Ardeşen GSK

Ardeşen GSK (Turkish: Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province.[1] Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall.[2] Club chairman is Sultan Rauf Oğuz. The team is managed by Hikmet Vurgun.[3] The team is nicknamed "Dişi Atmacalar" ("Female Hawks").[4]

Ardeşen GSK
Full nameAtdeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü
Founded2008
ArenaArdeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall
PresidentSultan Rauf Oğuz
Website
Official site

The club's colors are maroon and white.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] 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 knock-out stage.[8]

European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2013–14 Challenge Cup 1/8 Serbia HC Naisa Niš 26–27 30–25 56–52
1/4 Sweden H 65 Höör 22–29 21–26 43–55
2014–15 Challenge Cup R3 Poland Energa AZS Koszalin 34–27 31–31 65–58
1/8 Croatia RK Zelina 32–29 28–30 60–59
1/4 Poland Pogoń Baltica Szczecin 31–28 26–31 57–59
2015–16 EHF Cup Winners' Cup R2 Sweden Skuru IK 32–20 25–30 57–50
R3 Denmark Team Esbjerg 31–22 26–30 57–52
1/8 Russia Handball Club Lada 22–31 28–49 50–80
2016-17 Challenge Cup R3 Montenegro ŽRK Danilovgrad 30–23 28–24 58–47
1/8 Croatia HC Lokomotiva Zagreb 25–33 20–24 45–57
2017–18 Challenge Cup R3 Switzerland DHB Rotweiss Thun 36–17 23–23 59–40
1/8 Portugal AC Alavarium / Love Tiles 34–22 41–27 75–49
1/4 Sweden Kristianstad Handboll 23–26 28–25 51–51
1/2 Poland MKS Selgros Lublin 28–23 20–36 48–59

Notable former players

Honours
Turkish Women's Handball Super League
  • Third place (1): 2013–14

References
  1. "Yılın Maçı Ardeşen'de…" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSk. 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  2. "Ardeşen GSK, Evinde Farklı Kazandı" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  3. "Kulüp Bilgileri" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSk. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  4. "Dişi Atmacalar, Ardeşen'de Top Başı Yaptı" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  5. "Sporculuktan, Antrenörlüğe!" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  6. "Ardeşen, Höör karşısında kayıp". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  7. "Ardeşen GSK Yarı Final Şansını Kaybetti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  8. "Ardeşen Gençlik'ten Avrupa'ya veda!". TiViBu Spor (in Turkish). 2016-01-17. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-01-20.


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