İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor ( tr, İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü) is a

multi-sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

established 1979 in

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

by the city's metropolitan municipality ( tr, İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi). The club's colors are blue and white. İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor is active in a total of 21 branches, including Paralympic and many Olympic sports. The men's handball team of the club plays in the

Turkish Handball Super League Turkish Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Hentbol Süper Ligi) is the highest league in the Turkish handball and comprises the top 12 elite men teams. The league began in 1982–83. Structure The season starts in the end of September with a re ...

, the women's team in the

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi) is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Tu ...

and the wheelchair basketball team in the

Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League The Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol Süper Ligi, TTSB Süper Ligi) is the top-flight professional league for wheelchair basketball teams in Turkey with men and women players. Established in 19 ...

successfully.

Venues

Main venues of the club are: *

Bornova Ice Sports Hall Ice Sports Hall ( tr, Buz Sporları Salonu), aka İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Ice Sports Hall ( tr, İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Buz Sporları Salonu) is an indoor ice skating and ice hockey rink located within the Aşık Veysel Recreation ...

inside the Aşık Veysel Recreational Area,

Bornova Bornova is a metropolitan district of İzmir in İzmir Province in Turkey. It is the third largest district in İzmir's Greater Metropolitan Area of and is almost fully urbanized at the rate of 98.6 percent, with corresponding high levels of devel ...

: Ice hockey *

Celal Atik Celal Atik (1918 – 27 April 1979) was a Turkish wrestler and coach. He competed both in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, but had his best achievements in the freestyle, winning gold medals at the 1948 Olympics, 1951 World and 1946 and 194 ...

Sports Hall,

Kültürpark Kültürpark is an urban park in İzmir, Turkey. It is located in the district of Konak, roughly bounded by Dr. Mustafa Enver Bey Avenue on the north, 1395th Street, 1396th Street and Bozkurt Avenue on the east, Mürsel Paşa Boulevard on the sou ...

: Basketball, handball, volleyball * Evka-4 Sports Complex, Bornova: Basketball, handball, volleyball

Achievements

Handball

;Men's ;

* ''Champions'' (1): 2007–08 ;Women's :

* ''Runners-up'' (1): 2010–11 * ''Third place'' (1):2007–08

Ice hockey

;

Turkish Ice Hockey Super League The Turkish Ice Hockey Super League ( tr, Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Süper Ligi, abbreviated TBHSL) is the highest level of professional ice hockey in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the In ...

* ''Champions'' (1): 2013–14. * ''Runners-up'' (3): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16

Wheelchair basketball

;Turkish Wheelchair Basketball First League * ''Champions'' (1): 1996–97 ;

* ''Champions'' (4): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 ;

André Vergauwen Cup Results Titles by club Titles by country Medals (1977-2022) See also *Wheelchair basketball * IWBF Champions Cup *Willi Brinkmann Cup *IWBF Challenge Cup *Kitakyushu Champions Cup The Kitakyushu Champions Cup commemorates the 2002 Gold C ...

*''Runners-up'' (1): 2003.IWBF Official Website
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Notable sportspeople

İbrahim Arat İbrahim Arat (born December 2, 1988, in Izmir, Turkey) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the –94 kg division. The tall athlete is a member of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor in his hometown, where he is coached by Mücahit ...

(born 1988), weightlifter *

Remzi Başakbuğday Remzi Başakbuğday (born November 13, 1989) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner competing in the Finweight ( -54 kg) class. Personal life Remzi Başakbuğday was born in Konak, Izmir, Turkey on November 13, 1989. He studied physical educ ...

(born 1989), taekwondo practitioner *

Recep Çelik Recep Çelik (born June 10, 1983 in Diyarbakır, Turkey) is a Turkish racewalker. The tall athlete weighs , and is a member of the İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor, where he is coached by Nikolai Radionov. He graduated 2004 in physical educati ...

(born 1987), racewalker * Duygu Çete (born 1989), 2012 Summer Paralympics bronze medalist female visually impaired judoka * Begül Löklüoğlu (born 1988), female archer *

Semiha Mutlu Semiha Mutlu (born March 5, 1987 in Koyulhisar, Sivas Province, Turkey) is a Turkish female racewalking, racewalker. The tall athlete at is coached by Zeynep Karabağlı. She began racewalking at the age of 18, and is currently a member of the ...

(born 1987), female racewalker

References

External links

Official website
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