Turkish Women's Volleyball League

The Turkish Women's Volleyball League (Turkish: Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol 1. Ligi) officially called the League of Sultans (Turkish: Sultanlar Ligi), 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

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

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

Podiums by city since 1977/1978

Various statistics since 2009/2010

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

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)