İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, also known simply as İstanbul BŞB or Istanbul BB, is a professional
basketball
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club based in
İstanbul,
Turkey
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that plays in the
Turkish Basketball Super League
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. Their home arena is Cebeci Sport Hall. The club is a part of
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü.
History
İstanbul BŞB basketball was founded in 2000, as a branch of
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. The team began playing in the lower divisions of Turkish basketball league systems for 2000 season with amateur players. The team became professional in 2006 and the team played in EBBL for 2006 to 2009. In 2009, the team promoted to
TB2L from EBBL. The team played
TB2L till 2013–14 season. In 2013–14 season, the team finished to seven of Regular Season. In Playoffs, the team faced to
Ankara DSİ S.K. in quarter-finals and beat them 2-1. Then, the team beat
Aydem Pamukkale Üniversitesi in semi-finals and promoted to
TBL (now called BSL).
2014–15 season was first season of İstanbul BŞB in TBL and finished to twelve.
Season by season
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
References
External links
İstanbul BB Official Web SiteEurobasket.com PageTBLstat.net Page
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Basketball teams in Turkey
Turkish Basketball Super League teams
Sport in Istanbul
2000 establishments in Turkey
Basketball teams established in 2000