Bursaspor Basketbol
Basketball team in Bursa, Turkey
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Bursaspor Basketbol is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Bursa. Founded in 2014, the club is the basketball section of the multi-sport club Bursaspor and currently competes in the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the top-tier basketball league in Turkey.
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| Nickname | Timsahlar (Crocodiles) | ||
| Leagues | Basketbol Süper Ligi | ||
| Founded | 2014 | ||
| Arena | Tofaş Spor Salonu | ||
| Capacity | 7,500 | ||
| Location | Bursa, Turkey | ||
| President | Sezer Sezgin | ||
| Head coach | Roger Grimau | ||
| Team captain | Göksenin Köksal | ||
| 2024–25 position | Basketbol Süper Ligi, 9th of 16 | ||
| Championships | 1 Turkish First League | ||
| Website | Link | ||
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History
Bursaspor Basketbol was founded in 2014 and entered the Third Turkish League. In 2019, Bursaspor promoted to the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL), for the first time after winning the Turkish Second Division championship.[1] In the 2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Bursaspor performed well until the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After finishing ninth in the standings, the team played in the 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball.[2] This was the European debut of the team.
Sponsorship names
Players
Current roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Landry Nnoko | Javin DeLaurier | |
| PF | Artur Konontšuk | Yavuz Gültekin | |
| SF | V. J. King | Yesukan Onar | Tevfik Akdamar |
| SG | Göksenin Köksal | Bora Satır | |
| PG | Brandon Childress | Bryant Crawford |
Notable past players
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Honours
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Record | Turkish Cup | European competitions | ||
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| 2017–18 | 2 | TBL | 2nd | |||||
| 2018–19 | 2 | TBL | 1st | 25–5 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | BSL | 9th1 | 11–12 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | BSL | 9th | 13–17 | 2 EuroCup | RS | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | BSL | 8th | 19–14 | 2 EuroCup | RU | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | BSL | 5th | 17–15 | 2 EuroCup | 8F | ||
| 2023–24 | 1 | BSL | 9th | 14–16 | 3 Champions League | RS | ||
| 2024–25 | 1 | BSL | 9th | 13–17 | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | ||
| 2025–26 | 1 | BSL | 12th | 10–20 | 3 Champions League | RS | ||
- ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.