Denizli Basket
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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.
Τα παρατσούκλια της Ντενίζλισπορ είναι "Yeşil-Siyahlılar" ("Πράσινοι-Μαύροι") και "Horozlar" ("Πετεινοί"). Η ομάδα παίζει τα εντός έδρας παιχνίδια της στο Στάδιο Ατράκ Τσετιναγιά, το οποίο έχει χωρητικότητα 15.500 θέσεων.
Η Ντενίζλισπορ έχει κερδίσει το Κύπελλο Τουρκίας μία φορά, το 2011. Έφτασε επίσης στον τελικό του Κυπέλλου Τουρκίας άλλες δύο φορές, το 1989 και το 2018. Στο πρωτάθλημα, το καλύτερο πλασάρισμα της ομάδας ήταν η δεύτερη θέση τη σεζόν 1989-90.
Ο προπονητής της Ντενίζλισπορ είναι ο Γιακούπ Καρντεσλέρ. Οι κορυφαίοι παίκτες της ομάδας την τρέχουσα σεζόν είναι οι Γκιοκχάν Γκιουβενλίερ, Σινάν Καρτίκ, Κερέμ Καντεμίρ και Σιρούκ Καν.