Arkas Spor

Arkas Spor
Full name	Arkas Spor
Short name	Arkas
Founded	2001
Ground	Karşıyaka Spor Salonu; (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	Lucien Arkas
Manager	Glenn Hoag
Captain	Bülent Kandemir
League	Turkish Men's Volleyball League
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away

Arkas Spor Izmir is a professional volleyball team based in Izmir, Turkey. It plays in the Turkish Men's Volleyball League and in the CEV Champions League.

The Körfez Sports Club began competing in the 2nd volleyball league in the 1999-00 Season. In 2001 it became the Saint Joseph Sports Club and in 2003 it was renamed Arkas Saint Joseph.

The club's name was changed to Arkas Sports Club at the Board of Directors meeting in May 2005. The club's primary sports branch is volleyball, but it is also active in sailing and bridge.

Arkas Sports Club is a young club that aims to increase the number of sports branches in which it participates every year.

Mission

To make a contribution to the development of Turkish sports and to help raise up the next generation of healthy sports enthusiasts, people that will be good examples for society. Operating with this goal in mind, our club's goal is to build a strong base of players by discovering young talent in Izmir and in Turkey, train players so that they can play for Turkish National Teams at the highest level and to revive the love of volleyball, which has begun to decline.

Vision

To build a base of sportsmen and women that have adopted Arkas's philosophy and that can achieve victories in Turkish Leagues and in Europe and ultimately become champions. To contribute to the success of the Turkish National Teams.

Staff

President: Lucien Arkas
Vice President: Bernard Arkas
Member of the board: Cenk Değer
Member of the board - Sports Coordinator: Yaşar Ergün
Member of the board - Press Secretary: Uğur Özden
Member of the board - International Relations Supervisor: Bahadır Osman
Member of the board: Atıf İnönü

Team Roster Season 2008-2009

As of March 5, 2011 ^[1]

Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Height	Position
3	Turkey	Ahmet Toçoğlu	204	Middle Blocker
4	Turkey	Andaç Kapan	197	Outside Hitter
15	Turkey	Bülent Kandemir	196	Libero
18	Turkey	Burak Hascan	200	Middle Blocker
8	Turkey	Burutay Subaşı	195	Outside Hitter
17	Hungary	Domotor Meszaros	199	Outside Hitter
12	Turkey	Emin Gök	204	Middle Blocker
11	Turkey	Eren Öner	198	Setter
	Turkey	Hakkı Çapkınoğlu	200	Middle Blocker
2	Turkey	Hüseyin Koç	198	Setter
13	Brazil	João Paulo Bravo	192	Outside Hitter
7	Colombia	Liberman Cristhofer Agamez Urango	208	Outside Hitter
10	Turkey	Mustafa Koç	202	Middle Blocker
5	Turkey	Nuri Şahin	196	Libero
16	Turkey	Ufuk Minici	202	Setter
14	Turkey	Ceyhun Tendar	188	Setter