Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball)

Galatasaray SK

Full name

Galatasaray Daikin

Short name

Galatasaray

Founded

1922

Ground

TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall
(Capacity: 7,500)

Chairman

Ünal Aysal

Manager

Massimo Barbolini

League

Turkish Women's Volleyball League

CEV Champions League

2012-13

Uniforms




Home




Away

Active departments of Galatasaray

Football	Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)

Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)	Wheelchair Basketball

Athletics	Equestrian	Judo

Rowing	Sailing	Swimming

Water Polo (Men's)	Water Polo (Women's)	Bridge

Chess Team

Galatasaray Daikin is the women's volleyball section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. The section is sponsored by Daikin.^[1]^[2]

Daikin, Official Sponsor of Galatasaray SK, Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex

Previous names

Galatasaray (1922–2010)
Galatasaray Medical Park (2010–2011)
Galatasaray (2011-2012)
Galatasaray Daikin (2012–present)^[3]^[4]

Technical Staff

Name	Job
Orkun Darnel	Team Manager
Massimo Barbolini	Head Coach
Ataman Guneyligil	Assistant Coach
Gencer Yarkin	Trainer
Neslihan Turan	Organization Manager

Team Roster Season 2014-2015

As of 06 August 2014^[5]

Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Height	Position
14	Turkey	Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak	(1990-04-20) April 20, 1990	190	Middle Blocker
9	Italy	Caterina Bosetti	(1994-02-02) February 2, 1994	179	Outside Hitter
8	Turkey	Aslı Kalaç	(1995-12-13) December 13, 1995	183	Middle Blocker
7	Netherlands	Floortje Meijners	(1987-01-16) January 16, 1987	192	Outside Hitter
11	Turkey	Gamze Alikaya	(1993-06-27) June 27, 1993	179	Setter
12	Turkey	Bihter Dumanoğlu	(1995-12-13) December 13, 1995	175	Libero
17	Turkey	Nursevil Aydınlar	(1995-12-13) December 13, 1995	190	Setter
18	Turkey	Ezgi Arslan	(1992-03-23) March 23, 1992	186	Outside Hitter
3	Turkey	Nihan Yeldan	(1982-02-07) February 7, 1982	172	Libero
13	Italy	Nadia Centoni	(1981-06-19) June 19, 1981	185	Wing-Spiker

For a listing of past rosters, see Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team past rosters.

Honours

Domestic

Istanbul Women's Volleyball League :
- Winners (7) :1959–1960, 1961–1962, 1962–1963, 1963–1964, 1964–1965, 1965–1966, 1977–1978
Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship :
- Winners (5) :1960–1961, 1961–1962, 1962–1963, 1963–1964, 1965–1966

International

CEV CUP :
- Runner-up (1) : Women's CEV Cup 2011–12

Notable players

Former coaches

Dates	Name
?–?	Gökhan Çokşen
2007–2008	Reşat Arığ
2008	Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu
2008–2011	Gökhan Edman
2011–2012	Dragan Nešić
2012–	Massimo Barbolini

References

↑ "Daikin Türkiye, Galatasaray'a sponsor oldu". Radikal Newspaper. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
↑ "Galatasaray Bayan Voleybol Takımı'nın İsim Sponsoru Daikin Türkiye Oldu!". Daikin. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
↑ "Bayan Voleybol Takımımızın İsim Sponsoru Daikin Türkiye Oldu". Galatasaray SK. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
↑ "Galatasaray announces partnership with Daikin". CEV. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
↑ Team squad

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galatasaray.

Official Galatasaray Volleyball Branch Website (Turkish) (English) (French)
Unofficial Fan Site and Forum (Turkish)
Turkish Volleyball Federastion Official Website (Turkish)

Galatasaray SK Women's Volleyball Seasons (56)

1950s	1956–57 1957–58 1958–59

1960s-1970s	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79

1980s-1990s	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99

2000s-2010s	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Galatasaray Spor Kulubü

Founded October 30, 1905 Based in Istanbul

The club	Club history Presidents Anthem

Football teams	First team Reserves Academy

Basketball teams	Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Wheelchair Basketball

Voleyball teams	Men's Volleyball Women's Volleyball

Waterpolo teams	Men's Waterpolo Women's Waterpolo

Other sports	Athletics Bridge Judo Rowing Sailing Superleague Formula Swimming Galatasaray Chess Team

Facilities	Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex Türk Telekom Arena Galatasaray Islet Galatasaray Museum Florya Metin Oktay Sports Complex and Training Center Abdi İpekçi Arena Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall Beyoğlu Hasnun Galip Volleyball Academy Kalamış Facilities Küçükçekmece Rowing Center

Media and others	Galatasaray TV Galatasaray Magazine Galatasaray Store Galatasaray Mobile GSBonus GSBilyoner GSYandex GSTRAVEL GSForex GS Sigorta HDI

Supporters Group	ultrAslan

Education	Galatasaray High School Galatasaray University

Other institutions	Galatasaray Community

Turkish Women's Volleyball League 2011-12

Ankaragücü Beşiktaş Eczacıbaşı VitrA Ereğli Bld. Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Daikin İBA Kimya Ted Kolejliler İlbank Nilüfer Bld. Pursaklar Voleybol İhtisas VakıfBank Türk Telekom Yeşilyurt