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: Tofaş Sports Club'') (more commonly known as Tofaş) is a professional

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team that is based in

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...

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. Their home arena is the

Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu, or Tofaş Nilüfer Sports Hall, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Nilüfer, Bursa, Turkey. The arena has a seating capacity of 7,500 people for basketball games. History Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu ...

, with a capacity of 7,500 seats. The team is sponsored by Turkish car manufacturer

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. The team competes in the

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(BSL).

History

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 they were

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down 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

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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 also achieved significant success at the European-wide continental level. Such as being the runner-up in the European-wide third-tier level

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's 1996–97 season Final against the Greek club

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. Tofaş also competed in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, in the 1999–2000 season. In 2015, Tofaş relegated from the BSL to the First League. The club 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. The same season, Tofaş reached the

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finals of the BSL. Despite winning game 3 at home, the team fell to Fenerbahçe and lost the series 4–1.

Arenas

Tofaş S.K. used the 3,500-seat capacity

Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall ( tr, Bursa Atatürk Spor Salonu) is a multi-purpose indoor sport venue located in the district of Altıparmak, Osmangazi in Bursa, Turkey. The hall, with a capacity for 3,000 people, was built in 1972. Home of four clubs ...

, as its home arena for many years. The club then moved into the 7,500-seat capacity

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Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

* Alper Yılmaz * -

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Kenan Sipahi Kenan Sipahi (born May 26, 1995) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). The point guard descent stands at . Early years Kenan Sipahi was bo ...

Levent Topsakal Mete Levent Topsakal (born 9 June 1966) is a former professional basketball player from Turkey and currently assistant manager of Turkey national basketball team. He played as a point and shooting guard at height 1,90 m. External linksTurkSports ...

Mehmet Okur Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at , he played as a power forward and center. Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons with ...

Mehmet Yağmur Mehmet Yağmur (born July 1, 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He plays at the point guard position. Professional career Yagmur averaged 6.7 points, 4.4 assists and 1 ...

Hakan Köseoğlu Hakan Köseoğlu (born December 12, 1981 in İstanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish former professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, com ...

İlkan Karaman İlkan Karaman (born May 13, 1990) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Manisa BB of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional career Karaman made his professional debut in the TB2L with Tofaş Bursa during the 2007-08 season. He ...

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* Serkan Erdoğan *

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* Brandon Bowman *

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* Steve Burtt, Jr. * Steven Rogers

Honours

Basketball Super League Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

** Winners (2): 1998-99, 1999-00 *

Turkish Basketball Cup The Turkish Basketball Cup ( tr, Basketbol Erkekler Türkiye Kupası), FIAT Turkish Basketball Cup for sponsorship consideration, is the Turkey men's professional basketball national cup tournament. It has been held and organised by the Turkish Bas ...

** Winners (3): 1993, 1998-99, 1999-00 *

Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup The Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası), sometimes referred to as Turkish Basketball Super Cup, is the professional men's basketball super cup competition that takes place each year in Turkey. The competition ...

** Winners (1): 1999

Season by season

: Cancelled due to the

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References

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Page

TBLStat.net Team Profile
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