Hakkârigücü is a

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club founded in 1989 and based in

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, eastern

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. The club plays their home matches in the Merzan Stadium.

History

The women's

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club Hakkârigücü Spor was founded by Cemile Timur, than a 20-year old local woman. A former athletics performer in her high school years, she later developed an interest for association football, and founded the first women's sport club in the city at Southeastern Anatolia Region with strong conservative feudal society after persuading some parents of girls coming from the villages of the province. The team was initially formed with eight girls only. After taking part in the 2007–08 Turkish Girls' Football Championship, the team was qualified the next season to play in Group 4 of the Turkish Women's Regional Football League. In the 2009–10 season, the team took reached the play-offs for promotion to the Women's Second League, became however, unsuccessful. They were promoted in the 2011–12 season to the Women' Second League when the Women's Regional League was abolished. They played in total seven seasons in the Second League. Finally, the team became runners-up at the end of the play-offs of the 2017–18 season, and was entitled to play in the Women' First League for the 2018–19 season.

Stadium

Hakkârigücü Spor play their home matches in the Merzan Football Field. As the dimensions of the football pitch are not standard, and the field lacks

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s, it has to be improved. In order to meet the requirements of the

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on grounds for the First League matches, the pitch will be widened , changing rooms and bleachers will be added.

Statistics

. *(¹): Season discontinued due to

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*(²) Group standing, lost play-offs quarterfinals *(³) Season in progress

Current squad

Head coach: Cemile Timur

Formet notable players

* Armine Khachatryan * Peritan Bozdağ * Nargiz Hajiyeva * Esra Manya * Juliette Nana * Lone Gaofetoge * Brigitte Omboudou * Kristina Bakarandze *

Teona Bakradze Teona Bakradze ( ka, თეონა ბაქრაძე, born January 24, 1996) is a Georgian football forward. She is a member of the Georgian national team. She is playing in the Turkish Women's Super League for Trabzonspor with jersey n ...

* Tamari Tatuashvili * Ernestina Abambila * Patience Peterson-Kundok * Shokhista Khojasheva * Angelina Portnova * Mwanalima Adam Jereko * Vivian Nasaka * Phoeby Okech* Tochukwu Oluehi *

Emine Demir Emine Demir (born November 11, 1993) is a Turkish women's soccer, women's football Defender (association football), defender, who plays in the Turkish Women's Football Super League, Women's Super League for Fatih Vatan Spor with jersey number 24. ...

* Başak Ersoy * Emine Gümüş * Margaret Belemu * Hellen Chanda * Misozi Zulu

Kit history

Squad history

File:HakkarigücüS2018-19 (6).jpg, Hakkârigücü Spor squad in the 2018–19 Women's First League season

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hakkarigucu Spor 1989 establishments in Turkey Association football clubs established in 1989