Tofaş
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi Champions League
Founded	1974 (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	Tevfik Akdamar
Championships	2 Turkish Championships 3 Turkish Cups 1 Turkish President's Cup
Website	www.tofasspor.com
Home Away

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

Former logo of the club

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.^[1] The same season, Tofaş reached the 2018 finals of the BSL. Despite winning game 3 at home,^[2] the team fell to Fenerbahçe and lost the series 4–1.^[3]

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.^[4][5]

Players

Current roster

Tofaş roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 1 Winston, Cassius 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 25 – (1998-02-28)28 February 1998 SF 3 Akdamar, Tevfik (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1994-10-25)25 October 1994 SF 4 Prewitt, Omar 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1994-09-24)24 September 1994 SG 5 Homesley, Caleb 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1996-11-27)27 November 1996 G 7 Tuna, Batın 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2003-01-04)4 January 2003 F 8 Geçim, Tolga 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1996-03-27)27 March 1996 SG 12 Denmon, Marcus 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 33 – (1990-03-20)20 March 1990 PF 16 Demir, Ege 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 19 – (2004-08-15)15 August 2004 SF 22 O'Brien, J. J. 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 F 32 Maye, Luke 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 26 – (1997-03-07)7 March 1997 PF 33 Šakić, Željko 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 35 – (1988-04-14)14 April 1988 C 50 Wiley, Austin 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 25 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 SG 77 Kurtuldum, Mustafa 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 22 – (2001-05-10)10 May 2001	Head coach Orhun Ene Assistant coach(es) Yalçın Küçüközkan Sedat Özyer Murat Hüseyin Yılmaz Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 20, 2023

Notable players

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

Josh Owens

References

External links

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