Aliağa Petkim

Aliağa Petkim
Leagues	Turkish Basketball League
Founded	1993
History	Aliağa Petkim (1993-present)
Arena	Enka Sport Hall (2,500 seats)
Location	İzmir, Turkey
Team colors	Green and White
President	Uğur Eren
Head coach	Aclan Kavasoğlu
Website	www.aliagaspor.org.tr
Uniforms
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Aliağa Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü, known as Aliağa Petkim for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team from the district of Aliağa in İzmir, Turkey. The team sponsored by the Petkim Company. It is petrochemical company of Turkey. Their home arena is the Enka Sport Hall with a capacity of 2,500 seats. The team competes playing in the Turkish Basketball League.

History

Aliağa Petkim was established in 1993, and continued playing in the ranks of TB2L until in 2008-09 season. The team was promoted to the Turkish Basketball League after finishing second position in the TB2L in 2008.

Beginning of the 2012-13 season, the team played EuroChallenge Qualifying Round for participate to regular season. But did not participate to regular season cause in lost against the Joensuun Kataja from Finland.

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Turkish Cup	European competitions
2004–05	2	TB2L	8	–	–	–
2005–06	2	TB2L	7	–	–	–
2006–07	2	TB2L	3	-	–	–
2007–08	2	TB2L	1	Promoted2nd	–	–
2008–09	1	TBL	14	–	Quarterfinalist	–
2009–10	1	TBL	13	–	Group Stage	–
2010–11	1	TBL	14	–	Quarterfinalist	–
2011–12	1	TBL	7	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	–
2012–13	1	TBL	11	–	Group Stage	Played EuroChallenge
2013–14	1	TBL	16	Relegated	Group Stage	–

Current Roster

Aliağa Petkim roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 4 Erdoğan, Ahmet 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) – (1986-10-24)24 October 1986 G/F 5 Azizmahmutoğulları, İhsan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) – (1982-10-25)25 October 1982 SF 6 Sommerville, Marcellus 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) – (1982-02-21)21 February 1982 PG 7 Menteşe, Serkan 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) – (1991-02-06)6 February 1991 SG 10 Yıldız, Melih 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) – (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 12 Şiyak, Sertan – (1995-05-21)21 May 1995 PF 13 Işık, Ali 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) – (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 SF 14 Gülaslan, Gani Erdi 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) – (1994-03-03)3 March 1994 SG 24 Altay, Ceyhun 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) – (1986-08-15)15 August 1986 C 41 Paçun, Bora 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) – (1987-05-27)27 May 1987 C 55 Popović, Petar  2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 106 kg (234 lb) – (1979-07-28)28 July 1979 C Karabulut, Çağlar 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) – (1983-01-18)18 January 1983	Head coach Aclan Kavasoğlu Assistant coach(es) Hamdi Gürgen Sinan Aksoylar Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship Injured Roster Updated: 22 January, 2014

Notable players

• Barış Güney
• Ceyhun Altay
• Fatih Solak
• Ersin Görkem
• Hüseyin Beşok
• Reha Öz
• Ümit Sonkol
• Kaspars Kambala
• Branislav Ratkovica
• Aubrey Coleman
• Aubrey Reese
• Brian Qvale

• - Charles Davis
• Dalron Johnson
• Jack McClinton
• Jerome Randle
• Jarvis Hayes
• Lorenzo Gordon
• Mike James
• Roderick Wilmont
• Ryan Toolson
• - Quinton Hosley
• Torin Francis

External links

• TBLstats.net Profile
• Eurobasket.com Profile

References

1. REDIRECT Template:Turkish Basketball Super League

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