| Full name | Fenerbahçe Sports Club Women's Volleyball Department | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname |
Sarı Melekler (Pride of the Emblem) |
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| Founded |
1928(closed due to lack of opponent) 1954 |
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| Ground | TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall, Istanbul (Capacity: 7,000) |
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| Chairman | Aziz Yıldırım | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Zé Roberto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Seda Tokatlıoğlu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Turkish Women's Volleyball League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010-11 | Champion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Club home page | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Active departments of Fenerbahçe | |||
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The Club |
Athletics |
Basketball (Men's) |
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Basketball (Women's) |
Boxing |
Football |
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Rowing |
Sailing |
Swimming |
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Table Tennis |
Volleyball (Men's) |
Volleyball (Women's) |
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Fenerbahçe Universal[1] , as known as Yellow Angels, is the women's volleyball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The senior team's name sponsor is the Turkish healthcare group Universal Hospitals Group.
Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball Team play their matches in the 7000-seated Burhan Felek Sport Hall.
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Women's Volleyball Department of Fenerbahçe SK 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' Highschool, starting from 1958 those girls won 8 Turkish Championships alongside many titles. In 1977, Fenerbahçe SK Women's Volleyball Branch 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.
The senior team was renamed as Fenerbahçe Acıbadem due to sponsorship agreement with Acıbadem Healthcare Group from 2007 to 2011.
Fenerbahçe finally returned to the First League in 2002-03 season.Fenerbahçe finished 2nd in 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons. They gained their 9th Turkish title in the history in 2008-09 season with beating 3-2 their archrival Eczacıbaşı SK in the final and it was their first ever title since league system was applied.
Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball shine in 2009-10 season without a loss in both of Turkish and European competitions and still continue their unbeaten run.They finished 1st the first round of 2009-10 season without a loss in 22 matches and reached the final of Women's CEV Champions League without a loss, after beating hosts RC Cannes 3-2 (22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 9-15) in final-four that is held in Cannes. In the final they faced Volley Bergamo and lost the match. Yekaterina Gamova won the best scorer and Nataša Osmokrović won the best server awards.
Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball 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[2] where Katarzyna Skowrońska selected the tournement MVP. Skowrońska also won the best scorer and Eda Erdem won the best server awards.
Squad as of November 17, 2011 [3]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) |
| 1 | Fabiana | Middle blocker | 1.93 |
| 3 | Nihan Güneyligil | Libero | 1.70 |
| 4 | Merve Dalbeler | Libero/Outside-Hitter | 1.80 |
| 5 | Lioubov Sokolova | Opposite-Outside hitter | 1.93 |
| 6 | Yağmur Koçyiğit | Outside Hitter | 1.83 |
| 7 | Duygu Bal | Middle Blocker | 1.90 |
| 8 | İpek Soroğlu | Middle Blocker | 1.92 |
| 9 | 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 |
Squad as of November 17, 2011 [4]
| Name | Job |
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| Hakan Dinçay | Board member responsible to volleyball |
| Violet Duca | Team Manager |
| Zé Roberto | Head coach |
| Kamil Söz | Assistant coach |
| Mehmet Mert Karatop | Statistician and Trainer |
| Turgay Aslanyürek | Conditioner |
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Italic written players still plays for the team
| Medal record | ||
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| 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 |
Honours as of 2009-10 season[6]
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