İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (basketball)

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Leagues Turkish Super League
Founded 2000
History İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor
(2000-present)
Arena Cebeci Sport Hall
Arena Capacity 1,250
Location Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors Orange, Navy Blue
         
President Turkey Ahmet Hamdi Çamlı
Head coach Bosnia and Herzegovina Drasko Prodanovic
Website istanbulbbsk.org

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, also known simply as İstanbul BŞB is a professional basketball club[1] based in İstanbul, Turkey that plays in the Turkish Basketball Super League. Their home arena is Cebeci Sport Hall. The club is a part of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Sports Club.[2]

History

İstanbul BŞB basketball was founded in 2000, as a branch of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. The team began playing in the lower divisions of Turkish basketball league systems for 2000 season with amateur players. The team became professional in 2006 and the team played in EBBL for 2006 to 2009. In 2009, the team promoted to TB2L from EBBL. The team played TB2L till 2013–14 season. In 2013–14 season, the team finished to seven of Regular Season. In Playoffs, the team faced to Ankara DSİ S.K. in quarter-finals and beat them 2-1. Then, the team beat Aydem Pamukkale Üniversitesi in semi-finals and promoted to TBL (now called BSL). 2014–15 season was first season of İstanbul BŞB in TBL and finished to twelve.

Current roster

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG -- Turkey Özmızrak, Kartal 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 20 – (1995-08-29)29 August 1995
F/C -- United States McCauley, Ben 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 29 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986
PG -- United States Armstead, Malcolm 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 26 – (1989-08-01)1 August 1989
PF 1 United States Batts, Kadeem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 24 – (1991-07-06)6 July 1991
PG 5 Turkey Eroğlu, Erbil 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 23 – (1993-01-23)23 January 1993
F 8 Turkey Birsen, Metecan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 20 – (1995-04-06)6 April 1995
G 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 Turkey Kılıçlı, Deniz 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 129 kg (284 lb) 25 – (1990-10-23)23 October 1990
C 15 Turkey Nalga, Cemal 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 28 – (1987-09-16)16 September 1987
G 18 Slovenia Klobučar, Jaka 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1987-08-19)19 August 1987
SF 19 Turkey Dokuyan, Uğur 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 23 – (1993-03-05)5 March 1993
SG 20 United States Armand, Sean 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 24 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991
SF 21 Turkey Cevik, Mert 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (1996-08-09)9 August 1996
PF 22 Croatia Markota, Damir 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1985-12-26)26 December 1985
PF 24 Turkey Tekfidan, Doğukan 20 – (1996-01-01)1 January 1996
Head coach
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Draško Prodanović
Assistant coach(es)
  • Turkey İlker Salman
  • Turkey Kadir Serdar
  • Turkey Bora Bölükbaşı
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Turkey Soner Çakırlar
Team manager
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Nihat İziç
  • Turkey Aycan Şarlı

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: October 5, 2015


Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Kadeem Batts Cemal Nalga
PF Ben McCauley Deniz Kılıçlı Doğukan Tekfidan
SF Jaka Klobucar Metecan Birsen Uğur Dokuyan Mert Çevik
SG Marcus Denmon Sean Armand
PG Malcolm Armstead Kartal Özmızrak Erbil Eroğlu

Notable players

References

External links


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