Göztepe S.K. Women's Volleyball (), also known as Papara Göztepe, is the women's volleyball team of the same named multi-sports club based in İzmir, western Turkey. The team competes in the Turkish Women's Volleyball League. Club colours are yellow and red.
History Göztepe women's volleyball team was formed in 1962. The women's branch represents across all youth age categories, conducts training sessions in five different halls to develop new athletes.
The team competed in the second-tier Turkish Women's Volleyball First League. In the 2024–25 season, the team secured a spot in the play-offs by finishing the regular season. as leaders, and subsequently earned promotion to the topflight Turkish Women's Volleyball League, widely known as "Sultans League", after finishing the play-off finals in second place.
2026–27 season At the end of the 2025–26 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season, the contract of the Turkish head coach Ataman Güneyligil was terminated by mutual agreement, and the club signed a deal with Radoslav Arsov from Bulgaria as head coach. The contracts of the Americans, outside hitter Kara Bajema, opposite hitter Sherridan Atkinson, middle blocker Kayla Haneline, French opposite hitter Amélie Rotar, Sloven outside hitter Lana Ščuka, Turkish players, middle blocker Emine Arıcı, setter Nazlı Eda Kafkas, opposite hitter Ceren Kapucu , middle blocker Ilayda Uçak , libero Nehir Kurtulan and libero Bihter Dumanoğlu were terminated by mutual agreement. For the 2026–27 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season, the team signed professional contract with outside hitter Eflin Burçin Toraman, libero Duru Zeren and middle blocker Sude Benli from the team's youth system, renewed contracts of the Turkish players, outside hitter Ezgi Bektaş, and setter Nursevil Gökbudak, recruited Chinese outside hitter Yushan Zhuang.
Colors The team wears the colors yellow and red as the club's colors.
Arena The team play their home matches at the 5,500-seating capacity İzmir Atatürk Volleyball Hall in Alsancak.
Team roster 2026–27
Head coach: Radoslav Arsov
No. Player Date of Birth Height (m) Position Country1Tuna Aybüke Özel 1.62Libero2 Zhuang Yushan 1.84Outside hitter 3Duru Zeren 1.72Libero4 Melis Erdoğan 1.87Setter5 Kseniya Liabiodkina 1.82Opposite hitter7 Eflin Burçin Toraman1.76Outside hitter10Nursevil Gökbudak 1.90Setter11 Ezgi Bektaş 1.84Outside hitter12 Hande Naz Sunar 1.87Middle blocker13 Zeynep Sude Demirel 1.98Middle blocker 14Sude Benli 1.86Middle blocker17Anna Astashina 1.87Setter17Rebecca Latham 1.92Opposite hitter21Anna Prasolova 1.90Middle blocker24Olga Vaganova 1.78Outside hitter
Former notable players
Hélène Rousseaux
Madeline Guillén
İlayda Alkan Emine Arıcı Bihter Dumanoğlu Ünzile Nur Hacıoğlu Sude Hacımustafaoğlu Nazlı Eda Kafkas Ceren Kapucu Sude Hacımustafaoğlu Melisa Sazalan
Kara Bajema Kayla Haneline
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