VakıfBank Sports Club opened the 2025-2026 season. The event was attended by VakıfBank Sports Club President Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih, Members of the Board of Directors, General Manager Banu Can Schürmann, Head Coach Giovanni Guidetti, players and the staff. Üstünsalih said, “We have one of the best squads in the world. We want to win every trophy.”
The reigning champion of the Sultans League, VakıfBank, opened the 2025-2026 season at the VakıfBank Spor Sarayı. The event was attended by VakıfBank Sports Club President Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih, Members of the Board of Directors, General Manager Banu Can Schürmann, Head Coach Giovanni Guidetti, players, and the staff.
Speaking at the season’s opening, VakıfBank Sports Club President Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih said, “We are opening the season with our renewed and reinforced team. We have one of the best squads in the world in terms of the coach and players. Once again, a season full of competition and high-level excitement is beginning. Many of our athletes played successfully in their national teams during the summer. I congratulate all our coaches and players, starting with those who played in the Turkish National Team, which became the second-best team in the world.”
Üstünsalih: “We are contenders for all trophies”
VakıfBank Sports Club President Üstünsalih continued: “In our 17-player roster, we have 7 players who came from our club’s youth academy. No other team competing with us for top place in the league or in Europe has such a ratio. We are proud of this. This season we are contenders for all 4 trophies we will compete in. We have the quality to achieve this. For the first trophy of the season, the Super Cup, we will face Fenerbahçe on October 8 in Ankara. As always, it will be an exciting match. We trust our team, and we are sure that we will win the cup. We wish success to our opponent and to all the teams that will compete this season.”
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