Bahçeşehir Koleji Spor Kulübü, also known as Bahçeşehir Basketbol, is a Turkish professional

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club based in

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. The club plays in the

Basketbol Süper Ligi The Basketball Super League (; TBSL), also known as the Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball division of the Turkish basketball league system. It replaced the former Turkish Bas ...

(BSL), the highest level of basketball in Turkey, and in the EuroCup. Bahçeşehir made its debut in the BSL in 2018 and made its debut in European competitions in 2019. Bahçeşehir won the

FIBA Europe Cup The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA Europe's second level competition. Clubs mainly qualify based on their performance in national leagues an ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

. The club is part of Bahçeşehir Koleji, a

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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

, after the withdrawal of

Eskişehir Basket Eskişehir Basket was a professional basketball team based in the city of Eskişehir in Turkey. Their home arena was the Anadolu Üniversitesi Sport Hall with a capacity of 5,000 seats. Founded in 2006, the club played in the highest tier 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

regular season. It is the first European participation for Bahçeşehir. In the 2021–22 season, Bahçeşehir won the

2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup The 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup was the seventh season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The season began on 13 October 2021 and ended on 27 April 2022 with the 2022 FIBA ...

championship after defeating

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in the

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. On 12 June 2025, Bahçeşehir Koleji hired Marko Barać as their new head coach.

Logos

File:Bahçeşehir Koleji S.K. logo.png, Former logo
(2017–2024) File:Bahçeşehir Koleji Spor Kulübü logo.png, Current logo
(2024–present)

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

* Yiğit Arslan (2022–present) * Berkay Candan (2021–present) *

Deniz Kılıçlı Mükremin Deniz Kılıçlı (born October 23, 1990) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Mersin MSK of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Collegiate career Freshman season After missing the first 20 games of the season because of a sus ...

(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 for KK Orlovik Žepče of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also represented the Turkish national basketball team. He is 6 ft ...

(2018–2019) *

Oğuz Savaş Oğuz Savaş (born 13 July 1987) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Standing at , he plays the center position. He has also represented the senior Turkey national basketball team. Professional career Oğuz Savaş made his prof ...

(2021–present) * Burak Can Yıldızlı (2020–2021) *

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(2019–2020) *

Andy Rautins Andrew Jay Rautins (born November 2, 1986) is an American-born Canadian professional basketball executive and former player. He played for Syracuse University and was drafted by the NBA's New York Knicks in 2010, with the eighth pick of the seco ...

(2019–2020) *

İsmet Akpınar Ismet Akpınar (, born May 22, 1995) is a Turkish-German professional basketball player for Türk Telekom B.K., Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Early years Akpınar started his career in the BC Hamburg youth ranks. At the age o ...

(2020–2021) *

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Jaka Blažič Jaka Blažič (born 30 June 1990) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for KK Cedevita Olimpija, Cedevita Olimpija of the Adriatic League and the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League, Slovenian Basketball League. He also represents the ...

(2022–2023) * Alex Pérez (2020) *

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(2018–2019) *

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(2018–2019) * Tarik Black (2022) * Sam Dekker (2021–2022) *

Erick Green Erick O'Brien Green (born May 9, 1991) is an American professional basketball for Napoli Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He finished the 2012–13 NCAA Division I season as the top scorer in the nation at 25.0 points per game. Green wa ...

(2020–2021) * Manny Harris (2018–2019) * JaJuan Johnson (2019–2020) *

London Perrantes London Tyus Perrantes Jr. (born October 3, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basketball League (GBL). He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers. High school career Perrantes atten ...

(2019–2020) * Thomas Robinson (2020) * Jamar Smith (2021–2023) *

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(2017–2019)

Head coaches

Stefanos Dedas Stefanos Dedas (Greek: Στέφανος Δέδας; born May 10, 1982) is a Greek ''(from Vafiochori, Kilkis)'' professional basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroC ...

(2017–2019) * Zafer Aktaş (2019–2020) * Erhan Ernak (2020–2023) * Sinan Atalay (2023) *

Dejan Radonjić Dejan Radonjić ( sr-cyr, Дејан Радоњић; born 2 February 1970) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former basketball player. He was most recently the head coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the BSL. Standing at , he p ...

(2023–2025) * Marko Barać (2025–present)

Honours

European competitions

* EuroCup :''Semifinalist (1):'' 2024–25 *

:Champions (1): 2021–22 :''Runners-up (1):'' 2023–24 :''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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