Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball

Fenerbahçe S.K.
Full name Fenerbahçe Sports Club Women's Volleyball Department
Short name Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball
Nickname Sarı Melekler
(The Yellow Angels)
Founded

1928(closed due to lack of opponent)

1954
Ground Burhan Felek Sport Hall, Istanbul
(Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman Turkey Aziz Yıldırım
Manager Italy Marcello Abbondanza
Captain Turkey Eda Erdem
League Turkish Women's Volleyball League
2014-15 Regular: 2nd
Play-off: Winners
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Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball is the women's volleyball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. They play their matches at the 7000-seated Burhan Felek Sport Hall. Fenerbahçe won the 2010 FIVB Club World Championship and also won the CEV Champions League in 2012.

Previous names

History

The women's volleyball branch was founded in 1928 by Sabiha Rıfat Gürayman who, as a young woman, played for the club's men's volleyball team, and was the first woman architect in Turkey. However, the branch was closed due to the lack of an opponent. In 1954, a new era started with assistance from Girls' High School at Çamlıca. Starting in 1958, the girls won eight Turkish Championships among many other titles. In 1977, the branch was closed again until 1989, this time due to insufficient funds. In 1993, the team was promoted from the Istanbul First League to the Turkish Second League. The following year, they played in the Turkish First League. However, they were relegated to the Turkish Second League in the 1995-96 season.

Fenerbahçe returned to the Turkish First League in the 2002-03 season, and were runners-up in the 2006-07 season. The senior team was renamed as Fenerbahçe Acıbadem due to a sponsorship agreement with the Acıbadem Healthcare Group from 2007 to 2011. The Yellow Angels were the runners-up after Eczacıbaşı SK in the 2007-08 season, too. They gained the ninth Turkish title in their history in the 2008-09 season, after defeating their archrival Eczacıbaşı SK in the finals (3-2, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1), which was their first ever title in the league's current format that had started with the 1984-85 season.

Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team shone in 2009-10 season as the Yellow Angels finished the first round of the 2009-10 Turkish League undefeated in 22 matches (setting a 66:2 set ratio record), and reached the Final Four of 2010 Women's CEV Champions League undefeated. They then beat the host team RC Cannes in a thrilling five-setter, but then lost to Volley Bergamo in five sets in the final, even though they came back after falling two sets down: 22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 9-15. Yekaterina Gamova was named the best scorer, and Nataša Osmokrović was the best server of the tournament.

The star-studded Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team 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[1] where Katarzyna Skowrońska was named the MVP and the Best Scorer, and Eda Erdem was the Best Server.

In 2011, Fenerbahçe SK organized the Champions League Final Four in Istanbul Burhan Felek Sports Hall; however, in the semi-final the Yellow Angels lost to the Turkish team Vakifbank Gunes Sigorta Turk Telekom in a heart-breaking five setter (25-19, 21-25, 25-21, 19-25, 11-15), and lost the chance to be the very first team in Turkish volleyball history to win the Champions League title. The Yellow Angels settled for the third place after beating Scavolini Pesaro in four sets (14-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-21), thanks to the local heroines Seda Tokatlıoğlu, Naz Aydemir, and Eda Erdem.

In 2012 the club won the CEV Volleyball Champions League, which was organized in Baku in 24–25 March 2012, having defeated France’s RC Cannes in the final in three straight sets (25-14, 25-22, and 25-20). Kim won the MVP award and the Best Scorer award and Naz Aydemir was named the Best Setter.[2]

Current squad

Squad as of September 11th, 2014"

Number Player Position Height (m)
1 France Christina Bauer Middle Blocker 1.96
2 Turkey Merve Dalbeler Libero 1.80
3 Colombia Madelaynne Montaño Opposite Hitter 1.85
5 United States Kristin Hildebrand Wing-spiker 1.85
6 Turkey Polen Uslupehlivan Opposite Hitter 1.92
7 Turkey Elif Ağca Öner Setter 1.86
8 Turkey Dicle Nur Babat Middle Blocker 1.91
9 Turkey Meliha İsmailoğlu Wing-spiker 1.88
10 South Korea Kim Yeon-Koung Wing-spiker 1.92
11 Turkey Ezgi Dilik Setter 1.74
12 Turkey Melis Yılmaz Libero 1.66
14 Turkey Eda Erdem (C) Middle Blocker 1.87
16 Italy Lucia Bosetti Wing-spiker 1.76
17 Italy Eleonora Lo Bianco Setter 1.72
18 Turkey Gökçen Denkel Middle Blocker 1.93

Technical and managerial staff

Squad as of September 09, 2012[3]

Name Job
Turkey Hakan Dinçay Board Member for Volleyball
Turkey Çiğdem Can Rasna Team Manager
Italy Marcello Abbondanza Head Coach

Honours

International success

Domestic success

Turkish championships

Other competitions

Team captains

This is a list of the senior team's captains in the recent years.

Dates Name
2005–2006 Turkey Seda Tokatlıoğlu
2006–2008 Turkey Özlem Özçelik
2008–2011 Turkey Çiğdem Can Rasna
2011–2014 Turkey Seda Tokatlıoğlu
2014- Turkey Eda Erdem

As of May 2014

Head coaches

This is a list of the senior team's head coaches in the recent years.

Dates Name
2005–2008 Turkey Adnan Kıstak
2008–2009 Turkey Üzeyir Özdurak
2009–2010 Belgium Jan de Brandt
2010–2012 Brazil José Roberto Guimarães
2012–2013 Turkey Kamil Söz
2013– Italy Marcello Abbondanza

As of September 9, 2012

Home halls

This is a list of the home halls senior team have played in the recent years.

1 CEV Champions League games only.

Notable players

Domestic Players

 Turkey

European Players

 Azerbaijan
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Czech Republic
 Croatia
 Germany
 France
 Netherlands
 Italy
 Poland
  • Berenika Okuniewska
  • Katarzyna Skowrońska
 Russia
 Serbia

Non-European Players

 Brazil
 Colombia
 South Korea
  • Yeon-Koung Kim
 United States

Italic written players still plays for the team

Sponsporship and Kit Manufacture

Years Kit sponsors
2005–2006 Century 211 – Merit Life 2 – Adahan Logistics4
2006–2007 Acıbadem1 2 4
2007–2011 Acıbadem1 2 3 4
2011–2012 Universal1 3 4 – Bonus2
2012–2013 none
2013 Fenercell1 – Bonus2
2013 Grundig1 3 – Bonus2
2013– Grundig1 – Bonus2 – Fenercell3

1 Main sponsorship 2 Back sponsorship 3 Lateral sponsorship 4 Short sponsorship
Years Kit manufacturers
2000– Fenerium

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fenerbahce crowned Women's Club World champions
  2. ↑ CEV (2012-03-25). "Fenerbahce and a Korean star named Kim shine in Baku". Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  3. ↑ Team squad

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