Kastamonu Bld. GSK () is the women's handball team of the similarly named club sponsored by the Municipality of Kastamonu, Turkey. The team competes in the Turkish Super League and the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League.
Colors The club colors are white, red and black.
Competitions Domestic Kastamonu Bld. GSK competes in the Turkish Super League.
In July 2015, six notable players, including two Turkish Yeliz Yılmaz and Serpil İskenderoğlu as well as four foreigners Maja Kožnjak, Martin Pavic, Ivana Zafirova and Dorina Emilia Carbune, were transferred for the 2015–16 season.
In summer 2020, it was announced that the Danish handball coach Helle Thomsen was joining the club as new head coach. Swedish handballer Julia Eriksson also joined the club in December 2020, transferred from Lugi HF. In January 2021, the club bought the Norwegian handball star Amanda Kurtović, on loan from Győri Audi ETO KC.
International The team played in the final of 2016 EHF Challenge Cup, where they lost to Gran Canaria 25–29 and 29–33. In the 2017–18 season, the team was in EHF Cup semi-final, where they lost to the season's eventual champions SCM Craiova.
After the winner in Turkey league in the 2018–19 season the team got a chance in Qualification tournament in 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League. In semifinal was win with ŽORK Jagodina 31–15. In the final the next day, they lost 33–35 to the host team from DHK Baník Most and dropped out of the Women's EHF Champions League. Due to qualification for the 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League, four Montenegrins internationals Marina Rajčić, Jovanka Radičević, Milena Raičević and Majda Mehmedović, joined the club in the summer of 2021.
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Honours Turkish Handball Super League: Winner(5): 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 Silver: 2017–18 Bronze: 2014–15. Turkish Cup (2) : 2020–21, 2021–22 Turkish Super Cup (4) : 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 Women's EHF Cup: Semi-finals: 2018 Women's EHF Challenge Cup: Runners-up: 2016
Arena Arena: Kastamonu Merkez Sport Hall Location: Kastamonu, Turkey Capacity: 4000 Address: Saraçlar, Stadyum Cd., 37100 Kastamonu Merkez/Kastamonu
Team Current squad Squad for the 2023–24 season
Goalkeepers 22 Yaren Berfe Göker 26 Kevser Bektas 58 Merve Durdu Wingers LW 05 Beyzanur Türkyılmaz 47 Büsra Isikhan
RW 03 Nurşah Sancak 87 Emine Gökdemir
Line players 08 Cansu Akalın 14 Nurceren Akgün 37 Ceren Coşkun Back players 09 Sinem Vatan 10 Burcu Dindar 13 Serpil İskenderoğlu 21 Betül Yılmaz 23 Yasemin Şahin
Transfers Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining Yasemin Şahin Cansu Akalın Beyzanur Türkyılmaz Sinem Vatan Burcu Dindar Büsra Isikhan
Leaving
Majda Mehmedović (LW) (retires) Mouna Chebbah (CB) (to Yalıkavak SK) Kübra Sarikaya (LW) (to Yalıkavak SKK) Neslihan Çalışkan (LB) (to ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica) Samara Vieira (LB) (to Konyaaltı Bld. SK) Katarina Ježić (LP) (to HC Dunărea Brăila) Simone Bohme (RW) (to CSM Târgu-Jiu)
Technical staff Technical staff for the 2023–24 season Head Coach: Assistant coach: Serkan Mehmet Inci Goalkeeping coach: Erdal Kaynak Physiotherapist: Nurşen İNCE
Former notable players
Nataliya Kotsina
Patricia Batista da Silva Jaqueline Anastácio Elaine Gomes
Kristina Elez Žana Čović Andrea Šerić Maja Kožnjak
Sára Kovářová
Lenche Ilkova
Jovanka Radičević Marina Rajčić Milena Raičević Vanesa Agović Sonja Barjaktarović Ljubica Nenezić Nina Bulatović
Amanda Kurtović
Katarzyna Kołodziejska Joanna Wołoszyk
Dorina Emilia Carbune Anca Mihaela Rombescu
Yana Uskova Anastasia Sinitsyna
Sondes Hachana
Ceyhan Coşkunsu Derya Tınkaoğlu Yasemin Güler Aslı İskit Gonca Nahcıvanlı Olha Vashchuk Sevilay İmamoğlu Öcal Yeliz Yılmaz Neslihan Yakupoğlu Yeliz Yılmaz Yeliz Özel Seda Yörükler Perihan Topaloğlu
Olga Laiuk Yuliya Snopova
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