Turkish Women's Volleyball League

Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024–25 Turkish Women's Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1984; 40 years ago
First season	1984–85
Administrator	Turkish Volleyball Federation
No. of teams	14
Country	Turkey
Confederation	CEV
Most recent; champion(s)	Fenerbahçe (7th title) ; (2023–24)
Most titles	Eczacıbaşı (16 titles)
TV partner(s)	TRT Spor; TRT Spor Yıldız
Sponsor(s)	Vodafone
Relegation to	1. Ligi
Domestic cup(s)	Turkish Cup; Turkish SuperCup
International cup(s)	CEV Champions League; CEV Cup; CEV Challenge Cup
Official website	tvf.org.tr

Sultanlar Ligi (Sultans League), known for sponsorship reasons as Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 clubs are currently participating in the league. It is often regarded as the best professional women's volleyball league in the world. Its clubs have obtained significant successes in European and other international competitions. Eczacıbaşı are the most successful club, having won 16 championships so far.^[1]

It succeeded the former Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (1956–1984).

Teams

The following teams compete in the Sultanlar Ligi.

2023–24 season

Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi
City	Team	Arena
Istanbul	VakıfBank S.K.	Vakıfbank Sports Palace
Istanbul	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit	Eczacıbaşı Sports Hall
Istanbul	Fenerbahçe Opet	TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall
Istanbul	Galatasaray Daikin	TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall
Istanbul	Beşiktaş Ayos	BJK Süleyman Seba Sports Hall
Istanbul	Türk Hava Yolları	TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall
Istanbul	Sarıyer Belediyespor	Bahçeköy Sports Hall
Ankara	PTT Spor Kulübü	Başkent Volleyball Hall
Ankara	Karayolları	Başkent Volleyball Hall
Aksaray	Kuzeyboruspor	Aksaray Atatürk Kapalı Sports Hall
Adana	Çukurova Belediyespor	Adana ASKİ Atatürk Sports Hall
Antalya	Muratpaşa Belediyespor	Antalya Sports Hall
Aydın	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	Aydın Mimar Sinan Sports Hall
Bursa	Nilüfer Belediyespor	TVF Cengiz Göllü Volleyball Hall

Title holders

1984–85 Eczacıbaşı
1985–86 Eczacıbaşı
1986–87 Eczacıbaşı
1987–88 Eczacıbaşı
1988–89 Eczacıbaşı
1989–90 Emlak Bankası
1990–91 Emlak Bankası
1991–92 VakıfBank
1992–93 VakıfBank
1993–94 Eczacıbaşı
1994–95 Eczacıbaşı
1995–96 Emlak Bankası
1996–97 VakıfBank
1997–98 VakıfBank
1998–99 Eczacıbaşı
1999–00 Eczacıbaşı
2000–01 Eczacıbaşı
2001–02 Eczacıbaşı
2002–03 Eczacıbaşı
2003–04 VakıfBank
2004–05 VakıfBank
2005–06 Eczacıbaşı
2006–07 Eczacıbaşı
2007–08 Eczacıbaşı
2008–09 Fenerbahçe
2009–10 Fenerbahçe
2010–11 Fenerbahçe
2011–12 Eczacıbaşı
2012–13 Vakıfbank
2013–14 VakıfBank
2014–15 Fenerbahçe
2015–16 VakıfBank
2016–17 Fenerbahçe
2017–18 VakıfBank
2018–19 VakıfBank
2019–20 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
2020–21 VakıfBank
2021–22 VakıfBank
2022–23 Fenerbahçe
2023–24 Fenerbahçe

Source: ^[2]

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Winning years
Eczacıbaşı	16	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
VakıfBank	13	1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Fenerbahçe	7	2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2023, 2024
Emlak Bankası	3	1990, 1991, 1996

MVP by Edition

2007–08 – Taismary Agüero (ITA)
2008–09 – Seda Tokatlıoğlu (TUR)
2009–10 – Yekaterina Gamova (RUS)
2010–11 – Lyubov Sokolova (RUS)
2011–12 – Esra Gümüş (TUR)
2012–13 – Gözde Kırdar (TUR)
2013–14 – Gözde Kırdar (TUR)
2014–15 – Kim Yeon-koung (KOR)
2015–16 – Kimberly Hill (USA)
2016–17 – Natália Pereira (BRA)
2017–18 – Zhu Ting (CHN)
2018–19 – Zhu Ting (CHN)
2019–20 – cancelled
2020–21 – Isabelle Haak (SWE)
2021–22 – Zehra Güneş (TUR) ^[3]
2022–23 – Melissa Vargas (TUR)
2023–24 – Melissa Vargas (TUR)

All-time team records

Summary by team since 1977/1978

Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	23	1977/1978	2011/2012
Vakifbank Istanbul	9	1992/1993	2021/2022
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	7	2008/2009	2023/2024
Vakifbank Ankara	3	1991/1992	1997/1998
Emlakbank Ankara	3	1989/1990	1995/1996

Team	Winners	Second place	Third place
Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	23	4	2
Vakifbank Istanbul	9	4	1
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	7	4	2
Vakifbank Ankara	3	0	0
Emlakbank Ankara	3	0	0
Galatasaray Istanbul		1	0
THY SK Istanbul			1

Podiums by city since 1977/1978

Location	Winners	Second place	Third place
Istanbul	39	13	6
Ankara	6	0	0

Various statistics since 2009/2010

Number of appearances
1	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	13
2	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	13
3	Galatasaray Istanbul	13
4	Vakifbank Istanbul	13
5	Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa	12
6	Beşiktaş Istanbul	11
7	Ilbank SK Ankara	9
8	Yeşilyurt SK	8
9	Sarıyer Istanbul	7
10	Bursa BBSK	6

Number of matches
1	Vakifbank Istanbul	352
2	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	343
3	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	341
4	Galatasaray Istanbul	334
5	Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa	281
6	Beşiktaş Istanbul	277
7	Ilbank SK Ankara	230
8	Yeşilyurt SK	171
9	Bursa BBSK	153
10	Çanakkale Belediyespor	151

Wins
1	Vakifbank Istanbul	310
2	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	290
3	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	274
4	Galatasaray Istanbul	207
5	Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa	122
6	Beşiktaş Istanbul	89
7	Bursa BBSK	76
8	Ilbank SK Ankara	75
9	Sarıyer Istanbul	56
10	Yeşilyurt SK	56

Number of wins in games played
1	Vakifbank Istanbul	88 %
2	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	85 %
3	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	80 %
4	Galatasaray Istanbul	62 %
5	THY SK Istanbul	58 %
6	Bursa BBSK	50 %
7	Aydin Büyüksehir Bld Spor	46 %
8	Ankara PTT SK	44 %
9	Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa	43 %
10	Seramiksan SK	38 %

(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)

	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Vakifbank Istanbul	13	2009/2010	1st	662	352	310	42	975	247	+728
2	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	13	2009/2010	1st	633	343	290	53	922	283	+639
3	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul	13	2009/2010	1st	615	341	274	67	889	333	+556
4	Galatasaray Istanbul	13	2009/2010	2nd	541	334	207	127	719	517	+202
5	Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa	12	2009/2010	-	403	281	122	159	463	578	-115
6	Beşiktaş Istanbul	11	2009/2010	-	366	277	89	188	375	643	-268
7	Ilbank SK Ankara	9	2009/2010	-	305	230	75	155	309	535	-226
8	Bursa BBSK	6	2012/2013	-	229	153	76	77	292	279	+13
9	Yeşilyurt SK	8	2009/2010	-	227	171	56	115	236	395	-159
10	Sarıyer Istanbul	7	2012/2013	-	206	150	56	94	215	335	-120
11	Çanakkale Belediyespor	6	2013/2014	-	201	151	50	101	214	355	-141
12	Halkbank Ankara	5	2013/2014	-	173	136	37	99	183	332	-149
13	BSK Istanbul	5	2009/2010	-	159	130	29	101	116	331	-215
14	Ereğli Belediyespor	5	2009/2010	-	142	112	30	82	129	264	-135
15	THY SK Istanbul	4	2018/2019	3rd	136	86	50	36	168	144	+24
16	Aydin Büyüksehir Bld Spor	4	2018/2019	-	123	84	39	45	153	161	-8
17	Ankara Karayollari	4	2018/2019	-	109	80	29	51	127	176	-49
18	Trabzon Idman Ocagi	3	2014/2015	-	104	80	24	56	109	195	-86
19	MKE Ankaragücü	3	2009/2010	-	87	70	17	53	76	179	-103
20	TED Ankara Kolejliler	3	2010/2011	-	86	69	17	52	79	166	-87
21	Seramiksan SK	2	2016/2017	-	77	56	21	35	96	128	-32
22	Ankara PTT SK	3	2019/2020	-	75	52	23	29	89	103	-14
23	DYO Karsiyaka Izmir	2	2009/2010	-	52	44	8	36	46	116	-70
24	Kuzeyboru SK	2	2020/2021	-	41	30	11	19	49	67	-18
25	Çan Gençlik Kale SK	1	2020/2021	-	37	30	7	23	36	72	-36
26	Salihli Belediye Spor	1	2015/2016	-	32	28	4	24	26	78	-52
27	Pursaklar V. Ihtisas	1	2011/2012	-	26	22	4	18	27	59	-32
28	Dicle üniversitesi	1	2010/2011	-	24	22	2	20	14	61	-47
29	Vakifbank Ankara	1	2017/2018	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Sezon Şampiyonları". tvf.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ "Kadınlar Lig Şampiyonlukları". tvf.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Misli.com Sultanlar Ligi'nde Madalya, Kupa ve Ödüller Sahiplerini Buldu". tvf.org.tr. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

External links

Official website
Turkish Volleyball Federation
Türkiye Kadınlar. women.volleybox.net (in English)

[1] "Sezon Şampiyonları". tvf.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

[2] "Kadınlar Lig Şampiyonlukları". tvf.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

[3] "Misli.com Sultanlar Ligi'nde Madalya, Kupa ve Ödüller Sahiplerini Buldu". tvf.org.tr. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

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