Afyon Belediye S.K.

Afyon Belediye S.K., commonly known as Afyon Belediye or simply Afyon, for sponsorship reasons HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye, [1] is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. The club currently plays in the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Their home arena is Prof. Dr. Veysel Eroğlu Sports Hall with a capacity of 2,833 seats.

A former logo of the club
Afyon Belediyespor
NicknameKeçiler (The Goats)
LeaguesBasketbol Süper Ligi
Founded1985 (1985)
HistoryAfyon Belediyespor
1985–present
ArenaProf. Dr. Veysel Eroğlu Sports Hall
Capacity2,833
LocationAfyonkarahisar, Turkey
PresidentCömert Küce
Head coachCan Sevim
Team captainSinan Sağlam
Websitehttp://www.afyonbasket.org

Formerly known as Afyonkarahisar Belediyespor, the team was founded and sponsored by Afyonkarahisar Municipality in 2013. Their second season of Turkish Basketball League they finished eighth and competed in the play-offs.

In 2018, the club promoted to the first-tier Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) for the first time after winning the TBL promotion play-offs.[2]

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Record Turkish Cup
2013–14 3 TB3L 1st 9–6
2014–15 2 TB2L 15th 11–23
2015–16 2 TB2L 8th 18–19
2016–17 2 TBL 5th 24–15
2017–18 2 TBL 3rd[lower-alpha 1] 24–15
2018–19 1 BSL 14th 6–22
2019–20 1 BSL
  1. Promoted as winners of the play-offs.

Players

Current roster

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

Afyon Belediye roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F 0 Sağlam, Sinan (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (1998-03-09)9 March 1998
PG 3 Wright, Chris 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1989-11-04)4 November 1989
G 4 Saraloğlu, Utku 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (1996-07-17)17 July 1996
F 7 Beşok, Efe 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 23 – (1997-04-23)23 April 1997
SG 8 Aygündüz, Berke 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 22 – (1998-08-26)26 August 1998
SG 9 Cruz, Pako 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1989-10-03)3 October 1989
SG 10 Sancaklı, Ekrem 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 19 – (2001-04-26)26 April 2001
C 12 Kairys, Evaldas 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 30 – (1990-10-11)11 October 1990
C 15 Güven, Egemen 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (1996-09-25)25 September 1996
PF 21 Leissner, Tanner 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 27 – (1993-09-17)17 September 1993
C 25 Tuncer, Ali 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1993-02-21)21 February 1993
SG 55 Macura, J. P. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1995-06-05)5 June 1995
Head coach
  • Can Sevim
Assistant coach(es)
  • Halil Atlı
  • Erhan Yetim
  • Turusan Yolcu
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: October 5, 2020

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Evaldas Kairys Egemen Güven Ali Tuncer
PF J.P. Macura Berke Aygündüz Efe Beşok
SF Tanner Leissner Sinan Sağlam İsmail Karabilen
SG Pako Cruz Ekrem Sancaklı
PG Chris Wright Utku Saraloğlu

Notable players

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

Sponsors
Shirt manufracturer Barex
Front sponsor AFJET

References
  1. "Afyon Belediye SK". Twitter.com.
  2. "Afyon'da çifte sevinç: Afyon Belediyespor Basketbol Süper Ligi'nde" (in Turkish). CNN Turk. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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