Beşiktaş Women's Volleyball Team
Encyclopedia
Beşiktaş Women’s Volleyball is the women's volleyball
section of Turkish
sports club Beşiktaş J.K.
in İstanbul
, Turkey
.
Banu Toktamış, Cansu Aydınoğulları, Duygu Sipahioğlu, Gizem Sancak, Gülbahar Akgül, Gülşah Olcay, Hilal Yabuz, Müge Şakar, Natalia Kulikova, Olesia Rykhliuk, Olga Savenchuk, Pelin Çelik
, Pınar Eren, Sinem Barut, Yeliz Askan (Coach: Bülent Karslıoğlu)
2009-2010
Cansu Aydınoğulları, Duygu Sipahioğlu, Gizem Sancak, Hilal Yabuz, Jasna Majstrovic, Melis Gürkaynak, Melis Şahin, Müge Şakar, Nilay Özdemir, Pınar Eren, Sanja Popović, Seda Eryüz, Tatiana Dos Santos, Yağmur Koçyiğit
, Yeliz Askan (Coach: Bülent Karslıoğlu)
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
section of Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
sports club Beşiktaş J.K.
Besiktas J.K.
Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...
in İstanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
.
Current squad
Squad as of August 5, 2011| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) |
| 0 |  Zülfiye GündoğduZülfiye Gündoğdu Zülfiye Gündoğdu is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 174 cm and plays as setter. She plays for Beşiktaş. She signed a new contract with team on July 5, 2011... |
Setter | 1.74 |
| 0 | Tuğçe Ergenç |
Libero | 1.82 |
| 0 | Özlem Özçelik Özlem Özçelik Özlem Özçelik is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 190 cm and plays as middle blocker. She plays for Beşiktaş.Özlem played 312 times for national team... |
Middle Blocker | 1.90 |
| 4 | Gülşah Olcay |
Outside Hitter | 1.80 |
| 6 | Duygu Sipahioğlu |
Middle Blocker | 1.87 |
| 10 | Yeliz Askan |
Opposite Hitter | 1.90 |
| 11 | Cansu Aydınoğulları |
Setter | 1.81 |
| 12 | Pınar Eren |
Libero | 1.69 |
| 13 | Sinem Barut |
Middle Blocker | |
| 14 | Hilal Yabuz |
Opposite Hitter | 1.90 |
Domestic success
Turkish Women's Volleyball LeagueTurkish Women's Volleyball LeagueThe Turkish Women's Volleyball League , is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation...
:- Runners-up (3): 1995-96 , 1996-97 , 2003-04
- Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship:
Winners (1): 1964-65
- Turkish Cup:
- Winners (1): 1965-66
International success
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Women's CEV Champions LeagueWomen's CEV Champions LeagueThe Women's CEV Champions League or Women's Indesit European Champions League is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.- Formula :...
- Quarter Final (1): 2004-2005
- CEV CupCEV CupThe CEV Cup is the second top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup...
Fourth Place (1): 2000-2001- Quarter Final (1): 1998-1999
- BVA Cup:
- Winners (2): 2007-08, 2008-09
Past Rosters
2010-2011Banu Toktamış, Cansu Aydınoğulları, Duygu Sipahioğlu, Gizem Sancak, Gülbahar Akgül, Gülşah Olcay, Hilal Yabuz, Müge Şakar, Natalia Kulikova, Olesia Rykhliuk, Olga Savenchuk, Pelin Çelik
Pelin Çelik
Pelin Çelik is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 172 cm and plays as setter for Azeri volleyball club Rabita Baku. She played 275 times for national team...
, Pınar Eren, Sinem Barut, Yeliz Askan (Coach: Bülent Karslıoğlu)
2009-2010
Cansu Aydınoğulları, Duygu Sipahioğlu, Gizem Sancak, Hilal Yabuz, Jasna Majstrovic, Melis Gürkaynak, Melis Şahin, Müge Şakar, Nilay Özdemir, Pınar Eren, Sanja Popović, Seda Eryüz, Tatiana Dos Santos, Yağmur Koçyiğit
Yağmur Koçyiğit
Yağmur Koçyiğit is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 185 cm and plays as an outside hitter. She plays for Fenerbahçe Universal. She signed 3 years contract with team on July 2010...
, Yeliz Askan (Coach: Bülent Karslıoğlu)
Notable players
- Pelin ÇelikPelin ÇelikPelin Çelik is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 172 cm and plays as setter for Azeri volleyball club Rabita Baku. She played 275 times for national team...
- Eda ErdemEda ErdemEda Erdem is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 187 cm tall and plays as a middle blocker. Erdem has a block height of 302 cm and spike height of 308 cm.-Career:...
- Arzu GöllüArzu GöllüArzu Göllü is a retired Turkish volleyball player. She is one of the most talented female volleyball players in Turkish sports history and daughter of Cengiz Göllü, the legendary volleyball player, who also served as the technical director of Turkish National Volleyball Team for many years.She is...
- Natalia HanikoğluNatalia HanikogluNatalia Hanikoğlu 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 jersey...
- Yağmur KoçyiğitYağmur KoçyiğitYağmur Koçyiğit is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 185 cm and plays as an outside hitter. She plays for Fenerbahçe Universal. She signed 3 years contract with team on July 2010...
- İpek Soroğluİpek Soroğluİpek Soroğlu is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 192 cm and plays as middle blocker and plays for Fenerbahçe Acıbadem.-Career:İpek signed a 3 years contract with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem on June 2009...
- Sanja Popović
- Maiko KanoMaiko KanoMaiko Kano is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Beşiktaş Women's Volleyball Team.-Profiles:*She became a volleyball player at 10 years old.*Miyuki Kano is her elder sister....
- Atika BouagaaAtika BouagaaAtika Bouagaa is a female volleyball player from Germany, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in ninth place...
- Mirela Delić