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department of Eczacıbaşı S.K., a

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based in

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, Turkey. The team plays its home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul. Eczacıbaşı has won a record 16

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titles and a record nine Turkish Cups, amongst others. In the 2014–15 season they won the

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and that gave them the ticket to capture the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in

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, a year later the club became the first club in the world to win the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown in the

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during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in

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in 1956.

Team names

Due to sponsorship, the women's volleyball team have competed under the following names: * Eczacıbaşı (1966-2007) * Eczacıbaşı Zentiva (2007-2010) * Eczacıbaşı VitrA (2010-2021) * Eczacıbaşı Dynavit (2021-)

History

The club has invested in women's volleyball for approximately 40 years and has pioneered for Turkish women's volleyball. The team plays in the

regularly. The international achievements of Eczacıbaşı 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 volleyball clubs in

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. 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; in the season 2014–15 won the

and the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in

, and a year later the club became won the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in

, becoming the first club in volleyball history to achieve this outstanding feat. Eczacıbaşı 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 titles in a row. It repeated this performance another five years between 1999 and 2003, when it also won five Turkish Cups. Over the years, Eczacıbaşı has worked with many internationally renowned players, such as

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(Irina Simirrnova),

Lioubov Chachkova Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova (russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Соколо́ва (Шашко́ва), also known as Lyubov Kılıç and formerly known as Lyubov Shashkova, born 4 December 1977) is a retired Russian volleyball ...

(Lioubov Kılıç),

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, Antonina Zetova,

Yevgeniya Artamonova Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes (russian: Евге́ния Ви́кторовна Э́стес, born 17 July 1975 in Sverdlovsk), née Artamonova (Артамонова), is a Russian volleyball player who was a member of the national team and one of ...

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, Barbara Ružić (Barbara Jelić),

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, Gülden Kayalar and

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Team roster 2022–23

As of October 2022.

Technical staff

''As of July 2022''

Honours

International competitions

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**Winners (2):

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, 2016 ** ''Runners-up (1): ''

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** ''Third (1): ''

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** Winners (1): 2014-15 ** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1979-80, 2022-23 ** ''Third (3):'' 1999-00, 2001–02,

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** Winners (3): 1998-99, 2017-18,

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** Third (1): 2004-05 * Shield of the European Union

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** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1992-93

National competitions

Turkish Women's Volleyball League The Turkish Women's Volleyball League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol 1. Ligi) officially called the Sultans League (Turkish: Sultanlar Ligi), is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball F ...

** Winners (16) (record): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12 ** Runners-up (7): 1989-90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1997-98, 2012-13, 2017-18, 2018–19 ** Third (9): 1991-92, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16,

Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship The Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (Turkish: ''Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol Şampiyonası'') is a defunct volleyball league competition in Turkish volleyball, run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation from 1956 to 1983. Champions All ch ...

(defunct) ** Winners (12) (record): 1972-73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983-84 ** Runners-up (1): 1971-72 ** Third (2): 1969-70, 1970–71 *

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** Winners (9) (record): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19 ** Runners-up (4): 1997-98, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2020–21 ** Third (5): 2009-10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22 *

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** Winners (5) (record): 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020 ** Runners-up (3): 2009-10, 2013–14, 2021–22

Notable players

Domestic Players ; *

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* Violet Duca *

* Gülden Kayalar *

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Bahar Mert Bahar Mert Üçoklar (born 13 December 1975 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a retired Turkey, Turkish volleyball player. She is 180 cm and plays as setter. She plays for Türk Telekom Ankara. She has been on the team since 2007 and wears the num ...

* Bahar Toksoy Guidetti *

Natalia Hanikoğlu Natalia Hanikoğlu ( Belyaeva, born 23 June 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a Turkish-Russian volleyball player. She is 190 cm tall and plays as a middle blocker and outside hitter. She plays for Galatasaray Medical Park and wears the number 7 ...

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Naz Aydemir Naz Aydemir Akyol (born 14 August 1990) is a Turkish volleyball player, widely regarded as one of the best setters in international volleyball. She plays as setter for Fenerbahçe and the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She has won a ...

Neriman Özsoy Neriman Özsoy (born 13 July 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is and currently plays as an outside hitter in Japan for Denso Airybees. Career She played for Eczacıbaşı Zentiva, DYO Karşıyaka in Turkey and VC Uralochka in Russia ...

* '' Hande Baladın'' * '' Simge Aköz'' European Players ; * Maria Borodakova *

Lioubov Sokolova Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova (russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Соколо́ва (Шашко́ва), also known as Lyubov Kılıç and formerly known as Lyubov Shashkova, born 4 December 1977) is a retired Russian volleyball pl ...

Tatiana Kosheleva Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva (''russian: Татья́на Серге́евна Ко́шелева'', born 23 December 1988) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at ...

* Irina Iltchenko * Rosir Calderon * ''

Irina Voronkova Irina Andreyevna Voronkova (russian: Ирина Андреевна Воронкова; born 20 October 1995) is a Russian volleyball player. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the 201 ...

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Jenny Barazza Jenny Barazza (born July 24, 1981) is an Italian volleyball player. She was born in Codogné, Veneto. She began to play in her native town. She scored her first success with Foppapedretti Bergamo, with which she was two times national champion ...

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Maja Ognjenović Maja Ognjenović ( sr-cyrl, Маја Огњеновић; born 6 August 1984) is a Serbian volleyball player and the captain of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2011 European Champi ...

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Tijana Bošković Tijana Bošković ( sr-cyrl, Тијана Бошковић; born 8 March 1997) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Turkish Women's Volleyball League club Eczacıbaşı Dynavit and the Serbia women's na ...

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Ivana Đerisilo Ivana Đerisilo-Stankovic ( sr-cyrl, Ивана Ђерисило; born 8 August 1983) is a volleyball player from Serbia, playing as an outside hitter. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 FIVB Wor ...

Vesna Čitaković Vesna Čitaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Весна Читаковић; born February 3, 1979) is a Serbian former professional volleyball player. She was a member and captain of the Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Worl ...

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Christiane Fürst Christiane Fürst (born 29 March 1985 in Dresden) is a retired German female volleyball player. She plays for Turkish side Eczacıbaşı VitrA. Career She won a bronze medal at the 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Fürst was na ...

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; * Antonina Zetova ; *

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Maja Poljak Maja Poljak (born 2 May 1983 in Split) is a Croatian volleyball player. She plays as middle blocker for Dinamo Moscow. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1999 European Championship in Italy. Career ...

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Laura Heyrman Laura Heyrman (born 17 May 1993) is a Belgian professional volleyball player. She is a member of the Belgium women's national volleyball team. Career She was part of the Belgian national team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship ...

Non-European Players ; *

Natália Pereira Natália Zilio Pereira (born 4 April 1989) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who won with the Brazil women's national volleyball team the gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Pereira was part of the Brazilian team who won ...

Thaísa Menezes Thaísa Daher de Menezes, also known as Thaísa Menezes or Thaísa Daher, is a professional volleyball player from Brazil. She won back-to-back gold medals at the Olympics in 2008 and 2012. She has won numerous Best Spiker and Best Blocker Aw ...

Andressa Picussa Andressa Picussa (born ) is a Brazilian female volleyball player. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team. Her hometown is Rio de Janeiro. She participated in the 2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. She plays for the Minas ...

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Lauren Gibbemeyer Lauren Gibbemeyer (born September 8, 1988) is an American indoor volleyball player. She was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and plays as middle blocker. Career She played college women's volleyball at University of ...

Carli Lloyd Carli Anne Hollins (; born July 16, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2008 and 2012), two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion (2015 and 2019), two-time FIFA Player of the Year ( ...

Molly Kreklow Molly Kreklow (born February 17, 1992) is an American indoor volleyball player who plays for Eczacıbaşı VitrA. Kreklow is a current member of the United States women's national volleyball team. Kreklow attended the University of Missouri fo ...

Christa Harmotto Christa Deanne Harmotto Dietzen (born October 12, 1986) is an American former professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for the United States women's national volleyball team. She played college volleyball for the Penn State ...

Nancy Metcalf Nancy Jean Metcalf (née Meendering; born November 12, 1978) is an American indoor volleyball player. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in fifth place with the USA National Tea ...

Heather Bown Heather Erin Bown (born November 29, 1978) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who played as a middle-blocker. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth plac ...

Rachael Adams Rachael Alexis Adams (born June 3, 1990) is an American former professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for the United States women's national volleyball team. Adams won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Champio ...

Tayyiba Haneef-Park Tayyiba Mumtaz Haneef-Park (born March 23, 1979) is a retired American indoor volleyball player. She played at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where the team finished in 5th place. Haneef-Park also competed in the 2008 Beijing Olymp ...

Tracy Stalls Tracy Stalls (born June 12, 1984) is an American female volleyball player. She was part of the United States women's national volleyball team The United States women's national volleyball team participates in international volleyball compe ...

Chiaka Ogbogu Chiaka Sylvia Ogbogu (born April 15, 1995) is an American professional volleyball player. She plays for VakıfBank S.K. and the United States women's volleyball team. She participated in the 2018 Pan American Cup and the 2018 and 2019 FIVB V ...

* Jordan Thompson *

McKenzie Adams McKenzie Elise Adams (born February 13, 1992) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Division 1 team Hisamitsu Springs. She played collegiately at the Virginia for one season before transferring and fi ...

; * Bethania de la Cruz ; *

Wang Yimei Wang Yimei (; born 11 January 1988 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese people, Chinese volleyball player. She lives in Liaoning Province. She played her first match for China in 2005 and has represented the national side at the Beijing 2008 Summer ...

; * Stacey Gordon ; *

Players written in ''italic'' still play for the club.

References

External links

Official website
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