Tofaş S.K.

Tofaş Spor Kulübü (Turkish: Tofaş Sports Club), or simply Tofaş S.K. or Tofaş, is a professional basketball team that is based in Bursa, Turkey. Their home arena is the Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu, with a capacity of 7,500 seats. The team is sponsored by Turkish car manufacturer Tofaş.

Tofaş Spor Kulübü
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi Champions League
Founded	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
History	Tofaş (1974–present)
Arena	Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu
Capacity	7,500
Location	Bursa, Turkey
Team colors	Blue, white, green
President	Cengiz Eroldu
Head coach	Emil Rajković
Team captain	Tolga Geçim
Championships	2 Turkish Championships 3 Turkish Cups 1 Turkish President's Cup
Website	www.tofasspor.com
Home Away

The team competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).

History

Former logo of the club

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 were relegated to 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 Turkish Super League 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 achieved significant success at the European-wide continental level. Such as being the runner-up in the European-wide third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup's 1996–97 season Final against the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki.

Tofaş also competed in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, in the 1999–2000 season.

In 2015, Tofaş was relegated from the BSL to the First League. The club was 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.^[1] The same season, Tofaş reached the 2018 finals of the BSL. Despite winning game 3 at home,^[2] the team fell to Fenerbahçe and lost the series 4–1.^[3]

Arenas

Tofaş S.K. used the 3,500-seat capacity Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall, as its home arena for many years. The club then moved into the 7,500-seat capacity Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu.^[4][5]

Players

Current roster

Tofaş roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 1 Cengiz, Özgür 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (2005-04-18)18 April 2005 PG 2 Pérez, Alex 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 32 – (1993-07-01)1 July 1993 PF 3 Saybir, Yiğitcan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1999-02-27)27 February 1999 G 7 Demir, Demircan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2004-06-15)15 June 2004 F 8 Geçim, Tolga (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1996-03-27)27 March 1996 PG 17 Gauzin, Matthieu 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 24 – (2001-02-27)27 February 2001 SF 22 O'Brien, J. J. 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 33 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 PF Efeoğlu, Karahan Tuan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2004-06-13)13 June 2004 C Blaževič, Marek 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 23 – (2001-09-01)1 September 2001 G Besson, Hugo 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 24 – (2001-04-26)26 April 2001 C Whaley, Isaiah 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 27 – (1998-03-26)26 March 1998 G/F 36 Lewis, Maxwell 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 23 – (2002-07-27)27 July 2002 SG Thomasson, Joe 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 32 – (1993-08-16)16 August 1993 PF Kidd, Lynn 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 23 – (2001-12-17)17 December 2001	Head coach Emil Rajković Assistant coach(es) Sedat Özyer Murat Hüseyin Yılmaz Caner Topaloğlu Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: July 29, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Marek Blaževič	Isaiah Whaley	Yiğitcan Saybir
PF	Lynn Kidd	Tolga Geçim	Karahan Tuan Efeoğlu
SF	J. J. O'Brien	Maxwell Lewis	Ali Taskin
SG	Hugo Besson	Joe Thomasson	Özgür Cengiz
PG	Alex Pérez	Matthieu Gauzin	Demircan Demir

Notable players

• Tarik Phillip
• Alper Yılmaz
• - Asım Pars
• Can Altıntığ
• Cüneyt Erden
• Efe Aydan
• Kenan Sipahi
• Levent Topsakal
• Mehmet Okur
• Mehmet Yağmur
• Hakan Köseoğlu
• İlkan Karaman
• İnanç Koç
• Serkan Erdoğan
• Şemsettin Baş
• Tolga Geçim
• Vladan Alanović
• Slaven Rimac
• Željko Šakić
• Jurica Žuža
• Mindaugas Lukauskis
• Artūras Milaknis
• Eigirdas Žukauskas
• Deividas Dulkys
• Sergei Bazarevich
• Vasilije Micić
• Jure Zdovc
• Chris Booker
• Brandon Bowman
• Bradley Buckman
• - Steve Burtt, Jr.
• Diante Garrett
• Rashard Griffith
• Demonte Harper
• Josh Heytvelt
• Marc Jackson
• Buck Johnson
• J. J. O'Brien
• David Rivers
• Steven Rogers
• Ronald Steele
• Austin Wiley
• Cassius Winston
• Jeff Withey

Honours

• Basketball Super League
  • Winners (2): 1998–99, 1999–00
• Turkish Basketball Cup
  • Winners (3): 1993, 1998–99, 1999–00
• Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup
  • Winners (1): 1999

Season by season

Josh Owens

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Turkish Cup	European competitions
1974–76	Lower divisions
1976–77	1	TBL	7th
1977–78	1	TBL	2nd
1978–79	1	TBL	4th
1979–80	1	TBL	6th
1980–81	1	TBL	5th
1981–82	1	TBL	4th
1982–83	1	TBL	8th
1983–84	1	TBL	9th
1984–85	1	TBL	7th
1985–86	1	TBL	8th
1986–87	1	TBL	6th
1987–88	1	TBL	6th
1988–89	1	TBL	11th
1989–90	2	TB2L	1st
1990–91	1	TBL	2nd		3 Korać Cup	1R
1991–92	1	TBL	6th		2 European Cup	2R
1992–93	1	TBL	5th	Champion	3 Korać Cup	3R
1993–94	1	TBL	6th		2 European Cup	GS
1994–95	1	TBL	4th		3 Korać Cup	R32
1995–96	1	TBL	4th		3 Korać Cup	3R
1996–97	1	TBL	4th		3 Korać Cup	RU
1997–98	1	TBL	4th
1998–99	1	TBL	1st	Champion
1999–00	1	TBL	1st	Champion	1 Euroleague	GS
2000–03	Lower divisions
2003–04	1	TBL	14th	Group stage
2004–05	2	TB2L	1st
2005–06	2	TB2L	1st
2006–07	1	TBL	15th	Group stage
2007–08	2	TB2L	1st	Quarterfinalist
2008–09	2	TB2L	1st
2009–10	1	TBL	10th	Group stage
2010–11	1	TBL	9th	Group stage
2011–12	1	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist
2012–13	1	TBL	8th	Group stage	3 EuroChallenge	L16
2013–14	1	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist	3 EuroChallenge	RS
2014–15	1	TBL	16th	Group stage	3 EuroChallenge	RS
2015–16	2	TBL	1st
2016–17	1	BSL	8th
2017–18	1	BSL	2nd	Runner-up	2 EuroCup	RS
2018–19	1	BSL	3rd	Quarterfinalist	2 EuroCup	RS
2019–20	1	BSL	5th1		2 EuroCup	QF1
2020–21	1	BSL	4th		3 Champions League	R16
2021–22	1	BSL	9th	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	QF
2022–23	1	BSL	7th		3 Champions League	PI
2023–24	1	BSL	11th	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	PO
2024–25	1	BSL	4th	Quarterfinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	QF

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.