Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's basketball)

Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball (Turkish: Fenerbahçe Kadın Basketbol), commonly known as Fenerbahçe (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾbahtʃe]), currently also known as Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding for sponsorship reasons, are the women's basketball department of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey.

For the parent multi-sport club, see Fenerbahçe S.K.
Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding
NicknamePotanın Kraliçeleri (The Queens of the Hoop)
Sarı Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues)
LeaguesTurkish Super League
EuroLeague Women
Founded1954 (1954)
ArenaMetro Enerji Sports Hall
(capacity: 2,500)[1]
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Team colors    Yellow, navy blue
Main sponsorAlagöz Holding
PresidentAli Koç
Team managerArzu Özyiğit
Head coachMarina Maljković
Team captainOlcay Çakır
Championships1 EuroLeague Women
2023
17 Women's Basketball Super League
1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
13 Turkish Cups
1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
12 Turkish Super Cups
1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019
Retired numbers1 (7)
Websitefenerbahce.org
Active departments of Fenerbahçe S.K.
AthleticsBasketball
(Men's)
(Women's)		Boxing
EsportsFootball
(Men's)
(Men's U21)
(Men's Academy)
(Women's)		Rowing
SailingSwimmingTable Tennis
Volleyball
(Men's)
(Women's)
2017–18 Turkish Women's Basketball League championship ceremony

Founded in 1954, they became the most successful club in domestic competitions, having won 43 national trophies, and achieved considerable success in European competitions. They became EuroLeague runners-up on three occasions, in the 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2016–17 seasons and reached the third place twice in 2016 and 2021. They also became fourth in the 2011–12 and 2014–15 seasons. Furthermore, Fenerbahçe became runners-up in the EuroCup in 2005. Overall, they played in five major European finals and managed to be among the best four European clubs eight times.

Domestically, Fenerbahçe won a record 20 Turkish championship titles (3 in the former Turkish Women's Basketball Championship and 17 in the Turkish Women's League), a record 13 Turkish Cups, and a record 12 Turkish Super Cups, among others. The team play their matches at the club's own 2,500-seat Metro Enerji Sports Hall.[2][3]

Previous names
  • Fenerbahçe (1954–2019)
  • Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo (2019–2021)
  • Fenerbahçe Safiport (2021–2022)
  • Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding (2022–present)

Players
For a listing of past rosters, see Fenerbahçe (women's basketball) past rosters.

Current roster
Fenerbahçe roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightAge – Date of birth
F 0 Germany Sabally, Satou 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 25 – (1998-04-25)25 April 1998
PF 1 Turkey İstanbulluoğlu, Elif 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2005-04-04)4 April 2005
PF 2 Turkey Gül, Selin Rachel 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2003-12-21)21 December 2003
G/F 3 Turkey Kurtulmuş, Manolya 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 60 kg (132 lb) 25 – (1998-01-01)1 January 1998
PG 4 Turkey Çakır Turgut, Olcay 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 60 kg (132 lb) 29 – (1993-07-13)13 July 1993
PG 5 Turkey Adıcan, Doğa 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 22 – (2001-02-15)15 February 2001
PF 6 United States Howard, Natasha 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 31 – (1991-09-02)2 September 1991
F 8 Serbia Djordjevic, Mina 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 24 – (1999-02-23)23 February 1999
SG 9 Turkey Saçalır, İdil 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 21 – (2002-01-04)4 January 2002
G 10 Turkey Onar, Alperi 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) 57 kg (126 lb) 27 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996
C 11 Belgium Meesseman, Emma 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 29 – (1993-05-13)13 May 1993
F 14 Serbia Raca, Ivana 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (1999-09-10)10 September 1999
G 21 United States McBride, Kayla 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 30 – (1992-06-25)25 June 1992
PG 22 United States Vandersloot, Courtney 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 34 – (1989-02-08)8 February 1989
G/F 23 Ukraine Iagupova, Alina 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 31 – (1992-02-09)9 February 1992
F 30 United States Stewart, Breanna 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 28 – (1994-08-27)27 August 1994
G 36 Turkey Aydın, Merve 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 58 kg (128 lb) 29 – (1994-03-10)10 March 1994
C 41 Turkey Stokes, Kiah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 30 – (1993-03-30)30 March 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Nacho Garcia
  • Turkey Ömer Buharalı
  • Turkey Can Nazlı
Team manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 13, 2021

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Inactive
C Emma Meesseman Kiah Stokes Natasha Howard
PF Breanna Stewart Satou Sabally Mina Djordjevic Elif İstanbulluoğlu
SF Alina Iagupova Manolya Kurtulmuş Ivana Raca
SG Kayla McBride Alperi Onar Merve Aydın İdil Saçalır
PG Courtney Vandersloot Olcay Çakır Doğa Adıcan

Honours

European competitions
Winners (1): 2022–23
Runners-up (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2021–22
Third place (2): 2015–16, 2020–21
Fourth place (2): 2011–12, 2014–15
Runners-up (1): 2004–05
Fourth place (1): 2003–04

    Domestic competitions
    Winners (17) (record): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–2022, 2022–2023
    Runners-up (9): 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2016–17
    Winners (13) (record): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2019, 2020
    Runners-up (6): 1994–95, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2021–22
    Winners (12) (record): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019
    Runners-up (8): 1995, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018

    Team captains
    Olcay Çakır

    This is a list of the senior team's captains in the recent years.

    Period Captain
    1996–2006 Turkey Serap Yücesir
    2006–2009 Turkey Nalan Ramazanoğlu
    2009–2012 Turkey Nevriye Yılmaz
    2012–2019 Turkey Birsel Vardarlı
    2019–2022 Turkey Tuğçe Canıtez
    2022– Turkey Olcay Çakır

    Head coaches
    Marina Maljković
    Period Head coach
    1955–1960 Turkey Önder Dai
    196?–1968 Turkey Mehmet Baturalp
    1980–1985 Turkey Yaman Eymür
    1987–2000 Turkey Göksel Zeren
    2000–2009 Turkey Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
    2009–2010 Turkey Haydar Kemal Ateş
    2010 Turkey Aydın Uğuz
    2010–2011 Hungary László Rátgéber
    2011–2012 Greece George Dikeoulakos
    2012–2014 Spain Roberto Íñiguez
    2014–2015 Poland Jacek Winnicki
    2015–2017 Greece George Dikeoulakos
    2017–2018 Turkey Fırat Okul
    2018–2019 France Valérie Garnier
    2019–2022 Spain Víctor Lapeña
    2022–present Serbia Marina Maljković

    Notable players

    Italic written players still play for the club.

    Sponsorship and kit manufacturers

    See also

    References
    1. Worldstadiums.com basketball capacity.
    2. Ulkercity built running Archived 2010-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
    3. New basketball venue to be built
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