Tofaş S.K.
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Leagues | Basketbol Süper Ligi | ||
Founded | 1974 | ||
History | Tofaş (1974–present) | ||
Arena | Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu | ||
Capacity | 7,500 | ||
Location | Bursa, Turkey | ||
Team colors | Blue, white, green | ||
President | Cengiz Eroldu | ||
Head coach | Orhun Ene | ||
Team captain | Tevfik Akdamar | ||
Championships | 2 Turkish Championships 3 Turkish Cups 1 Turkish President's Cup | ||
Website | www.tofasspor.com | ||
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Tofaş Spor Kulübü (Turkish: Tofaş Sports Club), or simply Tofaş S.K., is a professional basketball team that is based in Bursa, Turkey. Their home arena is the Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu, with a capacity of 7,500 seats. The team is sponsored by Turkish car manufacturer Tofaş.
The team competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).
History
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Tofaş was founded in 1974. The team won the BSL in two consecutive seasons, in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 seasons. The following year, however, the team withdrew from the league, for financial reasons. They returned to competition in the BSL in the 2003–04 season, but were relegated to a league level the following year.
Tofaş next played in the BSL, from the 2009–10 season, to the 2014–15 season. In addition to the club's two Turkish Super League titles (1999, 2000), the team has also won three Turkish Cups (1993, 1999, 2000), and a Turkish President's Cup (1999). In the club's heyday, the team achieved significant success at the European-wide continental level. Such as being the runner-up in the European-wide third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup's 1996–97 season Final against the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki.
Tofaş also competed in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, in the 1999–2000 season.
In 2015, Tofaş was relegated from the BSL to the First League. The club was immediately promoted back as it was the 2016 TBL champion. The club played in the European-wide second-tier level EuroCup, in the 2017–18 season.[1] The same season, Tofaş reached the 2018 finals of the BSL. Despite winning game 3 at home,[2] the team fell to Fenerbahçe and lost the series 4–1.[3]
Arenas
[edit]Tofaş S.K. used the 3,500-seat capacity Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall, as its home arena for many years. The club then moved into the 7,500-seat capacity Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu.[4][5]
Players
[edit]Current roster
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Updated: August 14, 2024 |
Depth chart
[edit]Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Trevor Thompson | ||
PF | Kris Bankston | Yiğitcan Saybir | Ege Demir |
SF | J. J. O'Brien | Tolga Geçim | Berk Demir |
SG | Marcquise Reed | John Jenkins | |
PG | Alex Pérez | Demircan Demir |
Notable players
[edit]Alper Yılmaz
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Asım Pars
Can Altıntığ
Cüneyt Erden
Efe Aydan
Kenan Sipahi
Levent Topsakal
Mehmet Okur
Mehmet Yağmur
Hakan Köseoğlu
İlkan Karaman
İnanç Koç
Serkan Erdoğan
Şemsettin Baş
Tolga Geçim
Vasilije Micić
Vladan Alanović
Slaven Rimac
Željko Šakić
Jurica Žuža
Mindaugas Lukauskis
Artūras Milaknis
Eigirdas Žukauskas
Deividas Dulkys
Sergei Bazarevich
Jure Zdovc
Chris Booker
Bradley Buckman
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Steve Burtt, Jr.
Brandon Bowman
Diante Garrett
Demonte Harper
Buck Johnson
David Rivers
Josh Heytvelt
Marc Jackson
Rashard Griffith
Ronald Steele
Steven Rogers
Jeff Withey
J. J. O'Brien
Austin Wiley
Cassius Winston
Honours
[edit]- Basketball Super League
- Winners (2): 1998-99, 1999-00
- Turkish Basketball Cup
- Winners (3): 1993, 1998-99, 1999-00
- Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup
- Winners (1): 1999
Season by season
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Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Turkish Cup | European competitions | |
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1974–76 | Lower divisions | |||||
1976–77 | 1 | TBL | 7th | |||
1977–78 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | |||
1978–79 | 1 | TBL | 4th | |||
1979–80 | 1 | TBL | 6th | |||
1980–81 | 1 | TBL | 5th | |||
1981–82 | 1 | TBL | 4th | |||
1982–83 | 1 | TBL | 8th | |||
1983–84 | 1 | TBL | 9th | |||
1984–85 | 1 | TBL | 7th | |||
1985–86 | 1 | TBL | 8th | |||
1986–87 | 1 | TBL | 6th | |||
1987–88 | 1 | TBL | 6th | |||
1988–89 | 1 | TBL | 11th | |||
1989–90 | 2 | TB2L | 1st | |||
1990–91 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | 3 Korać Cup | 1R | |
1991–92 | 1 | TBL | 6th | 2 European Cup | 2R | |
1992–93 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Champion | 3 Korać Cup | 3R |
1993–94 | 1 | TBL | 6th | 2 European Cup | GS | |
1994–95 | 1 | TBL | 4th | 3 Korać Cup | R32 | |
1995–96 | 1 | TBL | 4th | 3 Korać Cup | 3R | |
1996–97 | 1 | TBL | 4th | 3 Korać Cup | RU | |
1997–98 | 1 | TBL | 4th | |||
1998–99 | 1 | TBL | 1st | Champion | ||
1999–00 | 1 | TBL | 1st | Champion | 1 Euroleague | GS |
2000–03 | Lower divisions | |||||
2003–04 | 1 | TBL | 14th | Group stage | ||
2004–05 | 2 | TB2L | 1st | |||
2005–06 | 2 | TB2L | 1st | |||
2006–07 | 1 | TBL | 15th | Group stage | ||
2007–08 | 2 | TB2L | 1st | Quarterfinalist | ||
2008–09 | 2 | TB2L | 1st | |||
2009–10 | 1 | TBL | 10th | Group stage | ||
2010–11 | 1 | TBL | 9th | Group stage | ||
2011–12 | 1 | TBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | ||
2012–13 | 1 | TBL | 8th | Group stage | 3 EuroChallenge | L16 |
2013–14 | 1 | TBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | 3 EuroChallenge | RS |
2014–15 | 1 | TBL | 16th | Group stage | 3 EuroChallenge | RS |
2015–16 | 2 | TBL | 1st | |||
2016–17 | 1 | BSL | 8th | |||
2017–18 | 1 | BSL | 2nd | Runner-up | 2 EuroCup | RS |
2018–19 | 1 | BSL | 3rd | Quarterfinalist | 2 EuroCup | RS |
2019–20 | 1 | BSL | 5th1 | 2 EuroCup | QF1 | |
2020–21 | 1 | BSL | 4th | 3 Champions League | R16 | |
2021–22 | 1 | BSL | 9th | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | QF |
2022–23 | 1 | BSL | 7th | 3 Champions League | PI | |
2023–24 | 1 | BSL | 11th | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | PO |
- ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
References
[edit]- ^ "7DAYS EuroCup Board meets ahead of 2017-18 season". EuroCup Basketball. 14 June 2017. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Basketball: TOFAS beat Fenerbahce Dogus".
- ^ "Fenerbahce is the Turkish League champion". 13 June 2018.
- ^ TOFAS SPORTS HALL.
- ^ Tofas Bursa Arena: TOFAS SPOR SALONU.
External links
[edit]- Official Website (in Turkish and English)
- Eurobasket.com Page
- TBLStat.net Team Profile