Darüşşafaka Basketbol

Darüşşafaka Basketbol (Darüşşafaka Basketball), known as Darüşşafaka Tekfen Basketbol for sponsorship reasons, commonly also known as Daçka Basketbol or simply Daçka, is a professional basketball club that is based in Istanbul, Turkey. Darüşşafaka's basketball section, which was founded in 1951, is a part of Darüşşafaka Spor Kulübü (Darüşşafaka Sports Club) multi-sport club, which was founded in 1914. The club's basketball department is their most successful section. The club plays in the Turkish Basketball Super League. Its home arena for national domestic Turkish Super League games is the Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall, with a seating capacity of 3,500, while its home arena for European-wide games is the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, with a seating capacity of 5,240.

Darüşşafaka Tekfen
NicknameDaçka Basketbol
Daçka
LeaguesTurkish League
Turkish Cup
Basketball Champions League
Founded1951 (1951)
History
ArenaDarüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk (BSL)
Volkswagen Arena (EuroLeague/EuroCup)
CapacityDarüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk - 3,500
Volkswagen Arena - 5,240
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Team coloursGreen, black
         
Main sponsorTekfen
PresidentÜmit Başkırt
Team managerAhmet Eran
Head coachSelçuk Ernak
Team captainErkan Veyseloğlu
2018 positionTurkish League, 6th of 16
Championships1 EuroCup
2 Turkish Championships
1 Turkish Second Division
Websitedarussafakabasketbol.com

Daçka have won two Turkish Basketball Championships (in 1961 and 1962) over the course of their history. In European-wide competitions they have won the second tier level EuroCup, in the 2017–18 season, by defeating the Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban in the finals.

History

From 1993 until 2010, Darüşşafaka was a stable TBL (now called BSL) competitor. In the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons, the team took the third place in the regular season. In the 2009–10 season, the club ended up in 16th place in the TBL, and was relegated.[1] The team was then a middle-tier team in the TB2L, from 2010 until 2013.

In 2013, Doğuş Holding became the main sponsor of the team, which instantly turned Darüşşafaka into a wealthy and ambitious club. In the 2013–14 season, they won the TB2L title, and were promoted to the TBL (now called BSL).

In the 2014–15 season, Darüşşafaka took the third place in the regular season, after some big names like Renaldas Seibutis and Jamon Gordon were signed for the season. Despite the huge expectations, the team lost in the quarterfinals of the league playoffs to Trabzonspor.[2]

The team received a wild card for the 2015–16 EuroLeague season.[3] Darüşşafaka started playing its EuroLeague home games at the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, starting from November 2015. In September 2018, the club announced a new multi-year sponsorship deal with Tekfen, which changed the team's name sponsorship name to Darüşşafaka Tekfen.[4]

Sponsorship naming

Due to sponsorship deals, Darüşşafaka have been also known as:

  • Darüşşafaka (1992–2008)
  • Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires (2008–2010)
  • Darüşşafaka (2010–2013)
  • Darüşşafaka Doğuş (2013–2017)
  • Darüşşafaka (2017–2018)
  • Darüşşafaka Tekfen (2018–present) [5]

Arenas

Darüşşafaka plays its national domestic Turkish Basketball Super League home games at the 3,500 seat Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall.[6] In November 2015, the 5,240 seat Volkswagen Arena Istanbul was officially inaugurated as the home arena of Darüşşafaka for EuroLeague home games.[7][8]

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Turkish Cup European competitions
2000–01 1 TBL 3rd 3 Korać CupEF
2001–02 1 TBL 3rd Runner-up 2 Saporta CupRS
2002–03 1 TBL 9th 2 ULEB CupRS
2003–04 1 TBL 6th
2004–05 1 TBL 10th 2 ULEB CupRS
2005–06 1 TBL 9th
2006–07 1 TBL 8th
2007–08 1 TBL 14th
2008–09 1 TBL 8th
2009–10 1 TBL 16th
2010–11 2 TB2L 8th
2011–12 2 TB2L 11th
2012–13 2 TB2L 7th
2013–14 2 TB2L 1st
2014–15 1 TBL 5th Semifinalist
2015–16 1 BSL 4th Runner-up 1 EuroleagueT16
2016–17 1 BSL 4th Quarterfinalist 1 EuroLeagueQF
2017–18 1 BSL 6th Semifinals 2 EuroCupC
2018–19 1 BSL 10th 1 EuroLeagueRS

Source: Eurobasket.com

Honours

European competitions
Winners (1): 2017–18

Domestic competitions
Winners (2): 1961, 1962
Runners-up (1): 1960
Runners-up (3): 2002, 2016, 2020
Winners (1): 2014
Winners (1): 1960
Third place (3): 1961, 1962, 1963

Other competitions
  • Sibenik, Croatia Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2015
  • Antalya, Turkey Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2016
  • Heimspiel Kranz Parkhotel Cup
Winners (1): 2016
Winners (1): 2016
  • Casale Monferrat, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2018
  • Lumezzane, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2018

Players

Current roster

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

Darüşşafaka roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F/C 9 Koşut, Emircan 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1995-07-03)3 July 1995
PF 11 Demir, Berk 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1995-05-18)18 May 1995
SF 14 Veyseloğlu, Erkan (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 37 – (1983-03-13)13 March 1983
PG 18 Özdemiroğlu, Doğuş 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 24 – (1996-04-17)17 April 1996
G 32 Güler, Sinan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 36 – (1983-11-08)8 November 1983
PF –– Luther, Ryan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (1995-09-10)10 September 1995
PG –– Gillon, John 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 26 – (1994-03-31)31 March 1994
PF –– Jerrett, Grant 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 27 – (1993-07-08)8 July 1993
PG –– Andrews, Andrew 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1993-05-25)25 May 1993
G/F –– Gulley, Jarmar 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 29 – (1991-03-12)12 March 1991
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Rüçhan Tamsöz
  • Ümit Temoçin
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Ertan Bedir
Team manager
  • Orkun Demir
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured
Updated: July 26, 2020

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C Mahir Ağva
PF Berk Demir Emircan Koşut
SF Erkan Veyseloglu
SG Sinan Güler Doğuş Özdemiroğlu
PG Kartal Özmızrak

Notable players

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

Head coaches
Head Coach Years
Yalçın Granit
1957–1960
Erman Kunter
1994–1996
Ahmet Çakı
2004–2006, 2018
Orhun Ene
2013–2014
Oktay Mahmuti
2014–2016
David Blatt
2016–2018
Selçuk Ernak
2018–present

References
  1. DARUSSAFAKA ISTANBUL basketball team.
  2. Trabzonspor Medical Park 78-71 Darüşşafaka (in Turkish).
  3. Proposed team list for the 2015-16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague and Eurocup.
  4. "Tekfen, Darüşşafaka ile sahaya indi". Cumhuriyet Basketbol Haberleri (in Turkish). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. "Darüşşafaka'nın isim sponsoru Tekfen oldu" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. September 4, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  6. Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall.
  7. Euroleague round 4 starts with an inauguration!
  8. VW Arena is now home to Darüşşafaka Doğuş.
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