Sakarya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as Sakarya BB was a Turkish professional basketball club based in
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which played two seasons in the
Turkish Basketball Super League
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(TBL). The team was founded and sponsored by
Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality in 2013. Their home arena was
Sakarya Sports Hall with a capacity of 5,000 seats.
In the 2016–17 season, Sakarya were promoted to the first tier
Basketbol Süper Ligi for the first time in club history.
In the 2017–18 season, they would make their European debut as they qualified for the
Basketball Champions League qualification rounds. However, at the end of
2018–19 season, they finished in last place of the
Basketbol Süper Ligi and were relegated to
Turkish Basketball First League.
Arenas
*Sakarya Atatürk Sports Hall (2013–2017)
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Sakarya Sports Hall (2017–present)
Season by season
European record
Notable players
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Kerem Gönlüm
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Metecan Birsen
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Moustapha Fall
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Professional career
Fall played in ...
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Gian Clavell
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He was named Mountain West Conferen ...
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Toney Douglas
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C. J. Harris
Head coaches
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Okan Çevik
Okan Çevik (born 8 June 1966 in Edirne, Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball coach.
Çevik studied at Galatasaray High School and graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry.
Coaching career
Early years
Çevik, began his ca ...
(2015–2016)
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Selçuk Ernak (2016–present)
References
External links
Official website(in Turkish)
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Basketball teams in Turkey
Basketball teams established in 2013
Sport in Adapazarı