Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball

Fenerbahçe S.K.

Full name	Fenerbahçe Sports Club Women's Volleyball Department
Short name	Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball Fenerbahçe Universal
Nickname	Sarı Melekler (The Yellow Angels) Armanın Gururu (The Pride and Joy of Fenerbahce)
Founded	1928(closed due to lack of opponent) 1954
Ground	Burhan Felek Sport Hall, Istanbul (Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman	Aziz Yıldırım
Manager	Zé Roberto
Captain	Seda Tokatlıoğlu
League	Turkish Women's Volleyball League
2010-11	Champion
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Current 　 Home 　 Away 　 Libero

Active departments of Fenerbahçe
The Club	Athletics	Basketball (Men's)
Basketball (Women's)	Boxing	Football
Rowing	Sailing	Swimming
Table Tennis	Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)

Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball is the women's volleyball branch of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The senior team is currently known as Fenerbahçe Universal after the sponsorship agreement with the Universal Hospitals Group. Fenerbahçe Universal play their matches at the 7000-seated Burhan Felek Sport Hall.

Previous names

• Fenerbahçe (1928, 1954–2007)
• Fenerbahçe Acıbadem (2007–2011)
• Fenerbahçe Universal (2011–present)

History

Fenerbahçe S.K.'s Women's Volleyball Department was founded in 1928 by Sabiha Rıfat Gürayman who was a girl playing for men's volleyball team of Fenerbahçe, and was the first woman architect of Turkey. However, the department was closed due to lack of opponent. In 1954, a new era started with taking help from Çamlıca Girls High School, starting from 1958 those girls won 8 Turkish Championships alongside many titles. In 1977, Fenerbahçe SK Women's Volleyball Department was closed due to financial issues. In 1989, it was refounded and promoted from Istanbul First League to the Turkish Second League in 1993 and to the Turkish First League in 1994. They were relegated to the Turkish Second League in 1995-96 season.^{[citation needed]}

Fenerbahçe finally returned to the Turkish First League in 2002-03 season, but the team could not stand out until 2006. The senior team was renamed as Fenerbahçe Acıbadem due to the sponsorship agreement with Acıbadem Healthcare Group from 2007 to 2011.^{[citation needed]} The Yellow Angels were the runners-up after Eczacıbaşı SK in 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons. They gained the 9th Turkish title in their history in 2008-09 season after defeating their archrival Eczacıbaşı SK in the finals (3-2, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1), which was their first ever title since the current league system in Turkey was initiated (1984-85).^{[citation needed]}

Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team shone in 2009-10 season as the Yellow Angels finished the first round of the 2009-10 Turkish League without a loss in 22 matches (setting a 66:2 set ratio record) and reached the final of 2010 Women's CEV Champions League without a loss. They beat the host team RC Cannes in a thrilling five-setter, but then they lost to Volley Bergamo in five even though they came back after falling two sets down: 22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 9-15. Yekaterina Gamova was the best scorer, Nataša Osmokrović was the best server of the tournament.^{[citation needed]}

The star-studded Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team were on top of the world on 21 December 2010 in Doha-Qatar after beating South American titleholders Sollys Osasco 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-17) to become the first team in 16 years to claim the 2010 FIVB Women's Club World Championship where Katarzyna Skowrońska was the MVP and the best scorer, Eda Erdem was the best server.

In 2011, Fenerbahce SK organized the Champions League Final Four in Istanbul Burhan Felek Sports Hall; however, in the semi-final the Yellow Angels lost to the Turkish team Vakifbank Gunes Sigorta Turk Telekom in a heart-breaking five setter (25-19, 21-25, 25-21, 19-25, 11-15) and lost the chance to be the very first team in Turkish volleyball history who would win the Champions League title. The Yellow Angels could only win the third place after beating Scavolini Pesaro in four (14-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-21), thanks to the local heroines Seda Tokatlıoğlu, Naz Aydemir, and Eda Erdem.

In 2012, the Korean superstar Yeon Koung Kim aka the Asian Gamova, the American superstar Logan Tom aka the Queen, and the Brazilian superstar Fabiana Claudino aka the Black Pearl, all joined Fenerbahçe Universal after the club parted its ways with the non-Turkish players except Lioubov Sokolova. In the quarter finals, the Yellow Angels qualified for the Champions League Final 4, which will be organized in Baku in 24-25 March 2012, after defeating Rabita Baku twice without losing a single set (13-25, 24-26, 19-25 | 25-20, 25-17, 25-20).

Current squad

Squad as of November 17, 2011

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)
01	Fabiana	Middle blocker	1.93
03	Nihan Güneyligil	Libero	1.70
04	Merve Dalbeler	Libero/Outside-Hitter	1.80
05	Lioubov Sokolova	Opposite-Outside hitter	1.93
06	Yağmur Koçyiğit	Outside Hitter	1.83
07	Duygu Bal	Middle Blocker	1.90
08	İpek Soroğlu	Middle Blocker	1.92
09	Seda Tokatlıoğlu	Opposite-Outside Hitter	1.92
10	Yeon-Koung Kim	Opposite-Hitter	1.92
11	Naz Aydemir	Setter	1.86
12	Seda Eryüz	Setter	1.80
14	Eda Erdem	Middle Blocker	1.87
15	Logan Tom	Outside Hitter	1.86
17	Didem Ege	Libero	1.72

Technical and managerial staff

Squad as of November 17, 2011

Name	Job
Hakan Dinçay	Board Member for Volleyball
Violet Duca	Team Manager
Zé Roberto	Head Coach
Kamil Söz	Assistant Coach
Mehmet Mert Karatop	Statistician and Trainer
Turgay Aslanyürek	Conditioner

Honours

Medal record
Women’s Volleyball
FIVB Club World Championship
Gold	2010 Champ'	Team
CEV Champions League
Silver	2009-10 League	Team
Bronze	2010-11 League	Team
CEV Top Teams Cup
Bronze	2008-09 Cup	Team
Turkish Championship
Gold	1956 Champ'	Team
Gold	1957 Champ'	Team
Gold	1958 Champ'	Team
Gold	1959 Champ'	Team
Gold	1960 Champ'	Team
Silver	1961 Champ'	Team
Bronze	1962 Champ'	Team
Gold	1968 Champ'	Team
Gold	1969 Champ'	Team
Gold	1972 Champ'	Team
Silver	1973 Champ'	Team
Bronze	1974 Champ'	Team
Silver	1975 Champ'	Team
Bronze	1977 Champ'	Team
Turkish League
Silver	2006-07 League	Team
Silver	2007-08 League	Team
Gold	2008-09 League	Team
Gold	2009-10 League	Team
Gold	2010-11 League	Team
Turkish Cup
Silver	2008-09 Cup	Team
Gold	2009-10 Cup	Team
Turkish Super Cup
Gold	2009 Cup	Team
Gold	2010 Cup	Team

International success

• FIVB Club World Championship:
  • Winner (1): 2010
• Women's CEV Champions League:
  • Runners-up (1): 2009-10
  • Third (1): 2010-11
• CEV Champion Club's Cup:
  • Quarter-Final (1): 1968-69
• CEV Cup Winner's Cup:
  • Quarter-Final (1): 1973-74
• Women's CEV Top Teams Cup:
  • Third (1): 2008-09

Domestic success

Honours as of 2009-10 season

Turkish championships (11)

• Turkish Women's Volleyball League:
  • Winners (3): 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
  • Runners-up (2): 2006-07, 2007-08
• Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship:
  • Winners (8): 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1972
  • Runners-up (3): 1961, 1973, 1975
  • Third (3): 1962, 1974, 1977

Other competitions

• Turkish Cup:
  • Winner (1): 2009-10
  • Runners-up (1): 2008-09
• Turkish Super Cup:
  • Winners (2): 2009, 2010
  • Runners-up (1): 2011
• Istanbul League:
  • Winners (10): 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1960-61, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73
  • Runners-up (5): 1959-60, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1973-74, 1974-75
  • Third (7): 1954-55, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1976-77

Team captains

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

Dates	Name
2005–2006	Seda Tokatlıoğlu
2006–2008	Özlem Özçelik
2008–2011	Çiğdem Can Rasna
2011–	Seda Tokatlıoğlu

As of 26 February 2012

Head coaches

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

Dates	Name
2005–2008	Adnan Kıstak
2008–2009	Üzeyir Özdurak
2009–2010	Jan de Brandt
2010–	Zé Roberto

As of 26 February 2012

Home halls

This is a list of the home halls senior team have played in the recent years.

• Burhan Felek Sport Hall (2004–2007)
• Caferağa Sport Hall – Haldun Alagaş Sports Hall¹ (2007–2008)
• 50th Anniversary Sport Hall (2008–2010)
• Burhan Felek Sport Hall (2010–present)

¹ CEV Champions League games only.

Notable players

Turkey Ergül Avcı Naz Aydemir Duygu Bal Çiğdem Can Rasna Pelin Çelik Merve Dalbeler Songül Dikmen Eda Erdem Cemre Erol Ayça Naz İhtiyaroğlu Özge Kırdar Yağmur Koçyiğit Aysun Özbek Özlem Özçelik İpek Soroğlu Eylem Şenkal Seda Tokatlıoğlu Seda Eryüz Nihan Güneyligil Didem Ege

Azerbaijan Oksana Parkhomenko Valeriya Korotenko Nisa Kuliyeva Belarus Marina Tumas Belgium Frauke Dirickx Brazil Bia Fabiana Fofão Tati Bulgaria Radosveta Teneva-Milichevich Croatia Nataša Osmokrović Germany Christiane Fürst

Netherlands Alice Blom Poland Katarzyna Skowrońska Russia Yekaterina Gamova Lioubov Sokolova Serbia Anja Spasojević Vesna Tomašević South Korea Yeon-Koung Kim United States Therese Crawford Nicole Davis Kim Glass Logan Tom

Italic written players still plays for the team

Sponsporship and Kit Manufacture

Years Kit sponsors 2005–2006 Century 211 – Merit Life 2 – Adahan Logistics4 2006–2007 Acıbadem1 2 4 2007–2011 Acıbadem1 2 3 4 2011– Universal1 3 4 – Bonus2 1 Main sponsorship 2 Back sponsorship 3 Lateral sponsorship 4 Short sponsorship

Years Kit manufacturers 2000– Fenerium

See also

• See also Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball team
• See also Turkey women's national volleyball team

External links

• Official Fenerbahçe Volleyball Branch Website (Turkish) (English)
• [1] (English)
• [2] (English)
• Blog of Fenerbahce Universal (Turkish)
• Turkish Volleyball Federation Official Website (Turkish)