Bursaspor Basketbol

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Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım
Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım logo
NicknameTimsahlar (Crocodiles)
LeaguesBasketbol Süper Ligi
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
ArenaTofaş Spor Salonu
Capacity7,500
LocationBursa, Turkey
PresidentSezer Sezgin
Head coachSerhan Kavut
Team captainMetin Türen
2022–23 positionBasketbol Süper Ligi, 5th of 16
Championships1 Turkish First League
WebsiteLink

Bursaspor Basketbol, also known as Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım for sponsorship reasons, 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.

History[edit]

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.

Sponsorship names[edit]

  • Bursaspor Durmazlar: 2016–2019[3]
  • Frutti Extra Bursaspor: 2019–2023[4]
  • Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım: 2023–present[5]

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

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

Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 0 Turkey Özalp, Mithat Can 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 21 – (2002-05-01)1 May 2002
PF 2 United States Young, Michael 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1994-09-05)5 September 1994
G 3 United States Neal, Erick 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 29 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995
G 4 United States Floyd, Jordan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1997-05-22)22 May 1997
PG 5 Turkey Al, Ömer Utku 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) 29 – (1994-06-06)6 June 1994
C 9 Turkey Erden, Semih 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 37 – (1986-07-28)28 July 1986
C 14 Turkey Duran, Ahmet Can 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1999-01-28)28 January 1999
SF 21 United States Brown, Anthony 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1992-10-10)10 October 1992
SG 23 Turkey Mutaf, David 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2002-06-14)14 June 2002
PF 30 Turkey Türen, Metin (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1994-02-04)4 February 1994
C 37 Trinidad and Tobago Hamilton, Johnny 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 30 – (1994-02-03)3 February 1994
Head coach
  • Turkey Serhan Kavut
Assistant coach(es)
  • Turkey Erden Eryüz

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: March 3, 2024

Depth chart[edit]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Johnny Hamilton Semih Erden Ahmet Can Duran
PF Michael Young Metin Türen
SF Anthony Brown David Mutaf
SG Jordan Floyd David Michineau
PG Erick Neal Ömer Utku Al Mithat Can Özalp

Notable past players[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

Honours[edit]

Turkish Basketball First League

  • Winners (1): 2018–19

EuroCup

Season by season[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]