Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Women's Volleyball, also known as Vestel Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Women's Volleyball for sponsorship reasons, is the women's volleyball team of the same named multi-sports club Manşsa Büyükşehir Belediye SK based in Manisa, western Turkey. The team play in the topflight Turkish Women's Volleyball League.
History Manisa Belediyespor (Manisa Municipality Sports) was founded in 1994. Following the city's attainment of metropolitan status, the club's name was changed to Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor (Manisa Metropolitan Municipality Sports) in 2014.
The women's volleyball team was formed in 2022, and competed in the fourth-tier Turkish Women's Volleyball Regional League during the 2022–23 season. Winning the competition thanks to their performance in the Regional League finals, the team was promoted to the Women's Second League.
2024–25 To strengthen the team roster, the club recruited fourTurkish players, as the middle blocker İlayda Alkan, the liberos Neslihan Çengeltepe and Hilal Köse, as well as the outside hitter Cansu Ayyıldız before the beginning of the second season in the third-tier Second League .
The team successfully reached the play-offs of the Second League during the 2024–25 season, and was promoted to the second-tier First League after finishing the Group A as runners-up.
2025-26 The club made for the first time foreign player transfers for the new season in the First League including the Indonesian opposite hitter Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi Polish opposite hitter Aleksandra Rasińska, German outside hitter Tanja Großer, and Puero Rican outside hitter Dariana Hollingsworth.
Having won 20 of the 22 matches played during the 2025-26 Women's First League regular season, and accumulated 55 points, the team finished at the top of its group, and advanced to the final stage. The team finished the league in second place, and secured the right to compete in the topflight Turkish Women's Volleyball League for the 2026-27 season.
2026-27 For the first season in the topflight Sultans League, the club renewed the contract of Aleksandra Rasińska, and recruited the Brazilians setter Carolina Leite, and opposite hitter Lorenne Teixeira, the German outside hitter Ivana Vanjak, and the Bosnia and Herzegovina outside hitter Edina Begić.
Colors The team colors are green and white.
Arena The team play their home matches at the 1,044-seating capacity Manisa Tarık Almış Sport Hall in Turgutlu.
Team roster 2026–27
Head coach: Görkem Kazan
No. Player Date of Birth Height (m) Position Country1Firdevs Kiremitçi 1.93Middle blocker2Işıl Öz 1.76Libero3Carolina Leite 1.78Setter4Ivana Vanjak 1.93Outside hitter6Sude Hacımustafaoğlu 1.82Outside hitter9Büşra Kılıçlı 1.89Middle blocker10Edina Begić 1.85Outside hitter11Merve Nur Öztürk 1.85Outside hitter19Gizem Mısra Aşçı 1.80Setter22Nisan Barut 1.87Middle blocker24Lorenne Teixeira 1.87Opposite hitter26Fatma Nur Yılmaz 1.85Middle blocker35Melis Demir 1.73Libero99Aleksandra Rasińska 1.90Opposite hitter
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