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, a major

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. Galatasaray play their matches in the 7000-seat arena

TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall () is a volleyball arena located in Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey and reopened on 19 November 2010. It is owned by the Municipality of Kadıköy District and operated by the Directorate of Youth and Sport of I ...

Previous names

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

Medical Park Medical Park Hospitals Group, which has been active in the health care sector since 1995, offers service in various provinces of Turkey with more than 6,000 doctors and employees, 17 hospitals in total. Medical Park is the biggest hospital group ...

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

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(2012–2016) * Galatasaray (2016–2019) * Galatasaray HDI Sigorta (2019–2023) * Galatasaray

(2023–present)

History

Early history

Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Branch was established in 1922. The team won the Istanbul Women's Volleyball League 7 times and the

Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship The Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (Turkish: ''Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol Şampiyonası'') is a defunct volleyball league competition in Turkish volleyball, run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation from 1956 to 1983. Champions All cha ...

5 times. However, the team does not have a Sultans League championship.

1980 Era

As a result of

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(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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

, 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

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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

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

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

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

Domestic competitions

Turkish Women's Volleyball League Sultanlar Ligi (''Sultans League''), known for sponsorship reasons as Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 ...

** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2016–17 ** ''Third place (3):'' 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 *

(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

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 13 December 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 th ...

* Bihter Dumanoğlu *

Cansu Çetin Cansu Çetin (born 26 May 1993 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player for S.L. Benfica (volleyball), SL Benfica, The Last Champion of the First Division Women's Volleyball League (Portugal), Campeonato Nacional de Voleibol. She is ta ...

* Deniz Hakyemez * Dilara Bilge *

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 player. She plays as outside hitter. Biography She played for the Turkey women's national volleyball team, at the 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship. She play ...

* Elif Ağca * Ezgi Güç *

Gizem Güreşen Gizem Güreşen (born 14 January 1987) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall and plays as libero. Club career She started volleyball in Ankara. She was trained in the infrastructure of VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta. VakıfBank Gizem Güre� ...

Güldeniz Önal Güldeniz Önal Paşaoğlu (born 25 March 1986) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 183 cm and plays as outside hitter. Personal info She studied at Gazi University. Career Önal win the Women's CEV Champions League 2010–11, 2010–11 ...

* Gamze Alikaya * Hande Baladın *

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 for Sarıyer Belediyesi. She was chosen MVP of the CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020. Career Boz played for Fenerbahçe in the ...

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 Turkey, Turkish club Fenerbahçe. Career Dalbeler played for Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball, Fenerb ...

Natalia Hanikoğlu Natalia Hanikoğlu ( Belyaeva, born 23 June 1975) 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 and wears the number 7 jersey. She played ...

Neriman Özsoy Neriman Özsoy (born 13 July 1988 in Razgrad, Bulgaria) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall who recently last played as an outside hitter in Turkey for Türk Hava Yolları. Career She started her career in Eczacıbaşı Zentiva, a ...

* Neslihan Keskin *

Nilay Karaağaç Nilay Karaağaç (born 24 October 1985 in Salihli, Manisa Province, Turkey, is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall and plays as setter. She plays for Galatasaray and wears jersey number 11. She played 124 times for the Turkey women's natio ...

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 ...

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 a 3-year contract with Fenerbahçe in June 2009. She also played for ...

Neslihan Demir Neslihan Demir (born 9 December 1983) is a retired Turkish volleyball star. She is one of the most successful athletes of Turkey and has been among FIVB Heroes. She represented her country as the flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the ...

Özlem Özçelik Özlem Özçelik-İşseven (born 1 January 1972) 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, Emlak Bankası, Tuborg ...

Özgenur Yurtdagülen Özgenur Yurtdagülen, a.k.a. Özge Nur Yurtdagülen, (born August 6, 1993) is a Turkish female volleyball player. She is tall at . Currently, she plays for Galatasaray in the middle blocker position. Yurtdagülen is a member of the Turkey wome ...

* Seray Altay * Su Zent *

Selime İlyasoğlu Selime İlyasoğlu (born November 18, 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 183 cm and plays as outside hitter. She plays for Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team, Galatasaray Daikin. Awards National Team *2011 Women's European Vol ...

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 ; * Dobriana Rabadžieva * Emiliya Pachova * Hristina Ruseva * 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. Career On 14 May 2021, she signed a 1-year contract w ...

; * Caterina Bosetti *

Eleonora Lo Bianco Eleonora Lo Bianco (born 22 December 1979) is an former Italian volleyball player. Career Born in Borgomanero, in her youth she played in the Omegna Omegna (, , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Ita ...

* Nadia Centoni *

Simona Gioli Simona Gioli (born September 17, 1977, in Rapallo) is a retired volleyball player from Italy. Currently, she plays for Galatasaray in Turkey. Gioli was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Champions ...

; * Irina Ilchenko * Marina Pankova *

Tatiana Kosheleva Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva (, 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 at the 2010 World Championship, the 2013 European Championship and t ...

; * Malin Ericsson ; *

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

Ivana Đerisilo Ivana Đerisilo-Stankovic ( sr-cyrl, Ивана Ђерисило; born 8 August 1983) is a volleyball player from Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms o ...

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 ...

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 Crven ...

; * Olga Petrashko *

Olesia Rykhliuk Olesia Rykhliuk (born 11 December 1987) is a Ukrainian volleyball player. She competed at five FIVB World Club Championships. At 2015 Club World Championship in Zürich, Switzerland, won a bronze medal with Volero Zürich and received Best Oppo ...

* Youlia Kovtun Non-European Players ; * Elizabeth Hintemann *

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Valeska Menezes Valeska dos Santos Menezes (born 23 April 1976; nicknamed Valeskinha) is a Brazilian volleyball player. She represented Brazil at the 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, and 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was named "Best Bloc ...

; * 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 Athens. In November 2014, she received Russian S ...

; * Hu Wen Yue ; *

Saori Kimura is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and was a captain of the team. She was a participant at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summe ...

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; * Patricia Soto ; *

Karina Ocasio Karina Ocasio Clemente (born August 1, 1985) is a volleyball player who plays for Puerto Rico national team. Club career * Conquistadoras de Guaynabo (2000–2003) * Despar Sirio Perugia (2003–2004) * Caoduro Cavazzale (2004–2005) * ...

; *

Cursty Jackson Cursty Jackson (born September 11, 1990) is an American female former 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 Unit ...

* Ogonna Nnamani * Ruth Burdine * 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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