Petkim Spor | |||
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Leagues | Basketbol Süper Ligi Champions League | ||
Founded | 2013 | ||
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 | ||
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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]
In the 2024–25 season, Petkim Spor will play in a European competition for the first time, when the team entered the Basketball Champions League, after beating Heroes Den Bosch, Cholet and PAOK in qualification rounds.