Tofaş S.K.

Tofaş Spor Kulübü (English: Tofaş Sports Club) (more commonly known as Tofaş) 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.

Tofaş
Tofaş logo
LeaguesBasketbol Süper Ligi
Champions League
Founded1974 (1974)
HistoryTofaş
(1974–present)
ArenaTofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu
Capacity7,500
LocationBursa, Turkey
Team colorsBlue, white, green
     
PresidentCengiz Eroldu
Head coachOrhun Ene
Team captainTevfik Akdamar
Championships2 Turkish Championships
3 Turkish Cups
1 Turkish President's Cup
Websitewww.tofasspor.com

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

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Austin Wiley Željko Šakić
PF Luke Maye Tolga Geçim Ege Demir
SF Omar Prewitt J. J. O'Brien Tevfik Akdamar
SG Caleb Homesley Batın Tuna
PG Cassius Winston Bora Satır

Notable players

Honours

Season by season
Josh Owens
Season Tier Division Pos. Turkish Cup European competitions
1974–76 Lower divisions
1976–77 1 TBL 7th
1977–78 1 TBL 2nd
1978–79 1 TBL 4th
1979–80 1 TBL 6th
1980–81 1 TBL 5th
1981–82 1 TBL 4th
1982–83 1 TBL 8th
1983–84 1 TBL 9th
1984–85 1 TBL 7th
1985–86 1 TBL 8th
1986–87 1 TBL 6th
1987–88 1 TBL 6th
1988–89 1 TBL 11th
1989–90 2 TB2L 1st
1990–91 1 TBL 2nd 3 Korać Cup1R
1991–92 1 TBL 6th 2 European Cup2R
1992–93 1 TBL 5th Champion 3 Korać Cup3R
1993–94 1 TBL 6th 2 European CupGS
1994–95 1 TBL 4th 3 Korać CupR32
1995–96 1 TBL 4th 3 Korać Cup3R
1996–97 1 TBL 4th 3 Korać CupRU
1997–98 1 TBL 4th
1998–99 1 TBL 1st Champion
1999–00 1 TBL 1st Champion 1 EuroleagueGS
2000–03 Lower divisions
2003–04 1 TBL 14th Group stage
2004–05 2 TB2L 1st
2005–06 2 TB2L 1st
2006–07 1 TBL 15th Group stage
2007–08 2 TB2L 1st Quarterfinalist
2008–09 2 TB2L 1st
2009–10 1 TBL 10th Group stage
2010–11 1 TBL 9th Group stage
2011–12 1 TBL 8th Quarterfinalist
2012–13 1 TBL 8th Group stage 3 EuroChallengeL16
2013–14 1 TBL 8th Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallengeRS
2014–15 1 TBL 16th Group stage 3 EuroChallengeRS
2015–16 2 TBL 1st
2016–17 1 BSL 8th
2017–18 1 BSL 2nd Runner-up 2 EuroCupRS
2018–19 1 BSL 3rd Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCupRS
2019–20 1 BSL 5th1 2 EuroCupQF1
2020–21 1 BSL 4th 3 Champions LeagueR16
2021–22 1 BSL 9th Quarterfinalist 3 Champions LeagueQF
2022–23 1 BSL 7th 3 Champions LeaguePI
^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.
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