Previous years CEV Champions league and turkish league champion Vakıfbank strengthen their roster with important names.
2012/2013 seasons undefeated team Vakıfbank with 47 consecutive victories in offical matches now targets 5 cups upcoming season.After keeping Serbian star Jovana Brakocevic and German Middle blocker Christiane Fürst in team they also renewed contracts of all Turkish national team players.
IN : Carolina Costagrande (Wing-Spiker/ITA) Jelena Nikolic (Wing-Spiker/SRB),Kubra Akman (Middle Blocker/TUR), Gizem Orge (Libero/TUR),Cagla Akin (Setter/TUR)
OUT : Malgorzata Glinka (Wing-Spiker/POL), Saori Kimura (Wing-Spiker/JPN), Tugce Hocaoglu (Setter/TUR), Ergul Avci (Middle Blocker/TUR)
Advantages: Team Spirit, Block & Defence, Coach Guidetti, Naz Aydemir, Bench contribution
Disadvantages : Nikolic’s form after break
Ideal Starting Six : Naz Aydemir (S) – Jovana Brakocevic (OPP) / Gozde Sonsirma (WS) – Carolina Costagrande (WS) / Bahar Toksoy (MB) – Christiane Fürst (MB)/ Gizem Karadayi (L)
