Eczacıbaşı VitrA

Eczacıbaşı VitrA
Full name Eczacıbaşı Sports Club
Short name Eczacıbaşı VitrA
Founded 1966
Ground Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu
(Capacity: 1,000)
Chairman Faruk Eczacıbaşı
Manager Lorenzo Micelli
Captain Esra Gümüş
League Turkish Women's Volleyball League CEV Champions League
2009/10 TWVL '3rd'
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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. Their name in the original language means "Head Pharmacist". 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 27 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 renowned players, such as Irina Ilchenko (Irina Simirrnova), Lioubov Chachkova (Lioubov Kılıç), Elena Godina, Antonina Zetova, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Tatyana Gracheva 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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Team 2011-2012

As of June 2011

Player Position Height (m)
Maja Poljak Middle Blocker 1.94
Gülden Kayalar Libero 1.67
Serpil Ersarı Libero 1.70
Elif Ağca Setter 1.80
Büşra Cansu WIng Spiker 1.88
Neşve Büyükbayram Middle Blocker 1.90
Esra Gümüş Wing Spiker 1.81
Mirka Francia Wing Spiker 1.85
Senna Usic Wing Spiker 1.90
Gözde Yılmaz Wing Spiker 1.95
Antonella Del Core Wing Spiker 1.80
Neslihan Darnel Opposite 1.87
Asuman Karakoyun Setter 1.81

Coach: Lorenzo Micelli

Notable players

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 the 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.[1]

Medal record
Women’s Volleyball
The Champions Club
Bronze 1999-00 League Team
Silver 1979-80 League Team
CEV Top Teams Cup
Bronze 2004-05 Cup Team
Women's Cup Winners Cup
Gold 1998-99 Cup Team
CEV Cup
Silver 1992-93 Cup Team
Turkish League
Gold 2007–08 League Team
Gold 2006–07 League Team
Gold 2005–06 League Team
Bronze 2004–05 League Team
Bronze 2003–04 League Team
Gold 2002–03 League Team
Gold 2001–02 League Team
Gold 2000–01 League Team
Gold 1999-00 League Team
Gold 1998–99 League Team
Silver 1997–98 League Team
Bronze 1995–96 League Team
Gold 1994–95 League Team
Gold 1993–94 League Team
Silver 1992–93 League Team
Bronze 1991–92 League Team
Silver 1990–91 League Team
Silver 1989–90 League Team
Gold 1988–89 League Team
Gold 1987–88 League Team
Gold 1986–87 League Team
Gold 1985–86 League Team
Gold 1984–85 League Team
Turkish League (1970-1984)
Gold 1983–84 League Team
Gold 1982–83 League Team
Gold 1981–82 League Team
Gold 1980–81 League Team
Gold 1979–80 League Team
Gold 1978–79 League Team
Gold 1977–78 League Team
Gold 1976–77 League Team
Gold 1975–76 League Team
Gold 1974–75 League Team
Gold 1973–74 League Team
Gold 1972–73 League Team
Silver 1971–72 League Team
Bronze 1970–71 League Team
Turkish Championship
Bronze 1969–70 Championship Team
Turkish Cup
Gold 2002–03 Cup Team
Gold 2001–02 Cup Team
Gold 2000–01 Cup Team
Gold 1999-00 Cup Team
Gold 1998–99 Cup Team

Achievements in Turkey

Achievements in Europe

Achievements of the Men’s Senior Team

Eczacıbaşı Men’s Volleyball branch closed on 17 September 1996

Achievements in Turkey

Archievements in Europe

See also

References

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