Arena Capacity 2,500 President Recep Tokgöz Arena Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall Founded 1995 | Team colors Orange and Navy Head coach Timuçin Meriç Location Antalya, Turkey | |
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Leagues Turkish Basketball League History Antalya BB
(1995-present) League Turkish Basketball Super League | ||
Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü (English: Antalya Greater Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club) also known simply as Antalya BB is a basketball team based in the city of Antalya in Turkey that plays in the Turkish Basketball League. Their home arena is the Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall with a capacity of 2,500 seats. The club also sponsored by Antalya Metropolitan Municipality.
History
It was founded first as Antalyaspor in 1966. It played in First League between 1993-1996. 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 1997-1999. 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.