# Bahçeşehir Koleji S.K.

Bahçeşehir Koleji Spor Kulübü, also known as Bahçeşehir Basketbol, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Istanbul. The club plays in the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL), the highest level of basketball in Turkey. Bahçeşehir made its debut in the BSL in 2018 and made its debut in European competitions in 2019. Bahçeşehir won the FIBA Europe Cup in 2022.
The club is part of Bahçeşehir Koleji, a private school based in Istanbul.

## History

In the 2017–18 season, Bahçeşehir reached the finals of the TBL for the first time. On 13 July 2018, Bahçeşehir received the vacant spot in the first-tier Basketbol Süper Ligi, after the withdrawal of Eskişehir Basket. This meant the club's first appearance in the domestic first tier. In the 2018–19 season, finished 9th in the BSL. In the 2019–20 season, Bahçeşehir made its European debut and played in the FIBA Europe Cup regular season. It is the first European participation for Bahçeşehir.
In the 2021–22 season, Bahçeşehir won the 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup championship after defeating Pallacanestro Reggiana in the Finals.

## Players
### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| C | Tai Odiase | Furkan Haltalı | | |
| PF | Tyler Cavanaugh | Marko Simonović | Göktuğ Baş | |
| SF | Axel Bouteille | Mateusz Ponitka | Furkan Korkmaz | |
| SG | Jaleen Smith | C.J. Massinburg | | Can Maxim Mutaf |
| PG | Şehmus Hazer | Kenan Sipahi | | Ömercan İlyasoğlu |

### Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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.
* Yiğit Arslan (2022–present)
* Berkay Candan (2021–present)
* Deniz Kılıçlı (2020–2021)
* Rıdvan Öncel (2020–2021)
* Kartal Özmızrak (2021–present)
* Emir Preldžić (2018–2019)
* Oğuz Savaş (2021–present)
* Burak Can Yıldızlı (2020–2021)
* Mangok Mathiang (2019–2020)
* Andy Rautins (2019–2020)
* İsmet Akpınar (2020–2021)
* Ben Bentil
* Jaka Blažič (2022–2023)
* Alex Pérez (2020)
* Quino Colom (2018–2019)
* Chris Babb (2018–2019)
* Tarik Black (2022)
* Sam Dekker (2021–2022)
* Erick Green (2020–2021)
* Manny Harris (2018–2019)
* JaJuan Johnson (2019–2020)
* London Perrantes (2019–2020)
* Thomas Robinson (2020)
* Jamar Smith (2021–2023)
* D. J. White (2017–2019)

## Head coaches

* Stefanos Dedas (2017–2019)
* Zafer Aktaş (2019–2020)
* Erhan Ernak (2020–2023)
* Sinan Atalay (2023)
* Dejan Radonjić (2023–present)

## Honours

Turkish Basketball First League
* Runners-up (1): 2017–18
FIBA Europe Cup
* Champions (1): 2021–22
* Runner-up (1): 2023–24

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Record | Turkish Cup | European competitions | European competitions |
| 2017–18 | 2 | TBL | 6th | 22–12 | | | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | BSL | 9th | 13–15 | | | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | BSL | – | 7–16 | | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | SF |
| 2020–21 | 1 | BSL | 12th | 10–20 | | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | BSL | 6th | 18–14 | Quarterfinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | C |
| 2022–23 | 1 | BSL | 9th | 13–17 | | 3 Champions League | R16 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | BSL | 13th | 12–18 | Quarterfinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RU |
    ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.