Olin Edirne Basket
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Olin Edirne Basket, is a professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team based in the city of Edirne
Edirne
Edirne is a city in Eastern Thrace, the northwestern part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Edirne served as the capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1365 to 1453, before Constantinople became the empire's new capital. At present, Edirne is the capital of the Edirne...

 in Turkey
Turkey
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. Their home arena is the Mimar Sinan Sports Hall with a capacity of 2,500 seats. The team competes in the Turkish Basketball League
Turkish Basketball League
The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

 and Eurochallenge
EuroChallenge
The EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...

.

The team was sponsored by Edirne Oil Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company.

The early years of establishment

The team was founded in 2006 and played first 2 seasons in Regional League and promoted to Second League in 2008. Olin Gençlik finished Turkish Second Basketball League
Turkish Second Basketball League
There are a total of 24 teams participating in the league in two groups for the TBL2 2010-2011 season. Each team play each other in their group twice during the regular season. 8 teams from every group qualify for the play-offs and they play the other group teams in a 2-game win mode...

 as 5th in 2008-2009 season. Olin Gençlik finally promoted to Turkish Basketball League
Turkish Basketball League
The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

 in 2009-10 season finished play-offs as 2nd behind of Medical Park Trabzonspor.

First year of in Turkish Basketball League

Olin Gençlik renamed its name as Olin Edirne Basket before start of 2010-11 season. It gives very sound away victories against Galatasaray (70-63) and Beşiktaş (93-83) in debut season. Olin Edirne finished Turkish Basketball League
Turkish Basketball League
The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

 as 7th in 2010-2011 season and qualify for play Eurochallenge
EuroChallenge
The EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...

.

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Turkish Cup
Turkish Cup Basketball
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European Competitions
2006–07 3 EBBL Semifinalist
2007–08 3 EBBL Promoted
2008–09 2 TB2L
Turkish Second Basketball League
There are a total of 24 teams participating in the league in two groups for the TBL2 2010-2011 season. Each team play each other in their group twice during the regular season. 8 teams from every group qualify for the play-offs and they play the other group teams in a 2-game win mode...

Round of 16
2009–10 2 TB2L
Turkish Second Basketball League
There are a total of 24 teams participating in the league in two groups for the TBL2 2010-2011 season. Each team play each other in their group twice during the regular season. 8 teams from every group qualify for the play-offs and they play the other group teams in a 2-game win mode...

Promoted2nd
2010–11 1 TBL
Turkish Basketball League
The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

7 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist
2010–11 Turkish Cup Basketball
Spor Toto Turkish Cup 2010–11 season is the 26th season of the TBF Men's Turkish Cup.-Group stage:Group A and D matches played 10–12 October, group B and C matches played 9–11 October 2010.-Group A:Group A matches played in Balıkesir.-Group B:...

2011–12
2011–12 Turkish Basketball League
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1 TBL
Turkish Basketball League
The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

Group Stage
2011–12 Turkish Cup Basketball
Spor Toto Turkish Cup 2011–12 season is the 26th season of the TBF Men's Turkish Cup.-Group stage:Group B and D matches played 6–8 October, group A and C matches played 9–11 October 2011.-Group A:Group A matches played in Eskişehir.----------------...

Eurochallenge
EuroChallenge 2011–12
EuroChallenge 2011–12 is the eighth edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational men's professional club basketball EuroChallenge Tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.-Teams:32 teams will participate in Eurocup Regular Season:...


Current Roster

Notable players

Can Akın
Can Akın
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 Renaldas Seibutis
Renaldas Seibutis
Renaldas Seibutis , is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is currently with the Lithuanian Basketball League club Lietuvos Rytas.-NBA career:...

 Vidas Ginevičius
Vidas Ginevicius
Vidas Ginevičius is a 1.93 m in height, 93 kg in weight, Lithuanian professional basketball point guard, who plays for the Lithuanian team BC Kėdainiai Triobet since 2011.-Pro career:...

 Predrag Samardžiski
Predrag Samardžiski
Predrag Samardžiski is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He currently plays for BC Lietuvos Rytas in the Lithuanian Basketball League.-Pro career:...

 Seth Doliboa
Seth Doliboa
Seth Doliboa is an American basketball player. After a few years in the National Basketball Development League, he decided to travel to Europe, where he began to achieve more success.As of 2010, he was playing for SL Benfica in Portugal.-Club:...


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