Eczacıbaşı_Zentiva

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit

Women's Volleyball Club in Turkey

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.

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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.

Team roster 2022–23

As of November 2023.

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Technical staff

As of July 2022

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Honours

International competitions

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

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Players written in italic still play for the club.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. [2]
    "Kadın Voleybol" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
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