# Trabzonspor B.K.

Trabzonspor Basketbol Kulübü (transl. Trabzonspor Basketball Club), also known as Trabzonspor Basket or Trabzonspor, is a professional basketball club based in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. It is 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. After restarting basketball operations at the beginning of 2024, the club is competing in the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi as of the 2024–25 season.
Their home arena is the Hayri Gür Arena, which has a capacity of 7,500 seats, and was opened in 2011.

## History

Active departments of Trabzonspor :
| Football (Men's) | Football (Women's) | Football (U21) |
| Basketball | Swimming | Judo |
| Shooting | | |
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. Eventually, the club ceased its basketball activities.
Trabzonspor has announced its decision to return to professional basketball in 2024. After a long hiatus, the club re-entered at the Men's Regional Basketball League level in February 2024.
After winning promotion to the Turkish Basketball Second League, the club received an invitation from the Turkish Basketball Federation to move up to the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi for the 2024–25 season.

## Sponsporship names

* Trabzonspor : 2008–2010
* Medical Park Trabzonspor : 2010–2011
* Trabzonspor : 2011–2013
* Trabzonspor Medical Park : 2013–2017
* Trabzonspor : 2017–2018
* Trabzonspor : 2024–present

## 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 | European competitions | 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 |

## Players
### Current roster

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### 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.
* Alper Saruhan
* Berkay Candan
* Birkan Batuk
* Can Altıntığ
* Can Korkmaz
* Can Maxim Mutaf
* Deniz Kılıçlı
* Erolcan Çinko
* Kaya Peker
* Kerem Özkan
* Nusret Yıldırım
* Polat Kaya
* Sertaç Şanlı
* Tutku Açık
* Andrija Stipanović
* Kaloyan Ivanov
* Jurica Žuža
* Šarūnas Vasiliauskas
* Jorge Gutierrez
* Kirk Penney
* Damian Kulig
* Aleksandar Rašić
* Novica Veličković
* - Igor Milošević
* Darius Johnson-Odom
* Dee Bost
* Derwin Kitchen
* Dwight Hardy
* Elton Brown
* Harold Jamison
* J.P. Prince
* Jack Cooley
* Jerome Randle
* Jonathan Gibson
* Julian Wright
* Kevinn Pinkney
* Khalid El-Amin
* Marc Salyers
* Mike Scott
* Russell Robinson
* Sean Marshall
* Tarence Kinsey
* - Paul Stoll
* - Derrick Obasohan
* - Gani Lawal
* - Michael Wright

## Head coaches

* Alaeddin Yakan (2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11)
* Dragan Sakota (2010–11)
* Tolga Öngören (2011–12)
* Halil Üner (2011–12, 2012–13)
* Hasan Özmeriç (2012–13, 2013–14)
* Hakan Demir (2013–14, 2014–15)
* Nenad Markovic (2014–15, 2015–16)
* Ahmet Kandemir (2015–16)
* Sergey Bazarevich (2016–17)
* Zare Markovski (2017–18)
* Hacı Osman Ekici (2023–24)
* Faruk Beşok (2024–present)