Trabzonspor B.K.

Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi
Founded	2008
Dissolved	2019
Arena	Hayri Gür Arena
Capacity	7,500
Location	Trabzon, Turkey
Team colors	Claret, blue;
Championships	2 Turkish Second Divisions
Home	Away

Trabzonspor Basketbol Kulübü (transl. Trabzonspor Basketball Club), also known as Trabzonspor Basket or Trabzonspor, was a professional basketball club based in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. It was a department of the multi-sport club of Trabzonspor. Trabzonspor played seven seasons in the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the highest tier in Turkey. The club withdrew in 2018 due to financial problems.

Their home arena was 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.

Sponsporship names

Trabzonspor : 2008–2010
Medical Park Trabzonspor : 2010–2011
Trabzonspor : 2011–2013
Trabzonspor Medical Park : 2013–2017
Trabzonspor : 2017–2018

Achievements

Turkish Basketball League

Fourth: (1) 2015

Turkish Second League

Winners (2): 2010, 2013

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

Notable players

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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.