Trabzonspor B.K.

Trabzonspor Basketbol Kulübü (transl. Trabzonspor Basketball Club), also known as Trabzonspor Basket or Trabzonspor, is a professional basketball club based in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. It is a department of the multi-sport club of Trabzonspor. Trabzonspor played seven seasons in the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the highest tier in Turkey. The club withdrew in 2018 due to financial problems. After restarting basketball operations at the beginning of 2024, the club is competing in the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi as of the 2024–25 season.

Trabzonspor
Leagues	Türkiye Basketbol Ligi
Founded	2008
Arena	Hayri Gür Arena
Capacity	7,500
Location	Trabzon, Turkey
Team colors	Claret, blue
Championships	2 Turkish Second Divisions
Home Away

Their home arena is the Hayri Gür Arena, which has a capacity of 7,500 seats, and was opened in 2011.

History

Trabzonspor's football club was founded in 1967, and it opened its basketball section in 2008. After Alpella's relegation in the 2007–08 season, Trabzonspor's board purchased all of the rights related to the team from the Ülker Group, and took their place in the Turkish Second Division for the 2008–09 season.

Trabzonspor promoted to the top-tier TBL (now called BSL), after they won the championship of the Turkish Division in the 2009–10 season.

In the 2014–15 season, Trabzonspor made its European debut in the EuroChallenge. The club managed to reach the Final Four which was played in its home arena Hayri Gür Arena. In the semi-final, Trabzonspor beat Romanian side Energia by a wide margin, 63–83. In the final, the team narrowly lost to JSF Nanterre from France with a score of 63–64. Nanterre scored a buzzer-beater which costed Trabzon its first European title.

In 2015, Trabzonspor played in the EuroCup Basketball competition, Europe's second tier. Here, it was eliminated in the Round of 32.

On 2 October 2018, Trabzonspor announced its withdrawal from the BSL due to financial problems.^[1] Eventually, the club ceased its basketball activities.

Trabzonspor has announced its decision to return to professional basketball in 2024. After a long hiatus, the club re-entered at the Men's Regional Basketball League level in February 2024.^[2]

After winning promotion to the Turkish Basketball Second League,^[3] the club received an invitation from the Turkish Basketball Federation to move up to the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi for the 2024–25 season.^[4]

Sponsporship names

• Trabzonspor : 2008–2010
• Medical Park Trabzonspor : 2010–2011
• Trabzonspor : 2011–2013
• Trabzonspor Medical Park : 2013–2017
• Trabzonspor : 2017–2018
• Trabzonspor : 2024–present

Achievements

• Turkish Basketball League

Fourth: (1) 2015

• Turkish Second League

Winners (2): 2010, 2013

• EuroChallenge

Runners-up: (1) 2015

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Turkish Cup	European competitions
2008–09	2	TB2L	3rd
2009–10	2	TB2L	1st
2010–11	1	TBL	11th	Semifinalist
2011–12	1	TBL	15th	Group Stage
2012–13	2	TB2L	1st
2013–14	1	TBL	9th	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	TBL	4th	Group Stage	3 EuroChallenge	RU	14–2
2015–16	1	BSL	11th	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	L32	8–8
2016–17	1	BSL	12th
2017–18	1	BSL	13th		4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR1	1–1

Players

Current roster

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

Trabzonspor roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 0 Gordon, Ty 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1998-10-20)20 October 1998 F 1 Skipper-Brown, Jordan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1998-01-07)7 January 1998 SG 2 Konuk, Mert 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-04-02)2 April 2000 PG 4 Saraloğlu, Utku 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1996-07-17)17 July 1996 PG 5 Ulusoy, İsmail Cem 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1996-10-04)4 October 1996 SF 7 Güney, Alican 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1989-02-25)25 February 1989 G 9 Göktepe, Oğuzhan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2004-02-21)21 February 2004 SF 13 Ulubay, Okben 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1996-05-25)25 May 1996 SF 14 Aydın, Rijad 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-07-02)2 July 1998 F/C 19 Arar, Ege 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1996-09-02)2 September 1996 SF 20 Sevinç, Ogün (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-09-22)22 September 1998 PF 33 Gülşen, İbrahim 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1998-09-28)28 September 1998 F 41 Yazıcıoğlu, Gökhan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 34 – (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 PG 44 Öğüt, Can Uğur 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 32 – (1992-01-23)23 January 1992 G/F 55 Creek, Mitch 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1992-04-27)27 April 1992 C 65 Şenli, Doğan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1992-07-16)16 July 1992	Head coach Faruk Beşok Assistant coach(es) Hacı Osman Ekici Yağız Sertoğlu Team manager Cömert Küce Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 11, 2024

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.

• Alper Saruhan
• Berkay Candan
• Birkan Batuk
• Can Altıntığ
• Can Korkmaz
• Can Maxim Mutaf
• Deniz Kılıçlı
• Erolcan Çinko
• Kaya Peker
• Kerem Özkan
• Nusret Yıldırım
• Polat Kaya
• Sertaç Şanlı
• Tutku Açık
• Andrija Stipanović
• Kaloyan Ivanov
• Jurica Žuža
• Šarūnas Vasiliauskas
• Jorge Gutierrez
• Kirk Penney
• Damian Kulig
• Aleksandar Rašić
• Novica Veličković
• - Igor Milošević
• Darius Johnson-Odom
• Dee Bost
• Derwin Kitchen
• Dwight Hardy
• Elton Brown
• Harold Jamison
• J.P. Prince
• Jack Cooley
• Jerome Randle
• Jonathan Gibson
• Julian Wright
• Kevinn Pinkney
• Khalid El-Amin
• Marc Salyers
• Mike Scott
• Russell Robinson
• Sean Marshall
• Tarence Kinsey
• - Paul Stoll
• - Derrick Obasohan
• - Gani Lawal
• - Michael Wright

Head coaches

• Alaeddin Yakan (2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11)
• Dragan Sakota (2010–11)
• Tolga Öngören (2011–12)
• Halil Üner (2011–12, 2012–13)
• Hasan Özmeriç (2012–13, 2013–14)
• Hakan Demir (2013–14, 2014–15)
• Nenad Markovic (2014–15, 2015–16)
• Ahmet Kandemir (2015–16)
• Sergey Bazarevich (2016–17)
• Zare Markovski (2017–18)
• Hacı Osman Ekici (2023–24)
• Faruk Beşok (2024–present)

See also

• Trabzonspor

References

1. "Turkish League left with 15 teams after Trabzonspor's withdrawal - Eurohoops". 2 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
2. "Basketbol Takımımızın fikstürü belli oldu". trabzonspor.org.tr (in Turkish). February 14, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
3. "Şampiyon Trabzonspor". trabzonspor.org.tr (in Turkish). June 15, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
4. "Basketbol Takımımız Türkiye Sigorta Türkiye Basketbol Ligi'nde mücadele edecek". trabzonspor.org.tr (in Turkish). September 9, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.

External links

• Official website (archived)
• Team Profile at Eurobasket
• ULEB Eurocup
• FIBA Eurochallenge
• TBLstat.net Profile
• BSL.org.tr