Yalıkavak SK



Yalıkavak Sports Club, also called Armada Praxis Yalıkavakspor, is a women's handball club based in Yalıkavak, Bodrum of Muğla Province, Turkey. The team competes in the Turkish Super League.

History
The club was founded under the name Yalıkavak Belediyesi Spor Kulübü by the local municipality at Yalıkavak neighborhood of Bodrum district in Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey on 19 October 1987. After the town municipality was abolished in 2014, the club continued its activities as Yalıkavak SK. The club has around 100 sportspeople in the football and handball sides. The women's handball team, nicknamed "Denizin kızları" ("The Mermaids"), was formed in 2008.

Starting to compete in the Turkish Women's Handball First League in the 2016–17 season, the team reached the quarterfinals of the Women's Handball Turkish Cup. The youth team consisting of girls aged 10–12 became the Turkish champion twice. The club became runners-up in the youth and juniors championships twice. Eight club members were called up to the national team, and one of the club member started to play in the national beach handball team.

The club is headquartered at the Türkan Saylan Sports Complex in Geriş, Bodrum. The club president is Mehmet Esen, and the team's head coach Özcan Kıvanç. The team is sponsored by Armada Praxis.

Colors
The club colors are blue and white.

Arena
The team play their home matches at Binnaz Karakaya Sports Hall located in Bodrum.

Domestic
Yalıkavak SK finished the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons of the Turkish Women's Handball Super League seasons as runners-up.

They won the Women's Handball Turkish Cup in 2023 defeating Kastamonu Bld. GSK in the final.

They won the 2022–23 Women's Handball Turkish Super Cup defeating the league-champion Kastamonu Bld. GSK in the final.

Current squad
Team members at the 2023–24 Women's EHF European Cup:

Goalkeepers
 * 01 🇷🇴 Anca Mihaela Rombescu
 * 12 🇹🇷 Sude Karademir
 * 16 🇹🇷 Özlem Taşkın


 * Wingers
 * LW
 * 10 🇹🇷 Zehra Oğuz
 * 18 🇹🇷 Tuana Akman
 * 24 🇹🇷 Kübra Sarıkaya
 * 48 🇹🇷 Ümmügülsüm Bedel
 * 61 🇹🇷 İlke Yıldız


 * RW
 * 04 🇹🇷 Yasemin Özgür


 * Line players:
 * 07 🇹🇷 Yeliz Özel
 * 14 🇧🇷 Elaine Gomes Barbosa
 * 17 🇹🇷 Fatma Akgün
 * 20 🇫🇷 Mouna Chebbah
 * 25 🇹🇷 Duygu Kıyga


 * Back players
 * LB
 * 05 🇹🇷 Perihan Topaloğlu Acar
 * 23 🇹🇷 Burcu Yavaş


 * CB
 * 02 🇹🇷 Gözde Seven
 * 03 🇹🇷 Buket Seven


 * RB
 * 19 🇹🇷 Ece Sözmen
 * 77 🇹🇷 Edanur Burhan

Former notable players

 * 🇧🇷 Jaqueline Anastácio
 * 🇷🇺 Valeriia Baranik
 * 🇹🇷 Fatma Gül Sakızcan
 * 🇹🇷 Nurşah Sancak
 * 🇹🇷 Yasemin Şahin
 * 🇹🇷 Kübra Yılmaz