Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
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| Full name | Eczacıbaşı Sports Club | ||
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| Short name | Eczacıbaşı VitrA | ||
| Founded | 1966 | ||
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Eczacıbaşı Sport Salonu, Istanbul (Capacity: 1,000) |
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| Chairman |
 Faruk Eczacıbaşı
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| Captain |
Neslihan Demir
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| League | Turkish Women's Volleyball League CEV Champions League | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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2016–17 season
Eczacıbaşı Istanbul is a Turkish women's volleyball club that plays their home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul, they have won 28 Turkish League Championships. In the season 2014-15 they won the CEV Champions League and that gave them the ticket to capture the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in Zurich, a year later the club become the first club in the world to win the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown in the Philippines during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in Manila.
The club has invested in women volleyball for approximately 40 years and has pioneered for Turkish women volleyball. The team plays in CEV Champions League regularly.
The Eczacıbaşı Women's Volleyball Team's international achievements 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 Zurich; a year later the club become the first club in the world to win the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in Manila; making it the all-time most successful Turkish club of any team sport in European competitions. The team have won 28 times the Turkish League Championship.
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