Bursaspor Basketbol

Bursaspor Basketbol, also known as Bursaspor Yörsan 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.

Bursaspor Yörsan
Nickname	Timsahlar (Crocodiles)
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi
Founded	2014 (2014)
Arena	Tofaş Spor Salonu
Capacity	7,500
Location	Bursa, Turkey
President	Sezer Sezgin
Head coach	Serhan Kavut
Team captain	Ömer Utku Al
2023–24 position	Basketbol Süper Ligi, 9th of 16
Championships	1 Turkish First League
Website	Link
Home Away

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. 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. This will be the European debut of the team.

Sponsorship names

• Bursaspor Durmazlar: 2016–2019
• Frutti Extra Bursaspor: 2019–2023
• Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım: 2023–2024
• Bursaspor Yörsan: 2024–present

Players

Current roster

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

Bursaspor Yörsan roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 Pipes, P.J. 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1999-03-20)20 March 1999 G 3 Brown, Jaylon 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1994-09-11)11 September 1994 PG 4 Al, Ömer Utku (C) 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) 30 – (1994-06-06)6 June 1994 F 15 Grantham, Donte 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-03-19)19 March 1995 C 20 Sharma, Josh 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 28 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 SG 23 Mutaf, Sarper David 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2002-06-14)14 June 2002 C 31 Gavrilovic, Alexandre 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 PF 32 Candan, Berkay 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1993-05-22)22 May 1993 PF 57 Yıldırım, Nusret 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1989-04-27)27 April 1989	Head coach Serhan Kavut Assistant coach(es) Erden Eryüz Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 5, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Alexandre Gavrilovic	Josh Sharma
PF	Donte Grantham	Nusret Yıldırım
SF	Sarper David Mutaf	Berkay Candan
SG	Jaylon Brown	P.J. Pipes
PG	David Michineau	Ömer Utku Al

Notable past 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.

• Birkan Batuk
• Ender Arslan
• İzzet Türkyılmaz
• Oğuz Savaş
• Onuralp Bitim
• Yiğitcan Saybir
• Kevarrius Hayes
• Marial Shayok
• Stefan Birčević
• Anthony Brown
• Xavier Munford
• John Holland

Honours

Turkish Basketball First League

• Winners (1): 2018–19

EuroCup

• Runner up (1): 2021–22

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Record	Turkish Cup	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
2023–24	1	BSL	9th	14–16		3 Champions League	RS

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

External links

• Official website (in Turkish)
• Official Twitter account
• TBLStat.net profile
• Eurobasket.com profile
• European Fans website (in Turkish, English, and German)