Aliağa Gençlik S.K., known as Aliağa Petkim for sponsorship reasons, was a professional basketball team from the district of

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. Their home arena was the Enka Sport Hall with a capacity of 2,500 seats. The team competes playing in the

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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

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

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from

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. After the team was relegated from the TBL in the 2013–14 season, the club was dissolved.

Season by season

Notable players

* Barış Güney * Ceyhun Altay * Fatih Solak * Ümit Sonkol *

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* Aubrey Coleman * Aubrey Reese * Brian Qvale * - Charles Davis *

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* Jarvis Hayes *

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* Mike James * Ryan Toolson * - Quinton Hosley * Torin Francis *

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External links

Eurobasket.com Profile

TBLStat.net Profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aliaga Petkim Basketball teams established in 1993 Basketball teams disestablished in 2014 Basketball teams in Turkey Basketbol Süper Ligi teams Sports clubs and teams in İzmir