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Ardeşen GSK
Full name	Atdeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü
Founded	2008
Arena	Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall
President	Sultan Rauf Oğuz
Website Official site

Ardeşen GSK (Turkish: Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province, Turkey. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman is Sultan Rauf Oğuz. The team is managed by Hikmet Vurgun. The team is nicknamed "Dişi Atmacalar" ("Female Hawks").

Club colors and logo

The club's colors are maroon and white.

The logo of the club is composed of a maroon-colored circle with the club's title and foundation year on it in white, which frames a hawk head and the club's initials both resembling a powerful handball shoot.

Competitions

Domestic

The team played in the Turkish Women's Handball League from 2008 until their promotion to the Turkish Women's Handball Super League in the 2012–13 season. In the 2013–14 season, they finished the league at third place. Ardeşen GSK ranked fourth in the 2014–15 league losing in the play-off to Kastamonu Bld. GSK.

International

Ardeşen GSK played in the 2013–14 Women's EHF Challenge Cup and advanced to the quarterfinals, however they were defeated by the Swedish team H 65 Höör. They failed to advance to the semifinals in the 2014–15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup losing to the Polish team Pogoń Baltica Szczecin by 57–59. The team lost to the Russian HC Lada Togliatti by 50–80 in the last 16 of 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup's knockout stage.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2013–14	Challenge Cup	1/8	HC Naisa Niš	26–27	30–25	56–52
		1/4	H 65 Höör	22–29	21–26	43–55
2014–15	Challenge Cup	R3	Energa AZS Koszalin	34–27	31–31	65–58
		1/8	RK Zelina	32–29	28–30	60–59
		1/4	Pogoń Baltica Szczecin	31–28	26–31	57–59
2015–16	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Skuru IK	32–20	25–30	57–50
		R3	Team Esbjerg	31–22	26–30	57–52
		1/8	Handball Club Lada	22–31	28–49	50–80
2016-17	Challenge Cup	R3	ŽRK Danilovgrad	30–23	28–24	58–47
		1/8	HC Lokomotiva Zagreb	25–33	20–24	45–57
2017–18	Challenge Cup	R3	DHB Rotweiss Thun	36–17	23–23	59–40
		1/8	AC Alavarium / Love Tiles	34–22	41–27	75–49
		1/4	Kristianstad Handboll	23–26	28–25	51–51
		1/2	MKS Selgros Lublin	28–23	20–36	48–59

Notable former players

• Aslı İskit (born 1993)
• Sandra Nikčević (born 1984)
• Fatmagül Sakızcan (born 1992)

Honours

Turkish Women's Handball Super League

• Third place (1): 2013–14

References

1. "Yılın Maçı Ardeşen'de…" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSk. 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
2. "Ardeşen GSK, Evinde Farklı Kazandı" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
3. "Kulüp Bilgileri" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSk. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
4. "Dişi Atmacalar, Ardeşen'de Top Başı Yaptı" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
5. "Sporculuktan, Antrenörlüğe!" (in Turkish). Ardeşen GSK. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
6. "Ardeşen, Höör karşısında kayıp". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
7. "Ardeşen GSK Yarı Final Şansını Kaybetti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
8. "Ardeşen Gençlik'ten Avrupa'ya veda!". TiViBu Spor (in Turkish). 2016-01-17. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-01-20.

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