# Turkish Women's Volleyball League

Sultanlar Ligi (Sultans League), known for sponsorship reasons as Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 clubs are currently participating in the league. It is often regarded as the best professional women's volleyball league in the world. Its clubs have obtained significant successes in European and other international competitions. Eczacıbaşı are the most successful club, having won 16 championships so far.
It succeeded the former Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (1956–1984).

## Teams

The following teams compete in the Sultanlar Ligi.

### 2023–24 season

Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi :
| City | Team | Arena |
| Istanbul | VakıfBank S.K. | Vakıfbank Sports Palace |
| Istanbul | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit | Eczacıbaşı Sports Hall |
| Istanbul | Fenerbahçe Opet | TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall |
| Istanbul | Galatasaray Daikin | TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall |
| Istanbul | Beşiktaş Ayos | BJK Süleyman Seba Sports Hall |
| Istanbul | Türk Hava Yolları | TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall |
| Istanbul | Sarıyer Belediyespor | Bahçeköy Sports Hall |
| Ankara | PTT Spor Kulübü | Başkent Volleyball Hall |
| Ankara | Karayolları | Başkent Volleyball Hall |
| Aksaray | Kuzeyboruspor | Aksaray Atatürk Kapalı Sports Hall |
| Adana | Çukurova Belediyespor | Adana ASKİ Atatürk Sports Hall |
| Antalya | Muratpaşa Belediyespor | Antalya Sports Hall |
| Aydın | Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor | Aydın Mimar Sinan Sports Hall |
| Bursa | Nilüfer Belediyespor | TVF Cengiz Göllü Volleyball Hall |

## Title holders

* 1984–85 Eczacıbaşı
* 1985–86 Eczacıbaşı
* 1986–87 Eczacıbaşı
* 1987–88 Eczacıbaşı
* 1988–89 Eczacıbaşı
* 1989–90 Emlak Bankası
* 1990–91 Emlak Bankası
* 1991–92 VakıfBank
* 1992–93 VakıfBank
* 1993–94 Eczacıbaşı
* 1994–95 Eczacıbaşı
* 1995–96 Emlak Bankası
* 1996–97 VakıfBank
* 1997–98 VakıfBank
* 1998–99 Eczacıbaşı
* 1999–00 Eczacıbaşı
* 2000–01 Eczacıbaşı
* 2001–02 Eczacıbaşı
* 2002–03 Eczacıbaşı
* 2003–04 VakıfBank
* 2004–05 VakıfBank
* 2005–06 Eczacıbaşı
* 2006–07 Eczacıbaşı
* 2007–08 Eczacıbaşı
* 2008–09 Fenerbahçe
* 2009–10 Fenerbahçe
* 2010–11 Fenerbahçe
* 2011–12 Eczacıbaşı
* 2012–13 Vakıfbank
* 2013–14 VakıfBank
* 2014–15 Fenerbahçe
* 2015–16 VakıfBank
* 2016–17 Fenerbahçe
* 2017–18 VakıfBank
* 2018–19 VakıfBank
* 2019–20 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
* 2020–21 VakıfBank
* 2021–22 VakıfBank
* 2022–23 Fenerbahçe
* 2023–24 Fenerbahçe
Source:

## Performance by club

| Club | Titles | Winning years |
| Eczacıbaşı | 16 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 |
| VakıfBank | 13 | 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 |
| Fenerbahçe | 7 | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2023, 2024 |
| Emlak Bankası | 3 | 1990, 1991, 1996 |

## MVP by Edition

* 2007–08 – Taismary Agüero (ITA)
* 2008–09 – Seda Tokatlıoğlu (TUR)
* 2009–10 – Yekaterina Gamova (RUS)
* 2010–11 – Lyubov Sokolova (RUS)
* 2011–12 – Esra Gümüş (TUR)
* 2012–13 – Gözde Kırdar (TUR)
* 2013–14 – Gözde Kırdar (TUR)
* 2014–15 – Kim Yeon-koung (KOR)
* 2015–16 – Kimberly Hill (USA)
* 2016–17 – Natália Pereira (BRA)
* 2017–18 – Zhu Ting (CHN)
* 2018–19 – Zhu Ting (CHN)
* 2019–20 – cancelled
* 2020–21 – Isabelle Haak (SWE)
* 2021–22 – Zehra Güneş (TUR)
* 2022–23 – Melissa Vargas (TUR)
* 2023–24 – Melissa Vargas (TUR)

## All-time team records

Summary by team since 1977/1978
| Team | Victories | First Victory | Last Victory |
| Eczacıbaşı Istanbul | 23 | 1977/1978 | 2011/2012 |
| Vakifbank Istanbul | 9 | 1992/1993 | 2021/2022 |
| Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 7 | 2008/2009 | 2023/2024 |
| Vakifbank Ankara | 3 | 1991/1992 | 1997/1998 |
| Emlakbank Ankara | 3 | 1989/1990 | 1995/1996 |
| Team | Winners | Second place | Third place |
| Eczacıbaşı Istanbul | 23 | 4 | 2 |
| Vakifbank Istanbul | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Vakifbank Ankara | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Emlakbank Ankara | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Galatasaray Istanbul | | 1 | 0 |
| THY SK Istanbul | | | 1 |
Podiums by city since 1977/1978
| Location | Winners | Second place | Third place |
| Istanbul | 39 | 13 | 6 |
| Ankara | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Various statistics since 2009/2010
Number of appearances :
| 1 | Eczacıbaşı Istanbul | 13 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 13 |
| 3 | Galatasaray Istanbul | 13 |
| 4 | Vakifbank Istanbul | 13 |
| 5 | Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa | 12 |
| 6 | Beşiktaş Istanbul | 11 |
| 7 | Ilbank SK Ankara | 9 |
| 8 | Yeşilyurt SK | 8 |
| 9 | Sarıyer Istanbul | 7 |
| 10 | Bursa BBSK | 6 |
Number of matches :
| 1 | Vakifbank Istanbul | 352 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 343 |
| 3 | Eczacıbaşı Istanbul | 341 |
| 4 | Galatasaray Istanbul | 334 |
| 5 | Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa | 281 |
| 6 | Beşiktaş Istanbul | 277 |
| 7 | Ilbank SK Ankara | 230 |
| 8 | Yeşilyurt SK | 171 |
| 9 | Bursa BBSK | 153 |
| 10 | Çanakkale Belediyespor | 151 |
Wins :
| 1 | Vakifbank Istanbul | 310 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 290 |
| 3 | Eczacıbaşı Istanbul | 274 |
| 4 | Galatasaray Istanbul | 207 |
| 5 | Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa | 122 |
| 6 | Beşiktaş Istanbul | 89 |
| 7 | Bursa BBSK | 76 |
| 8 | Ilbank SK Ankara | 75 |
| 9 | Sarıyer Istanbul | 56 |
| 10 | Yeşilyurt SK | 56 |
Number of wins in games played :
| 1 | Vakifbank Istanbul | 88 % |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 85 % |
| 3 | Eczacıbaşı Istanbul | 80 % |
| 4 | Galatasaray Istanbul | 62 % |
| 5 | THY SK Istanbul | 58 % |
| 6 | Bursa BBSK | 50 % |
| 7 | Aydin Büyüksehir Bld Spor | 46 % |
| 8 | Ankara PTT SK | 44 % |
| 9 | Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa | 43 % |
| 10 | Seramiksan SK | 38 % |
(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)
| | Team | S | Firs | Best | Pts | MP | W | L | GF | GA | diff |
| 1 | Vakifbank Istanbul | 13 | 2009/2010 | 1st | 662 | 352 | 310 | 42 | 975 | 247 | +728 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 13 | 2009/2010 | 1st | 633 | 343 | 290 | 53 | 922 | 283 | +639 |
| 3 | Eczacıbaşı Istanbul | 13 | 2009/2010 | 1st | 615 | 341 | 274 | 67 | 889 | 333 | +556 |
| 4 | Galatasaray Istanbul | 13 | 2009/2010 | 2nd | 541 | 334 | 207 | 127 | 719 | 517 | +202 |
| 5 | Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa | 12 | 2009/2010 | - | 403 | 281 | 122 | 159 | 463 | 578 | -115 |
| 6 | Beşiktaş Istanbul | 11 | 2009/2010 | - | 366 | 277 | 89 | 188 | 375 | 643 | -268 |
| 7 | Ilbank SK Ankara | 9 | 2009/2010 | - | 305 | 230 | 75 | 155 | 309 | 535 | -226 |
| 8 | Bursa BBSK | 6 | 2012/2013 | - | 229 | 153 | 76 | 77 | 292 | 279 | +13 |
| 9 | Yeşilyurt SK | 8 | 2009/2010 | - | 227 | 171 | 56 | 115 | 236 | 395 | -159 |
| 10 | Sarıyer Istanbul | 7 | 2012/2013 | - | 206 | 150 | 56 | 94 | 215 | 335 | -120 |
| 11 | Çanakkale Belediyespor | 6 | 2013/2014 | - | 201 | 151 | 50 | 101 | 214 | 355 | -141 |
| 12 | Halkbank Ankara | 5 | 2013/2014 | - | 173 | 136 | 37 | 99 | 183 | 332 | -149 |
| 13 | BSK Istanbul | 5 | 2009/2010 | - | 159 | 130 | 29 | 101 | 116 | 331 | -215 |
| 14 | Ereğli Belediyespor | 5 | 2009/2010 | - | 142 | 112 | 30 | 82 | 129 | 264 | -135 |
| 15 | THY SK Istanbul | 4 | 2018/2019 | 3rd | 136 | 86 | 50 | 36 | 168 | 144 | +24 |
| 16 | Aydin Büyüksehir Bld Spor | 4 | 2018/2019 | - | 123 | 84 | 39 | 45 | 153 | 161 | -8 |
| 17 | Ankara Karayollari | 4 | 2018/2019 | - | 109 | 80 | 29 | 51 | 127 | 176 | -49 |
| 18 | Trabzon Idman Ocagi | 3 | 2014/2015 | - | 104 | 80 | 24 | 56 | 109 | 195 | -86 |
| 19 | MKE Ankaragücü | 3 | 2009/2010 | - | 87 | 70 | 17 | 53 | 76 | 179 | -103 |
| 20 | TED Ankara Kolejliler | 3 | 2010/2011 | - | 86 | 69 | 17 | 52 | 79 | 166 | -87 |
| 21 | Seramiksan SK | 2 | 2016/2017 | - | 77 | 56 | 21 | 35 | 96 | 128 | -32 |
| 22 | Ankara PTT SK | 3 | 2019/2020 | - | 75 | 52 | 23 | 29 | 89 | 103 | -14 |
| 23 | DYO Karsiyaka Izmir | 2 | 2009/2010 | - | 52 | 44 | 8 | 36 | 46 | 116 | -70 |
| 24 | Kuzeyboru SK | 2 | 2020/2021 | - | 41 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 49 | 67 | -18 |
| 25 | Çan Gençlik Kale SK | 1 | 2020/2021 | - | 37 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 72 | -36 |
| 26 | Salihli Belediye Spor | 1 | 2015/2016 | - | 32 | 28 | 4 | 24 | 26 | 78 | -52 |
| 27 | Pursaklar V. Ihtisas | 1 | 2011/2012 | - | 26 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 59 | -32 |
| 28 | Dicle üniversitesi | 1 | 2010/2011 | - | 24 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 61 | -47 |
| 29 | Vakifbank Ankara | 1 | 2017/2018 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |