Eczacıbaşı Peron is the professional women's volleyball department of Eczacıbaşı S.K., a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The team plays its home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul. Eczacıbaşı has won a record 16 Turkish League titles and a record nine Turkish Cups, amongst others. In the 2014–15 season they won the CEV Champions League and that gave them the ticket to capture the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in Zürich, a year later the club became the first club in the world to win the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown in the Philippines during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in Manila. Eczacıbaşı Peron is the most successful Turkish volleyball club with 28 national championship titles overall since the introduction of a national league in 1956.
Team names Due to sponsorship, the women's volleyball team have competed under the following names: Eczacıbaşı (1966–2007) Eczacıbaşı Zentiva (2007–2010) Eczacıbaşı VitrA (2010–2021) Eczacıbaşı Dynavit (2021–2026) Eczacıbaşı Peron (2026–)
History The club has invested in women's volleyball for approximately 40 years and has pioneered for Turkish women's volleyball. The team plays in the CEV Champions League regularly.
Eczacıbaşı women's volleyball team won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1999. The club also finished 2nd in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 1980 and the CEV Cup of 1993; 3rd in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 2000 and the Top Teams Cup of 2005; and 4th in the European Champion Clubs' Cup of 1984 and the Champions' League of 2001 and 2002; in the season 2014–15 won the CEV Champions League and the 2015 FIVB World Club Championship in Zürich, and a year later the club became won the FIVB World Club Championship back-to-back by defending their crown during the 2016 FIVB World Club Championship in Manila, becoming the first club in volleyball history to achieve this outstanding feat.
Eczacıbaşı has won more national championships than any other women's volleyball team in Turkey, with 27 Turkish League Championships under its belt since it entered the league in 1968. In the 1972–1973 season, the team began to set its first record of consecutive wins, winning 17 Turkish League titles in a row. It repeated this performance another five years between 1999 and 2003, when it also won five Turkish Cups.
Over the years, Eczacıbaşı has worked with many internationally renowned players, such as Irina Ilchenko (Irina Simirrnova), Lioubov Chachkova (Lioubov Kılıç), Yelena Godina, Antonina Zetova, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Tatyana Gracheva, Barbara Ružić (Barbara Jelić), Antonella Del Core, Mirka Francia, Neslihan Demir, Jordan Larson, Esra Gümüş, Gülden Kayalar and Kim Yeon-koung.
The team play their home matches in the 2025–26 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season at the Eczacıbaşı Sports Hall in Kartal, Istanbul with a capacity of 4.000.
Team roster 2026–27
As of September 2026. No. Player Date of Birth Height (m) Position Country 2Simge Şebnem Aköz (C)23 April 1991 1.68Libero 3Selin Adalı11 June 2003 1.70Libero4Mayu Ishikawa14 May 20001.74Outside hitter 6Dilay Özdemir15 August 2005 1.87Setter 8Aslı Kalaç13 December 1995 1.83Middle blocker 9Ezel Balık20 October 2009 1.98Middle blocker 10Yaprak Erkek2 September 2001 1.82Outside hitter 12Elif Şahin19 January 2001 1.89Setter 14Dana Rettke21 January 1999 2.04Middle blocker 15Aleksandra Uzelac27 July 2004 1.88Outside hitter 17Ekaterina Antropova19 March 2003 2.02Opposite hitter 20Iva Dudova11 February 2006 1.98Opposite hitter21Camilla Weitzel11 June 20001.95Middle blocker 99Ebrar Karakurt17 Januar 2000 1.97Outside hitter
Technical staff As of May 2026
Country Name Position Bilun Yilmaz Club Manager Giulio Cesare Bregoli Head coach Gerardo Daglio Coach assistant Kaan Incekara Coach assistant Artun Aksan Coach assistant Erman Güçin Coach assistant
Honours International competitions FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship Winners (3): 2015, 2016, 2023 Runners-up (1): 2019 Third (1): 2018, 2022 CEV Women's Champions League Winners (1): 2014–15 Runners-up (3): 1979–80, 2022–23, 2025–26 Third (3): 1999–00, 2001–02, 2016–17 CEV Cup Winners (3): 1998–99, 2017–18, 2021–22 Third (1): 2004–05 CEV Challenge Cup Runners-up (1): 1992–93
National competitions Turkish Women's Volleyball League Winners (16) (record): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12 Runners-up (7): 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023-24 Third (9): 1991–92, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2021–22, 2024-25, 2025-26 Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (defunct) Winners (12) (record): 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 Runners-up (1): 1971–72 Third (2): 1969–70, 1970–71 Turkish Cup Winners (9) (record): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19 Runners-up (4): 1997–98, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 Third (5): 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22 Turkish Super Cup Winners (5): 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020 Runners-up (3): 2009–10, 2013–14, 2021–22, 2024-25
Notable players Criteria: To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least one season for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.
Laura Heyrman
Natália Pereira Thaísa Menezes Andressa Picussa
Antonina Zetova
Stacey Gordon
Wang Yimei
Barbara Jelić Mira Topic Senna Ušić Dragana Marinković Maja Poljak
Helena Havelkova
Bethania de la Cruz
Mirka Francia Antonella Del Core Jenny Barazza Ekaterina Antropova
Christiane Fürst Denise Hanke
Kim Yeon-koung
Maria Borodakova Tatyana Gracheva Lioubov Sokolova Tatiana Kosheleva Yevgeniya Artamonova Yelena Godina Irina Iltchenko Rosir Calderon Irina Voronkova
Maja Ognjenović Tijana Bošković Ivana Đerisilo Vesna Čitaković Aleksandra Petrović Jovana Stevanović
Elif Ağca Simge Aköz Merve Atlıer Naz Aydemir Hande Baladın Büşra Cansu Neslihan Demir Ceren Nur Domaç Violet Duca Esra Gümüş Natalia Hanikoğlu Gülden Kayalar Büşra Kılıçlı Özge Kırdar Bahar Mert Bahar Toksoy Guidetti Neriman Özsoy Ebrar Karakurt
Jordan Larson Lauren Gibbemeyer Carli Lloyd Molly Kreklow Christa Harmotto Nancy Metcalf Heather Bown Rachael Adams Tayyiba Haneef-Park Tracy Stalls Chiaka Ogbogu Jordan Thompson McKenzie Adams Dana Rettke
Players written in italic still play for the club.
See also Eczacıbaşı Turkey women's national volleyball team Turkish women in sports
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