Ardeşen GSK
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| Ardeşen GSK | |
|---|---|
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| Full name | Atdeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Arena | Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall |
| President | Sultan Rauf Oğuz |
| Website Official site | |
Ardeşen GSK (Turkish: Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province, Turkey.[1] Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall.[2] Club chairman is Sultan Rauf Oğuz. The team is managed by Hikmet Vurgun.[3] The team is nicknamed "Dişi Atmacalar" ("Female Hawks").[4]
Club colors and logo
[edit]The club's colors are maroon and white.[5]
The logo of the club is composed of a maroon-colored circle with the club's title and foundation year on it in white, which frames a hawk head and the club's initials both resembling a powerful handball shoot.
Competitions
[edit]Domestic
[edit]The team played in the Turkish Women's Handball League from 2008 until their promotion to the Turkish Women's Handball Super League in the 2012–13 season. In the 2013–14 season, they finished the league at third place. Ardeşen GSK ranked fourth in the 2014–15 league losing in the play-off to Kastamonu Bld. GSK.
International
[edit]Ardeşen GSK played in the 2013–14 Women's EHF Challenge Cup and advanced to the quarterfinals, however they were defeated by the Swedish team H 65 Höör.[6] They failed to advance to the semifinals in the 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup losing to the Polish team Pogoń Baltica Szczecin by 57–59.[7] The team lost to the Russian HC Lada Togliatti by 50–80 in the last 16 of 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup's knockout stage.[8]
European record
[edit]| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Challenge Cup | 1/8 |  HC Naisa Niš | 26–27 | 30–25 | 56–52 |
| 1/4 |  H 65 Höör | 22–29 | 21–26 | 43–55 | ||
| 2014–15 | Challenge Cup | R3 |  Energa AZS Koszalin | 34–27 | 31–31 | 65–58 |
| 1/8 |  RK Zelina | 32–29 | 28–30 | 60–59 | ||
| 1/4 | Pogoń Baltica Szczecin | 31–28 | 26–31 | 57–59 | ||
| 2015–16 | EHF Cup Winners' Cup | R2 | Skuru IK | 32–20 | 25–30 | 57–50 |
| R3 |  Team Esbjerg | 31–22 | 26–30 | 57–52 | ||
| 1/8 |  Handball Club Lada | 22–31 | 28–49 | 50–80 | ||
| 2016-17 | Challenge Cup | R3 |  ŽRK Danilovgrad | 30–23 | 28–24 | 58–47 |
| 1/8 | HC Lokomotiva Zagreb | 25–33 | 20–24 | 45–57 | ||
| 2017–18 | Challenge Cup | R3 |  DHB Rotweiss Thun | 36–17 | 23–23 | 59–40 |
| 1/8 |  AC Alavarium / Love Tiles | 34–22 | 41–27 | 75–49 | ||
| 1/4 | Kristianstad Handboll | 23–26 | 28–25 | 51–51 | ||
| 1/2 | MKS Selgros Lublin | 28–23 | 20–36 | 48–59 | ||
Notable former players
[edit]
Aslı İskit (born 1993)
Sandra Nikčević (born 1984)- Fatmagül Sakızcan (born 1992)
Honours
[edit]- Third place (1): 2013–14
References
[edit]- ^ "Yılın Maçı Ardeşen'de…" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSk. 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ "Ardeşen GSK, Evinde Farklı Kazandı" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ "Kulüp Bilgileri" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSk. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ "Dişi Atmacalar, Ardeşen'de Top Başı Yaptı" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ^ "Sporculuktan, Antrenörlüğe!" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ "Ardeşen, Höör karşısında kayıp". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ "Ardeşen GSK Yarı Final Şansını Kaybetti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ "Ardeşen Gençlik'ten Avrupa'ya veda!". TiViBu Spor (in Turkish). 2016-01-17. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
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