Beşiktaş JK (women's basketball)

Beşiktaş Women's Basketball Team
Leagues	Turkish Women's Basketball League
Founded	1903
Arena	BJK Akatlar Arena
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Black and White
President	Fikret Orman
Head coach	Aziz Akkaya
Championships	3 Turkish Championships 1 Turkish President's Cup
Website	besiktasjk.com.tr
Uniforms
Home Away

Active departments of Beşiktaş
Athletics	Basketball (Men's) (Women's)	Boxing
Bridge	Chess	e-Sports
Football (Men's) (Women's)	Gymnastics	Handball (Men's)
Rowing	Table tennis	Volleyball (Men's) (Women's)
Wheelchair Basketball	Wrestling

Beşiktaş Women's Basketball is the women basketball section of Beşiktaş JK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey.

Roster

Beşiktaş Women's Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. SF Siyahdemir, Kübra 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 65 kg (143 lb) SG 1 Zellous, Shavonte 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) G 4 Kikiler, İrem 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 71 kg (157 lb) PG 5 Çiğil, Burcu 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) G 6 Erden Atacan, Esra 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) G 7 Özelçi, Sera 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) F 8 Albayrak, Beril 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 55 kg (121 lb) G 10 Harding, Lindsey 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 63 kg (139 lb) PF 12 Perovanović, Iva 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb) PF 14 Avcı, Meltem 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lb) PF 19 Karabilecen, Mehtap 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) PG 23 Uzun, Sevgi 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 64 kg (141 lb) C 41 Stokes, Kiah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb)	Head coach Aziz Akkaya Assistant coach(es) Meryem Keleşoğlu Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2016-11-22

Achievements

Domestic

• Turkish Women's Basketball League
  • Champions (3): 1984, 1985, 2005
  • Runners-up (3): 1986, 2006, 2007
• Turkish Cup
  • Runners-up (4): 1997, 2002, 2005, 2007
• Turkish President's Cup
  • Champions (1): 2006
  • Runners-up (2): 2005, 2007

International

• FIBA EuroCup

Quarter Finals (2): 2006, 2015

Notable players

Turkey Gülşah Akkaya Melike Bakırcıoğlu Korel Engin Yasemin Horasan Şaziye İvegin Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu Ceyda Kozluca Sariye Kumral Arzu Özyiğit Tuğba Palazoğlu Esra Şencebe Tuğba Taşçı Esmeral Tunçluer Nilay Yiğit Müjde Yüksel

United States Kara Braxton Laura Harper Amber Harris Vanessa Hayden Ebony Hoffman Alexis Hornbuckle Jantel Lavender Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Cappie Pondexter Sheri Sam Courtney Vandersloot Candice Wiggins

Brazil Kelly Santos Izi Castro Marques  Bulgaria Gergena Baranzova  Croatia Sandra Mandir Korona Longin-Zanze  Israel Shay Doron  Serbia Jelena Spirić Milica Dabović Jelena Milovanović  Russia Ilona Korstin

References

External links

• (Turkish) Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü Home Page
• (Turkish) Unofficial Fan Site and Forum
• (Turkish) Beşiktaş Basketball Teams Web Site
• (Turkish) Besiktas Basketball Fan Blog