Eczacıbaşı Volleyball

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
Full name	Eczacıbaşı SK Women's Volleyball Team
Short name	Eczacıbaşı
Founded	1966
Ground	Eczacıbaşı Sports Hall, Kartal (2025); Cebeci Sport Hall, Sultangazi (2024,); Eczacıbaşı Sports Hall, Ayazağa (2001); Eczacıbaşı Sports Hall, Levent (1973); (Capacity: 1,000);
Chairman	Faruk Eczacıbaşı
Manager	Giulio Bregoli
Captain	Simge Aköz
League	Sultanlar Ligi; CEV Champions League
2024–25	3rd
Website	Club home page
Championships	3 World Championships; 1 European Championship; 3 CEV Cups; 28 Turkish Championships; 9 Turkish Cups; 5 Turkish Super Cups
Uniforms
Home	Away

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit is the professional women's volleyball department of Eczacıbaşı S.K., a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The team plays its home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul. Eczacıbaşı has won a record 16 Turkish League titles and a record nine Turkish Cups, amongst others. In the 2014–15 season they won the CEV Champions League and that gave them the ticket to capture the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in Zürich, a year later the club became 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.^[1] Eczacıbaşı VitrA is the most successful Turkish volleyball club with 28 national championship titles overall since the introduction of a national league in 1956.

2017–18 Sultans League play-off final match between Eczacıbaşı VitrA and VakıfBank in the Burhan Felek Sport Hall.

Team names

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–)

History

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.

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.

The team play their home matches in the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season at the Cebeci Sport Hall in Sultangazi, Istanbul.^[3]

Team roster 2025–26

As of May 2026.

No.	Player	Date of Birth	Height (m)	Position	Country
1	Tuna Aybüke Özel	24 April 2002	1.62	Libero	Turkey
2	Simge Şebnem Aköz (C)	23 April 1991	1.68	Libero	Turkey
3	Magdalena Stysiak	3 December 2000	2.03	Opposite hitter	Poland
6	Dilay Özdemir	15 August 2005	1.87	Setter	Turkey
8	Sinead Kisal	8 November 1993	1.96	Middle blocker	Trinidad and Tobago/ Turkey
9	Meliha Diken	7 October 1993	1.88	Outside hitter	Turkey
10	Yaprak Erkek	2 September 2001	1.82	Outside hitter	Turkey
11	Anna Smrek	11 October 2003	2.06	Opposite hitter	Canada
12	Elif Şahin	19 January 2001	1.89	Setter	Turkey
14	Dana Rettke	21 January 1999	2.04	Middle Blocker	United States
15	Bengisu Aygün	25 November 2004	1.89	Middle Blocker	Turkey
19	Emily Maglio	11 January 1996	1.89	Middle Blocker	Canada
22	Kathryn Plummer	16 October 1998	1.98	Outside hitter	United States
99	Ebrar Karakurt	17 Januar 2000	1.97	Outside hitter	Turkey

Technical staff

As of May 2026

Country	Name	Position
	Bilun Yilmaz	Club Manager
	Giulio Cesare Bregoli	Head coach
	Gerardo Daglio	Coach assistant
	Kaan Incekara	Coach assistant
	Canberk Tekmen	Coach assistant
	Erman Güçin	Coach assistant

Honours

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 (3): 1979–80, 2022–23, 2025–26
- 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): 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Runners-up (3): 2009–10, 2013–14, 2021–22

Notable players

Criteria: To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least one season for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.