İzmit Belediyespor

Turkish women's basketball team

Blue, greenPresidentUğur KoşturHead coachFırat Okul

İzmit Belediyespor is a Turkish women's basketball club based in İzmit, Turkey. The club was founded in 1995 and currently competing in the Women's Basketball Super League.

History

The club was invited to the Super League in 2018 after the Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi withdrew from the league.^[1] After playing in the 2020 Turkish Cup final, the club competed in the Euroleague in the 2020–21 season. ^[2]^[3]

Current roster

İzmit Belediyespor 2021–22 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
C	3	Garip, İpek	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	21 – (2002-06-03)3 June 2002
G	4	Türk, İdil	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	28 – (1996-04-19)19 April 1996
G	5	Uğur, Gülse	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	24 – (1999-11-29)29 November 1999
G	8	Korkmaz, Melisa	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	27 – (1997-03-28)28 March 1997
G	10	Dikmenoğulları, Sıla	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	20 – (2003-07-07)7 July 2003
F/C	15	Sığırcı, Emel (C)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	31 – (1992-10-24)24 October 1992
G	21	Fields, Nirra	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	30 – (1993-12-03)3 December 1993
F	34	Mircheva, Viktoria	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	37 – (1987-01-17)17 January 1987
G/F	41	Paylar, Defne	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	22 – (2001-06-06)6 June 2001
C	42	Higgins, Kristina	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	30 – (1994-02-04)4 February 1994
F	44	Mărginean, Gabriela	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	37 – (1987-02-12)12 February 1987

Head coach

Fırat Okul

Assistant coach(es)

Enes Akdilek

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Honours

Domestic competitions

Federation Cup
- Champion: 2017–2018 ^[4]

References

^ "Yakın Doğu'nun yerine İzmit Belediyespor". basketdergisi.com (in Turkish). July 6, 2018.
^ "Kadınlar Türkiye Kupası'nda finalin adı Fenerbahçe – İzmit Belediyespor". trendbasket.net (in Turkish). March 6, 2020.
^ "İzmit Belediyespor, Euroleague Women'de ilk maçına çıkacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). January 19, 2021.
^ "Federasyon Kupası İzmit Belediyespor'un". demokratkocaeli.com (in Turkish). February 5, 2018.