| Full name | İqtisadçı Bakı | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | ||
| Ground | Sports Games Palace Baku (Capacity: 1,000) | ||
| Chairman |  Shamsaddin Hajiyev | ||
| Manager |  Bulent Karslioglu [1] | ||
| League | Azerbaijan Superleague | ||
| 2012/2013 | 2nd | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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Igtisadchi Baku is an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. [2] [3]
Igtisadchi Baku was founded in the Summer of 2008 and immediately got the right to participate in the Azerbaijan Super League, qualifying after just one season to the CEV Women's Challenge Cup.[ citation needed ] The following season saw Igtisadchi Baku eliminated in the second round table of European competition, because of the deployment of an ineligible player in the qualification to the Challenge Cup.[ citation needed ]
In the season 2009-2010, the club achieved third place in the championship, beating the Azerrail Baku and qualifying for the third consecutive season in the Challenge Cup.[ citation needed ]
In the season 2012-2013, the club participated in the Women's CEV Volleyball Cup, being eliminated in the 8th final round of the competition. [4] In the 2012/13 Azerbaijani Super League, the club claimed the silver medal, tied with Azerrail Baku. [5] [6]
In 2014, it was announced that team will not participate at 2014-2015 due financial difficulties. [7]
Season 2013–2014, as of April 2014. [8]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wanna Buakaew | Libero | 1.72 | 54 | 2 January 1981 |
| 2 |  Lenka Dürr | Libero | 1.71 | 59 | 10 December 1990 |
| 3 |  Kim Willoughby [9] | Outside-spiker | 1.80 | 75 | 7 November 1980 |
| 4 | Indira Abdullayeva | Outside-spiker | 1.75 | 63 | 20 March 1989 |
| 5 | Pleumjit Thinkaow | Middle Blocker | 1.80 | 64 | 9 November 1983 |
| 6 | Onuma Sittirak | Outside-spiker | 1.75 | 72 | 13 June 1986 |
| 7 | Arielle Wilson [10] | Middle Blocker | 1.84 | 74 | 3 January 1989 |
| 8 |  Wei Qiuyue [11] | Setter | 1.82 | 65 | 26 October 1988 |
| 9 |  Romina Lamas [12] | Setter | 1.84 | 74 | 29 August 1978 |
| 10 | Wilavan Apinyapong (c) | Outside-spiker | 1.74 | 65 | 6 June 1984 |
| 11 |  Marianne Fersola [13] | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 60 | 16 January 1992 |
| 12 |  Manon Flier | Opposite | 1.92 | 73 | 8 February 1984 |
| 14 | Deja McClendon [14] | Outside-spiker | 1.85 | 70 | 27 June 1992 |
| 15 | Ma Yunwen [15] | Middle Blocker | 1.89 | 70 | 19 October 1986 |
| 16 | Zhang Lei | Opposite | 1.81 | 71 | 11 January 1985 |
| 18 |  Valentina Serena | Setter | 1.84 | 70 | 10 November 1981 |
| 2012–2013 Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Wanna Buakaew | Libero | 1.72 | 54 | 2 January 1981 |
| 3 | Lauren Paolini [16] | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 83 | 28 August 1987 |
| 4 |  Carol Gattaz [17] [18] | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 83 | 27 July 1981 |
| 5 | Pleumjit Thinkaow | Middle Blocker | 1.80 | 64 | 9 November 1983 |
| 6 | Onuma Sittirak | Outside-spiker | 1.75 | 72 | 13 June 1986 |
| 7 | Indira Abdullayeva | Libero | 1.75 | 63 | 20 March 1989 |
| 8 | Niverka Marte [19] | Setter | 1.78 | 67 | 19 October 1990 |
| 9 |  Paola Ampudia [20] [21] | Outside-spiker | 1.86 | 59 | 5 August 1988 |
| 9 |  Dayesi Maso [22] | Outside-spiker | 1.84 | 69 | 4 April 1990 |
| 10 | Wilavan Apinyapong | Outside-spiker | 1.74 | 65 | 6 June 1984 |
| 11 | Amporn Hyapha | Middle Blocker | 1.80 | 70 | 19 May 1985 |
| 12 | Nancy Metcalf | Opposite | 1.84 | 73 | 18 November 1978 |
| 13 | Nootsara Tomkom (c) | Setter | 1.69 | 69 | 7 July 1985 |
| 15 | Malika Kanthong | Opposite | 1.77 | 54 | 8 January 1987 |
| 16 |  Nadezhda Gokhshtein [23] [24] | Middle-blocker | 1.94 | 76 | 8 January 1987 |
| 18 | Daimí Ramírez [25] | Outside-spiker/Opposite | 1.76 | 67 | 3 October 1983 |
| 2011–2012 Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Erika Coimbra [26] | Outside-spiker | 1.80 | 75 | 23 March 1980 |
| 2 |  Masami Yokoyama [27] | Setter | 1.70 | 59 | 12 December 1981 |
| 2 |  Georgina Pinedo [28] | Outside-spiker | 1.70 | 59 | 12 December 1981 |
| 3 | Tayyiba Haneef-Park | Opposite | 2.00 | 82 | 23 March 1979 |
| 4 |  Ilijana Dugandžić | Middle Blocker | 1.89 | 74 | 17 April 1981 |
| 7 |  Kristýna Pastulová | Middle Blocker | 1.98 | 84 | 22 October 1985 |
| 8 | Alice Blom | Outside-spiker | 1.78 | 65 | 7 April 1980 |
| 9 | Verônica Brito | Outside-spiker | 1.84 | 73 | 3 February 1986 |
| 10 | Yuko Sano | Libero | 1.59 | 54 | 26 July 1979 |
| 11 | Kenny Moreno [29] | Opposite | 1.84 | 60 | 6 January 1979 |
| 12 | Fernanda Ferreira [30] | Setter | 1.75 | 64 | 10 January 1980 |
| 13 | Marina Katić [31] | Setter | 1.84 | 70 | 1 October 1983 |
| 14 | Prisilla Rivera [32] [33] | Outside-spiker | 1.86 | 70 | 29 December 1984 |
| 15 |  Alina Ilyuta | Opposite | 1.86 | 73 | 4 May 1991 |
| 16 | Elina Abbasova | Libero | 1.73 | 56 | 16 June 1982 |
| 17 |  Lora Kitipova [34] | Setter | 1.84 | 65 | 19 May 1991 |
| 18 | Jennifer Doris | Middle Blocker | 1.96 | 77 | 3 November 1988 |
| 2010–2011 Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Crystal Matich | Setter | 1.80 | 71 | 9 December 1985 |
| 3 | Tayyiba Haneef-Park | Opposite | 2.00 | 82 | 23 March 1979 |
| 6 | Kathleen Weiß | Setter | 1.77 | 62 | 2 February 1984 |
| 7 | Ivana Miloš | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 71 | 7 March 1986 |
| 8 | Alice Blom | Outside-spiker | 1.78 | 65 | 7 April 1980 |
| 9 |  Riikka Lehtonen | Outside-spiker | 1.81 | 72 | 24 July 1979 |
| 10 | Yuko Sano | Libero | 1.59 | 54 | 26 July 1979 |
| 11 | Filiz Özgür [35] | Outside-spiker | 1.85 | 76 | 22 May 1985 |
| 12 | Yaima Ortíz [36] | Outside-spiker | 1.81 | 67 | 9 November 1981 |
| 13 | Kelly Wing | Outside-spiker | 1.78 | 63 | 13 August 1983 |
| 14 |  Aleoscar Blanco | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 82 | 18 July 1987 |
| 15 | María Fernández | Middle Blocker | 1.94 | 87 | 6 September 1982 |
| 16 | Elina Abbasova | Libero | 1.73 | 56 | 16 June 1982 |
| 18 | Yael Castiglione | Setter | 1.85 | 72 | 27 September 1985 |
Runner-up: 2012-13 
3rd place: 2009-10, 2010-11, 2013-14 | Dates | Name |
|---|---|
| 2012–2013 | Bülent Karslioğlu |
| 2012-2013 (2) | Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai |
| 2013–2014 | Bülent Karslioğlu |
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