Adana Toros BYZ

Adana Toros was founded in 2011 in Adana, as 'Adana Beyzaspor'. The club promoted to the 3rd League of the Turkish Volleyball immediately, and at the 2013/14 season, the club promoted to the 2nd League.[2] At the mean time, the club got its new name Adana BYZ Algomed. In 2015, the club name has changed to Adana Toros BYZ.

Adana Toros started the season with 14 new players, including the Austrian national player Thomas Zass. The team finished the group stage at the top with 23 wins in 25 games, losing only 10 sets in total. At semi-final play-off stage in Ankara, the team won all the three games without losing a set.[3]

Play-off finals are played in Bursa, in April 11–13. After beating Düzce Belediyesi and Gümüşhane Torul, Adana Toros guaranteed to promote to the Turkish Men's Volleyball League.

Current squad

Squad as of April 7, 2016 [4]

Zass joined the club with the support of Tatlıcı Köse

Cheers after a win

Baklava treat during training

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)
1	Ashlei Nemer	Outside Hitter	1.92
2	Murat Yenipazar	Setter	1.94
3	Mert Tetik	Outside Hitter	1.90
5	Sercan Cihangir	Setter	1.90
6	Metin Durmuş	Libero	1.87
7	Umut Yücel Baran	Middle Blocker	1.96
8	Rıdvan Karataş	Setter	1.92
9	Thomas Zass	Opposite	1.93
10	Engin Özbek	Outside Hitter	1.90
12	Onur Kurt	Middle Blocker	1.95
13	Turgay Doğan	Outside Hitter	1.90
14	Fatih Barış	Middle Blocker	2.04
16	Caner Demirci	Outside Hitter	1.95
17	Murat Palavar	Middle Blocker	2.05

Technical staff

Ömer Bozdoğan and Aykut Lale

Name	Job
Aykut Lale	Head coach
Ömer Bozdoğan	Assistant coach
Kenan Okludil	Assistant coach
Mehmet Yaşar Üçöz	Masseur

• Turkish Volleyball 2nd League Group A