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İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (basketball)

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Leagues
  
Turkish Super League

Team colors
  
Orange, Navy Blue

Head coach
  
Drasko Prodanovic

Arena
  
Cebeci Sport Hall

Founded
  
2000

Arena Capacity
  
1,250

President
  
Ahmet Hamdi Çamlı

League
  
Basketbol Süper Ligi

Location
  
Istanbul, Turkey

Color
  
Orange, Navy Blue

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History
  
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (2000-present)

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, also known simply as İstanbul BŞB is a professional basketball club based in İstanbul, Turkey that plays in the Turkish Basketball Super League. Their home arena is Cebeci Sport Hall. The club is a part of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Sports Club.

History

İstanbul BŞB basketball was founded in 2000, as a branch of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. The team began playing in the lower divisions of Turkish basketball league systems for 2000 season with amateur players. The team became professional in 2006 and the team played in EBBL for 2006 to 2009. In 2009, the team promoted to TB2L from EBBL. The team played TB2L till 2013–14 season. In 2013–14 season, the team finished to seven of Regular Season. In Playoffs, the team faced to Ankara DSİ S.K. in quarter-finals and beat them 2-1. Then, the team beat Aydem Pamukkale Üniversitesi in semi-finals and promoted to TBL (now called BSL). 2014–15 season was first season of İstanbul BŞB in TBL and finished to twelve.

References

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (basketball) Wikipedia