Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team

Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team

Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team is a sports club that began its activities in 1968 by joining the Istanbul League and became one of Türkiye's leading volleyball teams within time. The team has achieved numerous successes at national and international levels.

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit - Eczacıbaşı Sports Club

Achievements

Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team joined the Istanbul League in 1968, became Istanbul Champion in 1970, finished third in Türkiye in the 1969–1970 and 1970–1971 seasons, and came second in Türkiye in 1971–1972. Starting from the 1972–1973 season, the team broke a record by winning the Türkiye Championship 17 times consecutively and has won a total of 28 Türkiye Championships.

The team has also won the President's Cup five times, the Türkiye Cup nine times, and the Super Cup five times. In the Europe Cups, the team played its 12th quadruple final in 2017. Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team brought Türkiye its first European championship trophy in volleyball by winning the 1999 European Cup Winners' Cup. In 2015, it became Champion of the CEV Champions League, and in 2015, 2016 and 2023, it won the FIVB Club World Championship.

In 2018, Eczacıbaşı Sports Club, another important achievement, was awarded the International Olympic Committee's Women and Sport World Trophy. Eczacıbaşı VitrA opened the 2018–2019 season by winning the Spor Toto Champions Cup, finished third at the 2018 FIVB Club World Championship, and won the 2019 AXA Sigorta Kupa Voley in the same season. The orange and white team entered the 2019–2020 season with fast and won the 2019 Spor Toto Champions Cup, becoming champions for the second consecutive time.

In the 2021–2022 season, Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team competed under the name Eczacıbaşı Dynavit. Continuing its European success, Eczacıbaşı Dynavit brought the CEV Cup back to its museum for the second time in 2022, after its 2018 victory. The orange and white team also finished third in the 2022 FIVB Club World Championship and the Türkiye League that year.

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit finished second in the 2022–2023 CEV Champions League. The orange and white team won the 2023 FIVB Club World Championship, the world's most prestigious women's volleyball competition, and brought the championship trophy to its museum for the third time.

Historical Significance

Following its second-place finish in Europe in 1980, Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team began to be referred to by Turkish and media outlets as "Atatürk's Daughters." This title symbolizes Turkish volleyball's emergence as a major force on the international stage.

Player Roster

Tuna Aybüke Özel

• Number: 1
• Position: Libero

Simge Aköz

• Number: 2
• Position: Libero

Tijana Bošković

• Number: 3
• Position: Outside Hitter

Beyza Arıcı

• Number: 4
• Position: Middle Blocker

Hande Baladın

• Number: 7
• Position: Outside Hitter

Alexa Gray

• Number: 9
• Position: Outside Hitter

Yaprak Erkek

• Number: 10
• Position: Outside Hitter

Naz Aydemir Akyol

• Number: 11
• Position: Setter

Elif Şahin

• Number: 12
• Position: Setter

Dana Rettke

• Number: 14
• Position: Middle Blocker

Jovana Stevanović

• Number: 15
• Position: Middle Blocker

Anna Nicoletti

• Number: 16
• Position: Outside Hitter

Sinead Jack-Kisal

• Number: 88
• Position: Middle Blocker

Kathryn Boden

• Number: 22
• Position: Outside Hitter