Bursaspor Basketbol

Basketball team in Bursa, Turkey

Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım

Nickname

Timsahlar (Crocodiles)

Leagues

Basketbol Süper Ligi

Founded

2014; 10 years ago (2014)

Arena

Tofaş Spor Salonu

Capacity

7,500

Location

Bursa, Turkey

President

Sezer Sezgin

Head coach

Serhan Kavut

Team captain

Metin Türen

2022–23 position

Basketbol Süper Ligi, 5th of 16

Championships

1 Turkish First League

Website

Link

Home

Away

Bursaspor Basketbol, also known as Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Bursa. Founded in 2014, the club is the basketball section of the multi-sport club Bursaspor and currently competes in the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the top-tier basketball league in Turkey.

History

Bursaspor Basketbol was founded in 2014 and entered the Third Turkish League. In 2019, Bursaspor promoted to the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL), for the first time after winning the Turkish Second Division championship.^[1] In the 2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Bursaspor performed well until the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After finishing ninth in the standings, the team will play in the 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball.^[2] This will be the European debut of the team.

Sponsorship names

Bursaspor Durmazlar: 2016–2019^[3]
Frutti Extra Bursaspor: 2019–2023^[4]
Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım: 2023–present^[5]

Players

Current roster

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

Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	0	Özalp, Mithat Can	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	21 – (2002-05-01)1 May 2002
PF	2	Young, Michael	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	29 – (1994-09-05)5 September 1994
G	3	Neal, Erick	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	29 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995
PG	5	Al, Ömer Utku	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	26 – (1998-02-03)3 February 1998
PG	6	Michineau, David	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	29 – (1994-06-06)6 June 1994
C	9	Erden, Semih	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	37 – (1986-07-28)28 July 1986
C	14	Duran, Ahmet Can	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	25 – (1999-01-28)28 January 1999
SF	21	Brown, Anthony	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	31 – (1992-10-10)10 October 1992
SG	23	Mutaf, David	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	21 – (2002-06-14)14 June 2002
PF	30	Türen, Metin (C)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	30 – (1994-02-04)4 February 1994
C	31	Gavrilović, Alexandre	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	32 – (1991-11-25)25 November 1991

Head coach

Serhan Kavut

Assistant coach(es)

Erden Eryüz

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: April 15, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Alexandre Gavrilović	Semih Erden	Ahmet Can Duran
PF	Michael Young	Metin Türen
SF	Anthony Brown	David Mutaf
SG	David Michineau	Mithat Can Özalp
PG	Erick Neal	Ömer Utku Al

Notable past players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

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.

Honours

Turkish Basketball First League

Winners (1): 2018–19

EuroCup

Runner up (1): 2021–22

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Record	European competitions
2017–18	2	TBL	2nd
2018–19	2	TBL	1st	25–5
2019–20	1	BSL	9th¹	11–12
2020–21	1	BSL	9th	13–17	2 EuroCup	RS
2021–22	1	BSL	8th	19–14	2 EuroCup	RU
2022–23	1	BSL	5th	17–15	2 EuroCup	8F

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

References

^ "Şampiyon Bursaspor, İTÜyü rahat geçti: 91-73". Fanatik. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "EuroCup Board meets to plan the 2020-21 season". Euroleague Basketball. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Basketbol Takımımızın İsim Sponsoru Durmazlar" (in Turkish). Bursaspor Basketbol. September 1, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
^ "Frutti Ekstra Bursaspor Basketbol'da imzalar atıldı" (in Turkish). Bursaspor Basketbol. October 11, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
^ @BsBasketbol (August 1, 2023). "İsim Sponsorumuz İnfo Yatırım" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

Official website (in Turkish)
Official Twitter account
TBLStat.net profile
Eurobasket.com profile
[European Fans Website website|https://www.bursaspor.eu/] (in Turkish, English, and German)

Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım current roster

0 Özalp
2 Young
3 Neal
5 Al
6 Michineau
9 Erden
14 Duran
21 Brown
23 Mutaf
30 Türen
31 Gavrilović

Head coach: Kavut
Assistant coaches: Eryüz

v t e Basketbol Süper Ligi
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Current clubs	Anadolu Efes Bahçeşehir Koleji Beşiktaş Emlakjet Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım Çağdaş Bodrumspor Darüşşafaka Lassa Fenerbahçe Beko Galatasaray Ekmas Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor ONVO Büyükçekmece Petkim Spor Pınar Karşıyaka Reeder Samsunspor Tofaş Türk Telekom Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi
Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Playoffs	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Champions	Anadolu Efes (16) Fenerbahçe (10) Eczacıbaşı (8) Galatasaray (5) İTÜ (5) Ülkerspor (4) Beşiktaş (2) Karşıyaka (2) Tofaş (2) Altınordu (1) Muhafızgücü (1)
Awards	Finals MVP Mr. King (Top Scorer) Assists Leaders
Related	Turkish Cup Turkish Cup Final MVP Presidential Cup Turkish Presidential Cup Final MVP Turkish clubs in international competitions List of Turkish basketball champions Turkish Championship (defunct) Istanbul League (defunct)

v t e Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği
Founded in 1 June 1963 Based in Bursa
Facilities	Bursa Atatürk Stadium (1963–2016) Centennial Atatürk Stadium (2016–present) Bursa Merinos Stadium Özlüce Training Ground Bursaspor Museum
Football	Football Footballers Reserves Academy Managers Presidents Seasons Current season
Other departments	Men's Basketball Women's Voleyball
Supporter groups	Texas
Media	Bursaspor TV Bursaspor FM Bursastore Bursacell Bursaspor Magazine
Website bursaspor.org.tr