Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball

Fenerbahçe

Full name	Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü
Short name	FB
Nickname	Sarı Melekler (The Yellow Angels) Fener
Founded	1928 (closed due to lack of opponents) 1954
Ground	Burhan Felek Sport Hall, Istanbul (Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman	Ali Koç
Manager	Zoran Terzić
Captain	Eda Erdem Dündar
League	Turkish Women's Volleyball League CEV Women's Champions League
2020–21	Regular season: 2nd Play-offs: 2nd
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
1 World Championship 1 European Championship 1 CEV Cup 13 Turkish Championships 3 Turkish Cups 3 Turkish Super Cups

Active departments of Fenerbahçe
Football (Men's senior)	Football (Men's U21)	Football (Men's academy)
Football (Women's)	Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)
Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)	Table Tennis
Athletics	Rowing	Swimming
Boxing	Sailing	Esports

Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball, commonly known as Fenerbahçe, are the women's volleyball department of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. They play their matches at the 7.000-seated Burhan Felek Sport Hall. Fenerbahçe compete in the Turkish Women's Volleyball League, which is considered to be one of the best and most competitive leagues in the world.

Founded in 1928, Fenerbahçe are one of the best volleyball teams in Turkey and in the world. They were crowned World Champions by winning the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship undefeated in 2010, thus achieving the first Intercontinental Quadruple ever in Turkish volleyball history, after having won the Turkish League, Turkish Cup, and the Turkish Super Cup in 2010.^[1] Fenerbahçe became the first Turkish team to claim a World Championship title. After being runners-up in the CEV Champions League in 2010, Fenerbahçe finally were crowned European Champions in the 2011–12 season after defeating French powerhouse RC Cannes in three straight sets (25–14, 25–22, and 25–20) in the final game.^[2] The club also reached the third place of the Champions League twice, in the 2010–11 and 2015–16 seasons.

Fenerbahçe also won the CEV Cup by defeating Russia's Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg 3–0 (25-11, 28-26, 25-22) in the 2014 finals in front of their passionate home crowd, thus writing volleyball history as the men's team won another continental title, the CEV Challenge Cup, the very same day.^[3][4] By achieving this unparalleled feat, Fenerbahçe became the first and only sports club in Turkey and one of a few in Europe with European titles won in both the men's and women's volleyball departments.

In Turkey the club have won 13 Turkish Championship titles (5 in the current Turkish Women's Volleyball League and 8 in the former Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship), 3 Turkish Cups, and a record 3 Turkish Super Cups, among others.

Previous names[]

• Fenerbahçe (1928, 1954–2007)
• Fenerbahçe Acıbadem (2007–2011)
• Fenerbahçe Universal (2011–2012)
• Fenerbahçe (2012–2014)
• Fenerbahçe Grundig (2014–2016)
• Fenerbahçe (2016–2018)
• Fenerbahçe Opet (2018-present)

History[]

The women's volleyball department was founded in 1928 by Sabiha Gürayman who, as a young woman, played for the club's men's volleyball team, and was the first woman architect in Turkey. However, the section was closed due to lack of opponents. In 1954, a new era started with assistance from Çamlıca Girls' High School (tr). Starting in 1958, the girls won eight Turkish Championships among many other titles. In 1977, the department was closed again until 1989, this time due to insufficient funds. In 1993, the team was promoted from the Istanbul First League to the Turkish Second League. The following year, they played in the Turkish First League. However, they were relegated to the Turkish Second League in the 1995–96 season.^{[citation needed]}

Fenerbahçe returned to the Turkish First League in the 2002–03 season, and were runners-up in the 2006–07 season. The senior team was renamed as Fenerbahçe Acıbadem due to a sponsorship agreement with the Acıbadem Healthcare Group from 2007 to 2011. The Yellow Angels were runners-up after Eczacıbaşı SK in the 2007–08 season, too. They gained the ninth Turkish title in their history in the 2008–09 season, after defeating their archrivals Eczacıbaşı SK in the finals (3–2, 0–3, 3–1, 3–1), which was their first ever title in the league's current format that had started with the 1984–85 season.^{[citation needed]}

Fenerbahçe's women's team shone in the 2009–10 season as the Yellow Angels finished the first round of the 2009–10 Turkish League undefeated in 22 matches (setting a 66:2 set ratio record), and reached the Final Four of the 2009–10 CEV Women's Champions League undefeated. The team then beat the host team RC Cannes in a thrilling five-setter, but eventually lost to Volley Bergamo in five sets in the final, even though they came back after falling two sets down: 22–25, 21–25, 25–22, 25–20, 9–15. Yekaterina Gamova was named the best scorer and Nataša Osmokrović was chosen the best server of the tournament.^[5]

The star-studded team of Fenerbahçe were on top of the world on 21 December 2010 in Doha, Qatar after beating South American titleholders Sollys Osasco 3–0 (25–23, 25–22, 25–17) to become the first team in 16 years to claim the 2010 FIVB Women's Club World Championship^[6] where Katarzyna Skowrońska was named the MVP and Best Scorer, while Eda Erdem Dündar was the Best Server.

In 2011, Fenerbahçe SK organized the Champions League Final Four in the Burhan Felek Sports Hall in Istanbul, however, in the semi-final the Yellow Angels lost to Turkish rivals Vakıfbank in a heart-breaking five setter (25–19, 21–25, 25–21, 19–25, 11–15), and lost the chance to be the very first team in Turkish volleyball history to win the Champions League title. The Yellow Angels settled for the third place after beating Scavolini Pesaro in four sets (14–25, 25–21, 25–21, 25–21), thanks to the national heroines Seda Tokatlıoğlu, Naz Aydemir and Eda Erdem Dündar.

In 2012 the club won the CEV Volleyball Champions League, which was organized in Baku on 24–25 March 2012, having defeated French powerhouse RC Cannes in the final in three straight sets (25–14, 25–22, and 25–20). Kim won the MVP award and the Best Scorer award, while Naz Aydemir was named the Best Setter.^[7]

Honours[]

Worldwide competitions[]

• FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
  • Winners (1): 2010
  • Third place (1): 2012
• Intercontinental Quadruple
  • Winners (1): 2010

European competitions[]

• CEV Champions League
  • Winners (1): 2011–12
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10
  • Third place (2): 2010–11, 2015–16
• CEV Cup
  • Winners (1): 2013–14
  • Runners-up (1): 2012–13

Domestic competitions[]

• Turkish Women's Volleyball League
  • Winners (5): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2016–17
  • Runners-up (5): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2020–21
  • Third place (4): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (defunct)
  • Winners (8): 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1972
  • Runners-up (3): 1961, 1973, 1975
  • Third place (3): 1962, 1974, 1977
• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (3): 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17
  • Runners-up (3): 2008–09, 2013–14, 2018–19
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners (3) (shared-record): 2009, 2010, 2015
  • Runners-up (3): 2011, 2014, 2017
• Turkish Federation Cup (defunct)
  • Winners (2): 1960, 1977
  • Runners-up (1): 1966

Regional competitions[]

• Istanbul League (defunct)
  • Winners (10): 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
  • Runners-up (5): 1959–60, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75
  • Third place (7): 1954–55, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1976–77

Team Roster[]

As of January 2021 - 2022

No.	Player	Position	Date of Birth	Height (m)	Country
1	Gizem Örge	Libero	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 28)	1.70	Turkey
4	Ana Cristina Souza	Outside Hitter	(2004-04-07) 7 April 2004 (age 17)	1.92	Brazil
5	Beliz Başkır	Middle Blocker	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 23)	1.95	Turkey
7	Cansu Çetin	Libero	(1993-05-26) 26 May 1993 (age 28)	1.83	Turkey
8	Dicle Nur Babat	Middle blocker	(1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 (age 28)	1.91	Turkey
9	Meliha İsmailoğlu	Outsilde-Hitter	(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 28)	1.88	Turkey
10	Arina Fedorovtseva	Opposite	(2004-01-19) 19 January 2004 (age 17)	1.90	Russia
11	Naz Aydemir	Setter	(1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 31)	1.86	Turkey
12	Anna Lazareva	Opposite	(1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 24)	1.90	Russia
14	Eda Erdem Dündar (c)	Middle blocker	(1987-06-22) 22 June 1987 (age 34)	1.88	Turkey
15	Mina Popović	Middle-Blocker	(1994-09-16) 16 September 1994 (age 27)	1.87	Serbia
16	İpar Özay Kurt	Wing spiker	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 17)	1.86	Turkey
17	Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç	Opposite	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 22)	1.92	Turkey
18	Buse Ünal	Setter	(1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 24)	1.88	Turkey

Season by season[]

Season	League	Pos.	Turkish Cup	Turkish Super Cup	European competitions		Worldwide competitions
2007-08	TWVL	2nd	Not held		CEV Champions League	RS
2008–09	TWVL	1st	Runners-up		CEV Cup	3rd
2009–10	TWVL	1st	Champions	Champions	CEV Champions League	RU
2010–11	TWVL	1st	Runners-up	Champions	CEV Champions League	3rd	FIVB Women's CWC	C
2011–12	TWVL	3rd		Runners-up	CEV Champions League	C
2012–13	TWVL	3rd			CEV Cup	RU	FIVB Women's CWC	3rd
2013–14	TWVL	2nd	Runners-up		CEV Cup	C
2014–15	TWVL	1st	Champions	Runners-up	CEV Champions League	QF
2015–16	TWVL	2nd	Not held	Champions	CEV Champions League	3rd
2016–17	TWVL	1st	Champions	Not held	CEV Champions League	QF
2017–18	TWVL	3rd	Semi finals	Runners-up	CEV Champions League	RS
2018–19	TWVL	3rd	Runners-up		CEV Champions League	SF
	TWVL				CEV Champions League
	TWVL	2nd	Semi finals			SF
2021–22	TWVL

Home halls[]

This is a list of the home halls the senior team played at in the recent years.

#	Hall	Period
1	Burhan Felek Sport Hall	2004–2007
2	Caferağa Sport Hall – Haldun Alagaş Sports Hall1	2007–2008
3	50th Anniversary Sport Hall	2008–2010
4	Burhan Felek Sports Hall	2010–
5	Ülker Sports Arena	2015–

¹ CEV Champions League games only.

Notable players[]

showCriteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least one season for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Players written in italic still play for the club.

Sponsorship and kit manufacturers[]

See also[]

• Fenerbahçe SK
• Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Turkish and English)
• Fenerbahçe Volleyball on Twitter