Trabzonspor B.K.

Trabzonspor Medical Park
Trabzonspor Medical Park logo
Leagues	Turkish Basketball Super League Eurocup
Founded	2008
History	Trabzonspor (2008–present)
Arena	Hayri Gür Arena
Arena Capacity	7,500
Location	Trabzon, Turkey
Team colors	Claret and Blue
President	Abiş Hopikoğlu
General manager	Nihat Mala
Head coach	Nenad Marković
Championships	2 Turkish Second Leagues
Website	Trabzonspor Basketball
Uniforms
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Trabzonspor Basketbol Kulübü (English: Trabzonspor Basketball Club), also known for sponsorship reasons as Trabzonspor Medical Park Basketbol Kulübü, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Trabzon in Turkey. It is a branch of the multi-sports club of Trabzonspor. Their home arena is the Hayri Gür Arena, which has a capacity of 7,500 seats, and was opened in 2011. The team currently bears the name of Trabzonspor Medical Park.

History

Trabzonspor's football club was founded in 1967, and it opened its basketball section in 2008. After Alpella's relegation after the 2007-08 season, Trabzonspor's board purchased all of the rights related to the team from the Ülker Group, and took their place in the Turkish Second League for the 2008-09 season.

Trabzonspor won promotion to the top-tier TBL, after they won the championship of the second Turkish League in the 2009–10 season.

Sponsporship names

• Trabzonspor : 2008–2010
• Medical Park Trabzonspor : 2010–2011
• Trabzonspor : 2011-2013
• Trabzonspor Medical Park : 2013–present

Achievements

• Turkish Second League

Winners (2): 2010, 2013

• EuroChallenge

Runners-up: (1) 2015

Season by season

Season	Domestic competitions				Turkish Cup	European competitions
	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason		Tier	League	Result
2008–09	2	TB2L	1	Final Stage3rd	–	–
2009–10	2	TB2L	2	PromotedChampion	–	–
2010–11	1	TBL	11	–	Semifinalist	–
2011–12	1	TBL	15	Relegated	Group Stage	–
2012–13	2	TB2L	7	PromotedChampion	–	–
2013–14	1	TBL	9	–	Quarterfinalist	–
2014–15	1	TBL	6	Semifinalist	Group Stage	3	EuroChallenge	Runner-up

Roster

Trabzonspor Medical Park roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SF 2 Thompson, Ryan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) – (1988-06-09)9 June 1988 PG 4 Töz, Fırat 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) – (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 C 5 Şanlı, Sertaç 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 115 kg (254 lb) – (1991-08-05)5 August 1991 PF 6 Candan, Berkay 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 101 kg (223 lb) – (1993-05-22)22 May 1993 SG 7 Hardy, Dwight 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) – (1986-12-02)2 December 1986 PG 13 Kitchen, Derwin 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1986-03-14)14 March 1986 PG 15 Demirel, Hakan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) – (1986-05-07)7 May 1986 SF 19 Saruhan, Alper 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1982-09-04)4 September 1982 PG 22 Yıldırım, İbrahim 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) – (1990-01-15)15 January 1990 SG 24 Baştürk, Mustafa 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) – (1996-01-17)17 January 1996 SF 25 Gülaslan, Erdi 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) – (1994-03-03)3 March 1994 G 55 Fells, Courtney 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1986-09-20)20 September 1986 C 61 Stipanović, Andrija 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 117 kg (258 lb) – (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 PF 77 Kulig, Damian 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987	Head coach Nenad Marković Assistant coach(es) Ceyhun Cabadak Mustafa Mavili Osman Ekici Team manager Nihat Mala Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 26, 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve	Injury
C	Andrija Stipanović	Sertaç Şanlı
PF	Damian Kulig	Novica Veličković
SF	Ryan Thompson	Berkay Candan	Alper Saruhan
SG	Dwight Hardy	Erdi Gülaslan		Mustafa Baştürk
PG	Derwin Kitchen	Hakan Demirel	İbrahim Yıldırım

Notable Players

• Birkan Batuk
• Ersin Görkem
• Kerem Özkan
• Polat Kaya
• Kaya Peker
• Tutku Açık
• Can Maxim Mutaf
• - Derrick Obasohan
• Aleksandar Rašić
• - Igor Milošević
• Jurica Žuža
• Kirk Penney
• - Michael Wright

• Mike Scott
• Harold Jamison
• Elton Brown
• Jonathan Gibson
• Russell Robinson
• Marc Salyers
• Kevinn Pinkney
• Khalid El-Amin
• Jack Cooley
• Jerome Randle
• - Gani Lawal
• Sean Marshall
• Tarence Kinsey
• Darius Johnson-Odom

Notable Coaches

• Alaeddin Yakan
• Dragan Sakota
• Tolga Öngören
• Halil Üner
• Hasan Özmeriç
• Hakan Demir

See also

• Trabzonspor

References

External links

• Official Site
• Team Profile at Eurobasket
• FIBA Eurochallenge
• Official Facebook Page of Trabzonspor MP
• Official Twitter Page of Trabzonspor MP
• TBLstat.net Profile
• TBL.org.tr

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