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Bursaspor Yörsan
Nickname	Timsahlar (Crocodiles)
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi
Founded	2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Arena	Tofaş Spor Salonu
Capacity	7,500
Location	Bursa, Turkey
President	Sezer Sezgin
Head coach	Serhan Kavut
Team captain	Ömer Utku Al
2023–24 position	Basketbol Süper Ligi, 9th of 16
Championships	1 Turkish First League
Website	Link
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Bursaspor Basketbol, also known as Bursaspor Yörsan for sponsorship reasons, 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.

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. 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 will play in the 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball. This will be the European debut of the team.

Sponsorship names

• Bursaspor Durmazlar: 2016–2019
• Frutti Extra Bursaspor: 2019–2023
• Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım: 2023–2024
• Bursaspor Yörsan: 2024–present

Players

Current roster

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Bursaspor Yörsan roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 Pipes, P.J. 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1999-03-20)20 March 1999 G 3 Brown, Jaylon 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1994-09-11)11 September 1994 PG 4 Al, Ömer Utku (C) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 26 – (1998-02-03)3 February 1998 PG 6 Michineau, David 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-06-06)6 June 1994 F 15 Grantham, Donte 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-03-19)19 March 1995 C 20 Sharma, Josh 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 28 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 SG 23 Mutaf, Sarper David 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2002-06-14)14 June 2002 C 31 Gavrilovic, Alexandre 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 PF 32 Candan, Berkay 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1993-05-22)22 May 1993 PF 57 Yıldırım, Nusret 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1989-04-27)27 April 1989	Head coach Serhan Kavut Assistant coach(es) Erden Eryüz Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 5, 2024

Depth chart

Notable past players

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• Ender Arslan
• Birkan Batuk
• Onuralp Bitim
• Oğuz Savaş
• Yiğitcan Saybir
• İzzet Türkyılmaz
• Kevarrius Hayes
• Marial Shayok
• Stefan Birčević
• Anthony Brown
• Xavier Munford
• John Holland

Honours

Turkish Basketball First League

• Winners (1): 2018–19

EuroCup

• Runner up (1): 2021–22

Season by season

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

References

1. "Şampiyon Bursaspor, İTÜyü rahat geçti: 91-73". Fanatik. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. "EuroCup Board meets to plan the 2020-21 season". Euroleague Basketball. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
3. "Basketbol Takımımızın İsim Sponsoru Durmazlar" (in Turkish). Bursaspor Basketbol. September 1, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
4. "Frutti Ekstra Bursaspor Basketbol'da imzalar atıldı" (in Turkish). Bursaspor Basketbol. October 11, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
5. @BsBasketbol (August 1, 2023). "İsim Sponsorumuz İnfo Yatırım" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
6. @BsBasketbol (November 11, 2024). "Bursaspor Basketbol & Yörsan isim sponsorluğu lansmanı imza töreni Barış Spor Salonu'nda gerçekleştirildi" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Official website (in Turkish)
• Official Twitter account
• TBLStat.net profile
• Eurobasket.com profile
• European Fans website (in Turkish, English, and German)

• Basketball teams in Turkey
• Bursaspor
• Basketball teams established in 2014