He helped his team reach the EuroCup semifinals last season
Bahcesehir keeps do-it-all swingman Mateusz Ponitka

Bahcesehir College Istanbul announced on Saturday that is has re-signed Mateusz Ponitka for the 2025-26 season.
Ponitka (1.98 meters, 31 years old) averaged 8.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 16 BKT EuroCup games last season in helping Bahcesehir reach the semifinals. He started his professional career in his native Poland, where he played for Kasprowiczanka Ostrow Wlk, AZS Politechnika Warszawa and Asseco Prokom Gydnia before joining Belgium's Telenet Ostend.
Ponitka also played for Stelmet Zielona Gora in Poland, Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir in Turkiye, Iberostar Tenerife in Spain, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and Zenit St. Petersburg in Russia, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens in Greece and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in Serbia.
Ponitka won a Polish League championships with Prokom in 2012 and Zielona Gora in 2016, claimed back-to-back Belgian League doubles with Ostend in 2014 and 2015 and helped Tenerife win the 2018 Intercontinental Cup. He was chosen as the 2015-16 EuroCup Rising Star after averaging 13.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and a PIR of 17.3 in 10 games with Zielona Gora. He was also named to the 2015-16 All-EuroCup Second Team.
Ponitka is also a member of the Polish national team and helped its U17 squad get a silver medal at the 2010 Basketball World Cup. In 75 EuroCup career games with Ostend, Zielona Gora, Lokomotiv and Bahcesehir, Ponitka has averaged 9.4 points and 4.2 rebounds. He has played 145 EuroLeague games with Prokom, Zielona Gora, Zenit, Panathinaikos and Partizan.