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

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 Cup at Zagrep, Croatia defeating Serbian team ZVK Crvena Zvezda in the final.[3][4]

Current squad

As of 26 November 2023.[5]

No. Nat. Player Birth Date Position L/R
1TurkeyElif Dilara Aydınlık19 July 1999GoalkeeperR
2TurkeyYağmur Şimşek8 March 2005
2TurkeyZeynep Visha3 March 2003WingR
3TurkeyDilara Buralı27 March 2000Centre ForwardR
4TurkeyZeynep Hepkorucu1 July 2006
5TurkeyZeynep Simay Erdem10 May 2001
6TurkeyHamiyet Süzmeçelik16 January 2006
7TurkeyEylül Arıcı26 December 2002
8TurkeySelina Çolak26 December 2002Centre ForwardR
9TurkeyDuru Kaleağası6 June 2005
10TurkeyKübra Kuş9 November 1994Center ForwardR
11TurkeyHanzade Dabbağ22 January 2007
12AustraliaMadeleine Kate Steere15 September 1996Centre BackR
13TurkeyCeren Bulut21 August 2003Goalkeeper
TurkeyGülen Selin Yüksel18 July 2007

Staff

As of 26 November 2023.[6]

  • Hüseyin Egeli, Chairman
  • Soykan Üstünkar, Head coach
  • Uğurcan Kocataş, Trainer

Honours

European competitions

LEN Women's Challenger Cup
Champions (1): 2023–24.[3]

Domestic competitions

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Havuzun Şampiyonu İzmir!". Kordelya Haber (in Turkish). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "2022–2023 Sezonu Kadınlar 1. Lig Şampiyonu İzmir Büyükşehir Belediye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Sutopu Federasyonu. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ "Kızılyıldız'ı yenen İzmir B.B Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü şampiyon oldu!". AjansSpor (in Turkish). 26 November 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Team Rosters - Izmir Buyuksehir SK (TUR)". LEN Challenger Cup Women. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Yönetim Kadrosu" (in Turkish). Esti. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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