Aliağa Gençlik S.K., known as Aliağa Petkim for sponsorship reasons, was a professional basketball team from the district of Aliağa in İzmir, Turkey. Their home arena was the Enka Sport Hall with a capacity of 2,500 seats. The team competes playing in the Turkish Basketball League.
History Aliağa Petkim was established in 1993, and continued playing in the ranks of TB2L until in 2008-09 season. The team was promoted to the Turkish Basketball League after finishing second position in the TB2L in 2008.
In the 2012–13 season, the team played in the EuroChallenge Qualifying Round. Here it lost against Kataja from Finland.
After the team was relegated from the TBL in the 2013–14 season, the club was dissolved.
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueTurkish Cup European competitions2004–052 TB2L 2005–062 TB2L 2006–072 TB2L 2007–082 TB2L 2nd 2008–091 TBL14th Quarterfinalist2009–101 TBL13th Group Stage2010–111 TBL14th Quarterfinalist2011–121 TBL7th Quarterfinalist2012–131 TBL11th Group Stage 3 EuroChallenge 2013–141 TBL16th Group Stage
Notable players
Barış Güney Ceyhun Altay Fatih Solak Ümit Sonkol Kaspars Kambala Branislav Ratkovica Aubrey Coleman Aubrey Reese Brian Qvale - Charles Davis Jack McClinton Jerome Randle Jarvis Hayes Tu Holloway Mike James Ryan Toolson - Quinton Hosley Torin Francis Marek Klassen
External links
Eurobasket.com Profile TBLStat.net Profile
References