Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball

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Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe
NicknamePotanın Kraliçeleri (The Queens of the Hoop)
Sarı Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues)
Fener
LeaguesTurkish Super League
EuroLeague Women
Founded1954
ArenaMetro Enerji Sports Hall
(capacity: 2,500)[1]
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Team colors    Yellow, navy blue
Main sponsorÖznur Kablo
PresidentTurkey Ali Koç
Team managerTurkey Arzu Özyiğit
Head coachSpain Víctor Lapeña
Team captainTurkey Tuğçe Canıtez
Championships18 Turkish Championships
1956, 1957, 1958, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
13 Turkish Cups
1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
12 Turkish Super Cups
1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019
Websitefenerbahce.org
Active departments of
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Football (Men's senior) Football (Men's U21) Football (Men's academy)
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Football (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's)
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Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Table Tennis
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Boxing Sailing Esports
championship ceremony

Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball (Turkish: Fenerbahçe Kadın Basketbol), commonly known as Fenerbahçe (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾbahtʃe]), currently also known as Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo for sponsorship reasons, are the women's basketball department of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Founded in 1954, they became the most successful club in domestic competitions, having won 43 national trophies, and achieved considerable success in European competitions. They became EuroLeague runners-up on three occasions, in the 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2016–17 seasons and reached the third place twice in 2016 and 2021. They also became fourth in the 2011–12 and 2014–15 seasons. Furthermore, Fenerbahçe became runners-up in the EuroCup in 2005. Overall, they played in four major European finals and managed to be among the best four European clubs seven times.

Domestically, Fenerbahçe won a record 18 Turkish championship titles (3 in the former Turkish Women's Basketball Championship and 15 in the Turkish Women's League), a record 13 Turkish Cups, and a record 12 Turkish Super Cups, among others. The team play their matches at the club's own 2,500-seat Metro Enerji Sports Hall.[2][3]

Players[]

Current squad[]

Fenerbahçe roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight Age – Date of birth
F 0 Germany Sabally, Satou 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 23 – (1998-04-25)25 April 1998
G 4 Turkey Çakır Turgut, Olcay 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 60 kg (132 lb) 28 – (1993-07-13)13 July 1993
G 5 United States Thomas, Jasmine 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 31 – (1989-09-30)30 September 1989
F 12 Turkey Canıtez, Tuğçe (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – (1990-11-10)10 November 1990
G 21 United States McBride, Kayla 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 29 – (1992-06-25)25 June 1992
G/F 23 Ukraine Iagupova, Alina 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 29 – (1992-02-09)9 February 1992
C 41 United States Turkey Stokes, Kiah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 28 – (1993-03-30)30 March 1993
G Turkey Onar, Alperi 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) 57 kg (126 lb) 25 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996
G/F Turkey Kurtulmuş, Manolya 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 60 kg (132 lb) 23 – (1998-01-01)1 January 1998
C Sweden Zahui B., Amanda 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1993-09-08)8 September 1993
C United States Williams, Elizabeth 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1993-06-23)23 June 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Nacho Garcia
  • Turkey Ömer Buharalı
  • Turkey Can Nazlı
Team manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 13, 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Elizabeth Williams Amanda Zahui B. Kiah Stokes
PF Satou Sabally Tuğçe Canıtez
SF Alina Iagupova Manolya Kurtulmuş
SG Kayla McBride Alperi Onar
PG Jasmine Thomas Olcay Çakır Turgut

Honours[]

European competitions[]

Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17
Third place (2): 2015–16, 2020–21
Fourth place (2): 2011–12, 2014–15
Runners-up (1): 2004–05
Fourth place (1): 2003–04
  • Southern Conference FIBA Europa
Winners (1): 2004–05

Domestic competitions[]

Winners (15) (record): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, , 2018–19, 2020–21
Runners-up (9): 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2016–17
Winners (3): 1956, 1957, 1958
Runners-up (1): 1959
Winners (13) (record): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008��09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2019, 2020
Runners-up (5): 1994–95, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
Winners (12) (record): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019
Runners-up (8): 1995, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018

Regional competitions[]

Winners (5): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
Runners-up (8): 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968

Others[]

  • GSGM Cup
Winners (1): 1991
Runners-up (1): 1992

Team captains[]

This is a list of the senior team's captains in the recent years.

Period Captain
1996–2006 Turkey Serap Yücesir
2006–2009 Turkey Nalan Ramazanoğlu
2009–2012 Turkey Nevriye Yılmaz
2012–2019 Turkey Birsel Vardarlı
2019- Turkey Tuğçe Canıtez

Head coaches[]

Period Head coach
1955–1960 Turkey
196?–1968 Turkey
1980–1985 Turkey Yaman Eymür
1987–2000 Turkey Göksel Zeren
2000–2009 Turkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
2009–2010 Turkey Haydar Kemal Ateş
2010 Turkey Aydın Uğuz
2010–2011 Hungary László Rátgéber
2011–2012 Greece George Dikeoulakos
2012–2014 Spain Roberto Íñiguez
2014–2015 Poland Jacek Winnicki
2015 Turkey Erman Okerman
2015–2017 Greece George Dikeoulakos
2017–2018 Turkey Fırat Okul
2018–2019 France Valérie Garnier
2019- Spain Víctor Lapeña

C Caretaker

Notable players[]

Italic written players still play for the club.

Sponsorship and kit manufacturers[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Worldstadiums.com basketball capacity.
  2. ^ Ulkercity built running Archived 2010-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ New basketball venue to be built

External links[]

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