Arena Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall Head coach Hikmet Vurgun 2015–16 3rd | President Sultan Rauf Oğuz League Turkish Super League Date founded 2008 | |
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Full name Atdeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü | ||
Ardeşen GSK (Turkish: Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province playing in the Turkish Super League. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman is Sultan Rauf Oğuz. The team is managed by Hikmet Vurgun. The team is nicknamed "Dişi Atmacalar" ("Female Hawks").
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Club colors and logo
The club's colors are maroon and white.
The logo of the club is composed of a maroon colored circle with the club's title and foundation year on it in white, which frames a hawk head and the club's initials both resembling a powerful handball shoot.
Domestic
The team played in the Turkish Women's Handball League from 2008 until their promotion to the Turkish Women's Handball Super League in the 2012–13 season. In the 2013–14 season, they finished the league at third place. Ardeşen GSK ranked fourth in the 2014–15 league losing in the play-off to Kastamonu Bld. GSK.
International
Ardeşen GSK played in the 2013–14 Women's EHF Challenge Cup and advanced to the quartelfinals, however they were defeated by the Swedish team H 65 Höör. They failed to advance to the semifinals in the 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup losing to the Polish team Pogoń Baltica Szczecin by 57–59. The team lost to the Russian HC Lada Togliatti by 50–80 in the last 16 of 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup's knock-out stage.
Squad
As of June 19, 2016:
GK-Goalkeeper, LW-Left Winger, RW-Right Winger, LP-Line Player, BP-Back, LB-Left Back, CB-Center Back, RB-Right Back.
Notable former players
Honours
