Yenimahalle Belediyesi SK () is the women's
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
team of the same named
club
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sponsored by the Municipality of
Yenimahalle
Yenimahalle is a municipality and metropolitan district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 219 km2, and its population is 704,652 (2022). It is a fast-growing urban residential district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. Its elev ...
in
Ankara
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, Turkey. The team play in the
Turkish Super League
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Their colors are blue and white. Club chairman is Mesut Bolatcan.
The team is managed by Serdar Eler.
Competitions
Domestic
The club transferred seven notable players, including
Turkey women's national team's captain
Yeliz Özel
Yeliz Özel (born 6 March 1980, in Ankara) is a Turkish retired handballer, who last played for İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. GSK and the Turkish national team. She is widely considered the best handball player ever from Turkey.
Club career
S ...
and two foreigners, for the 2013–14 season.
The team finished the season as runner-up losing to
Muratpaşa Bld. SK in play-off finals.
The next season, they became champion.
International
Yenimahalle Bld. Sk played in the
2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying
Seedings
The seedings were announced on 23 June 2015.
Draw
The draw was held on 26 June 2015. The teams played a semifinal and final to determine the last participants. Matches were played on 12 and 13 September 2016.
Qualification tournament ...
, lost in the semifinals to the Danish
Team Esbjerg
Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for ...
28–32,
ranked fourth after being defeated by the Belarusian
BNTU Minsk
BNTU-BelAZ Minsk Region, previously Politechnik or BGPA Minsk, is a handball club from Minsk, Belarus. They currently compete in the Belarusian Championship where they are en-titre and multiple champions.
Titles
* Belarusian Championship
** ...
27–31 in the third place match.
They failed to advance to the quarterfinals at the
2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup
The 2015–16 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup was the 40th edition of the tournament that is organized by the European Handball Federation for the domestic cup winners in the continent.
Round and draw dates
All draws held at the European Handball ...
after losing 58–59 in two games to the Russian
Zvezda Zvenigorod
Zvezda Zvenigorod (, lit. ''Star Zvenigorod'') is a Russian women's handball club from Zvenigorod, near Moscow. They won the Champions League and the Champions Trophy in 2008, and the EHF Cup in 2006/07. Between 2006 and 2011 the club was coac ...
.
European record
Team
Current squad
''Squad for the 2023-24 season''
;Goalkeepers:
* Selen Akalin
* Ece Erol
* Ilayda Citak
;Wingers:
;LW
* Ilayda Dikbas
* Hatice Karatas
* Sena Nur Celik
;RW
* Elif Uzun
* Olgun Hayat
;Line players:
* Hatice Ozdemir
* Demet Sonkaya
* Fulya Bozyurt
;Backs:
* Gulcan Tugel
* Betul Karaarslan
* Acelya Kaya
* Sevgi Kalyoncuoglu
Former notable players
*
Anca Mihaela Rombescu
Anca Mihaela Rombescu (born 15 September 1985) is a Romanian handball player. She plays as the goalkeeper for Yalıkavak SK in the Turkish Super League and the Romania national team.
Club career
She played in her country for CS Tomis Cons ...
Honours
;
Turkish Handball Super League
Turkish Men's Handball Super League () is the highest league in the Turkish handball and comprises the top 12 elite men teams. The league began in 1982–83.
Structure
The season starts in the end of September with a regular season with 12 teams ...
:
* Winners (2): 2014–15,
2015–16.
* Runners-up (1): 2013–14.
* Third place (1): 2020–21.
;
Women's EHF Champions League
The EHF Women's Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...
* Fourth place (1):
2015–16
References
Women's handball clubs in Turkey
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