Bahçeşehir Koleji S.K.

Bahçeşehir Koleji Spor Kulübü, also known as Bahçeşehir Basketbol, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Istanbul.^[1] The club plays in the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL), the highest level of basketball in Turkey. Bahçeşehir made its debut in the BSL in 2018 and made its debut in European competitions in 2019. Bahçeşehir won the FIBA Europe Cup in 2022.

Bahçeşehir Koleji
Nickname	Red Dragons
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi EuroCup
Founded	2017; 7 years ago (2017)
History	Bahçeşehir Koleji S.K. 2017–present
Arena	Sinan Erdem Dome
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Red, Navy, White
President	Begüm Yücel
Head coach	Dejan Radonjić
Team captain	Tyler Cavanaugh
Championships	1 FIBA Europe Cup
Website	Official website
Home Away

Former logo

The club is part of Bahçeşehir Koleji, a private school based in Istanbul.

History

The Ülker Sports Arena, home arena of the club between 2021-2024

In the 2017–18 season, Bahçeşehir reached the finals of the TBL for the first time.^[1] On 13 July 2018, Bahçeşehir received the vacant spot in the first-tier Basketbol Süper Ligi, after the withdrawal of Eskişehir Basket.^[2] This meant the club's first appearance in the domestic first tier. In the 2018–19 season, finished 9th in the BSL. In the 2019–20 season, Bahçeşehir made its European debut and played in the FIBA Europe Cup regular season.^[3] It is the first European participation for Bahçeşehir.

In the 2021–22 season, Bahçeşehir won the 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup championship after defeating Pallacanestro Reggiana in the Finals.^[4]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Bahçeşehir Koleji roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 0 Smith, Jaleen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 PG 2 Hazer, Şehmus 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1999-02-15)15 February 1999 SG 5 Massinburg, C.J. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 27 – (1997-04-14)14 April 1997 C 7 Haltalı, Furkan 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2002-02-02)2 February 2002 PG 10 İlyasoğlu, Ömercan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 23 – (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 G/F 17 Mutaf, Can Maxim 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 33 – (1991-01-09)9 January 1991 SF 18 Arna, Egehan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1997-01-05)5 January 1997 F/C 19 Simonović, Marko 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1999-10-15)15 October 1999 SF 20 Ponitka, Mateusz 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 31 – (1993-08-29)29 August 1993 C 21 Odiase, Tai 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 29 – (1995-09-21)21 September 1995 PF 34 Cavanaugh, Tyler (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 30 – (1994-02-09)9 February 1994 F 57 Baş, Göktuğ 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (2001-05-08)8 May 2001 SF 83 Bouteille, Axel 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1995-05-14)14 May 1995	Head coach Dejan Radonjić Assistant coach(es) Saša Kosović Rado Trifunović Can Alyüz Arda Kandaş Team manager Muhammet Emin Tunç Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 13, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Tai Odiase	Furkan Haltalı
PF	Marko Simonović	Tyler Cavanaugh	Göktuğ Baş
SF	Mateusz Ponitka	Axel Bouteille	Egehan Arna
SG	C.J. Massinburg	Şehmus Hazer	Can Maxim Mutaf
PG	Jaleen Smith	Ömercan İlyasoğlu

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Yiğit Arslan (2022–present)
• Berkay Candan (2021–present)
• Deniz Kılıçlı (2020–2021)
• Rıdvan Öncel (2020–2021)
• Kartal Özmızrak (2021–present)
• Emir Preldžić (2018–2019)
• Oğuz Savaş (2021–present)
• Burak Can Yıldızlı (2020–2021)
• Mangok Mathiang (2019–2020)
• Andy Rautins (2019–2020)
• İsmet Akpınar (2020–2021)
• Ben Bentil
• Jaka Blažič (2022–2023)
• Alex Pérez (2020)
• Quino Colom (2018–2019)
• Chris Babb (2018–2019)
• Tarik Black (2022)
• Sam Dekker (2021–2022)
• Erick Green (2020–2021)
• Manny Harris (2018–2019)
• JaJuan Johnson (2019–2020)
• London Perrantes (2019–2020)
• Thomas Robinson (2020)
• Jamar Smith (2021–2023)
• D. J. White (2017–2019)

Head coaches

• Stefanos Dedas (2017–2019)
• Zafer Aktaş (2019–2020)
• Erhan Ernak (2020–2023)
• Sinan Atalay (2023)
• Dejan Radonjić (2023–present)

Honours

Turkish Basketball First League

• Runners-up (1): 2017–18

FIBA Europe Cup

• Champions (1): 2021–22
• Runner-up (1): 2023–24

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Record	Turkish Cup	European competitions
2017–18	2	TBL	6th	22–12
2018–19	1	BSL	9th	13–15
2019–20	1	BSL	–1	7–16		4 FIBA Europe Cup	SF1
2020–21	1	BSL	12th	10–20
2021–22	1	BSL	6th	18–14	Quarterfinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	C
2022–23	1	BSL	9th	13–17		3 Champions League	R16
2023–24	1	BSL	13th	12–18	Quarterfinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RU

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

References

1. "Bahcesehir Koleji Istanbul". Retrieved 13 July 2018.
2. "Bahcesehir to replace Eskisehir in Turkish BSL League - Eurohoops". 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
3. "22 clubs register for 2019-20 FIBA Europe Cup". FIBA Europe. 23 July 2019.
4. "Bahcesehir lift FIBA Europe Cup trophy in front of record crowd of 13,485". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

External links

• Official website (in Turkish)
• Official Twitter account