Yenimahalle Bld. SK (women's handball)

Yenimahalle Bld. SK
Full name Yenimahalle Belediyesi Spor Kulübü
President Mesut Bolatcan
Head coach Serdar Eler
League Turkish Super League
2013–14
2014–15
Runner-up
Champion
Colours
Club colours          
Website
Official site

Yenimahalle Belediyesi SK (Turkish: Yenimahalle Belediyesi Spor Kulübü) is the women's handball team of the same named club sponsored by the Municipality of Yenimahalle in Ankara, Turkey. The team play in the Turkish Super League.[1] Their colors are blue and white. Club chairman is Mesut Bolatcan.[2] The team is managed by Serdar Eler.[3][4]

Competitions

Domestic

The club transferred seven notable players, including Turkey women's national team's captain Yeliz Özel and two forigners, for the 2013–14 season.[4] The team finished the season as runner-up losing to Muratpaşa Bld. SK in play-off finals.[5] The next season, they became champion.[6][7]

International

Yenimahalle Bld. Sk played in the 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying, lost in the semifinals to the Danish Team Esbjerg 28-32,[8] ranked fourth after being defeated by the Belarusian BNTU Minsk 27–31 in the third place match.[9] They failed to advance to the quarterfinals at the 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup after losing 58-59 in two games to the Russian Zvezda Zvenigorod.[10][11]

Squad

As of October 2015:[3][12]

Yenimahalle Bld. SK
No. Pos. Player Birth date and Age Height
1 GK Romania Anca Mihaela Rombescu August 15, 1985 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
16 GK Poland Anna Maria Wysokińska June 17, 1987 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
26 GK Turkey Merve Toker February 5, 1991 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
5 LW Turkey Özge Yakar July 1, 1996 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
6 LW Turkey Esra Gündar May 23, 1980 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
8 RW Croatia Anita Gaće April 14, 1983 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
9 RW Ukraine Kateryna Chumak July 12, 1988 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
4 LP Turkey Beyza İrem Türkoğlu February 4, 1997 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
14 LP Turkey Nur Ceren Akgün June 20, 1992 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
88 LP Republic of Macedonia Lenche Ilkova October 4, 1984 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
2 RB Ukraine Olga Laiuk May 17, 1984 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
7 LB Turkey Yeliz Özel (Captain)March 6, 1980 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
13 LB Croatia Dina Havic November 13, 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
17 LB Turkey Duygu Soysal Aydoğan January 29, 1986 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
4 CB Azerbaijan Marina Tankaskaya July 30, 1983 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
10 B Turkey Elif Sıla Aydın April 11, 1998
Legend

GK-Goalkeeper, LW-Left Winger, RW-Right Winger, LP-Line Player, BP-Back, LB-Left Back, CB-Center Back, RB-Right Back.

Honours

Turkish Handball Super League
Women's EHF Champions League

References

  1. "Bayanlar Süper Lig 2015 - 2016 Fikstürü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  2. "Kulübümüz" (in Turkish). Yenimahalle Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  3. 1 2 "Hentbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Yenimahalle Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  4. 1 2 "Yenimahalle’ye Yıldız Yağdı" (in Turkish). Yenimahalle Belediyesi. 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  5. 1 2 "Şampiyon Muratpaşa Belediyesi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  6. 1 2 "Yenimahalle Belediyespor, Hentbol Kadınlar Süper Lig'de şampiyon oldu". Euro Sport (in Turkish). 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  7. 1 2 "Bayanlar Süper Lig - 2014-2015 Sezonu Play-Off Yarı Final" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  8. "Devler Ligi şansını yitirdi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  9. "Yenimahalle: 27 - BNTU-BelAZ Minsk: 31". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  10. "Yenimahalle Belediyesi: 33 - Zvezda: 26" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  11. "Yenimahalle Belediyesi kupaya veda etti" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  12. "Ankara Yenimahalle BSK". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
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