Tofaş S.K.
| Tofaş | |
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| Tofaş logo | |
| Leagues | Basketbol Süper Ligi FIBA Europe Cup |
| Founded | 1974; 51 years ago (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 | Tolga Geçim |
| 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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Depth chart
[edit ]| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Anžejs Pasečņiks | Kris Bankston | |
| PF | Berk Demir | Yiğitcan Saybir | |
| SF | J. J. O'Brien | Tolga Geçim | Ali Taskin |
| SG | Marcquise Reed | Uroš Trifunović | Özgür Cengiz |
| PG | Alex Pérez | Matthieu Gauzin | Demircan Demir |
Notable players
[edit ]- United Kingdom United States Tarik Phillip
- Turkey Alper Yılmaz
- Turkey -Bosnia and Herzegovina Asım Pars
- Turkey Can Altıntığ
- Turkey Cüneyt Erden
- Turkey Efe Aydan
- Turkey Kenan Sipahi
- Turkey Levent Topsakal
- Turkey Mehmet Okur
- Turkey Mehmet Yağmur
- Turkey Hakan Köseoğlu
- Turkey İlkan Karaman
- Turkey İnanç Koç
- Turkey Serkan Erdoğan
- Turkey Şemsettin Baş
- Turkey Tolga Geçim
- Croatia Vladan Alanović
- Croatia Slaven Rimac
- Croatia Željko Šakić
- Croatia Jurica Žuža
- Lithuania Mindaugas Lukauskis
- Lithuania Artūras Milaknis
- Lithuania Eigirdas Žukauskas
- Lithuania Deividas Dulkys
- Russia Sergei Bazarevich
- Serbia Vasilije Micić
- Slovenia Jure Zdovc
- United States Chris Booker
- United States Brandon Bowman
- United States Bradley Buckman
- United States -Ukraine Steve Burtt, Jr.
- United States Diante Garrett
- United States Rashard Griffith
- United States Demonte Harper
- United States Josh Heytvelt
- United States Marc Jackson
- United States Buck Johnson
- United States J. J. O'Brien
- United States David Rivers
- United States Steven Rogers
- United States Ronald Steele
- United States Austin Wiley
- United States Cassius Winston
- United States Jeff Withey
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