Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi

Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Leagues	Turkish Basketball League
Founded	1995
History	Antalya BB (1995-present)
Arena	Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall
Capacity	2,500
Location	Antalya, Turkey
Team colors	Orange and Navy
President	Recep Tokgöz
Head coach	Timuçin Meriç
Website	Antalya BB Basketball

Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü (English: Antalya Greater Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club) also known simply as Antalya BB is a basketball team based in the city of Antalya in Turkey that plays in the Turkish Basketball League. Their home arena is the Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall with a capacity of 2,500 seats. The club also sponsored by Antalya Metropolitan Municipality.

History

It was founded first as Antalyaspor in 1966. It played in First League between 1993-1996. It qualified to play-offs in 1994-1995 season after finishing 6th with 17 wins. It 3-1 defeated Meysuspor at 1st round but was eliminated by Tofaş SAS by 3-0 at quarter final. It was renamed as Muratpaşa Belediyespor in 1996-1997 season and returned to First League in 1997. Muratpaşa Belediyespor played the league between 1997-1999. It merged with basketball branch of Antbirlik (founded in 1978), who played First League between 1981-1982 and 1994-1996. It also played in 2000-2001 season as Muratpaşa Belediyespor Antbirlik. It took present name in 2002 and was promoted to First League as champions of final group in 2006-2007 season. It finished 6th with 18 wins and qualified to play-offs but was eliminated by Fenerbahçe Ülker as 3-1 in 2007-2008 season. It finished again 6th and qualified to play-offs but was eliminated by again Fenerbahçe Ülker as 3-0 in 2008-2009 season.

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Turkish Cup	European Competitions
1999–00	2	TB2L	4	–	–	–
2000–01	2	TB2L	9	–	–	–
2001–04	3	EBBL			–	–
2004–05	2	TB2L	8	Relegated	–	–
2005–06	3	EBBL	1	Promoted	–	–
2006–07	2	TB2L	2	PromotedChampion	–	–
2007–08	1	TBL	6	Quarterfinalist	Group Stage	–
2008–09	1	TBL	6	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	Played EuroChallenge
2009–10	1	TBL	11	–	Group Stage	–
2010–11	1	TBL	8	Quarterfinalist	Group Stage	–
2011–12	1	TBL	13	–	Quarterfinalist	–
2012–13	1	TBL	16	Relegated	Group Stage	–

Current squad

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Antalya BB roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 7 Gülek, Berkay 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 30 – (1994-09-05)5 September 1994 SG 8 Yıldırım, Seray 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – (1992-06-19)19 June 1992 PG 9 Rızvanoğlu, Rahim 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 38 – (1986-04-01)1 April 1986 SF 10 Öz, Reha 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 46 – (1978-04-03)3 April 1978 PF 11 Karabıyık, Gökhan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 36 – (1988-05-20)20 May 1988 SG 12 Lewis, Ron 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 40 – (1984-07-27)27 July 1984 C 13 Beyaz, Eren 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 38 – (1985-10-01)1 October 1985 SF 14 Pastal, Valentin 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 40 – (1984-06-09)9 June 1984 C 21 Golubovic, Vladimir 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 38 – (1986-02-24)24 February 1986 G/F 25 Carney, Rodney 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 40 – (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 PF 41 Carter, Warren 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 39 – (1985-04-23)23 April 1985	Head coach Timuçin Meriç Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Notable players

• Barış Hersek
• Bora Paçun
• Can Akın
• Ersin Görkem
• Melih Mahmutoğlu
• Muratcan Güler
• Nedim Yücel
• Rasim Başak
• Patrick Femerling
• Kristaps Valters
• Marcus Douthit
• Stevan Jelovac

• Aaron Jackson
• Corey Fisher
• Darryl Thompson
• Frank Elegar
• Jamon Gordon
• Marcus Douthit
• Michael Green
• Patrick Christopher
• Ralph Mims
• Ricardo Marsh
• Cartier Martin
• Scott Reynolds
• Jermareo Davidson
• Jordan Theodore

External links

• TBLStat.net Profile Template:En icon