VakıfBank Spor Kulübü

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VakıfBank Spor Kulübü or VakıfBank SK is a Turkish volleyball club that has been among the top Europeans since the late 1990s.

The current team consists of the two formerly separate teams: Vakıfbank and Güneş Sigorta. Vakıfbank originally played in Ankara , while Güneş Sigorta was from Istanbul.

Güneş Sigorta is a Turkish insurance company, which is partly owned by Vakıfbank , one of the largest Turkish banks.

The Vakıfbank Günes Sigorta women's volleyball team reached the Final Four of the European Champions League six times , finishing second in 1998, 1999 and 2014 and even first in 2011 and 2013 . In addition, he won the Challenge Cup in 2008 , the Top Teams Cup in 2004 and a third place in the CEV Cup in 2000 . In the 2012/13 season, Istanbul won the Turkish Cup, Champions League and Turkish Championship unbeaten after 47 wins in a row .

Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta plays its home games in the Haldun Alagas Sports Hall in Istanbul .

Former names

  • since 2012: VakıfBank
  • 2011–2012: VakıfBank Türk Telekom
  • 2009–2011: VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom
  • 2008–2009: Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta Turk Telekom
  • 1999–2008: Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta
  • 1986–1999: Güneş Sigorta

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.vakifbanksporkulubu.com:80/tarihce.aspx?pageID=92 ( Memento from November 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive )