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 Website Official site
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 Cup (2) : 2020–21, 2021–22
Turkish Super Cup (4) : 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
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
Wingers
LW
RW
Line players
Back players
Transfers
Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining
Leaving
Technical staff
Technical staff for the 2023–24 season
Head Coach:
Assistant coach: Serkan Mehmet Inci
Goalkeeping coach: Erdal Kaynak
Physiotherapist: Nurşen İNCE
References
2015–16 season teams 2022–23 season teams