Trabzonspor B.K.

Trabzonspor Basketbol Kulübü (), 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 competed in the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the top tier of Turkish basketball, for seven seasons before withdrawing in 2018 due to financial difficulties. The club resumed its basketball operations at the beginning of 2024 and went on to win the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi championship in the 2024–25 season, earning promotion back to the Basketbol Süper Ligi.

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. 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.

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

On April 13, 2025, Trabzonspor was promoted to the Basketbol Süper Ligi as the champion of the Turkish Basketball First League. They were back to top tier, after seven years break.

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 (3): 2010, 2013, 2025 EuroChallenge Runners-up: (1) 2015

Season by season Season Tier League Turkish Cup European competitions2008–092 TB2L3rd2009–102 TB2L1st2010–111 TBL11th Semifinalist2011–121 TBL15th Group Stage2012–132 TB2L1st2013–141 TBL9th Quarterfinalist2014–151 TBL 4th Group Stage 3 EuroChallenge 2015–161 BSL 11th Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup 2016–171 BSL 12th 2017–181 BSL 13th 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2018–20242024–252 TBL1st 2025–261 BSL 6th Quarterfinalist

Players Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Alper Saruhan Berk Demir Berkay Candan Birkan Batuk Can Altıntığ Can Korkmaz Can Maxim Mutaf Deniz Kılıçlı Erolcan Çinko İsmail Cem Ulusoy Kaya Peker Kerem Özkan Nusret Yıldırım Okben Ulubay Polat Kaya Sertaç Şanlı Tutku Açık Can Uğur Öğüt Mitch Creek Andrija Stipanović Kaloyan Ivanov Jurica Žuža Angel Delgado 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 Tony Taylor Ty Gordon - Marcquise Reed - 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 (2024–25) Selçuk Ernak (2025–present)

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