Bahçeşehir Koleji Spor Kulübü, also known as Bahçeşehir Basketbol, is a Turkish basketball club based in Istanbul. The club plays in the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL), the highest level of basketball in Turkey. Bahçeşehir made its debut in the BSL in 2018 and made its debut in European competitions in 2019. Bahçeşehir won the FIBA Europe Cup in

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. The club is part of Bahçeşehir Koleji, a private school based in Istanbul.

History

In the 2017–18 season, Bahçeşehir reached the finals of the TBL for the first time. On 13 July 2018, Bahçeşehir received the vacant spot in the first-tier Basketbol Süper Ligi, after the withdrawal of Eskişehir Basket. This meant the club's first appearance in the domestic first tier. In the 2018–19 season, finished 9th in the BSL. In the 2019–20 season, Bahçeşehir made its European debut and played in the FIBA Europe Cup regular season. It is the first European participation for Bahçeşehir. In the 2021–22 season, Bahçeşehir won the

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championship after defeating Pallacanestro Reggiana in the Finals.

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

* Yiğit Arslan (2022–present) *

Berkay Candan Berkay Candan (born May 22, 1993) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and Basketball Champions League The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is an annual professional basketb ...

(2021–present) * Deniz Kılıçlı (2020–2021) * Rıdvan Öncel (2020–2021) * Kartal Özmızrak (2021–present) *

Emir Preldžić Emir Preldžić (born 6 September 1987) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Orlovik Žepče of the A2 League of FBiH, third level of basketball in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also represented the Turkish nation ...

(2018–2019) * Oğuz Savaş (2021–present) * Burak Can Yıldızlı (2020–2021) * Mangok Mathiang (2019–2020) *

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(2019–2020) * Jerry Boutsiele (2022–present) *

İsmet Akpınar İsmet Akpınar ( tr, İsmet Akpınar, born May 22, 1995) is a Turkish-German professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the EuroLeague. Early years Akpınar started his career in the BC H ...

(2020–2021) * Jaka Blažič (2022–present) * Alex Pérez (2020) *

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(2018–2019) * Chris Babb (2018–2019) * Tarik Black (2022) * Sam Dekker (2021–2022) * Erick Green (2020–2021) * Manny Harris (2018–2019) * JaJuan Johnson (2019–2020) * London Perrantes (2019–2020) * Thomas Robinson (2020) *

Jamar Smith Jamar Smith (born April 7, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and Basketball Champions League. Standing at , he plays the shooting guard position. He played collegiate ba ...

(2021–present) * D. J. White (2017–2019)

Head coaches

Stefanos Dedas Stefanos Dedas (Greek: Στέφανος Δέδας; born May 10, 1982) is a Greek ''(from Vafiochori, Kilkis)'' professional basketball head coach. He is currently the assistant coach for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Coaching career C ...

(2017–2019) * Zafer Aktaş (2019–2020) * Erhan Ernak (2020–present)

Honours

Turkish Basketball First League *Runners-up (1): 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup *Champions (1): 2021–22 *Semifinalist (1): 2019–20

Season by season

: Cancelled due to the

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References

External links

Official website
(in Turkish)
Official Twitter account
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