Kastamonu Bld. GSK (women's handball)

'''Kastamonu Bld. GSK''' (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.

Colors
The club colors are white, red and black.

Domestic
Kastamonu Bld. GSK competes in the Turkish Super League.

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.

In summer 2020, it was announced that the Danish handball coach Helle Thomsen was joining the club as new head coach. Swedish handballer Julia Eriksson also joined the club in December 2020, transferred from Lugi HF. In January 2021, the club bought the Norwegian handball star Amanda Kurtović, on loan from Győri Audi ETO KC.

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.

Honours
Turkish Cup (2) : 2020–21, 2021–22 Turkish Super Cup (4) : 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
 * Turkish Handball Super League:
 * Winner(5): 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
 * Silver: 2017–18
 * Bronze: 2014–15.
 * 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

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


 * [[Image:Arrow-up.gif]] Joining
 * 🇹🇷 Yasemin Şahin
 * 🇹🇷 Cansu Akalın
 * 🇹🇷 Beyzanur Türkyılmaz
 * 🇹🇷 Sinem Vatan
 * 🇹🇷 Burcu Dindar
 * 🇹🇷 Büsra Isikhan


 * [[Image:Arrow-down.gif]] 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