Gaziantep Basketbol

Gaziantep Basketbol
Leagues Turkish Super League,
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded 2007
History Gaziantep BB
(2007–2013)
Gaziantep Basketbol
(2013–present)
Arena Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall
Kamil Ocak Sport Hall
Arena Capacity 6,400
2,500
Location Gaziantep, Turkey
Team colors Red, Black
         
President Metin Uzer
Head coach Stefanos Dedas
Website gaziantepbasketbol.com
Uniforms
Home
Away
Active departments of
Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Football Basketball

Gaziantep Basketbol is a professional basketball team based in the city of Gaziantep in Turkey that plays in the Turkish Basketball Super League and FIBA Europe Cup. Their home arena is the Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall with a capacity of 6,400 seats.[1]

History

The team was founded in 2007.[2] In 2011 the club promoted to the Second Division.[3] In the 2011–12 season, the team promoted to the top tier TBL.[3] In 2012, Royal Halı (a Turkish carpet producer) became head sponsor of the team and the team was re-named to Royal Halı Gaziantep. After the 2015–16 season, the team had financial problems after Royal Halı withdrew and was forced to leave the top tier.[4] After all, the team was able to stay alive and play in the TBL.[5]

Honours

Logos

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Turkish Cup European competitions
2009–10 3 EBBL 1st
2010–11 2 TB2L 3rd
2011–12 2 TB2L 2nd
2012–13 1 TBL 9th Group stage
2013–14 1 TBL 10th Group stage 3 EuroChallenge
3rd
2014–15 1 TBL 10th Quarterfinalist
2015–16 1 BSL 8th 3 FIBA Europe Cup
R16
2016–17 1 BSL 7th 4 FIBA Europe Cup
R16
2017–18 1 BSL 3 Champions League

Current roster

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

Gaziantep Basketbol roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG United States Armand, Sean 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991
PF United States White, D. J. 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 30 – (1986-08-31)31 August 1986
F United States Clark, Cameron 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 25 – (1991-09-16)16 September 1991
PF Azerbaijan Turkey Hacıyeva, Orhan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 27 – (1989-10-01)1 October 1989
SG Turkey Çinko, Erolcan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 27 – (1990-08-15)15 August 1990
PG Turkey Öğüt, Can Uğur 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 25 – (1992-01-23)23 January 1992
PF 15 Slovenia Balažič, Jure 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 36 – (1980-09-12)12 September 1980
PF 24 United States Haislip, Marcus 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 36 – (1980-12-22)22 December 1980
PG 27 Turkey Eryüz, Erden (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 37 – (1980-03-01)1 March 1980
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Turkey Sinan Çambel
Team manager
  • Turkey Boray Dai
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured

Updated: 1 November 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Davon Jefferson Tomislav Ružić Lazgin Emre Özkanlı
PF Marcus Haislip Jure Balažič
SF Andy Rautins Altan Erol
SG Erden Eryüz Berke Sungur
PG Will Cherry Cevat Ozcan

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tbf.org.tr/detay/2015/02/16/royal-hali-turkiye-kupasini-gaziantepte-izlemek-icin-10-neden
  2. ↑ Official website
  3. 1 2 Eurobasket.com – Gaziantep Basketbol – History
  4. ↑ Gaziantep leaves BSL, Acibadem is in
  5. ↑ Gaziantep staying alive, coach Dedas stays
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