Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball)
Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball, commonly known as Fenerbahçe, are the professional women's volleyball department of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. They play their matches at the 7.000-seated Burhan Felek Sport Hall. Fenerbahçe compete in the Turkish Women's Volleyball League, which is considered to be one of the best and most competitive leagues in the world.
| Full name | Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü | ||
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| Short name | FB | ||
| Nickname | Sarı Melekler (The Yellow Angels) Fener | ||
| Founded | 1928 (closed due to lack of opponents) 1954 | ||
| Ground | Burhan Felek Sport Hall (Capacity: 7,000) | ||
| Chairman | Ali Koç | ||
| Manager | Stefano Lavarini | ||
| Captain | Eda Erdem Dündar | ||
| League | Sultanlar Ligi CEV Champions League | ||
| 2022–23 | Champion | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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| 1 World Championship 1 European Championship 1 CEV Cup 14 Turkish Championships 4 Turkish Cups 4 Turkish Super Cups | |||
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Founded in 1928, Fenerbahçe are one of the best volleyball teams in Turkey and in the world. They were crowned World Champions by winning the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship undefeated in 2010, thus achieving the first Intercontinental Quadruple ever in Turkish volleyball history, after having won the Turkish League, Turkish Cup, and the Turkish Super Cup in 2010. Fenerbahçe became the first Turkish team to claim a World Championship title. After being runners-up in the CEV Champions League in 2010, Fenerbahçe finally were crowned European Champions in the 2011–12 season after defeating French powerhouse RC Cannes in three straight sets (25–14, 25–22, and 25–20) in the final game. The club also reached the third place of the Champions League twice, in the 2010–11 and 2015–16 seasons.
Fenerbahçe also won the CEV Cup by defeating Russia's Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg 3–0 (25-11, 28-26, 25-22) in the 2014 finals in front of their passionate home crowd, thus writing volleyball history as the men's team won another continental title, the CEV Challenge Cup, the very same day. By achieving this unparalleled feat, Fenerbahçe became the first and only sports club in Turkey and one of a few in Europe with European titles won in both the men's and women's volleyball departments.
In Turkey the club have won 14 Turkish Championship titles (6 in the current Turkish Women's Volleyball League and 8 in the former Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship), 4 Turkish Cups, and 4 Turkish Super Cups, among others.