Ardeşen GSK ( tr, Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from

Ardeşen Ardeşen (Armenian language, Armenian: Արտաշեն/Artashen, Laz language, Laz and Georgian language, Georgian: არტაშენი/Artasheni or არდაშენი/Ardasheni) is a town and district of Rize Province in the Black Sea Re ...

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playing in the

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. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman is Sultan Rauf Oğuz. The team is managed by Hikmet Vurgun. The team is nicknamed "Dişi Atmacalar" ("Female

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s").

Club colors and logo

The club's colors are

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and white. The logo of the club is composed of 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 The Turkish Women's Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi) is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Tu ...

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 quarterfinals, however they were defeated by the Swedish team

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. They failed to advance to the semifinals in the

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losing to the Polish team Pogoń Baltica Szczecin by 57–59. The team lost to the Russian

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by 50–80 in the last 16 of 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup's knock-out stage.

European record

Squad

As of July 2019 ;Goalkeepers: *

Kristina Graovac Kristina Graovac ( sr-cyr, Кристина Граовац; née Georgijev; born August 14, 1991) is a Serbian female handballer playing for Turkish handball team Ardeşen GSK and the Serbian national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the go ...

* Halime Beykurt ;Wings: * Duygu Özakaydin * Marija Mugosa ;Pivots: * Esra Ertap * Neslihan Akcanca * Ilayda Gürsoy ;Backs: *

Perihan Topaloğlu Perihan Topaloğlu Acar (born Topaloğlu on August 31, 1987) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Ardeşen GSK, and the Turkey national team. She is the captain of both teams. The -tall ...

Kübra Yılmaz Kübra Yılmaz (born January 8, 1991) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Ardeşen GSK Ardeşen GSK ( tr, Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from Ardeşen ...

* Cigdem Demirbas * Gamze Hasimoglu

Notable former players

Aslı İskit Aslı İskit (born 7 December 1993), also known as Aslı İskit Çalışkan, is a Turkish handballer, who plays for Thüringer HC and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the back position. Early years Aslı İskit was ...

(born 1993) *

Sandra Nikčević Sandra Nikčević (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Сандра Никчевић, born 16 November 1984) is a Montenegrin handballer, who plays for Osmangazi Belediyespor in Turkey. She is also part of the Montenegro international setup. She was in Croati ...

(born 1984) * Fatmagül Sakızcan (born 1992)

Honours

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* Third place (1): 2013–14

References

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