İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK (women's water polo)
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediye Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü Kadın Sutopu Takımı (English: İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Youth and Sports Club Women's Water Polo Team), commonly referred to as İzmir BB GSK Kadın Sutopu Takımı (İzmir BB GSK Women's Water Polo Team), is the women's water polo team of the multi-sports club İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK based in İzmir, Turkey. The team plays the home matches at Celal Atik Swimming Pool in Konak, İzmir.[1]
History
[edit]The team finished the 2022–23 season of the Turkish Women's Water Polo First League, at which eight teams competed, as champion after play-offs.[2] They were entitled for the first time to take part at the LEN Women's Challenger Cup. They became champion at the 2023–24 Challenger Cup at Zagreb, Croatia defeating Serbian team ZVK Crvena Zvezda in the final.[3][4]
Current squad
[edit]As of 26 November 2023[update].[5]
| No. | Nat. | Player | Birth Date | Position | L/R |
| 1 |  |
Elif Dilara Aydınlık | 19 July 1999 | Goalkeeper | R |
| 2 | |
Yağmur Şimşek | 8 March 2005 | ||
| 2 | |
Zeynep Visha | 3 March 2003 | Wing | R |
| 3 | |
Dilara Buralı | 27 March 2000 | Centre Forward | R |
| 4 | |
Zeynep Hepkorucu | 1 July 2006 | ||
| 5 | |
Zeynep Simay Erdem | 10 May 2001 | ||
| 6 | |
Hamiyet Süzmeçelik | 16 January 2006 | ||
| 7 | |
Eylül Arıcı | 26 December 2002 | ||
| 8 | |
Selina Çolak | 26 December 2002 | Centre Forward | R |
| 9 | |
Duru Kaleağası | 6 June 2005 | ||
| 10 | |
Kübra Kuş | 9 November 1994 | Center Forward | R |
| 11 | |
Hanzade Dabbağ | 22 January 2007 | ||
| 12 |  |
Madeleine Kate Steere | 15 September 1996 | Centre Back | R |
| 13 | |
Ceren Bulut | 21 August 2003 | Goalkeeper | |
|
Gülen Selin Yüksel | 18 July 2007 |
Staff
[edit]As of 26 November 2023[update].[6]
- Hüseyin Egeli, Chairman
- Soykan Üstünkar, Head coach
- Uğurcan Kocataş, Trainer
Honours
[edit]European competitions
[edit]- LEN Women's Challenger Cup
- Champions (1): 2023–24.[3]
Domestic competitions
[edit]- Turkish Women's Water Polo First League
- Champions (1): 2022–23.[2]
- Women's Water Polo Turkish Cup
- Champions (1): 2021.[1]
- Turkish Women's U-19 Water Polo League
. Champions (1): 2022.[1]
- Women's U-19 Water Polo Federation Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2021.[1]
- Girls' U-17 Water Polo Federation Cup
- Champions (1): 2021.[1]
- Girls' U-15 Water Polo Federation Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2021.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Havuzun Şampiyonu İzmir!". Kordelya Haber (in Turkish). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ a b "2022–2023 Sezonu Kadınlar 1. Lig Şampiyonu İzmir Büyükşehir Belediye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Sutopu Federasyonu. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Water Polo Challenger Cup Women: Convincing wins for Izmir and Zvezda in the F6 openers". LEN European Aquatics. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Kızılyıldız'ı yenen İzmir B.B Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü şampiyon oldu!". AjansSpor (in Turkish). 26 November 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Team Rosters - Izmir Buyuksehir SK (TUR)". LEN Challenger Cup Women. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Yönetim Kadrosu" (in Turkish). Esti. Retrieved 30 December 2023.