Çukurova Sanayi

Çukurova Sanayi
Leagues	Basketball Super League
Founded	1978
Folded	1992
Arena	Mersin Edip Buran Kapalı Spor Salonu
Location	Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey
Team colors	Green and White
Championships	1 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup

Çukurova Sanayi (English: Çukurova Industry) was a professional basketball club that was based in Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey.

History

Çukurova Sanayi was founded in 1978 as Tarsus Schweppes Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü. At the end of the 1991–92 season Çukurova Sanayi has withdrawn from the league due to financial reasons.

During playing in Basketball Super League, Çukurova Sanayi lost the final matches they played with Eczacıbaşı for two seasons. Çukurova Sanayi won Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup by defeating Eczacıbaşı, whom they had been defeated twice in the Basketball Super League finals, in 1989 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup final.

Honours

• Basketball Super League
  • Runners-up (2): 1987–1988,^[1] 1988–1989^[2]
• Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup
  • Winners (1): 1989^[3]

Notable players

• Serdar Apaydın (1986–1990)^[4]
• Kemal Dinçer (1988–1990)^[5]
• Murat Evliyaoğlu (1990–1992)^[6]
• Ömer Büyükaycan (1990–1992)^[7]
• Erman Kunter (1991–1992)^[8]
• Ricky Frazier (1984–1985)^[9]
• Larry Spriggs (1987–1988)^[10]
• Darryl Middleton (1988–1989)^[11]
• Eugene McDowell (1989–1990)^[12]
• Richard Coffey (1991–1992)^[13]

References

1. "Turkish Basketball Super League 1987-1988 Schedule & Results".
2. "Turkish Basketball Super League 1988-1989 Schedule & Results".
3. "Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu".
4. "Serdar Apaydin - Turkish Basketball Super League Player". TBLStat.net.
5. "Kemal Dincer - Turkish Basketball Super League Player". TBLStat.net.
6. "Murat Evliyaoglu - Turkish Basketball Super League Player". TBLStat.net.
7. "Omer Buyukaycan - Turkish Basketball Super League Player". TBLStat.net.
8. "Erman Kunter - Turkish Basketball Super League Player". TBLStat.net.
9. "Ricky Frazier - Turkish Basketball Super League Player". TBLStat.net.
10. "Larry Spriggs - Turkish Basketball Super League Player". TBLStat.net.
11. "Darryl Middleton - Turkish Basketball Super League Player". TBLStat.net.
12. "Eugene McDowell - Turkish Basketball Super League Player". TBLStat.net.
13. "Richard Coffey - Turkish Basketball Super League Player". TBLStat.net.

• Durupınar, Mehmet. Türk Basketbolunun 100 Yıllık Tarihi (2009). Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. ISBN 978-975-00995-1-9

External links

• TBLStat.net Profile