Afyon Belediye S.K.

Afyon Belediyespor
Nickname Keçiler (The Goats)
Leagues Basketbol Süper Ligi
Founded 1985 (1985)
History Afyon Belediyespor
1985–present
Arena Afyon Atatürk Sports Hall
Capacity 2,000
Location Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
President Abdullah Aydoğan
Head coach Mehmet Kabaran
Website http://www.afyonbasket.org
Uniforms

Afyon Belediye S.K., commonly known as Afyon Belediye or simply Afyon,[1] is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. The club currently plays in the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Their home arena is Afyon Atatürk Sports Hall with a capacity of 2,000 seats.

A former logo of the club

Formerly known as Afyonkarahisar Belediyespor, the team was founded and sponsored by Afyonkarahisar Municipality in 2013. Their second season of Turkish Basketball League they finished eighth and competed in the play-offs.

In 2018, the club promoted to the first-tier Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) for the first time after winning the TBL promotion play-offs.[2]

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Record Turkish Cup
2013–14 3 TB3L 1st 9–6
2014–15 2 TB2L 15th 11–23
2015–16 2 TB2L 8th 18–19
2016–17 2 TBL 5th 24–15
2017–18 2 TBL 3rd[lower-alpha 1] 24–15
2018–19 1 BSL
  1. ↑ Promoted as winners of the play-offs.

Players

Current roster

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

Afyon Belediye roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 3 United States Knight, Marcos 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 29 – (1989-09-24)24 September 1989
F/C 4 United States Hagins, Jamelle 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 – (1990-10-19)19 October 1990
PG 7 Turkey Mentese, Serkan 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 27 – (1991-02-05)5 February 1991
G 9 Turkey Erol, Altan 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 35 – (1983-05-28)28 May 1983
PF 13 Turkey Alp Altunbey, Talat 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1994-05-05)5 May 1994
F/C 41 Turkey Ozer, Cevher 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 35 – (1983-01-24)24 January 1983
PF Lithuania Želionis, Edgaras 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 29 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989
C Turkey Nalga, Cemal 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 31 – (1987-09-16)16 September 1987
SG Turkey Gulmez, Ismail 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (1994-09-21)21 September 1994
SG United States McGee, Tyrus 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1991-03-14)14 March 1991
PG Bulgaria Calloway, Earl 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1983-09-30)30 September 1983
SF United States White, Andrew 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1993-06-16)16 June 1993
Head coach

Turkey Mehmet Kabaran

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 6 June 2018

Notable players

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

Sponsors

Shirt manufracturer Kappa
Front sponsor AFJET

References

  1. ↑ "Afyon Belediye SK". Twitter.com.
  2. ↑ "Afyon'da çifte sevinç: Afyon Belediyespor Basketbol Süper Ligi'nde" (in Turkish). CNN Turk. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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