Kastamonu Bld. GSK (women's handball)

Kastamonu Bld. GSK
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
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Kastamonu

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Location of Kastamonu

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]

Colors

The club colors are white, red and black.^[2]

Competitions

Domestic

Kastamonu 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

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.^[7]

Kits

HOME
2020–21	2022–23

AWAY
2020–21	2021-22

Honours

• 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

• 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

Formerly known players from the club

• 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

1. "Bayanlar Süper Lig" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
2. "Kastamonu B. Genclik SK". European Handball - European Cup federation. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
3. "Kastamonu BelediyesporR, 6 Oyuncu Transfer Etti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
4. "Officielt: Helle Thomsen bliver træner for europæisk klub" (in Swedish). TV 2 Sport (Denmark). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
5. "Julia Eriksson går vidare till proffslivet i Turkiet" (in Swedish). lugihandboll.se. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
6. "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.
7. "ZVANIČNO: Jovanka Radičević, Majda Mehmedović i Milena Raičević u Kastamonu". MNE Magazin. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
8. "2014-2015 Sezonu Play-Off" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-29.