Darüşşafaka S.K.

Darüşşafaka Doğuş
Nickname Daçka
Leagues Turkish League
Turkish Cup
EuroLeague
Founded 1951
History Darüşşafaka
(1951–2008)
Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires
(2008–2010)
Darüşşafaka
(2010–2013)
Darüşşafaka Doğuş
(2013–present)
Arena Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk (BSL)
Volkswagen Arena (EuroLeague)
Arena Capacity Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk - 3,500
Volkswagen Arena - 5,240
Location Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors Black and Green
         
President Ümit Başkırt
Team manager İbrahim Kutluay, Ahmet Eran
Head coach David Blatt
Championships 2 Turkish Basketball Championship
1 Turkish Second Division
Website darussafakadogusbasketbol.com
Uniforms
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Darüşşafaka Spor Kulübü, is a professional basketball club based in İstanbul, Turkey. The club plays in the Turkish Basketball Super League. Its home arena for domestic Turkish League games is Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall, with a capacity of 3,500, while its home arena for EuroLeague games is the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, with a capacity of 5,240. As of the beginning of the 2013–14 season, the club signed a long term agreement with Doğuş Holding, and changed its sponsorship name to Darüşşafaka Doğuş.

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.

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.

Arenas

Darüşşafaka plays its national domestic Turkish Basketball Super League home games at the 3,500 seat Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall.[4] In November 2015, the 5,240 seat Volkswagen Arena Istanbul was officially inaugurated as the home arena of Darüşşafaka for EuroLeague home games.[5][6]

Honors

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Turkish Cup European competitions Head coach Top scorer
2012–13 2 TB2L 6 Quarterfinalist – – Turkey Aziz Bekir United States Marcus Hall – 17.9
2013–14 2 TB2L 1 Promoted Increase – – Turkey Orhun Ene United States Lynn Greer – 17.3
2014–15 1 TBL 3 Quarterfinalist Semifinalist – Turkey Oktay Mahmuti United States Jordan Farmar – 14.9
2015–16 1 BSL 4 Semifinalist Runner-up Euroleague
T16
 Turkey Oktay Mahmuti United States Scottie Wilbekin – 12.9

Players

Current roster

Darüşşafaka Doğuş roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 1 United States Wilbekin, Scottie 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 23 – (1993-04-05)5 April 1993
PG 4 Turkey Yağmur, Mehmet 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 29 – (1987-07-01)1 July 1987
PF 7 Turkey Türen, Metin 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 22 – (1994-05-02)2 May 1994
G/F 8 Turkey Batuk, Birkan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 26 – (1990-01-30)30 January 1990
C 9 Turkey Erden, Semih 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 30 – (1986-07-28)28 July 1986
G 11 United States Wanamaker, Brad 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1989-07-25)25 July 1989
F 12 United States Clyburn, Will 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1990-05-17)17 May 1990
PF 18 France Moerman, Adrien 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 28 – (1988-08-07)7 August 1988
F/C 19 Turkey Aldemir, Furkan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1991-08-09)9 August 1991
C 21 Turkey Savaş, Oğuz 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 132 kg (291 lb) 29 – (1987-07-13)13 July 1987
G/F 23 United States Anderson, James 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 27 – (1989-03-25)25 March 1989
PG 3 Turkey Arslan, Ender 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 33 – (1983-01-13)13 January 1983
C 44 United States Slaughter, Marcus 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – (1985-03-18)18 March 1985
SG 45 Latvia Bertāns, Dairis 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1989-09-09)9 September 1989
PF 81 United States Harangody, Luke 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 28 – (1988-01-02)2 January 1988
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Turkey Yücel Aslan
  • Turkey Murat Çağlar
Team manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: October 14, 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Semih Erden Furkan Aldemir Marcus Slaughter Oğuz Savaş
PF Adrien Moerman Luke Harangody Metin Türen
SF Will Clyburn Dairis Bertāns
SG James Anderson Birkan Batuk
PG Brad Wanamaker Scottie Wilbekin Ender Arslan Mehmet Yağmur

Notable players

Notable coaches

References

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  4. ↑ Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall.
  5. ↑ Euroleague round 4 starts with an inauguration!
  6. ↑ VW Arena is now home to Darüşşafaka Doğuş.

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