Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's basketball)

Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's basketball)
Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball, commonly known as Fenerbahçe, 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.
Founded in 1954, they became the most successful club in domestic competitions, having won 45 trophies, and achieved considerable success in European competitions. Fener became EuroLeague winners in 2023 and were the runners-up on four occasions, in the 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, and 2021–22 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.
In 2023, Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish club to date to win the FIBA Europe SuperCup by crushing France's LDLC ASVEL Féminin on their own homeground with a dominating victory and a point differential of 57, a record in the SuperCup's history.
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.
Previous names (name sponsors)
Fenerbahçe (1954–2019)
Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo (2019–2021)
Fenerbahçe Safiport (2021–2022)
Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding (2022–present)
Players
Team Roster
Season 2023-2024
Depth chart
Honours
European competitions
EuroLeague Women
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
EuroCup Women
Runners-up (1): 2004–05
Fourth place (1): 2003–04
FIBA Europe SuperCup Women
Winners (1): 2023
National competitions
Women's Basketball Super League
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, 2021–22, 2022–23
Runners-up (10): 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992-93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2016–17
Turkish Basketball Championship
Winners (3): 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58
Runners-up (1): 1958-59
Turkish Cup
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, 2018-19, 2019-20
Runners-up (6): 1994–95, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2021–22
Turkish Presidential Cup
Winners (12) (record): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019
Runners-up (10): 1995, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022
Regional competitions
Istanbul Basketball League
Winners (5): 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59
Runners-up (8): 1959-60, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68
Team captains
This is a list of the senior team's captains in the recent years.
Head coaches
Notable players
Domestic Players
Birsel Vardarlı (12 seasons: '07-'19)
Gülşah Akkaya (2 seasons: '95-'96, '99-'00)
Şükran Albayrak (6 seasons: '00-'06)
Melike Bakırcıoğlu (5 seasons: '05-'10)
Ayşe Cora (4 seasons: '16-'20)
Olcay Çakır (8 seasons: '10-'16, '19-'21)
Begüm Dalgalar (6 seasons: '05-'11)
Devran Tanaçan (5 seasons: '02-'04, '09-'12)
Selin Ekiz (3 seasons: '06-'09)
Korel Engin (1 season: '05-'06)
Burcu Erbaş (3 seasons: '06-'09)
Duygu Fırat (3 seasons: '06-'09)
Barbara Turner (1 season: '06-'07)
Ecem Güler (2 seasons: '10-'12)
Yasemin Horasan (1 season: '12-'13)
Şaziye İvegin (4 seasons: '04-'07, '10-'11)
Özge Kavurmacıoğlu (2 seasons: '10-'12)
Sariye Kumral (3 seasons: '00-'03)
Tuğçe Murat (3 seasons: '06-'09)
Nevin Nevlin (5 seasons: '08-'13)
Arzu Özyiğit (7 seasons: '98-'05)
Nalan Ramazanoğlu (11 seasons: '98-'09)
Kübra Siyahdemir (3 seasons: '11-'14)
Esra Şencebe (4 seasons: '03-'06, '12-'13)
Esmeral Tunçluer (9 seasons: '00-'02, '07-'14)
Tuğçe Canıtez (8 seasons: '13-'21)
Quanitra Hollingsworth (2 seasons: '13-'15)
Nevriye Yılmaz (7 seasons: '05-'12)
Nilay Yiğit (3 seasons: '04-'07)
Serap Yücesir (7 seasons: '98-'03, '04-'06)
Müjde Yüksel (2 seasons: '03-'05)
Tilbe Şenyürek (2 seasons: '17-'19)
Pelin Bilgiç (2 seasons: '16-'18)
Sevgi Uzun (2 seasons: '19-'21)
Esra Ural Topuz (4 seasons: '16-'20)
Melis Gülcan (2 seasons: '15-'17)
European Players
Sviatlana Volnaya (1 season: '07-'08)
Anastasiya Verameyenka (6 seasons: '12-'14,'15-'19)
Gergena Baranzova (3 seasons: '02-'03, '07-'09)
Korana Longin-Zanze (2 seasons: '04-'06)
Shavonte Zellous (1 season: '15)
Hana Horáková (1 season: '10-'11)
Michaela Pavlíčková (1 season: '02-'03)
Kia Vaughn (3 seasons: '17-'19, '20-'21)
Andrea Congreaves (1 season: '98-'99)
Émilie Gomis (1 season: '08-'09)
Isabelle Yacoubou (1 season: '13-'14)
Sandrine Gruda (1 season: '16-'17)
Bria Hartley (1 season: '18-'19)
Linda Fröhlich (1 season: '06-'07)
Allie Quigley (2 seasons: '15-'17)
Andrea Nagy (1 season: '98-'99)
Anna Vajda (1 season: '10-'11)
Cecilia Zandalasini (3 seasons: '18-'21)
Giorgia Sottana (2 seasons: '17-'19)
Elīna Babkina (1 season: '11-'12)
Elīna Dikaioulaku
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota (1 season: '10-'11)
Ieva Kubliņa (1 season: '12-'13)
Zane Tamane (1 season: '11-'12)
Kamilė Nacickaitė (1 season: '15-'16)
Agnieszka Bibrzycka (3 seasons: '12-'15)
Ewelina Kobryn (1 season: '15-'16)
Elena Baranova (1 season: '99-'00)
Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya (2 seasons: '00-'02)
Ivona Jerković (1 season: '04-'05)
Ivana Matović (4 seasons: '10-'14)
Miljana Bojović (1 season: '14-'15)
Ana Dabović (1 season: '17-'18)
Astou Ndour (1 season: '14-'15)
Laura Nicholls (2 seasons: '19-'21)
Anna Cruz (1 season: '19-'20)
Emma Meesseman (2 season: '22-'24)
Non-European Players
Penny Taylor (3 seasons: '09-'12)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (5 seasons: '06-'11)
Matee Ajavon (2 seasons: '08-'10)
Tina Charles (1 season: '14-'15)
Marissa Coleman (1 season: '15-'16)
Clarissa Davis (2 seasons: '97-'99)
Bethany Donaphin (1 season: '03-'04)
Tonya Edwards (1 season: '99-'00)
Summer Erb (1 season: '03-'04)
Marie Ferdinand-Harris (1 season: '04-'05)
Andrea Gardner (1 season: '05-'06)
Bridgette Gordon (1 season: '99-'00)
Ebony Hoffman (2 seasons: '07-'08, '09-'10)
Shannon Johnson (1 season: '99-'00)
Jantel Lavender (2 seasons: '15-'17)
Angel McCoughtry (4 seasons: '10-'14)
Danielle McCulley (1 season: '01-'02)
Coco Miller (2 seasons: '02-'04)
Kelly Miller (2 seasons: '02-'04)
Candace Parker (1 season: '16-'17)
Cappie Pondexter (5 seasons: '06-'08,'11-'14)
Nicole Powell (3 seasons: '05-'06, '08-'10)
Katie Smith (1 season: '08-'09)
Shekinna Stricklen (1 season: '16-'17)
Diana Taurasi (1 season: '10-'11)
Tan White (1 season: '05-'06)
Elizabeth Williams (1 season: '19-'20)
Aerial Powers (1 season: '17-'18)
Kelsey Plum (2 seasons: '17-'19)
Chelsea Gray (1 season: '19-'20)
Breanna Stewart (1 seasons; '22-'23)
Napheesa Collier (1 seasons; '23-'24)
Italic written players still play for the club.
Sponsorship and kit manufacturers
See also
Fenerbahçe SK
Fenerbahçe Basketball
References
External links
Fenerbahçe at TBF.org
Fenerbahçe at FIBA
Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)
Women's basketball teams in Turkey
EuroLeague Women clubs
1954 establishments in Turkey
Basketball teams established in 1954