Erzurum Gençlik Spor Kulübü is a
multi-sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
established on March 14, 1995, by the Youth and Sport Directoriate (Erzurum GSİM) in
Erzurum
Erzurum (; ) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010.
The city uses the double-headed eagle as ...
,
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. The club's colors are blue and white. Erzurum Gençlik SK is active in more than 30 branches, including many Olympic sports.
Venues
Main venues of the club are:
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Erzurum GSIM Ice Arena
Erzurum GSIM Ice Arena ( tr, Erzurum GSİM Buz Salonu), is an indoor ice hockey arena located at Yakutiye district of Erzurum, eastern Turkey. It was opened in 2009.
The arena complex, owned by the Youth and Sport Directorate of Erzurum Province ...
: Ice hockey arena with 3,000 seating capacity, home of men's ice hockey team
* Erzurum GSIM Ice Arena: Ice hockey arena with 500 seating capacity, home of women's ice hockey team
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GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall
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: ice skating and ice hockey rink with 2,000 seating capacity
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Milli Piyango Curling Arena
The Milli Piyango Curling Arena, is an indoor curling rink in Erzurum, Turkey. Opened in 2010, it is the country's first and only curling facility as of 2012. The arena has five curling sheets and 1,000 seating capacity.
The arena was built for ...
: curling arena with 1,000 seating capacity
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Kiremitliktepe Ski Jump: Two competition jump towers of K-125 and K-95 as well as three training jump towers of K-65, K-40 and K-20 for ski jumping
Teams
Curling
The women's team plays in the Turkish Curling Women's League.
In 2011, the women's team won the Federation Cup defeating Erzurum Çelebi SK in the final. They became champion at the 2011-12 Turkish Curling Women's League before Erzurum Çelebi SK.
Ice hockey
The men's team plays in the
Turkish Ice Hockey Super League and the women's team in the
Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League
The Turkish Women's Ice Hockey League, also known as the Kadınlar Ligi in Turkish, is a women's amateur ice hockey league in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hoc ...
.
Volleyball
The women's team plays in the Turkish Women's Third League.
References
Sport in Erzurum
Sports clubs and teams established in 1995
1995 establishments in Turkey
Multi-sport clubs in Turkey
Curling in Turkey
Ice hockey teams in Turkey
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