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Olin Edirne Basket 
Leagues Turkish Basketball League
EurochallengeFounded 2006 History Olin Edirne Gençlik
(2006 - 2010)
Olin Edirne Basket
(2010 - present)Arena Mimar Sinan Sports Hall
(capacity: 2,500)Location Edirne, Turkey Team colors Green and Yellow
President 
Mehmet MuranlıHead coach Gökhan TaştimurChampionships None Website olinedirnebasket.com Uniforms 
Home
AwayOlin Edirne Basket, is a professional basketball team based in the city of Edirne in Turkey. Their home arena is the Mimar Sinan Sports Hall with a capacity of 2,500 seats. The team competes in the Turkish Basketball League and Eurochallenge.
The team was sponsored by Edirne Oil Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company.
Contents
History
The early years of establishment
The team was founded in 2006 and played first 2 seasons in Regional League and promoted to Second League in 2008. Olin Gençlik finished Turkish Second Basketball League as 5th in 2008-2009 season. Olin Gençlik finally promoted to Turkish Basketball League in 2009-10 season finished play-offs as 2nd behind of Medical Park Trabzonspor.
First year of in Turkish Basketball League
Olin Gençlik renamed its name as Olin Edirne Basket before start of 2010-11 season. It gives very sound away victories against Galatasaray (70-63) and Beşiktaş (93-83) in debut season. Olin Edirne finished Turkish Basketball League as 7th in 2010-2011 season and qualify for play Eurochallenge.
Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Turkish Cup European Competitions 2006–07 3 EBBL Semifinalist – – 2007–08 3 EBBL Promoted – – 2008–09 2 TB2L 5 Round of 16 – – 2009–10 2 TB2L 1 Promoted2nd – – 2010–11 1 TBL 7 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist – 2011–12 1 TBL Group Stage Eurochallenge Current Roster
Olin Edirne Basket roster5 Bayrak, Mahir 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 32 G/F 7 Yavuz, Levent 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 20 PG 8 
Wright, Chris 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 22 SF 9 Sevinç, Ogün 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 23 SG 10 Abi, Mustafa 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 SG 11 
Lilov, Ivan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 23 C/M 14 Yetim, Erhan 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 24 C 15 
Štimac, Vladimir 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 24 C 17 Aksoy, Uğurcan 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 20 SG 20 Vardal, Yiğitcan 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 19 PF 22 Wilkinson, Wes 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 PF 23 Kocaoğlu, Polat 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 32 SG 25 Sönmez, Görkem 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 21 PG 35 Töz, Fırat 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 20 C 50 Dixon, David Lee 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 32 - Head coach
- Gökhan Taştimur
- Assistant coach(es)
- Ali Burgul
- Erdem Can
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
Injured
Notable players
- Can Akın
- Reha Öz
Renaldas Seibutis- Vidas Ginevičius
Predrag Samardžiski- Seth Doliboa
References
External Links
Turkish Basketball League · 2011-12 clubs Aliağa Petkim · Anadolu Efes · Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi · Bandırma Banvit · Bandırma Kırmızı · Beşiktaş Milangaz · Erdemir · Fenerbahçe Ülker · Galatasaray Medical Park · Hacettepe Üniversitesi · Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi · Olin Edirne · Pınar Karşıyaka · Tofaş · Türk Telekom · TrabzonsporCategories:- Basketball teams in Turkey
- Turkish Basketball League teams
- Sport in Edirne
- Europe basketball team stubs
- Turkish sport stubs
- Asia basketball team stubs
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