Galatasaray SK
Full nameGalatasaray
Short nameGalatasaray
Founded1922
GroundTVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall
(Capacity: 7,000)
ChairmanTurkey Dursun Özbek
ManagerSpain Guillermo Naranjo Hernández
CaptainTurkey Bihter Dumanoğlu
LeagueSultanlar Ligi
2022–23Regular season: 5th
Play-offs: 6th
Championships
5 Turkish Championships

Galatasaray Daikin is the professional women's volleyball section of Galatasaray SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray play their matches in the 7000-seat arena TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

  • Galatasaray (1922–2010)
  • Galatasaray Medical Park (2010–2011)
  • Galatasaray (2011–2012)
  • Galatasaray Daikin (2012–2016)
  • Galatasaray (2016–2019)
  • Galatasaray HDI Sigorta (2019–2023)
  • Galatasaray Daikin (2023–present)

History

Early history

Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Branch was established in 1922. The team won the Istanbul Women's Volleyball League 7 times and the Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship 5 times. However, the team does not have a Sultans League championship.

1980 Era

As a result of Galatasaray (men's volleyball team) becoming the champion in the league in the 1986-1987 season, the volleyball branch managers of the period formed an ambitious team for the women's volleyball team and entered the 1987-1988 season. They finished second.

2000 Era

In the following years, with the establishment of more establishment clubs, it could not be as successful in volleyball as before, and as a result of these processes, once due to the economic crisis, the team was closed for a year while it was in the Sultans League in the 2003-2004 season. What has risen. However, after 4 seasons, this time 3 weeks before the end of the league, they were defeated by TED Ankara College 3-0 and relegated to the 1st league in the 2006-2007 season for the first time in its history and was promoted to the Sultans League again the following season. The women's volleyball team, which has had to compete in the 1st league twice in its history, has become a team that plays for the championship in the league again and consistently participates in the European cups every year, as a result of the efforts of the administrations coming after this process to raise the branch.

The team, which came in 3rd place in the CEV Women's Challenge Cup in the 2009-2010 season, changed its name to Galatasaray Medical Park Women's Volleyball Team as a result of the name sponsorship made with Medical Park in the 2010-2011 season and continued its struggle in the league. However, the paths parted with Medical Park after one season and the next season, the team that competed as the Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team played in the final with Italy's Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio team in the Women's CEV Cup for the first time in its history and won the second place in the final by losing in the gold set. has done. At the end of the same season, the team that participated in the CEV Women's Champions League by receiving a wild cart, advanced to the next round as a result of the group matches it played and was entitled to organize the final four in the CEV Women's Champions League.

2010 Era

Having signed a name sponsorship agreement with Daikin at the beginning of the 2012-2013 season, the team hosted the final four of the CEV Women's Champions League as Galatasaray Daikin Women's Volleyball Team and finished the tournament 4th.

In the 2014-2015 season, Galatasaray Daikin Women's Volleyball Team said goodbye to Europe by losing to its rival in the semi-finals of the Women's CEV Cup, and then lost to VakıfBank 3-2 in the Turkish Super Cup and said goodbye to the cup in the semi-finals. In the league, the team finished the regular season in the 4th place and matched with its rival Nilüfer Belediyespor in the quarter finals. By defeating their opponent 2-0 in the quarter-finals and finishing in the 4th place in the play-off final stage, the team qualified to compete in the Women's CEV Cup next season.

Contrary to previous seasons, the team started the 2015-2016 season with an infrastructure-weighted squad, surprising all authorities, and continued on its way in the league and Europe with full reins, winning all 10 matches until the final match in the Women's CEV Cup and matched with the Russian representative Dinamo Krasnodar in the final. . Having won the first match of the series 3-2 at home, the team lost the second match in Russia 3-0 and had to say goodbye for the second time in the last match of a final leg in this cup. In the league, the team that was among the top 4 teams completed the group in the last place and won the right to compete in the Women's CEV Cup for the next season.

Starting from the 2016-2017 season, the team parted ways with its sponsor Daikin and decided to continue its struggle as the Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team.

Completing the league in the 4th place in the 2016-2017 season, the team lost to its arch-rival Fenerbahçe in the play-off series and completed the play-offs in the 2nd place and earned the right to compete in the CEV Women's Champions League for the next season. He said goodbye to the cup after losing 3-2 to Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi in Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup. In the Women's CEV Cup, she lost to Dynamo Kazan in the semi-finals by 3-0 in both matches and said goodbye to the tournament.

Finishing the league in the 3rd place in the regular season in the 2017-2018 season, the team finished the play-offs in the 4th place. In the Cup, he lost 3-1 to Eczacıbaşı VitrA in the semi-finals and said goodbye to the organization. In the CEV Women's Champions League, the team reached the final four and finished the season in the last place in the finals of four.

In the 2018-2019 season, the team, which finished the league and play-offs in the 4th place, said goodbye to the cup and also to the semi-finals. In Europe, she finished the season by saying goodbye to the Women's CEV Cup with the golden set in the quarter-finals.

Before the 2019-2020 season, the team agreed with HDI Sigorta to be the name sponsor and started the season as Galatasaray HDI Sigorta Women's Volleyball Team. Galatasaray HDI Sigorta Women's Volleyball Team finished the league in the 4th place in the regular season in the 2019-2020 season. However, after the decision taken by Turkish Volleyball Federation on May 11, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league, whose play-off stage was not played, was registered with this ranking, and the champion or the relegated team was not determined in the season. Cup Volley to be played due to the pandemic has also been canceled for the 2019-2020 season. In Europe, the team that competed in the Women's CEV Cup said goodbye to the cup in the last 16 rounds before the pandemic.

2020 Era

In the 2020-2021 season, he completed the Sultans League in the 6th place at the end of the regular season matches, and as a result of the 5th & 8th play-off matches he played, he completed the season in the 7th place and could not participate in the European Cups after many years. As a result of the Cup Volley matches she played, she lost to her opponent VakıfBank 3-0 in the semi-finals and said goodbye to the cup. She achieved her greatest success in the season by playing the final of the Women's CEV Cup for the 3rd time in its history, however, as in the previous finals, she lost to her rival Saugella Monza and lost the cup as a result of a final and came 2nd.

Honours

European competitions

Domestic competitions

  • Turkish Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 2011–12
    • Third place (1): 2012–13

Regional competitions

  • Istanbul League (defunct)
    • Winners (7): 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1977–78
    • Runners-up (9): 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1975–76, 1976–77
    • Third place (9): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81

Technical Staff

As of 5 October 2023[1]
Name Job
Turkey Neslihan Turan Volleyball Teams Administrative Manager
Turkey Neşve Büyükbayram Assistant Administrative Manager
Turkey Asuman Baş Team Manager
Spain Guillermo Naranjo Hernández Head Coach
Turkey İsmail Çağrı Akdoğan Assistant Coach
Turkey Emre Türkileri Assistant Coach
Greece Ioannis Paraschidis Conditioner
Turkey Uğur Şimşek Statistics Coach
Turkey Dinçer Kaya Physiotherapist
Turkey Murat Beder Masseur

Team roster

As of 3 December 2023[2][3]
No. Player Position Date of Birth Height (m) Country
1 Selen Ursavaş Libero 15 April 2000 1.60  Turkey
2 İlkin Aydın Outside Hitter 5 January 2000 1.83  Turkey
3 Kanami Tashiro Setter 25 March 1991 1.73  Japan
6 Sude Hacımustafaoğlu Outside Hitter 25 March 2002 1.80  Turkey
7 Fatma Beyaz Middle-blocker 16 April 1995 1.86  Turkey
8 Elif Su Eriçek Outside Hitter 16 December 2002 1.80  Turkey
9 Emine Arıcı Middle-blocker 17 January 1997 1.92  Turkey
10 Ayçin Akyol Middle-blocker 15 June 1999 1.88  Turkey
11 Melisa Sazalan Outside Hitter 29 September 2006 1.85  Turkey
12 Bihter Dumanoğlu (c) Libero 3 February 1995 1.75  Turkey
14 Özge Arslanalp Setter 28 January 2004 1.73  Turkey
17 Yağmur Karaoğlu Opposite 21 August 2001 1.90  Turkey
18 Duygu Düzceler Setter 6 April 1990 1.78  Turkey
20 Danielle Cuttino Opposite 22 June 1996 1.94  United States
22 Heather Gneiting Middle-blocker 12 May 2000 1.98  United States
33 Logan Eggleston Outside Hitter 13 November 2000 1.85  United States
77 Arzum Tezcan Setter 6 April 1998 1.86  Turkey
İrem Nur Özsoy Libero 13 June 2003 1.70  Turkey

Season by season

Season League Pos. Turkish Cup Turkish Super Cup European competitions Worldwide competitions
2012–13 TWVL 3rd 3rd RU CEV Champions League4th Top Volley International 3rd
2013–14 TWVL 4th Semi finals CEV Champions League8th
2014–15 TWVL 4th Semi finals CEV CupSF Top Volley International 4th
2015–16 TWVL 4th Not held CEV CupRU
2016–17 TWVL 2nd Quarter finals Not held CEV CupSF
2017–18 TWVL 4th Semi finals CEV Champions League4th
2018–19 TWVL 4th Semi finals CEV CupQF
2019–20 TWVL CEV Cup
2020–21 TWVL 7th Semi finals CEV CupRU
2021–22 TWVL
2022–23 TWVL
2023–24 TWVL

Previous

Notable players

Players written in italic still play for the club.

Former coaches

Dates Name
1989–1993 Turkey Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu
1993–1997 Turkey Cengiz Göllü
1997–1999 Turkey Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu
1999–2000 Cuba Eugenio George Lafita
2000–2002 Turkey Gökhan Edman
2004–2007 Turkey Gökhan Rahman Çokşen
2007–2008 Turkey Ahmet Reşat Arığ
2008 Turkey Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu
2008–2011 Turkey Gökhan Edman
2011–2012 Serbia Dragan Nešić
2012–2015 Italy Massimo Barbolini
2015–2023 Turkey Ataman Güneyligil
2023–present Spain Guillermo Naranjo Hernández

Team captains

Dates Name
2020–2023 Turkey Gizem Güreşen
2023 Turkey Gamze Alikaya
2023– Turkey Bihter Dumanoğlu

Home halls

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

# Hall Period
1 TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall 1985–

See also

References

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