 The club withdrew in 2018 due to financial problems.Trabzonspor's football club was founded in 1967, and it opened its basketball section in 2008.After Alpella's relegation in 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.