016
Third (1): 2015
- CEV Cup
Winners (1): 2004
- CEV Challenge Cup
Winners (1): 2008
- Women's Top Volley International
Winners (1): 2008
FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
Women's CEV Champions League
National competitions
Turkish Women's Volleyball League
Winners (10): 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
Turkish Cup
Winners (6): 1995, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2018
Turkish Super Cup
Winners (3): 2013, 2014, 2017
Runners-up (2): 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
| Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Carolina Costagrande (2013-2015)
Elitsa Vasileva (2014-2015)
Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale (2010-2013)
Maja Poljak (2009-2011)
Kinga Maculewicz (2008-2010)
Annerys Vargas (2007-2008)
Angelina Grün (2008-2009)- Christiane Fürst (2011-2014)
Jelena Nikolić (2008-2012/2013-2014)- Jovana Brakočević (2012-2014)
- Milena Rašić (2014-)
Neslihan Demir (2002-2006/2008-2010)- Polen Uslupehlivan (2008-2010/2012-2014)
- Arzu Göllü (2007-2010)
- Özge Kırdar Çemberci (2008-2012)
- 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)
Sheilla Castro (2014-2016)
Debby Stam (2009-2010)- Robin de Kruijf (2014-2016)
- Anne Buijs (2015-2016)
- Lonneke Slöetjes (2015-)
Zhu Ting (2016-)
Saori Kimura (2012-2013)
Kimberly Hill (2015-2017)- Kelsey Robinson (2017-)
See also
- Turkey women's national volleyball team
- Turkish women in sports
- Perfect season#Volleyball
- VakıfBank
References
^ "Vakıfbank 73 yaptı çeyrek finale kaldı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-01-23..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "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".
^ 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|title=(help)
^ "VakıfBank First Team". VakıfBank Sports Club. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
^ "VakıfBank Istanbul - Team details". CEV. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
External links
- Official website
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