Elazığ İl Özel İdaresi Spor Kulübü is a Turkish women's

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club based in

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. The club was founded in 2010 and currently competing in the

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and

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History

Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor was founded in 2010 and started to compete in professional leagues in 2014. After four seasons in the Second League, the club started the 2018–19 season with the Federation Cup championship and finished the season with the play-off championship in the Second League and promoted to the Super League. In their first season, they finished the first half of the Super League in the 4th place and qualified to compete in the Turkish Cup. After the

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, the club had to move to

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and played their home games in there until the league was canceled due to the

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. They finished the canceled league in 8th place and qualified for the EuroCup. In the 2020–21 season, the club competed in European competitions for the first time in their history. They reached the quarterfinals but lost to KSC Szekszárd.

Current squad

Honours

European competitions

** Quarter finals: 2020–2021

Domestic competitions

Second League ** Simple cup icon

Play-off champion: 2018–2019 * Roundel of Turkey

Federation Cup ** Simple cup icon

Champion: 2018–2019

League performances

Notable players

; * Ariel Atkins (1 season: 2020) * Chennedy Carter (1 season: 2020) * Emma Cannon (1 season: 2020-2021) *

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(1 season: 2020) * Kelsey Mitchell (1 season: 2020-2021) * Kia Vaughn (1 season: 2019-2020) * Lauren Ervin (2 season: 2018-2020) *

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(1 season: 2019-2020) ; * Iva Slonjšak (1 season: 2019-2020) ; * Alena Hanušová (1 season: 2020) ; * Jelena Dubljević (1 season: 2020-2021) ; * Nika Barič (1 season: 2020-2021)

References

External links

Turkish Basketball Federation

Eurobasket team page
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