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| Full name | Galatasaray |
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| Short name | Galatasaray |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Ground | TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall (Capacity: 7,000) |
| Chairman |  Dursun Özbek |
| Manager |  Massimo Barbolini |
| Captain | İlkin Aydın |
| League | Sultanlar Ligi |
| 2024–25 | Regular season: 4th Play-offs: 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
| Championships | |
| 5Turkish Championships | |
 2025–26 season | |
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Galatasaray Daikin is the professional women'svolleyball section ofGalatasaray SK, a majorsports club inIstanbul,Turkey. Galatasaray play their matches in the 7000-seat arenaTVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall.
| Period | Previous names |
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| 1922–2010 | Galatasaray |
| 2010–2011 | GalatasarayMedical Park |
| 2011–2012 | Galatasaray |
| 2012–2016 | GalatasarayDaikin |
| 2016–2019 | Galatasaray |
| 2019–2023 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta |
| 2023–present | GalatasarayDaikin |
Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Branch was established in 1922. The team won theIstanbul Women's Volleyball League 7 times and theTurkish Women's Volleyball Championship 5 times. However, the team does not have aSultans League championship.
As a result ofGalatasaray (men's volleyball team) becoming the champion in the league in the 1986-1987 season, the volleyball branch managers of the period formed an ambitious team for the women's volleyball team and entered the 1987-1988 season. They finished second.
In the following years, with the establishment of more establishment clubs, it could not be as successful in volleyball as before, and as a result of these processes, once due to the economic crisis, the team was closed for a year while it was in theSultans League in the 2003-2004 season. What has risen. However, after 4 seasons, this time 3 weeks before the end of the league, they were defeated by TED Ankara College 3-0 and relegated to the 1st league in the 2006-2007 season for the first time in its history and was promoted to theSultans League again the following season. The women's volleyball team, which has had to compete in the 1st league twice in its history, has become a team that plays for the championship in the league again and consistently participates in the European cups every year, as a result of the efforts of the administrations coming after this process to raise the branch.
The team, which came in 3rd place in theCEV Women's Challenge Cup in the 2009-2010 season, changed its name to GalatasarayMedical Park Women's Volleyball Team as a result of the name sponsorship made with Medical Park in the 2010-2011 season and continued its struggle in the league. However, the paths parted with Medical Park after one season and the next season, the team that competed as the Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team played in the final with Italy'sUnendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio team in theWomen's CEV Cup for the first time in its history and won the second place in the final by losing in the gold set. has done. At the end of the same season, the team that participated in theCEV Women's Champions League by receiving a wild cart, advanced to the next round as a result of the group matches it played and was entitled to organize the final four in theCEV Women's Champions League.
Having signed a name sponsorship agreement withDaikin at the beginning of the 2012-2013 season, the team hosted the final four of theCEV Women's Champions League as Galatasaray Daikin Women's Volleyball Team and finished the tournament 4th.
In the 2014-2015 season, Galatasaray Daikin Women's Volleyball Team said goodbye to Europe by losing to its rival in the semi-finals of theWomen's CEV Cup, and then lost toVakıfBank 3-2 in theTurkish Super Cup and said goodbye to the cup in the semi-finals. In the league, the team finished the regular season in the 4th place and matched with its rivalNilüfer Belediyespor in the quarter finals. By defeating their opponent 2-0 in the quarter-finals and finishing in the 4th place in the play-off final stage, the team qualified to compete in theWomen's CEV Cup next season.
Contrary to previous seasons, the team started the 2015-2016 season with an infrastructure-weighted squad, surprising all authorities, and continued on its way in the league and Europe with full reins, winning all 10 matches until the final match in theWomen's CEV Cup and matched with the Russian representativeDinamo Krasnodar in the final. . Having won the first match of the series 3-2 at home, the team lost the second match in Russia 3-0 and had to say goodbye for the second time in the last match of a final leg in this cup. In the league, the team that was among the top 4 teams completed the group in the last place and won the right to compete in theWomen's CEV Cup for the next season.
Starting from the 2016-2017 season, the team parted ways with its sponsorDaikin and decided to continue its struggle as the Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team.
Completing the league in the 4th place in the 2016-2017 season, the team lost to its arch-rivalFenerbahçe in the play-off series and completed the play-offs in the 2nd place and earned the right to compete in theCEV Women's Champions League for the next season. He said goodbye to the cup after losing 3-2 toBursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi inTurkish Women's Volleyball Cup. In theWomen's CEV Cup, she lost toDynamo Kazan in the semi-finals by 3-0 in both matches and said goodbye to the tournament.
Finishing the league in the 3rd place in the regular season in the 2017-2018 season, the team finished the play-offs in the 4th place. In the Cup, he lost 3-1 toEczacıbaşı VitrA in the semi-finals and said goodbye to the organization. In theCEV Women's Champions League, the team reached the final four and finished the season in the last place in the finals of four.
In the 2018-2019 season, the team, which finished the league and play-offs in the 4th place, said goodbye to the cup and also to the semi-finals. In Europe, she finished the season by saying goodbye to theWomen's CEV Cup with the golden set in the quarter-finals.
Before the 2019-2020 season, the team agreed withHDI Sigorta to be the name sponsor and started the season as Galatasaray HDI Sigorta Women's Volleyball Team. Galatasaray HDI Sigorta Women's Volleyball Team finished the league in the 4th place in the regular season in the 2019-2020 season. However, after the decision taken byTurkish Volleyball Federation on May 11, 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, the league, whose play-off stage was not played, was registered with this ranking, and the champion or the relegated team was not determined in the season.Cup Volley to be played due to thepandemic has also beencanceled for the 2019-2020 season. In Europe, the team that competed in theWomen's CEV Cup said goodbye to the cup in the last 16 rounds before thepandemic.
In the 2020-2021 season, he completed theSultans League in the 6th place at the end of the regular season matches, and as a result of the 5th & 8th play-off matches he played, he completed the season in the 7th place and could not participate in the European Cups after many years. As a result of theCup Volley matches she played, she lost to her opponentVakıfBank 3-0 in the semi-finals and said goodbye to the cup. She achieved her greatest success in the season by playing the final of theWomen's CEV Cup for the 3rd time in its history, however, as in the previous finals, she lost to her rivalSaugella Monza and lost the cup as a result of a final and came 2nd.
CEV Challenge Cup| Name | Job |
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| Neslihan Turan | Administrative Manager |
| Mustafa Yurdaer Kobal | Assistant Administrative Manager |
| Neşve Büyükbayram | Team Manager |
| Massimo Barbolini | Head Coach |
| Alberto Bigarelli | Assistant Coach |
| Emre Türkileri | Assistant Coach |
 Ioannis Paraschidis | Assistant Coach / Conditioner |
| Oğulcan Akbal | Statistics Coach |
| Dinçer Kaya | Physiotherapist |
| Murat Beder | Masseur |
| Defne Heybeli | Media Officer |
| Özkan Arslan | Outfitter |
| No. | Player | Position | Date of Birth | Height (m) | Country |
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| 1 | Ali Frantti | Outside Hitter | (1996-03-03)3 March 1996 (age 29) | 1.85 |  United States |
| 2 | İlkin Aydın (c) | Outside Hitter | (2000-01-05)5 January 2000 (age 25) | 1.83 | Turkey |
| 4 | İrem Nur Özsoy | Libero | (2003-06-13)13 June 2003 (age 22) | 1.70 | Turkey |
| 5 | Eylül Akarçeşme | Libero | (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (age 26) | 1.70 | Turkey |
| 7 | Aslı Tecimer | Outside Hitter | (2000-05-12)12 May 2000 (age 25) | 1.80 | Turkey |
| 8 | Yasemin Güveli | Middle-blocker | (1999-01-05)5 January 1999 (age 26) | 1.90 | Turkey |
| 9 | Eline Timmerman | Middle-blocker | (1998-12-30)30 December 1998 (age 26) | 1.92 |  Netherlands |
| 10 | Ayçin Akyol | Middle-blocker | (1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (age 26) | 1.88 | Turkey |
| 11 | Naz Aydemir | Setter | (1990-08-14)14 August 1990 (age 35) | 1.86 | Turkey |
| 12 | Britt Bongaerts | Setter | (1996-11-03)3 November 1996 (age 29) | 1.85 | Netherlands |
| 13 | Büşra Güneş | Middle-blocker | (1997-08-08)8 August 1997 (age 28) | 1.90 | Turkey |
| 14 | Alexia Căruțașu | Opposite | (2003-06-10)10 June 2003 (age 22) | 1.88 |  Romania / Turkey |
| 15 | Kaja Grobelna | Opposite | (1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (age 30) | 1.88 |  Belgium |
| 17 | Myriam Sylla | Outside Hitter | (1995-01-08)8 January 1995 (age 30) | 1.84 | Italy |
| 18 | Martyna Łukasik | Outside Hitter | (1999-11-26)26 November 1999 (age 25) | 1.90 |  Poland |
| Wang Yuanyuan | Middle-blocker | (1997-07-14)14 July 1997 (age 28) | 1.96 |  China |
| Season | League | Pos. | Turkish Cup | Turkish Super Cup | European competitions | Worldwide competitions | ||
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| 2012–13 | TWVL | 3rd | 3rd | RU | CEV Champions League | 4th | Top Volley International | 3rd |
| 2013–14 | TWVL | 4th | Semi finals | Not qualified | CEV Champions League | 8th | ||
| 2014–15 | TWVL | 4th | Semi finals | CEV Cup | SF | Top Volley International | 4th | |
| 2015–16 | TWVL | 4th | Not held | CEV Cup | RU | Not qualified | ||
| 2016–17 | TWVL | 2nd | Quarter finals | Not held | CEV Cup | SF | ||
| 2017–18 | TWVL | 4th | Semi finals | Not qualified | CEV Champions League | 4th | ||
| 2018–19 | TWVL | 4th | Semi finals | CEV Cup | QF | |||
| 2019–20 | cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic | CEV Cup | ||||||
| 2020–21 | TWVL | 7th | Semi finals | Not qualified | CEV Cup | RU | ||
| 2021–22 | TWVL | 5th | Quarter finals | |||||
| 2022–23 | TWVL | 6th | CEV Cup | 16th finals | ||||
| 2023–24 | TWVL | Group stage | CEV Challenge Cup | 8th finals | ||||
| 2024–25 | TWVL | 4th | Quarter finals | CEV Challenge Cup | SF | |||
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Players written initalic still play for the club.
| Dates | Name |
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| 1958–1967 | Oral Yılmaz |
| 1989–1993 | Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu |
| 1993–1996 | Cengiz Göllü |
| 1996–1999 | Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu |
| 1999–2000 |  Eugenio George Lafita |
| 2000–2002 | Gökhan Edman |
| 2004–2007 | Gökhan Rahman Çokşen |
| 2007–2008 | Ahmet Reşat Arığ |
| 2008 | Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu |
| 2008–2011 | Gökhan Edman |
| 2011–2012 |  Dragan Nešić |
| 2012–2015 | Massimo Barbolini |
| 2015–2023 | Ataman Güneyligil |
| 2023–2024 |  Guillermo Naranjo Hernández |
| 2024–2025 | Alberto Bigarelli |
| 2025–present | Massimo Barbolini |
| Dates | Name |
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| 2020–2023 | Gizem Güreşen |
| 2023 | Gamze Alikaya |
| 2023–2024 | Bihter Dumanoğlu |
| 2024–present | İlkin Aydın |
This is a list of the home halls the senior team played at in the recent years.
| # | Hall | Period |
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| 1 | TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall | 1985–present |
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