Efeler Ligi 2024-2025

Rumored Rosters for 2024-2025 Season:

Halkbank:
Coach: Slobodan Kovač
S: Micah Ma'a, Aslan Ekşi (not the NT Ekşi, different player)
OPP: Sotola, ?
OH: Lagumdzija, Ngapeth (? his Russia transfer is cancelled), Kooy, Ünver(?)
MB: Matic, Tayaz, Uzunkol, ?
L: Döne, İvgen

Ziraat Bankkart: (Note: They lost in semi final against Fenerbahçe and eliminated from CL)
Coach: Mustafa Kavaz
S: Yenipazar, Yatkın
OPP: Ter Maat, ?
OH: Anderson, Clévenot, ?, ?
MB: Bülbül (?), Güneş, Tosun, ?
L: Bayraktar, Yalçın

Galatasaray:
Coach: Umut Çakır:
S: Ekşi, Yönet
OPP: Patry, Kalaycı
OH: Atanasov, Juantorena (?? He seems to go Monza instead), Podlesnykh (??? unlikely), Güngör (??), Günaydı
MB: Tümer, Ulu, Savaş (??), ?
L: Yeşilbudak (???)

Arkas:
Coach: Glenn Hoag
S: ?, Topbaşlı
OPP: Grozer, Hamarat, Canham (??)
OH: Subaşı, Yüksel, Hoag (??), ? (Mandıracı is rumored to Piacenza)
MB: Metin, Kurtuluş (??), Pérez (?), ?
L: Karataş, ?

we yet to know details from rest of the teams.

okay looks like rumors not exactly turned out true

Ziraat Bankkart
HC: Mustafa Kavaz
S: Yenipazar, Şahin
OPP: Stern, Ter Maat
OH: Anderson, Clevenot, Zonca, Gedik
MB: Bülbül, Güneş, Savaş, Şahin
L: Bayraktar, Kır

I especially liked their Turkish core, overall 6 Ziraat Academy players next to World Class foreigners. I won't be surprised if Bayraktar and Kır will be liberos rotating in NT as well.

Halkbank:
HC: Igor Kolakovic
S: Ma'a, Yatkın
OPP: Sotola
OH: Lagumdzija, Kooy, Aslan, Ünver
MB: Matic, Tayaz, Uzunkol, Bıdak
L: Döne, İvgen

Halkbank reduced the salary heavily but i love their trust in Lagumdzija and Aslan (2005).

Galatasaray:
HC: Umut Çakır
S: Ekşi, Yönet
OPP: Patry, Kalaycı
OH: Atanasov, Cardoso, Kovar, Günaydı
MB: Karasu, Ulu, Tümer, Acar
L: Yeşilbudak, Ergül

How to waste great foreinger core with mid Turkish players. Günaydı and Tümer are worth investing but Ekşi, Yeşilbudak, Ulu seriously? I'm not even talking about how terrible coach Çakır is.

Arkas:
HC: Glenn Hoag
S: Carisio, Topbaşlı
OPP: Grozer, Koç
OH: Mandıracı (?), Franck, Subaşı, Yüksel
MB: Metin, Tosun, Öztürk, Çevik
L: Yalçın, Savcı

This is a contender if Mandıracı stays, but he don't want to stay at all. but even without Mandıracı, Hoag done a good job getting rid of old players who brings nothing to this team and built youngest team in Efeler Ligi even with Grozer who will be 40. Yüksel can be next OHer sensation of Arkas after Mandıracı and Lagumdzija if Hoag gives him the chance.

Fenerbahçe:
HC: Kerem Eryılmaz
S: Drzyzga, Pekşen
OPP: Luburic, Gürbüz
OH: Salehi, Karyagin, Gülmezoğlu, Aydın
MB: Cuci, Çapkınoğlu, Baltacı, Durmaz
L: Güngör, Dengin

this is the worst team to CL we sent in years. OHers are laughingstock, Fenerbahçe continues to have 0 trust in their prospects. Best middle of CEV U20 Cuci has to start.But knowing Fenerbahçe i won't be surprised if Cuci rots on bench for no reason at all. just like how Gürbüz rotting on bench for years now. Güngör as L will be interesting tho.