Beşiktaş JK (women's basketball)

Beşiktaş Women's Basketball Team, or Beşiktaş HDI Sigorta, as per the sponsorship agreement, is Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club's basketball team competing in the Turkish Super League.^[2]

Beşiktaş
Leagues	Turkish Super League
Founded	1956
Arena	BJK Akatlar Arena
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Black and White
President	Ahmet Nur Çebi[1]
Head coach	Aziz Akkaya
Team captain	Özge Yavaş
Championships	3 Turkish Championships: 1984, 1985, 2005 1 Turkish President's Cup: 2006
Website	besiktasjk.com.tr
Home Away

History

Roster

Beşiktaş Women's Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 0 Lazić, Mihaela 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 24 – (2000-11-20)20 November 2000 G 1 Evans, Dana 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 26 – (1998-08-01)1 August 1998 F 2 Güvenç, Esra 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2006-08-16)16 August 2006 G 3 Ülkü, Elif 18 – (2006-05-12)12 May 2006 F 4 Conker, Ceyda 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 19 – (2005-05-10)10 May 2005 G 5 Gülçelik, Pelin 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 22 – (2002-05-16)16 May 2002 G 7 Winterburn, Holly 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 24 – (2000-10-01)1 October 2000 G 8 Peterson, Alexis 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-06-20)20 June 1995 G 10 Özışık, Özge 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 33 – (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 F 11 Bayram, Elif 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2001-09-18)18 September 2001 C 12 Can, Zeynep 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2005-11-22)22 November 2005 C 14 Fagbenle, Temi 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1992-09-08)8 September 1992 C 15 Başaran, Gizem 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1992-09-28)28 September 1992 F 30 Uzunoğlu, Melek 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (2002-02-26)26 February 2002 F/C 33 Krajisnik-Jovanovic, Tina 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1991-01-12)12 January 1991 G 91 Mühl, Nika  1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 23 – (2001-04-09)9 April 2001	Head coach Aziz Akkaya Assistant coach(es) Volkan Kaymak Emre Hacıyakupoğlu Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: February 12, 2025

Honours

National competitions

• Turkish Women's Basketball League
  • Champions (3): 1984, 1985, 2005
  • Runners-up (3): 1986, 2006, 2007
• Turkish Cup
  • Runners-up (4): 1997, 2002, 2005, 2007
• Turkish President's Cup
  • Champions (1): 2006
  • Runners-up (2): 2005, 2007

International competitions

• FIBA EuroCup
  • Final (1): 2024
  • Quarter Finals (3): 2006, 2015, 2016

Notable players

Turkey Gülşah Akkaya Melike Bakırcıoğlu Korel Engin İnci Güçlü Yasemin Horasan Şaziye İvegin Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu Ceyda Kozluca Sariye Kumral Arzu Özyiğit Tuğba Palazoğlu Esra Şencebe Yağmur Kübra Taşar Tuğba Taşçı Esmeral Tunçluer Nilay Yiğit Müjde Yüksel  Russia Ilona Korstin  Nigeria Evelyn Akhator

United States Kara Braxton Laura Harper Amber Harris Vanessa Hayden Khaalia Hillsman Ebony Hoffman Alexis Hornbuckle Jantel Lavender Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Cappie Pondexter Sheri Sam Courtney Vandersloot Candice Wiggins  Brazil Kelly Santos Izi Castro Marques

Bulgaria Gergena Baranzova  Croatia Sandra Mandir Shavonte Zellous Korona Longin-Zanze  China Li Yueru  Israel Shay Doron  Serbia Jelena Spirić Milica Dabović Tijana Krivačević Jelena Milovanović Jovana Nogić Kristina Topuzovic

References

1. Selçuk Genç. "Beşiktaşımızın 34. Başkanı Hasan Arat" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
2. "Beşiktaş (kadın basketbol takımı)", Vikipedi (in Turkish), 2021-12-25, retrieved 2022-03-31

External links

• (in Turkish) Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü Home Page
• (in Turkish) Unofficial Fan Site and Forum
• (in Turkish) Beşiktaş Basketball Teams Web Site
• (in Turkish) Besiktas Basketball Fan Blog