Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket

Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket
Leagues	TBL
Founded	2018
History	Yüksekçıta Koleji 2017–2018 Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket 2018–present
Arena	Pamukkale University Arena
Capacity	5,000
Location	Denizli, Turkey
Team colors	Green, blue
President	Veli Deveciler
Head coach	Şahin Ateşdağlı
Team captain	Ümit Sonkol
Championships	1 TB2L
Website	merkezefendibasket.com
Home Away

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.

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.

Players

Current roster

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Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 1 Erkin, Şenel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1999-01-17)17 January 1999 PG 3 Mishula, Olexandr 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 32 – (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 C 7 Işık, Bora Can 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1998-09-05)5 September 1998 SF 9 Çevik, Deniz Can 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-05-13)13 May 1994 PF 11 Sonkol, Ümit (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 41 – (1982-07-24)24 July 1982 C 14 Paçun, Bora 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 37 – (1987-05-27)27 May 1987 SF 15 Ertaş, Orkun Kemal 25 – (1999-01-01)1 January 1999 SF 20 Baştan, Bertan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1998-06-23)23 June 1998 PG 34 Şentürk, Soner 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 37 – (1986-08-05)5 August 1986 SG 35 Aktuna, Kemal Can 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 PF 41 Yazıcıoğlu, Gökhan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 – (1990-09-06)6 September 1990 PF 42 Gipson, Thomas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 31 – (1993-01-11)11 January 1993 PG 44 Özkan, Barış Çağan 30 – (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 G 99 Erol, Altan 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 41 – (1983-05-28)28 May 1983	Head coach Şahin Ateşdağlı Assistant coach(es) Evren Yenice Strength & conditioning coach(es) Mustafa Kara Physiotherapist(s) Ali İhsan Aktaş Team manager Mustafa Soğancı Serkan Toprak Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship Injured Roster Updated: January 20, 2020

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2		Inactive
C	Thomas Gipson	Bora Paçun			Bora Can Işık
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	Olexandr Mishula	Barış Çağan Özkan

Honours

Domestic competitions

Turkish Basketball Second League

• Winner (1): 2018–19

Notable players

• Altan Erol, (1 season: '20-...)
• Bora Paçun, (1 season: '20-...)
• Ümit Sonkol, (1 season: '19-...)
• Doğukan Sönmez, (1 season: '19-'20)
• Soner Şentürk, (1 season: '19-...)
• Jerome Jordan, (1 season: '19-'20)
• Olexandr Mishula, (1 season: '19-...)
• Thomas Gipson, (1 season: '20-...)