Eczacıbaşı Dynavit

Eczacıbaşı VitrA
	Eczacıbaşı Spor Klübü
Full name	Eczacıbaşı SK Women's Volleyball Team
Short name	Eczacıbaşı
Founded	1966
Ground	Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu, Istanbul; (Capacity: 1,000)
Chairman	Faruk Eczacıbaşı
Captain	Tijana Boskovic
League	Turkish Women's Volleyball League, CEV Champions League
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away
Championships
	2 World Championships; 1 European Championship; 2 CEV Cups; 28 Turkish Championships; 9 Turkish Cups; 4 Turkish Super Cups

Eczacıbaşı VitrA is the women's volleyball department of Eczacıbaşı S.K., a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The team plays its home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul. Eczacıbaşı has won a record 17 Turkish League titles and a record nine Turkish Cups, amongst others. In the 2014–15 season they won the CEV Champions League and that gave them the ticket to capture the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in Zürich, a year later the club became the first club in the world to win the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown in the Philippines during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in Manila.^[2] Eczacıbaşı VitrA is the most successful Turkish volleyball club with 28 national championship titles overall since the introduction of a national league in 1956.

History

The club has invested in women's volleyball for approximately 40 years and has pioneered for Turkish women's volleyball. The team plays in the CEV Champions League regularly.

The international achievements of Eczacıbaşı have set an example for Turkish volleyball and contributed to the success of the Turkish National Women's Volleyball Team. With its systematic and modern approach to the sport and close to 40 years' experience, Eczacıbaşı is one of the most highly respected volleyball clubs in Europe.

Eczacıbaşı women's volleyball team won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1999. The club also finished 2nd in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 1980 and the CEV Cup of 1993; 3rd in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 2000 and the Top Teams Cup of 2005; and 4th in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 1984 and the Champions' League of 2001 and 2002; in the season 2014–15 won the CEV Champions League and the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in Zürich, and a year later the club became won the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in Manila, becoming the first club in volleyball history to achieve this outstanding feat.^[3]

Eczacıbaşı has won more national championships than any other women's volleyball team in Turkey, with 28 Turkish League Championships^[4] under its belt since it entered the league in 1968. In the 1972–1973 season, the team began to set its first record of consecutive wins, winning 17 Turkish League titles in a row. It repeated this performance another five years between 1999 and 2003, when it also won five Turkish Cups.

Over the years, Eczacıbaşı has worked with many internationally renowned players, such as Irina Ilchenko (Irina Simirrnova), Lioubov Chachkova (Lioubov Kılıç), Yelena Godina, Antonina Zetova, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Tatyana Gracheva, Barbara Ružić (Barbara Jelić), Antonella Del Core, Mirka Francia, Neslihan Darnel, Jordan Larson, Esra Gümüş and Gülden Kayalar. The team is managed by Brazilian coach Marco Aurélio Motta.

Team roster 2020–21

As of 17 August 2020

No.	Player	Position	Date of Birth	Height (m)	Country
1	Melisa Memiş	Libero	27 January 1998	1.70	Turkey
2	Simge Aköz	Libero	23 April 1991	1.68	Turkey
3	Tijana Bošković (c)	Opposite Hitter	8 March 1997	1.93	Serbia
4	Beyza Arıcı	Middle Blocker	27 July 1995	1.92	Turkey
5	Merve Atlıer	Middle Blocker	31 March 2000	1.91	Turkey
6	Saliha Şahin	Outside Spiker	5 November 1998	1.86	Turkey
7	Hande Baladın	Outside Spiker	1 September 1997	1.89	Turkey
8	Yasemin Güveli	Middle Blocker	5 January 1999	1.88	Turkey
9	Jordan Thompson	Outside Spiker	5 May 1997	1.93	United States
11	Chiaka Ogbogu	Middle Blocker	15 April 1995	1.88	United States
12	Elif Şahin	Setter	19 January 2001	1.90	Turkey
13	Slađana Mirković	Setter	7 October 1995	1.85	Serbia
14	Melis Durul	Opposite Hitter	22 October 1993	1.85	Turkey
17	Fatma Yıldırım	Outside Spiker	3 January 1990	1.80	Turkey

Technical staff

As of 25 March 2017^[5]

Country	Name	Position
	Nalan Ural	Team Manager
	Marco Aurélio Motta	Head Coach
	Riccardo Ton	Fitness Coach
	Alper Hamurcu	Assistant Coach
	Yunus Öçal	Assistant Coach
	Seçkin Pişkin	Physiotherapist
	Gianluca Grilli	Physiotherapist
	Ömer Can Küçükaslan	Assistant Coach
	Fedor Kuzin	Assistant Coach
	Artun Aksan	Statistician
	Sedat Tolga Aydoğ	Doctor
	Ali Demircan	Health Care Coordinator

Honours

International competitions

FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
- Winners (2): 2015, 2016
- Runners-up (1): 2019
- Third (1): 2018
CEV Women's Champions League
- Winners (1): 2015
- Runners-up (1): 1980
- Third (2): 2000, 2017
CEV Cup
- Winners (2): 1999, 2018
CEV Challenge Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1993

National competitions

Turkish Women's Volleyball League
- Winners (17) (record): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12
- Runners-up (2): 2017-18, 2018-19
Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (defunct)
- Winners (11) (record): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
Turkish Cup
- Winners (9) (record): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018-19
Turkish Super Cup
- Winners (5): 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019,2020

Notable players

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least one season for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.