OGM Ormanspor

OGM Ormanspor
OGM Ormanspor
Leagues	TBL
Founded	1971; 53 years ago
Arena	M. Sait Zarifoğlu Spor Salonu
Capacity	2,000
Location	Ankara, Turkey
Team colors	Dark Green, Light Green, White;
Head coach	Volkan Başaran
Team captain	Cevher Özer
2018–19 position	TBL, 3rd of 16 (promoted via play-offs)
Championships	1 Turkish Second League
Website	Link
Home	Away

OGM Ormanspor is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Ankara. Currently, the team plays in the Turkish Basketball First League. Established in 1971, the team played in the lower divisions of Turkish basketball for decades. In 2019, Ormanspor was promoted to the BSL for the first time in club history.

The basketball team is part of the multi-sports club OGM Ormanspor.

History edit

The club was established in 1971.^[1] In the 2016–17 season, Ormanspor won the third tier TB2L and was promoted to the second tier TBL. The following season, Ormanspor finished eleventh in the standings.^[2] On 14 June 2019, Ormanspor was promoted to the first tier Basketbol Süper Ligi as winners of the TBL play-offs. It was the first time the team would play in the highest tier of Turkish basketball. The team beat İTÜ in the play-off finals, 3–2.^[3]

Honours edit

Turkish Basketball Second League

Champions (1): 2016–17

Players edit

Current roster edit

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OGM Ormanspor roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	Erlim, Barış	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	33 – (1990-05-25)25 May 1990
PF	Genç, Berkay	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)		27 – (1996-12-15)15 December 1996
PG	Özel, Kerem	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	27 – (1997-01-09)9 January 1997
SF	Güney, Alican	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	35 – (1989-02-25)25 February 1989
G	Massey, Bruce	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	33 – (1990-09-02)2 September 1990
F	Ogide, Andy	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	36 – (1987-10-01)1 October 1987