# 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.
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). Afyon Belediye promoted as the winners of the play-offs.
On 12 July 2018, Eskişehir Basket announced its withdrawal from the BSL. On 13 July 2018, it was announced that Bahçeşehir Koleji received the vacant BSL spot.
On 2 October 2018, Trabzonspor announced its withdrawal from the BSL.

### Locations and stadia

| 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 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Tofaş | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2286 | 2211 | +75 | 46 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2271 | 2141 | +130 | 46 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Gaziantep Basketbol | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2069 | 1983 | +86 | 45 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Beşiktaş Sompo Japan | 28 | 16 | 12 | 2193 | 2134 | +59 | 44 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Türk Telekom | 28 | 16 | 12 | 2224 | 2204 | +20 | 44 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Banvit | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2241 | 2207 | +34 | 42 | Advance to playoffs |
| 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 |

### 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 | — |

## Playoffs

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

## Awards and statistics
### Statistical leaders

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