2021–22 Basketbol Süper Ligi

The 2021–22 Basketbol Süper Ligi was the 56th season of the Basketball Super League (Turkish: Basketbol Süper Ligi), the top-level professional club men's basketball league in Turkey.

Basketbol Süper Ligi
Season	2021–22
Dates	25 September 2021 – 13 June 2022
Games played	264
Teams	16
TV partner(s)	Tivibu & TRT Spor
Regular season
Top seed	Fenerbahçe Beko
Season MVP	Alpha Kaba
Relegated	HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye Semt77 Yalovaspor
Finals
Champions	Fenerbahçe Beko (10th title)
Runners-up	Anadolu Efes
Semifinalists	Darüşşafaka Galatasaray Nef
Finals MVP	Jan Veselý
Statistical leaders
Points Jarmar Gulley 21.0 Rebounds Alpha Kaba 10.8 Assists Luka Rupnik 8.1 Index Rating Alpha Kaba 20.0
Records
Biggest home win	Tofaş 145–55 HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye (2 January 2022)
Biggest away win	HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye 83–140 Anadolu Efes (11 December 2021)
Highest scoring	HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye 83–140 Anadolu Efes (11 December 2021)
Winning streak	9 games Fenerbahçe Beko
Losing streak	12 games Büyükçekmece Basketbol HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Teams

On 2 May 2021, Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket was promoted to the BSL as the champion of the Turkish Basketball First League.^[1] It will be their first season in the BSL. Semt77 Yalovaspor promoted to the BSL for the first time in club history as winners of the TBL play-offs.^[2]

OGM Ormanspor and Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor were relegated after finishing in the last two spots for 2020–21 Basketbol Süper Ligi.

Venues

Istanbul

Gaziantep Basketbol

Pınar Karşıyaka

Petkim Spor

Tofaş

Bursaspor

Afyon

Türk Telekom

Merkezefendi Basket

Semt77 Yalovaspor

Locations of the 2021–22 Basketbol Süper Ligi clubs

Anadolu Efes

Bahçeşehir

Beşiktaş

Fenerbahçe

Galatasaray

Darüşşafaka

Büyükçekmece

Istanbul Basketbol Süper Ligi clubs

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000
Bahçeşehir Koleji	Istanbul	Ülker Sports Arena	13,800
Beşiktaş Icrypex	Istanbul	Akatlar Arena	3,200
Büyükçekmece Basketbol	Istanbul	Gazanfer Bilge Spor Salonu	3,000
Darüşşafaka	Istanbul	Volkswagen Arena Istanbul	5,000
Fenerbahçe Beko	Istanbul	Ülker Sports Arena	13,800
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	Bursa	Tofaş Nilüfer Sports Hall	7,500
Galatasaray Nef	Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000
Gaziantep Basketbol	Gaziantep	Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall	6,400
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	Afyonkarahisar	Prof. Dr. Veysel Eroğlu Spor Salonu	2,800
Petkim Spor	İzmir	Aliağa Belediyesi ENKA Spor Salonu	3,000
Pınar Karşıyaka	İzmir	Karşıyaka Arena	5,000
Semt77 Yalovaspor	Yalova	Yalova 90. Yıl Spor Salonu	2,000
Tofaş	Bursa	Tofaş Nilüfer Sports Hall	7,500
Türk Telekom	Ankara	Ankara Arena	10,400
Yukatel Merkezefendi Basket	Denizli	Pamukkale University Arena	3,490

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
Anadolu Efes	Ergin Ataman	Doğuş Balbay	Bilcee	Anadolu Efes
Bahçeşehir Koleji	Erhan Ernak	Oğuz Savaş	Playoff	Bahçeşehir Koleji
Beşiktaş Icrypex	Ahmet Kandemir	Mehmet Yağmur	Upon	Icrypex
Büyükçekmece Basketbol	Özhan Çıvgın	Caner Erdeniz	Dafron	N/A
Darüşşafaka	Selçuk Ernak	Doğuş Özdemiroğlu	New Balance	bitexen
Fenerbahçe Beko	Aleksandar Đorđević	Melih Mahmutoğlu	Fenerium (Club manufactured kit)	Beko
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	Dušan Alimpijević	Birkan Batuk	Kappa	Uludağ Frutti Extra
Galatasaray Nef	Andreas Pistiolis	Göksenin Köksal	GSStore (Club manufactured kit)	NEF
Gaziantep Basketbol	Tutku Açık	Orhan Aydın	Dafron	N/A
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	Korhan Aydanarığ	Kenny Hayes	Barex	HDI Sigorta
Petkim Spor	Burak Gören	Nusret Yıldırım	Barex	Petkim
Pınar Karşıyaka	Ufuk Sarıca	Semih Erden	S by Sportive	Pınar
Semt77 Yalovaspor	Gökhan Güney	Kerem Gülmez	NDRSports	Semt77
Tofaş	Ahmet Çakı	Berk Uğurlu	Dafron	Fiat
Türk Telekom	Henrik Rödl	Samet Geyik	Dafron	Türk Telekom
Yukatel Merkezefendi Basket	Zafer Aktaş	Hakan Yapar	Geges	Yukatel

Head coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Petkim Spor	Kęstutis Kemzūra	Mutual consent	13 May 2021[3]	Pre-season	Can Sevim	25 May 2021[4]
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	Can Sevim	Mutual consent	25 May 2021[5]		Faruk Beşok	19 July 2021[6]
Gaziantep Basketbol	Nenad Marković	Mutual consent	10 June 2021[7]		Tutku Açık	23 June 2021[8]
Fenerbahçe Beko	Igor Kokoškov	Parted ways	27 July 2021[9]		Aleksandar Đorđević	31 June 2021[10]
Tofaş	Hakan Demir	Parted ways	16 November 2021[11]	8th (4–4)	Ahmet Çakı	26 November 2021[12]
Türk Telekom	Burak Gören	Parted ways	1 December 2021[13]	11th (3–7)	Henrik Rödl	14 December 2021[14]
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	Faruk Beşok	Parted ways	11 December 2021[15]	14th (3–7)	Serhat Şehit	4 January 2022[16]
Petkim Spor	Can Sevim	Parted ways	29 December 2021[17]	15th (2–12)	Burak Gören	30 December 2021[18]
Semt77 Yalovaspor	Hakan Yavuz	Role Change to Basketball Coordinator of Club	2 January 2022[19]	14th (4–10)	Gökhan Güney	2 January 2022[20]
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	Serhat Şehit	Parted ways	18 January 2022[21]	14th (3–14)	Korhan Aydanarığ	19 January 2022[22]
Galatasaray Nef	Ekrem Memnun	Parted ways	18 March 2022[23]	7th (13–9)	Andreas Pistiolis	19 March 2022[24]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fenerbahçe Beko	30	24	6	2527	2209	+318	54	Advance to playoffs
2	Anadolu Efes	30	23	7	2699	2405	+294	53
3	Galatasaray Nef	30	20	10	2608	2387	+221	50
4	Gaziantep Basketbol	30	19	11	2414	2276	+138	49
5	Darüşşafaka	30	19	11	2372	2218	+154	49
6	Bahçeşehir Koleji	30	18	12	2592	2459	+133	48
7	Pınar Karşıyaka	30	18	12	2403	2300	+103	48
8	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	30	18	12	2519	2332	+187	48
9	Tofaş	30	16	14	2592	2450	+142	46
10	Beşiktaş Icrypex	30	15	15	2306	2283	+23	45
11	Türk Telekom	30	12	18	2263	2313	−50	42
12	Büyükçekmece Basketbol	30	10	20	2397	2592	−195	40
13	Petkim Spor	30	9	21	2336	2528	−192	39
14	Yukatel Merkezefendi Basket	30	8	22	2307	2570	−263	38
15	Semt77 Yalovaspor (R)	30	7	23	2245	2442	−197	37	Relegation to TBL
16	HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye (R)	30	4	26	2105	2921	−816	34

Source: Basketbol Süper Ligi
(R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Fenerbahçe Beko	2	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Anadolu Efes	6	1	1	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	6	5	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Galatasaray Nef	4	7	5	8	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	6	5	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	3
Gaziantep Basketbol	11	6	4	3	4	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	5	4	4	2	4	5	6	5	5	3	3	3	4	4	4
Darüşşafaka	15	11	6	10	7	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	5
Bahçeşehir Koleji	3	9	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	9	8	8	8	5	6	5	7	6	9	9	9	7	6	6
Pınar Karşıyaka	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	4	2	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	7	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	7	10	11	13	11	13	10	11	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8
Tofaş	5	4	7	5	3	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	9	8	6	6	7	8	9	9
Beşiktaş Icrypex	14	16	15	15	14	8	8	7	7	9	10	9	8	8	9	8	9	10	10	9	10	9	6	9	8	8	8	9	10	10
Türk Telekom	12	5	9	7	9	11	12	9	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Büyükçekmece Basketbol	13	14	12	12	15	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	15	13	13	12	12	12	12
Petkim Spor	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	15	14	14	13
Yukatel Merkezefendi Basket	9	8	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	14
Semt77 Yalovaspor	10	13	8	6	8	10	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	16	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	15	15	13	15	15	15
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	8	12	13	11	12	15	15	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	15	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	Advance to the playoffs
	Relegated

Source: Basketbol Süper Ligi

Results

Home \ Away	AEF	BAH	BJK	BÇB	DSK	FEN	BUR	GAL	GAZ	AFY	PET	KSK	YAL	TOF	TTA	MEB
Anadolu Efes	—	95–88	87–72	89–90	84–76	91–71	88–85	85–92	83–93	90–68	97–83	78–77	93–87	84–77	79–66	94–93
Bahçeşehir Koleji	83–102	—	86–77	87–91	82–73	78–79	101–80	94–88	82–74	105–77	94–69	104–99	102–79	73–84	69–86	101–95
Beşiktaş Icrypex	55–101	82–69	—	86–67	81–75	74–82	86–80	62–74	68–70	68–48	94–73	77–71	94–85	82–83	73–67	74–62
Büyükçekmece Basketbol	71–96	81–95	93–87	—	67–92	88–96	70–91	87–95	89–93	88–76	81–66	78–92	92–90	87–89	81–71	85–90
Darüşşafaka	85–81	68–66	76–73	86–69	—	65–75	79–75	83–82	71–76	79–73	101–86	80–84	74–62	94–78	66–75	76–62
Fenerbahçe Beko	90–68	84–73	90–81	90–65	61–79	—	99–96	70–76	102–80	100–51	71–63	91–69	89–63	82–72	92–63	85–77
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	79–83	80–78	73–76	85–83	83–81	84–73	—	99–78	85–82	94–59	81–75	84–77	86–85	87–75	101–65	90–67
Galatasaray Nef	91–103	78–85	90–73	98–78	101–107	76–86	99–84	—	75–74	124–82	96–73	84–78	100–73	90–89	88–71	63–76
Gaziantep Basketbol	78–69	69–76	82–77	80–72	69–71	70–86	67–75	74–66	—	85–86	89–85	67–76	81–54	108–92	83–72	82–49
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	83–140	82–102	66–86	76–66	64–115	61–99	55–108	61–95	63–100	—	91–70	67–94	73–106	57–115	61–80	92–83
Petkim Spor	82–92	79–70	87–80	72–74	57–76	95–90	70–68	81–95	80–84	109–87	—	59–92	81–80	83–91	71–59	70–89
Pınar Karşıyaka	78–73	90–81	67–79	70–78	79–82	74–72	76–62	73–67	84–76	90–76	91–79	—	79–73	79–78	71–76	83–85
Semt77 Yalovaspor	69–88	77–84	68–74	80–68	59–82	60–86	65–81	69–73	89–93	63–51	65–92	80–87	—	77–79	72–68	82–76
Tofaş	94–107	78–96	81–80	98–87	81–65	78–82	83–90	77–88	70–89	145–55	97–83	69–71	75–66	—	95–93	97–77
Türk Telekom	84–99	74–75	54–64	86–62	59–46	63–72	83–82	67–97	65–66	135–85	75–70	72–71	68–80	72–74	—	94–72
Yukatel Merkezefendi Basket	65–80	89–113	76–71	90–109	74–69	76–82	74–71	73–89	64–80	87–79	78–93	73–81	73–87	66–98	96–100	—

Source: bsl.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals were played best-of-three format (1–1–1), semifinals and finals were played in a best-of-five format (2–2–1).

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Fenerbahçe Beko	2
	8	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	1
						1	Fenerbahçe Beko	3
						5	Darüşşafaka	1
	4	Gaziantep Basketbol	1
	5	Darüşşafaka	2
											1	Fenerbahçe Beko	3
											2	Anadolu Efes	1
	2	Anadolu Efes	2
	7	Pınar Karşıyaka	1
						2	Anadolu Efes	3
						3	Galatasaray Nef	2
	3	Galatasaray Nef	2
	6	Bahçeşehir Koleji	0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fenerbahçe Beko	2–1	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	100–87	77–97	93–81
Anadolu Efes	2–1	Pınar Karşıyaka	90–66	73–79	83–68
Galatasaray Nef	2–0	Bahçeşehir Koleji	91–76	98–94	—
Gaziantep Basketbol	1–2	Darüşşafaka	82–85	91–66	73–82

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Fenerbahçe Beko	3–1	Darüşşafaka	94–69	81–82	73–69	91–65	—
Anadolu Efes	3–2	Galatasaray Nef	70–105	91–77	71–64	81–86	104–77

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Fenerbahçe Beko	3–1	Anadolu Efes	85–76	93–78	92–103	92–80	—

Statistical leaders

Efficiency Pos Player Club PIR 1 Alpha Kaba Gaziantep Basketbol 20.00 2 Malcolm Thomas Petkim Spor 19.68 3 Bonzie Colson Pınar Karşıyaka 19.10 4 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes 18.88 5 Jarmar Gulley Gaziantep Basketbol 18.81

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Jarmar Gulley Gaziantep Basketbol 19.96 2 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes 18.69 3 Melo Trimble Galatasaray Nef 17.93 4 QJ Peterson Gaziantep Basketbol 17.83 5 Jordon Crawford Büyükçekmece Basketbol 17.00

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Alpha Kaba Gaziantep Basketbol 10.75 2 Volodymyr Gerun Büyükçekmece Basketbol 7.92 3 Malcolm Thomas Petkim Spor 7.84 4 Dedric Lawson Beşiktaş Icrypex 7.52 5 Evan Bruinsma Büyükçekmece Basketbol 7.50

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Luka Rupnik Semt77 Yalovaspor 8.05 2 Kenan Sipahi Beşiktaş Icrypex 7.50 3 Dee Bost Galatasaray Nef 7.07 4 Jordon Crawford Büyükçekmece Basketbol 6.81 5 Alex Pérez Türk Telekom 6.46

Source: BSL Stats

Awards

All official awards of the 2021–22 Basketbol Süper Ligi.

Season awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Regular Season MVP	Alpha Kaba	Gaziantep Basketbol	[25]
Finals MVP	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe Beko	[26]

MVP of the Round

Gameday	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
1	Ben Bentil	Bahçeşehir Koleji	28	[27]
2	Bonzie Colson	Pınar Karşıyaka	42	[28]
3	Gabriel Olaseni	Darüşşafaka	27	[29]
4	Pako Cruz	Tofaş	35	[30]
5	Justin Wright-Foreman	Petkim Spor	31	[31]
6	Vasilije Micić	Anadolu Efes	42	[32]
7	Jordon Crawford	Büyükçekmece Basketbol	30	[33]
8	Dedric Lawson	Beşiktaş Icrypex	34	[34]
9	Allerik Freeman	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	28	[35]
10	Jarmar Gulley	Gaziantep Basketbol	41	[36]
11	Ahmet Düverioğlu	Fenerbahçe Beko	28	[37]
12	Yiğitcan Saybir	Anadolu Efes	68	[38]
13	Kerry Blackshear	Galatasaray Nef	32
14	Onuralp Bitim	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	30	[39]
15	Tomislav Zubčić	Tofaş	29
16	Kasey Shepherd	Tofaş	26
17	Yiğit Arslan	Tofaş	34
18	Alpha Kaba	Gaziantep Basketbol	34	[40]
19	Vasilije Micić (2)	Anadolu Efes	26
20	Egehan Arna	Beşiktaş Icrypex	38	[41]
21	Onuralp Bitim (2)	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	32
22	Eugene German	Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket	35	[42]
24	Bonzie Colson	Pınar Karşıyaka	32	[43]
25	Sam Dekker	Bahçeşehir Koleji	35
26	Aubrey Dawkins	Türk Telekom	35	[44]
27	Nathan Boothe	Darüşşafaka	41	[45]
28	Evan Bruinsma	Büyükçekmece Basketbol	38	[46]
29	Kenan Sipahi	Beşiktaş Icrypex	32	[47]
30	Sean Armand	Petkim Spor	37	[48]

Turkish clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Anadolu Efes	EuroLeague	Champions
Fenerbahçe Beko		Regular Season
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	EuroCup	Runners-up
Türk Telekom		Eightfinals
Beşiktaş Icrypex	Champions League	Play-ins
Darüşşafaka		Round of 16
Galatasaray Nef		Round of 16
Pınar Karşıyaka		Play-ins
Tofaş		Quarterfinals
Bahçeşehir Koleji	FIBA Europe Cup	Champions