VakıfBank S.K.
Turkish women's volleyball club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
VakıfBank Sports Club (Turkish: VakıfBank Spor Kulübü) is a Turkish professional volleyball club based in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1986, VakıfBank SK is currently one of the best women's volleyball teams in the world, having won the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship a record four times and the European Champions League six times to date.[1]
Full name | VakıfBank Spor Kulübü | ||
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Short name | VakıfBank | ||
Founded | 1986 | ||
Ground | VakıfBank Sports Palace, Istanbul (Capacity: 2,000) | ||
Chairman | Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih | ||
Manager | Giovanni Guidetti | ||
Captain | Gabriela Guimarães | ||
League | Sultanlar Ligi CEV Champions League | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
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Championships | |||
4 World Championships 6 European Championships 1 CEV Cup 1 CEV Challenge Cup 1 Top Volley International 13 Turkish Championships 9 Turkish Cups 5 Turkish Super Cups |
From 23 October 2012 to 22 January 2014, the team held a 73-games winning streak in all official domestic and international competitions, which was acknowledged as a world record by Guinness World Records.[2][3] The club won all 52 official games played during the 2012–13 season[4] and all 51 official games played in 2013.[5] VakıfBank collected all five championship trophies unbeaten in the 2012–13 season, being the only club in volleyball history to have achieved this unparalleled feat.[2]