Petkim Spor

Petkim Spor
Petkim Spor
Leagues	BSL
Founded	2013; 11 years ago
History	Socar Spor; 2013–present
Arena	Aliağa Belediyesi ENKA Spor Salonu
Capacity	3,000
Location	İzmir, Turkey
Team colors	Red and White;
President	Cüneyt Aksu
Head coach	Burak Gören
Team captain	Yunus Emre Sonsırma
Website	petkimspor.org
Home	Away

Petkim Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as Socar Spor is a Turkish professional basketball club based in İzmir which currently competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). The team was founded by Petkim in 2013 and got promoted to the first division in 2020. Their home arena is Aliağa Belediyesi ENKA Spor Salonu with a capacity of 3,000 seats. The team is sponsored by SOCAR, an oil and gas company in Azerbaijan.^[1]

History

On 29 July 2020 Sigortam.Net İTÜ was removed from the Basketbol Süper Ligi due to financial issues. Instead of them, Petkim Spor were granted a place in the Turkish top-tier league.^[2]

Players

Current roster

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Petkimspor roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SG	2	Thomas, Khyri	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	28 – (1996-05-08)8 May 1996
PG	5	Starks, Markel	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	33 – (1991-02-21)21 February 1991
G	6	Zoriks, Kristers	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	26 – (1998-05-25)25 May 1998
PG	9	Sonsırma, Yunus Emre (C)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	31 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992
PG	10	Kuntker, Meriç	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	21 – (2003-01-06)6 January 2003
SF	19	Gültekin, Yavuz	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	23 – (2000-07-17)17 July 2000
F	21	Simmons, Jeremy	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	34 – (1989-08-11)11 August 1989
PF	23	Aldridge, Peyton	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	28 – (1995-11-10)10 November 1995
F/C	35	Hacıoğlu, Gökay	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	21 – (2002-09-04)4 September 2002
SG		Kurtuldum, Mustafa	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	23 – (2001-05-10)10 May 2001
F		Şav, Troy Selim	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	25 – (1998-08-12)12 August 1998
PG		Russell, DeWayne	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	30 – (1994-02-10)10 February 1994
PG		Tyree, Breein	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	26 – (1998-01-13)13 January 1998
SG		van Beck, Wesley	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	28 – (1996-01-20)20 January 1996

Head coach

Burak Gören

Assistant coach(es)

Tolga Başer
Murat Kaya

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: July 5, 2024

Notable former players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.