# 2023–24 Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) season

It is the 2023–24 season of the Women's Volleyball team of Galatasaray Sports Club.

## Overview
### June

* On 19 June, Guillermo Naranjo Hernández was appointed as the head coach of the Galatasaray women's volleyball team. It was announced that a 2-year contract was signed with the Spanish coach.

### July

* On 19 July, Galatasaray women's volleyball team will compete in the BVA Cup. If Galatasaray becomes the champion, they will qualify for the CEV Challenge Cup.

### August

* On 10 August, Galatasaray's new team captain is libero Bihter Dumanoğlu.
* On 14 August, Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team 2023–24 Season Turkish Women's Volleyball League fixture has been announced.
* On 14 August, Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team will compete in the 2023–24 Season Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup, the groups have been determined.
* On 21 August, It was announced that young libero İrem Nur Özsoy ruptured her anterior cruciate ligaments after the injury she suffered in training.

### September

* On 14 September, Neşve Büyükbayram was appointed as assistant administrative manager.
* On 14 September, İsmail Çağrı Akdoğan was appointed as assistant coach.
* On 14 September, Ioannis Paraschidis was appointed as the conditioning coach.
* On 18 September, The match schedule of Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team in the BVA Cup to be held in Kosovo has been announced.
* On 21 September, Galatasaray became the Undefeated Balkan Cup Champion.

### October

* On 1 October, The match schedule of Group B, in which Galatasaray will also take part in the group stage of the Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup, which will be hosted by İzmir and Bursa, has been announced.

### November

* On 2 November, It was learned that Emine Arıcı suffered from plantar fasciitis and suffered a fracture in the heel of her right foot due to the rupture. It is estimated that Arıcı will not be on the field for approximately two months.

## Technical Staff

    As of 5 October 2023
| Name | Job |
| Neslihan Turan | Volleyball Teams Administrative Manager |
| Neşve Büyükbayram | Assistant Administrative Manager |
| Asuman Baş | Team Manager |
| Guillermo Naranjo Hernández | Head Coach |
| İsmail Çağrı Akdoğan | Assistant Coach |
| Emre Türkileri | Assistant Coach |
| Ioannis Paraschidis | Conditioner |
| Uğur Şimşek | Statistics Coach |
| Dinçer Kaya | Physiotherapist |
| Murat Beder | Masseur |

## Team roster

    As of 10 February 2024
| No. | Player | Position | Date of Birth | Height (m) | Country |
| 1 | Selen Ursavaş | Libero | (2000-04-15) 15 April 2000 (age 24) | 1.60 | Turkey |
| 2 | İlkin Aydın | Outside Hitter | (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24) | 1.83 | Turkey |
| 3 | Kanami Tashiro | Setter | (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 (age 33) | 1.73 | Japan |
| 6 | Sude Hacımustafaoğlu | Outside Hitter | (2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 (age 22) | 1.80 | Turkey |
| 7 | Fatma Beyaz | Middle-blocker | (1995-04-16) 16 April 1995 (age 29) | 1.86 | Turkey |
| 8 | Elifsu Eriçek | Outside Hitter | (2002-12-16) 16 December 2002 (age 21) | 1.80 | Turkey |
| 9 | Emine Arıcı | Middle-blocker | (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 27) | 1.92 | Turkey |
| 10 | Ayçin Akyol | Middle-blocker | (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 25) | 1.88 | Turkey |
| 11 | Melisa Sazalan | Outside Hitter | (2006-09-29) 29 September 2006 (age 18) | 1.85 | Turkey |
| 12 | Bihter Dumanoğlu (c) | Libero | (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 29) | 1.75 | Turkey |
| 14 | Özge Arslanalp | Setter | (2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 20) | 1.73 | Turkey |
| 17 | Yağmur Karaoğlu | Opposite | (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 23) | 1.90 | Turkey |
| 18 | Duygu Düzceler | Setter | (1990-04-06) 6 April 1990 (age 34) | 1.78 | Turkey |
| 20 | Danielle Cuttino | Opposite | (1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 28) | 1.94 | United States |
| 22 | Heather Gneiting | Middle-blocker | (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 24) | 1.98 | United States |
| 24 | Katarina Lazović | Outside Hitter | (1999-09-12) 12 September 1999 (age 25) | 1.82 | Serbia |
| 33 | Logan Eggleston | Outside Hitter | (2000-11-13) 13 November 2000 (age 23) | 1.85 | United States |
| 77 | Arzum Tezcan | Setter | (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26) | 1.86 | Turkey |
| – | İrem Nur Özsoy | Libero | (2003-06-13) 13 June 2003 (age 21) | 1.70 | Turkey |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 20 June 2023 | Danielle Cuttino | Toyota Auto Body Queenseis | Free |
| 22 June 2023 | Kanami Tashiro | Neptunes de Nantes Volley-Ball | Free |
| 6 July 2023 | Heather Gneiting | Brigham Young University | Free |
| 6 July 2023 | Yağmur Karaoğlu | Fatum Nyíregyháza | Free |
| 8 July 2023 | Duygu Düzceler | Çukurova Belediyesi Adana Demirspor | Free |
| 8 July 2023 | Fatma Beyaz | Adam Voleybol | Free |
| 9 August 2023 | Melisa Sazalan | Youth system | N/A |
| 12 September 2023 | Selen Ursavaş | İlbank | Free |
| 14 September 2023 | Elif Su Eriçek | Çukurova Belediyesi Adana Demirspor | Free |
| 29 November 2023 | Arzum Tezcan | İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2024 | Polina Shemanova | Syracuse University | Undisclosed |
| 10 February 2024 | Katarina Lazović | Beijing BAIC Motor | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 22 May 2023 | Mina Popović | Lokomotiv Kaliningrad | End of contract |
| 26 May 2023 | Fulden Ural | Beşiktaş Ayos | End of contract |
| 3 June 2023 | Gamze Alikaya | Kuzeyboru | End of contract |
| 4 June 2023 | Anthí Vasilantonáki | Türk Hava Yolları Spor Kulübü | End of contract |
| 5 June 2023 | Beren Yeşilırmak | Çukurova Belediyesi Adana Demirspor | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2023 | Nazlı Eda Kafkas | Nilüfer Belediyespor | End of contract |
| 7 June 2023 | Karmen Aksoy | VakıfBank | End of contract |
| 31 January 2024 | Polina Shemanova | Sarıyer Belediyesi Spor Kulübü | Undisclosed |

### Contracts renewals

| Date | Player | Contract length |
| 20 June 2023 | Bihter Dumanoğlu | 2-year |
| 21 June 2023 | Sude Hacımustafaoğlu | 2-year + 1-year |
| 22 June 2023 | İrem Nur Özsoy | 2-year |
| 8 July 2023 | Logan Eggleston | 1-year |
| 26 December 2023 | İlkin Aydın | 2-year |
| 26 January 2024 | Ayçin Akyol | 2-year |

## Pre-season and friendlies

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 September 2023 | – | Beşiktaş Ayos | 3–1 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–15 | 18–25 | 25–20 | 25–18 | – | 93–78 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 14 September 2023 | – | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–1 | Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 25–23 | 25–22 | 24–26 | 25–11 | – | 99–82 | Report |

## Competitions
### Turkish Women's Volleyball League
#### League table

* Qualified for the Play-off (1st-4th)
* Qualified for the Play-off (5th-8th)
* Qualified for the Turkish Women's Volleyball First League
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Play-off (1st-4th) |
| 2 | Beşiktaş Ayos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Play-off (1st-4th) |
| 3 | Çukurova Belediye Adana Demirspor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Play-off (1st-4th) |
| 4 | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Play-off (1st-4th) |
| 5 | Fenerbahçe Opet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Play-off (5th-8th) |
| 6 | Galatasaray Daikin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Play-off (5th-8th) |
| 7 | Karayolları Spor Kulübü | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Play-off (5th-8th) |
| 8 | Kuzeyboru Spor Kulübü | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Play-off (5th-8th) |
| 9 | Nilüfer Belediyespor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 10 | PTT Spor Kulübü | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 11 | Sarıyer Belediyesi Spor Kulübü | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 12 | Muratpaşa Belediyesi Sigorta Shop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 13 | Türk Hava Yolları Spor Kulübü | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Turkish Women's Volleyball First League |
| 14 | VakıfBank Spor Kulübü | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Turkish Women's Volleyball First League |

#### Regular season (1st Half)

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 October 2023 | 15:00 | Nilüfer Belediyespor | 3–2 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–20 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 18–25 | 15–13 | 105–103 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 24 October 2023 | 17:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–2 | Sarıyer Belediyesi Spor Kulübü | 27–29 | 25–16 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 15–12 | 114–104 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 21 October 2023 | 14:00 | VakıfBank Spor Kulübü | 3–0 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–12 | 25–15 | 25–16 | – | – | 75–43 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 28 October 2023 | 14:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–0 | PTT Spor Kulübü | 25–23 | 25–16 | 25–20 | – | – | 75–59 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 31 October 2023 | 15:30 | Türk Hava Yolları Spor Kulübü | 3–1 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–18 | 23–25 | 25–23 | 25–15 | – | 98–81 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 4 November 2023 | 13:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 1–3 | Fenerbahçe Opet | 24–26 | 25–19 | 19–25 | 22–25 | – | 90–95 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 12 November 2023 | 15:00 | Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 3–2 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–23 | 18–25 | 25–16 | 23–25 | 16–14 | 107–103 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 19 November 2023 | 18:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 0–3 | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit | 16–25 | 12–25 | 18–25 | – | – | 46–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 22 November 2023 | 18:00 | Kuzeyboru Spor Kulübü | 3–0 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–23 | 25–20 | 25–16 | – | – | 75–59 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 25 November 2023 | 16:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–1 | Karayolları Spor Kulübü | 23–25 | 25–13 | 25–22 | 25–15 | – | 98–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 3 December 2023 | 19:00 | Beşiktaş Ayos | 1–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–16 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 12–25 | – | 78–91 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 9 December 2023 | 17:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–2 | Çukurova Belediye Adana Demirspor | 23–25 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 25–17 | 15–8 | 107–93 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 16 December 2023 | 14:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–2 | Muratpaşa Belediyesi Sigorta Shop | 25–21 | 26–24 | 23–25 | 27–29 | 15–11 | 116–110 | Report 1 Report 2 |

#### Regular season (2nd Half)

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 January 2024 | 16:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–0 | Nilüfer Belediyespor | 25–22 | 25–9 | 25–19 | – | – | 75–50 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 14 January 2024 | 17:00 | Sarıyer Belediyesi Spor Kulübü | 0–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 15–25 | 17–25 | 11–25 | – | – | 43–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 21 January 2024 | 17:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 0–3 | VakıfBank Spor Kulübü | 16–25 | 20–25 | 22–25 | – | – | 58–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 24 January 2024 | 17:00 | PTT Spor Kulübü | 0–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 14–25 | 18–25 | 29–31 | – | – | 61–81 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 28 January 2024 | 18:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 0–3 | Türk Hava Yolları Spor Kulübü | 21–25 | 17–25 | 16–25 | – | – | 54–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 4 February 2024 | 17:30 | Fenerbahçe Opet | 3–0 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–20 | 25–18 | 25–20 | – | – | 75–58 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 11 February 2024 | 13:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–2 | Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 25–18 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 20–25 | 16–14 | 108–104 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 17 February 2024 | 18:30 | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit | 3–0 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–21 | 28–26 | 25–21 | – | – | 78–68 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 25 February 2024 | 13:30 | Galatasaray Daikin | 2–3 | Kuzeyboru Spor Kulübü | 23–25 | 18–25 | 25–15 | 25–20 | 9–15 | 100–100 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 3 March 2024 | 14:00 | Karayolları Spor Kulübü | 0–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 19–25 | 26–28 | 20–25 | – | – | 65–78 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 6 March 2024 | 17:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–2 | Beşiktaş Ayos | 24–26 | 30–32 | 25–20 | 25–17 | 15–13 | 119–108 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 10 March 2024 | 14:00 | Çukurova Belediye Adana Demirspor | 0–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 15–25 | 19–25 | 13–25 | – | – | 47–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 17 March 2024 | 14:00 | Muratpaşa Belediyesi Sigorta Shop | 0–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–27 | 13–25 | 16–25 | – | – | 54–77 | Report 1 Report 2 |

#### Playoffs
##### 5–8th place

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 2 April 2024 | 17:00 | Nilüfer Belediyespor | 0–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 23–25 | 15–25 | 22–25 | – | – | 60–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 5 April 2024 | 17:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–1 | Nilüfer Belediyespor | 19–25 | 25–21 | 25–14 | 25–20 | – | 94–80 | Report 1 Report 2 |

##### 5–6th place

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 April 2024 | 15:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 2–3 | Kuzeyboru Spor Kulübü | 25–23 | 19–25 | 19–25 | 25–20 | 7–15 | 95–108 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 13 April 2024 | 14:00 | Kuzeyboru Spor Kulübü | 2–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–17 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 20–25 | 13–15 | 102–104 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 15 April 2024 | 16:00 | Kuzeyboru Spor Kulübü | 3–1 | Galatasaray Daikin | 25–18 | 24–26 | 25–16 | 25–19 | – | 99–79 | Report 1 Report 2 |

### Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup
#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Çukurova Belediye Adana Demirspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 163 | 161 | 1.012 |
| 2 | Muratpaşa Belediyesi Sigorta Shop | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 217 | 196 | 1.107 |
| 3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 156 | 179 | 0.872 |

##### Results

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 October 2023 | 18:00 | Muratpaşa Belediyesi Sigorta Shop | 2–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 22–25 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–23 | 10–15 | 104–108 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 2 October 2023 | 19:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 0–3 | Çukurova Belediye Adana Demirspor | 17–25 | 12–25 | 19–25 | – | – | 48–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |

### BVA Cup
#### Results

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 September 2023 | 18:30 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–0 | SK Skenderbeu | 25–16 | 25–9 | 25–9 | – | – | 75–34 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 20 September 2023 | 18:30 | AO Markopoulous | 0–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 23–25 | 13–25 | 23–25 | – | – | 59–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 21 September 2023 | 21:00 | KV Drita | 0–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 11–25 | 21–25 | 14–25 | – | – | 46–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |

### CEV Challenge Cup
#### 32nd finals

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 October 2023 | 20:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–0 | Kairos Ponta Delgada | 25–17 | 25–11 | 25–20 | – | – | 75–48 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 18 October 2023 | 23:30 | Kairos Ponta Delgada | 0–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 19–25 | 18–25 | 17–25 | – | – | 54–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |

#### 16th finals

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 November 2023 | 19:30 | Hämeenlinnan LR | 0–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 14–25 | 18–25 | 13–25 | – | – | 45–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 16 November 2023 | 20:00 | Galatasaray Daikin | 3–0 | Hämeenlinnan LR | 25–14 | 25–15 | 25–14 | – | – | 75–43 | Report 1 Report 2 |

#### 8th finals

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 November 2023 | 20:30 | Galatasaray Daikin | 2–3 | VC Wiesbaden | 22–25 | 16–25 | 27–25 | 25–21 | 13–15 | 103–111 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 6 December 2023 | 21:30 | VC Wiesbaden | 2–3 | Galatasaray Daikin | 20–25 | 25–22 | 25–21 | 18–25 | 14–16 | 102–109 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| Golden set | Golden set | VC Wiesbaden | 15–11 | Galatasaray Daikin |