Full name Eczacıbaşı Sports Club Chairman Faruk Eczacıbaşı Founded 1966 Chairperson Faruk Eczacıbaşı | Short name Eczacıbaşı VitrA Website Club home page Captain Neslihan Demir | |
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Ground Eczacıbaşı Sport Salonu, Istanbul
(Capacity: 1,000) League Turkish Women's Volleyball League CEV Champions League Profiles | ||
Eczacıbaşı Istanbul is a Turkish women's volleyball club that plays their home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul, they have won 28 Turkish League Championships. In the season 2014-15 they won the CEV Champions League and that gave them the ticket to capture the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in Zurich, a year later the club become 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.
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History
The club has invested in women volleyball for approximately 40 years and has pioneered for Turkish women volleyball. The team plays in CEV Champions League regularly.
The Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team's international achievements 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 Zurich; a year later the club become the first club in the world to win the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in Manila; making it the all-time most successful Turkish club of any team sport in European competitions. The team have won 28 times the Turkish League Championship.
The Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team has won more national championships than any other women's volleyball team in Turkey, with 28 Turkish League Championships 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 Championship in a row. It repeated this performance another five years between 1999 and 2003, when it also won five Turkish Cups.
Over the years, the Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team has worked with many internationally renowned players, such as Irina Ilchenko (Irina Simirrnova), Lioubov Chachkova (Lioubov Kılıç), Elena Godina, Antonina Zetova, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Tatyana Gracheva, Barbara Ruzic (Barbara Jelic), Antonella Del Core, Mirka Francia, Neslihan Darnel, Jordan Larson, Esra Gümüş, Gülden Kayalar. The team is managed by Italian coach Massimo Barbolini.
Team Roster Season 2016–2017
As per August 31.
Coach: Massimo Barbolini