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
NicknameKeçiler (The Goats)
LeaguesBasketbol Süper Ligi
Founded1985 (1985)
HistoryAfyon Belediyespor
1985–present
ArenaAfyon Atatürk Sports Hall
Capacity2,000
LocationAfyonkarahisar, Turkey
PresidentCömert Küce coach = Can Sevim
Team captainUlaş Peker
Websitehttp://www.afyonbasket.org

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.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
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

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Sponsors
Shirt manufracturer Kappa
Front sponsor AFJET
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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.
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