Sakarya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as Sakarya BB was a Turkish professional basketball club based in Sakarya which played two seasons in the Turkish Basketball Super League (TBL). The team was founded and sponsored by Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality in 2013. Their home arena was Sakarya Sports Hall with a capacity of 5,000 seats.
In the 2016–17 season, Sakarya were promoted to the first tier Basketbol Süper Ligi for the first time in club history. In the 2017–18 season, they would make their European debut as they qualified for the Basketball Champions League qualification rounds. However, at the end of 2018–19 season, they finished in last place of the Basketbol Süper Ligi and were relegated to Turkish Basketball First League.
Arenas Sakarya Atatürk Sports Hall (2013–2017) Sakarya Sports Hall (2017–present) Season by season SeasonTierLeagueTurkish Cup European competition 2013–142 TB2L3rd 2014–152 TB2L3rd 2015–162 TBL4th 2016–172 TBL1st 2017–181 BSL Quarterfinalist 2018–191BSL15th 3 Champions League 4 FIBA Europe Cup
European record Season Competition Round Club Home Away Advanced 2018–19 Basketball Champions League Fribourg Olympic 87–85 76–52 No, –22 FIBA Europe Cup ZZ Leiden 56–69 99–97 No, 3rd s.Oliver Würzburg 80–60 69–97 Oradea 84–68 84–84
Notable players
Kerem Gönlüm Metecan Birsen Moustapha Fall Gian Clavell Toney Douglas C. J. Harris Junior Etou
Head coaches Okan Çevik (2015–2016) Selçuk Ernak (2016–present)
References
External links Official website (in Turkish)