Muratpaşa Bld. SK (women's handball)

Muratpaşa Belediyesi SK (Turkish: Muratpaşa Belediyesi Spor Kulübü) is the women's handball team of the same named club sponsored by the Municipality of Muratpaşa in Antalya, Turkey. Club colors are orange, navy and white.

Muratpaşa Bld. SK
Full name	Muratpaşa Belediyesi Spor Kulübü
Club colours
Website Official site

Competitions

Domestic

The team finished the 2010–11 season ranking at third place. Subsequently, they became three times champion of the Turkish Handball Super League in serie.^[1][2][3] At the end of the 2014–15 season, Muratpaşa Bld. SK lost the final play-offs to Yenimahalle Bld. SK and became runner-up.^[4][5]

International

They won the semifinals at the 2011–12 Women's EHF Challenge Cup defeating the French team CJF Fleury by 67–68 in total.^[6] Muratpaşa Bld. S played the semifinals at the 2014–15 Women's EHF Cup, lost however to the Danish Team Tvis Holstebro by 49–67 in total.^[7][8] In 2014, they took part at the 2014 Bucharest Trophy without success. The team failed to advance to the quarterfinals at the 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup losing to the German HC Leipzig by 51–69 in the knockout stage.^[9]

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Cup	R1	ACME-Žalgiris Kaunas	30–27	25–24	55–51
		R2	Randers HK	20–30	13–26	33–56

Former notable players

• Dorina Emilia Carbune (born 1985)
• Kateryna Chumak (born 1988)
• Lenche Ilkova (born 1984)
• Sevilay İmamoğlu Öcal (born 1984)
• Serpil İskenderoğlu (born 1982)
• Maja Kožnjak (born 1985)
• Olga Laiuk (born 1984)
• Gonca Nahcıvanlı (born 1979)
• Esin Sağdıç (born 1988)
• Ayşenur Sormaz (born 2000)
• Yasemin Şahin (born 1988)
• Marina Tankaskaya (born 1983)
• Derya Tınkaoğlu (born 1988)
• Perihan Topaloğlu (born 1987)
• Tanja Vučković (born 1981)
• Çağla Yaman (born 1981)
• Betül Yılmaz (born 1988)
• Kübra Yılmaz (born 1991)

Honours

Turkish Handball Super League

• Winners (4): 2011–12,^[1] 2012–13,^[2] 2013–14,^[3] 2017–2018.
• Runners-up (1): 2014–15.^[4][5]
• Third places (1): 2010–11.

References

1. "Muratpaşa şampiyon". EuroSport (in Turkish). 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
2. "Bayanlar Hentbolde Muratpaşa Belediyesi Şampiyon". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
3. "Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi". NTV Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-01-22.
4. "Yenimahalle Belediyespor, Hentbol Kadınlar Süper Lig'de şampiyon oldu". Euro Sport (in Turkish). 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
5. "Bayanlar Süper Lig - 2014-2015 Sezonu Play-Off Yarı Final" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
6. "2011/12 Women's Challenge Cup - Fleury Loiret Handball vs Muratpasa belediyesi SK". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
7. "Muratpasa Belediye SK 25:38 Team Tvis Holstebro". Retrieved 2016-01-22.
8. "Team Tvis Holstebro 29:24 Muratpasa Belediye SK". 2014/15 EHF Cup. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
9. "Muratpaşa Belediyesi SK veda etti". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2016-01-22.