Inside VolleyCountry

The Teams in VVSL :
Fenerbahçe Istanbul 2018 CEV Volleyball Champions League
Galatasaray Istanbul 2018 CEV Volleyball Champions League
Vakıfbank Istanbul 2018 CEV Volleyball Champions League *
Eczacıbaşı Vitra Istanbul 2018 CEV Volleyball Cup
Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor 2018 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup
Çanakkale Belediyespor
Halkbank Ankara
Beşiktaş Istanbul
Seramiksan Manisa
Nilüfer Belediyespor Bursa
Beylikdüzü Voleybol Ihtisas Istanbul
Ilbank Ankara

* : Starting from the 2nd or 3rd Round

The Teams' Rosters in VVSL :

Beşiktaş :
Coach : Kamil Söz
Setters : Seda Uslu, Simay Gazi
OHs : Olga Biryukova (RUS),Margarita Azizova (AZE),Şeyma Ercan,Hümay Topaloğlu
OPP : Olesia Rykhliuk (UKR),Dilara Bilge
MBs : Maja Tokarska (POL),Ceylan Arısan,Merve Gülaç
L : Pınar Eren,Pelin Beydüz

Beylikdüzü Voleybol Ihtisas :
Coach : Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu
Setters : Arelya Karasoy,Selmin Karahan (also as OH)
OHs : Jana Kulan (SVK) ,Ana Lazarevic (SRB), Buse Melis Kara
OPPs : Ceren Kestirengöz,Çağla Erdem
MBs: Alesya Safranova (KAZ), Hande Korkut,Sabriye Gönülkırmaz
L: Melisa Memiş,Simay Kurt

Bursa B. Belediyespor :
Coach : Angelo Anibal Vercesi (BRE)
Setters : Nilay Özdemir, Cansu Aydınoğulları
OHs : Charlotte Leys (BEL),Oleksandra Bytsenko (UKR) ,Fatma Yıldırım,Yaren Hatipoğlu
OPPs : Emiliya Nikolova (BUL),Nikalina Bashnakova (AZE)
MBs: Yvon Belien (NED),Ergül Avcı Eroğlu,Ikbal Merve Albayrak
L : Gizem Karadayı,Aylin Sarıoğlu

Çanakkale Belediyespor :
Coach : Üzeyir Özdurak
Setters : Ceren Çınar,Seda Arısoy
OHs : Maren Brinker (GER), Jelena Alajbeg (CRO)
OPPs: Joyce Gomez Da Silva (BRA) ,Gamze Türk
MBs : Janset Cemre Erkul,İpek Soroğlu,Gözde Dal İrgi, Yasemin Şahin
L: Ayça Naz İhtiyaroğlu, Şule Yetimoğlu

Eczacıbaşı Vitra :
Coach : Marco Aurelio Motta (BRE)
Setters : Maja Ognjenovic (SRB),Ezgi Dilik
OHs : Jordan Larson (USA),Hande Baladin,Güldeniz Önal,Meliha Ismailoğlu
OPPs: Tijana Boşkoviç (SRB) ,Gözde Yılmaz
MBs: Thaisa Menezes Daher (BRE) ,Rachel Alexis Adams (USA), Beyza Arıcı,Büşra Kılıçlı,Yasemin Güveli
L : Dilara Bağcı,Simge Şebnem Aköz

Fenerbahçe :
Coach : Jan J. De Brandt (BEL)
Setters : Carli Lloyd (USA),Çağla Akın
OHs : Natalia Perreira (BRE),Mia Jerkov (CRO) ,Damla Çakıroğlu,Ezgi Dağdelenler
OPPs: Polina Rahimova (AZE), Polen Uslupehlivan
MBs: Eda Erdem Dündar,Bahar Toksoy Guidetti,Dicle Nur Babat
L: Merve Dalbeler, Melis Yılmaz

Galatasaray :
Coach : Ataman Güneyligil
Setters : Gamze Alikaya,Nursevil Aydınlar
OHs : Tatiana Kosheleva (RUS),Dobriana Rabadzieva (BUL),Seda Aslanyürek ,Cansu Çetin,Ada Germen
OPPs: Neslihan Demir Güler,Yağmur Mislina Kılıç
MBs: Sinead Jack (T&T), Hristina Ruseva (BUL),Aslı Kalaç
L: Buse Kayacan,Bihter Dumanoğlu

Nilüfer Belediyespor :
Coach : Alper Erdoğuş - Emre Karagöz
Setters : Duygu Düzceler,Merve Tanıl
OHs : Anne Buijs (NED),Birgül Güler,Elif Onur Başaran,Seda Menekşe
OPPs: Ceyda Aktaş,Elif Boran
MBs : Ana Carolina Da Silva (BRE),Özgenur Yurtdagülen Hazal Selin Uygur,Neslişah Duygun
L: Sinem Beyazıt

Seramiksan :
Coach : Suphi Doğancılar
Setters : Sıla Çalışkan,Gizem Mısra Aşçı
OHs: Odina Bayramova (AZE),Tijana Maleseviç (SRB),Müge Örencik,Rida Erlalitepe
OPPs : Meryem Boz
MBs: Natasa Krsmanoviç (SRB),Sinem Yıldız,Ceyda Demirhan
L: Sedef Sazlıdere,Yeşim Astarlar

VakıfBank :
Coach : Giovanni Guidetti,Dehri Can Dehrioğlu
Setters : Naz Aydemir Akyol,Cansu Özbay
OHs : Zhu Ting (CHN), Gözde Kırdar,Kelsey Robinson (USA),Tuğba Şenoğlu
OPPs :Lonneke Slöetjes (NED),Melis Durul
MBs : Milena Raşiç (SRB),Kübra Çalışkan,Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak,Zehra Güneş
L: Gizem Örge,Ayça Aykaç

Halkbank :
Coach :Cengiz Akarçeşme - Haktan Balın , Emre Altundağ
Setters : Aslıhan KIlıç,Gül Ece Güder,Simge Yalçın
OHs : Wilma Salas Rosell (CUB), Fulden Uras,Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç,Mariana Aydın
Opps: Daimi Ramirez (CUB),Ezgi Dokuzlar
MBs : Rachel Sanchez Perez (CUB),Neşve Büyükbayram,Ceyda Durukan,Hande Şimşek,Ezgi Kara
L : Derya Çayırgan,Eylül Akarçeşme

Ilbank :
Coach :Mehmet Duygun ,Pınar Serbest,Barış Topçu
Setters :Buse Ünal , Ecem Morova
OHs :Tuğçe Öcal ,İlayda İşçimen ,Yaprak Erkek ,Zeynep Oturan
OPPs :Yanelis Rebeca Santos Allegne (CUB)
MBs: Pınar Begüm Özsu ,Ceren Karagöl ,Ceren Çağlar Baysal ,Ayşe Gökçen Denkel Zop
L : Selen Ursavaş, Aleyna Sevim ,Ceren Cihan

sure we have to wait for the teams to complete their rosters but according to the current appearence of the teams

other than the top four teams (Vitra,FB,GS,VB)

i liked Beşiktaş,Bursa and Seramiksan

Nilüfer will need some more than these there teams above (maybe another transfer or more contribution from its local players)

Çanakkale seems to be a little worse than Nilüfer ..Brinker and Courtney can not be enough to keep this team in the playoffs or even in the VVSL!

Ilbank and Beylikdüzü are the newcomer but they are mystery..lets see if they manage to hold on to the VVSL this season ?

Halkbank did a good job last year..i hope they can transfer good players again but i wonder which good local players and foreigners (left) they can transfer ???

amongst top four teams


Galatasaray seems to be stronger than last year on paper
they are offensively a good team but their passing is question mark ? libero doesnt seem to be solid passer,Kosheleva is already a weak passer. I dont know much about Cansu Çetin's reception i hope she is a good passer indeed otherwise they can live what Vitra lived last season
i guess they will play with non-receiving OH + receiving OPP system : Kosheleva-Neslihan.I dont know how Ataman will use Seda--Cansu duo with Neslihan as receiving OPP??
Gamze-Neslihan
Kosheleva-Seda/Cansu
Jack-Ruseva
Buse
with Neslihan they can have both foreigner middleson the court but passing is question mark??

Eczacıbaşı will play with better defensive local OHs this will mean they can rest Larson in some matches and play with Maja-Thaisa-Boşkoviç trio
i like MOtta as coach.i expect better from Vittra this year
moreover Ezgi Dilik is a better second setter than Nilay,imo

VakıfBank is almost the same team except Robinson..

Fenerbahçe seems to transfer another foreigner for OH position (they should do transfer) .a defensive one.Brandt is a good coach as MOtta..i expect him to do better with Fener.They have a scorer leader like Rahimova but lost an world class allround OH KYK.lets see how Fener will look like with these moves..

Quoted from "harboboy"

I'm not sure but I guess Fenerbahce is trying to keep Maret Balkestein (Grothues). They announced the players who left the club in the last days and Maret was not mentioned.
I can only come up with 2 possible reasons: one of them could be they are trying to transfer a foreign OH therefore Marets future is unknown and they wait with her until they will get success or the other reason could be they are still negotiating with Maret.
Otherwise they would have also announced that she left the club or am I wrong? They also announced the players who are staying but in this case they only mentioned the local ones.

A very good alternative would be Marcon! I mean she has almost a perfect reception and she would fit well or is there any defensive OH left?

or maybe Leys ? has she signed so far ?

If Galatasaray transferred Rabadzieva then they will be a much stronger team this season

lets guess the how the composition of starters in the team would be

Gamze-Neslihan
Kosheleva - Rabadzieva
Jack-Aslı
Buse

on the bench : Seda,Ruseva,Cansu,Ada (considerin Seda as player of GS,i cant remember how long Seda's contract with Gala last)

i hope Gamze-Kosheleva-Neslihan's connection would be good.Cansu replace Kosheleva on the back court and Seda for Neslihan
im looking forward to watching this new Gala team