Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket

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Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi Basket
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Leagues BSL
Founded2017
History
  • Yüksekçıta Koleji
    2017–2018
  • Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket
    2018–2021
  • Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi G.S.K.
    2021–present
Arena Pamukkale University Arena
Capacity5,000
Location Denizli, Turkey
Team colorsGreen, blue
  
PresidentVeli Deveciler
Team managerEvren Yenice
Head coach Zafer Aktaş
Team captain Nate Mason
Championships1 TBL
1 TB2L
Website mbb.org.tr

Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi Basket, due to current sponsorship Yukatel Merkezefendi, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Denizli. The team is currently playing in the Basketball Super 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 Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket in 2018. [1]

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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 the Turkish Basketball Second League completed the season 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 the 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, 77–70, and the team became the champion of 2018–19 Turkish Basketball Second League. [2]

They finished the 2020–21 season as regular season leaders and earned the right to compete in the top tier (BSL) for the 2021–22 season onward.

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
G/F 0 Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Sudan.svg Mustafa, Muhaymin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)24 – (1999-10-10)10 October 1999
G 1 Flag of the United States.svg Mason, Nate  (C)1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)28 – (1995-07-25)25 July 1995
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg Sibande, Nike 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)24 – (1999-06-06)6 June 1999
G 8 Flag of Turkey.svg Aygündüz, Berke 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)25 – (1998-08-26)26 August 1998
PF 9 Flag of Turkey.svg Demir, Alihan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)27 – (1996-07-11)11 July 1996
SF 10 Flag of Turkey.svg Güneş, Oktay 25 – (1999-02-25)25 February 1999
PG 11 Flag of the United States.svg German, Eugene 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)26 – (1997-12-02)2 December 1997
SF 12 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bleijenbergh, Vrenz 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)23 – (2000-10-14)14 October 2000
PF 13 Flag of Turkey.svg Karabilen, İsmail 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)22 – (2001-07-02)2 July 2001
F/C 15 Flag of Serbia.svg Pecarski, Marko   Cruz Roja.svg 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)24 – (2000-02-12)12 February 2000
SG 18 Flag of Croatia.svg Badžim, Roko   Cruz Roja.svg 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)26 – (1997-08-18)18 August 1997
C 20 Flag of the United States.svg Floyd, Jehyve 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)26 – (1997-06-27)27 June 1997
F 22 Flag of Turkey.svg Özkan, Çağatay 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)22 – (2001-07-09)9 July 2001
C 35 Flag of Turkey.svg Atar, Berke 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)24 – (1999-07-13)13 July 1999
Head coach
  • Flag of Turkey.svg Zafer Aktaş
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Turkey.svg Erhan Yetim
  • Flag of Turkey.svg Sergey Sergen Horuz
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Flag of Turkey.svg Mustafa Kara
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Flag of Turkey.svg Ali İhsan Aktaş
Team manager
  • Flag of Turkey.svg Ömer Halat
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: April 20, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2Bench 3
C Jehyve FloydBerke Atarİsmail Karabilen
PF Vrenz BleijenberghAlihan DemirMarko Pecarski Cruz Roja.svg
SF Muhaymin MustafaÇağatay ÖzkanOktay GüneşRoko Badžim Cruz Roja.svg
SG Nike SibandeBerke Aygündüz
PG Nate MasonEugene German

Honours

Domestic competitions

Turkish Basketball First League

Turkish Basketball Second League

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos.Record Turkish Cup European competitions
2017–183 T2BL 7th13–13——
2018–193 T2BL 1st29–1——
2019–202 TBL 3rd 1 17–7——
2020–212 TBL 1st22–8——
2021–22 1 BSL 14th8–22——
2022–23 1 BSL 13th11–19——
2023–24 1 BSL ——
^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

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.

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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.
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