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Basketball team in Bursa, Turkey

Bursaspor
Bursaspor logo
Nickname Timsahlar (Crocodiles)
Leagues Basketbol Süper Ligi
Founded 2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Arena Tofaş Spor Salonu
Capacity 7,500
Location Bursa, Turkey
President Sezer Sezgin
Head coach Serhan Kavut
Team captain Ömer Utku Al
2022–23 position Basketbol Süper Ligi, 5th of 16
Championships 1 Turkish First League
Website Link
Home jersey Team colours Home Away jersey Team colours Team colours Away

Bursaspor Basketbol, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Bursa. Founded in 2014, the club is the basketball section of the multi-sport club Bursaspor and currently competes in the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the top-tier basketball league in Turkey.

Bursaspor Basketbol was founded in 2014 and entered the Third Turkish League. In 2019, Bursaspor promoted to the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL), for the first time after winning the Turkish Second Division championship.[1] In the 2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Bursaspor performed well until the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After finishing ninth in the standings, the team will play in the 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball.[2] This will be the European debut of the team.

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 United States Pipes, P.J. 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1999-03-20)20 March 1999 G 3 United States Brown, Jaylon 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1994-09-11)11 September 1994 PG 4 Turkey Al, Ömer Utku (C) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 26 – (1998-02-03)3 February 1998 PG 6 France Michineau, David 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-06-06)6 June 1994 F 15 United States Grantham, Donte 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-03-19)19 March 1995 C 20 United Kingdom Sharma, Josh 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 27 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 SG 23 Turkey Mutaf, David 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2002-06-14)14 June 2002 C 31 France Gavrilović, Alexandre 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 PF 57 Turkey Yıldırım, Nusret 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1989-04-27)27 April 1989 PF Turkey Candan, Berkay 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1993-05-22)22 May 1993 Head coach Turkey Serhan Kavut Assistant coach(es) Turkey Erden Eryüz Legend (C) Team captainInjured Injured Roster Updated: September 2, 2024

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----- | | | | | C | | | | | | | PF | | | | | | | SF | | | | | | | SG | | | | | | | PG | | | | | |

Notable past players

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Turkish Basketball First League

EuroCup

Season Tier League Pos. Record Turkish Cup European competitions
2017–18 2 TBL 2nd
2018–19 2 TBL 1st 25–5
2019–20 1 BSL 9th1 11–12
2020–21 1 BSL 9th 13–17 2 EuroCup RS
2021–22 1 BSL 8th 19–14 2 EuroCup RU
2022–23 1 BSL 5th 17–15 2 EuroCup 8F
2023–24 1 BSL 9th 14–16 3 Champions League RS
  1. ^ "Şampiyon Bursaspor, İTÜyü rahat geçti: 91-73". Fanatik. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ "EuroCup Board meets to plan the 2020-21 season". Euroleague Basketball. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Basketbol Takımımızın İsim Sponsoru Durmazlar" (in Turkish). Bursaspor Basketbol. September 1, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "Frutti Ekstra Bursaspor Basketbol'da imzalar atıldı" (in Turkish). Bursaspor Basketbol. October 11, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  5. ^ @BsBasketbol (August 1, 2023). "İsim Sponsorumuz İnfo Yatırım" (Tweet) – via Twitter.