Kastamonu Bld. GSK (Turkish: Kastamonu Belediyesi Gençlik Spor Kulübü) 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.[1]
| Kastamonu Bld. GSK | |||
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| Full name | Kastamonu Belediyesi Gençlik Spor Kulübü | ||
| Short name | Kastamonu Belediyespor | ||
| Arena | Kastamonu Merkez Sport Hall | ||
| Capacity | 4000 | ||
| President | Mustafa Köklü | ||
| League | Turkish Super League | ||
| 2022–23 | 1st | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
Colors
editThe club colors are white, red and black.[2]
Competitions
editDomestic
editKastamonu Bld. GSK competes in the Turkish Super League.[1]
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.[3]
In summer 2020, it was announced that the Danish handball coach Helle Thomsen was joining the club as new head coach.[4] Swedish handballer Julia Eriksson also joined the club in December 2020, transferred from Lugi HF.[5] In January 2021, the club bought the Norwegian handball star Amanda Kurtović, on loan from Győri Audi ETO KC.[6]
International
editThe 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.[7]
Kits
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    2022–23 | ||||
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Honours
edit- Turkish Handball Super League:
- Winner(5): 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 , 2022–23
- Silver: 2017–18
- Bronze: 2014–15.[8]
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
editTeam
editCurrent squad
edit- Squad for the 2023–24 season
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Transfers
edit- Transfers for the 2023–24 season
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Technical staff
edit- Technical staff for the 2023–24 season
Head Coach:
Assistant coach: Serkan Mehmet Inci- Goalkeeping coach: Erdal Kaynak
- Physiotherapist: Nurşen İNCE
Formerly known players from the club
edit- Serpil Çapar
- 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
Jovanka Radičević- Marina Rajčić
- Milena Raičević
- Vanesa Agović
- Sonja Barjaktarović
- Ljubica Nenezić
- Nina Bulatović
Kristina Elez- Žana Čović
- Andrea Šerić
- Maja Kožnjak
Patricia Batista da Silva- Jaqueline Anastácio
- Elaine Gomes
Olga Laiuk- Yuliya Snopova
Yana Uskova- Anastasia Sinitsyna
Katarzyna Kołodziejska- Joanna Wołoszyk
Lenche Ilkova
Dorina Emilia Carbune
Sondes Hachana
Nataliya Kotsina
Amanda Kurtović
Sára Kovářová
References
edit- ^ a b "Bayanlar Süper Lig" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
- ^ "Kastamonu B. Genclik SK". European Handball - European Cup federation. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
- ^ "Kastamonu BelediyesporR, 6 Oyuncu Transfer Etti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ^ "Officielt: Helle Thomsen bliver træner for europæisk klub" (in Swedish). TV 2 Sport (Denmark). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Julia Eriksson går vidare till proffslivet i Turkiet" (in Swedish). lugihandboll.se. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Sjokkovergang for Kurtovic: – Ingen tvil om at Amanda har et høyere nivå enn ligaen her" (in Norwegian). TV 2 Sport (Norway). 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "ZVANIČNO: Jovanka Radičević, Majda Mehmedović i Milena Raičević u Kastamonu". MNE Magazin. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "2014-2015 Sezonu Play-Off" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-29.