Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor, more commonly known as Yeşilgiresun, was a Turkish professional basketball club based in Giresun that played in the Turkish Basketball Super League. The team was founded by Giresun Municipality in 2006. Their home arena was 19 Eylül Sports Hall, with a capacity of 3,500 seats.

History

Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor was founded in 2006 by Giresun Municipality. The team began playing in the EBBL for the 2006–2007 season. From 2006 till 2012, the team played in EBBL/TB3L. In the 2011–12 season of TB3L, the team finished the season in third place and lost the chance to be promoted. But season champion Söğüsten Seramik withdrew from the league and Yeşilgiresun was invited to TB2L by TBF. In the 2012–13 season, the team finished third in the regular season. The team beat Darüşşafaka in quarter-final but lost against Trabzonspor in the semi-final and lost the chance to promoted. In the 2013–14 season, the team finished fifth in the regular season. The team beat Akhisar Belediye in the quarter-final but lost against Darüşşafaka Doğuş in the semi-final and lost the chance to be promoted again. In the 2014–15 season, the team finished sixth in the regular season. The team beat Best Balıkesir B.K. in the quarter-final and then beat Sakarya BB in the semi-final and was promoted to the Turkish Basketball League. The team beat Tüyap Büyükçekmece in the final game and won the title.

Yeşilgiresun Belediye

In the 2017–18 season, the team was relegated from the BSL back to the second tier TBL. In July 2018, the club announced it was shutting down because of financial problems.

Yeşilgiresun Belediye

Season by season

Players

Notable players

Barış Güney

Bora Paçun

Emircan Koşut

İnanç Koç

Okben Ulubay

Yunus Çankaya

Josh Heytvelt

Mike Taylor

Patrick Miller

Ramel Bradley

Anthony Gill

Ricky Ledo

Rašid Mahalbašić

Tadija Dragićević

References

External links

Yeşilgiresun Belediyesi, official website

Eurobasket.com page

Facebook page

Twitter page

TBLStat.net profile

Basketball teams in Turkey

Basketball teams established in 2006

Sport in Giresun

2006 establishments in Turkey

Yeşilgiresun Belediye