Dinarsuspor was a women's football club based in

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, Turkey. Dinarsuspor was founded in 1991 by six women's footballers, who left Dostluk Spor. The team was the women's football side of the same-named club, which was established in 1982 by the

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producer Dinarsu. With the establishment of the Turkish Women's Football League by the

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(TFF) in 1994, the team started to play regular matches. The team became champion already in the first ever league season in

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. The team repeated their success in a row in the following three seasons also. The team won the Federation Cup in 1997 as well. Dinarsuspor took part at international tournaments. They became champion of the Schwäbisch Hall Tournament in Germany in 1996. They placed in the 1997 Stuttgart-tockach Tournament, at which 42 teams participated from Austria, Switzerland, Poland and Germany. The team won 26 of the 39 international matches and scored 108 goals in total. In 1997, club president İlker İnat decided to withdraw from the league after his demand on assignment of a stadium and referees for a friendly match with a women's team from Romania was not met by the TFF although nine players of the team were members of the

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Notable players

Players, who were member of the Turkey women's national team: * Feride Akgün * Aysun Boyacı *

Nazan Bulut Nazan Bulut (born 24 May 1973) is a Turkish former women's footballer. She was a member of the Turkey women's national teams. She is a teacher for physical education. Nazan Bulut was born at Akçalören village of İvrindi district in Balıke ...

Bilgin Defterli Bilgin Defterli (born 1 November 1980) is a Turkish women's soccer, women's football forward (association football), forward currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga (women), 2. Frauen-Bundesliga for Alemannia Aachen in Germany with jersey number 9 ...

* Melahat Eryurt * Seyhan Gündüz *Meral Halıcı *

Ayşe Kuru Ayşe Kuru (born 2 January 1974) is a Turkish former women's football defender. She was part of the Turkish women's national team between 1996 and 2001. Playing career Club Kuru obtained her license for Dinarsuspor on 30 August 1996. She play ...

*Yasemin Metin *Alev Paçal *İlknur Şenol *

Ayfer Topluoğlu Ayfer Topluoğlu (born January 31, 1977) is a Turkish former women's football goalkeeper and manager. She was member of the Turkey women's national team between 1995 and 2003. Early life Ayfer Topluoğlu was born in Çatalca district of Istanb ...

Honours

; Turkish Women's Football League * ''Winners'' (4):

, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 ;Turkish Women's Federation Cup * Winners (1): 1996-97

References

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