Ardeşen GSK

Ardeşen GSK
Full name Atdeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü
Founded 2008
Arena Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall
President Sultan Rauf Oğuz
Head coach Hikmet Vurgun
League Turkish Super League
2013–14 Third
Website
Official site

Ardeşen GSK (Turkish: Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province playing in the Turkish Super League.[1] Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall.[2] Club chairman is Sultan Rauf Oğuz. The team is managed by Hikmet Vurgun.[3] The team is nicknamed "Dişi Atmacalar" ("Female Hawks").[4]

Club colors and logo

The club's colors are maroon and white.[5]

The logo of the club is composed of a a maroon colored circle with the club's title and foundation year on it in white, which frames a hawk head and the club's initials both resembling a powerful handball shoot.

Competitions

Domestic

The team played in the Turkish Women's Handball League from 2008 until their promotion to the Turkish Women's Handball Super League in the 2012–13 season. In the 2013–14 season, they finished the league at third place. Ardeşen GSK ranked fourth in the 2014–15 league losing in the play-off to Kastamonu Bld. GSK.

International

Ardeşen GSK played in the 2013–14 Women's EHF Challenge Cup and advanced to the quartelfinals, however they were defeated by the Swedish team H 65 Höör.[6] They failed to advance to the semifinals in the 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup losing to the Polish team Pogoń Baltica Szczecin by 57–59.[7] The team lost to the Russian HC Lada Togliatti by 50–80 in the last 16 of 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup's knock-out stage.[8]

Squad

As of October 19, 2015:[3][9]

Ardeşen GSK
No. Pos. Player Birth date and Age Height
22 GK Croatia Jelena Pirsl October 28, 1985 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
23 GK Turkey Aycan Taş February 21, 1997 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
91 GK Serbia Kristina Graovac August 14, 1991 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
3 LW Croatia Tea Grubišić December 3, 1985 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
14 LW Turkey Duygu Sakallı June 13, 1991 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
77 LW Turkey Gamze Haşimoğlu October 3, 1994 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
4 RW Turkey Kübra Yılmaz January 8, 1991 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
18 RW Croatia Nataša Janković August 27, 1991 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
10 LP Turkey Neslihan Yakupoğlu September 26, 1990 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
11 LP Ukraine Iaroslava Burlachenko May 14, 1992 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
13 LP Turkey Yıldız Gezeroğlu January 1, 1999 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
7 CB Serbia Tanja Vučković June 22, 1981 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
5 LB Turkey Perihan Topaloğlu (Captain) August 31, 1987 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
10 LB Turkey Melek Yazıcı August 15, 1999 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
19 LB Turkey Neslihan Çalışkan July 29, 1997 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
69 LB Ukraine Yuliya Andriychuk May 17, 1992 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
20 CB Serbia Tamara Georgijev September 6, 1992 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
99 RB Ukraine Olga Vashchuk August 13, 1987 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Legend

GK-Goalkeeper, LW-Left Winger, RW-Right Winger, LP-Line Player, BP-Back, LB-Left Back, CB-Center Back, RB-Right Back.

Notable former players

Honours

Turkish Women's Handball Super League

References

  1. "Yılın Maçı Ardeşen’de…" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSk. 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  2. "Ardeşen GSK, Evinde Farklı Kazandı." (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  3. 1 2 "Kulüp Bilgileri" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSk. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  4. "Dişi Atmacalar, Ardeşen’de Top Başı Yaptı" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  5. "Sporculuktan, Antrenörlüğe!" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  6. "Ardeşen, Höör karşısında kayıp". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  7. "Ardeşen GSK Yarı Final Şansını Kaybetti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  8. "Ardeşen Gençlik'ten Avrupa'ya veda!". TiViBu Spor (in Turkish). 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  9. "2015/16 Cup Winners Cup Women – Ardesen GSK". European Cup. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
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