Galatasaray Istanbul (women's basketball)
The women's basketball team from Galatasaray Istanbul plays in the Turkish Women's Basketball League (1st division, officially Bilyoner.com Türkiye Kadınlar Basketbol Süper Ligi) and is the record champion there. The home games are played in the Abdi İpekçi Arena , which has a capacity of 12,500 spectators.
Just like the men's department , the women of Galatasaray are the only Turkish team to have European title wins ( Euroleague , Eurocup ).
history
In 1954 the department of the association was founded. She is one of the main forces in Turkish and European women's basketball. Since the 1968/87 season Galatasaray, whose basketball clubs are nicknamed Yenilmez Armada ("invincible Armada") and Sarayın Sultanları ("palace sultans", pun with the name component saray , "seraglio" or "palace"), participants in the first division. The championship title was achieved in the following season. Starting in 1989, they won the championship title for nine years in a row and remained unbeaten for seven seasons in a row, a record that has not been achieved to this day. In addition, from 1992 to 1998 both the cup and the presidential cup were won. In Europe, Gala drew attention to itself in the 1998/99 season with third place in the Final Four of the EuroLeauge Women, an unprecedented European success for a Turkish team. The most famous and successful basketball players in Turkey so far come from this time, such as Derya Taşçı Özyer or Çelen Kılınç Memnun.
Despite all these successes, the club was relegated in 2005. In the second division, however, the women were successful and rose again undefeated. In 2008 the team reached the semi-finals of the Eurocup Women and a year later they won the title at the Bosporus . In the same season, a five-year triumph in the Turkish Cup began and the Presidential Cup was won twice.
The 2013/14 season, in which one took up as Galatasaray Odeabank , is considered to be the most successful in the history of the women's basketball team in Galatasaray. Gala won the triple (League, Cup and Euroleague Women). All final victories were won by the women against arch rivals Fenerbahce . This success is still a unique selling point of the association in Turkey. The following season, Galatasaray was able to defend the championship and call itself the best Turkish women's basketball team for the 13th time.
Current squad
| number | Player | nation | position | Start of contract | Previous team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eda Sahin | Turkey | Guard | 2016 | Own youth |
| 2 | Deniz Çolakoğlu | Turkey | Forward | 2016 | Samsun Canik Belediyespor |
| 3 | Yağmur Kübra Taşar | Turkey | Guard | 2016 | Own youth |
| 4th | Pinar Demirok | Turkey | Guard | 2016 | Bellona AGÜ |
| 5 | Meltem Yıldızhan | Turkey | Forward | 2016 | Own youth |
| 7th | Astou Traore | Senegal | Forward | 2016 | Belfius Namur Capitel |
| 8th | İrem Naz Topuz | Turkey | Guard | 2016 | Own youth |
| 9 | Cansu Köksal | Turkey | Forward | 2015 | Fenerbahce |
| 10 | Işıl albums | Turkey | Guard | 2015 | Dynamo Kursk |
| 12 | Yvonne Anderson | United States | Guard | 2016 | Torino |
| 13 | Maryia Papova | Belarus | Forward | 2016 | Enisey |
| 15th | İnci Güçlü | Turkey | center | 2014 | Own youth |
| 22nd | Seda Deniz | Turkey | Guard | 2014 | Own youth |
| 28 | Kristine Vitola | Latvia | center | 2016 | Perfumerias Avenida |
| 32 | Moriah Jefferson | United States | Guard | 2016 | Connecticut Huskies |
| - | Sofia Da Silva | Portugal | center | 2017 | Girona |
| - | Ashley Paris | United States | center | 2017 | Maccabi Ashdod |
Management, trainers and supervisors
| function | Surname |
|---|---|
| Industry manager (basketball in general) | Ömer Yalçınkaya |
| Industry Manager (Women's Basketball) | Mücke Erdem |
| Team manager | Özge Alev |
| Head coach | Marina Maljkovic |
| Assistant coach | Milos Paden |
| Assistant coach | Efe Güven |
| Co-trainer | Nevriye Yılmaz |
| Fitness trainer | Semih Eroğlu |
| Physiotherapist | Simge Çaştak |
| Masseuse | Zerrin Hatacıkoğlu |
| Media manager (basketball department) | Barış Coşkun |
| Kit manager | Alaaddin Akkoyun |
| bus driver | Özcan Kör |
Records
- First and only Turkish team to win the triple
- Only Turkish team that both the Euro League , and the Eurocup won
- Nine championships in a row
- Seven seasons without a loss (and championship win)
- Record win in the Turkish league (144: 35 against Gemlik Zeytinspor)
title
- Turkish League : 1987–1988, 1989–1998, 1999–2000, 2013–2015
- Turkish Cup: 1992–1998, 2009–2014
- President's Cup: 1992–1998, 2007–2008, 2010–2011
- 2nd division: 1986-1987, 2005-2006
- Euroleague Women : 2013-2014
- Eurocup Women : 2008–2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kadın Basketbol Kupa Koleksiyonu - galatasaray.org. Retrieved March 30, 2017 .
- ↑ 2009 FIBA Eurocup - galatasaray.org. Retrieved March 30, 2017 .
- ↑ 2014 FIBA Euroleague Women - galatasaray.org. Retrieved March 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Kadın Basketbol Takım Kadrosu - GALATASARAY.ORG. Retrieved April 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Kadın Basketbol İdari ve Teknik Kadro - GALATASARAY.ORG. Retrieved April 4, 2017 .