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Tofaş
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	1974; 50 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

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. The same season, Tofaş reached the 2018 finals of the BSL. Despite winning game 3 at home, the team fell to Fenerbahçe and lost the series 4–1.

Arenas

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.

Players

Current roster

Tofaş roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Reed, Marcquise 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1995-04-21)21 April 1995 PG 1 Cengiz, Özgür 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 19 – (2005-04-18)18 April 2005 PG 2 Pérez, Alex 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – (1993-07-01)1 July 1993 PF 3 Saybir, Yiğitcan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1999-02-27)27 February 1999 SF 6 Trifunović, Uroš 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 24 – (2000-12-05)5 December 2000 G 7 Demir, Demircan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (2004-06-15)15 June 2004 F 8 Geçim, Tolga (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1996-03-27)27 March 1996 PF 11 Demir, Berk 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 29 – (1995-05-18)18 May 1995 F/C 18 Pasečņiks, Anžejs 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1995-12-20)20 December 1995 SF 22 O'Brien, J. J. 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 32 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 F/C 30 Bankston, Kris 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1999-06-11)11 June 1999	Head coach Orhun Ene Assistant coach(es) Yalçın Küçüközkan Sedat Özyer Murat Hüseyin Yılmaz Caner Topaloğlu Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 9, 2024

Depth chart

Notable players

• Alper Yılmaz
• - Asım Pars
• Can Altıntığ
• Cüneyt Erden
• Efe Aydan
• Kenan Sipahi
• Levent Topsakal
• Mehmet Okur
• Mehmet Yağmur
• Hakan Köseoğlu
• İlkan Karaman
• İnanç Koç
• Serkan Erdoğan
• Şemsettin Baş
• Tolga Geçim
• Vasilije Micić
• Vladan Alanović
• Slaven Rimac
• Željko Šakić
• Jurica Žuža
• Mindaugas Lukauskis
• Artūras Milaknis
• Eigirdas Žukauskas
• Deividas Dulkys
• Sergei Bazarevich
• Jure Zdovc
• Chris Booker
• Brandon Bowman
• Bradley Buckman
• - Steve Burtt, Jr.
• Diante Garrett
• Rashard Griffith
• Demonte Harper
• Josh Heytvelt
• Marc Jackson
• Buck Johnson
• J. J. O'Brien
• David Rivers
• Steven Rogers
• Ronald Steele
• Austin Wiley
• Cassius Winston
• Jeff Withey

Honours

• 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

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

References

1. "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.
2. "Basketball: TOFAS beat Fenerbahce Dogus".
3. "Fenerbahce is the Turkish League champion". 13 June 2018.
4. TOFAS SPORTS HALL.
5. Tofas Bursa Arena: TOFAS SPOR SALONU.

External links

• Official Website (in Turkish and English)
• Eurobasket.com Page
• TBLStat.net Team Profile

• Basketball teams in Turkey
• Basketbol Süper Ligi teams
• Sport in Bursa