Ardeşen GSK () is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province, Turkey. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman is Sultan Rauf Oğuz. The team is managed by Hikmet Vurgun. The team is nicknamed "Dişi Atmacalar" ("Female Hawks").
Club colors and logo The club's colors are maroon and white.
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
Domestic 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 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. 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. 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.
European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate 2013–14 Challenge Cup1/8 HC Naisa Niš 26–27 30–25 56–521/4 H 65 Höör 22–29 21–26 43–55 2014–15 Challenge CupR3 Energa AZS Koszalin 34–27 31–31 65–581/8 RK Zelina 32–29 28–30 60–591/4 Pogoń Baltica Szczecin 31–28 26–31 57–59 2015–16 EHF Cup Winners' CupR2 Skuru IK 32–20 25–30 57–50R3 Team Esbjerg 31–22 26–30 57–521/8 Handball Club Lada 22–31 28–49 50–80 2016-17 Challenge CupR3 ŽRK Danilovgrad 30–23 28–24 58–471/8 HC Lokomotiva Zagreb 25–33 20–24 45–57 2017–18 Challenge CupR3 DHB Rotweiss Thun 36–17 23–23 59–401/8 AC Alavarium / Love Tiles 34–22 41–27 75–491/4 Kristianstad Handboll 23–26 28–25 51–511/2 MKS Selgros Lublin 28–23 20–36 48–59
Notable former players Aslı İskit (born 1993) Sandra Nikčević (born 1984) Fatmagül Sakızcan (born 1992)
Honours Turkish Women's Handball Super League Third place (1): 2013–14
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