Darüşşafaka S.K.

Darüşşafaka Tekfen
Nickname Daçka
Leagues Turkish League
Turkish Cup
EuroLeague
Founded 1951 (1951)
History
Arena Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk (BSL)
Volkswagen Arena (EuroLeague/EuroCup)
Capacity Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk - 3,500
Volkswagen Arena - 5,240
Location Istanbul, Turkey
Main sponsor Tekfen
President Ümit Başkırt
Team manager İbrahim Kutluay
Ahmet Eran
Head coach Ahmet Çakı
2018 position Turkish League, 6th of 16
Championships 1 EuroCup
2 Turkish Championships
1 Turkish Second Division
Website darussafakabasketbol.com
Uniforms

Darüşşafaka Spor Kulübü, for sponsorship reasons known as Darüşşafaka Tekfen, is a professional basketball club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The club was founded in 1951. The club plays in the Turkish Basketball Super League. Its home arena for domestic Turkish League games is the Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall, with a seating capacity of 3,500, while its home arena for European games is the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, with a seating capacity of 5,240.

Founded as a multi-sport club in 1914, basketball is their most representative section. Daçka have won two Turkish Basketball Championships over the course of their history. In European-wide competitions, they 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.

The Darüşşafaka logo, used until 2018

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 multi-year sponsorship deal with Tekfen which changed the teams name in Darüşşafaka Tekfen.[4]

Arenas

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

Honours

Domestic competitions

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

European competitions

Winners (1): 2017–18

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

Source: Eurobasket.com

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 0 United States Kidd, Stanton 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 26 – (1992-03-18)18 March 1992
PG 2 United States McCallum Jr., Ray 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1991-06-12)12 June 1991
PG 3 Turkey Özmızrak, Kartal 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 23 – (1995-08-29)29 August 1995
G 4 Turkey Akay, Mert 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2000-01-12)12 January 2000
G 5 Turkey Baygül, Muhammed 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1992-06-03)3 June 1992
F/C 9 Turkey Koşut, Emircan 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (1995-07-03)3 July 1995
PF 10 Turkey Demir, Berk 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (1995-05-18)18 May 1995
SF 13 Turkey Ulubay, Okben 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 22 – (1996-05-25)25 May 1996
PG 18 Turkey Ozdemiroglu, Dogus 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 22 – (1996-04-17)17 April 1996
F/C 19 Turkey Aldemir, Furkan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 – (1991-08-09)9 August 1991
C 21 Turkey Savaş, Oğuz 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 132 kg (291 lb) 31 – (1987-07-13)13 July 1987
G 22 United States Brown, Markel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 26 – (1992-01-29)29 January 1992
G/F 31 Latvia Peiners, Žanis 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 28 – (1990-08-02)2 August 1990
G/F 33 United States Diebler, Jon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988
PF 40 United States Evans, Jeremy 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1987-10-24)24 October 1987
F/C 50 Nigeria Eric, Micheal 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 30 – (1988-06-24)24 June 1988
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Turkey Recep Şen
  • Turkey Ömer Uğurata
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Latvia Oskars Ernšteins
  • Turkey Yücel Aslan
  • Turkey Murat Çağlar
Team manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured
Updated: August 21, 2018

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Micheal Eric Furkan Aldemir Emircan Koşut Oğuz Savaş
PF Jeremy Evans Stanton Kidd Berk Demir
SF Žanis Peiners Okben Ulubay Mert Akay
SG Jon Diebler Markel Brown Doğuş Özdemiroğlu
PG Ray McCallum Jr. Kartal Özmızrak Dora Doruk

Notable players

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

Head coaches

References

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  4. ↑ "Tekfen, Darüşşafaka ile sahaya indi". Cumhuriyet Basketbol Haberleri (in Turkish). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall.
  6. ↑ Euroleague round 4 starts with an inauguration!
  7. ↑ VW Arena is now home to Darüşşafaka Doğuş.
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