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

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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 Hawks").

Club colors and logo

The club's colors are maroon 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 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup 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

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's knock-out stage.

European record

Squad

As of July 2019 ;Goalkeepers: *

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* Halime Beykurt ;Wings: * Duygu Özakaydin * Marija Mugosa ;Pivots: * Esra Ertap * Neslihan Akcanca * Ilayda Gürsoy ;Backs: * Perihan Topaloğlu * Kübra Yılmaz * Cigdem Demirbas * Gamze Hasimoglu

Notable former players

* Aslı İskit (born 1993) * Sandra Nikčević (born 1984) * Fatmagül Sakızcan (born 1992)

Honours

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* Third place (1): 2013–14

References

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