Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Explained

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Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Leagues:Turkish Basketball Second League
History:Antalya BB
(1995–present)
Arena:Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall
Capacity:2,500
Location:Antalya, Turkey
Colors:Orange and Navy
President:Recep Tokgöz
Coach:Timuçin Meriç
Website:Antalya BB Basketball
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Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü (English: Antalya Greater Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club), commonly abbreviated as Antalya BB is a basketball team based in the city of Antalya in Turkey. Their home arena is the Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall with a capacity of 2,500 seats.

History

It was founded first as Antalyaspor in 1966. It played in First League between 1993 and 1996. It qualified to play-offs in 1994–1995 season after finishing 6th with 17 wins. It 3–1 defeated Meysuspor at 1st round but was eliminated by Tofaş SAS by 3–0 at quarter final. It was renamed as Muratpaşa Belediyespor in 1996–1997 season and returned to First League in 1997. Muratpaşa Belediyespor played the league between 1997 and 1999. It merged with basketball branch of Antbirlik (founded in 1978), who played First League between 1981–1982 and 1994–1996. It also played in 2000–2001 season as Muratpaşa Belediyespor Antbirlik. It took present name in 2002 and was promoted to First League as champions of final group in 2006–2007 season. It finished 6th with 18 wins and qualified to play-offs but was eliminated by Fenerbahçe Ülker as 3–1 in 2007–2008 season. It finished again 6th and qualified to play-offs but was eliminated by again Fenerbahçe Ülker as 3–0 in 2008–2009 season.

Season by season

SeasonTierLeagueTurkish CupEuropean Competitions
1999–002TB2L4th
2000–012TB2L
2001–043EBBL
2004–052TB2L
2005–063EBBL1st
2006–072TB2L1st
2007–081TBL6thGroup Stage
2008–091TBL6thQuarterfinalist
2009–101TBL11thGroup Stage
2010–111TBL8thGroup Stage
2011–121TBL13thQuarterfinalist
2012–131TBL16thGroup Stage
2013–142TB2L15th
2013–143TB3L
2015–163TB3L
2016–173TB2L1st

Notable players

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