Darüşşafaka Basketbol
Darüşşafaka Basketbol (Darüşşafaka Basketball), known as Darüşşafaka Tekfen Basketbol for sponsorship reasons, commonly also known as Daçka Basketbol or simply Daçka, 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 Turkish Basketball Super League. Its home arena for national domestic Turkish Super League 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.
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Nickname | Daçka Basketbol Daçka | |||
Leagues | Turkish League Turkish Cup Basketball Champions League | |||
Founded | 1914 | |||
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Arena | Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk (BSL) Volkswagen Arena (EuroLeague/EuroCup) | |||
Capacity | Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk - 3,500 Volkswagen Arena - 5,240 | |||
Location | Istanbul, Turkey | |||
Team colours | Green, black | |||
Main sponsor | Tekfen | |||
President | Ümit Başkırt | |||
Team manager | Ahmet Eran | |||
Head coach | Selçuk Ernak | |||
Team captain | Erkan Veyseloğlu | |||
2019–20 position | Turkish League, 6th of 16 | |||
Championships | 1 EuroCup 2 Turkish Championships 1 Turkish Second Division | |||
Website | darussafakabasketbol | |||
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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.[1] 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.[2]
The team received a wild card for the 2015–16 EuroLeague season.[3] 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.[4]
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–present) [5]
Arenas
Darüşşafaka plays its national domestic Turkish Basketball Super League home games at the 3,500 seat Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall.[6] In November 2015, the 5,240 seat Volkswagen Arena Istanbul was officially inaugurated as the home arena of Darüşşafaka for EuroLeague home games.[7][8]
Season by season
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Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Turkish Cup | European competitions | |
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2000–01 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | 3 Korać Cup | EF | |
2001–02 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Runner-up | 2 Saporta Cup | RS |
2002–03 | 1 | TBL | 9th | 2 ULEB Cup | RS | |
2003–04 | 1 | TBL | 6th | |||
2004–05 | 1 | TBL | 10th | 2 ULEB Cup | RS | |
2005–06 | 1 | TBL | 9th | |||
2006–07 | 1 | TBL | 8th | |||
2007–08 | 1 | TBL | 14th | |||
2008–09 | 1 | TBL | 8th | |||
2009–10 | 1 | TBL | 16th | |||
2010–11 | 2 | TB2L | 8th | |||
2011–12 | 2 | TB2L | 11th | |||
2012–13 | 2 | TB2L | 7th | |||
2013–14 | 2 | TB2L | 1st | |||
2014–15 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Semifinalist | ||
2015–16 | 1 | BSL | 4th | Runner-up | 1 Euroleague | T16 |
2016–17 | 1 | BSL | 4th | Quarterfinalist | 1 EuroLeague | QF |
2017–18 | 1 | BSL | 6th | Semifinals | 2 EuroCup | C |
2018–19 | 1 | BSL | 10th | 1 EuroLeague | RS | |
Source: Eurobasket.com
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Winners (2): 1961, 1962
- Runners-up (1): 1960
- Runners-up (3): 2002, 2016, 2020
- 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
- Winners (1): 2016
- Casale Monferrat, Italy Invitational Game
- Winners (1): 2018
- Lumezzane, Italy Invitational Game
- Winners (1): 2018
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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C | Ryan Luther | Emircan Koşut | Görkem Doğan | |
PF | Grant Jerrett | Berk Demir | Troy Selim Şav | |
SF | William Buford | Erkan Veyseloğlu | Doruk Dora ![]() |
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SG | Andrew Andrews | Sinan Güler | Jarmar Gulley ![]() |
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PG | John Gillon | Doğuş Özdemiroğlu |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Faruk Beşok
Emre Ekim
Cüneyt Erden
Semih Erden
Tufan Ersöz
Recep Ertaş
Orhan Güler
Sinan Güler
Hicri Güneri
Mehmet Kahyaoğlu
Ömer Kahyaoğlu
Murat Kösedağ
Hakan Köseoğlu
Burak Sezgin
Cevher Özer
Serdar Tabay
Erdem Türetken
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Zaza Enden
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Erwin Dudley
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Scottie Wilbekin
Michael Ansley
Marques Bragg
Will Clyburn
Jermareo Davidson
Henry Dobie
Quincy Douby
Acie Earl
Jordan Farmar
Richie Frahm
Kelvin Gibbs
Clarence Gilbert
George Gilmore
Sean Green
Cliff Hammonds
Alexander Jensen
JaJuan Johnson
Mike Jones
Maarty Leunen
Dexter Lyons
Ryan McDade
Kevin Rice
Steve Rogers
Lamont Strothers
Brad Wanamaker
John Whorton
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Michael Meeks
Ante Žižić
Adrien Moerman
Dairis Bertāns
Renaldas Seibutis
Vitaly Nosov
Oleksandr Okunskiy
Leonid Yaylo
Head coaches
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References
- DARUSSAFAKA ISTANBUL basketball team.
- Trabzonspor Medical Park 78-71 Darüşşafaka (in Turkish).
- Proposed team list for the 2015-16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague and Eurocup.
- "Tekfen, Darüşşafaka ile sahaya indi". Cumhuriyet Basketbol Haberleri (in Turkish). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- "Darüşşafaka'nın isim sponsoru Tekfen oldu" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. September 4, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall.
- Euroleague round 4 starts with an inauguration!
- VW Arena is now home to Darüşşafaka Doğuş.
External links
- Official website (in Turkish)
- Darüşşafaka S.K. at bsl.org.tr (in Turkish)
- Darüşşafaka S.K. at eurobasket.com
- Darüşşafaka S.K. at euroleague.net
- Darüşşafaka S.K. at tblstat.net