Eczacıbaşı VitrA
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| Full name | Eczacıbaşı Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Short name | Eczacıbaşı VitrA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Eczacıbaşı Sport Salonu, Istanbul (Capacity: 1,000) |
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| League | Turkish Women's Volleyball League CEV Champions League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Club home page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eczacıbaşı Istanbul is a Turkish women's volleyball club that plays their home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul, they have won 28 Turkish League Championships.
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History[edit]
The club has invested in women volleyball for approximately 40 years and has pioneered for Turkish women volleyball. The team plays in CEV Champions League, regularly.
The Eczacıbaşı Women’s Volleyball Team’s international achievements 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 FIVB World Club Championship; making it the all-time most successful Turkish club of any team sport in European competitions.[1] The team have won 28 times the Turkish League Championship.
The Eczacıbaşı Women’s Volleyball Team has won more national championships than any other women’s volleyball team in Turkey, with 28 Turkish League Championships[2] 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 Championship in a row. It repeated this performance another five years between 1999 and 2003, when it also won five Turkish Cups.
Over the years, the Eczacıbaşı Women’s Volleyball Team has worked with many internationally renowned players, such as Irina Ilchenko (Irina Simirrnova), Lioubov Chachkova (Lioubov Kılıç), Elena Godina, Antonina Zetova, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Tatyana Gracheva, Barbara Ruzic (Barbara Jelic), Antonella Del Core, Mirka Francia, Neslihan Darnel, Esra Gümüş, Gülden Kayalar. The team is managed by Italian coach Giovanni Caprara.
Team Roster Season 2015-2016[edit]
| No. | Player | Position | Height (m) | Country |
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| 2 | Gülden Kayalar | Libero | 1.67 | |
| 3 | Tijana Bošković | Opposite Hitter | 1.91 | |
| 4 | Damla Çakıroğlu | Outside Hitter | 1.81 | |
| 5 | Molly Kreklow | Setter | 1.83 | |
| 6 | Ceylan Arısan | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | |
| 7 | Dilara Bağcı | Libero | 1.65 | |
| 8 | Asuman Karakoyun | Setter | 1.80 | |
| 9 | Büşra Cansu | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | |
| 10 | Jordan Larson | Wing-Spiker | 1.87 | |
| 12 | Rosir Calderón | Outside/Opposite Hitter | 1.91 | |
| 13 | Christiane Fürst | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | |
| 15 | Neriman Özsoy | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | |
| 17 | Neslihan Demir | Opposite Hitter | 1.85 | |
| 18 | Maja Poljak | Middle Blocker | 1.94 | |
| - | Kübra Kegan | Setter | 1.78 |
Coach:
Giovanni Caprara
Notable players[edit]
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Nancy Metcalf
Tayyiba Haneef-Park
Mirka Francia
Antonella Del Core
Jenny Barazza
Maria Borodakova
Tatyana Gracheva
Lioubov Sokolova
Maja Ognjenović
Ivana Đerisilo
Vesna Čitaković
Büşra Cansu
Violet Duca
Esra Gümüş
Gülden Kayalar
Özge Kırdar
Bahar Mert
Natalia Hanikoğlu
Neslihan Demir
Elif Ağca
Naz Aydemir
Neriman Özsoy
Antonina Zetova
Barbara Jelic
Maja Poljak
Achievements in Turkey[edit]
- Turkish League Champion (28 Titles)
1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 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 - Turkish Cup Winner (8 Titles)
1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
Achievements in International[edit]
2015
, 1980
, 2000 ![]()
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Historic achievements of Eczacıbaşı women's volleyball team[dead link]
- ^ "Kadın Voleybol" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
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