Yeşilgiresun Belediye

Yeşilgiresun Belediye
Yeşilgiresun Belediye logo
Leagues	Turkish Super League
Founded	2006
History	Yeşilgiresun Belediye (2006-2015) Akın Çorap Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor (2015-present)
Arena	19 Eylül Sports Hall
Arena Capacity	3,500
Location	Giresun, Turkey
Team colors	Green and White
President	Kerim Aksu
Head coach	Ahmet Kandemir
Website	http://www.giresun.bel.tr
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Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor, more commonly known as Yeşilgiresun is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Giresun which plays Turkish Basketball Super League. The team was founded by Giresun Municipality in 2006. Their home arena is 19 Eylül Sports Hall with a capacity of 3,500 seats.

History

Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor was founded in 2006 by Giresun Municipality. The team began playing in the EBBL for 2006–2007 season. From 2006 till 2012, the team played in EBBL/TB3L. In the 2011–12 season of TB3L, the team fnished the season to third place and lost the chance to promoted. But season champion Söğüsten Seramik withdrew from league and Yeşilgiresun invited to TB2L by TBF. In the 2012–13 season, the team fnished to third of regular season. The team beat Darüşşafaka in quarter-final but lost against Trabzonspor in semi-final and lost the chance to promoted. In the 2013–14 season, the team fnished to fifth of regular season. The team beat Akhisar Belediye in quarter-final but lost against Darüşşafaka Doğuş in semi-final and lost the chance to promoted again. In the 2014–15 season, the team fnished to sixth of regular season. The team beat Best Balıkesir B.K. in quarter-final and then beat Sakarya BB in semi-final and promoted to Turkish Basketball League. The team beat Tüyap Büyükçekmece in final game and won title.

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Turkish Cup
2006–07	3	EBBL	?	–	–
2007–08	3	EBBL	?	–	–
2008–09	3	EBBL	?	–	–
2009–10	3	EBBL	?	–	–
2010–11	3	EBBL	?	–	–
2011–12	3	TB3L	3	Promoted	–
2012–13	2	TB2L	3	Semifinalist	–
2013–14	2	TB2L	5	Semifinalist	–
2014–15	2	TB2L	6	PromotedChampion	–
2015–16	1	BSL

Players

Current roster

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

Yeşilgiresun Belediye roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 2 Perkins, Doron (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 96 kg (212 lb) – (1983-05-06)6 May 1983 G 3 Bradley, Ramel 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) – (1985-02-05)5 February 1985 PG 4 Nikolov, Kristijan (DC) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) – (1996-10-15)15 October 1996 SF 5 Özcan, Can 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1989-04-16)16 April 1989 G/F 8 Crocker, Tony 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) – (1987-01-17)17 January 1987 SG 10 Tuncer, Buğrahan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) – (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 C 13 Demir, Mutlu 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) – (1987-12-13)13 December 1987 F 14 Hosley, Quinton 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) – (1984-03-25)25 March 1984 SF 15 Çankaya, Yunus 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1985-02-23)23 February 1985 SF 41 Yazıcıoğlu, Gökhan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) – (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 F 44 Dulkys, Deividas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) – (1988-03-12)12 March 1988 PG 69 Warren, Chris 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 76 kg (168 lb) – (1988-10-22)22 October 1988	Head coach Ahmet Kandemir Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship Injured Roster Updated: October 18, 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Darnell Jackson	Mutlu Demir
PF	Quinton Hosley	Gökhan Yazıcıoğlu
SF	Tony Crocker	Yunus Çankaya	Can Özcan
SG	Ramel Bradley	Deividas Dulkys	Buğrahan Tuncer
PG	Chris Warren	Doron Perkins	Kristijan Nikolov	Tansu Aksoy

Notable players

Barış Güney Bora Paçun Pertev Öngüner Serhan Kavut Yunus Çankaya

Josh Heytvelt Marcus Hall Mike Taylor Patrick Miller Ramel Bradley Alex Gordon

External links

• Giresun Belediyesi, official website
• Eurobasket.com page
• Facebook page
• Twitter page
• TBLstat.net page