Darüşşafaka Basketbol


Darüşşafaka Basketbol, commonly also known as Daçka Basketbol or simply Daçka, also known as Darüşşafaka Lassa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club that is based in Istanbul, Turkey. Darüşşafaka's basketball section, which was founded in 1914, is a part of Darüşşafaka Spor Kulübü multi-sport club, which was founded in 1914. The club's basketball department is their most successful section. The club plays in the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi. Its home arena for national domestic games is the Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall, with a seating capacity of 3,500, while its home arena for European-wide games is the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, with a seating capacity of 5,240.
Daçka have won two Turkish Basketball Championships over the course of their history. In European-wide competitions they have won the second tier level EuroCup, in the 2017–18 season, by defeating the Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban in the finals.
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History

From 1993 until 2010, Darüşşafaka was a stable TBL 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. 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.
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.
The team received a wild card for the 2015–16 EuroLeague season. Darüşşafaka started playing its EuroLeague home games at the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, starting from November 2015. In September 2018, the club announced a new multi-year sponsorship deal with Tekfen, which changed the team's name sponsorship name to Darüşşafaka Tekfen.
After a challenging season, the team finished 15th in the 2024–25 Basketbol Süper Ligi and was relegated to the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi, ending an 11-year run in the top division.

Sponsorship naming

Due to sponsorship deals, Darüşşafaka have been also known as:
  • Darüşşafaka
  • Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires
  • Darüşşafaka
  • Darüşşafaka Doğuş
  • Darüşşafaka
  • Darüşşafaka Tekfen
  • Darüşşafaka
  • Darüşşafaka Lassa

Arenas

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

Season by season

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Honours

European competitions

Domestic competitions

Turkish Basketball ChampionshipTurkish CupTurkish Basketball Second Division

Other competitions

Sibenik, Croatia Invitational GameAntalya, Turkey Invitational GameHeimspiel Kranz Parkhotel CupZadar Dogus Basketball TournamentCasale Monferrat, Italy Invitational Game
  • '''Lumezzane, Italy Invitational Game'''