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club that is based in

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, Turkey. Darüşşafaka's basketball section, which was founded in 1914, is a part of Darüşşafaka Spor Kulübü (Darüşşafaka Sports Club)

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, which was founded in 1914. The club's basketball department is their most successful section. The club plays in the

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. Its home arena for national domestic Turkish Super League games is the Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall, with a

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of 3,500, while its home arena for European-wide games is the

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, with a seating capacity of 5,240. Daçka have won two

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s (in 1961 and 1962) over the course of their history. In

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an-wide competitions they have won the second tier level EuroCup, in the 2017–18 season, by defeating the Russian club

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in the finals.

History

From 1993 until 2010, Darüşşafaka was a stable

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(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

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. The team was then a middle-tier team in the

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, from 2010 until 2013. In 2013,

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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

title, and were promoted to the

(now called BSL). In the 2014–15 season, Darüşşafaka took the third place in the regular season, after some big names like

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and

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were signed for the season. Despite the huge expectations, the team lost in the quarterfinals of the league playoffs to

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. The team received a wild card for the 2015–16 EuroLeague season. Darüşşafaka started playing its EuroLeague home games at the

, starting from November 2015. In September 2018, the club announced a new multi-year sponsorship deal with

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, which changed the team's name sponsorship name to Darüşşafaka Tekfen.

Sponsorship naming

Due to sponsorship deals, Darüşşafaka have been also known as: * Darüşşafaka (1992–2008) * Darüşşafaka

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(2008–2010) * Darüşşafaka (2010–2013) * Darüşşafaka Doğuş (2013–2017) * Darüşşafaka (2017–2018) * Darüşşafaka

(2018–2021) * Darüşşafaka (2021–2023) * Darüşşafaka Lassa (2023–present)

Arenas

Darüşşafaka plays its national domestic

home games at the 3,500 seat Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall. In November 2015, the 5,240 seat

was officially inaugurated as the home arena of Darüşşafaka for EuroLeague home games.

Season by season

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Honours

European competitions

* EuroCup : Winners (1): 2017–18

Domestic competitions

: Winners (2): 1961, 1962 : ''Runners-up (1):'' 1960 *

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: ''Runners-up (3):'' 2002, 2016, 2020 * Turkish Basketball Second Division : Winners (1): 2014 *

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(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

History

Sponsorship naming

Arenas

Season by season

Honours

European competitions

Domestic competitions

Other competitions

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Head coaches

References

External links