Trabzonspor B.K.

Trabzonspor Basketbol Kulübü (transl. Trabzonspor Basketball Club), also known as Trabzonspor Basket or Trabzonspor, is a professional basketball club based in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. It is a department of the multi-sport club of Trabzonspor. Trabzonspor competed in the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the top tier of Turkish basketball, for seven seasons before withdrawing in 2018 due to financial difficulties. The club resumed its basketball operations at the beginning of 2024 and went on to win the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi championship in the 2024–25 season, earning promotion back to the Basketbol Süper Ligi.

Trabzonspor
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi
Founded	2008
Arena	Hayri Gür Arena
Capacity	7,500
Location	Trabzon, Turkey
Team colors	Claret, blue
Chairman	Ertuğrul Doğan
President	Cömert Küce
General manager	Fazıl Uluçelik
Head coach	Selçuk Ernak
Championships	3 Turkish Second Divisions
Home Away

Their home arena is the Hayri Gür Arena, which has a capacity of 7,500 seats, and was opened in 2011.

History

Trabzonspor's football club was founded in 1967, and it opened its basketball section in 2008. After Alpella's relegation in the 2007–08 season, Trabzonspor's board purchased all of the rights related to the team from the Ülker Group, and took their place in the Turkish Second Division for the 2008–09 season.

Trabzonspor promoted to the top-tier TBL (now called BSL), after they won the championship of the Turkish Division in the 2009–10 season.

In the 2014–15 season, Trabzonspor made its European debut in the EuroChallenge. The club managed to reach the Final Four which was played in its home arena Hayri Gür Arena. In the semi-final, Trabzonspor beat Romanian side Energia by a wide margin, 63–83. In the final, the team narrowly lost to JSF Nanterre from France with a score of 63–64. Nanterre scored a buzzer-beater which costed Trabzon its first European title.

In 2015, Trabzonspor played in the EuroCup Basketball competition, Europe's second tier. Here, it was eliminated in the Round of 32.

On 2 October 2018, Trabzonspor announced its withdrawal from the BSL due to financial problems.^[1] Eventually, the club ceased its basketball activities.

Trabzonspor has announced its decision to return to professional basketball in 2024. After a long hiatus, the club re-entered at the Men's Regional Basketball League level in February 2024.^[2]

After winning promotion to the Turkish Basketball Second League,^[3] the club received an invitation from the Turkish Basketball Federation to move up to the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi for the 2024–25 season.^[4]

On April 13, 2025, Trabzonspor was promoted to the Basketbol Süper Ligi as the champion of the Turkish Basketball First League.^[5][6][7] They are back to top tier, after seven years break.

Sponsporship names

• Trabzonspor : 2008–2010
• Medical Park Trabzonspor : 2010–2011
• Trabzonspor : 2011–2013
• Trabzonspor Medical Park : 2013–2017
• Trabzonspor : 2017–2018
• Trabzonspor : 2024–present

Achievements

• Turkish Basketball League

Fourth: (1) 2015

• Turkish Second League

Winners (3): 2010, 2013, 2025

• EuroChallenge

Runners-up: (1) 2015

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Turkish Cup	European competitions
2008–09	2	TB2L	3rd
2009–10	2	TB2L	1st
2010–11	1	TBL	11th	Semifinalist
2011–12	1	TBL	15th	Group Stage
2012–13	2	TB2L	1st
2013–14	1	TBL	9th	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	TBL	4th	Group Stage	3 EuroChallenge	RU	14–2
2015–16	1	BSL	11th	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	L32	8–8
2016–17	1	BSL	12th
2017–18	1	BSL	13th		4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR1	1–1
2018–2024	Stopped basketball operations
2024–25	2	TBL	1st

Players

Current roster

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Trabzonspor roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 0 Gordon, Ty 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1998-10-20)20 October 1998 PG 5 Ulusoy, İsmail Cem 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1996-10-04)4 October 1996 SF 7 Güney, Alican 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 36 – (1989-02-25)25 February 1989 SF 13 Ulubay, Okben 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1996-05-25)25 May 1996 C 19 Arar, Ege 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1996-09-02)2 September 1996 PF 57 Yıldırım, Nusret 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 36 – (1989-04-27)27 April 1989 PF Demir, Berk 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1995-05-18)18 May 1995 SF Yeboah, Akwasi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1997-06-15)15 June 1997 SG Engindeniz, Dorukhan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1992-11-29)29 November 1992 C Delgado, Ángel 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1994-11-20)20 November 1994 SG Reed, Marcquise 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1995-04-21)21 April 1995 F Tinkle, Tres 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1996-06-03)3 June 1996 G Grant, Dae Dae 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (2001-03-30)30 March 2001 C Silins, Karlis 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 28 – (1997-07-22)22 July 1997	Head coach Selçuk Ernak Assistant coach(es) Erhan Yetim Olcay Özkundilli Güngör Batıkan Kumuk Team manager Cömert Küce Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 1, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Angel Delgado	Karlis Silins	Ege Arar
PF	Tres Tinkle	Berk Demir	Nusret Yıldırım
SF	Akwasi Yeboah	Okben Ulubay	Alican Güney
SG	Marcquise Reed	Dae Dae Grant	Dorukhan Engindeniz
PG	İsmail Cem Ulusoy	Ty Gordon

Notable players

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.

• Alper Saruhan
• Berkay Candan
• Birkan Batuk
• Can Altıntığ
• Can Korkmaz
• Can Maxim Mutaf
• Deniz Kılıçlı
• Erolcan Çinko
• Kaya Peker
• Kerem Özkan
• Nusret Yıldırım
• Polat Kaya
• Sertaç Şanlı
• Tutku Açık
• Can Uğur Öğüt
• Andrija Stipanović
• Kaloyan Ivanov
• Jurica Žuža
• Šarūnas Vasiliauskas
• Jorge Gutierrez
• Kirk Penney
• Mitch Creek
• Damian Kulig
• Aleksandar Rašić
• Novica Veličković
• - Igor Milošević
• Darius Johnson-Odom
• Dee Bost
• Derwin Kitchen
• Dwight Hardy
• Elton Brown
• Harold Jamison
• J.P. Prince
• Jack Cooley
• Jerome Randle
• Jonathan Gibson
• Julian Wright
• Kevinn Pinkney
• Khalid El-Amin
• Marc Salyers
• Mike Scott
• Russell Robinson
• Sean Marshall
• Tarence Kinsey
• - Paul Stoll
• - Derrick Obasohan
• - Gani Lawal
• - Michael Wright

Head coaches

• Alaeddin Yakan (2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11)
• Dragan Sakota (2010–11)
• Tolga Öngören (2011–12)
• Halil Üner (2011–12, 2012–13)
• Hasan Özmeriç (2012–13, 2013–14)
• Hakan Demir (2013–14, 2014–15)
• Nenad Markovic (2014–15, 2015–16)
• Ahmet Kandemir (2015–16)
• Sergey Bazarevich (2016–17)
• Zare Markovski (2017–18)
• Hacı Osman Ekici (2023–24)
• Faruk Beşok (2024–25)
• Selçuk Ernak (2025–present)

See also

• Trabzonspor