Galatasaray HDI Sigorta is the women's

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section of Galatasaray SK, a major

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. Galatasaray play their matches in the 7000-seat arena

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Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Galatasaray (1922–2010) * Galatasaray

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(2010–2011) * Galatasaray (2011–2012) * Galatasaray

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(2012–2016) * Galatasaray (2016–2019) * Galatasaray HDI Sigorta (2019–present)

History

Early history

Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Branch was established in 1922. The team won the

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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

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in the 2009-2010 season, changed its name to Galatasaray

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 The Women's CEV Cup, formerly known as CEV Cup Winners' Cup (from 1972 to 2000) and CEV Top Teams Cup (from 2000 to 2007), is the second-top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by ...

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

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

, and then lost to VakıfBank 3-2 in the

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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

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

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

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

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. In the

, 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

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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

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

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, 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

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has also been ''canceled'' for the 2019-2020 season. In Europe, the team that competed in the

said goodbye to the cup in the last 16 rounds before the

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

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

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** ''Runners-up (3):'' 2011–12, 2015–16,

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** ''Third place (2):'' 1996–97, 2009–10

Domestic competitions

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** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2016–17 ** ''Third place (4):'' 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19 * Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (defunct) ** Winners (5): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966 ** ''Runners-up (7):'' 1959, 1960, 1967, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978 ** ''Third place (5):'' 1958, 1965, 1969, 1975, 1979 *

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** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2011–12 ** ''Third place (1):'' 2012–13 *

** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2011–12

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

Team roster

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Season by season

Notable players

Domestic Players ; *

Ayça Naz İhtiyaroğlu Ayça Naz İhtiyaroğlu (born August 13, 1984) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 169 cm tall and plays as libero. She has been playing for Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team since the 2009 season and wears number 8. She has played 53 ...

Aslı Kalaç Aslı Kalaç (born December 13, 1995) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall at and plays in the middle blocker position. She plays for Fenerbahçe. Kalaç debuted in the girls' youth national team in 2011, and is currently a member of t ...

Bihter Dumanoğlu Bihter Dumanoğlu (born February 3, 1995) is a Turkish female volleyball player. She is tall at and plays as libero. She is currently with the Galatasaray, which competes in the Turkish Women's Volleyball League. Career Club On 21 April 2021, ...

Cansu Çetin Cansu Çetin (born 26 May 1993 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish female volleyball player for Fenerbahçe Opet. She is tall at . Personal life After attending Ankara Esenevler Anadolu Highschool for three years, she continued at İstanbul Yen ...

* Deniz Hakyemez *

Dilara Bilge Dilara Bilge (born August 20, 1990) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 195 cm and plays as opposite hitter. She played for Galatasaray Medical Park before she was transferred by the Japanese club JT Marvelous in September 2013. See ...

Derya Çayırgan Derya Çayırgan (born October 9, 1987 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team ...

Ebru Elhan Ebru Elhan (born 19 February 1982 in Kayseri) is a Turkish volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court un ...

* Elif Ağca * Ezgi Güç * Gizem Güreşen * Güldeniz Önal *

Gamze Alikaya Gamze Alikaya (born 1 January 1993) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall at and plays in the setter position. She played for Galatasaray S.K. before she transferred to Eczacıbaşı VitrA for the 2018–19 season. She is a member of the ...

Hande Baladın Hande Baladın (born 1 September 1997) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She started playing volleyball as middle blocker in the youth and junior teams of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul. Since 2014, she plays as opposite spiker. Bal ...

Hazal Selin Arifoğlu Hazal Selin Arifoğlu (born August 18, 1992, in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other ...

Meryem Boz Meryem Boz (born 3 February 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is and plays as an opposite . She was chosen MVP of the CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020. Career Boz played for Fenerbahçe in the 2012 FIVB Club World C ...

Merve Dalbeler Seniye Merve Dalbeler (born 27 June 1987) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 183 cm and plays as outside hitter. Since 2011 she plays for Turkish club Fenerbahçe. Career Dalbeler played for Fenerbahçe in the 2012 FIVB Club World Ch ...

Natalia Hanikoğlu Natalia Hanikoğlu ( Belyaeva, born 23 June 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a Turkish-Russian volleyball player. She is 190 cm tall and plays as a middle blocker and outside hitter. She plays for Galatasaray Medical Park (women's volleyball), Ga ...

Neriman Özsoy Neriman Özsoy (born 13 July 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is and currently plays as an outside hitter in Japan for Denso Airybees. Career She played for Eczacıbaşı Zentiva, DYO Karşıyaka in Turkey and VC Uralochka in Russia ...

* Neslihan Keskin * Nilay Karaağaç *

Nilay Konar Nilay Konar (born August 30, 1980 in Ankara) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 191 cm and plays as middle blocker. She plays for Galatasaray Medical Park. Career * Aroma Women's Volleyball League ** Winner : 2006, 2007. Clubs Aw ...

Nihan Güneyligil Nihan Yeldan Güneyligil (born February 7, 1982) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 172 cm and plays as libero. She plays for Galatasaray Daikin. Career She signed 3 years contract with Fenerbahçe in June 2009. She also played for Va ...

* Neslihan Demir *

Özlem Özçelik Özlem Özçelik-İşseven (born 1 January 1972 in Karşıyaka, İzmir) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 190 cm and played as middle blocker. Özlem played 312 times for national team. She also played for Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta, ...

* Özgenur Yurtdagülen *

Seray Altay Seray Altay (born August 28, 1987) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 182 cm and plays as opposite. She plays for Galatasaray Medical Park (women's volleyball), Galatasaray Medical Park. Career With VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Tele ...

Su Zent Su Zent (born March 25, 1996, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall at and plays as Middle blocker, middle-blocker. She plays for Sarıyer Belediyespor Women's Volleyball, Sarıyer Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. Career On ...

* Selime İlyasoğlu *

Sinem Barut Sinem Barut (born April 12, 1986) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 186 cm and plays as middle blocker. She plays for Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team, Galatasaray. Awards Club * 2011-12 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup, 2011-12 Turk ...

European Players ; *

Charlotte Leys Charlotte Leys (born 18 March 1989) is a Belgian female volleyball player. She was a member of the Belgium women's national volleyball team and played for Atom Trefl Sopot in 2014. Now she's a member of the Hermes Volley Oostende in the new seaso ...

; * Dobriana Rabadžieva * Emiliya Pachova *

Hristina Ruseva Hristina Ruseva (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Христина Русева) (born on 1 October 1991) is an international volleyball player from Bulgaria. She currently plays for Bulgaria and Prosecco DOC Imoco Conegliano as middle blocker. Awards Club ...

* Penka Natova ; *

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* Vesna Jelic ; *

Anthí Vasilantonáki Anthí Vasilantonáki (born April 9, 1996 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek female volleyball player. She is tall at and plays in the Outside Hitter position. She plays for Türk Hava Yolları Spor Kulübü. Career On 14 May 2021, she signed a 1- ...

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Caterina Bosetti Caterina Chiara Bosetti (born 2 February 1994) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is tall Career The daughter of Giuseppe Bosetti ...

* Eleonora Lo Bianco * Nadia Centoni * Simona Gioli ; *

Irina Ilchenko Irina Anatolyevna Ilchenko (russian: Ирина Анатольевна Ильченко; born 3 August 1968 in Ivanovo), known as Irina Ilchenko or Irina Smirnova, is a retired Russian volleyball player. Born in Yekaterinburg, she competed for t ...

Marina Pankova Marina Anatolyevna Pankova ''née'' Nikulina (russian: Марина Анатольевна Панкова; 3 March 1963 – 4 November 2015) was a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the Soviet team that won the gold medal at the 1988 ...

Tatiana Kosheleva Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva (''russian: Татья́на Серге́евна Ко́шелева'', born 23 December 1988) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal a ...

; * Malin Ericsson ; *

Brižitka Molnar Brižitka Molnar ( sr-cyrl, Брижитка Молнар; born 28 July 1985 in Torak, Serbia) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics where she was eliminated with the ...

Ivana Đerisilo Ivana Đerisilo-Stankovic ( sr-cyrl, Ивана Ђерисило; born 8 August 1983) is a volleyball player from Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), i ...

Nataša Krsmanović Nataša Krsmanović ( sr-cyrl, Наташа Крсмановић, born 19 June 1985) is a Serbian volleyball player, who plays as a middle-blocker for Seramiksan in Turkish Women's Volleyball League. She was a member of the national teams that w ...

Slađana Erić Slađana Erić (born 29 July 1983) is a Serbian volleyball player. She plays for ŽOK Partizan Vizura. Clubs * OK Crvena Zvezda 2000–2004 * USSP Albi 2004–2005 * VBC Voléro Zurich 2005–2008 * CAV Murcia 2005 2008–2010 * OK Crvena ...

; * Olga Petrashko *

Olesia Rykhliuk Olesia Rykhliuk is a Ukrainian volleyball player. She competed at five FIVB World Club Championships. At 2015 Club World Championship in Zurich, Switzerland, won a bronze medal with Volero Zurich and received Best Opposite award and was a Best ...

* Youlia Kovtun Non-European Players ; *

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Valeska Menezes Valeska dos Santos Menezes (born 23 April 1976 in Niteroi; nicknamed Valeskinha) is a volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, and 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greec ...

; * Stacey Gordon ; *

Rosir Calderón Rosir Calderón Díaz (born 28 December 1984) is a Cuban-born Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the Cuban women's national team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In November 2014, she received Russian Sport citize ...

; * Hu Wen Yue ; *

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Patricia Soto Diana Patricia "Patty" Soto (born 10 February 1980) is a Peruvian volleyball player, and has captained the Peru women's national volleyball team. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's ...

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Karina Ocasio Karina Ocasio Clemente (born August 1, 1985) is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who competed for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in eighth and last place, having ...

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Cursty Jackson Cursty Jackson (born September 11, 1990) is a former American female volleyball player and current college volleyball coach. She is currently an assistant coach of the Long Beach State women's volleyball team. Career She was member of the Uni ...

Ogonna Nnamani Ogonna Nneka Nnamani (born July 29, 1983) is a physician, retired United States, American indoor volleyball player and former member of the United States women's national volleyball team, United States National and Olympic team. She was awarded ...

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* Sherridan Atkinson Players written in ''italic'' still play for the club.

Former coaches

Team captains

Home halls

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

References

External links

Official Galatasaray Volleyball Branch Website

Galatasaray HDI Sigorta » players __ Women Volleybox.net

Turkish Volleyball Federastion official website
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