Uşak Sportif, also known as Uşak Üniversitesi Belediyespor, was a professional basketball team that is based in the city of Uşak, in Turkey. The team was founded in 2006. Their home arena was the Uşak Üniversitesi Sport Hall, which has a seating capacity of 2,000.
History The basketball brand of Uşak Sportif was founded in 2006, after the club's football section had already been active since 1984. From 2006 to 2013, the team played in the (Turkish 2nd-tier level TB2L. In the 2012–13 season, Uşak finished 1st in the regular season, and was promoted to the Turkish top-tier level TBL (now called BSL) as the league's playoffs runner-up. In the 2013–14 season, the team made its debut in the Turkish highest level league, and immediately sealed a playoffs spot. This achievement led to the European-wide league debut of Uşak in the 2014–15 season, when it participated in the European-wide 3rd-tier level EuroChallenge. In April 2015, the team became known as "Muratbey Uşak Sportif", for name sponsorship reasons.Muratbey Uşak Sportif, İsim Sponsoruna Konuk Oldu .
In the 2017–18 season, Uşak relegated to the second tier Turkish Basketball First League (TBL). In August 2018, the club announced it was shutting down for the next season, as the club was unable to pay off its past debts.
Season by season
SeasonTierLeagueTurkish CupEuropean competitions2005–063 TB3L 2006–072 TB2L 6th 2007–082 TB2L 2006–072 TB2L 2008–092 TB2L 2009–102 TB2L 2010–112 TB2L 2011–122 TB2L 13th 2012–132 TB2L 2nd 2013–141 TBL 7th Group stage 2014–151 TBL 13th Group stage 3 EuroChallenge 2015–161 BSL 7th 2016–171 BSL 14th 3 Champions League 2017–181 BSL 16th
Players
Notable players
Alper Saruhan Erdinç Balto Gürol Karamahmut Rahim Rızvanoğlu Sertaç Şanlı Can Korkmaz Orhan Hacıyeva David Jelínek Yll Kaçaniku Miha Zupan Šarūnas Vasiliauskas Evaldas Kairys Chris Warren Khem Birch Paul Harris Courtney Fells Eli Holman Justin Carter
References
External links
Official Website Eurobasket.com Profile