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

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. Postseason Turkish Cup European competitions
2009–10 3 EBBL 1 Promoted – –
2010–11 2 TB2L 4 Final stage3rd – –
2011–12 2 TB2L 2 Promoted2nd – –
2012–13 1 TBL 9 – Group stage –
2013–14 1 TBL 10 – Group stage
3
EuroChallenge
3rd
2014–15 1 TBL 10 – Quarterfinalist –
2015–16 1 BSL
8
 Quarterfinals –
3
FIBA Europe Cup
R16

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 2 Canada Rautins, Andy 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 30 – (1986-11-02)2 November 1986
G/F 9 Turkey Erol, Altan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1983-05-28)28 May 1983
PG 12 United States Denmon, Marcus 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1990-03-20)20 March 1990
F/C 13 Croatia Ružić, Tomislav (DC) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 37 – (1979-07-02)2 July 1979
PF 15 Slovenia Balažič, Jure 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 36 – (1980-09-12)12 September 1980
PG 22 United States Cherry, Will 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 25 – (1991-02-08)8 February 1991
PG 27 Turkey Eryüz, Erden (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 36 – (1980-03-01)1 March 1980
PF 44 Bulgaria Ivanov, Dejan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 36 – (1980-09-12)12 September 1980
PF 32 Serbia Aleksandrov, Nemanja 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 30 – (1986-03-18)18 March 1986
PF United States Haislip, Marcus 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 35 – (1980-12-22)22 December 1980
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Turkey Sinan Çambel
Team manager
  • Turkey Boray Dai
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 1 November 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Dejan Ivanov Nemanja Aleksandrov Lazgin Emre Özkanlı
PF Davon Jefferson Tomislav Ružić Marcus Haislip
SF Andy Rautins Jure Balažič Berke Sungur
SG Marcus Denmon Altan Erol Faik Can Nurkan
PG Will Cherry Erden Eryüz 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

External links

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