Olin Edirne Basket

Olin Edirne Basket
Leagues Turkish Basketball League
Eurochallenge
Founded 2006
History Olin Edirne Gençlik
(2006 - 2010)
Olin Edirne Basket
(2010 - present)
Arena Mimar Sinan Sport Hall
(capacity: 2,500)
Location Edirne, Turkey
Team colors Green and Yellow
         
President Mehmet Muranlı
Head coach Gökhan Taştimur
Championships None
Website olinedirnebasket.com
Uniforms
Home
Away

Olin Edirne Basket, is a professional basketball team based in the city of Edirne in Turkey. Their home arena is the Mimar Sinan Sport Hall with a capacity of 2,500 seats. The team competes in the Turkish Basketball League and Eurochallenge.

The team was sponsored by Edirne Oil Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company.

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History

The early years of establishment

The team was founded in 2006 and played first 2 seasons in Regional League and promoted to Second League in 2008. Olin Gençlik finished Turkish Second Basketball League as 5th in 2008-2009 season. Olin Gençlik finally promoted to Turkish Basketball League in 2009-10 season finished play-offs as 2nd behind of Medical Park Trabzonspor.

First year of in Turkish Basketball League

Olin Gençlik renamed its name as Olin Edirne Basket before start of 2010-11 season. It gives very sound away victories against Galatasaray (70-63) and Beşiktaş (93-83) in debut season. Olin Edirne finished Turkish Basketball League as 7th in 2010-2011 season and qualify for play Eurochallenge.

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Turkish Cup European Competitions
2006–07 3 EBBL Semifinalist
2007–08 3 EBBL Promoted
2008–09 2 TB2L 5 Round of 16
2009–10 2 TB2L 1 Promoted2nd
2010–11 1 TBL 7 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist
2011–12 1 TBL Group Stage Played Eurochallenge

Current Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 8 Wright, Chris 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 94 kg (207 lb) &1000000000000002200000022
SF 9 Sevinç, Ogün 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) &1000000000000002300000023
SG 10 Abi, Mustafa 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) &1000000000000003300000033
C 11 Solak, Fatih 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 125 kg (276 lb) &1000000000000003100000031
C/M 14 Yetim, Erhan 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) &1000000000000002400000024
C 15 Štimac, Vladimir 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 116 kg (256 lb) &1000000000000002400000024
SG 20 Vardal, Yiğitcan 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) &1000000000000002000000020
PF 22 Wilkinson, Wesley 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) &1000000000000002700000027
PF 23 Kocaoğlu, Polat 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) &1000000000000003200000032
SG 24 Videnov, Filip 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) &1000000000000003100000031
SG 25 Sönmez, Görkem 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) &1000000000000002200000022
SF 33 Öz, Reha 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) &1000000000000003300000033
PG 35 Töz, Fırat 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) &1000000000000002100000021
C 50 Dixon, David Lee 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 111 kg (245 lb) &1000000000000003300000033
Head coach
  • Gökhan Taştimur
Assistant coach(es)
  • Ali Burgul
  • Erdem Can

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Notable players

References

External Links