Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball
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| Full name | Fenerbahçe Sports Club Women's Volleyball Department | ||
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| Short name | Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball | ||
| Nickname |
Sarı Melekler (The Yellow Angels) |
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| Founded |
1928 (closed due to lack of opponents) 1954 |
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| Ground |
Burhan Felek Sport Hall, Istanbul (Capacity: 7,000) |
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| Chairman |
 Aziz Yıldırım
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| Manager |
 Marcello Abbondanza
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| Captain |
Eda Erdem
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| League | Turkish Women's Volleyball League | ||
| 2015-16 | Regular: 1st Play-off: Runners-up |
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| Website | Club home page | ||
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| Football | Basketball (Men's) | Basketball (Women's) |
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| Volleyball (Men's) | Volleyball (Women's) | Table Tennis |
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1928 (closed due to lack of opponents)
Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball is the women's volleyball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. They play their matches at the 7000-seated Burhan Felek Sport Hall. Fenerbahçe won the 2010 FIVB Club World Championship and also the CEV Champions League in 2012.
The women's volleyball branch was founded in 1928 by Sabiha Rıfat Gürayman who, as a young woman, played for the club's men's volleyball team, and was the first woman architect in Turkey. However, the branch was closed due to the lack of opponents. In 1954, a new era started with assistance from Çamlıca Girls' High School (). Starting in 1958, the girls won eight Turkish Championships among many other titles. In 1977, the branch was closed again until 1989, this time due to insufficient funds. In 1993, the team was promoted from the Istanbul First League to the Turkish Second League. The following year, they played in the Turkish First League. However, they were relegated to the Turkish Second League in the 1995-96 season.
Fenerbahçe returned to the Turkish First League in the 2002-03 season, and were runners-up in the 2006-07 season. The senior team was renamed as Fenerbahçe Acıbadem due to a sponsorship agreement with the Acıbadem Healthcare Group from 2007 to 2011. The Yellow Angels were the runners-up after Eczacıbaşı SK in the 2007-08 season, too. They gained the ninth Turkish title in their history in the 2008-09 season, after defeating their archrival Eczacıbaşı SK in the finals (3-2, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1), which was their first ever title in the league's current format that had started with the 1984-85 season.
Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team shone in 2009-10 season as the Yellow Angels finished the first round of the 2009-10 Turkish League undefeated in 22 matches (setting a 66:2 set ratio record), and reached the Final Four of 2010 Women's CEV Champions League undefeated. They then beat the host team RC Cannes in a thrilling five-setter, but then lost to Volley Bergamo in five sets in the final, even though they came back after falling two sets down: 22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 9-15. Yekaterina Gamova was named the best scorer and Nataša Osmokrović was chosen the best server of the tournament.
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