Turkish Women's Volleyball League

{{Short description|Top tier of professional women's volleyball in Turkey}}

{{Infobox Sports league

| title = Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi

| current_season = 2024–25 Turkish Women's Volleyball League

| logo = Sultanlar Ligi.png

| pixels = 270px

| caption =

| administrator = Turkish Volleyball Federation

| sport = Volleyball

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1984}}

| inaugural = 1984–85

| domestic_cup = Turkish Cup
Turkish SuperCup

| teams = 14

| country = Turkey

| continent = Europe

| confed = CEV

| champion = Fenerbahçe (7th title)

| champ_season = 2023–24

| most_champs = Eczacıbaşı (16 titles)

| confed_cup = CEV Champions League
CEV Cup
CEV Challenge Cup

| relegation = 1. Ligi

| sponsor = Vodafone

| TV = TRT Spor
TRT Spor Yıldız

| website = [https://tvf.org.tr/sultanlar-ligi/ tvf.org.tr]

}}

Sultanlar Ligi (Sultans League{{Citation |title=Sultan |date=2025-03-27 |work=In Turkish there is no gender based adjectives because of nomadic roots. So both men and women are referred as "Sultan" and there is no such thing as Sultana. |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan#Feminine_forms |access-date=2025-04-19 |language=en}}), 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvf.org.tr/sezon-sampiyonlari/|title=Sezon Şampiyonları|website=tvf.org.tr|publisher=Turkish Volleyball Federation|access-date=3 March 2018|language=tr}}

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

Teams

The following teams compete in the Sultanlar Ligi.

= 2023–24 season =

class="wikitable"

bgcolor="#FF0000"

| colspan="8" align="center"|Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi

bgcolor="#ccccff"

| align="center"|City

| align="center"|Team

| align="center"|Arena

class="wikitable"

|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

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*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: {{cite web|url=https://www.tvf.org.tr/kadinlar-lig-sampiyonluklari/|title=Kadınlar Lig Şampiyonlukları|website=tvf.org.tr|publisher=Turkish Volleyball Federation|access-date=16 April 2022|language=Turkish}}

Performance by club

class="wikitable"

! Club

! Titles

! Winning years

Eczacıbaşı

| align=center| 16

|1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012

VakıfBank

| align=center| 13

|1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

Fenerbahçe

| align=center| 7

|2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2023, 2024

Emlak Bankası

| align=center| 3

|1990, 1991, 1996

MVP by Edition

2007–08 – {{flagathlete|Taismary Agüero|ITA}}
2008–09 – {{flagathlete|Seda Tokatlıoğlu|TUR}}
2009–10 – {{flagathlete|Yekaterina Gamova|RUS}}
2010–11 – {{flagathlete|Lyubov Sokolova|RUS}}
2011–12 – {{flagathlete|Esra Gümüş|TUR}}
2012–13 – {{flagathlete|Gözde Kırdar|TUR}}
2013–14 – {{flagathlete|Gözde Kırdar|TUR}}
2014–15 – {{flagathlete|Kim Yeon-koung|KOR}}
2015–16 – {{flagathlete|Kimberly Hill|USA}}
2016–17 – {{flagathlete|Natália Pereira|BRA}}
2017–18 – {{flagathlete|Zhu Ting|CHN}}
2018–19 – {{flagathlete|Zhu Ting|CHN}}
2019–20 – cancelled
2020–21 – {{flagathlete|Isabelle Haak|SWE}}
2021–22 – {{flagathlete|Zehra Güneş|TUR}} {{cite web|url=https://tvf.org.tr/ligler/misli-com-sultanlar-liginde-madalya-kupa-ve-oduller-sahiplerini-buldu-2/|title=Misli.com Sultanlar Ligi'nde Madalya, Kupa ve Ödüller Sahiplerini Buldu|work=tvf.org.tr|access-date=15 May 2022}}
2022–23 – {{flagathlete|Melissa Vargas|TUR}}
2023–24 – {{flagathlete|Melissa Vargas|TUR}}

All-time team records

Summary by team since 1977/1978

class="wikitable"

!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

class="wikitable"

!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

Emlakbank Ankara

|3

|0

Galatasaray Istanbul

|

|1

|0

THY SK Istanbul

|

|1

Podiums by city since 1977/1978

class="wikitable"

!Location

!Winners

!Second place

!Third place

Istanbul

|39

|13

|6

Ankara

|6

|0

Various statistics since 2009/2010

class="wikitable"

|+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

class="wikitable"

|+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

class="wikitable"

|+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

class="wikitable"

|+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)

class="wikitable"

!

!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

References

External links

{{Official website|https://tvf.org.tr/sultanlar-ligi/}}
[https://www.tvf.org.tr/ Turkish Volleyball Federation]
[https://women.volleybox.net/women-turkiye-kadnlar-voleybol-ligi-tt152 Türkiye Kadınlar. women.volleybox.net] {{in lang|en}}

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