VakıfBank S.K.

The team was established following a merger between two separate teams: VakıfBank and Güneş Sigorta.^[1] VakıfBank were originally an Ankara-based team but moved to Istanbul after the merger. Their name changed to VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta, VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom (VGSTT), VakıfBank Türk Telekom and VakıfBank respectively.^[6]

VakıfBank won three unbeaten^{[citation needed]} CEV Champions League championships in 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2018, and are the only unbeaten champions in European Champions League history. They also placed second in 1998 and 1999 in this competition. They won the 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2021 Club World Championship, the CEV Top Teams Cup in 2004 and CEV Challenge Cup in 2008 while finishing second in the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in 2011 and third in the European Confederation Cup of 2000.^[7]

The team is coached by Italian Giovanni Guidetti since 2008. VakıfBank won 47 games of 47 in the 2012–13 season in all competitions including the European Champions League (12 games), Turkish League (29 games), and Turkish Cup (6 games). After that season, they kept most of the players and coaching staff for the 2013–14 season with little changes: Jelena Nikolic, who took a break volleyball for one year, came back to the team^{[citation needed]} and Italian international Carolina Costagrande transfers from Chinese club Guangdong Evergrande V.C. instead of Polish spiker Malgorzata Glinka and Japanese Saori Kimura.^{[citation needed]} Glinka left the team after three great seasons and moved to her home country for familial reasons.^{[citation needed]}

From 23 October 2012 to 22 January 2014, VakıfBank won 73 consecutive victories in all official competitions, which was acknowledged as a world record by Guinness World Records. During this feat the team won an unprecedented 5 trophies including the Club World Championship, European Champions League, and the domestic treble consisting of the Turkish National League, Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup. Their streak was finally ended on 27 January 2014 in a game against rivals Fenerbahçe.^[2]

Since 2016, the club has played home matches at the VakıfBank Sports Palace (Turkish: VakıfBank Spor Sarayı) in Istanbul. The venue has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.^[8]

As of October 2023.

No.	Player	Date of birth	Height (m)	Position	Country
1	Ali Frantti	3 March 1996	1.85	Outside hitter	United States
3	Cansu Özbay	17 October 1996	1.82	Setter	Turkey
4	Karmen Aksoy	7 August 2003	1.92	Middle blocker	Turkey
5	Ayça Aykaç	27 February 1996	1.76	Libero	Turkey
7	Chiaka Ogbogu	15 April 1995	1.88	Middle blocker	United States
10	Gabriela Guimarães (c)	19 May 1994	1.80	Outside hitter	Brazil
11	İdil Naz Başcan	30 August 1999	1.85	Outside hitter	Turkey
12	Bianka Buša	25 July 1994	1.90	Outside hitter	Serbia
13	Zeynep Sude Demirel	27 November 2000	1.98	Middle blocker	Turkey
14	Alexia Căruțașu[9]	10 June 2003	1.88	Opposite hitter	Turkey
16	Aylin Sarıoğlu	21 July 1995	1.68	Libero	Turkey
18	Zehra Güneş	7 July 1999	1.97	Middle blocker	Turkey
20	Sarah van Aalen	21 January 2000	1.87	Setter	Netherlands
21	Bahar Akbay[10]	21 January 1998	1.96	Middle blocker	Turkey
23	Jordan Thompson[11]	5 May 1997	1.93	Opposite hitter	United States

International competitions

• FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
  • Winners (4): 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021
  • Runners-up (3): 2011, 2022, 2023
  • Third place (2): 2016, 2019
• CEV Champions League
  • Winners (6): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (5): 1998, 1999, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2020–21
  • Third place (1): 2014–15
• CEV Cup
  • Winners (1): 2004
• CEV Challenge Cup
  • Winners (1): 2008
• Women's Top Volley International
  • Winners (1): 2008

Domestic competitions

• Turkish Women's Volleyball League
  • Winners (13): 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (9): 1995, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners (5): 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023
  • Runners-up (5): 2010, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022

• 1986–1999: Güneş Sigorta
• 1999–2009: VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta
• 2009–2011: VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom
• 2011–2012: VakıfBank Türk Telekom
• 2012–present: VakıfBank

Players written in italic still play for the club.

• Turkey women's national volleyball team
• Turkish women in sports
• Perfect season#Volleyball
• VakıfBank

• Official website