Turkey - Acıbadem First League 2012/13

What does mean that green something in the logo?

Aroma is a fruit juice company so it represent the leaf of a fruit

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The 2012–13 season (known as the Aroma Turkish First League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 29th since its establishment. The regular season will begin on 21-22 October 2012 and will end on 30 March 2013 and the Playoffs are going to start on April 6-7, 2012. Eczacibasi VitrA will be the reigning champions after winning the 2011–12 Turkish League.

Turkish Volleyball Federation has decided to continue 2+1 rule next season that manages the presence of foreign players in the national league rosters. That means only 2 foreign players will be on the court during the matches and only 1 additional foreign player will be allowed on the bench BUT European Cup participants can play with 3 foreign players against each other and so next season those clubs will be able to play with their 3 foreign players on the court. (It was accepted by all clubs)

A total of 12 teams will contest the league including 10 sides from the 2011–12 season and 2 promoted from the Second League. MKE Ankaragücü and Pursaklar Voleybol İhtisas were relegated to 2012–13 Turkish Second League the previous season. The two relegated teams were replaced by two 2011–12 Second League sides: Sarıyer Belediyesi made return to first league as Second League champion. The second placing team Bursa Büyüksehir Belediyesi was also promoted to Aroma Turkish First League for the first time.

Following the regular season, eight teams in league rankings qualify for the playoffs and are seeded one to eight. In playoffs, home court advantage goes to the first seeding and the 4 winners advance to the second round or semifinals with a match-up between the 1-8 and 4-5 winners and a match-up between the 2-7 and 3-6 winners then the 2 winners advance to the third round or finals.

First roud is a best of three series. The quarter finals are played in a 1-1-1 format, meaning the team with home court advantage hosts games 1,3* while their opponent hosts game 2. (* - if needed)

Second round is a best of three series. The semi finals are played in a 1-1-1 format, meaning the team with home court advantage hosts games 1,3* while their opponent hosts game 2. (* - if needed)

Third round is a best of five series. The finals are played in a 1-2-2 format, meaning the team with home-court advantage hosts games 1, 4*, 5* and their opponent hosts games 2,3. (* - if needed)

At the end of season; the Turkish League winner and runners-up automatically qualify for the CEV Champions League upcoming season. The Turkish Cup winner and third place team has automatically qualify for the CEV CUP. If the Turkish Cup winner has already qualified for European competition through their league finish and if the runners-up have also qualified, the next highest placed club in the league takes their place.

PS: Team rosters will be constantly updated with new transfers

Beşiktaş
S: ?
OPP: ?
OHs: ?
MBs: ?
Libero: ?
Coach: ?

Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi
S: Duygu Çetav - İrem Özgür
OPP: Elif Aydın
OHs: Dilara Bilge - Nefize Gaffaroğlu
MBs: Pınar Cankarpusat – Ceren Çağlar – Deniz Avan
Libero: Aylin Sarıoğlu - Özge Sabırlı
Coach: Emin İmen

Eczacıbaşı VitrA
S: Özge Kırdar Çemberci – Asuman Karakoyun
OPP: Neslihan Darnel
OHs: Melis Durul – Senna Usic Jogunica (CRO) – Esra Gümüş – Gözde Yılmaz
MBs: Maja Poljak (CRO) – Büşra Cansu - ?
Liberos: Buse Kayacan – Gülden Kayalar Kuzubaşıoğlu
Coach: Lorenzo Micelli (ITA) – Mustafa Suphi Doğancı

Ereğli Belediyesi
S:
OPP: Merve Eskikaya
OHs: Bahar Bakırcıoğlu – Sibel Küçük
MBs: Aslı Türker
Libero: ?
Antrenör: ?

Fenerbahçe
S: Elif Ağca Öner – Nilay Özdemir – Seda Eryüz ?
OPPs: Seda Tokatlıoğlu – Meryem Boz
OHs: Marianne Steinbrecher (BRE) – Paula Pequeno (BRE) – Elif Onur - Yeon Koung Kim (KOR) ?
MBs: Berenika Okuniewska (POL) – Gökçen Denkel Zop – Eda Erdem – İpek Soroğlu
Liberos: Nihan Güneyligil – Merve Dalbeler
Coach: ?

Galatasaray
S: Eleonora Lo Bianco (ITA) – Gamze Alikaya
OPPı: Rosir Calderon (CUB)
OHs: Ezgi Arslan – Neriman Özsoy – Selime İlyasoğlu – Ecem Alıcı
MBs: Özge Nur Yurtdagülen – Nilay Özek – Sinem Barut – Simona Gioli (ITA)
Liberos: Derya Çayırgan – Necla Güçlü Esepaşa
Coach: Massimo Barbolini (ITA)

Ankara TED Kolejliler
S: Nellie Spicer (USA)
OPP:
OHs: Damla Çakıroğlu
MBs:
Libero: Songül Dikmen Gürsoytrak
Coach: Velibor Ivanovic (SRB)

İller Bankası
S: Tuğçe Atıcı – Alica Szekelyova (SVK)
OPP:
OHs: Elif Uzun – Ezgi Dağdelenler – Lila Toner – Ferda Bulut
MBs: Ebru Mandıracı – Selin Toy – Gamze Gülcan
Liberos: Bahanur Şahin – Dilara Bağcı
Coach: Burhan Ş. Canbolat – Mehmet Duygun

Nilüfer Belediyesi
S Yuliya Bogmatser (UKR)
OPP: ?
OHs: Gülbahar Akgül – Birgül Güler
MBs: ?
Libero: Gizem Örge
Coach: Ali Kamberoğlu

Sarıyer Belediyesi
S: Berat Küçük – Ezgi Kapdan
OPP: Emel Çelikpazı
OHs: ?
MBs: Selen Öndeş – İkbal Albayrak
Libero: Aslıhan Köyel
Coach: Mehmet Bedestenlioğlu – Salih Tavacı

VakıfBank Türk Telekom
S: Tuğçe Hocaoğlu – Naz Aydemir – Çağla Akın
OPPsı: Jovana Brakocevic (SRB) – Polen Uslupehlivan
OHs: Saori Kimura (JPN) – Güldeniz Önal – Malgorzata Glinka (POL) – Jelena Nikolic (SRB) – Gözde Sonsırma
MBs: Christiane Fürst (GER) – Ergül Avcı – Bahar Toksoy – Melis Gürkaynak
Liberos: Gizem Güreşen - Dilek Kınık
Coach: Giovanni Guidetti (ITA) – Ferhat Akbaş

Yeşilyurt
S: Seda Türkkan
OPPs: Seray Altay – Ceren Kestirengöz
OHs: Kristin Richards (USA) – Karolina Kosek (POL) - Ülkü Burcu Genç – Müge Örencik
MBs: Neşve Büyükbayram – Aslı Kalaç
Liberos: Didem Ege – Simge Aköz
Coach:

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Ceren will play in Sarıyer, not Yeşilyurt.

And Emel Çelikpazı is MB not Opp.

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Ceren will play in Sarıyer, not Yeşilyurt.

And Emel Çelikpazı is MB not Opp.

Where will Kübra Akman play ???

When I knew that Barbolini will have been the new coach of GS, I thought he would have left Calderon play as opposite... Now I have the proof that it is true! BTW is better Calderon than Gioli AHAHAH I hope to not see Simo playing as opp anymore

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Where will Kübra Akman play ???

Well Vakıfbank transfered her and kept her rights but big possible in Nilufer she will stay one year as rent like they did to Gizem Orge but in Gizem's transfer voleybolunsesi mention that Vakıfbank TT loaned her to Nilufer but voleybolunsesi didn't write anything about Kubra's situation so maybe she will directly start to play in Vakıfbank next season but Vakıfbank has already 4 MBs (Not sure about Melis Gurkaynak)

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Well Vakıfbank transfered her and kept her rights but big possible in Nilufer she will stay one year as rent like they did to Gizem Orge but in Gizem's transfer voleybolunsesi mention that Vakıfbank TT loaned her to Nilufer but voleybolunsesi didn't write anything about Kubra's situation so maybe she will directly start to play in Vakıfbank next season but Vakıfbank has already 4 MBs (Not sure about Melis Gurkaynak)

Thanks, Tayfun

This year will be a website that will update the live score of the matches? Last year wat impossible follow matches when they were not broadcasted

Aslıhan Atıkır(MB),Gözde Dal (MB) stays in Ted Kolejliler
Serpil Ersarı (L) => Sariyer Belediyesi

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Aleksandra Petrovic signed one year contract with Turkish club Eczacibasi

Source: sb-volley.ru

She'll sit on bench the whole season behind Poljak, Usic and Lyuba...just like Marinkovic last year.

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Aleksandra Petrovic

I think it was necessary, they didn't have 3rd MB (Maybe Ceylan Arısan, 1994-junior NT player, would play) Still I wish Marinkoviç would stay for sure

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She'll sit on bench the whole season behind Poljak, Usic and Lyuba...just like Marinkovic last year.

I don't think Petrovic's situation will be bad as much as Fabiana's one.She will play in several games for sure mostly against easy opponents instead of Poljak to adapt the new team.About against strong teams if Usic plays like she did in Play-Offs she will stay in tribune but there is also Esra in team if Usic's form is being worse maybe we can see both Petrovic-Poljak duo in field with Esra-Sokolova.Everything depends on Usic DAMN

I'm curious who will play in starting 6 in CL.

Does Anybody know anything about Ukraninan Olena Sych.??
She is said to have been transferred to TEd Ankara Kolejliler.

Maggie Glinka and Berenika Okuniewska arrived Turkey with the same airplane!

Welcome back Maggie Can't wait to watch you in Vakıfbank jersey again