Darüşşafaka Basketbol (Darüşşafaka Basketball), commonly also known as Daçka Basketbol or simply Daçka, also known as Darüşşafaka Lassa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club that is based in Istanbul, Turkey. Darüşşafaka's basketball section, which was founded in 1914, is a part of Darüşşafaka Spor Kulübü (Darüşşafaka Sports Club) multi-sport club, which was founded in 1914. The club's basketball department is their most successful section. The club plays in the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi. Its home arena for national domestic games is the Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall, with a seating capacity of 3,500, while its home arena for European-wide games is the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, with a seating capacity of 5,240.
Daçka have won two Turkish Basketball Championships (in 1961 and 1962) over the course of their history. In European-wide competitions they have won the second tier level EuroCup, in the 2017–18 season, by defeating the Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban in the finals.
History From 1993 until 2010, Darüşşafaka was a stable TBL (now called BSL) competitor. In the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons, the team took the third place in the regular season. In the 2009–10 season, the club ended up in 16th place in the TBL, and was relegated. The team was then a middle-tier team in the TB2L, from 2010 until 2013.
In 2013, Doğuş Holding became the main sponsor of the team, which instantly turned Darüşşafaka into a wealthy and ambitious club. In the 2013–14 season, they won the TB2L title, and were promoted to the TBL (now called BSL).
In the 2014–15 season, Darüşşafaka took the third place in the regular season, after some big names like Renaldas Seibutis and Jamon Gordon were signed for the season. Despite the huge expectations, the team lost in the quarterfinals of the league playoffs to Trabzonspor.Trabzonspor Medical Park 78-71 Darüşşafaka .
The team received a wild card for the 2015–16 EuroLeague season. Darüşşafaka started playing its EuroLeague home games at the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, starting from November 2015. In September 2018, the club announced a new multi-year sponsorship deal with Tekfen, which changed the team's name sponsorship name to Darüşşafaka Tekfen.
After a challenging season, the team finished 15th in the 2024–25 Basketbol Süper Ligi and was relegated to the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi, ending an 11-year run in the top division.
Sponsorship naming Due to sponsorship deals, Darüşşafaka have been also known as:
Darüşşafaka (1992–2008) Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires (2008–2010) Darüşşafaka (2010–2013) Darüşşafaka Doğuş (2013–2017) Darüşşafaka (2017–2018) Darüşşafaka Tekfen (2018–2021) Darüşşafaka (2021–2023) Darüşşafaka Lassa (2023–present)
Arenas Darüşşafaka plays its national domestic Turkish Basketball Super League home games at the 3,500 seat Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall.Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall. In November 2015, the 5,240 seat Volkswagen Arena Istanbul was officially inaugurated as the home arena of Darüşşafaka for EuroLeague home games.
Season by season
SeasonTierLeagueTurkish Cup European competitions 2000–01 1TBL 3rd 3 Korać Cup 2001–02 1TBL 3rdRunner-up 2 Saporta Cup 2002–03 1TBL 9th 2 ULEB Cup 2003–04 1TBL 6th 2004–05 1TBL 10th 2 ULEB Cup 2005–06 1TBL 9th 2006–07 1TBL 8th 2007–08 1TBL 14th 2008–09 1TBL 8th 2009–10 1TBL16th 2010–11 2TB2L 2011–12 2TB2L 11th 2012–13 2TB2L 7th 2013–14 2TB2L1st 2014–15 1TBL 5th Semifinalist2015–16 1BSL 4th Runner-up 1 Euroleague 2016–17 1BSL 4th Quarterfinalist 1 EuroLeague 2017–18 1BSL 6th Semifinals 2 EuroCup 2018–19 1BSL 10th 1 EuroLeague 2019–20 1BSL6th 2 EuroCup –2020–21 1BSL7th 2 Champions League 2021–22 1BSL4th Semifinalist 2 Champions League 2022–23 1BSL6th 2 Champions League 2023–24 1BSL14th 2 Champions League 2024–25 1BSL15th 2025–26 2TBL11th Quarterfinalist Source: Eurobasket.com
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Honours European competitions EuroCup Winners (1): 2017–18
Domestic competitions Turkish Basketball Championship Winners (2): 1961, 1962 Runners-up (1): 1960 Turkish Cup Runners-up (3): 2002, 2016, 2020 Turkish Basketball Second Division Winners (1): 2014 Istanbul Basketball League (defunct) Winners (1): 1960 Third place (3): 1961, 1962, 1963
Other competitions Sibenik, Croatia Invitational Game Winners (1): 2015 Antalya, Turkey Invitational Game Winners (1): 2016 Heimspiel Kranz Parkhotel Cup Winners (1): 2016 Zadar Dogus Basketball Tournament Winners (1): 2016 Casale Monferrat, Italy Invitational Game Winners (1): 2018 Lumezzane, Italy Invitational Game Winners (1): 2018
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
Head coaches Head CoachYears Yalçın Granit Erman Kunter Ahmet Çakı Orhun Ene Oktay Mahmuti David Blatt Selçuk Ernak Yakup Sekizkök Rüçhan Tamsöz Josh King Carles Durán Erdi Özten (interim)
References
External links
Darüşşafaka S.K. at bsl.org.tr Darüşşafaka S.K. at eurobasket.com Darüşşafaka S.K. at euroleague.net Darüşşafaka S.K. at tblstat.net