Tofaş Spor Kulübü (), or simply Tofaş S.K. or Tofaş, and in European competitions as Tofaş Bursa, is a professional basketball team that is based in Bursa, Turkey. The team's name comes from being sponsored by Turkish car manufacturer Tofaş. Tofaş's home arena is the Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu, with a capacity of 7,500 seats. The team competes in the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroCup.
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.TOFAS SPORTS HALL.Tofas Bursa Arena: TOFAS SPOR SALONU.
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
Tarik Phillip 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 Tyler Ennis Vladan Alanović Slaven Rimac Željko Šakić Jurica Žuža Mindaugas Lukauskis Artūras Milaknis Eigirdas Žukauskas Deividas Dulkys Marek Blaževič Sergei Bazarevich Vasilije Micić 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 Domestic competitions Turkish League Winners (2): 1998–99, 1999–00 Runners-up (3): 1977–78, 1990–91, 2017–18 Turkish Cup Winners (3): 1993, 1998–99, 1999–00 Runners-up (1): 2018 Turkish Super Cup Winners (1): 1999 Runners-up (2): 1991, 1993
European competitions FIBA Korać Cup Runners-up (1): 1996–97
Season by season
SeasonTierDivisionTurkish CupEuropean competitions1974–76Lower divisions1976–771 TBL7th 1977–781 TBL2nd 1978–791 TBL4th 1979–801 TBL6th 1980–811 TBL5th 1981–821 TBL4th 1982–831 TBL8th 1983–841 TBL9th 1984–851 TBL7th 1985–861 TBL8th 1986–871 TBL6th 1987–881 TBL6th 1988–891 TBL11th 1989–902 TB2L1st 1990–911 TBL2nd Korać Cup 1991–921 TBL6th European Cup 1992–931 TBL5thChampion Korać Cup 1993–941 TBL6th European Cup 1994–951 TBL4th Korać Cup 1995–961 TBL4th Korać Cup 1996–971 TBL4th Korać Cup 1997–981 TBL4th EuroCup 1998–991 TBL1stChampion Saporta Cup 1999–001 TBL1stChampion Euroleague 2000–03Lower divisions2003–041 TBL14th Group stage2004–052 TB2L 2005–062 TB2L 2006–071 TBL15th Group stage2007–082 TB2L Quarterfinalist2008–092 TB2L 2009–101 TBL10th Group stage2010–111 TBL9th Group stage2011–121 TBL8th Quarterfinalist2012–131 TBL8th Group stage EuroChallenge 2013–141 TBL8th Quarterfinalist EuroChallenge 2014–151 TBL16th Group stage EuroChallenge 2015–162 TBL1st 2016–171 BSL8th 2017–181 BSL2ndRunner-up EuroCup 2018–191BSL3rdQuarterfinalist EuroCup 2019–201BSL5th EuroCup 2020–211BSL4th Champions League 2021–221BSL9thQuarterfinalist Champions League 2022–231BSL7th Champions League 2023–241BSL11thQuarterfinalist Champions League 2024–251BSL4thQuarterfinalist FIBA Europe Cup 2025–261BSL10thQuarterfinalist Champions League
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
References
External links Official Website Eurobasket.com Page TBLStat.net Team Profile