Adana Toros BYZ is a volleyball club based in Adana. Club's men's team promoted to the top flight of the Turkish Men's Volleyball League in 2016, in just 5 years after the foundation.[1] The club play their home games at the Menderes Sports Hall and is sponsored by Tatlıcı Köse, Sera Fresh, Bodyline and Anadolu Bal. Jersey colours are blue and navy.
Full name | Adana Toros BYZ Voleybol Kulübü |
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Short name | Adana Toros |
Founded | 2011 |
Ground | Menderes Sports Hall (Capacity: 2000) |
Chairman | Ertuğrul Doğaner |
Manager | Aykut Lale |
Captain | Rıdvan Karataş |
League | Turkish Men's Volleyball First League |
2015/16 | Turkish Men's Volleyball Second League Champion |
History
editAdana Toros was founded in 2011 in Adana, as 'Adana Beyzaspor'. The club promoted to the 3rd League of the Turkish Volleyball immediately, and at the 2013/14 season, the club promoted to the 2nd League.[2] At the mean time, the club got its new name Adana BYZ Algomed. In 2015, the club name has changed to Adana Toros BYZ.
Previous names
edit- Adana Beyzaspor (2011-2014)
- Adana BYZ Algomed (2014–2015)
- Adana Toros BYZ (2015–present)
Board of directors
editVolleyball in 2015/16
editAdana Toros started the season with 14 new players, including the Austrian national player Thomas Zass. The team finished the group stage at the top with 23 wins in 25 games, losing only 10 sets in total. At semi-final play-off stage in Ankara, the team won all the three games without losing a set.[3]
Play-off finals are played in Bursa, on April 11–13. After beating Düzce Belediyesi and Gümüşhane Torul, Adana Toros guaranteed to promote to the Turkish Men's Volleyball League.
Current squad
editSquad as of April 7, 2016 [4]
Number | Player | Position | Height (m) |
1 | Ashlei Nemer | Outside hitter | 1.92 |
2 | Murat Yenipazar | Setter | 1.94 |
3 | Mert Tetik | Outside hitter | 1.90 |
5 | Sercan Cihangir | Setter | 1.90 |
6 | Metin Durmuş | Libero | 1.87 |
7 | Umut Yücel Baran | Middle blocker | 1.96 |
8 | Rıdvan Karataş | Setter | 1.92 |
9 | Thomas Zass | Opposite | 1.93 |
10 | Engin Özbek | Outside hitter | 1.90 |
12 | Onur Kurt | Middle blocker | 1.95 |
13 | Turgay Doğan | Outside hitter | 1.90 |
14 | Fatih Barış | Middle blocker | 2.04 |
16 | Caner Demirci | Outside hitter | 1.95 |
17 | Murat Palavar | Middle blocker | 2.05 |
Technical staff
editName | Job |
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Aykut Lale | Head coach |
Ömer Bozdoğan | Assistant coach |
Kenan Okludil | Assistant coach |
Mehmet Yaşar Üçöz | Masseur |
External links
editGallery
editReferences
edit- ^ "Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu". Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ "郴州佑谀环保科技有限公司".
- ^ "Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu". Archived from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- ^ "Beyza Algomed Spor'a Taze Kan".