Denizli Basket Spor Kulübü, also known as Yukatel Denizli Basket due to current sponsorship, is a professional basketball club based in Denizli competing in the Basketbol Süper Ligi. Their home arena is the Pamukkale University Arena with a maximum capacity of 5000 seats. In the year 2018, the club changed its name from Yüksekçıta Koleji to Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket.https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/bsl-2025-2026/takim-detay/246969/genel-bakis
History
In the year 2018, the club changed its name from Yüksekçıta Koleji to Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket. With the name change came the promotion.
Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket completed the 2018–19 regular season of the Turkish Basketball Second League undefeated in 20 games. In the first round of playoffs, Beylikdüzü Basket was defeated 2–0. The quarter finals saw them beating Boluspor, 3–0, and finally in the semi-final they defeated Erzurum BŞB Gençlik 3–1. Hence, promotion to the Turkish Basketball First League had been guaranteed. The season was not over yet, as at the final game on 13 May 2019 that was played on Sinan Erdem Dome, Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket defeated Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor, 77–70. With this result, the team became the champion of the 2018–19 Turkish Basketball Second League and brought home their first-ever trophy.
They finished the 2020–21 season as regular-season leaders and earned the right to compete in the top tier (BSL) for the 2021–22 season onward.
The team just escaped relegation in their first-ever season at the top flight. They concluded the 21–22 season as the 14th seed. They were just one win off relegation.
Their second season saw them improve to the 13th seed.
In the 23–24 season, they were back to the 14th seed.
Their best result came in the 24–25 season as they concluded it as the 12th seed. They missed the play-ins by 2 wins.
Denizli Basket qualified to participate in the Basketball Champions League qualifying round for the 2026-27 season. They were eliminated after losing 101–98 to the Rasta Vechta in the qualifying round's final-eight stage.
Players Current roster
Depth chart
Honours Domestic competitions Turkish Basketball First League Winner (1): 2020–21 Turkish Basketball Second League Winner (1): 2018–19
Head coaches
Şahin Ateşdağlı (2018–2020) Zafer Aktaş (2020–present)
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueRecordTurkish Cup European competitions2017–18 3 T2BL 7th 13–13 — —2018–19 3 T2BL 1st 29–1 — —2019–20 2 TBL 3rd 17–7 ——2020–212TBL 1st 22–8 ——2021–221BSL 14th 8–22 ——2022–231BSL 13th 11–19 ——2023–241BSL 14th 12–18 ——2024–251BSL 12th 11–19 ——2025–261BSL 9th 12–18 ——
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Notable players
Emircan Koşut Vrenz Bleijenbergh Xavier Rathan-Mayes Roko Badžim Nikos Rogkavopoulos Jerome Jordan Rihards Lomažs Andrew Harrison Daniel Oturu Kalin Lucas Manny Harris Moses Wright
References
External links Official Page in Turkish Basketball Federation website Eurobasket.com Page Twitter Page Facebook Page