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Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's basketball)
Basketball team in Istanbul, Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾbahtʃe]), known as Fenerbahçe Opet since 2024 for sponsorship reasons, are the women's basketball department of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Founded in 1954, they became the most successful club in domestic and international competitions, having won a grand total of 53 trophies, and achieved considerable success in European competitions, winning four European titles in a row, an unparalleled feat in Turkish women's basketball history. Fener became EuroLeague winners in 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 seasons and were the runners-up on four occasions, in the 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, and 2021–22 seasons and reached the third place three time in 2015–2016, 2020–2021, and 2024–2025 seasons. They also became fourth in the 2011–12 and 2014–15 seasons. Furthermore, Fenerbahçe became runners-up in the EuroCup in 2004–05. The team plays their matches at the club's own 2,500-seat Metro Enerji Sports Hall.[2]
In 2023, Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish club to win the FIBA Europe SuperCup by crushing France's LDLC ASVEL Féminin on their own homeground with a dominating victory and a point differential of 57, a record in the SuperCup's history.[3]
Domestically, Fenerbahçe won a record 22 Turkish championship titles (3 in the former Turkish Women's Basketball Championship and 19 in the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League), a record 14 Turkish Cups, and a record 13 Turkish Presidential Cups, among others. The team holds the record of winning 8 season titles in a row.
Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball team scored a perfect season in 2023–24 Women's Basketball Super League by winning all 35 season games.[4] The team also won all the championships in which they competed in the 2023–24 season; Turkish Women's Basketball Cup, FIBA Europe SuperCup Women and EuroLeague Women.[5]
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Previous names
- Fenerbahçe (1954–2019)
- Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo (2019–2021)
- Fenerbahçe Safiport (2021–2022)
- Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding (2022–2024)
- Fenerbahçe Opet (2024–present)
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Team roster
Season 2025–2026
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Team captains

This is a list of the senior team's captains in the recent years.
Head coaches

Notable players
Gülşah Akkaya (2 seasons: '95-'96, '99-'00)
Didem Akın (4 seasons: '98-'02)
Şükran Albayrak (6 seasons: '00-'06)
Melike Bakırcıoğlu (5 seasons: '05-'10)
Pelin Bilgiç (2 seasons: '16-'18)
Ayşe Cora (4 seasons: '16-'20)
Tuğçe Canıtez (9 seasons: '13-'22)
Olcay Çakır (9 seasons: '10-'16, '19-'21, '24-...)
Begüm Dalgalar (6 seasons: '05-'11)
Selin Ekiz (3 seasons: '06-'09)
Burcu Erbaş (3 seasons: '06-'09)
Duygu Fırat (3 seasons: '06-'09)
Melis Gülcan (2 seasons: '15-'17)
Ecem Güler (2 seasons: '10-'12)
Quanitra Hollingsworth (2 seasons: '13-'15)
Yasemin Horasan (1 season: '12-'13)
Şaziye İvegin (4 seasons: '04-'07, '10-'11)
Özge Kavurmacıoğlu (2 seasons: '10-'12)
Sariye Kumral (3 seasons: '00-'03)
Tuğçe Murat (3 seasons: '06-'09)
Nevin Nevlin (5 seasons: '08-'13)
Alperi Onar (4 seasons: '21-...)
Arzu Özyiğit (7 seasons: '98-'05)
Tuğba Palazoğlu (1 season: '14-'15)
Nalan Ramazanoğlu (11 seasons: '98-'09)
Kübra Siyahdemir (3 seasons: '11-'14)
Esra Şencebe (4 seasons: '03-'06, '12-'13)
Tilbe Şenyürek (4 seasons: '17-'19, '23-...)
Devran Tanaçan (5 seasons: '02-'04, '09-'12)
Esmeral Tunçluer (9 seasons: '00-'02, '07-'14)
Nevriye Yılmaz (7 seasons: '05-'12)
Nilay Yiğit (3 seasons: '04-'07)
Serap Yücesir (7 seasons: '98-'03, '04-'06)
Müjde Yüksel (2 seasons: '03-'05)
Sevgi Uzun (2 seasons: '19-'21, '23-...)
Esra Ural Topuz (4 seasons: '16-'20)
Birsel Vardarlı (12 seasons: '07-'19)
Anastasiya Verameyenka (6 seasons: '12-'14,'15-'19)
Sviatlana Volnaya (1 season: '07-'08)
Julie Allemand (1 season: '24-...)
Emma Meesseman (3 season: '22-...)
Gergena Baranzova (3 seasons: '02-'03, '07-'09)
Korana Longin-Zanze (2 seasons: '04-'06)
Shavonte Zellous (1 season: '15-'16)
Hana Horáková (1 season: '10-'11)
Michaela Pavlíčková (1 season: '02-'03)
Kia Vaughn (3 seasons: '17-'19, '20-'21)
Andrea Congreaves (1 season: '98-'99)
Marième Badiane (2 seasons: '23-...)
Olivia Époupa (1 season: '22-'23)
Émilie Gomis (1 season: '08-'09)
Sandrine Gruda (1 season: '16-'17)
Bria Hartley (1 season: '18-'19)
Isabelle Yacoubou (1 season: '13-'14)
Gabby Williams (1 season: '24-...)
Linda Fröhlich (1 season: '06-'07)
Nyara Sabally (1 season: '24-'25)
Satou Sabally (3 seasons: '20-'23)
Andrea Nagy (1 season: '98-'99)
Allie Quigley (2 seasons: '15-'17)
Anna Vajda (1 season: '10-'11)
Giorgia Sottana (2 seasons: '17-'19)
Cecilia Zandalasini (3 seasons: '18-'21)
Elīna Babkina (1 season: '11-'12)
Elīna Dikaioulaku (1 season: '11-'12)
Ieva Kubliņa (1 season: '12-'13)
Zane Tamane (1 season: '11-'12)
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota (1 season: '10-'11)
Kamilė Nacickaitė (1 season: '15-'16)
Agnieszka Bibrzycka (3 seasons: '12-'15)
Ewelina Kobryn (1 season: '15-'16)
Elena Baranova (1 season: '99-'00)
Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya (2 seasons: '00-'02)
Miljana Bojović (1 season: '14-'15)
Ana Dabović (1 season: '17-'18)
Ivona Jerković (1 season: '04-'05)
Ivana Matović (4 seasons: '10-'14)
Nikolina Milić (2 seasons: '23-...)
Anna Cruz (1 season: '19-'20)
Laura Nicholls (2 seasons: '19-'21)
Astou Ndour (1 season: '14-'15)
Amanda Zahui B. (1 season: '21-'22)
Alina Iagupova (2 season: '21-'23)
Penny Taylor (3 seasons: '09-'12)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (5 seasons: '06-'11)
Matee Ajavon (2 seasons: '08-'10)
Ariel Atkins (1 season: '24-...)
Tina Charles (2 seasons: '14-'15, '24-...)
Marissa Coleman (1 season: '15-'16)
Napheesa Collier (1 seasons; '23-'24)
Clarissa Davis (2 seasons: '97-'99)
Bethany Donaphin (1 season: '03-'04)
Korel Engin (1 season: '05-'06)
Tonya Edwards (1 season: '99-'00)
Summer Erb (1 season: '03-'04)
Marie Ferdinand-Harris (1 season: '04-'05)
Andrea Gardner (1 season: '05-'06)
Bridgette Gordon (1 season: '99-'00)
Chelsea Gray (1 season: '19-'20)
Ebony Hoffman (2 seasons: '07-'08, '09-'10)
Shannon Johnson (1 season: '99-'00)
Jantel Lavender (2 seasons: '15-'17)
Kayla McBride (4 seasons: '20-'24)
Angel McCoughtry (4 seasons: '10-'14)
Danielle McCulley (1 season: '01-'02)
Coco Miller (2 seasons: '02-'04)
Kelly Miller (2 seasons: '02-'04)
Candace Parker (1 season: '16-'17)
Cappie Pondexter (5 seasons: '06-'08,'11-'14)
Aerial Powers (1 season: '17-'18)
Nicole Powell (3 seasons: '05-'06, '08-'10)
Kelsey Plum (2 seasons: '17-'19)
Katie Smith (1 season: '08-'09)
Kiah Stokes (4 seasons: '20-'24)
Breanna Stewart (1 seasons; '22-'23)
Shekinna Stricklen (1 season: '16-'17)
Diana Taurasi (1 season: '10-'11)
Barbara Turner (1 season: '06-'07)
Tan White (1 season: '05-'06)
Elizabeth Williams (2 seasons: '19-'20, '21-'22)
Italic written players still play for the club.
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Honours

European competitions
Winners (2) (Turkish record): 2022–23,[12] 2023–24[13]
Runners-up (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2021–22
Third place (3): 2015–16, 2020–21, 2024–25
Fourth place (2): 2011–12, 2014–15
- Triple Crown (1) : 2023–24
Domestic competitions
Winners (19) (record): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23,[14] 2023–24,[15] 2024–25
Runners-up (10): 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2016–17
- Turkish Basketball Championship
Winners (14) (record): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2023–24[16]
Runners-up (6): 1994–95, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2021–22
Winners (13) (record): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2024
Runners-up (10): 1995, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022
- Istanbul Basketball League
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