Basketbol Süper Ligi

"Basketball Super League" redirects here. For the North American league, see Basketball Super League (North America).

The Basketball Super League (Turkish: Basketbol Süper Ligi; TBSL),^[1] 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 Basketball Championship (1946–1967) to become the Turkish Basketball League (TBL) until 2015 when it adopted its current name while the TBL name became exclusive to the second-tier and third-tier divisions.

Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi

Founded	1966; 59 years ago (1966)
First season	1966–67
Country	Turkey
Federation	Turkish Federation
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	TBL
Domestic cup(s)	Turkish Cup
Supercup	Presidential Cup
International cup(s)	EuroLeague EuroCup Champions League Europe Cup
Current champions	Fenerbahçe Beko (12th title)
Most championships	Anadolu Efes (16 titles)
TV partners	beIN Sports
Website	tbf.org.tr
2025–26 Basketbol Süper Ligi season

The BSL is administered by the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) and is contested by 16 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams relegated to the second-tier TBL and replaced by the top two teams of that division.

Since the league's restructuring in 1966, 11 clubs have been crowned champions, with Anadolu Efes winning the title a record 16 times and Fenerbahçe 12 times. In recent years, Fenerbahçe won 11 titles out of 17 from the 2006–07 season onward.

History

According to official records, basketball was first played in Turkey in 1904 at Robert College. An American physical education teacher laid the foundations of the sport in the country. Seven years later, in 1911, Ahmet Robenson, a physical education teacher at Galatasaray High School, decided to introduce a new game to his students. Robenson, who also later became president of Galatasaray S.K., popularized the sport in Turkey.^[2][3]

Until late 1966, local basketball competitions were held in major cities like Istanbul (which hosted the Istanbul League), Ankara, and İzmir. There was also the former Turkish Championship which existed from 1946 to 1967.

The current Turkish top-tier level national league was founded in 1966, by the Turkish Basketball Federation, and began with the 1966–67 season, and it thus replaced those earlier competitions. The Turkish second-tier level league, the TBL (previously known as the TB2L), was also founded three years later in 1969, and since 2011, a third-tier level league TB2L, with the teams divided into two groups.^[4]

Format

There are 16 teams in the league, and they play against each other twice, under a league system format, once at their home and the other away. At the end of the season, the top eight teams are entitled to participate in the league's playoffs. The winners of the playoffs are crowned the Turkish champions. The two top teams of the Turkish Second League are promoted to the top level Basketbol Süper Ligi. The two lowest placed teams of the Süper Ligi are relegated.^[5]

Performance by club

Clubs in bold currently play in the top division.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won
Anadolu Efes	16	14	1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2019, 2021, 2023
Fenerbahçe	12	10	1991, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2025
Eczacıbaşı	8	1	1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989
Galatasaray	5	5	1969, 1985, 1986, 1990, 2013
İTÜ	5	1	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
Ülker	4	5	1995, 1998, 2001, 2006
Beşiktaş	2	8	1975, 2012
Tofaş	2	3	1999, 2000
Karşıyaka	2	2	1987, 2015
Altınordu	1	—	1967
Muhafızgücü	1	—	1974
Çukurova Sanayi	—	2
Paşabahçe	—	2
Şekerspor	—	2
Türk Telekom	—	2
Bandırma Basketbol	—	1

Current clubs

Istanbul

Trabzonspor

Karşıyaka

Petkim

Tofaş

Bursaspor

Manisa

Türk Telekom

M.efendi

Mersin MSK

Locations of the 2025–26 Basketbol Süper Ligi clubs

Efes

Bahçeşehir

Beşiktaş

Fenerbahçe

Galatasaray

Erokspor

Büyükçekmece

Istanbul Basketbol Süper Ligi clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul (Zeytinburnu)	Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi	10,000
Bahçeşehir Koleji	Istanbul (Bakırköy)	Sinan Erdem Spor Salonu	13,800
Beşiktaş Fibabanka	Istanbul (Beşiktaş)	Akatlar Arena	3,200
Bursaspor Yörsan	Bursa	Tofaş Nilüfer Sports Hall	7,500
Esenler Erokspor	Istanbul (Esenler)	Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall	3,500
Fenerbahçe Beko	Istanbul (Ataşehir)	Ülker Sports Arena	13,800
Galatasaray Basketbol	Istanbul (Zeytinburnu)	Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi	10,000
Karşıyaka Basket	İzmir (Karşıyaka)	Karşıyaka Arena	5,000
Manisa Basket Divissa	Manisa	Muradiye Spor Salonu	3,500
Mersin MSK	Mersin	Servet Tazegül Spor Salonu	7,500
ONVO Büyükçekmece	Istanbul (Büyükçekmece)	Gazanfer Bilge Spor Salonu	3,000
Petkim Spor	İzmir (Aliağa)	Aliağa Belediyesi ENKA Spor Salonu	3,000
Tofaş	Bursa	Tofaş Nilüfer Sports Hall	7,500
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	Hayri Gür Arena	7,500
Türk Telekom	Ankara	Ankara Arena	10,400
Yukatel Merkezefendi Basket	Denizli	Pamukkale University Arena	3,490

Title holders

Main article: List of Turkish basketball champions

The winners of the former Turkish Basketball Championship (1946–1967) are not included, only the clubs winning the Basketbol Süper Ligi since its inception in 1966.

1966–67: Altınordu 1967–68: İTÜ 1968–69: Galatasaray 1969–70: İTÜ 1970–71: İTÜ 1971–72: İTÜ 1972–73: İTÜ 1973–74: Muhafızgücü 1974–75: Beşiktaş 1975–76: Eczacıbaşı 1976–77: Eczacıbaşı 1977–78: Eczacıbaşı 1978–79: Efes Pilsen 1979–80: Eczacıbaşı 1980–81: Eczacıbaşı 1981–82: Eczacıbaşı 1982–83: Efes Pilsen 1983–84: Efes Pilsen 1984–85: Galatasaray 1985–86: Galatasaray

1986–87: Karşıyaka 1987–88: Eczacıbaşı 1988–89: Eczacıbaşı 1989–90: Galatasaray 1990–91: Fenerbahçe 1991–92: Efes Pilsen 1992–93: Efes Pilsen 1993–94: Efes Pilsen 1994–95: Ülker 1995–96: Efes Pilsen 1996–97: Efes Pilsen 1997–98: Ülker 1998–99: Tofaş 1999–00: Tofaş 2000–01: Ülker 2001–02: Efes Pilsen 2002–03: Efes Pilsen 2003–04: Efes Pilsen 2004–05: Efes Pilsen 2005–06: Ülker

2006–07: Fenerbahçe Ülker 2007–08: Fenerbahçe Ülker 2008–09: Efes Pilsen 2009–10: Fenerbahçe Ülker 2010–11: Fenerbahçe Ülker 2011–12: Beşiktaş Milangaz 2012–13: Galatasaray Medical Park 2013–14: Fenerbahçe Ülker 2014–15: Pınar Karşıyaka 2015–16: Fenerbahçe 2016–17: Fenerbahçe 2017–18: Fenerbahçe Doğuş 2018–19: Anadolu Efes 2019–20: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 2020–21: Anadolu Efes 2021–22: Fenerbahçe Beko 2022–23: Anadolu Efes 2023–24: Fenerbahçe Beko 2024–25: Fenerbahçe Beko

List of champions

Pre-playoffs era

Season	Champions	Runners-up
1966–67	Altınordu	Galatasaray
1967–68	İTÜ	Fenerbahçe
1968–69	Galatasaray	İTÜ
1969–70	İTÜ	Fenerbahçe
1970–71	İTÜ	Fenerbahçe
1971–72	İTÜ	Beşiktaş
1972–73	İTÜ	Şekerspor
1973–74	Muhafızgücü	Şekerspor
1974–75	Beşiktaş	Galatasaray
1975–76	Eczacıbaşı	Beşiktaş
1976–77	Eczacıbaşı	Beşiktaş
1977–78	Eczacıbaşı	Tofaş
1978–79	Efes Pilsen	Eczacıbaşı
1979–80	Eczacıbaşı	Efes Pilsen
1980–81	Eczacıbaşı	Beşiktaş
1981–82	Eczacıbaşı	Beşiktaş
1982–83	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe

Playoffs era

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	Regular season leader	Record
1983–84	Efes Pilsen	2–1	Karşıyaka	Eczacıbaşı	18–4
1984–85	Fenerbahçe	1–2	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe	20–2
1985–86	Efes Pilsen	1–2	Galatasaray	Efes Pilsen	16–5
1986–87	Karşıyaka	2–1	Galatasaray	Beşiktaş	15–7
1987–88	Çukurova Sanayi	1–3	Eczacıbaşı	Fenerbahçe	17–5
1988–89	Eczacıbaşı	3–1	Çukurova Sanayi	Eczacıbaşı	14–7
1989–90	Galatasaray	3–1	Paşabahçe	Fenerbahçe	19–3
1990–91	Fenerbahçe	3–2	Tofaş SAS	Fenerbahçe	20–2
1991–92	Paşabahçe	1–3	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe	23–3
1992–93	Efes Pilsen	4–0	Fenerbahçe	Efes Pilsen	30–0
1993–94	Efes Pilsen	4–2	Ülkerspor	PTT	27–3
1994–95	Ülkerspor	4–2	Fenerbahçe	Efes Pilsen	28–2
1995–96	Efes Pilsen	4–0	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	28–2
1996–97	Efes Pilsen	4–1	Türk Telekom PTT	Efes Pilsen	27–3
1997–98	Efes Pilsen	2–4	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	26–4
1998–99	Tofaş	4–2	Efes Pilsen	Tofaş	23–5
1999–00	Efes Pilsen	1–4	Tofaş	Efes Pilsen	21–5
2000–01	Ülkerspor	4–2	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	22–4
2001–02	Efes Pilsen	4–2	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	20–2
2002–03	Ülkerspor	3–4	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	25–1
2003–04	Efes Pilsen	4–2	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	22–4
2004–05	Efes Pilsen	4–1	Beşiktaş	Efes Pilsen	24–2
2005–06	Ülkerspor	4–0	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	25–5
2006–07	Fenerbahçe Ülker	4–0	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe Ülker	28–2
2007–08	Fenerbahçe Ülker	4–1	Türk Telekom	Beşiktaş Cola Turka	24–6
2008–09	Efes Pilsen	4–2	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Efes Pilsen	28–2
2009–10	Efes Pilsen	2–4	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Efes Pilsen	27–3
2010–11	Fenerbahçe Ülker	4–2	Galatasaray Cafe Crown	Fenerbahçe Ülker	27–3
2011–12	Anadolu Efes	2–4	Beşiktaş Milangaz	Galatasaray Medical Park	25–5
2012–13	Galatasaray Medical Park	4–1	Banvit	Galatasaray Medical Park	27–3
2013–14	Fenerbahçe Ülker	4–3	Galatasaray Liv Hospital	Banvit	28–2
2014–15	Anadolu Efes	1–4	Pınar Karşıyaka	Fenerbahçe Ülker	23–7
2015–16	Anadolu Efes	2–4	Fenerbahçe	Anadolu Efes	24–6
2016–17	Fenerbahçe	4–0	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	Fenerbahçe	28–2
2017–18	Fenerbahçe Doğuş	4–1	Tofaş	Fenerbahçe Doğuş	27–3
2018–19	Anadolu Efes	4–3	Fenerbahçe Beko	Anadolu Efes	25–3
2019–20	Season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Turkey.
2020–21	Anadolu Efes	3–0	Fenerbahçe Beko	Anadolu Efes	29–1
2021–22	Fenerbahçe Beko	3–1	Anadolu Efes	Fenerbahçe Beko	24–6
2022–23	Anadolu Efes	3–0	Pınar Karşıyaka	Türk Telekom	25–5
2023–24	Anadolu Efes	1–3	Fenerbahçe Beko	Anadolu Efes	25–5
2024–25	Fenerbahçe Beko	4–1	Beşiktaş	Fenerbahçe Beko	27–3

Finals MVPs and winner coaches

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

Season	Finals MVP	Champion's Coach
1966–67	—	Samim Göreç
1967–68	—	Mehmet Baturalp
1968–69	—	Petar Simenov
1969–70	—	Mehmet Baturalp
1970–71	—	Şengün Kaplanoğlu
1971–72	—	Samim Göreç
1972–73	—	Öner Şaylan
1973–74	—	Armağan Asena
1974–75	—	Cavit Altunay
1975–76	—	Aydan Siyavuş
1976–77	—	Aydan Siyavuş
1977–78	—	Aydan Siyavuş
1978–79	—	Faruk Akagün
1979–80	—	Aydan Siyavuş
1980–81	—	Aydan Siyavuş
1981–82	—	Aydan Siyavuş
1982–83	—	Rıza Erverdi
1983–84	—	Aydan Siyavuş
1984–85	—	Nur Germen
1985–86	—	Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1986–87	—	Nadir Vekiloğlu
1987–88	—	Mehmet Baturalp
1988–89	—	Mehmet Baturalp
1989–90	—	Faruk Akagün
1990–91	—	Çetin Yılmaz
1991–92	—	Aydın Örs
1992–93	—	Aydın Örs
1993–94	—	Aydın Örs
1994–95	—	Çetin Yılmaz
1995–96	—	Aydın Örs
1996–97	—	Aydın Örs
1997–98	—	Çetin Yılmaz
1998–99	—	Jasmin Repeša
1999–00	—	Tolga Öngören
2000–01	—	Murat Didin
2001–02	—	Oktay Mahmuti
2002–03	—	Oktay Mahmuti
2003–04	—	Oktay Mahmuti
2004–05	—	Oktay Mahmuti
2005–06	—	Murat Özyer
2006–07	—	Aydın Örs
2007–08	—	Bogdan Tanjević
2008–09	Bootsy Thornton	Ergin Ataman
2009–10	Tarence Kinsey	Ertuğrul Erdoğan
2010–11	Oğuz Savaş	Neven Spahija
2011–12	Carlos Arroyo	Ergin Ataman
2012–13	Jamont Gordon	Ergin Ataman
2013–14	Not awarded	Željko Obradović
2014–15	Bobby Dixon	Ufuk Sarıca
2015–16	Luigi Datome	Željko Obradović
2016–17	Bogdan Bogdanović	Željko Obradović
2017–18	Brad Wanamaker	Željko Obradović
2018–19	Shane Larkin	Ergin Ataman
2019–20	Not awarded 1
2020–21	Rodrigue Beaubois	Ergin Ataman
2021–22	Jan Veselý	Aleksandar Đorđević
2022–23	Vasilije Micić	Ergin Ataman
2023–24	Nigel Hayes-Davis	Šarūnas Jasikevičius
2024–25	Khem Birch	Šarūnas Jasikevičius

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20 season, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Turkey.^[6]

Turkish basketball clubs in European-wide competitions

Main article: Turkish basketball clubs in European competitions

Awards

Main article: BSL Most Valuable Player Award

Main article: Basketbol Süper Ligi Finals MVP

Main article: Basketbol Süper Ligi Mr. King

Main article: Turkish Basketball All-Star Game

Former participants

Note: includes 2025–26 season.

• 60 seasons: Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray
• 58 seasons: Beşiktaş
• 54 seasons: Karşıyaka
• 48 seasons: Anadolu Efes
• 42 seasons: Tofaş
• 35 seasons: İTÜ
• 34 seasons: TED Ankara Kolejliler
• 33 seasons: Türk Telekom
• 29 seasons: Darüşşafaka
• 18 seasons: Eczacıbaşı
• 17 seasons: Oyak-Renault
• 16 seasons: Ankara DSİ, Bandırma
• 15 seasons: Şekerspor
• 13 seasons: Muhafızgücü, Ülkerspor
• 11 seasons: Büyükçekmece Basketbol, Çukurova Sanayi, Gaziantep Basketbol,
• 09 seasons: Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Tuborg Pilsener
• 08 seasons: Bahçeşehir Koleji, Trabzonspor, Yenişehir
• 07 seasons: Altınordu, Bursaspor, Erdemirspor, Konyaspor, PTT İstanbul
• 06 seasons: Aliağaspor, Altay, Ankara Ziraat Fakültesi, Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Beslenspor, Büyük Kolej, Eskişehir Basket, Kadıköyspor, Konyaspor Basket, Ortaköyspor, Petkimspor
• 05 seasons: Beykozspor, İnhisar, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Meysuspor, Merkezefendi Belediyespor, MKE Ankaragücü, Nasaşspor, ODTÜ, Paşabahçe, Taçspor, Uşak Sportif
• 04 seasons: Afyon Belediyespor, Antbirlik, Güney Sanayi, Manisa Basket
• 03 seasons: Antalyaspor, Hilalspor İzmir, Kepez Belediyespor, Modaspor, Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor
• 02 seasons: Adana Demirspor, Alpella, Bornova Belediyespor, Göztepe, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Jandarmagücü, Karagücü, Kurtuluş, Mersin Spor, Muratpaşa Belediyespor, Netaş, OGM Ormanspor, Sakarya Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Samsunspor, Yalovaspor, Yıldırımspor
• 01 season: Anadolu Hisarı İdman Yurdu, Bakırköy Basket, Bakırköyspor, Balıkesir, Bandırma Kırmızı, Çağdaş Bodrumspor, Esenler Erokspor, Fethiye Belediyespor, Kuşadasıspor, Mülkiye, Silahlı Kuvvetler Gücü, Tarsus İdman Yurdu, Tekirdağ,

See also

• Turkish Men's Basketball Cup
• Turkish Men's Basketball Presidential Cup
• Turkish Women's Basketball League
• Turkish Women's Basketball Cup
• Turkish Women's Basketball Presidential Cup