Ardeşen GSK () is a women's
handball
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club from
Ardeşen in
Rize Province, Turkey.
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
Hawk
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s").
Club colors and logo
The club's colors are
maroon
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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 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
H 65 Höör.
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
HC Lada Togliatti by 50–80 in the last 16 of
2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup's knockout stage.
European record
Notable former players
*
Aslı İskit (born 1993)
*
Sandra Nikčević (born 1984)
*
Fatmagül Sakızcan (born 1992)
Honours
;
Turkish Women's Handball Super League
* Third place (1): 2013–14
References
2008 establishments in Turkey
Handball clubs established in 2008
Women's handball clubs in Turkey
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