Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket – Wikipedia

Basketball team in Denizli, Turkey

Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket, due to current sponsorship Yukatel Merkezefendi, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Denizli. The team is currently playing in the Basketball Super League. Their home arena is the Pamukkale University Arena which has a capacity of 5,000 seats. The team whose name was Yüksekçıta Koleji, was renamed Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket in 2018.^[1]

History[edit]

The team whose name was Yüksekçıta Koleji, was renamed Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket in 2018. End of the regular season of 2018–19, the team that was competing in the Turkish Basketball Second League completed the season undefeated in 20 games. The team defeated Beylikdüzü Basket, 2–0 in play-offs, defeated Boluspor, 3–0 in quarter-finals, defeated Erzurum BŞB Gençlik, 3–1 in semi-finals and promoted to the Turkish Basketball First League. Also the team got their first defeat of the season in the semi-finals. At the final game on 13 May 2019 that was played on Sinan Erdem Dome, Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket defeated Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor, 77–70, and the team became the champion of 2018–19 Turkish Basketball Second League.^[2]

They finished the 2020–21 season as regular season leaders and earned the right to compete in the top tier (BSL) for the 2021–22 season onward.

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 3 Tülüoğlu, Arca 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 25 – (1997-06-13)13 June 1997 PG 5 Harrison, Andrew 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 28 – (1994-10-28)28 October 1994 G/F 8 Rogkavopoulos, Nikos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 21 – (2001-06-27)27 June 2001 G 9 Erol, Altan (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 39 – (1983-05-28)28 May 1983 F/C 12 Gielo, Tomasz  2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 G 13 Diril, Bilgehan 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 22 – (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 G/F 16 Aydın, Gökhan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1995-01-15)15 January 1995 SF 20 Baştan, Bertan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (1998-06-23)23 June 1998 F/C 22 Olmaz, Ayberk 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – (1996-06-08)8 June 1996 C 23 Öncü, Eyüp Can 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2002-04-01)1 April 2002 C 37 Hamilton, Johnny 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1994-02-03)3 February 1994 C 65 Şenli, Doğan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 30 – (1992-07-16)16 July 1992 G Rathan-Mayes, Xavier 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1994-04-29)29 April 1994	Head coach Zafer Aktaş Assistant coach(es) Volkan Başaran Eren Oktay Strength & conditioning coach(es) Mustafa Kara Physiotherapist(s) Ali İhsan Aktaş Team manager Ömer Halat Legend (C) Team captain Injured Updated: February 9, 2023

Depth chart[edit]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Johnny Hamilton	Doğan Şenli
PF	Ayberk Olmaz	Eyüp Can Öncü		Tomasz Gielo
SF	Nikos Rogkavopoulos	Altan Erol	Bertan Baştan
SG	Andrew Harrison	Gökhan Aydın
PG	Arca Tülüoğlu	Bilgehan Diril

Honours[edit]

Domestic competitions[edit]

Turkish Basketball First League

Turkish Basketball Second League

Notable players[edit]

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

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