Ataşehir Belediyespor
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2014–15 season squad.
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| Full name | Ataşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Ground | Yenisahra Stadium |
| Coordinates | 40°59′33″N 29°05′19″E / 40.99250°N 29.08861°ECoordinates: 40°59′33″N 29°05′19″E / 40.99250°N 29.08861°E |
| Chairman | Sadık Semih Kayhan |
| League | Turkish Women's First Football League |
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Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club, based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, in just the fourth year of its existence. They defended their title successfully in 2012.
The women's team was founded as a high school team, Ümraniye Mevlana Lisesi SK, in 2007. The team was promoted at the end of their first season in the Women's Regional League to the Women's Second League. The next season, they were able to ascend to the Women's First League. The girls became champion in the Junior Women's League also the same year. Representing Turkey at the World Intercollegiate Football Championship held in Antalya, the high school team placed seventh.
The club with financial problems was purchased by the newly established Ataşehir Municipality. The club was renamed to Ateşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü in the summer of 2009. They first participated in the national league season 2009–10, ending the season in third place.
In the 2010–11 season, the team won the championship three weeks before the end. The women's team represented Turkey in the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League, and also in the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Ataşehir Belediyespor competed in the Group 4 of the qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, lost two and drew one match finishing at third place without advancing to the knockout stage. In the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, they played in the Group 1, lost two matches and won one match that resulted in the third rank. They were not able to advance further again.
Ataşehir Belediyespor women finished the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons runner-up behind Konak Belediyespor. Even though Ataşehir Belediyespor finished the 2014–15 season undefeated and with the same point as Konak Belediyespor, they lost the play-off game and became again runner-up.
The team finished the 2015–16 season as runner-up fourth time in a row.
Ataşehir Belediyespor play their home matches at Yeni Sahra Stadium in Yenisahra neighborhood of Ataşehir district in Istanbul. Opened in 2008, the venue is owned by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and operated by Yeni Sahra Sports Club.
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