Sultanlar Ligi
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 Turkish Women's Volleyball League
SportVolleyball
Founded1984 (1984)
AdministratorTurkish Volleyball Federation
No. of teams14
CountryTurkey
ConfederationCEV
Most recent
champion(s)
Fenerbahçe (6th title)
(2022-23)
Most titlesEczacıbaşı (16 titles)
TV partner(s)TRT Spor
TRT Spor Yıldız
Relegation to1. Ligi
Domestic cup(s)Turkish Cup
Turkish SuperCup
International cup(s)CEV Champions League
CEV Cup
CEV Challenge Cup
Official websitetvf.org.tr

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

2020–21 season

Turkish Women's Volleyball League Teams
City Team Arena
Istanbul VakıfBank S.K. Vakıfbank Sports Palace
Istanbul Eczacıbaşı Dynavit Eczacıbaşı Sports Hall
Istanbul Fenerbahçe Opet TVF Burhan Felek Volleyball Hall
Istanbul Galatasaray HDI Sigorta TVF Burhan Felek Volleyball Hall
Istanbul Sistem9 Yeşilyurt TVF Burhan Felek Volleyball Hall
Istanbul THY TVF Burhan Felek Volleyball Hall
Istanbul Sarıyer Bahçeköy Sports Hall
Ankara PTT Başkent Volleyball Hall
Ankara Karayolları Başkent Volleyball Hall
Ankara Sigorta Shop Kalecik Spor Salonu
Ankara İlbank Başkent Volleyball Hall
Aksaray Kuzeyboru Aksaray Sports Hall
Aydın Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor Aydın Mimar Sinan Sports Hall
Bursa Nilüfer Belediyespor TVF Cengiz Göllü Voleybol Salonu
Bolu Bolu Bld Bolu 17 Temmuz Spor Salonu
Çanakkale Çan Gençlik Kale SK Çan Şehit Polis Halil İbrahim Eriç Sports Hall

Title holders

Source: [2]

Performance by club

Club Titles Winning years
Eczacıbaşı 16 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
VakıfBank 13 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Fenerbahçe 6 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2023
Emlak Bankası 3 1990, 1991, 1996

MVP by Edition

All-time team records

Summary by team since 1977/1978

Team Victories First Victory Last Victory
Eczacıbaşı Istanbul 23 1977/1978 2011/2012
Vakifbank Istanbul 9 1992/1993 2021/2022
Fenerbahçe Istanbul 5 2008/2009 2022/2023
Vakifbank Ankara 3 1991/1992 1997/1998
Emlakbank Ankara 3 1989/1990 1995/1996
Team Winners Second place Third place
Eczacıbaşı Istanbul 23 4 2
Vakifbank Istanbul 9 4 1
Fenerbahçe Istanbul 5 4 2
Vakifbank Ankara 3 0 0
Emlakbank Ankara 3 0 0
Galatasaray Istanbul 1 0
THY SK Istanbul 1

Podiums by city since 1977/1978

Location Winners Second place Third place
Istanbul 37 13 6
Ankara 6 0 0


Various statistics since 2009/2010

Number of appearances
1 Eczacıbaşı Istanbul 13
2 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 13
3 Galatasaray Istanbul 13
4 Vakifbank Istanbul 13
5 Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa 12
6 Beşiktaş Istanbul 11
7 Ilbank SK Ankara 9
8 Yeşilyurt SK 8
9 Sarıyer Istanbul 7
10 Bursa BBSK 6
Number of matches
1 Vakifbank Istanbul 352
2 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 343
3 Eczacıbaşı Istanbul 341
4 Galatasaray Istanbul 334
5 Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa 281
6 Beşiktaş Istanbul 277
7 Ilbank SK Ankara 230
8 Yeşilyurt SK 171
9 Bursa BBSK 153
10 Çanakkale Belediyespor 151
Wins
1 Vakifbank Istanbul 310
2 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 290
3 Eczacıbaşı Istanbul 274
4 Galatasaray Istanbul 207
5 Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa 122
6 Beşiktaş Istanbul 89
7 Bursa BBSK 76
8 Ilbank SK Ankara 75
9 Sarıyer Istanbul 56
10 Yeşilyurt SK 56
Number of wins in games played
1 Vakifbank Istanbul 88 %
2 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 85 %
3 Eczacıbaşı Istanbul 80 %
4 Galatasaray Istanbul 62 %
5 THY SK Istanbul 58 %
6 Bursa BBSK 50 %
7 Aydin Büyüksehir Bld Spor 46 %
8 Ankara PTT SK 44 %
9 Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa 43 %
10 Seramiksan SK 38 %


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

Team S Firs Best Pts MP W L GF GA diff
1 Vakifbank Istanbul 13 2009/2010 1st 662 352 310 42 975 247 +728
2 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 13 2009/2010 1st 633 343 290 53 922 283 +639
3 Eczacıbaşı Istanbul 13 2009/2010 1st 615 341 274 67 889 333 +556
4 Galatasaray Istanbul 13 2009/2010 2nd 541 334 207 127 719 517 +202
5 Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa 12 2009/2010 - 403 281 122 159 463 578 -115
6 Beşiktaş Istanbul 11 2009/2010 - 366 277 89 188 375 643 -268
7 Ilbank SK Ankara 9 2009/2010 - 305 230 75 155 309 535 -226
8 Bursa BBSK 6 2012/2013 - 229 153 76 77 292 279 +13
9 Yeşilyurt SK 8 2009/2010 - 227 171 56 115 236 395 -159
10 Sarıyer Istanbul 7 2012/2013 - 206 150 56 94 215 335 -120
11 Çanakkale Belediyespor 6 2013/2014 - 201 151 50 101 214 355 -141
12 Halkbank Ankara 5 2013/2014 - 173 136 37 99 183 332 -149
13 BSK Istanbul 5 2009/2010 - 159 130 29 101 116 331 -215
14 Ereğli Belediyespor 5 2009/2010 - 142 112 30 82 129 264 -135
15 THY SK Istanbul 4 2018/2019 3rd 136 86 50 36 168 144 +24
16 Aydin Büyüksehir Bld Spor 4 2018/2019 - 123 84 39 45 153 161 -8
17 Ankara Karayollari 4 2018/2019 - 109 80 29 51 127 176 -49
18 Trabzon Idman Ocagi 3 2014/2015 - 104 80 24 56 109 195 -86
19 MKE Ankaragücü 3 2009/2010 - 87 70 17 53 76 179 -103
20 TED Ankara Kolejliler 3 2010/2011 - 86 69 17 52 79 166 -87
21 Seramiksan SK 2 2016/2017 - 77 56 21 35 96 128 -32
22 Ankara PTT SK 3 2019/2020 - 75 52 23 29 89 103 -14
23 DYO Karsiyaka Izmir 2 2009/2010 - 52 44 8 36 46 116 -70
24 Kuzeyboru SK 2 2020/2021 - 41 30 11 19 49 67 -18
25 Çan Gençlik Kale SK 1 2020/2021 - 37 30 7 23 36 72 -36
26 Salihli Belediye Spor 1 2015/2016 - 32 28 4 24 26 78 -52
27 Pursaklar V. Ihtisas 1 2011/2012 - 26 22 4 18 27 59 -32
28 Dicle üniversitesi 1 2010/2011 - 24 22 2 20 14 61 -47
29 Vakifbank Ankara 1 2017/2018 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

See also

References

  1. "Sezon Şampiyonları". tvf.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "Kadınlar Lig Şampiyonlukları". tvf.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. "Misli.com Sultanlar Ligi'nde Madalya, Kupa ve Ödüller Sahiplerini Buldu". tvf.org.tr. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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