Afyon Belediye S.K.

Afyon Belediye S.K., commonly known as Afyon Belediye or simply Afyon, for sponsorship reasons Meksa Yatırım Afyon Belediye, [1] is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. The club currently plays in the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Their home arena is Afyon Atatürk Sports Hall with a capacity of 2,000 seats.

A former logo of the club

Afyon Belediyespor
Nickname	Keçiler (The Goats)
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi
Founded	1985 (1985)
History	Afyon Belediyespor 1985–present
Arena	Afyon Atatürk Sports Hall
Capacity	2,000
Location	Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
President	Cömert Küce coach = Can Sevim
Team captain	Ulaş Peker
Website	http://www.afyonbasket.org
Home Away

Formerly known as Afyonkarahisar Belediyespor, the team was founded and sponsored by Afyonkarahisar Municipality in 2013. Their second season of Turkish Basketball League they finished eighth and competed in the play-offs.

In 2018, the club promoted to the first-tier Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) for the first time after winning the TBL promotion play-offs.[2]

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Record	Turkish Cup
2013–14	3	TB3L	1st	9–6
2014–15	2	TB2L	15th	11–23
2015–16	2	TB2L	8th	18–19
2016–17	2	TBL	5th	24–15
2017–18	2	TBL	3rd[lower-alpha 1]	24–15
2018–19	1	BSL	14th	6–22
2019–20	1	BSL

1. Promoted as winners of the play-offs.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Afyon Belediye roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 0 Sağlam, Sinan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (1998-03-09)9 March 1998 SG 1 Crawford, Jordon 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 30 – (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 PG 3 Aydın, Çağan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 21 – (1998-10-31)31 October 1998 G 10 Eşlik, Burak 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1994-02-09)9 February 1994 PG 13 Şanlı, Doğukan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1995-01-23)23 January 1995 G/F 15 Hrovat, Gregor 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 25 – (1994-08-18)18 August 1994 F 24 Alemdaroğlu, Mehmet 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1996-07-24)24 July 1996 C 25 Tuncer, Ali 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1993-02-21)21 February 1993 PG Wright, Chris 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1989-11-04)4 November 1989 C Güven, Egemen 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (1996-09-25)25 September 1996 PF Leissner, Tanner 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1993-09-17)17 September 1993 G Saraloğlu, Utku 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (1996-07-17)17 July 1996 C Kairys, Evaldas 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 29 – (1990-10-11)11 October 1990	Head coach Can Sevim Assistant coach(es) Erhan Yetim Turusan Yolcu Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 8, 2020

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Ali Tuncer
PF	Mehmet Alemdaroğlu
SF	Gregor Hrovat	Sinan Sağlam
SG	Jordon Crawford	Burak Eşlik	Doğukan Şanlı
PG	Ulaş Peker	Çağan Aydın

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Jacob Pullen

Sponsors

Shirt manufracturer	Kappa
Front sponsor	AFJET

External links

• Official website (in Turkish)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile

References

1. "Afyon Belediye SK". Twitter.com.
2. "Afyon'da çifte sevinç: Afyon Belediyespor Basketbol Süper Ligi'nde" (in Turkish). CNN Turk. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.