Leagues Turkish Super League Team colors Claret and Blue General manager Nihat Mala Head coach Sergei Bazarevich Color Claret and Blue | Arena Capacity 7,500 President Abiş Hopikoğlu Founded 2008 Championships 2 | |
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Trabzonspor Basketbol Kulübü (English: Trabzonspor Basketball Club), also known for sponsorship reasons as Trabzonspor Medical Park Basketbol Kulübü, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Trabzon in Turkey. It is a branch of the multi-sports club of Trabzonspor. Their home arena is the Hayri Gür Arena, which has a capacity of 7,500 seats, and was opened in 2011. The team currently bears the name of Trabzonspor Medical Park.
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History
Trabzonspor's football club was founded in 1967, and it opened its basketball section in 2008. After Alpella's relegation after the 2007–08 season, Trabzonspor's board purchased all of the rights related to the team from the Ülker Group, and took their place in the Turkish Second Division for the 2008–09 season.
Trabzonspor won promotion to the top-tier TBL (now called BSL), after they won the championship of the Turkish Division in the 2009–10 season.