Eczacıbaşı Dynavit

Due to sponsorship, the women's volleyball team have competed under the following names:

• Eczacıbaşı (1966–2007)
• Eczacıbaşı Zentiva (2007–2010)
• Eczacıbaşı VitrA (2010–2021)
• Eczacıbaşı Dynavit (2021–)

The club has invested in women's volleyball for approximately 40 years and has pioneered for Turkish women's volleyball. The team plays in the CEV Champions League regularly.

The international achievements of Eczacıbaşı have set an example for Turkish volleyball and contributed to the success of the Turkish National Women's Volleyball Team. With its systematic and modern approach to the sport and close to 40 years' experience, Eczacıbaşı is one of the most highly respected volleyball clubs in Europe.

Eczacıbaşı women's volleyball team won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1999. The club also finished 2nd in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 1980 and the CEV Cup of 1993; 3rd in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 2000 and the Top Teams Cup of 2005; and 4th in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 1984 and the Champions' League of 2001 and 2002; in the season 2014–15 won the CEV Champions League and the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in Zürich, and a year later the club became won the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in Manila, becoming the first club in volleyball history to achieve this outstanding feat.^[1]

Eczacıbaşı has won more national championships than any other women's volleyball team in Turkey, with 27 Turkish League Championships^[2] under its belt since it entered the league in 1968. In the 1972–1973 season, the team began to set its first record of consecutive wins, winning 17 Turkish League titles in a row. It repeated this performance another five years between 1999 and 2003, when it also won five Turkish Cups.

Over the years, Eczacıbaşı has worked with many internationally renowned players, such as Irina Ilchenko (Irina Simirrnova), Lioubov Chachkova (Lioubov Kılıç), Yelena Godina, Antonina Zetova, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Tatyana Gracheva, Barbara Ružić (Barbara Jelić), Antonella Del Core, Mirka Francia, Neslihan Demir, Jordan Larson, Esra Gümüş, Gülden Kayalar and Kim Yeon-koung.

As of November 2023.

No.	Player	Date of Birth	Height (m)	Position	Country
1	Tuna Aybüke Özel	24 April 2002	1.62	Libero	Turkey
2	Simge Şebnem Aköz	23 April 1991	1.68	Libero	Turkey
3	Tijana Bošković (C)	8 March 1997	1.94	Opposite	Serbia
4	Beyza Arici	27 July 1995	1.92	Middle-blocker	Turkey
7	Hande Baladin	1 September 1997	1.90	Outside hitter	Turkey
8	Yasemin Güveli	5 January 1999	1.88	Middle-blocker	Turkey
9	Alexa Gray	7 August 1994	1.85	Outside hitter	Canada
10	Yaprak Erkek	2 September 2001	1.82	Outside hitter	Turkey
11	Naz Aydemir Akyol	14 August 1990	1.86	Setter	Turkey
12	Elif Şahin	19 January 2001	1.89	Setter	Turkey
15	Jovana Stevanović	30 June 1992	1.91	Middle Blocker	Serbia
18	Irina Voronkova	20 October 1995	1.90	Outside hitter	Russia
19	Defne Başyolcu	9 August 2006	1.88	Opposite	Turkey
20	Martyna Czyrniańska	13 October 2003	1.91	Outside hitter	Poland
88	Sinead Kisal	8 November 1993	1.96	Middle blocker	Trinidad and Tobago/  Turkey

Technical staff

As of July 2022

Country	Name	Position
	Faruk Eczacıbaşı	President
	Ferhat Akbaş	Head coach
	Przemysław Kawka	Coach assistant
	Canberk Tekmen	Coach assistant
	Halil Demirkan	Statistician
	Batuhan Canbülbül	Physiotherapist
	Łukasz Filipecki	Physical Preparation Coach

International competitions

• FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
  • Winners (3): 2015, 2016, 2023
  • Runners-up (1): 2019
  • Third (1): 2018
• CEV Women's Champions League
  • Winners (1): 2014–15
  • Runners-up (2): 1979–80, 2022–23
  • Third (3): 1999–00, 2001–02, 2016–17
• CEV Cup
  • Winners (3): 1998–99, 2017–18, 2021–22
  • Third (1): 2004–05
• CEV Challenge Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1992–93

National competitions

• Turkish Women's Volleyball League
  • Winners (16) (record): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12
  • Runners-up (7): 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23
  • Third (9): 1991–92, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2021–22
• Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (defunct)
  • Winners (12) (record): 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
  • Runners-up (1): 1971–72
  • Third (2): 1969–70, 1970–71
• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (9) (record): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19
  • Runners-up (4): 1997–98, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2020–21
  • Third (5): 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners (5) (record): 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • Runners-up (3): 2009–10, 2013–14, 2021–22

Players written in italic still play for the club.

• Eczacıbaşı
• Turkey women's national volleyball team
• Turkish women in sports

• Official website