Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket

Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Denizli. The team is currently playing in the Turkish Basketball First League. Their home arena is the Pamukkale University Arena which has a capacity of 5,000 seats. The team whose name was Yüksekçıta Koleji, was renamed Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket in 2018.[1]

Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket
LeaguesTBL
Founded2018
HistoryYüksekçıta Koleji
2017–2018
Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket
2018–present
ArenaPamukkale University Arena
Capacity5,000
LocationDenizli, Turkey
Team colorsGreen, blue
         
PresidentVeli Deveciler
Team managerEvren Yenice
Head coachŞahin Ateşdağlı
Team captainÜmit Sonkol
Championships1 TB2L
Websitemerkezefendi.bel.tr

History

The team whose name was Yüksekçıta Koleji, was renamed Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket in 2018. End of the regular season of 2018–19, the team that was competing in Turkish Basketball Second League completed the season as undefeated in 20 games. The team defeated Beylikdüzü Basket 2–0 in play-offs, defeated Boluspor 3–0 in quarter-finals, defeated Erzurum BŞB Gençlik 3–1 in semi-finals and promoted to Turkish Basketball First League. Also the team got their first defeat of the season in the semi-finals. At the final game on 13 May 2019 that was played on Sinan Erdem Dome, Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket defeated Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor with 77–70 score, and the team became the champion of 2018–19 Turkish Basketball Second League.[2]

Players

Current roster

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

Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SG 1 Erkin, Şenel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (1999-01-17)17 January 1999
G 7 Mutlu, Merthan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 26 – (1994-05-16)16 May 1994
SF 9 Çevik, Deniz Can 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1994-05-13)13 May 1994
C 10 Özdoğan, Mehmet 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1987-02-06)6 February 1987
PF 11 Sonkol, Ümit (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 38 – (1982-07-24)24 July 1982
C 14 Paçun, Bora 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 33 – (1987-05-27)27 May 1987
SF 15 Ertaş, Orkun Kemal 21 – (1999-01-01)1 January 1999
SF 20 Baştan, Bertan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (1998-06-23)23 June 1998
PG 34 Şentürk, Soner 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1986-08-05)5 August 1986
SG 35 Aktuna, Kemal Can 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1995-02-03)3 February 1995
PF 41 Yazıcıoğlu, Gökhan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1990-09-06)6 September 1990
PG 44 Özkan, Barış Çağan 26 – (1994-04-02)2 April 1994
G 99 Erol, Altan 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 37 – (1983-05-28)28 May 1983
C Coleby, Dwight 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 26 – (1994-01-16)16 January 1994
PG Umipig, Isiah 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1992-03-25)25 March 1992
Head coach
  • Şahin Ateşdağlı
Assistant coach(es)
  • Yağız Sertoğlu
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Mustafa Kara
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Ali İhsan Aktaş
Team manager
  • Evren Yenice
  • Mustafa Soğancı
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured
Updated: July 2, 2020

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Inactive
C Dwight Coleby Bora Paçun Mehmet Özdoğan
PF Ümit Sonkol Gökhan Yazıcıoğlu
SF Altan Erol Deniz Can Çevik Bertan Baştan Orkun Kemal Ertaş
SG Soner Şentürk Kemal Can Aktuna Erkin Şenel
PG Isiah Umipig Barış Çağan Özkan Merthan Mutlu

Honours

Domestic competitions

Turkish Basketball Second League

  • Winner (1): 2018–19

Notable players
gollark: As such, you can do plenty of reasonable things which seem like they should work, but which will just compile to garbage.
gollark: It was a simulation language which some bees coöpted to compile to hardware.
gollark: Or verilog.
gollark: Do NOT verulog.
gollark: It's too late.

References
  1. "Parkede Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket Rüzgârı Esecek". merkezefendi.bel.tr (in Turkish). Merkezefendi Belediyesi. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. "Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket, TB2L'de şampiyon oldu!". hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.