Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü ('' English: Antalya Greater Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club''), commonly abbreviated as Antalya BB is a

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team based in the city of

Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...

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. Their home arena is the

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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

Notable players

* Barış Hersek * Bora Paçun * Can Akın *

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* Muratcan Güler * Nedim Yücel *

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* Patrick Femerling * Yll Kaçaniku *

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* Aaron Jackson * Corey Fisher * Frank Elegar *

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* Mike Green *

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* Ralph Mims * Ricardo Marsh *

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* Jermareo Davidson * Jordan Theodore *

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External links

TBLStat.net Profile

References

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