2018–19 Basketbol Süper Ligi

The 2018–19 Basketbol Süper Ligi was the 53rd season of the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Turkey. The season started on 6 October 2018 and ended 21 June 2019.

Basketbol Süper Ligi

Competition details
Season	2018–19
Teams	15
Dates	6 October 2018 – 21 June 2019
Final positions
Champions	Anadolu Efes (14th title)
Runners-up	Fenerbahçe
Semifinalists	Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta Tofaş
Relegated	Adatıp Sakarya BB
Awards
Finals MVP	Shane Larkin
Statistical leaders
Index Rating	Assem Marei 22.7
Points	Kenny Hayes 21.7
Rebounds	Devin Williams 11.8
Assists	Vasilije Micić 6.7
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Anadolu Efes captured its fourteenth title and its first championship in 10 years, after it defeated Fenerbahçe in seven in the finals.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Yeşilgiresun Belediye and Uşak Sportif were relegated after finishing in the last two places during the previous season. Türk Telekom promoted as the champions of the Turkish Basketball First League (TBL).[1] Afyon Belediye promoted as the winners of the play-offs.[2]

On 12 July 2018, Eskişehir Basket announced its withdrawal from the BSL.[3] On 13 July 2018, it was announced that Bahçeşehir Koleji received the vacant BSL spot.[4]

On 2 October 2018, Trabzonspor announced its withdrawal from the BSL.[5]

Locations and stadia

Istanbul

Banvit

Eskişehir Basket

Gaziantep Basketbol

Pınar Karşıyaka

Sakarya BB

Tofaş

Afyon

Türk Telekom

Locations of the 2018–19 Basketbol Süper Ligi clubs

Anadolu Efes

Bahçeşehir Koleji

Beşiktaş

Fenerbahçe

Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta

Darüşşafaka Tekfen

İstanbul BB

Büyükçekmece

Istanbul Basketbol Süper Ligi clubs

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Afyon Belediye	Afyonkarahisar	Afyon Atatürk Sports Hall	2,000
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000
Bahçeşehir Koleji	Istanbul	Caferağa Sports Hall	1,500
Banvit	Bandırma	Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall	3,000
Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	Istanbul	BJK Akatlar Arena	3,200
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	Istanbul	Volkswagen Arena Istanbul	5,000
Arel Üniversitesi Büyükçekmece	Istanbul	Gazanfer Bilge Spor Salonu	3,000
Fenerbahçe Beko	Istanbul	Ülker Sports Arena	13,800
Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000
Gaziantep Basketbol	Gaziantep	Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall	6,400
İstanbul BB	Istanbul	Cebeci Sport Hall	1,250
Pınar Karşıyaka	İzmir	Karşıyaka Arena	5,000
Adatıp Sakarya BB	Sakarya	Sakarya Sports Hall	5,000
Tofaş	Bursa	Tofaş Nilüfer Sports Hall	7,500
Türk Telekom	Ankara	Ankara Arena	10,400

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
Afyon Belediye	Can Sevim	Altan Erol	Dafron	Afjet
Anadolu Efes	Ergin Ataman	Doğuş Balbay	S by Sportive	Efes
Bahçeşehir Koleji	Stefanos Dedas	Yiğitcan Turna	Playoff	Bahçeşehir College
Banvit	Hakan Demir	Tolga Geçim & Rıdvan Öncel	Dafron	Banvit
Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	Duško Ivanović	Muratcan Güler	Adidas	Sompo Japan Sigorta
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	Selçuk Ernak	Oğuz Savaş	Under Armour	Garanti Bank
Arel Üniversitesi Büyükçekmece	Serhat Şehit	Kenny Hayes	Dafron	Istanbul Arel University
Fenerbahçe Beko	Željko Obradović	Melih Mahmutoğlu	Nike	Beko
Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	Ertuğrul Erdoğan	Göksenin Köksal	Givova	N/A
Gaziantep Basketbol	Nenad Marković	Can Uğur Öğüt	Dafron	N/A
İstanbul BB	Hakan Yavuz	Mehmet Yağmur	Adidas	Intercity
Pınar Karşıyaka	Dirk Bauermann	Erdi Gülaslan	S by Sportive	Pınar
Adatıp Sakarya BB	Ozan Bulkaz	-	Tryon	Adatıp Hastanesi
Tofaş	Orhun Ene	Sammy Mejía	Dafron	Fiat
Türk Telekom	Burak Gören	Kaya Peker	Fertino	Türk Telekom

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Anadolu Efes	28	25	3	2509	2119	+390	53	Advance to playoffs
2	Fenerbahçe Beko	28	24	4	2437	1969	+468	52
3	Tofaş	28	18	10	2286	2211	+75	46
4	Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	28	18	10	2271	2141	+130	46
5	Gaziantep Basketbol	28	17	11	2069	1983	+86	45
6	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	28	16	12	2193	2134	+59	44
7	Türk Telekom	28	16	12	2224	2204	+20	44
8	Banvit	28	14	14	2241	2207	+34	42
9	Bahçeşehir Koleji	28	13	15	2308	2279	+29	41
10	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	28	13	15	2268	2140	+128	41
11	Pınar Karşıyaka	28	11	17	2223	2285	−62	39
12	Arel Üniversitesi Büyükçekmece	28	8	20	2195	2475	−280	36
13	İstanbul BB	28	6	22	2168	2458	−290	34
14	Afyon Belediye	28	6	22	2203	2371	−168	34
15	Adatıp Sakarya BB (R)	28	5	23	1863	2482	−619	33	Relegation to TBL

Source: Basketbol Süper Ligi
(R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	AFY	EFS	BAH	BAN	BJK	DSK	DIB	FEN	GAL	GAZ	IBB	KSK	SAK	TOF	TTA
Afyon Belediye	—	74–105	70–80	90–96	79–82	93–96	76–80	72–96	69–77	71–73	74–76	89–86	91–70	96–85	77–79
Anadolu Efes	97–78	—	86–73	93–85	86–90	75–72	98–81	67–65	92–82	88–81	111–74	104–76	86–96	98–54	87–59
Bahçeşehir Koleji	88–79	81–87	—	86–78	83–57	92–85	92–78	77–84	83–78	86–92	103–86	74–62	87–83	79–77	78–84
Banvit	72–71	62–86	93–84	—	76–67	65–82	59–81	83–78	75–80	74–82	95–63	84–75	94–52	90–89	83–96
Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	80–75	92–95	80–78	95–75	—	81–72	90–84	58–79	72–74	63–69	87–83	61–57	77–65	78–73	85–67
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	85–67	86–95	77–72	82–89	73–74	—	100–51	72–87	79–84	62–63	93–65	93–78	82–57	78–82	94–87
Arel Üniversitesi Büyükçekmece	84–94	72–90	103–106	71–100	69–79	76–69	—	69–98	65–86	69–93	96–90	91–79	92–82	72–102	80–77
Fenerbahçe Beko	92–68	86–79	90–73	70–77	78–73	91–61	107–70	—	90–67	84–67	93–70	80–72	89–64	89–56	87–64
Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	98–103	70–73	88–73	86–76	93–87	64–80	93–85	84–74	—	70–66	93–74	81–71	102–65	76–75	74–56
Gaziantep Basketbol	89–63	65–66	65–63	73–69	63–56	62–65	76–60	55–67	71–67	—	80–69	74–73	83–58	66–79	85–79
İstanbul BB	75–70	80–93	50–98	74–71	74–82	87–81	78–97	86–103	69–77	65–94	—	84–89	117–72	82–87	82–89
Pınar Karşıyaka	86–70	66–96	103–77	80–74	89–87	100–84	86–81	81–88	78–75	82–81	86–93	—	93–63	55–82	86–89
Sakarya BB	57–93	62–99	84–71	67–75	62–115	43–106	73–69	62–138	56–89	75–67	82–77	64–87	—	69–73	55–65
Tofaş	95–74	81–93	87–85	88–83	89–79	80–72	97–83	69–74	97–82	77–67	73–61	93–91	89–72	—	85–82
Türk Telekom	92–77	76–84	93–86	66–87	74–66	80–87	105–86	72–80	87–81	83–67	89–84	73–56	76–53	85–72	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 BSL Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Anadolu Efes	2
	8	Banvit	0
						1	Anadolu Efes	3
						4	Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	0
	4	Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	2
	5	Gaziantep Basketbol	1
											1	Anadolu Efes	4
											2	Fenerbahçe Beko	3
	2	Fenerbahçe Beko	2
	7	Türk Telekom	1
						2	Fenerbahçe Beko	3
						3	Tofaş	0
	3	Tofaş	2
	6	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	0

Awards and statistics

Statistical leaders

Category[6]	Player	Club	Average
Efficiency	Assem Marei	Pınar Karşıyaka	22.7
Points	Kenny Hayes	Arel Üniversitesi Büyükçekmece	21.7
Rebounds	Devin Williams	Arel Üniversitesi Büyükçekmece	11.8
Assists	Vasilije Micić	Anadolu Efes	6.7
Blocks	Jeremy Evans	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	1.3
Steal	Sammy Mejia	Tofaş	1.7

Turkish clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Anadolu Efes	EuroLeague	Finalist
Fenerbahçe Beko		Final-Four
Darüşşafaka Tekfen		Regular season
Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	EuroCup	Regular season
Tofaş		Regular season
Türk Telekom		Regular season
Banvit	Champions League	Round of 16
Beşiktaş Sompo Japan		Round of 16
Adatıp Sakarya BB		Third qualifying round
	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
Pınar Karşıyaka		Quarter-finals
İstanbul BB		Regular season

References

2. "Afyon'da çifte sevinç: Afyon Belediyespor Basketbol Süper Ligi'nde" (in Turkish). CNN Turk. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
3. "Eskisehir withdraws from Basketball Champions League and Turkish BSL League - Eurohoops". 12 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
4. "Bahcesehir to replace Eskisehir in Turkish BSL League". 29 June 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
5. "Turkish League left with 15 teams after Trabzonspor's withdrawal - Eurohoops". 2 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
6. "Lig Liderleri". Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-05-13.