Merkezefendi Belediyesi
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Wikipedia - Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket
Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi Basket, due to current sponsorship Yukatel Merkezefendi, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Denizli. The team is currently playing in the Basketball Super League. Their home arena is the Pamukkale University Arena which has a capacity of 5,000 seats. The team whose name was Yüksekçıta Koleji, was renamed Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket in 2018.
History
The team whose name was Yüksekçıta Koleji, was renamed Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket in 2018. End of the regular season of 2018–19, the team that was competing in the Turkish Basketball Second League completed the season undefeated in 20 games. The team defeated Beylikdüzü Basket, 2–0 in play-offs, defeated Boluspor, 3–0 in quarter-finals, defeated Erzurum BŞB Gençlik, 3–1 in semi-finals and promoted to the Turkish Basketball First League. Also the team got their first defeat of the season in the semi-finals. At the final game on 13 May 2019 that was played on Sinan Erdem Dome, Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket defeated Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor, 77–70, and the team became the champion of 2018–19 Turkish Basketball Second League.
They finished the 2020–21 season as regular season leaders and earned the right to compete in the top tier (BSL) for the 2021–22 season onward.
Le nom du club fait référence au quartier de Merkezefendi à Denizli, où se trouve le siège du club. Merkezefendi est connu pour son ambiance chaleureuse et ses fans passionnés, qui soutiennent bruyamment l'équipe lors de tous les matchs à domicile.
Au fil des ans, Merkezefendi a connu des succès modestes, atteignant les demi-finales de la Coupe de Turquie en 2016 et 2017. Le club a également participé à la FIBA Europe Cup, la troisième compétition européenne des clubs.
En plus de son équipe professionnelle, Merkezefendi possède également une académie des jeunes réputée, qui a produit de nombreux joueurs talentueux au fil des ans. Le club s'engage à développer de jeunes joueurs et à promouvoir le basket-ball dans la région de Denizli.
Avec sa base de fans dévoués, son académie des jeunes florissante et son ambition d'atteindre de plus hauts sommets, Merkezefendi Belediyesi est un club de basket-ball en pleine ascension qui devrait continuer à faire parler de lui dans les années à venir.