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Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
Full name	Eczacıbaşı SK Women's Volleyball Team
Short name	Eczacıbaşı
Founded	1966
Ground	Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu, Istanbul; Cebeci Sport Hall, Sultangazi, Istanbıl; (Capacity: 1,000);
Chairman	Faruk Eczacıbaşı
Manager	Ferhat Akbaş
Captain	Tijana Bošković
League	Sultanlar Ligi; CEV Champions League
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away
Championships
	3 World Championships; 1 European Championship; 3 CEV Cups; 28 Turkish Championships; 9 Turkish Cups; 5 Turkish Super Cups

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit is the professional women's volleyball department of Eczacıbaşı S.K., a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The team plays its home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul. Eczacıbaşı has won a record 16 Turkish League titles and a record nine Turkish Cups, amongst others. In the 2014–15 season they won the CEV Champions League and that gave them the ticket to capture the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in Zürich, a year later the club became the first club in the world to win the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown in the Philippines during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in Manila.^[1] Eczacıbaşı VitrA is the most successful Turkish volleyball club with 28 national championship titles overall since the introduction of a national league in 1956.

Team names

Due to sponsorship, the women's volleyball team have competed under the following names:

Eczacıbaşı (1966–2007)
Eczacıbaşı Zentiva (2007–2010)
Eczacıbaşı VitrA (2010–2021)
Eczacıbaşı Dynavit (2021–)

History

The club has invested in women's volleyball for approximately 40 years and has pioneered for Turkish women's volleyball. The team plays in the CEV Champions League regularly.

The international achievements of Eczacıbaşı have set an example for Turkish volleyball and contributed to the success of the Turkish National Women's Volleyball Team. With its systematic and modern approach to the sport and close to 40 years' experience, Eczacıbaşı is one of the most highly respected volleyball clubs in Europe.

Eczacıbaşı women's volleyball team won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1999. The club also finished 2nd in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 1980 and the CEV Cup of 1993; 3rd in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 2000 and the Top Teams Cup of 2005; and 4th in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 1984 and the Champions' League of 2001 and 2002; in the season 2014–15 won the CEV Champions League and the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in Zürich, and a year later the club became won the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in Manila, becoming the first club in volleyball history to achieve this outstanding feat.^[1]

Eczacıbaşı has won more national championships than any other women's volleyball team in Turkey, with 27 Turkish League Championships^[2] under its belt since it entered the league in 1968. In the 1972–1973 season, the team began to set its first record of consecutive wins, winning 17 Turkish League titles in a row. It repeated this performance another five years between 1999 and 2003, when it also won five Turkish Cups.

Over the years, Eczacıbaşı has worked with many internationally renowned players, such as Irina Ilchenko (Irina Simirrnova), Lioubov Chachkova (Lioubov Kılıç), Yelena Godina, Antonina Zetova, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Tatyana Gracheva, Barbara Ružić (Barbara Jelić), Antonella Del Core, Mirka Francia, Neslihan Demir, Jordan Larson, Esra Gümüş, Gülden Kayalar and Kim Yeon-koung.

The team play their home matches in the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season at the Cebeci Sport Hall in Sultangazi, Istanbul.^[3]

Team roster 2024–2 5

As of August 2024.

No.	Player	Date of Birth	Height (m)	Position	Country
1	Tuna Aybüke Özel	24 April 2002	1.62	Libero	Turkey
2	Simge Şebnem Aköz	23 April 1991	1.68	Libero	Turkey
3	Tijana Bošković (C)	8 March 1997	1.94	Opposite hitter	Serbia
4	Beyza Arici	27 July 1995	1.92	Middle-blocker	Turkey
7	Hande Baladin	1 September 1997	1.90	Outside hitter	Turkey
8	Sinead Kisal	8 November 1993	1.96	Middle blocker	Trinidad and Tobago/ Turkey
9	Alexa Gray	7 August 1994	1.85	Outside hitter	Canada
10	Yaprak Erkek	2 September 2001	1.82	Outside hitter	Turkey
11	Naz Aydemir Akyol	14 August 1990	1.86	Setter	Turkey
12	Elif Şahin	19 January 2001	1.89	Setter	Turkey
14	Dana Rettke	21 January 1999	2.04	Middle Blocker	United States
15	Jovana Stevanović	30 June 1992	1.91	Middle Blocker	Serbia
16	Anna Nicoletti	3 January 1996	1.93	Opposite hitter	Italy
22	Kathryn Plummer	16 October 1997	2.01	Outside hitter	United States

Technical staff

As of August 2024

Country	Name	Position
	Faruk Eczacıbaşı	President
	Ferhat Akbaş	Head coach
	Przemysław Kawka	Coach assistant
	Canberk Tekmen	Coach assistant
	Kaan Incekara	Coach assistant
	Erman Güçin	Coach assistant
	Mehmet Sönmez	Statistician
	Omer Faruk Korkmaz	Statistician
	Kübra Güneş Doğan	Physiotherapist
	Łukasz Filipecki	Physical Preparation Coach

Honours

International competitions

FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
- Winners (3): 2015, 2016, 2023
- Runners-up (1): 2019
- Third (1): 2018
CEV Women's Champions League
- Winners (1): 2014–15
- Runners-up (2): 1979–80, 2022–23
- Third (3): 1999–00, 2001–02, 2016–17
CEV Cup
- Winners (3): 1998–99, 2017–18, 2021–22
- Third (1): 2004–05
CEV Challenge Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1992–93

National competitions

Turkish Women's Volleyball League
- Winners (16) (record): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12
- Runners-up (7): 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23
- Third (9): 1991–92, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2021–22
Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (defunct)
- Winners (12) (record): 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
- Runners-up (1): 1971–72
- Third (2): 1969–70, 1970–71
Turkish Cup
- Winners (9) (record): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19
- Runners-up (4): 1997–98, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2020–21
- Third (5): 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22
Turkish Super Cup
- Winners (5) (record): 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Runners-up (3): 2009–10, 2013–14, 2021–22

Notable players

Criteria
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.

Domestic Players

Turkey

European Players

Russia

Italy

Serbia

Germany

Czech Republic

Helena Havelkova

Bulgaria

Antonina Zetova

Croatia

Belgium

Laura Heyrman

Non-European Players

Brazil

United States

Dominican Republic

Bethania de la Cruz

China

Wang Yimei

Canada

Stacey Gordon

South Korea

Kim Yeon-koung

Players written in italic still play for the club.

References

^ ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Kadın Voleybol" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
^ "Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, Yeni Sezonda İBB Cebeci'de" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübğ. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.