Eczacıbaşı Zentiva
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Eczacıbaşı Istanbul is a Turkish volleyball club which is playing their home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul. The team participated in the Women's CEV Champions League 2007-08.
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 sports clubs in Turkey.
The Eczacıbaşı Sports Club gives priority to finding and training internationally competitive new talent and to using all scientific means available to the discipline to achieve its goals.
The Eczacıbaşı Women’s Volleyball Team has won more national championships than any other women’s volleyball team in Turkey, with 26 Turkish League Championships 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 renown players, such as Irina Ilchenko (Irina Simirrnova), Lioubov Chachkova (Lioubov Kılıç), Elena Godina, Antonina Zetova, Eugene Artamanova, Tatiana Gratcheva and Barbara Ruzic (Barbara Jelic).
The 1999 winner of the European Cup Winners Cup, the Eczacıbaşı Women’s Volleyball Team has twice placed second in the European Cups, once third and three times fourth.
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[edit] Current squad
As of February 2008 [1]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) |
| 1 |  Nancy Metcalf |
Opposite Hitter | 1.87 |
| 2 |  Gülden Kayalar |
Libero | 1.67 |
| 3 | Neriman Özsoy |
Outside Hitter | 1.88 |
| 4 | Seda Uslu Eryüz |
Settler | 1.78 |
| 5 | Gökçen Denkel |
Middle Blocker | 1.93 |
| 7 |  Vesna Citakovic |
Middle Blocker | 1.87 |
| 9 | Merve Dalbeler |
Outside Hitter | 1.82 |
| 11 | Naz Aydemir |
Settler | 1.86 |
| 12 | Esra Gümüş |
Outside Hitter | 1.81 |
| 13 | Selime İlyasoğlu |
Outside Hitter | 1.82 |
| 16 | Tayyiba Haneef |
Outside Hitter | 2.00 |
| 17 | Inessa Korkmaz |
Middle Blocker | 1.92 |
| 18 | Büşra Cansu |
Outside Hitter | 1.88 |
| 19 |  Mirka Francia Vasconcelos |
Outside Hitter | 1.88 |
- Coach:
Giuseppe Cuccarini[2]
[edit] Achievements of the Women’s Senior Team
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 Top Teams Cup of 2005; and 4th in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 1984 and the Champions’ League of 2001 and 2002; making it the all-time most successful Turkish club of any team sport in European competitions.[3]
[edit] Archievements in Turkey
- 27 times Turkish League Champion: (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)
- 5 times Turkish League 2nd place: (1971-72, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1997-98)
- 6 times Turkish League 3rd place: (1969-70, 1970-71, 1991-92, 1995-96, 2003-04, 2004-05)
- 5 times Turkish Cup Winner: (1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03)
- 3 times Presidents Cup Winner: (1988-89, 1990-91, 1992-93)
[edit] Archievements in Europe
- Champion of Cup Winners Cup, 1999
- 2nd place of Champion Clubs, 1980
- 2nd place of CEV Cup, 1993
- 3rd place of Champion Clubs, 2000
- 3rd place of Top Teams Cup, 2005
- 4th place of Champion Clubs, 1984
- 4th place of Champions’ League, 2001
- 4th place of Champions’ League, 2002
[edit] Achievements of the Men’s Senior Team
Eczacıbaşı Men’s Volleyball branch closed on 17 September 1996
[edit] Archievements in Turkey
- Turkey 3rd League Champion : 1968-69
- Turkey 2nd League Champion : 1969-70
- Turkish League Champion : 1970-71, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1989-90, 1990-91,
- Turkish League 2nd : 1973-74, 1976-77, 1986-87, 1993-94,
- Turkish League 3rd : 1972-73, 1988-89, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1994-95,
- Turkish League 4th : 1971-72, 1987-88,
- Turkish League 5th : 1974-75, 1995-96
- Turkish Cup Champion : 1989-90, 1990-91, 1994-95,
- Turkish Presidents Cup Champion : 1990-91
- Sport Ministry Cup Champion : 1973-74, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79,
- Sport Ministry Cup 2nd place : 1973-74, 1979-80,
[edit] Archievements in Europe
- European Champions Cup
- 3rd place : 1979-80
- 4th place : 1977-78, 1991-92
